Mel was not an unperceptive person. From his incredible recovery speed and the astonishing chill just moments ago, anyone could tell that the young man before her was no ordinary person.
And that physique, those features...
'Why does he look so familiar?'
'I feel like I've seen him somewhere before?'
'It's him?!!!'
A flash of insight struck Mel, and she finally grasped the key to the situation.
'Isn't this the badass who rammed the *Pharaoh*?'
He had single-handedly smashed a corner of the *Pharaoh* with his ship, killed the newly-promoted S-class Awakened, Jia Fang, and completely ruined the "sea beast banquet" Ptolemy had intended as a show of force. He'd turned the *Pharaoh* into a laughingstock, then retreated unscathed, leaving a fierce legend in the Sea of Yellow Sand!
'How did a powerhouse like him fall from the sky and land in my pool?!'
Her eyes darted around.
'This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!'
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