Apart from Life and Death, I Have Nothing to Say to You!
Ronglin's response was a slash from Shiryu, who had climbed up from behind him. The cigar in Shiryu's mouth had long been extinguished during their brief two exchanges, yet he still held it between his lips as he swung his blade with even greater force.
Ronglin's Observation Haki had detected Shiryu's attack long ago. He turned and angrily struck down with his palm at the sword energy Shiryu had sent cutting toward him. Armament Haki wrapped around and hardened his hand, carrying a force that seemed capable of tearing space apart. Shiryu's slash collapsed on contact, blasted into scattering specks of light by Ronglin.
Shiryu's gaze was incomparably grave. He knew Ronglin was strong, but he had originally thought that joining forces with Burgess would be enough to defeat him. He had not expected Ronglin to be this much stronger. Nearly every attack he launched was simply ignored.
By then, Bilida and Hawkins had formed their attack formation and launched a fierce assault on Blackbeard's warships. Those men, having lost command and suffered from the previous attacks, were already terrified. Even their resistance was weak and powerless. In less than a few minutes of fighting, Blackbeard's fleet fell into utter disarray.
Watching his once-mighty fleet get reduced to this in such a short time, Burgess found it hard to believe. Wreckage from warships drifted across the sea, with countless severed limbs hanging starkly from the debris.
He had never expected such massive casualties to appear the moment they clashed. This was completely different from what they had anticipated!
"Hah!" The more Burgess thought about it, the angrier he became. Roaring, he gathered his strength again and launched another attack at Ronglin. Armament Haki wrapped around and hardened his