Chapter 99

**Slap, slap, slap!**

Captain Jin was awakened by a series of slaps and saw Bai Cangdong's face, twisted with a hateful smile.

"Damn..." Captain Jin struggled to get up but found himself bound like a dumpling. His efforts only caused his chest wound to tear open, and fresh blood gushed out.

"My dear captain, I advise you not to move around so much, or you might just end your own life for nothing," Bai Cangdong said, squatting beside Captain Jin with a half-smile.

"Where are we?" Captain Jin, a man who had weathered many storms, quickly regained his composure and looked around. He realized he was in a strange void, with only a jade platform beneath him to rely on.

"We are still on Devil Island, this place is called Jade Armor Heaven," Bai Cangdong said without any intention of hiding anything.

"Jade Armor Heaven on Devil Island!" These two pieces of information left Captain Jin feeling somewhat shocked.

"Have you heard of Jade Armor Heaven?" Seeing Captain Jin's expression, Bai Cangdong thought he might have heard of it or something similar.

"I've heard that Count Leviathan owns a place called Azure Sea Heaven, which is rich in resources and has made many counts envious. Unfortunately, his city is built on Azure Sea Heaven, so other counts can only envy him unless they can break through his city. But even two counts working together might not be able to do that." Captain Jin looked around Jade Armor Heaven and said, "I didn't expect there to be a Jade Armor Heaven on Devil Island. So, you came here not for the devil crystals but for this Jade Armor Heaven."

"Not just Jade Armor Heaven, I want everything on this island."

Captain Jin suddenly fell silent. Bai Cangdong had brought him to such a secret place and shown him Jade Armor Heaven, which meant his chances of survival were slim.

"Why are you suddenly quiet?" Bai Cangdong looked at Captain Jin with interest. He didn't want to kill him; if he did, he would have done it outside. Bringing him into Jade Armor Heaven was more trouble than it was worth.

"What do you want?" Captain Jin, clearly realizing this, looked up at Bai Cangdong and asked.

"It's simple. I want you to become my knight," Bai Cangdong said directly, revealing his intention.

"Even if I die, I will never become your knight," Captain Jin said furiously.

"Wanting to die is easy. Since I brought you into Jade Armor Heaven, you have no third option besides becoming my knight or dying. So, there's no need to rush. You can think it over carefully. Becoming my knight isn't such a bad thing. We are from Fenghua City, and now Devil Island belongs to Fenghua City. We are the ones sent by Count Fenghua to take over Devil Island. In the future, we can occupy this place legitimately. The value of devil crystals is something you understand better than I do. Add to that this Jade Armor Heaven, with these two treasures, what are the chances of me advancing to the rank of count? Being a knight to a count shouldn't be a disgrace, right?" Bai Cangdong paused and continued, "I don't necessarily need you to be my knight, but I see potential in you and don't want to kill you. Think it over carefully."

"Nice words, but you just want to use me to control my pirates," Captain Jin said with a cold laugh.

"That's one of the reasons," Bai Cangdong admitted frankly. "But even if I kill you, your four knights will die as well. The rest of your pirates, though they number three hundred viscounts, do you really think I can't handle them?"

Captain Jin remained silent, clearly not believing that his pirates could kill Bai Cangdong and his two companions.

"I brought you into Jade Armor Heaven to cut off your retreat and my own. Now, I'll give you fifteen minutes to decide. Become my knight or die. The choice is yours." After saying this, Bai Cangdong walked to the side and no longer looked at Captain Jin.

Time ticked by, and cold sweat dripped down Captain Jin's forehead. He was in a very conflicted state, but the time seemed to drag on, each second a torment.

A thousand thoughts raced through his mind, but Captain Jin couldn't think of a way to escape. In Jade Armor Heaven, under the watch of Bai Cangdong and his two companions, and with his severe injuries, even if he had wings, he couldn't fly out of this cage.

The fifteen minutes passed quickly. Bai Cangdong, hearing no response from Captain Jin, didn't ask again. He summoned his dual dragon blades and swung them at Captain Jin's neck.

Since he refused to become his knight, he had to die. Bai Cangdong didn't hesitate.

"Wait, I'll become your knight," Captain Jin shouted, seeing the determination in Bai Cangdong's eyes. He knew Bai Cangdong was a man of iron will and would not show mercy.

Bai Cangdong forcibly stopped his dual dragon blades, but the residual force still cut a wound on Captain Jin's neck, and blood gushed out.

