Chapter 1003

At the same time.

As security personnel aboard the Peace, they were startled by the five pirates being instantly killed.

Their eyes sharpened, faces filled with seriousness and gravity.

"Five people…"

"Identical wounds."

"That means all five were killed simultaneously by a single technique delivered in an instant."

"Killed by one strike!"

"Same method of death, same moment."

"Good heavens…"

"Who could be this powerful?"

"This level of strength is clearly not ordinary—even pirates with bounties of tens of millions of Berries absolutely cannot reach this tier."

"Who is he? Has he come to save the Peace? Or is he here to seize it?"

One security guard after another racked their brains but could not deduce anything.

The more they thought,

the more shaken they became.

They knew well.

If such a powerful expert truly intended ill toward the Peace,

then

the entire force of the Peace would be utterly unable to resist that mysterious expert!

The opponent was strong.

Extremely strong!

So powerful that they had no confidence at all to face him.

"This level of strength is truly terrifying beyond measure."

One security guard spoke in a trembling voice.

"Five people killed simultaneously!"

"One finger?"

"One finger pierced through the skulls of five pirates?"

"Who could do this?"

One security guard after another was shaken to their core.

A gentle breeze blew in.

The pungent, thick stench of blood filled everyone's senses.

Intensifying the dread in their hearts.

"What should we do?"

All turned to the security chief, deferring to his judgment.

The security chief was a specially hired expert tasked with protecting the Peace.

His strength was no weaker than that of a pirate with a thirty-million-Berry bounty.

Every year,

the Peace pays him eight million Berries in salary.

可想而知。

How immensely powerful this man must be.

Yet.

Even this formidable security chief, upon seeing the five cold pirate corpses, felt profound heart-pounding fear and icy dread.

"What do we do?"

"The only thing we can do…"

"Is to see how that man views the Peace."

"If he harbors malice toward the Peace, we will surely die without even a grave."

"Likewise, if not."

The security chief took a deep breath and answered in a low voice.

As he spoke,

the entire crowd erupted in shock.

The group of security guards turned pale with alarm.

Someone couldn't help asking: "Aren't we able to resist at all?"

"Resist? Are you joking?"

"Try resisting just once!"

"Five pirates killed by one finger in an instant."

"From start to finish, not only us, but even the five corpses themselves—before dying, they couldn't even see the attacker's true face, let alone perceive the motion of the attack."

"Otherwise, they wouldn't have died without even a trace of fear in their expressions."

"The reason they still wear this expression after death is surely because, at the moment of death, they never realized they were under attack."

"Can you imagine? What kind of terrifying strength is needed to do this? What kind of horrifying killing speed?"

The security chief stated in a trembling voice.

In an instant,

All security personnel aboard the Peace were gripped by terror.

After analysis…

They came to understand even more deeply.

Just how terrifying the attacker's strength was!

Precisely because of this.

They dared not move rashly again.

Thus,

The security personnel of the Peace and the pirates across from them entered a stalemate.

Neither side dared to strike first and shatter the eerie atmosphere.

Those five cold corpses became the central key ending this battle!

The mysterious person who killed those five pirates…

Also became their psychological trauma!

Causing them to dare not act rashly.

Even,

At one point leaving them trembling all over, faces pale.

The atmosphere was oppressive.

Eerie.

The situation froze in stalemate.

At that moment,

One pirate keenly noticed.

Standing beside the five cold corpses was a boy only five years old.

He should not have noticed the boy.

The boy's presence was far too low.

Yet…

He saw the faint traces of blood on the boy's index finger.

In that moment,

The pirate's pupils shrank, his face changed drastically.

His entire body felt as if plunged into an ice cave, icy coldness surging from his soles straight to the crown of his head.

Filling them with dread,