Then she turned and charged toward another cannonball.
Ignoring A-Tao, A-Luo narrowed his eyes and pulled the trigger without hesitation, aiming at the middle-aged man standing at the stern in the distance.
This was the fourth pirate crew they had encountered today.
The pirates of the New World really were different from those in Paradise.
Back in Paradise, even if a pirate could stop his first bullet, they could never stop his second.
And whenever the pirates in Paradise saw them,
they almost always charged straight at them without hesitation, as though they feared nothing—not even death.
But when the pirates in the New World saw them, their first reaction was actually to turn and flee.
Knowing their own limits was one reason.
Another was probably that, after a month of spreading, news of what they had done at the Sabaody Archipelago had reached every corner of the New World.
With two Admiral-level fighters aboard their ship, it was only natural for pirates to flee the moment they saw them.
After all, their reputation among pirates was far from good.
"Hm! Danger."
The piercing pain between his brows and the chill rising from deep within jolted the middle-aged man back to his senses.
With no time to think, he instantly covered his head in pitch-black Armament Haki, turning it completely black.
Bang!
"A bullet."
Looking up at the bullet before him, the middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief.
But the next instant, the bullet rapidly expanded, then exploded as his hair stood on end.
Boom!
Raging flames instantly swallowed him and the stern.
"Heh!"
Watching the distant flames, a hint of mockery appeared in A-Luo's eyes.
"You think that's the end of it?"
His Observation Haki allowed him to sense the life force within the flames.
So he pulled