Yang Yi was truly shocked by Hai Ning's words. This was over a million trillion in funds, materials that their Hai Tian Group had spent over a year collecting, and Zhou Yan had bought it all!
This terrifying financial power had indeed left Yang Yi speechless.
"I'm really curious where Zhou Yan got so much capital. This is no small sum. I didn't expect his liquid funds to be so ample. This way, haven't we completed the mission ahead of schedule!"
Yang Yi was overjoyed. After they escorted these materials back, they originally needed to distribute them to various trading markets and sell them. It would take at least half a year to sell all these materials.
But now, they had completed the transaction solely because of Zhou Yan, greatly reducing their workload.
"Those people are approaching. It's the Locke Pirate Organization again. Uncle Yang, does that person look like Locke?"
Hai Ning pointed at someone on one of the warships. That person strongly resembled Locke, the captain of the Locke Pirate Organization, who was notorious for preying on passing merchant ships.
Countless merchants had gone bankrupt because of their raids. If their Hai Tian Group were to be plundered this time, they would likely suffer heavy losses.
"Zhou Yan's strength is that of a demigod, and even several demigod powerhouses couldn't defeat him. Moreover, his territory is no longer affected by this sea area. These guys are dead."
Hai Ning was not worried about Zhou Yan's safety at all. She could even foresee the destruction of the Locke Pirate Organization today.
With Zhou Yan's current strength, how could he let enemies he had dealt with before leave alive?
"Oh, Zhou Yan's territory can summon in this open sea!" Yang Yi was very surprised and said, "Impossible, I've never heard of any lord's territory being able to summon itself in this open sea. At most, they can summon some powerful individuals."
"I'm just guessing. Even if he can summon his territory, with Zhou Yan's strength, he doesn't need to summon his territory. Summoning a few powerful subordinates would suffice. I heard that Zhou Yan's territory has several demigod-level powerhouses."
Hai Ning watched as the Locke Pirate Organization drew closer. Upon spotting Zhou Yan in the sky, they had stopped.
"Boss, there's someone in the sky." Several pirates looked at Locke.
"What are we afraid of with one person? Send a few men to kill him. The Hai Tian Group's ship is damaged; we can't let them escape."
Locke appeared unconcerned, with a scantily clad, voluptuous woman on each arm.
"Yes, boss." The pirates didn't take Zhou Yan seriously either. They called out a few powerhouses and said to them, "Go and eliminate that guy in the sky."
"Second Commander, don't worry. I'll definitely chop off his head and serve it to you as a drink." A powerhouse said.
"I don't want his head. I heard that Hai Ning, the daughter of the chairman of Hai Tian Group, is quite good-looking. Just don't let her escape," said the second commander of the Locke Pirate Organization.
"The Second Commander has good taste. Don't worry, they haven't left the open sea yet. We'll find her later and send her to your bed," said a few pirate powerhouses.
After speaking, these pirate powerhouses glanced at the person in the sky and said, "Just one person, and he dares to wait for us? Watch how I send him into the sea to feed the fish!"
"Haha, Nigel, then we'll watch you show off from below." The other pirate powerhouses burst into laughter upon hearing this.
"Wait for me to return." Nigel flew confidently towards the sky. He glanced at Zhou Yan and seemed a little surprised because Zhou Yan was so young.
"Oh, a brat. You probably haven't even grown all your hair, have you? Hahaha."
Nigel mocked him after seeing Zhou Yan. But finding Zhou Yan unmoved, as if he was uninterested in everything, Nigel felt like he was talking to a block of wood.
"Is your leader Locke here too?"
Zhou Yan also saw Locke and was a little surprised. This was truly courting death. He hadn't even gone to find them yet, and they were already eager to meet their ancestors.
"Of course, our leader is here. What does that have to do with you? Die!"
Nigel replied disdainfully, taking out a weapon and releasing a water-blue energy that transformed into a deep-sea great white shark, lunging to devour Zhou Yan.
"Look, Nigel is actually using his skill. This is an S-grade skill. I can't believe Nigel used such a skill right from the start."
"In that case, won't that kid be left with nothing but bones?"
"That kid should be grateful. If he had encountered me, I would have cut off all the flesh from his body, slice by slice."
"You pervert, didn't you cut that woman into a thousand pieces last time?"
"To be precise, it was one thousand and nine slices."
"Bang!"
Just as these pirate powerhouses were chatting, a figure flew towards the deck they were on and slammed heavily onto it, leaving a deep indentation.
When they looked closely at the person, they realized it was none other than Nigel.
All the pirates' faces froze.
Nigel, whom they believed could not possibly fail, had been defeated in one move.
A pirate stepped forward, examined Nigel closely, and then said, "He's dead."
"How is this possible? Nigel is a powerhouse at the eighty-seventh heaven, and he even used an S-grade skill. How could he be killed in one move?"
"Who is this guy? How can he be so strong?"
"Defeated Nigel in one move, this guy must be a powerhouse above the ninety-seventh heaven!"
"Look at this guy, he seems a bit familiar."
"Who cares who he is, attack him together! We must kill him!"
"You're right!"
A group of pirate powerhouses flew towards the sky and surrounded Zhou Yan.
They looked closely at Zhou Yan and indeed found him somewhat familiar, but they couldn't recall where they had seen him before.
One pirate powerhouse asked doubtfully, "I seem to have seen him before, but I can't remember where."
"I remember now. Do you guys remember what happened a few months ago..."
Finally, one of the pirate powerhouses recalled Zhou Yan's appearance and looked at him in disbelief. "How is this possible? Wasn't he reported dead? How has he reappeared, and alive and well at that!"
"I remember too. It's Zhou Yan. It's Zhou Yan. How can this be? This guy isn't dead yet!"
"Not only is he alive, but he's also appeared before us voluntarily."
These pirate powerhouses were initially shocked, and then their eyes turned ferocious. If this news spread, they would be able to earn a huge reward.
Zhou Yan's previous bounty was outrageously high. If they could kill Zhou Yan, they would never have to worry about food and drink for the rest of their lives.