In the alliance, the more they attack me, the stronger I become!

The man's voice gradually became sharper, like a woman's. His coat, which had once fitted him perfectly, suddenly became baggy, as if the body hidden within had suddenly shrunk.

That face... gradually became one that Cheng Xiao was familiar with.

That cunning bad woman.

That charming voice...

"If you're always like this, I'll really feel bad~"

The moment the words fell, the dagger in Cheng Xiao's hand burst out with powerful magical power again.

This time he couldn't catch it with just one hand - not to mention that his body was already very weak after being beaten by Trist.

Boom!

After a loud bang, Cheng Xiao fell in a pool of blood. The terrible wound foreshadowed his death.

Trist, who was still holding the cards in his hand, was stunned where he was, not knowing what was going on.

The loud noise made the extremely nervous Planck immediately draw out his scimitar and musket.

Sarah, who was waiting in the distance, also mistook the sound for artillery fire and immediately issued an order:

"fire!"

In an instant, dozens of cannons fired at the same time...

Rumble——!

The deafening roar and the sky-high flames enveloped the entire Bilgewater at this moment.

The pirate fleet docked at the North Shore Pier was instantly engulfed in flames, which spread rapidly, leaving no one unharmed. The crowd watching on the pier began to scream and flee in all directions, while the Iron Hook Gang members outside the pier were still unaware of what had happened.

Everything was destroyed, countless shattered wooden boards floated on the sea, and the pirate king's men died one by one in the endless bombardment.

Disaster has come...

Chapter 115: Heartfelt (Physical)

The wreckage of the Abyss was burning fiercely. Some of his men were killed on the spot or fell into the sea and drowned. Some were being eaten by schools of razorfish.

The moment just now was magnificent: a huge fireball suddenly rose in the morning light, like a rising sun leaping out of the sea.

Most of Bilgewater witnessed that moment, screams and alarm bells echoing throughout the city, and rumors spread like wildfire.

Most people were stunned by this scene.

But there are also a very small number of people who don't care about it - or their attention is focused elsewhere.

For example... Graves.

Cheng Xiao threw him heavily into the sea, the relentless force causing the breath he had been holding in mid-air to be instantly drained away. The icy water scraped his skin like a sharp knife, and the razorfish in the sea eagerly clung to his still-bleeding wound.

The moment he fell into the water, he could only hear his heart beating like a drum, and his chest felt like it was burning with fire. The seawater rushed into his nostrils, and darkness wrapped around him like a spider's thread.

At one point he thought he was going to die.

Fortunately, at the last moment he remembered something very important - well, this may sound a bit stupid. He suddenly remembered that the handcuffs on his hands had been cut off by Cheng Xiao.

The water skills he had acquired since childhood made him as agile in the water as an ugly mermaid.

"call……!"

Graves resurfaced, but everything before him didn't give him time to think about which tavern he should go to tonight to have a couple of drinks and relax.

He saw Gangplank's fleet being engulfed in cannonballs and flames. All the arrogant pirates jumped into the water wailing, but not everyone was lucky enough to avoid being targeted by the school of fish.

Just like that... is it over? The legendary pirate king who ruled all of Bilgewater?

Graves couldn't believe his eyes.

And the dock... the dense artillery bombardment like hail directly blew half of the dock into pieces.

In an instant, Graves remembered something.

The hatred in his heart quickly faded, and a picture that would have made him extremely happy emerged in his mind: the beast Drizzt fell in the crater created by the shell, his pretty face torn into pieces, and his heels bent onto his head.

He should have been very happy that the beast was finally dead, but now he couldn't... be happy?

It wasn't just because he hadn't been able to kill Drizzt himself...it was definitely more than just a pity...

He remembered what Drizzt had said to the monstrous young man in his last moments:

Please go and save that idiot.

"Damn it, so hypocritical!" Graves subconsciously wanted to deny his own thoughts, but the curse was of no use except making him choke on a mouthful of sea water.

He still felt uneasy.

He was afraid. Graves, who was fearless, felt a little bit of fear at this moment.

A terrible thought took root in his heart and emerged uncontrollably - could that beast Trist really have risked his life to save him?

If that's the case... ten years ago...?

That bastard... No, he's always full of nonsense... Anyone who believes his sweet talk will be completely deceived...

Graves kept comforting himself and trying to convince himself.

But in the end, after deceiving himself, he discovered in despair that he had really believed Trist's lies.

Ten years ago... maybe Drizzt hadn't really abandoned him. That bastard had tried to save him, but failed every time...

Just like every time before, Trist had to clean up the mess for his subjective actions...but that last time, the trouble he caused was too big.

He hadn't listened to Drizzt that day. He had ignored the coward's advice.

So in the end...

"It's really terrible..."

Graves shuddered suddenly.

But he couldn't tell whether it was because of the cold sea water or because of the fear in his heart...

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Trist looked at Cheng Xiao lying in front of him, and the confusion and fear in his heart mixed together and turned into a unique thought: run.

The mastermind who had tricked him into accepting the bounty opened fire... Gangplank's fleet was instantly sunk, and the docks were shattered. Countless flames... and mangled limbs... It was as horrific as war.

