Su Yao looked in the direction of the sound and saw a tall figure standing on the bow of the ship. Under the billowing scarlet cloak, his strong chest and abdominal muscles were exposed without any cover.
Under his hawk-like, sharp gaze, his signature mustache twitched up and down with his mocking laughter.
At this moment, he had his left hand on his hip and his right hand delicately rubbing his mustache, looking completely like he had succeeded in his evil scheme, his provocative gaze sweeping over Su Yao below.
Upon seeing the person who arrived, Su Yao was momentarily speechless. An ominous premonition was churning wildly within her; the viewers in the live stream must have had a purpose in luring her here…
With a flick of her tail, she struggled violently, glancing resentfully at Old Chen above her: "Roger! Ugh, greasy Old Chen! When are you going to cure your chuunibyou (middle school syndrome)? Stop playing games, okay...?"
As if he had heard the biggest joke in the world, Old Chen raised his eyebrows into a wave shape, and then opened his arms as if embracing the sea.
"No! I! Am the man who has become the Pirate King!" He grinned, revealing his big white teeth, and laughed loudly with his eyes narrowed.
"Huh!? Human—!"
As the sea churned violently, a silver figure soared into the air. It was the shark from before. After transforming into human form, it wielded a spiked club and hurled it at Old Chen.
The seawater that was gathering from all sides kept turning into sharp cones. As the silver spiked club fell downwards, he immediately roared, "You filthy humans! Die with me!"
"Oh? A mage dares to attack a grand mage?! Commendable courage!" Old Chen glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, then put his hands on his hips and burst into laughter.
The other pirates nearby drew their swords, wanting to stop him, but seeing their leader's leisurely demeanor, they hesitated and put their swords back.
"They've been underestimated by the young people!"
Opening his eyes, facing the spiked club that had already reached him, Old Chen lightly flicked the blade with his middle finger.
"Ping...!"
With a crisp sound, a terrifying aura erupted from his body, and his scarlet cloak fluttered wildly.
"null--!"
The crimson lightning flashed and disappeared in an instant, its immense power spreading outwards. Old Chen glared fiercely at the shark, whose silver body was sent flying backwards in a flash.
"Ugh... Pfft..."
"boom--!"
Countless bloodstains exploded in the air, accompanied by screams, as the shark crashed heavily into the sea, sending up a splash hundreds of meters high.
Rubbing his beard, Old Chen squinted and chuckled again: "Shouting around before you have the strength is nothing more than being a not-so-funny clown!"
...
"Awesome! One magic release and it's gone?! Hahaha, I can't even imagine how the three generals will fight (sweating like soybeans)."
"What stage are our three admirals at? (doge) Can they even last a round against Roger!?"
"This is hilarious! How many people did the Navy Headquarters recruit?! Anyone just came from their live stream? Tell us!"
"The navy has 120,000 men, while the army has 650,000, but there's no comparison! Only Ye Feng and his two companions are worth mentioning."
...
In the live stream with 4 million viewers, the conversation quickly shifted to the navy and pirates, completely ignoring Su Yao, who had just been tricked and deceived.
"Those are three generals! It's so unfair to fight 3 against 1!" Faced with the audience's question, Old Chen scratched his head and chuckled, then waved his hand to signal his men to put away the chains.
For over a decade, Old Chen has been completely immersed in this world; it has everything…treasure, influence, prestige, power…
These are things he could never have in real life. Compared to being known as Old Chen, he actually prefers to be called Roger, the Pirate King Roger...
"Hey! So why did you deliberately lure me here?! You hired those paid trolls in the live stream, didn't you?!"
Su Yao, who had been pulled from the water, thrashed helplessly on the deck. Her smooth fish scales quickly caused her to slide to Old Chen's feet.
"It should be." Nodding silently, Old Chen's lips already curled into a smug smile.
Upon hearing this, Su Yao's face immediately darkened. She struggled to turn her back and looked down at Old Chen from below. After observing him so closely, she had only one feeling.
