Chapter 235

"That's it?"

Lu En let out a light laugh, utterly unscathed from start to finish.

Watching on,

The ground was littered with cold corpses; the pirates before him froze in place, their faces etched with dread, unable to move.

"This brat…"

"Is terrifyingly strong!"

"Even more dangerous than that thirteen-year-old brat!"

"And more ruthless!"

One pirate after another trembled with lingering fear, faces pale with terror.

They stared fixedly at Lu En, not daring to move.

At that moment,

one pirate in the crowd took a deep breath and spoke with a voice heavy with awe: "From this brat, I feel an overwhelmingly terrifying aura of pressure."

"Even… faintly…"

"It makes me feel as if I'm facing Brother Gart."

His words fell.

Every pirate present was shaken to their core.

Dozens of eyes snapped toward him, filled with disbelief.

"Are you sure?"

"What has this brat done to unleash an aura more terrifying than Brother Gart's?"

"This can't be real?"

"This brat is only four years old!"

"How could he possibly be a warrior of that caliber?"

All the pirates were deeply shaken, utterly unable to accept this astonishing phenomenon.

"For now, we can only buy time."

"Once Brother Gart arrives, no matter how strong these two brats are, they won't be able to turn the tide."

One pirate suggested.

So,

they encircled Lu En, their attacks no longer aggressive—instead, they fought like guerrillas, striking then retreating, utterly lacking the earlier ferocity.

On the other side,

Lu Qi carved out a bloody path.

Nearly a hundred more pirates now lay dead at his hands.

His body was drenched in blood…

Drip!

Drip!

Blood dripped steadily from him, sinking into the soil beneath his feet.

He raised his hands, flicking away a drop of blood from the corner of his eye, scanning the scene with a blank expression.

His gaze swept briefly,

and when he saw Lu En, not far away, still untouched, his eyes flickered with surprise—but he quickly suppressed it.

"Of course!"

"This brat isn't weak."

"He blocked my test strike…"

"That alone proves he's no ordinary fighter."

"Then I don't have to worry about him holding me back."

"As long as he doesn't hold me back, I can complete this rescue mission perfectly."

Lu Qi thought to himself.

Dozens of terrified eyes locked onto Lu Qi.

The atmosphere grew suffocatingly oppressive!

No one dared to move.

Of the original thousand-plus pirates, fewer than eight hundred remained.

Most died at Lu Qi's hands,

the rest fell to Lu En's.

Just as Lu En prepared to act,

his eyes flashed—he froze mid-movement.

He heard hurried footsteps approaching from outside the warehouse door.

Many people,

an enormous number,

estimated at several thousand!

At this moment,

those appearing outside the warehouse door are unlikely to be soldiers sent by Desishi Sect.

After the earlier insistence on withdrawing Desishi Sect's troops, they certainly wouldn't send soldiers to join the battle so soon.

So.

The answer is already plain as day.

"I'm afraid…"

"The entire Sword Lion Pirate Crew has shown up on the scene."

"Reinforcements this fast?"

"It seems the Sword Lion Pirate Crew had long been prepared for Rosede IV sending soldiers to attempt a rescue of those captives."

"And both I and Luqi are the victims!"

"We just happened to run smack into the trap and ambush the Sword Lion Pirate Crew had set against Rosede IV."

Lu En could not help but shake his head.

Terrible luck!

Originally…

It was merely a rescue mission.

But now.

It had evolved into an assassination mission.

And a confrontation mission against the pirates.

Now, to save those captives, only one final method remains.

And that is…

To erupt into a head-on clash with the Sword Lion Pirate Crew and wipe them all out. Only then can all those captives be rescued.

Otherwise,

The probability of successfully saving those captives is far too low.

Sure enough!

The instant Lu En's thought had just fallen,

In less than a moment,

The great gate of the warehouse had already been completely surrounded by a group of pirates.

A dark, dense mass of people had sealed off every side of the warehouse airtight.

Too many to count,

Estimated at no fewer than three thousand pirates!

Clearly,

The Sword Lion Pirate Crew had mobilized in full force!

At their head, naturally, was the Sword Lion Pirate Crew's captain, Sword Lion Gart, a great pirate with a bounty as high as forty-eight million berries.