The members of the troupe struggled to get back on their feet.
Gordon braced himself against a shattered prop box, his chest heaving violently, his eyes filled with fury.
But before the Blackbeard Pirates, their resistance was far too feeble.
Burgess grinned. "Captain, should we kill them all?"
Lafitte twirled his cane and smiled politely.
"If we leave witnesses behind, it will be troublesome later."
Doc Q coughed twice, lying weakly across his horse's back.
"After all... dead men don't talk."
Teach's gaze shifted. He truly disliked leaving behind trouble.
Especially now, with the Marines sweeping across the entire sea, any unnecessary trace could draw unwanted pursuit.
But at that moment, the smile on his face suddenly froze.
A bone-chilling killing intent suddenly bore down from the distant horizon.
That presence was sharp and ferocious, like a taut wire piercing straight toward them.
It was like a black-and-red greatblade cleaving through the waves from beyond the horizon, slicing through the air, crossing the entire sea, and striking viciously toward this island!
Teach abruptly turned around, his pupils shrinking.
"Who—?!"
Boom!
Black-and-red lightning surged violently from the distant sea.
A long depression was pressed into the ocean, while the clouds seemed to be cut apart by an invisible blade.
"Observation Killing—!!!"
A long-range Conqueror's Haki assault, filled with Red-Hair's killing intent, instantly engulfed the entire camp!
The pirate officers behind Teach went pale.
Doc Q, being the frailest, immediately rolled his eyes back and foamed at the mouth, nearly falling from his horse.
His horse's legs gave out as well, and it dropped to its knees with a mournful whinny.
The ordinary civilians caught at the outskirts collapsed in droves.
Burgess gritted his teeth and took a step back, veins bulging on his forehead.
"What kind of Haki is this—?!"
Van