Is It Common Knowledge That Boss Fights Have a Second Phase?

Just as everyone was preparing to focus fire once again, some of them suddenly realized that not only was there no sound coming from the darkness, even their ability to sense presences had been cut off!

"Blackbeard, what did you do?" Gion glared coldly at the fat, dark-skinned man and demanded, "Why can't we sense anything inside?"

All the Marines glared angrily at Blackbeard. In this situation, they had no way to distinguish the Fleet Admiral's position from the enemy's.

"I'm creating the right conditions for you!" Blackbeard licked his lips and laughed. "This way, Imu won't be able to sense the direction of your attacks!"

"But we can't sense Longinus's position either!" Gion said, suppressing her fury.

"Oh, dear! I really overlooked that point!" Blackbeard rubbed the back of his head and gave an 'honest' smile. "It's fine. As long as it helps defeat Imu, I believe Fleet Admiral Longinus won't mind!"

"You bastard!"

Seeing that the Marine camp was about to erupt, Blackbeard said without the slightest hint of panic, "Don't say I didn't warn you. Imu only can't teleport; that doesn't mean she can't use her instant-death ability! If this drags on too long, your Fleet Admiral Shirozou is going to become a dead sheep!"

"That piece of trash!" Kuina stared darkly at Blackbeard's back, barely stopping herself from driving her sword into him.

"Do as he says!"

"Inspector General Sengoku, you..."

"He's right about one thing. The longer this drags on, the worse it is for Longinus!" Sengoku said in a deep voice. "Moreover, judging from the battle just now, although Imu's attacks are powerful and her speed is astonishing, her defense seems to be her weakness! Longinus must have noticed that too, which is why he chose a strategy of taking the attacks alongside Imu!"