Chapter 159 Upgrading the Secret Treasure

With an indifferent expression and in full view of everyone, Shi Yan crushed one of Karmon's left hands, then leisurely walked out of the cabin.

Cold sweat beaded on Karmon's forehead, his face twisted with venom, but he clenched his teeth and kept silent, curling up slightly and huddling together with Hojie, his heart filled to the brim with hatred.

Inside the cabin.

Jett, Nano, and the others wore looks of shock, blankly watching Shi Yan's back disappear before turning their gazes toward Karmon and Hojie with strange expressions.

Linda did not stop Shi Yan with words. Giving a soft sigh in her heart, she said, "Karmon, you had better not think about revenge; you are absolutely no match for him. If you act rashly out of resentment, even I am afraid I won't be able to protect you!"

Others might not know how ruthless Shi Yan was, but Linda had witnessed his cruelty firsthand. Dozens of pirates from the Blood Eyes had been wiped out by Shi Yan alone, leaving not a single survivor.

Linda had a deep, indelible impression of that battle. Even warriors at the Nirvana Realm had been utterly defenseless in Shi Yan's hands; one could easily imagine what kind of fate awaited Karmon if he continued to act recklessly.

Actually, Linda did not need to remind them extensively. The pathetic plight of Hojie and Karmon had already faintly made everyone realize Shi Yan's ruthlessness.

In Shi Yan's hands, these two men had been crushed almost instantly. The gap between their strengths was clear at a glance.

Jett suddenly felt a trace of pity for Karmon.

The object of his unrequited love for many years had fallen into another man's arms, and when he wanted to seek revenge, he ended up being heavily humiliated instead... Jett could imagine the pain in Karmon's heart.

Karmon's face, much like his crushed left hand, was somewhat distorted.

He acted as though he hadn't heard Linda's advice at all. Cold, venomous light flickered in his eyes, and he gritted his teeth, seemingly plotting in secret as he searched for any possible way to deal with Shi Yan.

Linda knitted her delicate brows, her expression turning slightly cold as she said, "Karmon, I hope you take my words seriously. I can save you once, but I cannot save you forever. If you truly anger him, he won't show me any face either."

"Bitch! You don't need to care whether I live or die!" Karmon roared harshly, somewhat hysterically. "How am I inferior to him? For your sake, how much have I given up? You can't possibly not know! For so many years, I've treated you like a supreme treasure and guarded you all this time! Yet you actually chose someone of unknown origin! How do you still have the face to lecture me?"

Karmon had been suppressed far too heavily, losing his usual composure and descending into a state of madness.

Linda's pretty face changed, and she looked at him coldly. "I have rejected you time and time again. It was you who kept pestering me relentlessly; whom else can you blame? As for whom I choose, what does it have to do with you? Do you think that just because you like me, you can dictate my life, and that I must change everything about myself for your sake?"

Karmon wore a fierce expression, breathing heavily as he glared with hatred at Linda, yet he did not say another word.

From Karmon's gaze, Linda realized that from this day forward, things between her and Karmon would never be the same as before. Sighing inwardly, Linda shook her head and said with some helplessness, "Today's matters end here. Once this mission is completed, we will have no further opportunities for cooperation." Pausing for a moment, Linda looked toward Jett and the others and said, "The same goes for you all. After this mission, you are free to stay or leave."

Jett, Nano, and the others furrowed their brows slightly, looking somewhat desolate as they harbored their own thoughts.

Shi Yan returned to the pile of sundries, took out a Cyan Moon Stone, gathered his mental energy, and channeled the chillness originating from the Profound Ice Cold Flame within the Blood Vein Ring into the Cyan Moon Stone.

Ever since the Cyan Moon Stone had displayed a sudden, terrifying might while dealing with Lin Xiaochang, Shi Yan had paid close attention to its marvelous uses.

During this period, Shi Yan had obtained fifteen Cyan Moon Stones from Jett and the others through Linda. Whenever he had spare time, he would channel the chill of the Profound Ice Cold Flame into them.

By now, he already had ten Cyan Moon Stones filled with the cold power of the Profound Ice Cold Flame.

As he slowly channeled the chill from the Blood Vein Ring's Profound Ice Cold Flame into this particular Cyan Moon Stone, Shi Yan concentrated his focus. While injecting the cold flame, he also quietly poured his vital essence from within his body into the stone.

His mind sank deep into the Cyan Moon Stone.

At the very center of the Cyan Moon Stone, there seemed to be a minuscule space. However, when his concentration reached an unprecedented level, Shi Yan discovered that this space slowly expanded quite a bit.

Shi Yan closed his eyes slightly, feeling the cold power of the Profound Ice Cold Flame permeate the Cyan Moon Stone bit by bit.

A thought suddenly flashed into his mind.

What would happen if some negative force was additionally injected into the Cyan Moon Stone?

The moment this thought surfaced in his mind, Shi Yan immediately tried to test it.

As his mind shifted, wisps of negative force mixed with various negative emotions quietly rolled along the meridians of his arm. Escaping a few wisps, they slowly permeated into the Cyan Moon Stone in his hand.

The moment the negative force fell into the Cyan Moon Stone, an aura of violence and evil suddenly emanated from the stone.

The negative force seemed to cancel out the cold air inside the Cyan Moon Stone. Yet, upon co-existing within the stone, the negative force instantly turned tyrannical and ferocious, continuously compressing the chill originating from the Profound Ice Cold Flame as if attempting to form some kind of restraint to bind the flame.

Fine cracks immediately appeared on the surface of the Cyan Moon Stone. Very quickly, this Cyan Moon Stone shattered into pieces of icy, translucent stone, and the cold air within it rapidly dissipated.

