Chapter 196 Breaking Into the Treasury, Goodbye Augustine!

The knife thrust out from the ground was as fast as lightning, and the jagged blade easily cut through thick wooden boards like tofu.

If it fell on a human body, it would be enough to cut an average person in half!

None of the pirates around Xia En expected such a turn of events. Their expressions changed and they could only let out a cry of surprise.

"Captain John!"

The first one to react was the half-dragon Nana.

Nana roared, first hugging Xia En and helping him avoid this vicious attack.

Then he slapped it with a palm!

The white delicate hands turned into dragon claws as they stretched out, directly shaking away the serrated sword.

The assassin below the ground obviously realized that the assassination had failed. Without saying a word, he pulled out the long serrated knife and escaped from below.

"Hmph, want to escape?"

Nana snorted coldly, a dark golden light suddenly flashed in her vertical pupils, and she stepped hard on the ground with her right foot.

The ground formed by the accumulation of shipwrecks immediately opened a large hole, revealing the dark water below.

[Wanchuan Island] Although it is called an island, it is not a real island after all. Under a layer of driftwood is the sea.

The sneak attacker relied on this to launch an attack from beneath the ground.

Nana's kick was extremely powerful, but the destructive power did not expand outwards and was only compressed in an area under her feet.

Obviously, this is some kind of special martial skill.

Nana's secret profession is mostly related to [Warrior Monk] and [Martial Arts Master].

The distracting thoughts in Xia En's mind flashed away, and he was about to persuade Nana not to go into the sea to pursue her.

Then I heard a "crash" sound.

Nana's body has been submerged in the sea water, drifting away like a fish.

"Captain John, what now?"

Carney, who was following Xia En, came back to his senses and asked in a panic.

He never expected that on [Wanchuan Island], there would be people who dared to attack the apostle blatantly.

Coupled with the series of explosions just now and the surrounding flames, no matter how slow Carney is, he can still understand——

[Pirate Principality] is about to change!

However, as soon as Carney saw the young, beautiful but calm face of his captain, his mood calmed down for no reason.

It was as if these crises were nothing as long as he was around.

Xia En thought for a moment and then decisively ordered: "Go put out the fire first and get as close as possible to the direction of the Sky Serpent."

Carney couldn't help but ask: "What about you, Captain?"

Xia En pointed to the big hole underneath: "I'm going to meet that daring assassin for a while."

The attacker came because of him, and he couldn't leave Nana alone.

Especially the opponent's aura is not as simple as it appears. Nana will definitely suffer a big loss if she goes deep into the sea alone!

Of course, to be honest, Xia En didn't completely trust Nana.

What if this half-dragon's innocence is just an acting skill?

Then, this attack might be a premeditated trap!

Therefore, Xia En naturally had to choose a safer way to hunt down the assassins under the island.

Xia En found a relatively safe place and thought.

"Submarine, start!"

next moment.

In the seawater under the [Sky Serpent], a figure shrouded in shadow appeared.

Xia En looked around, quickly confirmed the direction of Nana, and swam there like a ghost.

…

…

at the same time.

The half-dragon Nana continued to chase the sneak attacker in front of her.

Ordinary half-dragons do not have the ability to move freely underwater.

But Nana has a special bloodline. She inherited the blood of a giant ocean dragon, so she can adapt to underwater battles like a swimming fish.

However, what surprised Nana was that the attacker carrying the long serrated knife moved very smoothly and naturally in the sea water.

"Could this feeling be from the Sea Clan?"

Nana frowned, but her speed did not slow down at all. Instead, she accelerated forward again.

But suddenly, the figure in front of him disappeared from sight.

"Um?"

A warning signal suddenly arose in Nana's heart, and with her strong control over her body, she forcibly moved a step to the side.

A ball of sword light that was several times faster and brighter than before suddenly fell on the location where she was previously.

According to common sense.

Under the resistance of sea water, the speed and power of the sword will be limited to the limit.

But at this time, this weird-looking sword seemed to violate this law of physics and showed even more amazing lethality underwater.

Even though Nana dodged quickly enough, a large piece of flesh on her right arm was still cut off.

