"Captain, this is bad!" Jin Bing's voice trembled slightly.
Whoosh! The moment he finished speaking, the mantises surrounding them charged as one.
Clang! Vitas's expression hardened. With a sweep of his twin blades, two crescent-shaped Slash Waves swept forward. Bang! Bang! The black mantises in front were sent flying, opening a brief gap.
"Follow me! Jin Bing, cover the rear!" Vitas said quickly as he charged ahead.
The others followed behind, fending off the black mantises' attacks as they ran. The black mantises attacked swiftly, and their blade-like strikes were deadly. Ordinary pirates might have already been chopped to pieces.
The Twin Blades Pirates were fairly strong, with solid fundamentals. Though they were occasionally injured, none suffered anything fatal. As they fought their way forward, they somehow headed toward Luo Han's group.
For a time, a frantic man-versus-beast parkour chase played out in the forest. Amid the constant clang of blades, the Twin Blades Pirates leaped over branch after branch and obstacle after obstacle.
Clang! Jin Bing, rushing forward, punched away a mantis's blade-arm and saved a crewmate. He was the ship's navigator, a bald young man carrying a steel staff named Kun.
"Watch yourself. Keep up with the captain!"
"That was close. Thanks, Brother Jin Bing! I'll be more careful next time! Hehe!" Kun patted his chest and smiled, then swung his staff and sent a mantis flying.
Jin Bing frowned as he ran but said nothing, keeping a close eye on his companions. Kun had gotten too caught up in fighting the mantises just now and fallen a step behind. A mantis had seized the chance to slash at the back of his neck with its blade-arm. If Jin Bing had not arrived in time, it would have been dangerous.
Whoosh! Whoosh! When Vitas and his group reached