Shi Yan’s expression was cold, and under the gaze of all eyes, he deliberately stepped down and crushed Kamon’s left hand before calmly exiting the cabin. Kamon’s forehead beaded with cold sweat, his face a mask of resentment, yet he gritted his teeth and remained silent, his body slightly curled as he piled up against Huo Jie, his heart brimming with hatred.

Inside the cabin. Jett, Nano, and the others stared in horror, watching Shi Yan’s retreating figure disappear, then glancing at Kamon and Huo Jie, their expressions strange.

Linda did not intervene to stop Shi Yan, merely sighing softly in her heart. “Kamon, you had better not think about revenge; you are absolutely no match for him.

If you act out of malice, I doubt even I can protect you!” Others were unaware of Shi Yan’s ruthlessness, but Linda had witnessed his cruelty firsthand—the Blood-Eye pirates, dozens of them, had been utterly exterminated by Shi Yan alone, not a single soul left alive. That battle was etched deeply in Linda’s memory; even a martial artist at the Hundred Tribulations Realm offered no resistance against Shi Yan.

If Kamon didn’t know any better, the consequences would be easy to imagine. In fact, Linda didn't need to warn them extensively; the miserable state of Huo Jie and Kamon now faintly revealed Shi Yan’s ferocity to everyone.

These two were crushed almost instantly by Shi Yan’s hand; the gulf between them was instantly clear. Jett suddenly felt a pang of pity for Kamon.

The object of his long-cherished affection had fallen into another’s arms, and when he sought vengeance, he was brutally humiliated... Jett could imagine the pain churning within Kamon.

Kamon’s face, much like his crushed left hand, was somewhat contorted. He appeared not to have heard Linda’s counsel at all; his eyes gleamed with sinister, venomous light.

Gritting his teeth, he seemed to be calculating silently, searching for any possible method to deal with Shi Yan. Linda’s delicate brows furrowed, her face growing cold.

“Kamon, I hope you take my words seriously. I can save you once, but I cannot save you forever.

If you truly anger him, he will not show me any deference.” “Bitch! My life is none of your concern!” Kamon roared hysterically, “How am I inferior to him?

For you, how much have I given up? You must know!

For so many years, I treated you as a treasure, always guarding you! Yet you choose this person of unknown origin!

How dare you lecture me?” Kamon had been suppressed too severely, losing his usual composure and becoming somewhat frantic. Linda’s beautiful face changed, and she stared at him coldly.

“I have rejected you time and again; it is your own persistence that causes this trouble, so who is to blame? As for whom I choose, what does it matter to you?

Do you think that because you like me, you can dictate my life, that I must change for your sake?” Kamon looked fierce, his breathing ragged, staring hatefully at Linda, yet he said nothing more. From Kamon’s eyes, Linda realized that from this day forward, it would be impossible for things between her and Kamon to be as they once were.

With a sigh, Linda shook her head, a touch of resignation in her voice. “What happened today ends here.

Once this mission is complete, we will have no further opportunities to cooperate.” She paused, then looked towards Jett and the others. “The same applies to you all.

After this mission, you are free to stay or go as you please.” Jett, Nano, and the others slightly frowned, their expressions somewhat bleak, each harboring their own thoughts. Shi Yan returned to the pile of miscellaneous goods and took out a piece of Azure Moon Stone, condensing his mental energy to channel the chill of the Profound Ice Cold Flame from his Blood-Patterned Ring into the stone.

Ever since the Azure Moon Stone exhibited astonishing power when dealing with Lin Xiaochang, Shi Yan had paid close attention to its potential uses. During this period, Shi Yan had obtained fifteen Azure Moon Stones from Jett and the others through Linda.

Whenever he had spare time, he would inject the cold energy of the Profound Ice Cold Flame into them. Now, he possessed ten Azure Moon Stones fully saturated with the chill of the Profound Ice Cold Flame.

As this current Azure Moon Stone slowly absorbed the coldness while Shi Yan concentrated his spiritual power, he also quietly channeled his internal essence into it simultaneously. His consciousness immersed itself within the Azure Moon Stone.

At the center of the Azure Moon Stone, there seemed to be an incredibly minute space, but as his focus intensified, Shi Yan found that the space appeared to expand somewhat. Shi Yan closed his eyes slightly, feeling the cold power of the Profound Ice Cold Flame gradually permeate the Azure Moon Stone.

A thought suddenly flashed into his mind. What would happen if some negative energy were additionally infused into the Azure Moon Stone?

As soon as this thought surfaced, Shi Yan immediately attempted to act on it. With a shift in his consciousness, strands of negative energy mixed with various negative emotions quietly circulated along his arm meridians, a few wisps escaping to slowly infiltrate the Azure Moon Stone in his hand.

The moment the negative energy entered the stone, a fierce, malevolent aura instantly dispersed from within the Azure Moon Stone. The negative energy seemed to counteract the cold energy already inside the stone.

After coexisting within the stone, the negative energy immediately became domineering and violent, constantly pressing against the coldness derived from the Profound Ice Cold Flame, as if attempting to form a constraint, to bind the flame. Fine cracks immediately appeared on the Azure Moon Stone.

