"Phew … That was a close call. I almost failed miserably."
Two seconds after the explosion, Feng Bujue's figure appeared again. He was holding Mad Eye by the collar with one hand and floating in the air. His position was just at the edge of the explosion area and was not affected by it.
"You reacted quite quickly," Mad Eye, who was pulled out of the danger zone by Brother Bujue in time, did not change his attitude because of this.
"It's considered slow. If I had realized what they were going to do a few seconds earlier, I might have been able to counterattack before they made their move," Feng Bujue replied.
"They?" Mad Eye was just about to ask this question when a translucent black sphere slowly rose from the billowing smoke in front of them.
Through the smoke, Feng Bujue saw three people standing in the sphere. They were Blackbeard, Hong Hu, and Snow.
"As the ones in charge of scouting, can you two explain … what is this situation?" At this time, Blackbeard naturally looked unhappy. Although he and the two people beside him were unharmed, his helpers might not be able to escape unscathed from this kind of attack.
"Hmm …" Feng Bujue said thoughtfully, "According to my observation … this should be a combination of Mega Brand and Elmekia Flame. Although it is only a combination of an ordinary earth magic and a spirit magic, because the spellcaster's magic energy is extremely high, when it is actually released …"
"Who asked you about the principle of magic?" Blackbeard did not wait for him to finish and interrupted impatiently. "I asked you, why didn't you discover the enemy and send out a signal before this kind of attack was launched?"
"I discovered it." Feng Bujue spread out his hands. "Didn't I also shout 'retreat'?"
"You shouted a second earlier, are you kidding me?" Blackbeard asked again.
"Tsk … I wanted to shout earlier too," Feng Bujue said. "But there was no energy fluctuation at all before he cast the spell. What could I do? If you don't believe me, you can ask your cadres … Uh … "As he spoke, he lowered his head and glanced at the smoking seawater." They're not dead yet, right? "
Blackbeard did not answer his question. Instead, he asked, "Since there are no energy fluctuations, you shouldn't be able to advance by even a second, right?"
"Heh … Indeed, I didn't sense any signs of a powerful spell being cast, but before that wave of attacks came … I caught a magic arrow," Feng Bujue said.
"So what?" Blackbeard asked.
Feng Bujue said, "Generally speaking … that doesn't mean anything. But I'm the kind of person who will come up with a hundred possible hypotheses whenever I encounter something. And one of those hypotheses happens to be 'this is a positioning arrow'."
Blackbeard was a very astute person. With Brother Jue's words, many things became clear to him.
"You mean … there's more than one person on the other side?" Blackbeard quickly changed the topic.
"At this stage, the possibility of that is very high." Feng Bujue replied, "You saw the spell just now. Although it's a hybrid spell, it's not very advanced. To be able to produce such power, it's purely relying on the support of a huge amount of Mana." He paused for half a second and said, "If there's only one person casting the spell, then there's a problem … A sorcerer with such Mana, wouldn't he know how to use other more advanced and more efficient spells to attack?"
"Oh …" Hearing this, Snow also understood. "But if it's a large group of average or even weaker sorcerers casting the spell together, then this matter can be explained."
"That's right." Feng Bujue continued, "So, the magic arrow that I took on earlier was undoubtedly used to locate the target for that large group of spellcasters." He paused and said, "By the way … judging from the Mana that came out of that magic arrow, the guy in charge of locating the target is very strong. I have a general understanding of the strength of the followers of the Phantom Demon Church. This guy must be at the level of a cadre. In other words … he clearly knows me, knows my identity, and heard my warning, but … he still launched an attack."
"Oh?" Blackbeard muttered, "That's a little strange …"
"Ha!" Mad Eye laughed dryly at the side. "Why do I feel that it's quite normal?" He turned his head to look at Brother Jue. "For someone like this, just by standing in front of me, I have the urge to hack him to death. The other party couldn't hold back for a moment. I can completely understand."
"Hmph …" Blackbeard heard this and a cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. "That makes sense."
While these people were talking in the sky, in the area that had been flattened by the magic light explosion … in the boiling seawater … one figure after another slowly climbed out of the water.
"I think I'm deaf from the explosion." The first one to come ashore was Mark Big-neck. As he walked, he shook the big horse head on his neck.
"Sigh …" His brother, Mark Big-hoof, followed closely behind. After hearing his brother's line, he sighed and went forward to grab his brother's head with both hands. "Idiot! What's the use of shaking it flat? " When he said this, he had already grabbed his brother's head and tilted it to the left and right.
"Eh?" Mark Big-neck was delighted. "It's done ~"
"Nonsense, can't you just pour the mud out of your ears?" Although Mark Big-hoof's IQ wasn't high, it was still okay compared to his brother. Perhaps … because he had a human head, his IQ had the upper hand.
At this time, on a mud slope about five or six meters away from them, Mr. Volger and Nezru came out of the water one after another.
"Bah — damn it! I hate taking a bath the most! "After spitting out a mouthful of seawater, Mr. Volger opened his mouth and cursed.
Nezru, who was next to him, looked very disappointed at this moment. Because … the reflection in the water had already told Nezru that his "cake" hair had completely collapsed at this moment … drooped and turned into an abnormal "Watermelon Taro" hairstyle.
In addition to these four cadres, Garlic Bro, Godfrey, and Mardi were basically fine. They quickly came out of the water.
However, the situation of the remaining nineteen pirates was not very optimistic. Even though they were members of the Blackbeard Pirates, under such an attack, not all of them could survive. Among the nineteen pirates, four of them could no longer leave the Devil's Maw Island alive, six of them were seriously injured and lost their ability to move, and nine of them had different degrees of injuries.
In this situation, Blackbeard still decisively issued an order. He asked the Garlic Bro trio and the wounded pirates who were still able to move to bring back all the injured crew members, and then brought back the nineteen pirates who were not injured.
Blackbeard, the three players, Mad Eye, and the four cadres on the ship continued to move forward and left marks along the way so that Garlic Bro and the others could find the way when they brought back reinforcements.
In this way, the team of thirty people was sharply reduced to nine people, and one of them … was Mad Eye, who had no combat power and could escape or betray them at any time.
Even so, Brother Jue still didn't see the slightest sense of crisis and nervousness from Blackbeard's eyebrows …
Although he didn't show it, Feng Bujue had a faint feeling in his heart … The purpose of Blackbeard's visit to the Devil's Maw Island was probably not only to find his son, his former subordinates, and the treasure; on this island … there were obviously some hidden secrets.
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