Grinding EXP From a Demon Hunting Ship-Chapter 33: Tank It, I’ll Be Fine

SHIIING!

Sensing the movement behind him, a thought flashed through Shamok’s mind.

’A thrown spear?’

’Is it that cultivator who uses a spear?’

The image of Su Ye surfaced in his mind.

Should he turn back to defend?

Shamok pondered.

’Forget it, I’ll just tank it!’

’He’s just in the Early-stage Qi Refining realm!’

’As long as I kill this mid-stage cultivator, I can crush an Early-stage Qi Refining one with a flip of my palm!’

In an instant, Shamok made his decision.

He would ignore the spear at his back and kill Luo Qingjun first!

To Shamok, Su Ye’s earlier performance on deck had certainly been stunning.

But according to his tribe’s Priest,

while his Frenzied Crocodile Totem was active, an attack from an Early-stage Qi Refining cultivator was practically negligible!

Taking one hit wouldn’t kill him...

"Huh?!"

Shamok’s expression instantly twisted into a savage grimace.

Pain!

So much pain!

This was completely different from what he’d imagined!

An unbearable, terrifying agony shot from his back!

It was as if a water-filled balloon had been pierced by an arrow!

SPLURT!

A shocking amount of blood gushed from the wound like a fountain!

The strength from his powerful physique, and even his consciousness, rapidly drained away with his blood.

The world around him seemed to recede into the distance in an instant.

The colors of his vision faded quickly, leaving only a decaying gray and white.

Blood trickled from all seven of Shamok’s orifices.

"Impossible... He’s... he’s only in the Early-stage Qi Refining realm..."

’Damn it, that old bastard Priest lied to me!’

’He swore up and down, but this totem’s protection can’t even block a spear from an Early-stage Qi Refining cultivator!’

’You old fraud, I hope you die a miserable death!’

As this final thought faded,

Shamok’s consciousness sank into darkness!

THUD!

Shamok’s towering body lost all power and crashed stiffly to the ground, his pupils dilated.

"Hah..." Luo Qingjun was deeply shaken, panting heavily.

At that moment, the distance between him and Shamok was less than three feet!

Once he got close, given Shamok’s formidable melee prowess under the totem’s enhancement, Luo Qingjun would have certainly been more likely to die than to live!

You could say he was just one step away.

One step from killing Luo Qingjun!

But that single step became the end of Shamok’s life!

"Hah... Thank you..."

Luo Qingjun’s face was deathly pale as he looked toward Su Ye in the distance, his eyes filled with gratitude and trust.

If not for Su Ye’s help, he would have died here!

...

Looking at Shamok’s corpse, Su Ye smiled.

’I admit your totem’s enhancement is strong.’

’But... if I use the Whale-Hunting Spear, how would you have possibly dealt with that?’

As far as Su Ye was concerned, the outcome had been sealed the moment Shamok underestimated his killing power and made the wrong decision.

To take on the Whale-Hunting Spear—which had the [Piercing] trait, nine points of added lethality, and what could be called Limit-Breaking Power—with nothing but flesh and blood!

What other end could there be but ’death’?

SWOOSH.

With a beckoning motion, Su Ye activated the Blood-Drinking Spear as usual, making brain stew.

Brain stew was a traditional ancestral craft, after all.

And one must never forget their roots.

Next, he took Shamok’s bloody head.

He held it high to intimidate the remaining native pirates!

"Your leader is dead! Surrender now!"

Shamok’s prestige among the pirates was extremely high.

Normally, this prestige helped him command them.

But after Su Ye killed him, the pirates’ will to resist collapsed completely!

"I surrender!"

"Don’t kill me! Don’t kill me!"

...

On the pirate ship.

The man in the bamboo hat, Shu Liu, watched everything unfold on the Flying Serpent, his face a mask of astonishment.

Shamok boarded the ship, Shamok went on a rampage, Shamok... was dead?!

’No way... Are you kidding me?’

He never would have imagined that Shamok would die just like that!

Even a Late-stage Qi Refining expert would have to pay a certain price to kill Shamok while he was enhanced by his totem.

How could he have died so easily?

Shu Liu rubbed his eyes several times, trying to deceive himself, but the fact was undeniable!

And with Shamok’s death, the pirates’ morale had shattered...

Had the attack on the Flying Serpent failed?

Shu Liu couldn’t accept it, his face filled with unwillingness!

’No!’

’If this fails, not only will our entire investment be washed down the drain,’

’but they might also follow the trail of clues and implicate the family!’

A trace of fear appeared on Shu Liu’s face.

Although the four ballistae on the pirate ship had all been sourced from various black markets,

on the surface, they had no connection to the Shu Family.

But...

wherever one walks, they leave a trace!

If the Luo Family investigated carefully, they would more or less find some clues.

And in the hands of the Luo Family, whose hatred for the Shu Family ran as deep as the sea,

those traces would be enough for them to build an ironclad case and report it to the main sect!

If that happened, it would be extremely disadvantageous for the Shu Family!

At this thought, Shu Liu’s expression immediately turned vicious.

’I can’t just admit defeat like this!’

He hurried forward and began to load a ballista, planning to make one last desperate attempt!

However, in the next instant, the sound of a projectile tearing through the air rang out!

A Crossbow Arrow came roaring in, directly smashing the ballista in front of Shu Liu and scattering it into a pile of parts!

Then, the Crossbow Arrow ’gently’ brushed past Shu Liu’s lower body!

The terrifying kinetic energy grazed him!

In an instant, his legs were turned to pulp, blood splattered everywhere, and the white shards of his broken bones were starkly visible!

"AHHH!!!"

The excruciating pain from his shattered legs shot through him, and Shu Liu collapsed to the ground, wailing in agony!

"Hmph, you still want to shoot me with a ballista?!!!"

Su Ye sneered as he released the trigger.

His frightening experience ’dodging ballistae’ earlier had made him pay double attention to the enemy ship’s weaponry!

And then,

THWANG!

Su Ye threw a rope and used it to swing across to the pirate ship.

The technique wasn’t difficult. With Su Ye’s current physical conditioning, aided by his Spiritual Sense to enhance his control over his body,

he had more or less figured it out after seeing it done once.

Seeing Su Ye swing over, alarm bells screamed in Shu Liu’s mind!

’No... I absolutely cannot be taken captive and bring disaster upon my family!’

A ruthless look appeared on Shu Liu’s face. He was about to take out a talisman to disfigure himself and commit suicide.

"Trying to kill yourself?"

Quick as a flash, Su Ye stabbed out with the Blood-Drinking Spear, pinning his hand to the deck!

"AHHH!!!" Shu Liu screamed again.

Then,

THWACK.

Su Ye chopped the back of Shu Liu’s neck with the side of his hand, knocking him unconscious, and handed him over to the Flying Serpent’s crew.

"Get him some medical treatment. Keep a close watch on him, and don’t let him die." 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

This wasn’t some act of sainthood.

It was because...

’Among a bunch of wild natives with disheveled hair and tattoos, you’re the only one wearing a bamboo hat and covering yourself up so completely...’

Su Ye remarked cynically.

Such an abnormal act was hard not to notice.

And when you considered the four ballistae that shouldn’t have been on a native pirate ship...

it wasn’t hard for Su Ye to deduce,

that this pirate attack was very likely a conspiracy targeting the Luo Family!

’This person... most likely knows some secrets about what’s going on behind the scenes!’