On the bow of the ship stood a burly man in a black leather coat, wearing a pirate captain's hat.

He raised his chipped steel saber, shouting towards the direction of Kane and their ship.

"Increase the speed, lads, charge towards that giant ship. Just look at its shiny hull; it must be loaded with countless wealth."

"The boss is mighty, the boss is brave."

The henchmen shouted loudly.

However, the pirate sidekick who shouted the loudest was hit in the head by a sharp object thrown by the suddenly turned-around captain and died on the spot.

The captain impatiently patted his hat, saying, "How many times have I told you, say I'm intelligent and brave. 'Brave' alone sounds like a fool."

"Tui"

As he said this, he spat a thick phlegm onto the face of the corpse.

Then he turned around and continued to look at Kane and their ship's position. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

His pirate underlings, used to such situations, nonchalantly picked up the corpse and threw it into the sea.

The bloody scent emanating from the body quickly attracted sea beasts from the depths.

In no time, the whole body disappeared, becoming a large crimson patch on the sea surface.

"But captain, that ship looks like it's made of steel, it might not be so easy to capture," said the first mate on the ship.

"What are you afraid of? Did you see any cannons on it? There are no visible weapons at all. It's just a turtle shell of steel that will only make our wealth swell."

Saying this, the captain laughed, revealing a full set of yellowed teeth.

...

Meanwhile, on the Lantern Ship.

The people resting in the cabin suddenly received a broadcast echoing through the air.

"Unknown ship approaching, repeating, unknown ship approaching, appearing as a pirate ship."

The people who heard the broadcast quickly went to the deck.

At first glance, they saw the black flag pirate ship pursuing them at a high speed from behind.

Kane's eyes changed, carefully examining the giant wooden sailing ship.

Then he saw the pirates on the deck and the character at the bow dressed like a pirate captain.

"They're all Silver-level strength; their captain is a Gold, but seemingly weak, not distinctly gold."

Kane conveyed the results of his assessment.

None showed fear; instead, they appeared excited.

They leaned over the side of the ship, closely watching the approaching pirate ship.

"So these are pirates? Does this mean we're being robbed by pirates?"

"I would think so."

"Oh, that's interesting."

"Quite novel, indeed."

In less than a minute.

The pirate ship rapidly approached alongside Kane and the others.

Soon, Kane and the others saw the black cannon mouths poking out from the side of the ship, followed by a series of booms, as black cannonballs flew towards their ironclad ship.

The first cannonball hadn't even reached the ironclad when a blue hand suddenly appeared, grabbing it, then powerfully flinging it back in the opposite direction.

This cannonball, flung by Meizike, shot into the enemy's hull like a rocket, causing a violent explosion.

The side of the enemy's wooden sail was instantly blown open, creating a gap.

A dozen pirates were blown off the ship, falling into the water.

The sea surface had long been stained with blood.

Many sea beasts could be seen swimming back and forth in the depths.

Waiting for this inexplicable "gift" of nature to arrive.

The remaining cannonballs were either blocked by Longbei.

Or kicked back one by one by Kane and the Guild's Explorers.

Seeing their cannonballs were ineffective.

The captain turned around, shouting at his remaining subordinates, "Stop firing, get the ship alongside, and board them directly.

Get up there and kill them for me."

Hearing his words, the scattered pirates quickly regrouped.

They picked up their weapons and hooked claws, waiting by the ship's edge.

Their ship was getting closer and closer to Kane and their ironclad giant ship.

"Looks like they're scared, they're not even resisting."

The pirate ship got closer.

Until finally, it collided with the side of the ironclad giant ship.

However, just as they touched, the side of the wooden sailboat was immediately cracked, planks breaking and flying out.

But the pirates didn't care at all, grappling hooks and ropes were thrown over.

They began to board Kane and the others' ship.

Given Kane and the others' strength, the enemy ship shouldn't have been able to even get close, let alone board.

Yet, the deck on Kane and their side was already prepared and waiting.

As they put it, several days at sea, it was good to use these pirates as a way to stretch and exercise.

Being robbed on a ship was new and interesting for them.

That's why Kane allowed these pirates to get close and board their deck in the first place.

At that moment, a fast-moving entity descended from the sky, landing on the enemy's ship.

The crimson exhaust trailing behind identified its identity clearly.

It was the Comet Dragon that had been following Kane and the others.

Taking advantage of the boarding chaos, it arrived on the enemy ship, sweeping all remaining pirates off with a flick of its tail.

The pirate captain on the ship at this point was already sitting paralyzed at the prow.

His cracked curved saber and pirate hat had fallen off to the side.

He looked in horror at the suddenly appearing colossal creature on his ship.

What happened? How did such a massive creature suddenly appear on my ship?

And the aura of this beast made him shiver uncontrollably.

"Where have you idiots gone? Get up there and stop him, drive him off."

He shouted while glancing around.

Only to realize that most of the pirates had already boarded Kane and their ship.

And most of the pirates on his own ship were swept away by the creature before him.

Even the pirates not swept away cowered in corners, peeking out at the enormous creature that had suddenly landed on their deck.

Some pirates couldn't take it anymore and jumped into the sea to escape.

The pirates that boarded Kane's ship emitted no battle cries, only one scream after another.

Now he was isolated and helpless.