The crimson blood quickly spread in the sea water.

It was obvious that the assassin's previous escape was just to show weakness to the enemy, hoping to relax Nana's vigilance and lure her underwater to complete the kill.

"I originally wanted to kill that John, but unexpectedly I caught this half-dragon."

The assassin looked at the bleeding Nana and thought to himself.

"However, there is no difference, they are all apostles anyway."

"Killing one will raise my rating to a higher level."

"It's a pity...that John wasn't fooled."

This assassin is naturally not an ordinary pirate, but one of the testers who participated in the promotion ritual.

Although the previous serial explosions of the bomb maniac brought great hidden dangers to the trialists on [Ten Thousand Ships Island], it also gave them an opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

People who are as ambitious as this assassin know that they should take this opportunity to improve their trial rating as much as possible.

And killing the apostles is one of the optional tasks with the most generous rewards!

The best thing is.

In the current chaotic situation, whether it is the subordinates of the Four Kings, the sailors of the Royal Navy, or some apostles, or even Augustine himself, there is a possibility that they will take action against the apostles.

As long as the hands and feet are clean, no one will think that it was him who did it.

"Maybe I can use this Nana as bait to lure John down?"

Thinking of this, a trace of greed flashed in the assassin's eyes.

Improving the evaluation of the promotion ritual is not a trivial matter.

It is said that the higher the evaluation of the trialist, the more gifts he will get from the [Secret Sea].

It even determines how far he can go on the secret road in the future.

——It is rare for someone like the bomb maniac to give up his promotion and come back next time just to watch a "big fireworks show".

At this time, Nana frowned and looked at the injured part of her arm.

Normally, with her physique, such a small wound should heal quickly.

But the wound is still bleeding, and there is a kind of cold power in the surrounding seawater, which is continuously infiltrating it.

"Nana, how does my blood loss ritual taste?"

As a sea creature, the assassin naturally has the ability to speak underwater, he continued.

"After being hit by my knife, your blood will be swallowed up by this sea in just ten minutes."

"You just wait for death in despair!"

Words themselves are also a weapon.

The assassin seems to be just mocking Nana, but in fact he is making her angry or fearful.

Once the state of mind is shaken, flaws will naturally appear.

For a [martial artist] like Nana, this flaw is particularly fatal.

Moreover, speaking itself is also a means of delaying time.

However, facing the assassin's mockery, Nana did not change her expression, but just punched in the direction of the assassin.

The assassin's face suddenly changed slightly, and his body quickly turned and moved, even like it was flashing in the sea.

But this punch was even more unreasonable than the knife he swung.

No matter how the assassin dodged, this punch crossed the sea and landed firmly on him.

The assassin took this punch hard, his internal organs were shaking, and he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood, his eyes full of disbelief.

"【Must-Hit Fist】! How is it possible?"

"You are obviously only at the third level..."

【Must-Hit Fist】 is an extremely advanced skill on the secret path of 【Martial Artist】.

Just like its name, this punch will definitely hit the enemy.

It's a bit like the law of cause and effect boxing.

It's just that using this skill with the rank of a third-level secret pather is a bit too shocking.

But soon, the assassin saw that after swinging this punch, Nana's face became much paler.

This skill is obviously not something she can use at will.

After understanding this, the assassin calmed down and swung out the knife again, preparing to cut the meat with a blunt knife and gnaw off this hard bone bit by bit.

Watching this scene, Nana's heart gradually sank to the bottom.

Her character is just carefree, not really stupid.

So she had seen the situation clearly at a glance.

This cunning enemy relied on his long-range attack to keep her from getting close, which made the biggest advantage of the [Martial Artist] profession disappear.

In addition, the strange spell that continued to bleed was still constantly draining her physical strength.

If she continued to fight, she would only lose.

"It's still too reckless..."

Nana sighed in her heart.

As for dying to help John hunt down the assassin, Nana didn't really regret it.

She has always been such a straightforward woman. If she said she would "protect John", she would definitely do it, but she didn't do it well enough.

"If John also caught up..."

Nana shook her head as soon as this thought came up.

She still hoped that John would not go into the sea.