Hua Buyu came over to treat Captain Jin's wound and stop the bleeding. Fortunately, it was just a surface wound, and no bones or major blood vessels were damaged, so Captain Jin managed to save his life.

Captain Jin was chilled to the bone. If he had shouted just a fraction of a second later, his head would have been cut off.

Holding his wound, Captain Jin offered his life mark, which Bai Cangdong accepted. Captain Jin's noble mark immediately dissipated, and only his life plate remained, now bearing Bai Cangdong's mark. The three major privileges were gone, and his life was now in Bai Cangdong's hands.

The four knights searching for Captain Jin on the island suddenly felt a change in their life plates and were all shocked.

They had been demoted from knights to knight attendants, meaning their former master had become someone else's knight.

"What the hell happened!" One of the knights was almost driven mad. Becoming a knight was bad enough, but now they were demoted to knight attendants.

Knight attendants were even more pitiful than knights. If their master died, they would die as well. Their fate was in the hands of both their knight and their master. They could share the life limit of their knight but not the knight's honor.

In other words, although knights lost their noble status and the three major privileges, they still enjoyed the same privilege level as their master. For example, if their master was a count, then regardless of the knight's own rank, the three major privileges of other counts would not affect them.

Knight attendants, however, did not share this honor. Everything was based on their own strength. They could only gain certain privilege immunities based on their own level.

The only benefit of being a knight attendant was that they shared the life limit of their master.

"Captain actually became someone else's knight. Could it be that a count has taken him in?" Thinking of this possibility, the four knights fell silent.

If Captain Jin had indeed been taken in by a count, then becoming knight attendants was not entirely unacceptable. At least they would immediately enjoy the life limit of a count, which many viscounts would envy.

In Jade Armor Heaven, Captain Jin sat on the ground and said helplessly, "Now can you tell me who you really are?"

"Didn't we already tell you? We are the people sent by Fenghua City to take over Devil Island. This is Feng Xian, the eldest daughter of the Feng family. Didn't the female innkeeper tell you?" Bai Cangdong smiled.

"Is she really Feng Xian, the eldest daughter of the Feng family?" Captain Jin said with a bitter expression. "But I heard that the Feng family has fallen, and the true powerful families in Fenghua City are now the Hua and Ling families."

"Your information is quite accurate. The Feng family has indeed fallen, otherwise, they wouldn't have been sent to take over Devil Island," Feng Xian said coolly.

"You're not going to tell me that, besides the devil crystals and Jade Armor Heaven, you have nothing else, right?" Captain Jin's eyes widened.

"Something like that," Bai Cangdong nodded.

"My God, I must have had the worst luck in the world to believe you have a chance of advancing to the rank of count and to agree to become your knight. Do you even know how to advance to the rank of count?" Captain Jin felt like he was about to go mad.

"Isn't it just about killing a count-level undead?" Bai Cangdong looked at Captain Jin in confusion.

Captain Jin slapped his head, closed his eyes for a long time, and then opened them weakly. "Killing a count-level undead as a viscount is not that simple. Any count, when they were viscounts, had to meet four basic conditions to have even the slightest chance of advancing."

"What are the four conditions?" Bai Cangdong asked eagerly.

"More than two hundred grids of life light, a weapon that can penetrate a count-level undead's body, a set of armor that can significantly resist a count-level undead's privilege, and a knight corps of at least ten powerful viscounts," Captain Jin said gloomily. "These are just the basic conditions. Other factors, such as your own martial skills, the strength and equipment of the knight corps, and auxiliary items like undead eggs, are also important. The more you have, the higher your chances of success."

"Your weapon looks decent and should be able to penetrate some count-level undead's bodies, but your armor and life light are far from enough. As for the knight corps, besides me, you don't have any other knights, right?" Captain Jin said, looking at Hua Buyu.

"You guessed right," Bai Cangdong smiled.

"God, just let me die. With your current situation, it's hard to say when you'll advance to the rank of count. I actually agreed to become your knight. I might as well just die now," Captain Jin couldn't help but curse.

"Don't say that. Now that we have the devil crystals and Jade Armor Heaven, I believe we will soon have those things," Bai Cangdong was quite optimistic.

"What's the situation with Jade Armor Heaven?" After cursing for a while, Captain Jin calmed down.

Feng Xian explained the situation of Jade Armor Heaven, and Captain Jin's eyes lit up. "Show me the jade armor set you mentioned."

Feng Xian threw a jade armor gauntlet to him, and Captain Jin was overjoyed when he saw it. "It repels evil, it really repels evil. You have a chance to advance to the rank of count."