Chapter 1003 - 944: Encountering a Wanted Criminal
Tamilia picked 3 small fruits from the vine and carefully handed them to Ista: "The Holy Vine only bore 3 fruits, use them wisely!"
Savara chuckled: "Don’t worry, these Poison Fruits are the essence of all toxins; perhaps even one is enough, but to ensure tactical success and to give Ista some practice, let’s use all 3. What do you think, my lord?"
Da Fei waved his hand: "Alright, let’s do it!"
Savara grinned: "Okay, then I’ll go to the ship’s bar for the lesson. There are many kinds of wines and vessels there, we must discard any vessel we use, alright?"
Da Fei shivered: "That’s absolutely necessary!"
Savara’s lesson officially started. The rest of Da Fei’s task was to clear out the remaining dozen or so islands and wait for tomorrow’s transport team arrival.
Ista didn’t disappoint Da Fei; twenty minutes later, the system prompt chimed:
——System Prompt: Your follower, citizen Ista, has made a significant breakthrough in poison research, successfully learning Intermediate Poisoning Skill!
At this moment, Da Fei was thrilled! This was beyond no disappointment, the effect was so astonishingly fast! Was it truly due to a great mentor and skilled disciple, along with the extraordinary teaching effect of the poison fruit? If intermediate level advanced this quickly, how far could advanced be?
Nothing more to say, everyone just keep up the hard work, wahahaha!
At two in the morning, except for the Stone Cave Island where the Naga General was holed up, Da Fei had pacified the entire sea area with dozens of islands, recruiting a total of 2603 fishman slaves, confiscating 56 units of pearls, 44 units of coral, 836 units of wood, and 533 units of stone. The Golden Spearfish, specifically responsible for loading cargos, was already fully loaded and couldn’t take any more. As for the food like dried fish, it was to be kept as food for the fishmen, so it wasn’t calculated.
Faced with such a bounty, especially so many mouths to feed and no way to transport all the fishman slaves, Da Fei’s first thought was how to sell them.
So Da Fei asked the Siren Shadow: "Does your Siren Clan need slaves?"
The Shadow replied indifferently: "Everything in this world can be traded, there is nothing my clan doesn’t need, only people we are unwilling to associate with."
Hmph! Good, with that said, regardless of anything, I must complete this mission. Da Fei then asked, "From which direction will the transport team come?"
The Shadow answered: "Uncertain, this area known as the Devil Sea is actually the heartland of the Naga Empire’s territory, a transport team could come from any direction."
Da Fei’s eyebrow raised, he indeed arrived in the Eastern World, and this shortcut was awesome! If it’s in the densely populated islands at the heart of the Eastern World, the chance of large storms and gales should be small! The threat of the Sea God’s Curse should be minimized!
At this moment, the system prompt chimed again, and more good news came:
——System Prompt: Your follower, citizen Ista, made a major breakthrough in poison research, successfully learning Advanced Poisoning Skill! Learned the second Chapter of "Poison Dragon Savara Dragon Breath Skill," and mastered the sub-skill "Poison Decomposition."
Damn, it really is this fast?
At this moment, Da Fei was no longer excited, but became exceptionally calm! To learn this fast, it probably has nothing to do with a great mentor and skilled disciple, if it had, it would have advanced in the previous days, not until now? This means the Poison Fruit truly is a natural treasure?
Da Fei hurriedly called Tamilia: "Did our Holy Vine really only bear these 3 Poison Fruits? Are there no more?"
Tamilia sighed: "If there were still Hydra Blood, allowing the Holy Vine to slowly absorb it, of course, there should be more Poison Fruits, but we don’t have the toxic blood now, and there probably won’t be more in the future."
Da Fei was dumbstruck! Did I just make a bad deal?
Tamilia continued: "However, as long as the Holy Vine can grow rapidly, all efforts are worthwhile, I think your decision isn’t wrong, when the Holy Vine becomes strong in the future, the lost things can naturally be retrieved easily!"
As expected from my goddaughter, this statement is right up my alley! Da Fei couldn’t help but give a thumbs up: "Alright, later on, we’ll bring the Flying back to specifically collect the toxins here, and restore the environment!"
