The Villain Saint is my secondary account

As you pry open the feed inlet's grille, a pungent, scorching heat hits you.

"Bring me that ore barrel over there, fill it up quickly, and let's go see if there are any survivors."

“No problem,” the burly chef Edmund said, lifting the heavy ore barrel was no problem for him. But as he got closer, he asked nervously, “Brother Ye…you…you really can’t hear me? It sounds like someone is calling for help.”

Ye Xiao believed that his perception, as a Grandmaster Swordsman, should be much stronger than that of the fat chef, so there was no reason why he couldn't hear any of the sounds that the other party could hear.

"You add fuel first."

The fat chef had no choice but to pick up the wooden bucket and pour the ore inside into it through the feed inlet.

With a roar, the pointer on the gauge slowly turned, the flames in the boiler intensified, and the room began to heat up.

Ye Xiao watched intently as the fat chef poured in the ore fuel, and from under his coat, he tossed out several of Ella's rat familiars to continue scouting the other decks of the ship for any living people.

But suddenly, with a soft "click," the pointer on the dial stopped rotating normally and began to vibrate wildly as if it had gone mad.

Ye Xiao frowned upon seeing this anomaly. He had not studied the operation of this kind of steamship and did not have much understanding of the strange behavior of the gauge pointer.

But the intensity of the flames in the boiler seemed unusual; their clothes were soaked with sweat, yet the temperature continued to rise rapidly.

The piercing crackling sound, like water boiling, echoed in the room, and the metal pipes on the surrounding walls began to groan under the strain.

"Something's not right, stop!"

Ye Xiao quickly grabbed the fat chef's hand, and the chef stopped what he was doing, looking back at Ye Xiao with a bewildered expression.

The next moment, an extremely ominous premonition came over Ye Xiao, and he decisively grabbed the fat chef's arm and rushed out of the boiler room at full speed.

Before the fat chef Edmund could react, a violent explosion erupted behind him, and the surging blast sent his muscular body flying three or four meters away like a piece of paper.

A deafening roar echoed throughout the ship, and the massive hull rocked violently in the storm, as if it were experiencing an earthquake.

Amidst the billowing smoke, Ye Xiao, his face dark, pulled the fat chef up from the ground and asked in a low voice, "What did you do?"

"I...I just kept telling you to pour the fuel in!" Seeing Ye Xiao's fierce expression, the fat chef was almost crying from the thick smoke. "I didn't do anything else!"

Ye Xiao stared at the fat chef's face. If it was acting, this guy's performance was too good. At least Ye Xiao couldn't see any flaws at all.

There was no magical reaction from the other party, as if they had used any spells. Recalling the fat chef's actions just now, Ye Xiao had been watching the whole process from moving the buckets to pouring the fuel, so the other party shouldn't have been able to do anything wrong.

Most importantly, what's this guy trying to achieve by doing all this? It can't be that he's trying to blow himself up.

Was it really an accident? Or were they outmaneuvered by some other scheme?

Ye Xiao was slightly annoyed, but remained calm. He couldn't blame the fat chef entirely for this, since he was the one who asked the chef to move the food. It was just as unreasonable as taking out his anger on his teammates when he made a mistake.

"Alright, let's get out of here quickly."

The boiler room exploded, destroying the entire ship's engine room. The terrifying impact even ripped a large hole in the top deck, but fortunately, it was precisely because of this hole that the storm poured in, preventing the fire from spreading too fiercely.

But the terrifying impact also blasted through the bottom layer, and seawater rushed in through the hole, making it only a matter of time before the entire ship sank.

The two ran quickly down the corridor and ran into the other four members of the team who were coming from the driver's seat.

"What the hell have you done?!" Slade's eyes immediately turned red when he saw Ye Xiao and the fat chef. He grabbed a dagger and was about to rush over.

But he was no match for Ye Xiao. Ye Xiao didn't even look at him; he easily grabbed the wrist holding the dagger with one hand.

He then pinched the back of the other man's hand with his index finger and pressed down, causing Slade to drop the dagger in pain.

"What happened?" Councilor Wendt frowned as he looked at the fat chef.

"I...I don't know either..." the fat chef said with a mournful face. "The boiler room suddenly exploded for no reason! If Brother Ye hadn't reacted quickly and pulled me out of the room, I might have been blown to bits!"

"Damn it! Let go of me!!" Slade roared at Ye Xiao at the same time. Clearly, the explosion had cost him 610,000 gold coins, which had made him a little angry.

Ye Xiao was too lazy to argue, so he let go of the other party's hand. He didn't care if the other party blamed him a few times, but if they dared to use a knife again, they shouldn't blame him for being impolite.

Fortunately, Slade's rationality made him understand the difference in strength between the two sides, so although he was cursing, he didn't dare to get any closer to Ye Xiao after picking up the dagger.

"The ship is likely to sink. We have no choice but to split into two groups immediately: one to prepare small boats and the other to conduct a search and rescue operation as quickly as possible," Councilor Wendt said. "The storm outside has escalated to a Category 9 hurricane, but we can only leave it to fate."

