Chapter 547

Chapter 404: Ambush

On the northern shore of Conquer Sea, at the outskirts of Navaha city.

In the afternoon, under the gloomy sky, in the remote wetlands far from the city center, cold seawater mercilessly battered the rocky coast. The tidal force of the sea water surged into the crevices between rocks and sand, with the sound of waves overlapping one another.

On the stony beach, Massimo, who was severely injured and had lost an arm, stood there in shock, staring in disbelief at the young man who had appeared nearby and was smiling at him. At this moment, he could detect a familiar scent on the young man, the scent of a button found in Bins’ possession. That scent pointed directly to Thief K!

“Thief K… You are Thief K?”

Indeed… You are a spider of the bl**d Darkness Path!”

Gazing at the young man before him, Massimo gritted his teeth and said, previously, Costa had told him that Thief K might be a shapeshifting extraordinary being of the bl**d Darkness Path. Now, the person standing before him was completely different in appearance and gender compared to when he first encountered her on the Shining White Pearl. Only an extraordinary being of the bl**d Darkness Path could do such a thing.

“As for what my identity truly is… isn’t it already obvious? There’s no need to be so surprised, Mr. Massimo.”

With a slight smile, the young man looked at Massimo and spoke in Iwigian, provoking him further.

“You, how did you manage to escape from the ship unnoticed? How did you know I was here? The spiritual mist that exposed us just now, it was your doing, wasn’t it? What have you done?”

“Oh my, Mr. Massimo, you certainly ask a lot. Do you really expect me to answer all your questions? You’re a dying man; even if you knew these things, they wouldn’t matter.”

With a scornful glance, the young man looked at Massimo and continued, while Massimo’s anger flared up again after being mocked, only to be suppressed once more. He stood weakly, lifting his head to sneer at the young man.

“Hmph… It seems we were outmaneuvered from start to finish. You appearing before me to humiliate me, is to savor the taste of victory.”

“Of course, since in the end, I won. A half-crippled person like you can never beat me. This taste of victory is what I deserve.”

Spreading his arms wide, the young man looked at Massimo with a mocking expression, causing Massimo’s face to twist slightly in response. He then laughed coldly.

“Huh… Yes, now severely injured, I probably can’t beat you. But don’t get too cocky either, and unfortunately, you didn’t manage to do that.

“Don’t be so presumptuous, Thief K!”

Suddenly, Massimo roared, and at the same time, he swung his remaining arm. Under the swing of his arm, the ground beneath the young man’s feet began to tremble slightly, several water columns burst through the rubble, rising from the ground, aiming straight at the young man.

“What!”

Facing this sudden situation, the young man’s face showed surprise. He quickly dodged to the side, narrowly avoiding the water columns aimed at him. However, the water columns around him turned into a barrier, restricting his movements. Massimo’s counterattack had just begun.

“Good dodge, but it’s useless!”

As Massimo spoke, the water columns around the young man exploded. Under some mysterious force, they transformed into streams of water surging towards the young man. In an instant, the young man was enveloped by floating water, his entire body enclosed within a large water sphere.

For a moment, the young man suddenly found himself submerged in water, trapped inside a large water sphere suspended in the air. He struggled desperately, but without any leverage, his efforts were futile. Bubbles continuously escaped from his mouth, and due to suffocation, pain was etched on his face.

Without any warning, Massimo used the underground water to create the Water Prison, trapping the young man within. No matter how much the young man struggled, he couldn’t escape the prison. Seeing this, Massimo laughed loudly.

“Hah! You underestimated me, Thief K!

You didn’t think there was water I could control under your feet!

“You waited until I moved away from the sea and came here before showing yourself, afraid I would control the sea water, right? But let me tell you, this reef-strewn beach is riddled with crevices washed out by the sea! In other words, there is water everywhere under your feet that I can use! You made a mistake!”

Looking at the young man struggling in agony within the Water Prison, Massimo shouted loudly, the frustration and anger on his face vanishing.

“Don’t waste your energy, Thief. Once controlled by the Water Prison of the Tide Singer, no matter how powerful or agile you are, you can’t escape! Immediately hand over the Deep Blue Heart, and maybe I’ll spare your life!”

Facing the young man struggling in the Water Prison, Massimo continued. Just as he focused on maintaining the Water Prison, several men armed with revolvers emerged from behind some rocks not far behind him. They aimed their revolvers at Massimo and fired simultaneously.

Instantly, gunshots rang out across the reef-strewn beach. Bullets shot out from the revolvers, heading straight for Massimo’s back. Already wounded, Massimo was fully focused on maintaining the Water Prison and had no time to react to the sudden attack from behind. Although he managed to dodge at the last moment, he was still hit by at least five bullets, creating bl**d-filled holes in his body, one of which pierced his neck, causing Massimo to cough up bl**d.

“Cough… Are there any… lackeys left?”

Enduring the new pain inflicted on his body, sustaining injuries that would be fatal to an ordinary person, Massimo, while continuing to maintain the Water Prison, glared at the men shooting at him with bloodshot eyes. He naturally assumed these were Thief K’s lackeys, trying to save her after seeing her trapped.

Fixing his gaze on the gunmen, Massimo activated his ability once more. Suddenly, the ground beneath the gunmen shattered, and numerous high-pressure water columns erupted from the cracks, piercing through the gunmen who were caught off guard. They fell down in agony.

Just before falling, one of the gunmen used his last bit of strength to ignite a stick of dynamite and threw it at Massimo. Seeing this, Massimo gathered water droplets in mid-air, enveloping the thrown dynamite. Thus, the dynamite flying towards Massimo was encased in a small water sphere, preventing it from moving further. The fuse was extinguished by the water.

Just as Massimo rejoiced in successfully blocking the dynamite, a tiny insect hidden inside the dynamite suddenly sparked. Instantly, the explosive material inside the dynamite, which hadn’t been fully soaked, ignited.

“Boom!!”

A powerful explosion occurred. Amidst the deafening roar, the thin layer of water covering the dynamite was dispersed, but the pressure from the water also dampened its explosive power. The explosion only raised a cloud of dust in mid-air, a short distance away from Massimo, without harming him at all.