"You should have noticed it by now, right?" After walking for a while in the dense forest, Mad Eye, who was leading the way, suddenly opened his mouth and muttered to himself. No one knew who he was talking to.
"You go your own way, we know what to do." Two seconds later, Nezru, who was following behind him, took the opportunity to speak. Then, he turned his head back quietly and gave Garlic Head and the others a look.
Garlic Head understood tacitly and immediately slowed down his pace. He waited for the pirates to pass by and slowly walked to Blackbeard's side.
"Captain." Garlic Head had just opened his mouth to greet the captain when Blackbeard directly said, "No matter, if you encounter any situation, you can act according to the circumstances. Act first and report later."
"Yes." Garlic Head respectfully replied and once again caught up with the pirates.
From the perspective of the bystanders, this group of people's conversation might be somewhat confusing and inexplicable. However, the people involved were very clear that they were discussing the same thing — in this forest, there must be someone else.
Broken branches, overturned rocks on both sides of the road, traces of heavy objects being dragged, and so on. From the various traces left behind in the forest, it was inferred that recently, a large group of people had collected various materials in this forest and moved them to a certain place.
Although it was unknown whether they wanted to hoard materials or build some kind of facility, no matter the situation … the possibility of this group of people still remaining in the vicinity of Devil Chomp Island was very high.
In other words … as the "latecomers," the pirates could encounter these unknown people at any time and even have a conflict with them.
…
Buzz —
The terrible situation happened five minutes later.
Accompanied by a strange muffled sound, Mad Eye's footsteps stopped.
"It's a magic array." Mad Eye was calm. Even if he was handcuffed and his combat power was restricted, he still had the demeanor of a captain.
"Don't move." Nezru quickly saw that Mad Eye's right foot had stepped into the edge of a huge magic array. Therefore, he hurriedly opened his arms and blocked his companions behind him. The entire pirate expedition team took advantage of this opportunity to stop for a moment.
"Hmph …" Mad Eye sneered and raised the handcuffs on his hands. "Do you think I would dare to move around in my current state?"
Nezreu didn't pay any attention to him. He just glanced around the forest, and then stepped forward to inspect the magic array.
At this moment, the activated magic circle was glowing faintly and emitting a soft buzzing sound. If one were to take a closer look, they would be able to see some runes flowing in a linear pattern in the air above the magic circle. On the ground, there were also clear runes floating.
Nestru looked along the edge of the magic circle, and discovered that the curve of the edge was very small, and it extended to a very far place … it could be seen that this magic circle covered a very large area in front of them.
"You can read it?" Mad Eye saw Nethru's concentration, and he looked forward to it.
"No, I don't understand at all." Nethru didn't beat around the bush and gave a very honest answer.
"Then why are you pretending to look at me?" Crazy Eye wasn't going to be polite. Even though he was now a prisoner, he was still going to say whatever he wanted.
"Heh … It's normal to look at it." Before Nethru could reply, Feng Bujue's voice rang out. "Just like those people whose engines have blown up. They don't know anything about mechanics, but they will still stand there and look at it for a long time … It's as if they can fix the car just by looking at it."
As they were talking, Brother Jue walked up from behind.
Crazy Eye looked back at him and snorted. "Hmph … Look at your casual attitude. You must be able to understand it, right?"
"Of course I can," Feng Bujue replied.
In fact, Feng Bujue could really "understand" the magic circle this time. Even if he didn't do a "hard analysis" from the data perspective, he could still understand the principle behind it.
Because …
"This is one of the sensing circles of the Phantom Demon Church." Brother Jue said as he walked to Crazy Eye's side. Without any warning, he suddenly patted Crazy Eye's back.
Crazy Eye was caught off guard by this sudden action. He was immediately pushed forward a few steps and his whole body was pushed into the magic circle.
"What are you doing?" Crazy Eye, who had regained his footing, suddenly turned around and glared at Brother Jue.
