Old Turner was an honest man who knew how to repay kindness.
Fang Yuan had saved his son and trained him to an unimaginable height; that alone was enough for Old Turner to repay Fang Yuan with his life.
Not to mention that if Fang Yuan won, he could reunite and live with his son, so Old Turner insisted on carrying out Fang Yuan's orders.
He used the trident of poseidon to control the waves, pushing the Black Pearl toward The Jackdaw, but that was all.
The trident of poseidon could control the ocean, but a commoner like Old Turner had no idea how to use it.
Just like his grandson, Henry Turner, the only way he could think of to break the curse was to destroy the trident of poseidon.
Fortunately, in this setting, the trident from Poseidon's Tomb, although possessing Poseidon's authority to control the ocean and master all curses at sea—guess what?
This thing was as fragile as glass!
The trident of poseidon would shatter upon contact with ordinary swords.
What kind of a joke was that?
Didn't Poseidon care about his dignity?
However, setting aside its fragility, the trident of poseidon was still decent; even a Muggle like Old Turner holding it could whip up waves to hinder the speed of The Flying Dutchman and the Silent Mary.
But this couldn't continue, as before long, the speed of both ships suddenly surged—clearly Tia Dalma had intervened.
Fang Yuan reacted quickly, ordering The Jackdaw to continue diving toward the Black Pearl while he hurriedly pulled out a small doll.
After drawing a few runes, Davy Jones suddenly heard Fang Yuan's voice.
"Hey, hey, hey, Jones!"
Davy Jones snorted coldly. "Are you here to beg for mercy?"
"Of course not. I think you might be interested in making a deal with me," Fang Yuan replied.
"Fine. I can promise to leave you half a body, just like the undead on the Silent Mary," Davy Jones sneered.
"If you don't agree, I'll tell Calypso that you were the one who told the pirates how to seal her!"
Fang Yuan's words made Davy Jones freeze instantly.
This hit him right where it hurt; he was already worried about Calypso.
Davy Jones also understood that Calypso's Efforts to strengthen The Flying Dutchman and bring in the Silent Mary were all to free herself from the seal.
If that Pirate King let it slip now and told Calypso that he was the one who sealed her, Calypso would go insane.
He did still love Calypso, but Davy Jones had to look out for himself as well.
Most importantly, Davy Jones didn't want Calypso to feel sad upon learning this news.
Call him a simp, yet Jones had taken the initiative to team up with the pirates to seal Calypso.
Call him not a simp, yet Davy Jones was constantly thinking of Calypso's well-being.
A thorny simp.
But regardless, Davy Jones actually preferred that Calypso remain sealed.
At least until he came up with a countermeasure, that was the case.
"What do you want to do?" Davy Jones finally spoke.
"Stop the Silent Mary, and I'll turn you back into a human and give you Calypso's human form," Fang Yuan replied.
Jones's eyes lit up. If he could change from an octopus monster back into a human and have Calypso by his side, he could rekindle their old flame without worrying about wagging tongues.
Although Jones didn't know why Fang Yuan was so confident, seeing Calypso's anxious state, there was surely some basis for it.
The next moment, Davy Jones steered The Flying Dutchman directly into the Silent Mary. At the moment of impact, not only Salazar but even the crew of The Flying Dutchman were bewildered.
Whose side are we on?
First they fought pirates, then the navy, then pirates again, and now they were back to fighting the navy—their Captain's constant flip-flopping was quite the spectacle.
"What are you looking at?" Davy Jones glared at his seafood crew. "Fire!"
The seafood crew snapped out of it and hurriedly unleashed a broadside against the Silent Mary. Although it was equally ineffective, it completely blocked Salazar's path.
"What are you doing?"
"What are you doing?"
Davy Jones heard the questioning of Salazar and Calypso in his ears and heart simultaneously, but the octopus monster's expression remained unchanged.
"Forgive me, Calypso," he murmured. "But this is all for our future!"
"Future?"
Tia Dalma in the distance was going crazy, jumping up and down on her small boat.
"Future, my foot!"
Tia Dalma really wanted to find some onions and just grill all of Davy Jones's octopus tentacles and eat them.
But her anger was useless; because of Davy Jones's betrayal, The Jackdaw had already rendezvoused with the Black Pearl.
"Well done, Turner!" Fang Yuan boarded the Black Pearl and took the trident of poseidon from Old Turner.
Old Turner nodded with a sigh of relief. Having finally completed Fang Yuan's task, he had finally fulfilled his duty to his son.
"Where's Will?" Fang Yuan asked.
"At the nearest port," Old Turner replied quickly. "He's waiting for the outcome of this battle."
Fang Yuan understood; Will was likely thinking that if the pirates lost and Old Turner and the others were captured by the navy, he could use his official status to cover for them.
But now that Fang Yuan had his trident, there was no need for Will to step in.
