"What? I awakened Armament Haki?" Jazz was startled when he heard Ronglin's words. He struggled to stand, but a sharp pain shot through his hands, making him frown and slump back down.
"That's right. You've already awakened Armament Haki." Ronglin patted Jazz on the head, then turned toward the direction where Black Shadow had been knocked back. He said calmly, "For now, carefully feel out the Armament Haki you just awakened. Leave this man to me."
Jazz was both delighted and somewhat dejected. Awakening Armament Haki was certainly worth celebrating, but because he had been unable to defeat this mysterious man, Boss Ronglin had to step in himself again. Jazz suddenly felt that, as the subordinate Ronglin cared for most, he was truly unworthy.
After being repelled by Ronglin's blow, Black Shadow crashed into the ground, scattering countless shards of ice before finally slowing his mad momentum. As the snow and ice drifting through the sky gradually dispersed, the mysterious man finally revealed his true face.
"Leader Chinjao!" Quite a few of Old Cai's men cried out in shock from nearby.
"Grandpa?!" Old Cai also shouted in disbelief. The battle had unfolded too quickly. The two had clashed in the blink of an eye, only for it to end just as swiftly, leaving Old Cai unable to see who the newcomer was.
A tall, fat old man with a white beard emerged, his face filled with fury as he pointed angrily at Ronglin. "Why did you bring this man to the treasure vault of our Eight Treasures Navy? Why did you let an outsider learn the location of our treasure trove?"
Ronglin looked curiously at the man who should have been Chinjao, the twelfth-generation leader of the Eight Treasures Navy. Hadn't he been said to have exhausted himself nearly to