Pillar of Yita

But he still called out a bit too late.

The opponent leapt once again, descending vertically from mid-air, sweeping through nearly a thousand feet of height.

And the next moment, he had already landed steadily on the deck of the Seven Seas Traveler, blocking Fang Hong from Miss Ship’s Officer on the poop deck.

To Fang Hong’s surprise, the opponent wasn’t the Orlenze’s Praetor—Helante Lixia that he had understood from the documents, but a black-haired, black-eyed, extraordinarily majestic young man.

Fang Hong was taken aback for a moment. Not to mention the opponent’s appearance, at such an age, there is only one possibility for a Superior.

Invoker.

But the next moment he saw the emblem pinned to the opponent’s collar—Bounty Hunters, Holy Flame Guild official, Fang Hong clearly remembered, that was indeed one of the few Grand Guilds among the Descendants of Flor.

Without thinking, he immediately drew his Magic Guided Gun from under his coat, simultaneously several silver Constructs fell out from the coat, buzzing and took flight.

But someone was faster than him.

That was Luo Hao and Bakins.

Luo Hao, with a reverse grip, drew out the Flying Axe, and threw it towards the opponent through the mast. At the same time, the Bosun also raised the Magic Guided Gun and fired, in the amidst of erupting flames and smoke, he drew his Curved Blade and charged at the opponent.

But before the bullets and spinning Flying Axe reached the black-haired young man, with two clangs, Fang Hong didn’t even see the action of the opponent’s hands, the Flying Axe flew back hitting the mast.

Meanwhile, the lead shot just exploded into a burst of sparks with a boom, the black-clad young man pushed with his hand, and Bakins went flying through the air, crashing onto the deck.

Seeing this, Tianlan on the lookout tower exclaimed.

Isn’t this Xiangzi’s usual move?

Speaking of Xiangzi, the middle-aged youth upon seeing this, had already drawn a Rapier in hand, becoming a shadow, shooting towards the young man.

The black-haired young man saw him and gently uttered a small sound, swiftly deflecting to block the Imperial Glory in Xiangzi’s hand. Meanwhile, amidst the sparking Mars, Xiangzi’s other hand tightly gripped a Short Staff, pointing at the opponent.

A purple glow shot towards the opponent’s Magic Guided Reactor, but before it hit, the black-haired young man turned into a Silverlight and vanished, appearing the next moment behind Xiangzi.

He slashed his sword towards Xiangzi, but only cut through a Shadow, as the youth’s figure also vanished in a shimmer of Silverglow, reappearing on the side of the black-haired youth.

The black-haired young man promptly turned and thrust his sword, tangling with Xiangzi for three exchanges, first two on defense, but the third shifted to attack.

By the fourth strike, Xiangzi could no longer defend, and had to repeat his trick, disappearing in a glint of light, then reappearing ten feet away.

These rounds of attacks were evidently exhausting, he panted heavily, but still gritted his teeth, raising his sword intending to charge once again.

Fang Hong watched this incredible duel from the side, almost stunned, wondering if he had misunderstood Xiangzi? How could a few days absence lead the opponent to engage evenly with a top-tier fighter?

But right then, the black-haired young man suddenly raised his hand:

”Alright, if you continue, I’ll have to stop holding back.”

This statement momentarily stunned everyone.

And the gaze of the black-haired young man swept over, finally landing on Fang Hong, a puzzled gleam flashed through his dark eyes, he scrutinized Fang Hong before speaking: ”You’re Columba, right? I’ve been looking for you for a while.”

Fang Hong was immediately astounded, as if struck by Petrification Magic, staring at the opponent.

Columba was indeed his first ID in the community, and generally speaking, only R should know about this matter.

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