Chapter 1 A Minute

A minute passed, and the distance between the two ships was less than twenty meters; they were about to collide.

However, Blackbeard still hadn't ordered his men to open fire...

As for Mad Eye… although he couldn’t figure out Blackbeard’s plan, he wasn't the kind of captain who would change his original plans because of some doubts, so… he still launched a round of cannon fire at the moment of impact, according to his original idea.

Boom, boom, boom…

Accompanied by a deafening roar, sixteen cannonballs flew out of the sixteen bow guns of the Brown Algae, and all of them hit the Queen Anne’s Revenge.

However, this round of accurate firing was useless.

Those cannonballs hit the outer shell of the Queen Anne's Revenge… without even leaving a trace of a crack, only causing a little shock to the pirates on board.

"Tch… even the Brown Algae's cannons don't work…" Seeing this, Mad Eye spat and muttered, "That ship is indeed a monster…"

He wasn't surprised by this result, although he was unwilling.

Because… Mad Eye was not the first time standing on the deck of an enemy ship of the Queen Anne's Revenge.

In fact, he was probably the pirate who had survived the most defeats by Blackbeard’s pirates in the Chaotic Sea…

…

Many years ago, when Mad Eye was still a cabin boy, the warship he was on was raided by Blackbeard’s pirates. That time, almost all the soldiers on his ship were wiped out, and Mad Eye escaped by hiding in the kitchen’s exhaust pipe.

A few years later, Mad Eye became the boatswain of a well-known pirate group. But he was unlucky; one day, his pirate group was defeated and annexed by Blackbeard.

That time, Mad Eye was captured alive, but he still refused to surrender even after the captain was killed.

Blackbeard saw that he had a lot of backbone, so he decided to give him a "chance."

As for the specific content of that "chance," it was—to leave more than a dozen shallow knife wounds on Mad Eye’s body, and then throw him into a shark-infested sea.

As a result, Mad Eye really didn’t die… He survived the shark attack, returned to a nearby island, and gathered a group of old subordinates in the name of the dead captain, sitting in the "captain's" chair for the first time in his life.

In this way, many years passed, and Mad Eye himself finally became a terrifying pirate, embarking on the first peak of his pirate career.

But… perhaps it was fate, it was still Blackbeard who ended his "peak period."

Even though the "Mad Eye Pirates" were strong and vigorous at that time, they were ultimately no match for the terrifying sea overlord.

In a sea battle that lasted nearly an hour, Mad Eye lost miserably… All the crew members of the entire pirate group, except him, were killed.

In the end, Mad Eye, with the mentality of taking one down with him, ignited the gunpowder magazine on his ship.

But unexpectedly… he didn't die again.

For the next half year, Mad Eye, who had miraculously survived the explosion, lay in bed recuperating.

Until one morning, the "news of Blackbeard's death" suddenly spread throughout the Chaotic Sea.

At that time, no one thought about how significant the "meaning" behind this news was, and when people came back to their senses, the era of the Four Pillars had arrived.

…

Bang—

Crackle, crackle…

Collision occurred.

The bows of the two pirate ships touched each other suddenly, then immediately veered to one side, and the sides of the two ships rubbed against each other, making a maddening scratching sound.

"You little bastards! In the name of Mad Eye!"

"In the name of Blackbeard’s Pirates!"

The captains on both sides shouted almost simultaneously.

The fierce gods on the two ships also responded to their captains’ calls at the first moment. Each of them pulled out their weapons, glared at the enemies on the enemy ships, and roared hoarsely.

"Kill!"

"Kill them for me!"

A second later, Blackbeard and Mad Eye gave the order to start the war in unison.

At that moment, the shouts of killing shook the sky, and the killing intent exploded.

Between the gradually connecting hulls, on the decks of slightly different heights, hundreds of vicious men who had experienced battles and licked blood from the edges of their blades… launched a battle of life and death.

Ropes, figures… flew up.

Swords, guns… the sounds of metal clanged together.

Indeed… compared to "land warfare," the "ship" battlefield was too small, and the number of participants in a battle was extremely limited.

