Miners in Position

With a clang,

the Pink-Bow Sledgehammer

came down at a strange, clumsy angle

and smashed through the blade light.

It shattered the projected form.

Then,

it struck Ye Zhu squarely on the back of the head.

Ye Zhu's eyes flew wide, filled with disbelief.

"How... how is that possible?!"

My head was tilted back. I was facing the hammer!

How did a hammer falling from above

hit the back of my head?!

That was Ye Zhu's last conscious thought.

Then his eyes rolled back,

and he plunged into the sea.

The sight

stunned the other Martial Artists nearby.

"Sir!!!"

Ye Zhu's deputy, Ye Cheng, went pale.

He gripped a water-blue Longspear

and was about to charge forward.

But...

apart from the Pink-Bow Sledgehammer,

there was nothing there.

Invisibility!

The Bearded Pirate Crew!

"Retreat!!"

The deputy roared.

At the same time, he unleashed his Psychokinesis, using the seawater to hold Ye Zhu up.

The Martial Artists scattered like startled birds,

racing back to the Warships.

If they couldn't see their enemy, they wouldn't fight.

The Stealth Sequence wasn't without a weakness.

And that weakness was...

Run!

As long as they ran fast enough, the Stealth Sequence couldn't catch them.

Then it might as well not exist!

Furious as Ye Zhu's deputy was, he remained remarkably calm.

Their opponent had put Ye Zhu out of action with one blow.

Staying here would only get the rest of them killed.

If they couldn't win, they would run.

As long as they survived, they could fight another day!

The Martial Artists moved with astonishing speed,

as though they had drilled this countless times.

The moment the deputy gave the order,

they moved as one, faster than seemed possible,

and returned to the Warships in an instant.

Just as quickly, they fled.

Shi Jiu stared