In an ancient castle built by the water, under the bright candlelight, several pirates with different clothing styles sat around a table, with their crew members standing behind them. Li Xiu and Bernard walked into the hall, and the people who were still whispering immediately became quiet. Then, there was almost a roof-raising noise.
"I disagree, I absolutely do not propose that he replace the position of Sao Feng, and join the pirate council (Brethren Court)!"
"He killed Sao Feng and also snatched the token, this is an insult to our Nine Pirate Lords!"
"Get out!" "Kill him!"...
The shouts of curses included many suggestions for punishment for Li Xiu, who was not the norm. In short, almost no one agreed to Li Xiu joining the pirate council and becoming a Pirate Lord.
Barbossa looked at it, slammed the table fiercely, and suppressed all the protests.
"Everyone, is the Pirate Lord's token of Sao Feng coming normally? Didn't he seize it from his brother's hands?!"
"Even if there has never been such an example before, why can't there be a first one now!"
Unfortunately, Barbossa's loud shout only made the noise pause for a few seconds, and as soon as he finished speaking, someone started protesting again.
Li Xiu frowned and looked at the hostile hall. He searched for a pirate who was protesting the loudest, who seemed to be the first mate of the Pirate Lord of the Pacific Ocean.
He reached out and grabbed the pirate from the other side of the table and used his true energy to hold him under control.
This move undoubtedly shocked all the pirates, but it also seemed to ignite a powder keg. Just now, they were only shouting, but now they drew swords and guns, looking like they were going to kill Li Xiu!
Faced with the threat of more than a hundred fierce pirates shouting for murder, he snorted and his eyes glowed with cold light. True energy burst out from his palms!
Only to see the Pirate Vice-Captain let out a series of anguished screams, as his feet were gradually crushed into a pulp of bones and flesh by Li Xiu's powerful true energy, slowly but surely. The cries of the Pirate Vice-Captain became louder and louder, until they drowned out the shouts of everyone present.
Looking at this bizarre and bloody scene, everyone couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts and deep fear towards the young man sitting on the wooden chair.
Trying to reason with brutal and selfish pirates is a waste of time and makes oneself appear foolish. The only way to get through to them is by showing strength. At this point, Li Xiu looked around again and no one dared to point fingers at him or shout at him.
After a few seconds, the screams of the Pirate Vice-Captain became weaker and weaker, but the hall was still quiet because the first mate of the Pirate Lord of the Pacific Ocean had been brutally "crushed" into the ground by Li Xiu's true energy, right in front of them. The strong smell of blood filled the air, and for the first time, these bloodthirsty pirates found the smell of blood to be so nauseating and terrifying.
"I will only say one thing, if you do not agree for me to be the Pirate Lord, then there will be no more Pirate Lord title on the seven seas!"
"So, who agrees? Who opposes?"
Li Xiu stared coldly at everyone. This was a blatant threat, but no one dared to stand up and say anything else.
Barbossa stood up to smooth things over: "Since no one is opposing, I hereby announce that the Pirate Council recognizes the captain of the Queen Anne's Revenge 'Li' as the Pirate Lord!"
"At the same time, as the convener of the meeting, I declare that the fourth Pirate Council is now in session."
"Captains, please present the 'Piece of Eight' that symbolizes your identity and power!"
Barbossa gave a wink to the one-eyed man and he took out a wooden tray and began to collect the tokens from each Pirate Lord.
Although they were called Piece of Eight, in reality, the Pirate Council was so poor that they couldn't afford real silver coins. Instead, they used a bunch of broken items, such as small cups, cards, cigarette holders, necklaces, etc.
In the end, the one-eyed man carried six tokens to Barbossa. Despite the one-eyed man's protests and complaints, Barbossa took out his wooden false eye and threw it into the tray.
Barbossa, although he had betrayed as Jack's Black Pearl First mate on the surface, he was still one of the Nine Pirate Lords.
However, Barbossa was a bit special. He was originally a Pirate Lord of the Mediterranean Sea. Although it is called sea, it is actually just a big salty lake. There were very few trade ships passing through the Mediterranean, so they couldn't make much money from piracy.
So he gave up the Mediterranean Sea and decided to join other Pirate Lords. He wanted to choose a good and promising one, so he chose Jack's father and became his first mate.
With the start of the age of great voyages after Columbus discovered the Americas, the Caribbean Sea was the most prosperous area. It was the communication bridge of the infamous triangular trade between Europe, America, and Africa. Jack's father was the Pirate Lord of the Caribbean Sea, and he was floating with treasures everywhere waiting for him to "take".
Unfortunately, Teague was too promising and capable, and within two years his position and reputation had risen so high that he was known as the best pirate, and he became the person in charge of the pirate code. He was even more powerful than the Nine Pirate Lords.
Before that, Teague had passed the position of the Black Pearl and the Caribbean Pirate Lord to Jack, who was still young at that time, which led to the decline of the Black Pearl's "business".
As the old saying goes, it is easy to move from frugality to luxury, but difficult to move from luxury to frugality. So, along with other crew members who also felt discontent, Barbossa betrayed Jack and kicked him off the Black Pearl.
One-Eyed took the seven Pirate Lords tokens to Li Xiu's side, but he refused to give up the jade pendant, instead snatched the wooden plate and handed it over to Bernard behind him.
Barbossa looked over and Li Xiu gave him a cold glance. Barbossa suddenly lost his temper and forced a smile. He felt that Li Xiu's original peaceful demeanor had completely disappeared and his ferocity was exposed.
Li Xiu turned to look at Jack, his eyes expressing his meaning. But Jack touched the Siam coins tied to his hair and was unwilling to give them up.
Li Xiu's eyes turned cold and he slowly reached out his hand. Jack suddenly remembered the tragic death of the pirate first mate, and thought that Li Xiu was going to kill him. He screamed and threw the coins to Li Xiu, then dodged behind Barbossa.
Li Xiu took out the jade pendant from his pocket and placed it in the wooden tray. The Nine Pirate Lord's tokens were now complete. He glanced at the other Six Pirate Lords and suddenly waved his hand!
In the blink of an eye, a true qi palm print, about a dozen meters long, was pressed down with a thunderous roar.
"Bang!"
The wide wooden table broke instantly, dozens of pirates were violently thrown to the ground and turned into a pile of meat, and the entire ancient castle trembled.
The remaining pirates, seeing the situation, were frightened and screamed, and were about to pull out their swords and guns, but Li Xiu, sitting on the chair, made another palm strike!
The solid and wide stone wall was smashed into a big hole in the shape of a palm, allowing the cold white moonlight outside to shine in. As for the remaining pirate corpses, they were already nowhere to be found.
The hall was full of bones and blood, like a hell, and only one side was still the same, but Barbossa and the others were like being in hell, trembling with fear.