Bai Xinghe joined the pirate starship when he was eleven or twelve years old. However talented he was at that time, he was just an ordinary person who could only work as a sailor at the bottom level.
Perhaps, the deities and devils in the universe were truly protecting him. He continued the luck of Spider Den and survived the deadly battles again and again. He accumulated abundant battle experience and grew stronger and stronger.
When he was fourteen, his spiritual root was awakened, and he became a Cultivator.
What happened after that was like a flood that could not be stopped.
At first, he rescued the leader of the pirate gang who had bought him and pushed him into the abyss below Spider Den without caring about his own safety on the battlefield. He won the trust of the leader and gradually became the leader's right-hand man.
Then, he conspired with another pirate gang that was even larger and buried the leader in a perfect double-cross.
But he did not take the opportunity to take over the small pirate gang. Instead, he led the entire pirate gang to join the larger one.
Several years later, the leader of the larger pirate gang 'died abruptly' bizarrely.
What was even more bizarre was that Bai Xinghe, who had only joined the gang for a few years and had absolutely no experience and reputation, was designated as the new leader of the pirate gang.
Everybody supported the decision, except for the dozens of dead people whose throats were cut open overnight.
In the decades that followed, there were a series of schemes, betrayals, slaughters, alliances, and broken alliances.
Bai Xinghe, the orphan who survived the cosmic storm and the treasure hunter who struggled in the abyss below Spider Den, controlled starships one after another, the Crystal Suit Center, and the docks one after another.
In the end, the Abyss Pirate Gang under his command became the strongest pirate gang on Spider Den. In the meantime, he controlled the largest number of docks and Crystal Suit Centers, making him the 'Pirate Potentate' veritable!
During the decades when he rose to power, the most ferocious space pirates on Spider Den were all scared out of their wits. The destruction of countless pirate gangs seemed to be related to him. However, his every operation was clean and tidy, without the slightest trace. Even the guardians of the dark order at that time could not do anything about it.
But after he became the Pirate King, he turned into the most loyal defender of the dark order and began to talk about 'rules' everywhere.
He collected evidence on the pirate gangs everywhere and announced the evidence of their crimes to the public in the Nine Dragons Meeting. In the name of the Nine Dragons Union, the strike on the pirate gangs was justified. Naturally, the assets and manpower left by the pirate gangs were accepted, which further expanded their influence.
As a result, while Bai Xinghe was getting stronger and stronger, the space pirates, scared by his power, were behaving themselves, too.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that the recent decades had been the golden age of Spider Den with the best order and the most stable security in the past thousand years.
There were so many docks and Crystal Suit Manufacturing Centers. Over the past few decades, Bai Xinghe's Abyss Pirate Gang had barely been out for robberies. All they needed to do was to share the loot from other pirate gangs.
This was the benefit of being at the top of the food chain.
"Even Fengyu Zhong, that old fox. Bai Xinghe seems to be a tough guy to deal with. "
Li Yao pondered for a moment. He wanted to scratch his hair, only to scratch the solid helmet. It was not until then that he remembered that he had been wearing the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit for the past month and had never taken it off except when he was refilling his spiritual energy.
Other than the information … Fengyu Zhong had also recorded a very interesting rumor.
It was about the secret of Bai Xinghe's rise.
Even in a place like Spider Den where capability was valued and background was not important, Bai Xinghe had turned from a treasure hunter into the strongest Pirate Potentate in less than a hundred years. He was a legend, too.
Many people analyzed the secrets of Bai Xinghe's rise and discovered that he was always able to bring out a lot of powerful magical equipment at the most critical moment.
Gradually, some people suspected that Bai Xinghe had a 'Spider Key' in his hands.
Below the ground of Spider Den was an underground fortress that extended to the center of the planet like a labyrinth. Naturally, such a fortress would have a control center, a map, and the keys to activate all the traps.
In the past thousand years, not a single space pirate had found the control center and the key.
Many space pirates suspected that Bai Xinghe had crawled into certain secret tunnels when he was hunting for treasures below the ground in his early years and accidentally discovered the pivot that controlled the underground fortress of Spider Den. He had received a detailed map and the key to activate the fortress!
As a result, the arsenals, magical equipment, and techniques of the Star Ocean Imperium ten thousand years ago that were hidden below the ground naturally belonged to him!
With such enormous resources, and with Bai Xinghe's unparalleled talent himself, it was only natural that he would be the dominator of Spider Den!
When the rumor spread out, all the space pirates were naturally jealous. They stole from each other openly and secretly. Seven pirate gangs even joined hands, trying to annihilate the Abyss Pirate Gang and steal the Spider Key.
However, they were annihilated by Bai Xinghe thunderously and swallowed the seven pirate gangs instead!
Later, it was said that the so-called Spider Key was fake. It was fake news released by Bai Xinghe's enemies in order to make everybody covet Bai Xinghe's loot.