At that moment, Captain Jack also popped out, shrinking back as he pointed at the Silent Mary. "What's going on with Salazar?"
"Oh, him? He's looking for you!" Fang Yuan said with a half-smile.
Jack immediately backed away a great distance.
"The trident is delivered; we should go!" he said hurriedly.
Fang Yuan didn't stop him; the Black Pearl had indeed fulfilled its mission.
Next would be the clash of divine authority.
Back on The Jackdaw.
Once the trident was in his hand, Fang Yuan immediately felt a familiar sensation.
It was a bit like using the stones while wearing the Infinity Gauntlet.
He immediately smiled.
Fang Yuan had been worried that if the trident of poseidon could only command the ocean because of Poseidon's divine power, it wouldn't be of much use to him.
But now it seemed the trident of poseidon and the Infinity Stones were similar in nature—both were collections of rules, which meant Fang Yuan could use it in other Worlds.
Even if it were weakened by different World characteristics, with his Sorcerer Supreme Halo (S-Rank), Fang Yuan could perfectly replicate its effects in other Worlds.
Fang Yuan had quite a bit of experience using items of this nature.
Holding the trident, he thrust it toward the Silent Mary. A massive wave immediately rose around the ship, tossing its hull far away.
Fang Yuan made a couple of swipes in the air, and the seawater beneath the Effort instantly parted to both sides. Like Moses parting the sea, the hull of the Effort dropped directly onto the seabed.
Sunlight shone all the way down; this seabed, three or four thousand meters below sea level, was perhaps receiving direct sunlight for the first time in its existence.
The battlefield gradually fell silent as everyone was stunned by the scene.
They had seen the undead and ghosts, but the ocean being parted? That was an authority belonging only to a god.
In the field of flattery, Fang Yuan's first mate could always beat everyone else to the punch. Sakazuki immediately shouted out.
"Sea God!"
"The Pirate Emperor is the Sea God!"
When the other pirates heard this, they realized that this staggering feat had been performed by Fang Yuan, and they all erupted in cheers!
"Victory!"
"Long live the Pirate Emperor!"
Hearing the pirates' cheers, Tia Dalma nearly fainted with rage.
"Sea God?"
"Clearly, she was here first!"
However, Tia Dalma also felt that the aura of the trident in Fang Yuan's hand was unmistakably Poseidon's.
As fellow sea deities, Poseidon was far more powerful than she was.
"A mere mortal, even with Poseidon's authority, can only go so far!" Tia Dalma could only pin her hopes on Fang Yuan being unable to exert the trident's full power.
But she was soon disappointed.
"*Clink!*"
Fang Yuan lightly tapped the trident of poseidon onto the deck. Hearing the crisp sound, he immediately lessened his force.
He was terrified of chipping the trident of poseidon.
Then, the Golden Eye of the trident of poseidon flared with light, and the Silent Mary on Salazar's side suddenly began to exude a great deal of black mist.
The crew had it too. Before long, as the black mist dissipated, Salazar was pleasantly surprised to find that he had regained his human form!
Fang Yuan had lifted his curse; Salazar had become a normal person!
Salazar and his crew were jumping and skipping with joy, but amidst the happiness, Salazar felt a bit awkward.
He had thought he would exist as a ghost forever; he hadn't expected Fang Yuan to actually help change them back.
Fang Yuan's intentions weren't that noble, of course; he was just using Salazar and the others as an experiment.
Incidentally, it also eliminated the Silent Mary as an enemy. After all, once they returned to being normal humans, Salazar and his crew were no longer immortal, and even the Silent Mary had reverted to a broken ship that could no longer 'eat' other vessels.
Seeing that he was using it well, Fang Yuan turned his sights toward Davy Jones, preparing to fulfill his promise.
But then Fang Yuan thought about it; the scene here was big enough, but there were too few spectators. He should keep fishing for a while longer.
So, when blood splattered on the small boat where Calypso's human form was, it was clear she had paid a high price in an attempt to escape.
Fang Yuan could have stopped her, but seeing how'sensible' she was by taking the Dauntless with her, he didn't act.
Tia Dalma hadn't given up hope of unsealing herself, so she rescued Lord Beckett, as that would preserve the core of the navy's opposition to the pirates.
But Becket wasn't the only one on the Dauntless.
Tia Dalma thought she had slipped away using the seawater, but she was actually still caught in Fang Yuan's trap.
In that case, he would wait a bit longer to restore the octopus monster's freedom. Fang Yuan glanced at his panel; his Reputation had already reached 141. As news of this great battle spread, it would surely grow again. He would use Calypso's human form to add one last spark to his fame.
So Fang Yuan simply waved the trident again, and the parted seawater closed back up. Then, the ocean currents rolled according to Fang Yuan's will, transferring all the naval warships away from the battlefield.
These were all tools for spreading his fame; naturally, he needed them to fulfill their mission.
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