That’s right, it’s called "pollute first, restore later," I’m an expert at environmental management!
Tamilia nodded: "Exactly! But speaking of collecting toxins, the giant slime monster you left in Radiant City is truly adept at it, so I strongly recommend bringing it."
Da Fei suddenly realized, right! I almost forgot that gem? Fine, whatever I vomit out, I can take back in. Next time I have a chance, I’ll bring it along, no, bring all the more than one hundred giant slime monsters.
With more than an hour left before the end of the day, to conserve energy, Da Fei set the alarm for an hour’s rest, while the others continued their learning sessions.
And then, what was meant to come, came naturally:
——System Prompt: You sailed in a special sea region for more than 8 days, you and your team heroes gained God-level Navigator Skill "Sailing Training" extra experience +130,000, and your team gained additional growth potential!
——System Prompt: Your follower, citizen Ista, made a significant breakthrough in poison research, successfully learning the sub-skill "Poison Synthesis!"
Da Fei was jolted awake, a new day has begun! Ista progressed again, but didn’t break through the advanced threshold. Seems like this is akin to when angels trained for Advanced Navigation Skill at the Hellfire River; advanced skills are usually the limit for non-hero units.
But Ista is different, she was a hero before. If she can break the advanced limit again, does it mean she might advance to hero status again?
As these thoughts raced through his mind, Ista came excitedly holding a brandy bottle to share joyous news: "My lord, the poison is complete! It completely blends with the alcohol, indistinguishable by color or smell!"
Savara also smiled: "But there’s a very obvious flaw, this wine is extremely toxic, even the simplest silverware can easily detect it, we had no choice, time was too tight. Just hope the other party doesn’t notice we’ve tampered with the wine."
Da Fei nodded solemnly: "Yes, that’s the most crucial part."
Now, Da Fei summoned the Blood Eagle to search for the transport team, while also dispatching the long-missing Charming Emperor Didi and Lili, who, as scout-born flying soldiers, are natural for reconnaissance.
Time slowly ticked by as the search continued. Finally, a red flash appeared on the Blood Eagle radar, indicating a group of red dots entering the view, with a large warship escorting a large cargo ship! Waves surged around the fleet, clearly sea monsters escorting them!
Damn, even a submarine escort, this freaking carrier fleet! They’ll soon reach the polluted outer sea, where the escorting sea monsters can’t enter. That will be my time to act, and the Flying will teleport directly next to the cargo ship, scare the piss out of them!
Now, Da Fei’s entire fleet prepares for battle interception, while the Blood Eagle continues to fly closer to scout the warship’s situation. Then, he saw a captain-like figure at the bow, holding a telescope, uncertainly inspecting the island direction; evidently, the darkness outside the islands caught his attention.
Da Fei’s eyebrow twitched, will they turn back halfway? That would be quite a headache! Just then, Da Fei noticed a silver flash beneath his feet, followed by a system prompt chime:
——System Prompt: Warning! You discovered a wanted criminal of the Bright Alliance, Silver Leg Xiluo, escaping to the Eastern World!
——Wanted: Silver Leg Xiluo, S-rank violent criminal, pirate, he stole the Blast Alchemy Potion formula from the Seven Cities Federation and fled to the Eastern World to hide. Capture him and retrieve the stolen potion formula, and you will receive great rewards from the Seven Cities Federation.
Da Fei was astonished, mouth agape! Damn, I forgot about the manhunt task triggered years ago, competing for the position of Security Captain in Elorin! I must absolutely capture him! (Note: See Chapter 442 "Eastern World’s Fugitive")
Speaking of wanted criminals, Da Fei immediately flipped open the wanted list, searching for the other hiding two: Iron Hook Tiger, an S-rank violent criminal, pirate. Blasphemer George, an SS-rank violent criminal, fallen priest.
Judging by Silver Leg Xiluo’s grand setup, he seems to be doing quite well, thus Blasphemer George, an SS-rank criminal who stole a Divine Artifact, must be doing even better?
At this moment, Silver Leg Xiluo’s fleet, noticing the anomaly, instead of turning, accelerated forward.
Da Fei was elated! Excellent, you’re bold and brave, truly fitting for someone working under Naga, I’m waiting for you!
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