—So immature and eccentric! Those captivating eyes are just too much!
"Should? You have a really twisted sense of humor. The temple of Atlantis, you just want to steal it like that?" She pouted, forcing herself to meet Old Chen's gaze, which was brimming with childish arrogance.
Old Chen's smile froze on his face, replaced by disdain and indignation: "What did I steal? I thought there was treasure, but there's nothing here!"
"Treasure?" As if she had heard something new and interesting, Su Yao immediately listened intently.
Covering his face with one hand and forcing a wry smile, Old Chen sighed helplessly, "The magical ruins from the first closed beta test! You participated in the first closed beta test, and you've already forgotten so quickly?"
"Playing games without using your brain? Why do you mermaids have magic from birth? There's no such thing as a free lunch!" He pointed to the ocean, his face full of disappointment.
Su Yao, who originally only intended to be a casual player, suddenly felt her mind explode after hearing what Lao Chen said, as if she understood everything.
Could it be that the mermaids' power comes from the ruins, which were buried beneath Atlantis during the mass extinction?
With this thought in mind, she suddenly had an idea: to wipe out all the pirates in the world.
Feigning nonchalance, Su Yao lazily patted the chains with her fishtail, then propped her head up with one hand. "Roger? You chuunibyou? Can I be called Hawkeye Mihawk then?"
Old Cheng frowned, as if a sore spot had been touched, and his brows immediately filled with mockery: "Really? Do you look like it? Looks like you haven't been watching the news. They've already built their naval headquarters, and all three of their admirals have come out!"
"You're calling me a chuunibyou? Like you've never watched One Piece?"
Old Chen's expression suddenly darkened, his demeanor instantly changing as he stared intently at the mermaid beneath his feet: "Alright, listen up! Please turn off the live stream now. I need your help with the magical ruins in Atlantis."
"Why?" Su Yao opened her mouth slightly, amazed by the change in his demeanor, and covered her mouth in disbelief with both hands.
Crouching down, Old Chen brought his head even closer, his lips twitching as he lowered his voice: "Turn off the live stream now! Otherwise..."
In his sinister gaze, his killing intent almost rippled outwards, spreading towards the corners of his eyes the instant he narrowed them.
"Don't get excited, don't get excited! I..."
"bump..."
The words came to an abrupt halt as a storm silently approached, and the sudden surge of giant waves caused the ship to move violently.
Because the scales on the fish tail were smooth, and with the boat tilting sharply, Su Yao immediately lost her balance. She closed her eyes and began to grab at things haphazardly.
After grabbing onto something that resembled a rope, Su Yao instinctively pulled hard…
"Hiss..."
"Aa ...
A piercing scream that echoed across the sea followed.
Old Chen's murderous intent vanished completely. He clutched his right cheek as if electrocuted and howled in agony, his eyelashes instantly becoming wet.
Even more outrageous was the remaining half of his beard, which, as if in resonance, automatically twisted into a pretzel and trembled along with Old Chen.
While Su Yao was still wondering what was happening, Old Chen was already in so much pain that his little pearls were falling out. With a crisp crack, his back teeth broke!
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"666, this is hilarious! Roger has now become Roger 2.5! Who would have thought? His beard is Roger's true form!"
"My God, pulled it out alive? That must have hurt so much! I can't bear to look! Roger's face is ruined! Haha!"
"Ahhhhhh, the soy milk is flowing out! One Piece soy milk! Ahahaha!"
"The Pirate King can make soy milk? That's rare! But for the sake of symmetry, let's pluck the rest of his beard too! Hehehe!"
"His back molars were shattered?! Wow, that's incredible! How much pain must that have caused?! Even when Old Chen was being chased all over the ocean by tuna, it didn't hurt this much!"
...
Seeing this, viewers in the live stream took screenshots to commemorate the moment, capturing the scene of Old Chen dropping the small pearls, and captioned it, "The soy milk is flowing out!"