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Back in the day, Tu San already had the strength of a Master Level Peak, yet such strength on Devil's Island almost led him to the brink of death several times. This shows that Devil's Island is far more treacherous than Qin Fang had estimated.

And Qin Tiannan survived on Devil's Island for nearly twenty years, which absolutely wasn't done easily. There, no mercy is shown, and a slight mistake could cost one's life.

On that Devil's Island, trialists are absolutely independent individuals, not only facing sneak attacks from fellow trialists but also countering the pursuit from the law enforcers.

The law enforcers have the home turf advantage, but not all trialists are weak, so it often happens that less powerful law enforcers get killed.

So for Qin Tiannan to live as a law enforcer for nearly two decades and even save the life of the powerful Tu San several times, it's hard to imagine just how strong he must be.

"Your old man reached Master Level Peak cultivation a few years ago... whether he's crossed that one hurdle in recent years, I'm not sure!"

Tu San didn't hide anything from Qin Fang, explaining briefly.

Though the answer was still vague, it gave Qin Fang a rough understanding of his dad's strength.

Two decades ago, Qin Tiannan was taken to Devil's Island. Perhaps at that time, his strength was barely at the Master Level and maybe not even that.

But now, twenty years later, in such brutal slaughter, his strength has steadily increased, and a few years ago, he reached Master Level Peak. Perhaps in recent years, he indeed has taken that crucial step to reach the Great Grandmaster Level…

"Hiss~~"

Despite Qin Fang's high estimation of his father's strength, when Tu San actually said it, he couldn't help but gasp.

Master Level Peak, that definitely stands at the pinnacle of martial artists' high tier.

Such masters, unless they are some extraordinarily talented geniuses, seem only to come from outstanding disciples of the ancient major schools.

But Qin Fang was clear, although the Qin Family could count as a martial arts line, with his father Qin Tiannan being an expert and his grandfather Qin Siyuan seemingly also a top master, he wasn't very clear on which sect their skills derived from. However, it likely wasn't from any ancient major sects.

Those sects value their martial arts more than anything and would never let them spread, so most likely, the Qin Family is just a once-grand martial arts family.

Even so, his grandfather Qin Siyuan's cultivation was terribly formidable. If not for that upheaval back then, and unfortunately getting shot, perhaps he'd still be alive now.

As for his father Qin Tiannan, from not even reaching the Master Level to Master Level Peak, possibly even Great Grandmaster Level, in those twenty years within endless killings, such advancement speed is truly defying odds.

Look at the Grandmaster-level experts Qin Fang has encountered, Old Master Wu and Elder Alai are already in their seventies or eighties twilight years. Elder Niu's strength has reached the Great Grandmaster Level, but he also barely crossed into it, reportedly only reaching Grandmaster Level after the age of fifty or sixty.

Tu San is relatively young, but he's already in his thirties, more than a full cycle older than Qin Fang, and only slightly younger than Qin Fang's father Qin Tiannan by a few years.

But comparing, a few years ago Qin Tiannan was around the same age as Tu San is now, yet back then he was already at Master Level Peak strength.

In contrast, Tu San, now at Grandmaster-level stability, seems much weaker...

"By the way, since my dad is so strong, why didn't he leave Devil's Island with you?"

This question had always puzzled Qin Fang. Almost every day, someone enters Devil's Island, and every time, someone finishes trials and leaves Devil's Island.

But his father has been on Devil's Island for nearly twenty years and, despite his almost supernatural strength, still hasn't left. It's really baffling.

"You think he doesn't want to leave?"

Tu San gave Qin Fang a disdainful look, "Years ago, I also attempted to take him with me to leave... but it was absolutely impossible to succeed!"

"Devil's Island is situated deep in the ocean, surrounded by waters filled with numerous sea beasts and fish. Even trying to swim away means almost certain drowning or being eaten by sharks!"

"As for leaving on a trialist's boat, that's even more impossible... Every law enforcer has a locator on them, under continuous monitoring no matter where they go. Once out of the surveillance range, the locator immediately sends a signal to the enforcer base... in that case, other enforcers immediately pursue the fleeing enforcer!"

After Tu San's explanation, Qin Fang realized how extremely difficult it was to escape Devil's Island.

There are only two ways to leave... swim across the sea or take the trialist's boat!

