After Blackbeard easily neutralized the attacks from Ace, Aokiji, and Fujitora, Maud struck. In a single exchange, he wounded everyone in the Blackbeard Pirates.
The entire process was fast and vicious!
Everyone who witnessed the scene struggled to hide their shock as they watched blood spray from Blackbeard and the others.
They were astonished because Maud's strange Shadow Shift had actually deceived everyone, including Fujitora.
For that instant, Maud and his shadow seemed indistinguishable.
The battlefield.
The blood spraying from Blackbeard and the others fell across the surrounding ground, forming countless bloody plum-blossom patterns.
The scene looked brutal, but in reality, their wounds were not deep.
That was also what distinguished Blade Wheel Slash from Extreme Darkness.
The former spread its attacks across multiple areas, while the latter concentrated its attack on a single point.
The wounds were shallow mainly because of the Blackbeard Pirates' superb Observation Haki. Before the fragmented blade-light could tear into them, they had promptly formed Armament Haki defenses.
Maud slowly turned around and calmly watched Blackbeard and the others. Blood stained multiple places on their bodies, but their auras remained powerful.
This result was within Maud's expectations.
If one Blade Wheel Slash could deal with the Blackbeard Pirates, then this team, which had the makings of a top-tier villain group in the original story, would be far too undeserving of its reputation.
Blackbeard gradually stopped screaming. The veins at his temples throbbed, and his eyes were webbed with bloodshot veins.
"You almost killed me outright... Damn bastard!"
Blackbeard raised a hand and wiped away the blood splashed beneath the corner of his eye. He glared at Maud with extreme viciousness.
A moment of carelessness had left him covered in wounds inflicted by Maud, and Blackbeard was deeply irritated.
Shiryu narrowed his eyes and stared at