"Everyone, please hurry up and prepare the ship. My guards and I will go down into the cabin to see if there are any survivors."

"Huh? I think you want to go find the merfolk yourself!" Slade retorted angrily.

"If you want to participate in the search and rescue, you can come with me, but I won't be responsible for your safety." After saying this, Councilor Wendt and his bodyguard, China, headed towards the stairs deep in the corridor without looking back.

"Damn it!" Slade was a little anxious, gritted his teeth, and followed after him.

"You're really courting death." Miss Kexi, who had remained silent until now, said coldly, and then headed towards the door outside the cabin.

Seeing the team members part ways, the chubby chef nervously looked around, finally turning to Ye Xiao: "This... Brother Ye, what should we do?"

Chapter Fifty-Six Divine Might

"Let's go to the boat."

Ye Xiao had already used the rat demon to burrow through the lower decks of the ship, leaving only the last deck unexplored.

Strangely, not only did they not see a single living person, but they didn't even see a corpse.

However, since it was highly unlikely that Councilor Wendt and his group were going to rescue people, Ye Xiao kept this a secret and did not reveal that he had the means to investigate other cabins.

But when Ye Xiao stepped onto the deck, he discovered that the small boat they had initially used to get to this escort ship had been swallowed up by the surging waves.

Even though several ropes had been used to connect the massive hull of the escort ship before it came aboard, the ropes seemed to have limited strength and could not withstand the sweeping storm at sea.

Just as Ye Xiao was thinking this, he heard Miss Kexi pick up a piece of rope and say in a puzzled voice, "The break in this rope is a bit too clean?"

smooth?

Ye Xiao was stunned for a moment, and in a daze, he realized that a figure was falling rapidly like a meteor in the dark night above his head. He reacted instantly, grabbing Miss Kexi's arm with lightning speed and pulling her back from the edge of the ship's side.

The next second, the railing that Miss Kexi had just been leaning against was shattered to pieces by the figure that fell from the sky.

Miss Kexi, still shaken, stared at the metal railing beside her that had been smashed in an instant. Before she could even make out the face of the person, the other person had suddenly rushed in front of her like an arrow released from a bow.

Fortunately, she reacted in time, immediately shaking off Ye Xiao's hand and dodging the man's attack with a swift movement.

Ye Xiao swiftly drew his staff, the tip of which emitted a dazzling light, like the light of dawn piercing through the darkness, illuminating the posture of the short figure landing.

The three of them then realized that it was actually a little boy, and it was the boy that Ella had seen at the auction, the one that the host had called a mermaid.

At this moment, the other party was no longer the peaceful figure who had been sleeping with his eyes closed in the cage. His upper body clothes were stained black with blood, and his eyes were filled with a crazy and bloodthirsty hatred, staring intently at the three of them.

Noticing their gazes, the boy dropped to all fours like a wild beast, opened his inhuman mouth filled with jagged fangs, and let out a sharp roar that pierced the rain.

The piercing sound was like a sharp blade tearing through the eardrums, sending chills down one's spine.

What does this guy want to do?

Ye Xiao became wary and immediately turned the fluorescent light at the tip of his staff into a shooting star, sending it into the sky.

Like a bright star rising in the night sky, the pure white light instantly dispelled the darkness and bathed the entire deck in light.

After countless uses of the Fluorescent Spell, Ye Xiao's mastery of this skill has become increasingly refined. Now he can summon it instantly without lengthy chanting and can control it to levitate like a flare.

The dazzling light revealed twisted figures lurking in the shadows. Some clung to the outer walls of the ship's superstructure, while others climbed over the railings along the sides of the ship. Their bodies were covered in horrific wounds, but the teeth in their blood-stained faces were the shape of normal humans, not the fangs of a wild beast like those of the little boy.

Summoned by the little boy's screams, these figures landed on all fours and moved nimbly on the deck, slowly forming an encirclement around Ye Xiao and the others.

No wonder Ye Xiao couldn't find any corpses in the cabin. It turned out that these corpses were all crawling around outside the ship like spiders, and they were probably corrupted puppets like the living corpses of the Tree of Life.

"My God, what are these things? Are they even human?!"

The fat chef Edmund's voice trembled, while Ye Xiao and Miss Kexi stood back to back, each staring at the deformed monster in one direction.

In the pitch-black, rainy night, the flooded escort ship was gradually sinking, with surging waves whipped up by the storm and suddenly crashing against its hull.

As waves surged onto the deck and the ship trembled violently, the merman boy pointed at the three of them and roared. Dozens of monstrous corpses then spread their limbs like a stampeding herd of beasts and rushed towards the three people in the center of the deck from all directions.

The fat chef was so frightened by what he saw that his legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground.

Normally, this would likely be another tough battle.

But for Ye Xiao, who now has Ella by his side, in this open area, once the enemy has fully revealed their identity, there is actually no need for him to take any further action.

Like the soldiers of the United States, he only needs to contribute when infiltrating and conducting reconnaissance, but once the target is locked, all that is left to do is call for fire support.

