Chapter 965: New Momentum

Within the Black Pearl's exclusive maritime city, every member of Xu Yang's Glory Squad reaped significant rewards, acquiring their most coveted spoils. At this pivotal moment, Xu Yang's Glory Squad had effectively inherited the entire treasure trove of the Demonic Dragon Legion. Within just one week, Xu Yang's team completely emptied the Black Pearl's maritime city, which had housed countless treasures accumulated over thousands of years by the Demonic Dragon Legion.

If the elders of the Demonic Dragon Legion's council were to discover this fact, they would undoubtedly be enraged.

But who is truly to blame?

The blame lies solely with the Law Enforcement Elder. In his attempt to obstruct Xu Yang's Glory Squad, he ended up suffering a double loss. Should the five most powerful and mysterious elders of the council learn of this, the Law Enforcement Elder would likely be swiftly punished, possibly even dismembered. After all, those five individuals possess immense power, having been among the elite who returned alive from Demonic Dragon Island years ago. Dispensing with the Law Enforcement Elder would be a trivial matter for them.

Of course, Xu Yang and his team were entirely unconcerned with the Law Enforcement Elder's fate. Their sole focus was on successfully piloting the Black Pearl out to sea, bound for Demonic Dragon Island — the ultimate secret sanctuary yearned for by countless inhabitants of the Yingzhou Continent.

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye. During this week, every member of the Glory Squad was diligently collecting treasures and extensively reviewing thousands of top-tier cultivation techniques, each selecting manuals best suited for their individual practice. They also significantly enhanced their power levels, as the upcoming sea voyage promised extreme peril. According to the two mermaid maidens, the waters surrounding Demonic Dragon Island were boundless and immeasurably vast.

The nature of the dangers they might encounter was unknown, and even the two mermaid maidens dared not act recklessly within the true Demonic Dragon Sea. They explained that the deepest parts of the Demonic Dragon Sea harbored colossal, million-year-old oceanic overlords. After all, the entire Yingzhou Continent was partitioned into four sections by the vast, Endless Sea. The ocean, one could say, was the very foundation upon which the continent was born, and the deep-sea leviathans lurking within possessed unimaginable power. To contend with such formidable oceanic beasts without ample preparation would undoubtedly invite unimaginable misfortune.

Driven by these considerations, Xu Yang repeatedly cautioned the other five members of the Glory Squad. Despite their significant gains in spoils, he stressed that these were trivial compared to their ultimate objective: Demonic Dragon Island. To ensure a flawless voyage, Xu Yang used these relatively relaxed days to urge everyone to maximize their strength and prepare additional life-saving measures for any unforeseen maritime challenges.

Beyond the threats from various aquatic species, the two mermaid maidens also warned that several independent islands near Demonic Dragon Island were home to sizable pirate legions. These legions were, in fact, gatherings of continental masters from various eras, all yearning for Demonic Dragon Island's hidden treasures. Though they had been unable to advance further, their desire for the island never waned. Over time, many chose not to return, instead settling on nearby islands, hoping for future opportunities to claim the Demonic Dragon Island treasures.

Consequently, the top pirate groups occupying these independent islands were among the most formidable pirate organizations on the entire Yingzhou Continent, making any encounter with them extremely perilous. While they might not possess warships of the Black Pearl's caliber, their immense numbers, seasoned commanders, and extensive combat experience from years at sea meant that being surrounded and entangled with them would be a far from easy situation to manage. The culmination of these factors necessitated that Xu Yang's Glory Squad be exceptionally well-prepared for their voyage, or they would likely face unimaginable challenges at sea.

Fortunately, seven full days of preparation allowed the Glory Squad members to accomplish a great deal. During these seven days, Xu Yang and Ling Yao simultaneously coached each team member, significantly advancing the cultivation levels of the other five. Their practical combat abilities were also substantially boosted. The final phase involved Xu Yang meticulously studying the operational procedures of the Black Pearl warship, as he was now doing.

Xu Yang methodically tested nearly every one of the eighty-plus buttons. Only after confirming their unique functions did he feel confident enough to inject primal energy into the Black Pearl warship, preparing to propel this maritime behemoth forward. According to Xu Yang, he refrained from using the ship's inherent propulsion system to avoid alerting the elders of the Demonic Dragon Legion too soon about the plundered treasures. Otherwise, those elders would immediately enter this Purple-grade Demonic Dragon Battlefield.

Considering this, Xu Yang decisively chose to inject his own primal energy to power the Black Pearl warship. He reasoned that once they cleared the outer waters, even if the five great elders were alerted, any retaliatory action they planned would not materialize overnight. After all, even at the peak of their power, they hadn't been able to subdue the Demonic Dragon of Demonic Dragon Island. Once they navigated the ship into the Central Domain or the inner reaches of the Endless Sea, the elders of the Demonic Dragon Legion, no matter how desperate, would be powerless to act.

With all preparations complete, Xu Yang gathered the Glory Squad members to stand guard around him. He then extended his immensely powerful, exclusive array energy to envelop the Black Pearl's primary control chamber. Soon after, all eight qi vortexes within Xu Yang activated simultaneously, channeling immense surges of primal energy into the propulsion array he had personally constructed. This energy, flowing from the array, was then swiftly transmitted into the Black Pearl warship's existing energy system.

Xu Yang's primal energy effectively reactivated the warship's original energy system. After all, primal energy, originating from the cultivator's own body, possessed formidable neutralizing capabilities. Furthermore, given Xu Yang's Immaculate Angel bloodline, assimilating the residual energy within the Black Pearl warship's existing system proved remarkably easy. This masterful, heaven-defying skill of his perfectly bypassed the Purple-grade sealing array in the warship's main control cabin, effectively concealing their actions from the Elder Council during this crucial period.