John was not used to fighting underwater, and meeting this cunning assassin would only give him a head.

At this moment, the assassin swung several knives at Nana in succession.

It was obvious that he wanted to take advantage of her illness and kill her.

Facing the intertwined knife lights, Nana gathered her strength and prepared to throw the last punch.

But at this moment, a blood-red sword suddenly condensed from the sea water and slashed towards the many knife lights.

In an instant.

Countless knife lights shattered, and the blood-red color broke into the vision of the two with an extremely tough attitude.

"... Who are you?"

The assassin looked at the figure holding the blood-red sword in doubt, and his pupils shrank.

Standing in the sea was a vague figure that seemed to be between reality and illusion.

The hazy outline of a human body, a shadow that seemed to absorb all the light around it, and countless overlapping phantoms...

If you listen carefully, you can hear countless whispers, wailing and screaming.

Just looking at the other person is like going through a rational appraisal, which makes people instinctively feel fear.

"【Shadow without a face!】"

The assassin couldn't help but exclaimed.

Xia En was a little surprised.

When did this nickname of mine become so famous? Does any random trialist you meet during the promotion ritual know?

What Shane didn't know was that due to his performance in the last promotion ritual, and Carles's rise in the federation.

The name [Shadow of the Faceless] spreads quite widely within the Federation.

At this time, the assassin snorted coldly: "So what about [Shadow without Appearance]?"

"Don't think I'm afraid of you!"

As he spoke, he poured all his secret power into the long serrated knife and struck Xia En with all his strength.

A brilliant sword light was generated in the sea water and quickly approached Xia En's side.

Xia En slashed with his sword, and suddenly felt something was wrong with his hand.

This sword light is extremely fragile, like a flower stand.

Xia En looked up again and saw the figure of the assassin flying away quickly.

This guy said harsh words, and then...

Ran?

The corner of Xia En's mouth twitched slightly, but he felt that the assassin was not so annoying.

However, he didn't intend to let the other person go just like that.

Xia En first looked back at Nana and asked, "Are you okay?"

Nana stared at him blankly for a while, then suddenly her eyes lit up and she said with a smile.

"You are John, right?"

Hearing this, Xia En's heart skipped a beat.

It doesn’t matter if the assassin recognized his identity as [Shadow of the Faceless].

How did Nana recognize John?

Nana said frankly: "That sword of yours has a nice smell."

Shane suddenly realized.

This blood sword was of course not the previous blood demon sword, but something he had condensed at random. It was only stained with his own blood that Nana, who had a keen sense of smell, recognized it.

"I'm fine, let's go chase him together!"

Nana patted her chest and said carelessly.

After the assassin left, the [Bleeding Technique] on her body naturally failed.

In just a few moments, the bloody wound healed as before.

Seeing this, Xia En did not hesitate and took Nana to chase the figure in front of him.

With his current speed, it is only a matter of time before he catches up with the opponent.

The assassin in front was obviously aware of this, so he changed his direction and swam towards an area under the sea of ​​[Wanchuan Island].

Below [Wanchuan Island], there is a structure that looks like an upside-down tower.

The assassin paused for a moment at the bottom of the building, then opened a door and broke in.

Shane and Nana followed closely behind.

However, as soon as he walked into the door of this building, Xia En noticed something was wrong.

The surrounding seawater is automatically excluded from the door, and the interior space is dry and dry. There are rows of wooden frames on both sides, which looks very old.

On the shelves, there were some obscure things, which seemed to be no ordinary objects.

Xia En was a little confused: "This is..."

Nana was surprised and said: "This is the treasure house of the principality. John, haven't you been here before?"

Xia En was shocked.

But in fact, there is really no information about this treasure house in his memory.

This means that John has actually never been to the treasure house of the Pirate Principality, and he did not know that the treasure house of the Principality is actually under the [Ten Thousand Ships Island]!

However, since it is a treasure house, why is there no guard at all?

He actually allowed the previous assassin and himself to break in?

What shocked Xia En even more was that the next moment, a vicissitudes of voice sounded in his ears.

"You came……"

Although there is no basis for it, Xia En can still judge——

This voice comes from Augustine!