Too Impatient!

Jie Jian's pupils suddenly constricted.

Perhaps because Udon's quarry was closer to Onigashima, King had arrived far sooner than he had expected.

By the shore, the prisoners who had been working busily all looked up. The excitement on their faces was replaced by instinctive fear.

The pressure brought by that figure far surpassed that of the officers in the quarry.

Some people's knees even gave out, and they collapsed to the ground.

"It's—it's King!"

"Don't panic!" Jie Jian shouted at the top of his lungs. "Everyone, get out of here! Leave this guy to me!"

"Are you crazy? That's King of the Beasts Pirates!" a prisoner cried in terror.

"I know."

Jie Jian stared at King as he drew closer. Shadows rose from beneath his feet, gathering behind him into a pair of black wings.

"That's why I'm telling you to leave first."

King in the sky had already spotted Jie Jian standing at the bow of the ship, and fury nearly burst from his eyes.

"Jie Jian! You bastard! I'm taking your life today!"

Before he arrived, his voice had already reached them.

That roar was like a tangible shockwave, nearly knocking over the pirates and prisoners near the shore.

Jie Jian, however, threw back his head and laughed, then roared back with all his strength:

"Come on, King! If you can kill me, then give it your best shot!"

The shadows behind him suddenly shuddered, and Jie Jian transformed into a bolt of lightning, crashing viciously toward King in the sky!

"Boom!"

The two figures collided in midair. A visible blast wave erupted from the point of impact, pressing a shallow crater into the sea below.

Jie Jian gritted his teeth.

What a heavy punch.

Jie Jian felt the bones in his forearm creaking, while the blood in