Monster Ship

"Enemy ships spotted astern! Five of them!"

Haierge's hoarse roar echoed back and forth across the deck.

"They've raised pirate flags. Confirmed... confirmed, it's the Blackbeard Pirate Group!"

When he saw the skull flags, each bearing a pair of black mustaches, rise over the pirate ships, Haierge's voice immediately began to tremble.

After all, this was the Pirate Governor's fleet! And Blackbeard himself was renowned for his powerful black magic and brutal methods.

It was said that any pirate who offended him faced two choices. The first was to have his skin peeled off while still alive; the second was to be turned into a rotting corpse and made to serve under Blackbeard, with both body and soul enslaved forever.

"Orders: all ships, full speed ahead! We'll enter Hell of Lightning and meet them there!"

Fang Yuan came up beside the helmsman, kicked him aside, took the wheel in one hand, and spun it sharply.

The Crimson Lotus immediately carved out a wide turn and plunged straight into the sea of lightning storms ahead.

"Five ships, all five-masted galleons. No Monster Ship. Looks like Blackbeard didn't come after us personally, but he did send one of his Sea Generals..."

Though his side had four ships too, Fang Yuan had no confidence whatsoever in his subordinates' fighting strength.

Take the two three-masted ships carrying Pix and Robert. If they really faced the enemy, they'd probably end up as nothing but a heap of wreckage.

Crash!

The waves churned, and in an instant the sky darkened. Lightning flashed through the clouds.

The Nightmare Sea had earned its name because of its fickle weather and its complicated, mysterious terrain.

Hell of Lightning lay at the border between the Nightmare Sea and the Golden Sea. Rain clouds gathered there all year round without ever