Soon, this piece shattered into icy fragments, and the cold energy within rapidly dissipated. The negative energy had forcefully expelled the chill of the Profound Ice Cold Flame from the stone.

The Azure Moon Stone itself also seemed incapable of containing the negative energy. Once the cold dissipating, the stone broke into pieces, and the negative energy within those fragments soon vanished as well.

The Profound Ice Cold Flame and the negative energy apparently could not coexist. Shi Yan frowned, gazing at the pile of broken stones, then closed his eyes in deep contemplation.

After a while, Shi Yan took out another Azure Moon Stone. First, he infused the cold energy from the Profound Ice Cold Flame in his Blood-Patterned Ring into the stone.

Then, after a moment of thought, he gathered the essence from his body, transforming it into fine rays of light, and attempted to infuse them into the stone. The essence flowed in like crystalline threads, weaving into the Azure Moon Stone...

After receiving this supplement of essence, the surface texture of the stone became extremely dense, and the original cracks seemed to be repaired by the delicate lines formed by the essence. The fissures became very small, allowing the stone to hold a greater amount of the Profound Ice Cold Flame’s coldness without immediately exploding.

A flicker of joy arose in his heart; Shi Yan suddenly realized that his essence could coexist with the cold energy of the Profound Ice Cold Flame. He did not know that because his body had already withstood much of the flame’s chilling force, his essence carried faint wisps of that same cold energy, which was precisely why his essence could coexist with the flame’s coldness within the Azure Moon Stone.

Injecting more essence into the stone allowed it to contain five times the amount of the Profound Ice Cold Flame compared to the other stones! Five times the chill of the Profound Ice Cold Flame surged into the Azure Moon Stone, which also carried nearly half a measure of Shi Yan’s essence.

When he urged the cold energy of the Profound Ice Cold Flame again, the cracks on the stone’s surface gradually widened, showing signs of imminent bursting. Shi Yan calmly moved this particular Azure Moon Stone away from the Blood-Patterned Ring.

Frowning, he stared blankly at this unusual Azure Moon Stone, closing his eyes to sense the energy within. Inside the stone, the chilling power of the Profound Ice Cold Flame and the essence were mingled.

The cold power formed fine, intricate threads, and the essence formed equally fine threads. Both types of threads, glistening brightly, appeared together on the stone, resembling beautiful patterns, looking quite lovely.

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 Azure Moon Stone in his hand forcefully toward the distant water surface.

He threw it with immense power, intending to create a fierce impact force that would cause the energy within the stone to detonate completely. “Boom!” Thirty meters behind him, a dazzling crystalline light suddenly appeared, and a torrent of violent, icy energy exploded forth.

Centered on the shattered Azure Moon Stone, the seawater instantly froze into solid ice, which was then pulverized and sprayed out by the explosive force, forming hundreds of slender ice shards carrying a bone-chilling coldness, scattering everywhere. That area became brightly lit with crystal light, and a penetrating, deep chill spread out, freezing a hundred-meter radius completely.

“Swish, swish!” “Swish, swish!” Slender ice shards, accompanied by a chilling aura, shot out in all directions. Dozens of them flew directly toward the small boat where Shi Yan was located.

“What’s happening?” Linda exclaimed sharply. Jett and the others, who had just emerged from the cabin, saw the volley of ice shards rushing towards them, their faces changing drastically, and they quickly retreated back into the cabin.

“Bang, bang!” The small boat was struck by five or six ice shards. The vessel received a tremendous propulsive force and shot forward like an arrow.

At the stern, three ice shards as thick as arms actually pierced through the deck and lodged directly into the boat. The ice shards came quickly and left quickly; many whizzed past through the air and fell into the sea far in the distance.

Shi Yan stood dumbfounded at the rear of the deck, his face covered in shock, yet unable to suppress a surge of joy. His expression was incredibly complex.

The impact generated by the shattering of this Azure Moon Stone was far greater than that of the others! The ice shards, formed by the congealed seawater, not only carried enormous impact force but also radiated a chilling coldness that even a Hundred Tribulations Realm martial artist probably could not withstand.

The immediate coldness and explosive impact force generated at the center of the blast were terrifying! Shi Yan estimated that even a master at the Human Rank, caught off guard by such a blast, would likely lose a layer of skin!

“Shi Yan, who is attacking us?” Linda cried out, quickly moving to Shi Yan’s side, standing shoulder to shoulder with him as they looked back. She demanded, “Are you alright?

Have the Blood-Eye pirates found us?” “No,” Shi Yan shook his head, smiling faintly. “I refined a little toy; I was just testing its power.

I didn’t expect the effect to be this good, hehe.” Shi Yan was indeed extremely satisfied with the power of this Azure Moon Stone. His mood was buoyant, and he began plotting how to unleash this on Gu Jian-ge later, to see what kind of wretched state he would be in, perhaps even being instantly obliterated.

“A little toy?” Jett and his group looked utterly horrified, their eyes showing deep apprehension. “Ahem, I’ll persuade Kamon later.

It’s better to resolve grudges than deepen them; I’ll tell him to give up his intentions soon enough,” Calle, who was aligned with Kamon, chuckled awkwardly, drooping his head.