Blazing Sun

Buzz!

Scorching light flashed.

Blackbeard let out a scream and stumbled backward, his outstretched palm already charred to a crisp.

"Tsk, tsk... Blackbeard, you're in too much of a hurry!"

Fang Yuan leisurely shook out the Treasure Map. "I knew you were up to no good. Why would I show you all my secrets?"

"Damn it!"

Blackbeard cursed and quickly spat out a few incantations.

Nearby, several red lumps of flesh appeared, summoned into being. Human shapes seemed to writhe within them.

Splurt!

Suddenly, the flesh membranes burst, revealing several humanoid Demonic Beasts.

"Roar!"

They howled. One lunged again at the Key of the Sun in the beam of light, while the rest swarmed toward Fang Yuan.

Zing!

A laser flashed, and the black witch corpse that had made the attempt instantly turned to charcoal.

At the sight of this, Blackbeard's eyes immediately reddened. "Rochy... you bastard!"

"You're the one who deceived me, and you've got the nerve to accuse me first?"

Fang Yuan widened his eyes, looking utterly astonished.

With a wave of his hand, his pirate underlings rushed forward and tangled with the black witch corpses.

"I wonder just how strong Blackbeard, whose fearsome name has spread across the seas, really is." He laughed, drew the Sailor's Knife from his waist, and leaped toward Blackbeard.

"Trickster!!!"

Blackbeard roared. A cold glint shot from his hand, moving at astonishing speed.

Clang!

A rapier jabbed forward, only to be blocked by a shield, sending a spray of sparks flying.

A blade-shadow slashed down onto the slender sword, shearing off a piece of it.

"Blackbeard, you've already shown too many of your trump cards... but do you really know me? Do you know what other trump cards I have?"

Fang Yuan spun the Sailor's Knife and strolled forward.

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