The negative force had forcibly driven the chill of the Profound Ice Cold Flame out of the Cyan Moon Stone.

Furthermore, the Cyan Moon Stone itself seemed incapable of containing the negative force; once the cold air vanished and the stone shattered into pieces, the negative force contained within those fragments also dissipated very quickly.

The Profound Ice Cold Flame and the negative force apparently could not coexist.

Shi Yan frowned, looking at the pile of shattered stones on the ground while closing his eyes in deep thought.

After a moment, Shi Yan took out another Cyan Moon Stone. First, he injected the chill of the Profound Ice Cold Flame from the Blood Vein Ring into it. Then, after pondering for a moment, he gathered his body's vital essence, transforming it into wisps of bright light, and attempted to inject them into the Cyan Moon Stone.

His vital essence flowed into the Cyan Moon Stone like crystalline threads... After receiving the replenishment of vital essence, the textures on the surface of the Cyan Moon Stone became extremely fine and dense. The original cracks seemed to have been repaired by the fine threads formed by the vital essence; the fissures became very small, allowing the stone to withstand even more of the Profound Ice Cold Flame's chill without immediately bursting apart.

A surge of joy welled up in his heart. Shi Yan suddenly realized that vital essence seemed capable of coexisting with the chill of the Profound Ice Cold Flame.

He did not know that because his body had already endured a massive amount of the Profound Ice Cold Flame's cold power, his vital essence also carried lingering wisps of that same cold energy. This was what allowed his vital essence to coexist with the Profound Ice Cold Flame inside the Cyan Moon Stone.

As even more vital essence was injected, this Cyan Moon Stone accommodated five times more of the Profound Ice Cold Flame than the other stones!

Five times the cold power of the Profound Ice Cold Flame poured into the Cyan Moon Stone, accompanied by nearly half a percent of Shi Yan's vital essence. When he once again stimulated the chill of the Profound Ice Cold Flame, the cracks on the surface of the Cyan Moon Stone slowly began to widen, showing a tendency to burst open.

Calmly, Shi Yan moved this Cyan Moon Stone away from the Blood Vein Ring.

Frowning, he blankly stared at this unusual Cyan Moon Stone, closing his eyes to sense the energy within it.

Inside the Cyan Moon Stone, the cold power of the Profound Ice Cold Flame was mixed together with his vital essence. The cold power had formed delicate, intricate threads, and his vital essence had also formed delicate, intricate threads. Both types of threads were brilliantly crystalline, appearing together on the Cyan Moon Stone like beautiful patterns, looking quite stunning.

After pondering for a moment, Shi Yan suddenly stood up and walked toward the rear of the deck.

Taking a deep breath, Shi Yan suddenly hurled the Cyan Moon Stone in his hand fiercely toward the distant surface of the water.

With this throw, he used an immense amount of force, aiming to create a violent impact that would cause the energy within the Cyan Moon Stone to completely detonate.

"Boom!"

Thirty meters away to the rear, a blinding burst of crystalline light suddenly appeared, and a violent, freezing wave of energy erupted outward.

With the shattered Cyan Moon Stone as the center, the seawater instantly froze into solid ice, only to be pulverized and violently blasted apart by the ferocious force, forming hundreds of slender ice shards that carried a bone-chilling aura as they flew wildly in all directions.

That region became blindingly bright, and a piercing, marrow-freezing cold covered the area, completely freezing a hundred-meter radius.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!"

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!"

Slender, freezing ice shards shot out in all directions, and dozens of them actually came flying straight toward the small boat where Shi Yan was located.

"What's happening?" Linda cried out sharply.

Jett and the others, who had just emerged from the cabin, barely stepped onto the deck when they saw the sky full of ice shards hurtling toward them. Their expressions changed drastically, and they hurriedly scrambled back into the cabin.

"Boom! Boom!"

This small boat was struck by five or six ice shards, receiving a massive thrust that propelled it forward like a sharp arrow.

At the stern, three arm-thick ice shards actually pierced straight through the deck, embedding themselves directly into the vessel.

The ice shards came fast and went just as quickly. Many grazed through the air and plunged into the sea far away.

Shi Yan stood blankly behind the deck, his face filled with shock, while his heart overflowed with irrepressible joy and an utterly bizarre expression.

The impact generated after this particular Cyan Moon Stone shattered was far too much more powerful than the others!

The ice shards condensed and forged from seawater not only possessed immense impact force but also carried bone-chilling cold; probably even a Nirvana Realm warrior wouldn't be able to withstand them.

The cold air and explosive impact instantly generated at the center of the blast were even more terrifying!

Shi Yan estimated that even a high-level Human Realm expert, if caught off guard and blasted by this, would likely shed a layer of skin!

"Shi Yan, who is attacking us?" Linda screamed in alarm, quickly rushing to Shi Yan's side. Gazing out together with him toward the stern, she demanded sharply, "Are you alright? Could it be the Blood Eyes pirates coming after us?"

"No," Shi Yan shook his head, smiling faintly. "I refined a little gadget and just tested its power. I didn't expect the might to actually be quite good, haha."

Shi Yan was indeed extremely satisfied with the power of this Cyan Moon Stone. Feeling quite joyful at the moment, he began to ponder giving Gu Jiange a taste of this when the time came, wondering what kind of pathetic state the fellow would be reduced to, and whether he would be instantly blasted to death on the spot.

"A little gadget?"

Jett and his group wore looks of shock, their eyes filled with deep dread.

"Ahem, I'll go persuade Karmon later. Enemies should be reconciled rather than结下 (make enemies), and I'll make him give up sooner rather than later." Kalie, who belonged to the same faction as Karmon, gave an awkward, dry laugh, letting his head droop as he spoke.