Swimming across the sea is basically a death sentence. No matter how great a person is, swimming a hundred or eighty kilometers in the sea would be extraordinary. However, that distance holds no significance in the vast, boundless sea—eventually, exhaustion leads to drowning.

As for the beasts in the sea, like octopuses, sharks, electric eels, sea snakes, and such, encountering any one of them could be fatal.

As for leaving by boarding a trialist's ship, that's even less possible. First, the boarding inspection is extremely strict, making "stealing the beam replacing the pillar" nearly impossible. Second, the law enforcers are always being watched, making it very difficult to escape.

Back when Tu San at the Grandmaster Level worked with Qin Tiannan at the Master Level Peak, even the two of them failed to evade the pursuit of those law enforcers, showing just how difficult it is...

"So what about this passage token? What's its use?"

Qin Fang thought about the passage token in his hand and asked once more. At the very least, he needed to know its use; otherwise, he wouldn't know what to do with it in his hand.

"I'm not really sure about the specifics. It seems that as long as you hold this passage token, those law enforcers won't make things difficult for you..."

Tu San wasn't entirely clear about the use of the passage token either and could only speculate based on his understanding, though the result seemed not very reliable.

"Seeing this trip to Devil's Island, I must make the journey myself..."

Devil's Island was more terrifying than Qin Fang had imagined. His father, Qin Tiannan, had almost the strength of a Great Grandmaster Level, yet he still couldn't leave Devil's Island. That spoke volumes about how difficult it was.

So Qin Fang felt even more that it was necessary to make the journey to Devil's Island himself. To bring his father out, he must undertake the task personally.

If there's anyone in the world who can take someone away from Devil's Island, it must be him!

"Alright, I've told you everything I need to... I should be leaving!"

At this point, Tu San's purpose for coming was pretty much fulfilled. He didn't seem like he wanted to stay any longer and was ready to say goodbye to Qin Fang.

"It's the middle of the sea, surely you aren't planning to leave like this..."

Qin Fang was taken aback and pointed to the vast ocean below the ship.

"We're close to Okinawa, and I happened to take a task in this area. If not now, when?"

Tu San didn't seem to mind as he spoke, clearly having made preparations in advance. The choice to have a showdown today actually served his purpose.

"Okinawa..."

Upon hearing the word, Qin Fang immediately thought of the recent incident involving the murdered fisherman and Xu Ling's purpose for this trip.

As Tu San planned to set sail directly for Okinawa from here, Qin Fang wondered whether the person Xu Ling was waiting for would board from here, or possibly Xu Ling would set sail to meet them.

"You don't need to worry about Han Long's death. I'll take care of that matter and not involve you..."

Seeing the hesitation on Qin Fang's face, Tu San smiled slightly. He suspected Qin Fang might be worried about that matter.

Qin Fang was Qin Tiannan's son, and Qin Tiannan had saved Tu San's life. Now, Tu San considered Qin Fang as one of his own; otherwise, he wouldn't be helping Qin Fang so much.

While Han Long's death impacted Tu San's reputation, he didn't care much. If someone else had killed Han Long, Tu San wouldn't have shown any mercy.

But since Qin Fang was the one who killed him, it was a different story...

Having been in the underground world for so long, Tu San's reputation chiefly consisted of notoriety. This notoriety caused people to overlook his equally high task completion rate.

But it was just as well; such notoriety made people ignore his failure to protect Han Long, leading to his death.

"Thank you..."

Qin Fang was grateful for Tu San's benevolent help. Initially, they were on opposing sides, yet now they were allies. Not long ago, Qin Fang had even tricked Tu San, yet Tu San let go of the grudge and assisted him greatly, prompting Qin Fang to thank him sincerely.

Tu San only nodded lightly in response to Qin Fang's gratitude, preparing to leave.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly stopped, as if something had just occurred to him. He turned to the slightly puzzled Qin Fang.

"Oh, right, with that woman Jiang Rou, you must be very careful. She's not as simple as she seems... I can't reveal too much, just be cautious!"

Hearing this, Qin Fang was somewhat taken aback. He had previously speculated about the relationship between Tu San and Jiang Rou, but it now seemed not as he imagined, and possibly more straightforward with perhaps mutual concerns!

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