There were even scarier rumors. The Spider Key was indeed fake, but it was fake news released by Bai Xinghe himself for the purpose of luring other pirate gangs to attack him so that he could counterattack justifiably. It did not violate the law of darkness on Spider Den, and it was a perfect opportunity for him to swallow one pirate gang after another and expand his influence.
After the seven pirate gangs were annihilated by Bai Xinghe, no other pirate gang dared mess with him.
Bai Xinghe, as the Pirate Potentate, had a weird sense of humor, too.
He had indeed produced an enormous pendant that looked both like a spider and a key. He wore it on his neck openly and wobbled in front of his chest wherever he went.
But none of the space pirates had the courage to ask him if it was the Spider Key that could control the entire underground fortress of Spider Den and the countless magical equipment, techniques, and arsenals in it!
"My life as a space pirate is definitely worth it!"
Li Yao turned off his crystal processor and secretly sighed.
He would have to face Fengyu Zhong, the old fox who had entered the Yuanying phase, on his trip to Spider Den. He would also have to face Bai Xinghe, a great man.
If Hellsword was speaking the truth, the real Black King was at least in the Yuanying phase.
Three Yuanying. That was not counting the other experts of the Temple of Immortals, such as the Lotus King.
For a moment. Li Yao felt the urge to go home.
The trip to Spider Den this time is different from the trip to Iron Plateau. I have to change my style and sneak in quietly. My main goal is to investigate. Do not attack unless absolutely necessary. Keep a low profile. Keep a low profile. Keep a low profile! Otherwise, it will not be fun to piss off three Yuanying!
Li Yao scratched the iron skull of the Crystal Suit and pondered for a moment. The carrier has traveled for more than a month in the sea of stars and passed through multiple stone belts. Many parts of the carrier are damaged. After we arrive at Spider Den, it will certainly enter a dock for maintenance. By then, I will be able to sneak out without alarming anyone and join the 'reserve space pirates' who are waiting to be hired.
However. How should I approach the core of Spider Den?
While he was pondering hard, the entire labyrinth of tubes trembled slightly.
Li Yao was dazed for a moment. He leaned against the wall of the tubes and amplified the sensitivity of the soundwave reception rune arrays to the maximum. Deafening shrieks were echoing from all directions of the cooling tubes!
Not good!
Li Yao's pupils constricted violently. Here they are again!
There was no telling what had happened to the carrier. It was moving forward in the shape of a snake and making crazy dodging movements every now and then.
In such a state … All the power rune arrays had been activated to the maximum. Naturally … The heat spurting out of the cooling tubes was irregular, too. It was a mess!
BOOM!
In a moment, Li Yao was blown away brutally by the scorching air that was more than two thousand degrees in terms of corrosive heat!
The crystal processor of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit uttered earsplitting buzzes. Infinite flames leaked in from the damaged parts of the breastplate that were barely repaired with the materials of the Black Horn Battlesuit. He felt that his chest had been slashed brutally again!
I'm going to die!
Li Yao rushed forward crazily. He expanded his senses to the maximum and covered the entire labyrinth of tubes, looking for a shelter.
It was a pity that the power rune arrays this time were even fiercer than the cosmic storm three days ago. None of the cooling tubes was hot enough for him to hibernate.
How did this happen? Did we run into another cosmic storm?
That's impossible! We are already in the Spider Den Space Zone, and we are on the sailing route that the space pirates are most familiar with. It is unlikely that we are unlucky enough to run into such a large-scale cosmic storm, right?
The alarms of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit were louder and louder. Li Yao's eyes were bloodshot. Realizing that he had nowhere to run, he gritted his teeth, blew up a section of the cooling tubes, and crawled out!
He was in the maintenance room next to the engine compartment. There was nobody there.
However, dangerous redness was beaming out of the cabin walls.
Hasty alarms were echoing from the broadcast rune arrays in the corner above.
Panicked footsteps could be heard coming from the corridor outside.
Li Yao had carefully selected the few starships of the space pirates that he had found after careful consideration when he was choosing the stealth starship. Eventually, he chose a starship that looked rather shabby.
According to the information of Hellsword's crystal processor, if everything went according to plan, there should be no important persons of the Temple of Immortals on the starship. It should only be transporting some unimportant assets and bottom-level Immortal Cultivators.
The journey to the stars was long. Li Yao did not want to stay on the same starship with dangerous people such as the 'Black King' for a month.
Even so, he still had to be very careful.
Li Yao looked around and retracted the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit. He then took out a backup maintenance suit from the cabinet in the maintenance room and put it on.
At this moment, the carrier was shaking more and more violently. It was like a lone boat in the middle of a surging ocean, and a boat that had a giant hole.
Li Yao's head almost hit the ceiling several times.
Sticking his ear to the cabin door, Li Yao listened carefully for a long time. After confirming that there was only one footstep outside, Li Yao opened the door abruptly.
"What — what's going on?"
Li Yao stammered, pretending to be panicked.
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