Chapter 1054: Slay

The pirate leader smiled and nodded in agreement without the slightest hesitation.

Meanwhile, Xu Yang and the Glory team continued to push deeper into the outer reaches of Skull King Island. It must be said that Skull King Island is truly enormous. The outer region alone was vast enough for the Glory team to travel for three days and three nights. Along the way, they encountered hundreds of pirate scouts, all of whom were eliminated by Xu Yang's Glory team.

Of course, this level of subordinate simply couldn't pique the interest of Xu Yang's Glory team. They yearned for temporary residency rights over the entire outer region of Skull King Island! They had to eliminate all pirate forces on the island before they could truly settle down there.

"Boss," Gugulas asked, "Why do I hear a particularly strange sound?" Gugulas patted his large belly, suddenly sensing something. Ever since his physical strength had significantly improved, his five senses and perception had also become much stronger than before.

Hearing his words, the Banshee Queen immediately took action. With the Boundless Sea Master Artifact in her hand, she quickly gathered a massive surge of powerful spiritual energy. This then caused the surrounding sea to churn with endless, powerful waves. As the sound of the waves continuously crashed, the sonic waves emanating from the shore conveyed a lot of information to the Banshee Queen.

"Damn it," she exclaimed, "If my judgment is correct, a very powerful ancient beast race is surrounding us from this direction!"

Xu Yang heard the Banshee Queen's words and immediately made a judgment. He thought, "It must be the pirate forces in the outer region of the island. To deal with us, they've brought out some ancient races from the island's interior, hoping to use them to eliminate us and then seize our Black Pearl resources!"

It must be said, Xu Yang truly had uncanny foresight, judging the true situation perfectly. He could make such a judgment because, during their advance over the past few days, he had discovered that apart from the scout warriors, no truly powerful core members of the pirate legion in the outer region of Skull King Island had appeared. Clearly, the enemy was deliberately avoiding the Glory team. Sure enough, they were indeed plotting this dangerous move.

Xu Yang revealed a faint smile: "I'm not afraid of them making a move; I'm afraid of them always hiding like cowards. Since these guys have already come up with a countermeasure, we'll respond to whatever comes our way—meet soldiers with generals, and dam water with earth. I'd like to see what ancient species on Skull King Island, besides the legendary Overlord King Kong, can still surprise me!"

Just as Xu Yang finished speaking, large numbers of ancient lizards appeared within Xu Yang and his team's sight. It's worth noting that the ancient lizard leader had also personally come forth. It seemed he greatly valued this cooperation with the pirate leader, genuinely wanting to obtain the Twin-Headed Giant Crab's life essence. This fellow was quite straightforward; upon seeing the Glory team, he immediately got straight to the point.

"Our ancient lizard race has been entrusted by the pirate legion leader to eliminate you this time. Of course, the reason his invitation moved us is because the pirate leader told us that you control the life essence of the Twin-Headed Giant Crab. If you are willing to yield this part of the inheritance and help our ancient lizards enhance their strength, we can abandon our pursuit of you."

In fact, these ancient lizards had no desire to be enemies with the Glory team, because they clearly understood that a team capable of threatening a pirate legion numbering in the thousands must consist of extremely powerful individuals. Fighting them to the death would bring no benefit whatsoever to the ancient lizard race. If they could resolve this in a fair manner, wouldn't it be better for everyone to benefit mutually and achieve a win-win situation?

However, Xu Yang's immediate response was a harsh slap to the ancient lizard leader's face.

"Who do you think you are?" Xu Yang scoffed. "You dare covet the Twin-Headed Giant Crab's life essence too? If you were King Kong, the leader of Skull King Island, and made such a request to me, I might, out of respect for you, seek a way to cooperate. But you are completely unqualified to discuss any deal with me, Xu Yang!"

Xu Yang's words were a complete slap in his face, showing no respect for the opponent at all, and drove the ancient lizard leader to extreme fury.

"You could have rejected me in a completely different way," the ancient lizard leader retorted. "The reason you humiliated me like this is because you are determined and want to start a war with us. If that's the case, our ancient lizard clan will use our strength to defend our honor and pursue the benefits we desire. In this battle today, neither side will rest until the other is destroyed! Our ancient lizard clan will fight to the last man, and we will make your Glory team pay the price. In the entire Endless Sea, apart from the God of Dragon Island and Lord King Kong, no one dares to speak to me as you just did! And since you have done so, you must bear the consequences."

Xu Yang snorted coldly and wagged a finger at the ancient lizard leader before him: "Do you believe me when I say I only need three seconds to make you utterly disappear from this world?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Yang snapped his fingers behind him. From that very moment, every member of the Glory team implicitly understood and simultaneously began a three-second countdown.

"Three, two, one!"

In a mere three fleeting seconds, the instant the last number was uttered, Xu Yang's body vanished from his spot. The entire world ceased to operate under space-time laws at that moment, falling into stillness. A golden light flashed from Xu Yang and instantly vanished. When everything around them resumed its normal operation, everyone saw that the ancient lizard leader had been split into two. No one could clearly see by what means he had been split in half. Because in that brief moment, Xu Yang had once again opened his exclusive box, freezing the laws of space-time for an incredibly short instant.

And when the surrounding space-time laws resumed operation, all the ancient lizards nearby were utterly bewildered! They had never dreamed that their strongest chieftain, a formidable existence on par with the overlords of the entire Endless Sea, would, in front of Xu Yang, not even know how he died before being cleaved into two by a single strike.

Wiping his Jade Bone Divine Sword, Xu Yang, with a smiling gaze, swept his eyes over the surrounding ancient lizards, looking at each one.

"Well?" Xu Yang asked, "Do you still want to continue this fight?"

All the ancient lizards let out furious roars. To Xu Yang's slight surprise, they did not flee in panic. Instead, the mysterious demise of their chieftain had completely driven them into a frenzy, and they began to charge madly toward the Glory team's formation.

"Kill!!"