A strange woman... She had clearly been a man just moments before? Why had she transformed, and even killed that monstrous young man... Her magic seemed powerful and fraught with danger...

Drizzt couldn't understand what he was seeing, but he knew very well that he had to run away.

If I don't run away now, I'll be risking my life for that idiot Graves's life.

A card that was shining with magical light was held between Trist's fingers, and he immediately felt the familiar dizziness.

He began to imagine a small alley deep in Bilgewater... He constructed every tile and every wall there in his mind... His body was gradually enveloped by magical light, becoming illusory in the flames and ruins.

But just when he was about to escape, a strong hand grabbed his wrist.

The sudden pain made him open his eyes subconsciously, and the imagined picture in his mind disappeared instantly.

His teleportation magic was forced to stop.

Then he saw a young man covered in blood.

That... young man who has died...

"Aren't you dead...?" Although Drizzt had seen many supernatural powers or phenomena, the scene before him still made him feel extremely surprised -

He saw Cheng Xiao standing in front of him with a calm face, holding his hand... The wound on Cheng Xiao's stomach was still there. The explosion just now had obviously caused terrible injuries to his body as hard as steel.

The magic of that strange woman directly blew a big hole in his stomach... Is it possible to survive with such an injury?

"I am dead, but I am alive."

"?" Trist's CPU was about to burn out.

But no matter what, Cheng Xiao would definitely not let him go - he had just managed to get his life back to a near-death state, but was "stolen" by the sudden appearance of Leblanc.

If Trist hadn't gotten the final blow, he wouldn't have been able to get that fancy "card magic".

"Wait a moment, I'll take care of some things before you kill me."

Cheng Xiao patted Trist's shoulder, and his light look seemed to be saying that he was going to drink some water first and come back to chat later.

Drizzt hesitated whether to escape in the chaos - but he quickly dismissed the idea. After all, he really didn't dare to lie to the monster.

Even if I run away now, I might be found later... and then I will be dead.

If you want to escape, you have to wait until your life is truly in danger...

"I... I'll wait for you over there..." Trist ran to the corner of the ruins, where a pile of stones collapsed into a triangle, which could protect him from being affected by the chaotic battlefield.

Then, Cheng Xiao turned around and faced the damn bad woman again.

The other party also looked at him with a smile on his face - others might be surprised by this strange scene of resurrection from the dead, but Leblanc was already accustomed to it.

She was even waiting for Cheng Xiao to stand up again.

"Does it hurt?" LeBlanc put on a distressed expression, and the sincerity in her eyes made it hard to tell whether it was superb acting or true feelings.

"It's okay." Cheng Xiao turned the tattered coat around to cover the hole in his stomach. "You'll probably feel more pain later."

"Hmm~?"

"Although I don't know whether you happened to discover me or really sensed my hidden aura... but in any case, you shouldn't have come."

"I don't think you should have come, dear." LeBlanc sighed softly, acting aggrieved. "I've already left the Freljord, so why did you chase me to Bilgewater? I don't want to fight you either."

"Same here. You're such a cunning bad woman and you're really hard to deal with. I was thinking of sneaking around to ruin your plans." Cheng Xiao laughed.

The next moment, all the magic power in his body was released.

He no longer hid and released the two powers from the demigod and the ice magic of the three sisters.

And... it is doubly enhanced by [Battle Fun].

The surging magical energy created gusts of wind, which were even able to blow out the flames burning on the dock.

Leblanc felt this powerful force, and a look of surprise appeared on her face, but she was not frightened.

"Your growth rate is indeed the fastest... You are the most perfect among all the experimental subjects."

Leblanc flipped her hand, and the uniquely shaped staff suddenly appeared, containing a powerful and strange magic power.

"Why didn't I realize it before? I should have focused on training you... But maybe it's not too late now? Darling, why can't you just come back to my arms~?"

"You seem to be talking too much nonsense." Cheng Xiao didn't bother to be polite with the other party. He raised his hand and cast ice magic with all his strength.

The magic power on Leblanc's staff was instantly frozen, but her unpredictable dark magic still shot out from the other end of the staff.

A magic chain bound Cheng Xiao's body, and the latter calmly released his magic power again.

This time he used Volibear's violent power.

Boom!

A bolt of lightning fell from the sky and struck Cheng Xiao but did not cause any damage. Instead, it helped him break the magic chains and created a layer of lightning shield around him.

The [Malicious Seal] that Leblanc threw out then hit the lightning shield, and could hardly cause any effective damage to Cheng Xiao.

Cheng Xiao decisively drew out the Doran's Blade which he had not used for a long time, and the last divine power in his body began to erupt - the power of Ornn, the god of forge.

The power to control the earth.

Rumble...!

The ground supporting the dock began to shake violently, and countless wooden piles broke. Leblanc, who was at the center of the "earthquake", was even targeted by the earth.

A piece of hot lava as big as a house rushed out from the ground and hit Leblanc directly.

If it weren't for Leblanc's wand having the ability to fly, she would have been killed by this blow - no matter how strange her magic was, the human body could not withstand the high temperature of molten lava.

Of course, even though she avoided it, she still didn't cause any effective attack on Cheng Xiao.

After just a short fight, she understood an indisputable fact - Cheng Xiao is no longer the "little cutie" who can be easily manipulated.