However, only those who were there understood… this was the real Asura battlefield.

This was a battlefield where there was nowhere to escape, and no retreat.

This was a group of warriors who were not afraid of life and death, and were almost crazy.

The fighting between pirates… was chaotic. They had no neat formations, no unified command, no forbidden methods, and even no basic mercy.

But… this chaos also contained a delicate and gorgeous element.

Each round, each move… the confrontation between people was like a dance on the edge of life and death.

Each step was unpredictable and never repeated…

When these steps came together, they became an unparalleled performance—depicting a poem made of blood and strength, belonging to the men of the sea.

…

"I say…" Sno, holding a rapier, dealt with the enemy beside him while saying to Feng Bujue not far away, "Can you be a little more serious and come over and help me?"

"Huh?" Feng Bujue, holding a kitchen knife, was doing the same thing as Sno. "Is it necessary?" He glanced at Sno and replied, "I think you are still fighting with ease."

"I do have the strength to talk to you and maintain a calm tone," Sno replied immediately, "But that doesn't mean I have any advantage in the battle." He didn't wait for Jue Ge to respond, paused for a second, and quickly added, "To be honest… according to my estimation, I won't be able to parry this brother in front of me for more than ten moves."

"Is that so…" Feng Bujue smiled when he heard this, "Oh… that’s really too bad…"

After saying this, he swayed his body and sold an opening.

The pirate who was fighting with him saw an opportunity and took the opportunity to step forward half a step and slashed down with force.

This slash was extraordinary… The curved blade of the sailor's scimitar actually burst out with a shimmering blue light; this was clearly a "skill-level" attack.

Of course, Feng Bujue was also prepared; he wanted to use a skill to end the battle in front of him, so he deliberately sold an opening to lure the enemy.

In that flash of lightning, Jue Ge used his indescribable bizarre movement technique, and in a move that ordinary people couldn't even imagine, turned around and stabbed the opponent with a knife; at the same time, he used his unequipped hand, which the opponent thought was impossible to use for defense… and activated [Lingxi One Finger], steadily clamping the enemy’s falling blade.

With his strange offensive and defensive move, the victory or defeat was immediately decided.

After Jue Ge retracted the bloody kitchen knife, the pirate who was fighting with him first widened his eyes and looked down at the wound on his chest, then… he fell to the ground dejectedly; when his breath stopped, the fighting spirit in his eyes had not yet dissipated…

At the moment when death came, did he see a slideshow of his past life, or a piece of darkness and coldness? Did he hear the bells of heaven, or the wailing of hell? Was he thinking of unrealized dreams, or a sense of relief without regrets…

No one will ever know or mention all of this again.

The life of an unknown pirate is not romantic, nor can it be said to be bleak.

They are like fish and shrimp in the sea, and even if they occasionally jump out of the water, they may not be seen; even if they are seen, no one remembers them.

Romance and bleakness belong only to the strong, to those kings among pirates. Even if it’s a name of extreme evil, they are happy to be praised by people for eternity.

"I'm coming!" After dealing with the enemy who was entangled with him, Feng Bujue turned around and rushed towards Sno; when he approached, he also shouted to inform the other party that he was about to take action.

Seeing this, the pirate who was fighting with Sno naturally couldn't remain indifferent; as a pirate under Mad Eye, his strength was not much different from that of Blackbeard’s Pirates, to put it bluntly—very strong.

Seeing that the two players were about to join forces to deal with him, this guy immediately used his trump card…

But seeing him suddenly straighten his body, hold his knife horizontally at his waist, with the blade facing outwards… then, he spun around like a top, and approached Sno at a fairly fast speed.

"Tch—" Sno saw that the situation was not good, his expression tightened, and he hurriedly retreated.

"Whoa~ Every NPC in this script can use skills, right? And this guy seems to be using his ultimate move." Feng Bujue, who was rushing to kill, had to stop his progress to avoid bumping into the enemy's blade, "Speaking of which… I seem to have seen this move somewhere before, could it be the legendary… MACk's rotating blade wheel (character from the arcade game *Captain Commando*)?"

