Of course, quite a few hotheads tried their luck, but they all died horribly. Before long, no one dared to challenge the Divine Eye Pirates' four main powerhouses.
The rest could only settle for fighting the Divine Eye Pirates' non-core combat crewmates, but those fighters were no pushovers either.
O'Neal and Olsen were both quite strong. They were both Zoan Devil Fruit users, tough-skinned and durable, fairly fast, and decently powerful. They were not easy to deal with.
Kelly, Susanna, Sholmer, and Louis were roughly as strong as them, but none of them specialized in close-quarters combat. Kelly relied on guns, Susanna on navigational secret arts, Sholmer on the deadly poison produced by the Mushroom-Mushroom Fruit, and Louis was a sniper. None of them could engage in close combat freely, leaving them somewhat constrained in battle.
The moment the two sides clashed head-on, the Sirius Pirates fell into a disadvantage. The Black Wolf King was greatly shocked and even began to panic.
However, the Black Wolf King quickly calmed down. He no longer hoped to wipe out the enemy. The man who had yet to make a move, along with the unstoppable dead man slaughtering his forces, made him abandon that unrealistic fantasy.
What he wanted now was to use his numerical advantage to drag things out as long as possible and wait for reinforcements. Fortunately, he had been cautious and had not been arrogant enough to dismiss any force bold enough to attack Sun Moon Island. Otherwise, he would have been fighting alone.
Having made up his mind, the Black Wolf King became crafty and slippery. Rather than trying to kill Asura Path, he darted into the wolf pack and began circling around Asura Path, as though they were playing hide-and-seek.
However highly the Black Wolf King had rated