As it turns out, Fang Yu's worries were justified.
Although Fang Yu didn't want to reveal too much about his own strength-related matters, because panel rewards have a characteristic: to seize another Blue Star Captain's treasure, you only need to kill them, and the treasure will transform into a panel reward and appear in the killer's panel rewards.
For example...
Fang Yu previously killed Li Linhua and acquired Ocean Sands, and after killing the pirate with the Alchemy义眼, he obtained the Alchemy义眼 that Luo Kuan now wears.
Of course, there are also extremely unlucky situations, but in general, it's mostly like this.
So as a captain's strength continues to grow and they acquire some abilities beyond regular modifications, it's best not to easily show their trump cards in front of others, lest they arouse envy.
But...
This time, along with Fang Yu, came several other Blue Star Captains.
One of them even recklessly uploaded the battle footage between Fang Yu and Li Xun to the forum.
Originally, Fang Yu already had enough traffic; this was his first display of combat power after his ship was promoted to Warship Level, naturally attracting a lot of attention.
There were regular Blue Star Captains, as well as people from corporations, and even the official power ranking took notice of Fang Yu's battle this time.
"Wow... so strong! Damn, is Fang Yu really this powerful now?"
"After being promoted to a warship, many captains at Shi Jun's level, although still outstanding, weren't as dazzling as before, but Fang Yu has maintained such formidable strength, it's truly terrifying."
"The information in this video is tremendous; from it, we can see that Fang Yu not only has top-notch ship strength, but his individual strength is also incomprehensible. Have you ever seen someone destroy a warship with a single shot? Amazing..."
"The pirates he's battling, don't say they aren't quite impressive. There are actually three warship-level ships in this force, which would make an ordinary warship-level captain turn and run, right?"
"Pirates? Do you really believe these ships are pirates? Obviously, some experts are disguised as pirates to attack Fang Yu."
"Huh? Experts disguised as pirates? Why would they disguise themselves?"
"...Forget it, buddy, you better understand your cargo shipment well, the world outside is dangerous, don't get involved in these matters."
...
One by one, Blue Star Captains went crazy after seeing Fang Yu's performance.
There were just too many points worth discussing in this battle.
The warship defeating a battleship across levels.
Fang Yu's obviously abnormal individual strength.
And who exactly disguised as pirates to attack Fang Yu.
The topic, following the heat, quickly made this post go viral, attracting more people's attention to Fang Yu.
The level of attention at this moment far exceeded the attention level when it was at the cargo ship level.
After all, many captains felt that the cargo ship level, even large cargo ships, still belonged in the novice range, with little connection to combat and war, and nothing much worth watching.
But for warships and battleships, the attention level is entirely different.
After reaching this level, ships transition from previously "transport" functions, moving toward "war" functions, essentially stepping onto the stage of various events.
As soon as the topic exploded, many people tagged the official power ranking, eager to see the official power ranking's evaluation of Fang Yu's performance this time.
And where Fang Yu would rank on the power ranking after this performance.
However, what frustrated many was...despite the urging, the official power ranking remained silent, seemingly engaged in careful internal deliberation over the matter.
Not until over 4 hours later did the official power ranking hastily show themselves, directly responding with Fang Yu's final ranking and evaluation:
"Everyone, we know you're waiting for us to evaluate this matter, but clearly, you also see the unusual combat power Fang Yu displayed here."
"After lengthy discussions, we finally made the following ranking evaluation for Fang Yu:"
"We rank Fang Yu as the first place on the cargo ship level power ranking. We believe Fang Yu probably possessed dominant strength even then, but due to the lack of solo combat videos, we did not previously give a reasonable ranking."
"As for the warship level, Fang Yu is currently ranked: 53rd!"
"53rd?!"
Upon hearing the official power ranking's words, the forum erupted.
However, many Blue Star Captains subconsciously nodded upon hearing this ranking.
This time, they didn't feel the ranking was too low; instead, they felt it was...quite reasonable.
Did the usually annoying officials actually do something right for once?
Although this time Fang Yu single-handedly fought against three warships and displayed incredible personal power, who are those on the warship level power ranking?
Those are the top captains from each generation of cargo ship level captains, who have the chance to make it onto the warship level power ranking.
Every captain on the warship power ranking is an outstanding character, stepping up to battle is nothing remarkable for the warship power ranking.
Another discussion on the forum is: in a certain sense, every captain on the warship level power ranking has the chance to challenge a battleship.
Ranks 60 to 100 can face ordinary battleship captains (incomplete modifications).
Ranks 20 to 60 can challenge elite battleship captains (fully modified, but lower level).
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