Gibbs looked panicked and tilted his head to ask, "What should we do?"
Barbossa had already thought of a plan and calmly said, "Change direction, we'll land on the other side. Blackbeard won't waste his energy looking for us if he can't see the ship, and we'll deal with the rest later."
"Tell the men on the ship to prepare for battle at any time!"
Moments later, a group of people with vigilant expressions walked through the jungle to the seaside cabin. They noticed that there were no guards outside the cabin.
"Did Blackbeard not bring many men with him?"
Barbossa thought to himself, while also feeling a bit of relief. He led his group directly to the cabin, pushed open the door, and quickly looked inside, but he did not see anyone.
Li Xiu sat in a chair holding a cup of red tea, looking somewhat surprised at the dozens of people who rushed into the room with great fanfare.
"Captain Barbossa? Is everything alright? Are you being chased?"
Barbossa looked around a few more times, and finding nothing out of the ordinary, he relaxed a little and took off his hat, placing it on the table and asked, "Has Blackbeard been here?"
Li Xiu understood what was going on after this question. He took a sip of red tea and calmly explained, "The ship outside is mine, there is no Blackbeard."
"Yours? That's the Queen Anne's Revenge!"
Everyone inside the room was shocked by the answer, and Gibbs exclaimed in confusion.
Upon hearing this, Barbossa's eyes narrowed as he looked at the casually placed sword of Triton next to him.
"The broad sword handle, three precious and shiny gems, is this Blackbeard's sword?!" he thought to himself with some disbelief.
"Did you kill Blackbeard and seize the Queen Anne's Revenge?" Barbossa voiced his suspicion, causing the room to suddenly fall silent. Will found it hard to believe this.
"This... this is what you said you had to go do before?"
Blackbeard, like Davy Jones, is a legendary pirate and one of the most feared among all pirates in the Seven Seas.
They had previously been chased and hunted by Davy Jones, causing them to flee in panic and desperation.
Now, just a few days later, Blackbeard was easily killed by someone, which made Will and the others feel a sense of absurdity and confusion. How could they believe it?
"Why bother with this question, did you all successfully get the Mao Kun map? I want to take a look."
Li Xiu didn't want to discuss this matter further and instead asked about something he was more concerned about.
This statement implies that Li Xiu had indeed killed Blackbeard, which made Will's expression slightly dazed.
Then, he took out the Mao Kun map from his back and laid it out on the table. It was an ancient map that was slightly yellowed, made of a special material, not paper or cloth, but a flexible wood.
The map had circles within circles that could rotate freely, each rotation revealing a different map. It was a masterpiece of craftsmanship.
Barbossa and the others had already pieced together the map to the "At World's end" on their way back. Li Xiu looked for the wording in his mind on the map, but unfortunately, he didn't find it, he still needed Jack Sparrow's compass of desire.
Li Xiu took back his gaze calmly and said as usual, "Now that the map has been found, when should we set off?"
"Of course, the sooner the better!" Will exclaimed excitedly. He wanted to get the Black Pearl as soon as possible to save his father, and every delay meant more suffering for his father.
Barbossa looked at Li Xiu, and Li Xiu nodded to him. Barbossa stood up and went inside the room.
Since Li Xiu had revealed his extraordinary strength, he had become one of the decision-makers of this temporarily formed team without any doubt.
At first, Li Xiu proposed that everyone should wait for him to finish his business and then set off together. Barbossa had only agreed to this on the condition that he could bring back Tia Dalma, but now everyone saw him as a powerful ally, and they needed to consult him before setting off.
A moment later, Barbossa and Tia Dalma, who was already prepared, came out. Barbossa's gaze towards Li Xiu was even more different.
Li Xiu understood that Tia Dalma must have already reminded Barbossa that he was now on her side, and at the same time, he was warning Barbossa not to have any other thoughts.
After the food and water were prepared, two boats, one large and one small, quickly set sail towards the "World's end."
On the small boat, Li Xiu stood at the bow of the deck, wearing a sword at his waist, and Bernard, who was ugly and tall, stood next to Li Xiu like a loyal guard.
Elizabeth looked over here and walked over, asking in confusion, "Li, why are you not on your Queen Anne's Revenge, but squeezing on our small boat?"
Elizabeth couldn't understand why they didn't go on the Queen Anne's Revenge because of their last bit of concern for Li Xiu, but Li Xiu brought his first officer and went on their boat instead.
Elizabeth's skin was white and smooth, her nose and eyebrows delicate, her hair draping over her shoulders, her face showing a hint of tiredness and a dark color.
A fragile and pitiful appearance.
Li Xiu turned his head and looked at her, and a different thought emerged in his heart.
"Because it's more interesting on this boat."
"Interesting?"
Elizabeth didn't understand how this borrowed boat, which was old and broken, and had a mixed smell of saltiness and sweat everywhere, could be interesting.
Li Xiu didn't answer, but suddenly asked Elizabeth, "Do you know why Davy Jones dug out his own heart and buried it? Why did he create such a fatal flaw for himself?"
"Of course, because he was betrayed by the sea goddess Calypso, it was too painful and too hard, so he dug out his heart."
After Elizabeth replied, Li Xiu laughed lightly, like a fierce wild beast showing sharp teeth, and then asked, "Have you ever thought that this might happen to you one day?"
"Impossible, Will, he..."
Elizabeth instinctively refuted, but then she thought of Will's recent abnormal and cold behavior and suddenly fell silent.
"Will will always love you no matter what and will never betray you? Are you sure, Elizabeth?"
"Of course!"
Elizabeth was a little angry and was about to leave after casually affirming a sentence, but Li Xiu, like a devil who confuses people's hearts, opened his mouth and said something that made her stay in place.
"No! You're not sure. So why don't you try him?"
Elizabeth's face showed a hint of hesitation.
Was it okay? Would it be a little unfair to Will?
But a few seconds later, she turned around as Li Xiu had expected.
"How to try?"
Li Xiu's expression was inexplicable and he slowly said, "It's very simple, you don't have to do anything for the next few days, just do what you usually do."
The next second, Li Xiu stepped forward and touched Elizabeth's smooth and delicate face with his finger tips.
Elizabeth only felt a slight tingling and itching sensation on her face, but just a few moments later, when Li Xiu retreated, she felt something was wrong and quickly touched her face.
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