While I'm at the martial arts academy, my wife is cultivating while I enjoy life.

"That's right. I don't know what you want to do. Do you think I'd dare bring you onto the submarine?"

Riya trembled with rage. "I knew you dared to keep your enemy by your side so openly. You were plotting against me all along, you cunning Jinglong people."

"Foolish King Snake Man, if you don't want to go back to the water dungeon, then obediently become my maid and do whatever I tell you to do. Now go and clean the captain's room."

After Yang Ding finished speaking, he turned around and left with Ye Rou.

Ruiya collapsed to the ground, gritting her teeth.

Now that her intentions have been exposed, she will never know anything about the mermaid beast, and she will never be able to complete the mission assigned to her by the empire.

Why not avenge my brother?

Riya spread out her hands, and two blazing flames suddenly appeared, burning brighter and brighter.

She lunged at Yang Ding as fast as she could, ready to burn him alive with her.

Yang Ding was prepared. He turned around and pointed two fingers at her, and Ruiya was instantly sent to the drainage tank. Then he pointed again, and seawater was brought in.

The powerful water pressure knocked Riya to the ground, spraying water all over her body and breaking her skin.

The whole process took less than a second.

Before Riya could even react, she had lost the ability to resist.

She never expected that Yang Ding would possess both superhuman spatial and water abilities. Was he even human?

I'm afraid I'll never be able to kill him.

"Go ahead and kill me, kill me if you dare."

Yang Ding sneered, "I'll show you what it means to be more ruthless than you pirates. You'll live in fear of drowning for the rest of your life until you beg for mercy on your knees."

Water overcomes fire, and fire naturally has a fear of water.

Soaking fire-type creatures in water for extended periods is the cruelest form of torture.

Riya was indeed terrified. She could only stand in the water with only her nose sticking out, and she couldn't sleep. It was worse than death for her.

"Wait, you just said you were going to find the pirates. I know where they're hiding," Rhea said.

"are you sure?"

"Of course, you Jinglong people all know that a cunning rabbit has three burrows. Don't you pirates know that the second base is our Wangshe people's territory, also in Dongying?"

"If you're playing me, your imprisonment will be extended indefinitely. You know I don't care if you live or die."

Riya nodded. "Okay."

Her idea was simple: to bring Yang Ding to the empire's brothers' stronghold and avenge her brother.

Yang Dingchao nodded to First Mate Huo and said, "Let her show you the way."

He released Riya and warned her, "With your cultivation level, you can't kill me at all. Don't push your luck."

Ruiya nodded obediently. She knew that Yang Ding was capable of anything and was no longer as arrogant as before.

She followed him to the driver's seat and began giving directions to First Mate Huo.

Ye Rou handed her a loaf of bread. "Ruya, have something to eat first."

"Thanks."

Riya was cold and wary.

As a virtuous wife, Ye Rou began to use her lively, cheerful, and approachable image to gather information and pave the way for her husband.

Everyone said she was a silly girl, but Yang Ding could see that Ye Rou had inherited the great wisdom of her father-in-law, Ye Jian.

She handed Riya another glass of water.

"My husband killed your brother in self-defense, so you can't blame him for this."

"I wouldn't dare, I don't have that ability."

Ye Rou cut to the chase, "I don't quite understand why you'd rather temporarily set aside your hatred than not serve the empire. Your Queen of the Serpents is a woman too, isn't she?"

"The King Serpent Empire is not ruled by a queen, she is an empress, but we usually call her the High Priestess."

"Also a time-manipulation ability user?"

"Hmm, one of the five greatest time-manipulation ability users on Earth, no less than your queen."

Ye Rou's eyes darted around.

If Queen Jinglong foresaw that Yang Ding would become the ruler of the world, then the high priest of the King Serpent Empire should also be able to deduce it.

"So, killing my husband was your queen's order?"

"I'm just a lowly soldier, not even part of the regular army, and I have no way of getting close to the high priest."

"It's alright, I'll have my husband introduce you to your high priest sometime in the future."

Riya asked, puzzled, "Our High Priest is not someone a foreigner can simply see whenever he wants."

"Is your high priestess beautiful?"

Riya looked at her, puzzled. "Your question is strange. Does being pretty or not matter that much?"

"It's not that important to me, it's probably more important to my husband."

Ye Rou felt that Yang Ding was right to try to win over Ruiya. When they conquered the King Serpent Empire in the future, they would need a guide who knew the situation.

The place that Ruiya took the Jinglong to was actually the port of the capital of Dongying Kingdom, which was more than 2,000 kilometers away from Donghai City. It would be difficult for Wang Xuehua to find it in a short time.

Upon seeing the approaching unfamiliar submarine, the pirates hiding in the harbor immediately became tense. The four submarines attacked from the front and rear, surrounding the Jinglong.

Deputy Chief Huo quickly turned on the radio.

"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous. Our captain is Yang Ding. He wants to talk to Alexander Khan about some personal matters."

Upon hearing that it was Yang Ding, Alexander Khan's submarine immediately reported to him and replied shortly afterward.

"Surface, and do not use any weapons, or we will use nuclear weapons."

First mate Huo wasn't worried about these guys dropping nuclear bombs; if a nuclear bomb exploded in this godforsaken place, these pirates wouldn't be able to escape.

Yang Ding led Ye Rourui to the submarine exit.

Deputy Commander Huo, Zhang Peng, Cai Xiaoling, and the Twelve Guards of Yaoguang followed behind him, fully armed.

After the door opened, he went out and stood on the back of the submarine, surrounded by dozens of fishing boats and submarines with pirates of various skin colors standing on them.

A small ferry boat came by. "Get ashore, and I'll take you to see Alexander Khan."

Ruiya's companions were also silently watching Yang Ding from the dock.

The more I look at these guys, the more suspicious they seem.

This kid looks so familiar.

"Isn't Ruiya with Wang Gao?"

"Wasn't Wang Gao dead?"

"This guy isn't Wang Gao."

"Then who is he?"

"He is Yang Ding."

"That's Wang Gao."

"Was it Yang Ding who killed our people at the bar that night?"

"Holy crap, we've been tricked!"

When Ruiya followed Yang Ding ashore, she kept sending out messages for help to her teammates.

In addition, her face was swollen and she walked unsteadily, clearly indicating that she had suffered inhuman torture.

"That son of a bitch, how dare he torture Riya."

A pirate from the King Serpent Empire suddenly attacked, smashing Yang's head with a force of three million jin.

One of the female guards of Yaoguang Guards took the punch head-on with a force of 20 million jin without hesitation.

With a loud bang, two powerful air currents collided, sending the surrounding stone pillars flying.

The pirate king was sent flying more than 800 meters by the female guards and landed in the sea.

Yang Ding, standing behind Yao Guangwei, still had his hands behind his back, his expression unchanged.

"Rou, you will be the young mistress from now on. Don't act rashly. If anything happens, wait for the Yaoguang Guards to take the lead."

"Why? I'm now at the Upper Fifth Rank."

Ye Rou carries the Soul-Severing Spear on her back, and her hands itch if she doesn't fight for three days.

"Sophistication, it has to be sophisticated."