"Hm?"
Ye Chen had just caught up with Luo Lin when he caught sight of a familiar plume of black smoke on the battlefield. A moment later, the bodies of Halter and Lei Zenan vanished.
"Blackbeard?"
Ye Chen immediately left Luo Lin behind and leaped into the air. He scanned the area and soon spotted the Blackbeard Pirates.
Damn. I didn't expect Blackbeard to show up.
Using Silent Voice Transmission, Ye Chen hurriedly called his companions together. He wasn't afraid of Blackbeard himself, but his companions were too spread out, and they were on land. If Blackbeard seized the chance to ambush one of them, it would be no joke. None of them could withstand him.
If anything happened to one of his companions, they would be in serious trouble.
"What? Blackbeard's here!" Kuro pushed up his glasses, his expression turning grim.
"We should leave right now," Kuro said. Cautious as ever, he had no desire to take on Blackbeard's crew head-on. Besides, Ye Chen had dealt them a crushing blow at sea last time. Blackbeard might well seize this chance for revenge.
Luo's eyes shifted, and he shook his head. "Running away like that? We'd never live it down. Besides, I don't think Blackbeard came specifically for us. If he had, he would've attacked us from the start. He hasn't made a move against us yet."
Nami shot Luo a glare. "Kuro's right. We need to get out of here. Blackbeard is one of the Four Emperors of the New World. Once he sets his sights on us, we won't be able to leave."
Boom!
A column of red magma suddenly erupted from the ground. Lightman, who was fighting Night Demon, took a punch from behind without warning. But the king of assassins lived up to his name: even