Chapter 1220 Return to Zuimo Island (V)

After experiencing the obstruction of locust sand and giant octopus, Queen Anna's Revenge set off again.

Due to the complex terrain of the sea area around Zuimo Island, the pirate ship could only slowly circle at a relatively slow speed.

About thirty minutes later, they came to a beach composed of rocks, which looked like a suitable landing place.

Like last time, Blackbeard sent Garlic Brother and his two brothers to pull a team of about ten people to explore the way ashore.

This time they didn't even need a small boat. They jumped directly from the deck of the big ship into the water, waded to the rocks, and then stepped onto the island.

Things went smoothly. Not long after, the dozen people had simply checked the beach and the woods near the beach, and did not find any danger, so they signaled to the people on the ship.

After receiving the signal, Blackbeard decisively issued an order to personally lead four cadres, ten crew members, and his three "allies" to the island.

In addition, he did something no one expected-he actually ordered "Crazy Eyes" in the cell to be brought along.

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“Don’t worry, the shackles on his hands are specially made. With them on, he’s no better than an ordinary drunkard.” When walking on the rocky beach, Blackbeard saw that Honghu was always on guard against Crazy Eyes, so he reminded him.

“Hmm… I see.” Honghu nodded in response.

“It feels like seastone.” Feng Bujue complained beside him.

"That's not right..." Snow continued, "Seastone has two main properties. One is that it can make the devil fruit user powerless and unable to use their abilities actively. The other is that it is extremely hard. These two... are meaningless to Crazy Eyes. First of all, he is not a power user. Secondly, judging from the fact that he tore your equipment with his bare hands... it wouldn't be too difficult for him to break free from the seastone shackles with brute force. In summary..."

"Hey~hey~are you done yet?" Feng Bujue interrupted him before he finished listening. "I said 'like seastone', I didn't say 'it's seastone'. Can you clarify the proposition before making a rebuttal? And...how many times are you going to mention the fact that my equipment was torn? Do you need to tell me? Will I forget that kind of thing in a short time?"

Snow was speechless because of what Jue said. Honghu shook his head and sighed beside him, and whispered: "A whole mocking professor..."

While they were arguing, a group of people had arrived on the island one after another.

Including the dozen pirates who had been waiting here before, the total number of people landing this time was exactly thirty.

"Mr. Feng." When everyone came to the edge of the woods, Blackbeard spoke again, "Can I trouble you..." He looked at Brother Jue and pointed his finger to the sky, "... go up and observe the terrain."

"Okay, I was just thinking about going up to take a look." Feng Bujue readily agreed to Blackbeard's request, and then stepped back two steps, away from his two teammates.

Honghu and Snow also knew what he was going to do...

The next second, Brother Jue bent his legs and bent down; after accumulating strength for two seconds, he suddenly exerted force, and the whole person rushed up like a spring.

In the blink of an eye, Feng Bujue had jumped into the air nearly 100 meters above the sea level.

When the momentum of his body's ascent completely subsided, Brother Jue activated the special effect of [Stepping on the Void] and stood still in the air.

He looked around and found that although the area of ​​the island in front of him was not small, he could still see the edge; in addition... on the sea in the distance, he could see several black shadows of similar size to the island.

In order to see farther, Feng Bujue used the [Moon Step] again in the air and climbed up again and again. This time he simply jumped to a height of nearly 400 meters.

At this point, combined with the data perspective, he could finally confirm that the originally huge, integrated Zui Mo Island had now been separated into five parts, roughly in the shape of a cross.

The part that Brother Jue and his friends climbed on was the northernmost part of the "cross", namely the "North Island".

From the air, the four islands of the east, west, south and north all had dense forests and undulating hills, and the size of each island was similar; only the "middle island" in the middle of the "cross" was the smallest in size and was completely composed of "crystals". That area was undoubtedly the original "crystal maze".

After watching for less than two minutes, Feng Bujue slowly fell from the sky; relying on the special effects of the legendary shoes, as long as the soles of his feet touched the ground first, he would be unharmed no matter how high he fell from.

Then, Feng Bujue briefly told Blackbeard what he saw, and then asked: "Let me confirm something first, when you come here this time, do you prioritize finding subordinates or treasures?"

"It's the same." Blackbeard answered almost without thinking.

Honghu on the side reacted quickly: "Are your subordinates and treasures in the same place?"

"Yes." Blackbeard replied, "Every treasure I leave in the main universe will be guarded by one of my subordinates, and the strength of the custodian will vary according to the value of the treasure."

"Oh?" Feng Bujue heard this and thought of something cleverly, "Then let me ask by the way, the batch on Queen Anna's Revenge... is it the most valuable treasure you left behind?"

"Hmph..." Blackbeard was not stupid, and he immediately understood that the other party was testing him. "If you want to know whether Brother Bunny can be considered my strongest subordinate, then I can tell you very clearly... No." He paused, "Because... In fact, he cannot be considered my 'subordinate'."

"Then who is he?" Feng Bujue asked again.

Blackbeard replied slowly, "Many years ago, I saved Brother Rabbit's life. He felt that he owed me a favor and wanted to repay me. So he boarded my ship and worked as a pirate for a while. Later, I had a premonition that 'accidents' were coming and I had to leave the main universe for a while, so I entrusted my ship and the treasure on it to him. At that time, I estimated that it would take me at least three hundred years to return. After he finished the task of 'helping me guard the Queen Anna's Revenge before I come back', he and I would no longer owe each other anything."

"Oh... No wonder I didn't see him on the ship." Feng Bujue said, "But you still don't seem to have answered my question."

Blackbeard curled his lips and continued, "What I can tell you is that the treasures I hide in various places in the main universe are superior to the ones I hid on the pirate ship in terms of both quantity and quality."

"Because the ship can only hold a limited amount?" At this time, Snow added half-jokingly.

Unexpectedly, Blackbeard actually answered: "Yes, because the ship can't fit it." He spread his hands, "There are some 'special things'... not suitable to stay on the ship all the time."

"Okay..." Snow also shrugged and responded without comment.

"Of course." A second later, Blackbeard changed the subject again, "My 'Queen Anna's Revenge' itself can also be regarded as a treasure, and its value is one of the best among all the treasures I own."

"Alright, alright." Seeing that the other party's answer was flawless, Feng Bujue gave up further probing and questioning, "Let me ask in a different way..." He paused for half a second and continued, "Compared with Brother Rabbit, the subordinate who guards the 'Treasure of the Demon Island' for you, who is stronger?"

"It must be Brother Rabbit." Blackbeard replied in a matter-of-fact tone, "The Short-haired God Fist Fist Sect is a sub-god-level combat force. None of the cadres I bring with me now can match Brother Rabbit."

His words had obviously reached the ears of the four cadres, but the four of them looked as if nothing had happened. It seemed that... they were all clear about this and had no objection.

"So..." Feng Bujue followed up with the previous question and asked, "Compared to Wu Zhiying?"

"Hmm?" Blackbeard smelled something from this question, "What do you mean?"

"I mean, is it possible..." Brother Jue continued, "that your subordinate embezzled the treasure and killed Wu Zhiying who came to search."

As soon as this was said, all the pirates on the beach turned their heads and looked at Brother Jue.

Their eyes looked very strange, and Honghu and Snow also noticed something strange.

"Hehe..." After a maddening silence, Blackbeard grinned, revealing his rotten teeth, and gave a very rare and kind smile, "Let's put it this way... the one who is responsible for guarding this treasure... is my son." (To be continued.)