Ding ding dang dang…

Just as Jue Ge was complaining, Sno had been forced to the edge of the deck. When there was no way to retreat, he could only use the [Seven Stars Light Sword] to hard-resist the opponent's "rotating blade wheel."

For a time, the ultra-high-speed rapier strikes and the saw-like edge of the blade wheel collided in a series of rapid metallic sounds, and sharp sparks burst out in the air.

"It doesn't matter how that kind of thing is!" Sno finally couldn't hold back anymore. Before his skill was exhausted, he shouted loudly, "Hurry up and think of a way!"

"A way…" Feng Bujue said leisurely.

Just as Sno's skill was exhausted and he was forced to jump ship by the blade wheel, Jue Ge finally moved again…

Shhh—

Whoosh—

Instantly, a red light appeared.

Feng Bujue instantly activated [Body of Spiritual Consciousness - Modified], and at a speed that exceeded Sno's dynamic vision, grabbed the latter's shoulder.

A second later, accompanied by the sound of wind breaking through clothes, the figures of the two suddenly appeared seven or eight meters away from the pirate.

"Huh?" Sno, who had been teleported by Feng Bujue, was first stunned by the change in the scenery in front of him; then, he reacted and looked at Jue Ge and said, "Flying Sand in the Wind?"

"You kid have studied me thoroughly." Feng Bujue lengthened his voice and replied, "You even memorized my skill name, you must have watched a lot of my match videos, right?"

In the time it took to say these two sentences, the pirate who had just released the blade wheel had stopped spinning and reorganized his formation… and killed them.

Not only that, due to the change in position, Feng Bujue and Sno had also entered the attack range of three other Mad Eye pirates.

At this moment, the three of them also took the opportunity to surround them.

In this way… the situation, which had just eased slightly, took a sharp turn for the worse in an instant.

"It's not easy…" At this time, Feng Bujue thought to himself, "There are too many friendly troops around, if I use the Lan Jiao, there will definitely be friendly fire… If it was just me, there would be many ways to deal with it; but now there is an extra burden, things will…" Thinking of this, he had a bad idea, "Or… I should just…"

Puff puff puff puff—

Just as Jue Ge was plotting to "sell his teammate"... suddenly!

Four light arrows shot out from under the deck, pierced through the thick deck like breaking through a window paper, and then accurately drilled into the … uh … the posterior part of the bodies of the four Mad Eye pirates.

Half a second passed, and four cyan-white rays of light pierced through the heavenly spirit caps of the four people, and four blood flowers composed of brains and blood bloomed on top of their heads…

"Hmm… you really came just in time." Feng Bujue didn't need to think to know who the four arrows came from.

Sure enough… two seconds later, Honghu in white used some kind of beam attack to cut open a piece of deck and jumped out of the cabin below.

"Are you kidding me…" After Honghu stood still, he quickly looked around and muttered in a complaining tone, "Haven't solved it yet?" As he spoke, he fixed his gaze on Jue Ge, "You're slacking off…"

"Anyway, we'll win even if we don't do anything, right?" Feng Bujue shrugged and replied, "Isn't it good to save some energy and spiritual power?"

"You've already exposed your identity, so what are you pretending to be?" Honghu pushed his glasses with one hand and continued without waiting for Jue Ge to say anything, "Anyway… I'll cover Sno, you go and move around…"

Speaking of this, he suddenly drew his bow and blindly shot an arrow towards his side rear without looking back.

But seeing a flash of light, a hidden pirate three meters behind Honghu was revealed.

The guy was obviously still in a state of confusion. In a trance, he dropped the knife in his hand with an unbelievable expression, raised his hands, covered the blood hole on his neck that had been pierced by the light arrow, and maintained this posture… fell face down on the deck.

"This script is more difficult than we thought, and… I also have some unexpected discoveries." Honghu, who had killed with an arrow, continued indifferently, "We'd better be cautious, so as not to screw up."