The Witcher: The Journey to Transcendence from Marvel...

Chapter 54 Fountain of Youth 2

But how could this bullet have hit Wes? The bullet hovered in the air at an unusually slow speed, as if it had been blocked by a transparent bulletproof vest, losing its penetrating power. Then, the bullet fell to the ground like a deflated balloon.

The pirates standing nearby stared in horror, one of them exclaiming, "A wizard! He's a wizard too!"

The pirates panicked at the mention of the wizard, instinctively backing away to avoid him.

Seeing this, Blackbeard was enraged. He grabbed his knife and slashed down a pirate who was trying to escape, yelling at the others, "Anyone who dares to run will end up like him! Get him!"

The pirates were terrified by the blackbeard's cruelty. Trembling, they raised their muskets and fired a burst of fire at Wes.

However, their bullets were like pebbles thrown into water, having absolutely no effect. Not only did the bullets miss Wes, they also hovered three meters away from him, just like the first shot fired by Blackbeard, before falling to the ground.

Blackbeard ordered the pirates to reload and continue firing. As the pirates scrambled to fire at Wes again, the situation seemed to spiral out of control.

Under Wes's control, the bullets that were suspended in mid-air were fired back at the pirates at extremely high speed.

The pirates in the front ranks fell like felled wheat, their blood pooling on the ground, accompanied only by painful groans. The remaining pirates, panicked and pale, dropped their weapons without hesitation and fled.

However, the next second, they ran back in terror.

It was Hector Barbossa leading the British Navy. His eyes were bloodshot, like burning flames, fixed intently on Blackbeard. "Finally found you, Blackbeard," Barbossa said, waving his hand and barking, "Attack! Kill Blackbeard!"

Armed British naval forces were ordered to immediately take action and engage in a fierce battle with the pirates.

The arrogant blackbeard didn't take his former defeated opponent seriously at all, and didn't even glance at Hector Barbo. His eyes were always on Wes.

Blackbeard ordered four strong, resurrected corpses, each armed with a sharp weapon, to surround Wes. Blackbeard himself drew his sword, cautiously maintaining a safe distance from Wes, his eyes constantly scanning Wes for any unusual movements.

Blackbeard's men weren't so lucky. They had already been terrified by Wes's magic, and their fighting strength was now like a disorganized mess. They were quickly suppressed by the British Navy.

"We can split the Fountain of Youth equally," Blackbeard compromised, attempting to win over Wes to fight against the British Navy.

"I still prefer how you were just now," Wes said sarcastically, before making his move.

Under his transformation spell, a rock pillar instantly transformed into a giant python. The python's enormous body was terrifying. With a sudden flick of its tail, it sent a resurrected corpse flying, crashing heavily to the ground.

This attack forced the other three resurrected corpses to stop, and they watched the giant python warily.

However, these resurrected corpses felt no fear, nor pain. Refined by the black beard, their skin was thick and tough, seemingly indestructible. Although blocked by the python, they continued their tireless standoff with it.

"Try this one." Wes shouted softly, and launched a "Shadowless Strike" at the black-bearded man.

Blackbeard swiftly raised the Triton sword, narrowly blocking Wes's attack. Wes raised an eyebrow, thinking that the sword was indeed extraordinary.

"Put down your weapon!" Wes cast a spell, and the Triton sword was struck by the spell, instantly flying out of his hand and landing not far away.

"Avada Kedavra!" Blackbeard saw a green light approaching. Although he reacted quickly, grabbing a pirate beside him and using him as a shield, both were sent flying and crashed heavily to the ground. Blackbeard only suffered some scratches, while the pirate used as a human shield was lifeless, his body limp and lifeless on the ground.

"Avada Kedavra!" Years of fighting had sharpened Blackbeard's sixth sense to an extraordinary degree; he quickly rolled away, dodging the attack. However, Wes instantly unleashed two deadly spells.

Blackbeard only managed to escape one of them, yet he still survived.

This was the first time Wes had ever seen an ordinary person survive a fatal curse. Taking advantage of Wes's hesitation, Blackbeard seized the opportunity to pick up the Triton Sword and quickly closed the distance between them.

Almost simultaneously, a pirate who had followed Blackbeard for many years suddenly collapsed and died, which puzzled the British naval soldiers who were fighting him, who thought they had suddenly mastered some kind of skill to kill from a distance.

[A kind of substitutionary witchcraft.]

The substitution witchcraft is not without its flaws.

The black-bearded man continued to close in on Wes.

"Slowing Spell." Wes cast a non-harmful spell. As he expected, the blackbeard's movements immediately slowed down, as if he were moving in slow motion.

"It seems your sorcery can only transfer damage, not the effects of other spells!" Wes said.

Blackbeard was swinging his sword at Wes, but his movements were too slow. In slow motion, Blackbeard's actions looked quite comical.

Wes then cast a petrification spell on the black-bearded man: "Petrify them all!"

Blackbeard stood there like a statue, his sword-wielding hand frozen in mid-air, completely motionless.

Wes used his wand to lift Blackbeard's coat, and as expected, there were five voodoo dolls hanging from Blackbeard's waist, one of which had been decapitated.

"So they're Voodoo dolls?" Wes gently touched one of the dolls with his wand, and the doll began to burn.

At that moment, one of the pirates suddenly caught fire. No matter how much he struggled, he could not extinguish the flames and was eventually burned to a crisp.

Hector Barbossa noticed something amiss: "Blackbeard used those dolls to transfer the damage he suffered, and you fools are still going to work for him?"

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

"Impossible! He's our captain!" Some pirates still refused to believe it.

"How is that impossible? He's never treated us like human beings!" Most of the pirates were still quite clear-headed.

"Run away!"

"Run!" The pirates just wanted to get as far away from him as possible.

Unfortunately, they had nowhere to escape by then, as the Spanish navy had also arrived.

Without saying a word, they opened fire on anyone they saw, forcing the pirates to retreat towards the British navy.

Just as the British Navy was preparing to shoot the fleeing pirates, Hector Barbossa stopped them.

"Idiot, the Spaniards are the biggest threat now! Aim at those Spaniards and fire!" Hector Barbosa shouted.

The British naval forces under their command only then realized the change in the situation.

Both the British navy and the pirates suffered casualties in the recent battle, and the Spanish are now appearing to reap the benefits.

Thus, the pirates and British soldiers, who had just been fighting to the death, began to join forces against the Spanish.

However, the Spanish had been conserving their strength for so long and had a large number of troops, so they quickly suppressed the British army and the pirates.

Some of the Spaniards began lassoing the surrounding rock pillars with ropes, seemingly intending to destroy the Fountain of Youth.

Wes, who was extracting Blackbeard's memories, immediately stopped what he was doing when he saw the Spaniards planning to destroy the Fountain of Youth.

"That won't do."

(End of this chapter)