So, seeing the zombies rushing towards her from all sides, Ye Xiao stood still without drawing her sword. At the same time, Ella, far away in the merchant ship's cabin, lay on the soft bed, yawned, raised her hand, and gently spread her five fingers towards the air.

In the next instant, five enormous tentacles burst through the sea and shot straight into the sky around the escort ship, like five mountains rising from the ground.

As Ella's fingers changed from open to clenched into a fist, the five enormous tentacles that blotted out the sky also enveloped the guard ship in the center like a lotus flower, and at the same time, they slammed down with unparalleled power.

In an instant, all the corrupted zombies in sight were smashed to pieces.

Only the merman boy remained, stunned on the blood-soaked deck. He probably never imagined that in just a moment, he would go from being the instigator of the brawl to a lone commander.

Of course, these tentacles look scary, but Ella actually controlled her strength; otherwise, she could have smashed the ship to pieces.

"what?"

Miss Kexi, who was prepared for a tough battle, showed a rare look of surprise on her usually calm face. "What is this thing???"

"We're lucky, it seems we've encountered a kind sea monster."

Ye Xiao waved to the tentacles in a friendly manner, and they all shrunk back into the sea with a "whoosh," leaving only a trail of churning waves to prove that they had been there.

"How could such a thing exist?!" Miss Kexi thought the man probably thought she was an idiot.

If seeing a group of monsters charging at him had only made the fat chef's legs go weak, seeing the five dark tentacles slamming against the ship had completely terrified him into fainting.

"You just saw it, don't you? You have to believe in miracles." Ye Xiao smiled, then rubbed his fist and slowly walked towards the lonely and helpless merman boy. "Don't be afraid, little boy. Big brother has something good to show you."

Upon seeing Ye Xiao's sinister grin, the merman boy let out a wail and tried to escape, but in the next instant, a throwing knife flew past the boy's side, and Ye Xiao's figure flashed in front of the boy.

"You're not running away now." Ye Xiao sneered, but to his surprise, the other person actually stood there, staring blankly at him, no longer trying to escape. "Hmm? So obedient?"

"Wow!... Guwa!..." However, the merman boy then started waving his arms and shouting, making sounds that Ye Xiao couldn't understand.

"Hey, behave yourself!" Ye Xiao frowned. He saw the boy, who was close by, suddenly drop to the ground. He thought the boy was about to pounce or make an attack. He was about to reach for the hilt of his knife when he saw that the boy did not pounce. Instead, he used his sharp fingernails to dip in blood and scratched several soft, tadpole-shaped bloodstains on the floor.

What are they doing? Setting up a magic array?

wrong!

Ye Xiao's eyes suddenly widened. This guy was writing! It was that special kind of tadpole-shaped script!!

Before Ye Xiao could even read what the other person had written, a blazing fireball suddenly pierced through the dark rain and struck the merman boy in the chest from behind.

"boom"

Ye Xiao reached out and roared, but the next moment his body and the merman were completely engulfed by the deep red flames.

Chapter Fifty-Seven: The Sea of ​​Bygone Days

The sudden, violent explosion knocked Ye Xiao off the ship.

As the fallen leaves drifted and crashed onto the sea, he could still see the dazzling flames bursting out from the ship's side, like a blooming sun illuminating half the night sky.

He then sank into the water, where the icy seawater instantly enveloped his charred body.

Ye Xiao tried to twist his body, but unexpectedly found that he could not move at all, as if his whole body had suddenly stiffened.

But he clearly remembered that before being hit by the flames, he had reacted quickly by putting his hands in front of him. Although the explosion was fierce, with his current physical condition, he wouldn't be blown out of his body at that distance.

what happened?

Ye Xiao was surprised. After a brief pause, he realized that it wasn't that he couldn't move, but that the entire environment had frozen in place.

Time seemed to freeze suddenly. The ripples and bubbles on the sea remained at the moment Ye Xiaogang fell into the water, and the blazing fire on the ship stopped flickering, as if the whole world had been suddenly put on pause.

This scene reminded Ye Xiao of the time reversal that occurred at the end of his previous life, when the world-destroying witch Ella activated time reversal in the Holy City.

Who used time magic? But why? Who was it?

Ye Xiao lay there pondering during this forbidden time, but could not find an answer.

For some reason, this strange state evoked a feeling that made him feel uncomfortable in his memory. It was very strange. Ye Xiao didn't know why he felt uncomfortable, but he just suddenly couldn't suppress it.

Could there be some kind of illusion that affects emotions mixed in here? Ye Xiao was completely baffled.

Fortunately, this bizarre time freeze only lasted for about half a minute in terms of physical perception; otherwise, Ye Xiao would have thought he was going to be trapped in a frozen time-space for centuries.

again……?

Ye Xiaoxin felt a chill.

Wait, why did I use the word "again"?

Before he could think it through, the turbulent seawater surged up again, and Ye Xiao felt like a cat that had accidentally fallen into a washing machine, being tossed around until he was dizzy.