"I'm just using my actions to tell you that this magic circle is not offensive," Feng Bujue replied calmly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Madman Eye looked down at himself. He had indeed not suffered any injuries.
"Then you can come in by yourself! Why did you push me? "Crazy Eye was still a little depressed, so he added another sentence.
"What are you saying … What if my judgment is wrong? It's better for you to die than for me to die. "Feng Bujue used his actions to prove that arguing with him would only make him more depressed.
When Crazy Eye heard this, he blew his beard and glared, and his anger level shot up.
Feng Bujue did not want to continue teasing this honest captive, so he quickly changed the topic, "To put it bluntly, this is like a thin string with a bell. It's mainly used to inform the person who set up the magic circle … that someone has entered the range of the magic circle."
"How do you know so much?" Crazy Eye asked again.
Brother Jue shrugged, "I once had Taliohm, who is in charge of this area, show me the patterns and functions of the Phantom Demon Church's magic circles. There aren't that many … A hundred or so, and most of them have a certain pattern. I can draw some of them."
"From what you're saying … You have a relationship with the Phantom Demon Church?" Crazy Eye asked tentatively.
"Yes, I do." Feng Bujue said as he walked into the magic circle. He gave Nezru a look, meaning that they could continue moving forward, "However, that kind of relationship … may not be trustworthy at a critical moment."
Nezru received his instructions and motioned for the people behind to follow. So, the team began to move again.
"Hmph … Using each other, right?" Crazy Eye also stepped forward again, and asked as he walked.
"Something like that." Feng Bujue said, "My philosophy is that as long as there is no absolute conflict in terms of principles, when the interests are the same, we can cooperate."
"Hehe … It sounds like Blackbeard and you are now in this kind of relationship." Crazy Eye was also an experienced person, and he immediately said the truth.
"You don't have to worry about that." Feng Bujue did not have much of a reaction to these words. He calmly continued, "For now, you should try to survive this situation first."
While the two were talking, the thirty people of the pirate exploration team had already walked into the range of the magic circle.
From this place, Feng Bujue left his original position and came to the front of the team, almost side by side with Crazy Eye.
Because of his relationship with the Phantom Demon Church, it would save a lot of trouble for him to "show his face" in front.
That was true, but …
…
In an increasingly tense atmosphere, the team moved forward for another ten minutes. Just as the surrounding forest was getting denser and denser, something strange happened.
Whoosh!
"Careful!" When Nezru shouted this, a magic arrow had already pierced through the wind.
This arrow was shot from the side of the forest in front of them, and it did not deviate, going straight for Feng Bujue's face.
Brother Jue did not panic. For an attack of this speed, with his reaction speed and the aid of Zero Time Difference, there were many ways to dodge it. However, to prevent Mad Eye, whose combat ability was limited, from being caught in the crossfire, Brother Jue very carefully used Telepathic Finger to catch the magic arrow in between his fingers.
"I say …" When the magic arrow dissipated, Feng Bujue turned his head and shouted into the forest, "Look carefully before you make a move. You should recognize me, right?"
After he said this, he waited for a few seconds, but only silence responded.
"What's wrong?" Brother Jue saw that the ambusher did not respond, so he continued, "Do you think I'm an imposter? Are you not sure?"
But after the second sentence, there was still no response from the forest.
At this moment, Feng Bujue vaguely sensed something.
After a second, Brother Jue's expression changed. He turned his head and shouted at the pirates behind him, "Retreat!"
Unfortunately, his shout was a little too late.
Almost at the same time he said the word "retreat", a strong burst of light erupted from the back of the team, shooting straight into the sky.
Intense light erupted from the ground like a volcanic eruption, forming a cylindrical pillar of light that shot into the sky. It quickly expanded and carried out an indiscriminate and terrifying attack on everything in the area.
After the explosion, if one looked down at the north island from above, one could see that … a circular hole had been blasted in the island, and the boiling seawater in the hole was still billowing thick smoke.
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