Witch, I'm really not the Deep Sea Ancient God!

A wave of unspeakable fear surged to his forehead, and he roared inwardly,

Burst of courage!

Burst of courage, a First Order Blade Phase skill, allowed him to fear no pain and unleashed his body's potential!

Chen Qi also used a skill.

An accompanying skill of Body Forging through the Blade, burst.

His constitution now, paired with burst, already counted as a fairly good defensive and offensive technique.

The opponent's movements had clearly lost balance, completely within his control.

He pressed his hand against the opponent's head and then smashed it down fiercely!

With a bang!

The Iron Hand was struck down by Chen Qi, firmly pressed to the ground.

Iron Hand coughed up blood, looking incredulously at the scene unfolding before him; he was defeated in seconds.

Although he was a brute, he had learned the skill to detect the Spiritual Power field.

The Chen Qi before him had already reached the same level, stepping into the First Order.

He couldn't understand how a person suffering from Sea Beast disease could overpower him in strength and speed.

After all, in the later stages of Sea Beast disease, due to the body being gradually consumed, it was very hard to even stand.

His eyes bulged like copper bells:

"Why?"

"How could a mere mechanical hand surpass my well-trained, strong flesh."

Chen Qi smiled and skillfully pulled out his Collector.

The next second, the muzzle was pressed against his forehead.

Chen Qi interrogated:

"Tell me, where are you from, and why have you come?"

Iron Hand's spirit of resistance temporarily shrank back; he blurted out all the information about the Black-eyed Captain and the Black Rabbit Gang.

...

"So that's how it is..."

Chen Qi thought.

The Black-eyed Captain had gone to Moonstone City to inquire about his whereabouts.

On the vast sea, finding a person was no easy task.

Being able to go to Moonstone City in such a short time showed that the Black-eyed Captain and Little Raven pursued him earnestly.

This was the first time in his life that he was pursued so vigorously.

The information from the other party had two key points.

First, from the current situation, the Black-eyed Captain had not disclosed his news to the Black Whale Group but kept it within their Sawshark.

The high ranks of the Black Rabbit Gang asked hundreds of times, yet the Captain only evaded with the excuse of stealing something.

The Captain wanted to monopolize the treasure of the Deep Sea Hunter without others intervening.

Second, the Black-eyed Captain was not sure where Chen Qi was, or even if he was still alive.

Being wanted by the navy, they could only reluctantly join the Black Rabbit Gang, cautiously searching for him.

All in all, his current situation was still relatively safe.

However, if the other side could confirm he was alive, it was not out of the question that the Black-eyed Captain would inform the Black Whale Group.

If the Black Whale Group were to act, the situation would completely change.

The Sawshark was just a small ship under the Black Whale Group; there were many top-notch monsters above it.

These monsters were far beyond what Teacher An and the Lighthouse keepers could handle.

Just the map to the Deep Sea Hunter's treasure on him was enough to mobilize half of the Black Whale Group.

Chen Qi smiled helplessly; was this what being popular felt like.

But there was some good news.

His next target was the treasure of the Deep Sea Hunter and playing with the Sea Beasts, and he wouldn't be staying in Maro Town for a long while.

Through Deep Sea Affinity, he could acquire many rare ingredients from the Sea Beasts!

He was about to go out and enjoy himself!

Even if the Black Rabbit Gang knew his hometown was Maro Town, it would be difficult to encounter him.

The Black-eyed Captain and Little Raven could only rely on luck to find him.

Chen Qi smiled and said to Iron Hand:

"Thank you for the information you provided."

"Right, take out anything valuable you have on you. I have no interest in searching your body."

The Iron Hand might be lacking, but with a mechanical arm, he must be worth a lot!

Reluctantly, Iron Hand pulled out a card from underneath his clothes:

"It's all here."

A card? A Skill Card?

Chen Qi picked up the card with his hand. On the back of the card, there was an image of a backpack.

A prompt appeared before his eyes.

[20-Series Backpack Card:

Description: Produced by the White Dove Travel Company of the White Tower Federation, essential for hiding money at home and traveling abroad.

Capacity: 1*1*2 (rectangular prism, two cubic meters)]

Backpack Card...

Chen Qi was suddenly shocked. He had never expected to come across such a good thing!

The Backpack Card is a storage card, manufactured by major companies of the White Tower Federation using special crack technology.

In Shell Country, even the most basic one cubic meter backpack card costs at least 300,000 Shell Coins!

And the price multiplies several times for each additional cubic meter.

This backpack card he was holding, in terms of price, was worth at least a million Shell Coins!

Moreover, the key point was that the White Dove Travel Company, the producer of the backpack cards, preferred to use a starvation marketing tactic; they kept annual supply numbers low despite having ample production capacity.

Therefore, this backpack card might fetch a price of two million or even three million Shell Coins!

Robbery? No, self-defense turned out to be this profitable... Chen Qi couldn't help reflecting; he earned so little from a trip to the crack.

He couldn't always be lugging a backpack around; in many cases, it significantly reduced his combat capabilities.

Chen Qi glanced at the front of the backpack card.

The front of the backpack card displayed the stored items.

There were various knives, a collector's gun, over two hundred bullets, and lubricant.

Those items were worth quite a bit of money too.

He had made a fortune!

Chen Qi pocketed the backpack card and looked down at Iron Hand below him.

The other party wasn't here to assassinate him; he was here to deliver money and equipment.

At that moment, Iron Hand, pinned to the ground, stirred and asked:

"I've answered your question. I am very curious, you country bumpkin, what exactly did you take to make the Black-eyed Captain so anxious?"

Iron Hand watched Chen Qi grit his teeth. Secretly, his mechanical arm moved slightly, emitting a bit of steam.

Chen Qi didn't speak, but silently drew his Blade.

Seeing the ashen blade, Iron Hand's pupils sharply constricted!

That was unmistakably the Black-eyed Captain's Blade!

He understood everything, this kid had dared to run off with the Black-eyed Captain's Blade!

How dare you!

Excitement flickered in his eyes; if he could get his hands on that Blade, he would be set for a long while.

Iron Hand's mechanical arm emitted a great deal of steam, he thought to attack while the other party was drawing the Blade, then snatch it and run.

Bang!

Accompanied by a gunshot, before his mechanical arm could swing, a great deal of blood flowed from his chest, and his consciousness gradually faded.

"Phew!"

Chen Qi pulled the trigger of the collector's gun.

In any world, people like slave traders deserve to be eliminated.

The other party was a wanted criminal, this was a perfect act of self-defense.

The noise from the fight had already drawn the attention of quite a few people nearby.

Chen Qi grabbed Iron Hand's right leg, pulling him out of the boathouse.

Being a wanted criminal, he could still bring in some money!

Phew!

Hearing the gunshot, An Huangzhang leapt from the merchant ship with the agility of a cat.

"What happened? Are you alright?"

She hurried over to Chen Qi, asking with concern.

But when she saw the corpse in Chen Qi's hands, her pupils sharply constricted.