"Die!!!"
Under Ba Nios's control, the Giant Bug charged at Fa Te. Its two sharp forelegs slashed toward him like blades, carving two black lines that tore through space.
Fa Te gripped the black staff horizontally with both hands. As divine source surged through it, the staff flew from his grasp and rapidly expanded.
The black staff, dozens of meters long, instantly collided with the Giant Bug's two forelegs. It rebounded, rapidly shrinking as it returned to Fa Te's hands.
Meanwhile, the Giant Bug was also knocked back dozens of meters by the collision before it managed to steady itself.
Fa Te had actually failed to fall behind in that exchange, greatly exceeding many people's expectations.
Fa Te had rarely made a move since joining the Gu Ding Pirate Crew. Even in the information gathered by various races from before the Gu Ding Pirate Crew entered the Great Universe Sea, there had been very little recorded about him. What drew the most attention was that he was actually the next heir of the Gates Family. Many people had wondered why the young master of an obscenely wealthy conglomerate would willingly become an Interstellar Pirate who drifted about all day and was even notorious.
Yet after seeing Fa Te act for the first time, many members of various races finally realized that they had truly underestimated him. He was not merely the young master of a conglomerate. Joining the Gu Ding Pirate Crew had not been a childish game for him, nor was he a weakling who needed the other crew members to protect him...
"I've always lived under everyone's protection. It was like that in the Gates Family, and it remained that way after I joined the Gu Ding Pirate Crew. But what I hate most is being the one