"Master! Master, a report! Ye Chen's group is approaching the Nine-Layer Demon Tower!" A Monster Tribe underling rushed in from outside.
Klyde hurriedly turned to his Dog-Headed Strategist Linton.
Linton was a dog demon with a human body and a dog's head. He stooped like a mangy cur, with shifty eyes and a treacherous face. After hearing the guard's report, he cocked his head and thought for a moment, putting on an air of wisdom. "Master, Ye Chen's group will be hard to handle. Redbeard's crew landed on the island with him, too. I think we should have your wife take people to deal with Jack, while we force Ye Chen and the others into the Nine-Layer Demon Tower. Once they're inside, heh heh heh..." Linton broke into a smug, shrill laugh.
"Good. Take some men and drive Ye Chen into the Nine-Layer Demon Tower. I'll ask my wife to help deal with Redbeard Jack."
Klyde had just Hard risen from his seat when a white blur flashed before his eyes. Then that intoxicating voice drifted past his ear. "I'll deal with Jack. I'll be back soon!"
"Captain, look..."
Jack was sitting cross-legged on the ground when one of his men suddenly pointed at the sky and cried out in terror. Two flickering balls of ghostly fire were approaching from the distance.
Soon the flames drew near. Then a gust of wind sent them veering toward Redbeard's pirate ship.
Whoosh... Whoosh.
In the blink of an eye, their ship was on fire. Jack was stunned and rushed after it. But the ship seemed to move with them, always staying ahead and to their right. Without a second thought, Jack kept chasing it.
Back where they had moored the ship, a black barrier gradually came into view.
"Phantasmal Mirage!"
A woman