This Time, I Held My Ground!

At the harbor, aboard a Beasts Pirates ship.

The young rookie pirate dutifully stood watch through the night.

Beside him, an old pirate said lazily,

"We're the Beasts Pirates. Who'd dare sneak attack us?"

Hearing the old pirate's reassurance, the young pirate gradually relaxed his guard.

"True enough. We're the Beasts Pirates—who would dare attack us?"

However, just as the young pirate was about to lie down and rest as well, a sharp tearing sound suddenly came from the sky.

Under the cover of night, a pitch-black shadow blade silently ripped through the sea breeze and slashed diagonally down from the air.

The young pirate's eyes had barely closed when a deafening boom suddenly exploded beside his ears.

The entire pirate ship seemed to have been brutally cleaved down the middle by something invisible, split cleanly in two from keel to deck!

"What?!"

"Enemy attack!!"

"The ship—the ship's broken apart!!!"

"Get up! Get up!!"

Cries of alarm, shouts, splashing water, and the crash of falling wood instantly descended into chaos.

Countless pirates staggered to their feet on the tilting deck. Some grabbed swords, while others looked frantically across the sea, trying to find whoever had dared attack the Beasts Pirates.

"Up there!"

Someone raised his head and shouted.

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed.

In the night sky, a pair of black shadow wings slowly flapped as an unfamiliar man hovered in midair.

"You bastard, how dare you attack the Beasts Pirates! Do you know whose territory this is?!"

"Boys, shoot him down for me!"

At once, the pirates who could still move pulled out their muskets and aimed at the uninvited guest in the air.

Jie Jian looked down at the figures struggling to stand atop the broken ship, a glint of anticipation flashing through his eyes.

"Perfect.