This "parasite" was clearly a very powerful monster.

As a "biological weapon," it had two forms: one, its original form, like a metallic sphere; and two, a combat form evolved based on the body of the host it parasitized.

In its original form, the parasite possessed considerable "erosion" abilities. With this power, it could parasitize the bodies of most creatures... even an existence like Urdiin, a time official, would find it difficult to resist.

Of course, this didn't mean the parasite's ability would work on a true time official...

The parasite's "erosion" needed prerequisites to succeed—if the host's spirit and body reached a certain level of strength, or possessed a special attribute, the erosion would fail.

For example, if Samodil encountered the parasite, he'd be completely fine... spiritually, he had the faith of the Demonic Phantom Church as a backing; physically, as a Sater whose origin was "corrosive power," he'd be better off infecting others—who could infect him?

Unfortunately, Urdiin's race was "human," he had no special attributes, and the sum of his spiritual and physical strength wasn't enough to withstand the "erosion"—at most, he could only delay it.

Therefore, after spending more than half an hour, the parasite finally destroyed the host's consciousness, successfully seized his body, and entered "combat form."

In combat form, the parasite had more abilities.

First, it replaced all of the host's bodily fluids and some of their internal organs with its own body—a silvery, semi-solid substance.

This gave the body the characteristics of ignoring pain and a certain degree of self-healing.

Second, it modified the host's brain, making it completely immune to mental control abilities.

Third, it could catalyze the host's body to achieve "proliferation" or "mutation," changing its size and greatly increasing its physical combat capabilities.

In short, the current Urdiin... or rather, the parasite that had eroded Urdiin... was undoubtedly more combat-capable than the original Urdiin, except in terms of wisdom, will, and experience.

A monster like this could kill many people even on the Queen Anne's Revenge.

But... even so, Blackbeard still didn't intend to act.

It wasn't that he was afraid...

Nor was it to hide his strength.

In fact, Blackbeard was eager to tear this monster that killed his confidant to pieces with his own hands; only then could he slightly calm the guilt and anger in his heart.

However, he held back...

Because he knew—now, here, letting the crew deal with this guy was the best choice.

Compared to his own anger, the anger of this ship of people was more urgently needed to be vented.

Moreover... as the overlord of the Sea of Chaos, the captain of the Queen Anne's Revenge, the legendary pirate... he would not, and could not, easily take action.

The "opponent" who could make Blackbeard draw his sword must also have a certain "qualification."

For example... Feng Bujue could; the former Four Pillars Gods could; Mad Eye... could barely count.

However, a "weapon" created by others like the parasite, this rude "monster," certainly didn't have that qualification...

...

"Avenge the first mate!"

"RoAr~"

"Tear him to pieces!"

As Blackbeard had expected, after hearing his eulogy and that sentence "kill him," the pirates' morale exploded instantly.

The fire of revenge burned fiercely, and roars filled with killing intent rose one after another.

Under the leadership of a group of "cadres," the crew swarmed up and launched a tidal wave of siege against the parasite.

The Blackbeard Pirates were now more terrifying than when they fought Mad Eye's forces; the parasite, in the thick of it, clearly felt that the momentum of these people around him was vastly different from when it boarded the ship.

And this amazing change made the parasite... feel fear.

This emotion, still unfamiliar to the parasite, quickly suppressed its innate desire to kill, and made it produce a very rational and correct thought—escape.

As a "biological weapon," the parasite had no determination to fight to the death, nor did it have things like faith or hatred... Therefore, when it lost the driving force of "desire to kill," even if it still had the combat power to "fight to the death and perish with some enemies," it would not put it into action.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—

Just as the parasite hurriedly turned around, preparing to jump into the sea and escape.

Suddenly, there was a burst of rapid whistling.

That... was the sound of the ropes on the Queen Anne's Revenge flying up.

No one controlled those ropes, not even touched them...

The ship seemed to have its own will, reaching out her "hand" and firmly grabbing the "enemy" who was about to escape.

"Cough... cough... uh—" The parasite was entangled by the ropes and stretched into a "large" shape in mid-air. It squeezed a few struggling groans from its throat, but the ropes wrapped around its neck immediately suppressed the sound.

The parasite, which could easily break the light array emitted by Honghu, was actually unable to move by these few ropes; obviously... this legendary pirate ship itself contained some kind of powerful force.

Seeing this scene... both Honghu and Snow felt a little scared. Imagine—if Blackbeard had turned against them just now, if they had stood on the opposite side of this pirate group, perhaps... death would have come more suddenly and fatally than they imagined.

...

The battle didn't last long.

Perhaps, this couldn't even be called a "battle"; "execution" would be more accurate.

The parasite's previous words and deeds had earned it enough hatred, and anyone who saw its death could confirm... this thing would definitely not be able to heal itself again.

In a sense, its "self-healing" ability had become a burden of added pain in the process of being killed...

Ten minutes later.

Just as the crew members were almost "vented," Blackbeard reappeared on the deck.

He didn't say much, just glanced faintly at the silvery substance all over the ground, then issued an order to "set sail again in twenty minutes" and returned to the captain's cabin.

After the captain entered the room, except for some of the younger crew members who needed to stay and repair and scrub the deck, the other pirates dispersed.

At this moment, Feng Bujue thought of an idea and said to the two teammates beside him, "You two... let's go help scrub the deck too."

Honghu and Snow both understood that this guy must have some conspiracy again, and the two asked in a questioning tone, "What do you want to do?"

"Heh..." Seeing this, Feng Bujue chuckled and said, "I just want to... take the opportunity to collect some 'samples' while they're still hot."