Ryan looked at Yondu, who was walking towards him with a large group of strange-looking Raiders, and smiled:
"If I said I'm just a passing traveler, would you believe me?"
Hearing this, Yondu exchanged looks with the lackeys around him and couldn't help but laugh:
"Hahahaha, believe it? Why wouldn't I? But you're in luck, kid. What we love most is robbing those so-called travelers, so hand over your money and treasures now!"
Ryan spread his hands: "Money? I indeed have more than I could ever spend, but I suspect my money isn't very common in the Universe..."
"As for treasures, I have many of those too, but I'm afraid you won't live to take them~"
Upon hearing this, Yondu's group was no longer laughing; they were furious!
What did he mean, they wouldn't live to take them?
Wasn't this a blatant provocation, looking down on them?
They were the fearsome Raiders; how could they tolerate this?
Especially the Raider second-in-command next to Yondu, whose face looked like a testicle. He grabbed a giant spiked club and strode towards Ryan, cursing as he went:
"You ugly freak who looks like Star-Lord, I'm going to skin you and use your head as a chamber pot!"
Hearing the second-in-command's dissatisfaction with his adopted son, Yondu frowned: "Pip, I haven't said to move yet!"
But Pip, blinded by rage, ignored Yondu's words and walked straight up to Ryan, raising the spiked club high with a sinister grin:
"Kid, this strike is going to be crazy!"
The next second...
Swish—————
Puchi————————
The sound of piercing flesh rang out, but it clearly wasn't the blunt crushing sound of a spiked club hitting flesh; it was the sharp sound of a pointed object boring through!
And the spiked club Pip had raised didn't even have time to fall!
Because a 'third eye' had already been opened through his forehead, piercing from front to back!
And the thing that opened Pip's 'third eye' was the Yaka Arrow, dripping with blood and brain matter, hovering behind his head!
After piercing Pip's forehead, the Yaka Arrow didn't stop; it turned around and began to weave back and forth through the tall Pip!
It moved so fast that the other stunned Raiders could only see Pip being enveloped by red light!
Blood continuously splattered from his body as he twitched like a ricocheting bullet!
This made the other Raiders gulp in terror, and they all looked at Yondu.
Kraglin, standing next to Yondu, stammered: "B... Boss, even though Pip ignored your orders, you didn't have to kill him directly, and in such a cruel way, right?"
Hearing this, Yondu's face darkened, and he said deeply: "I've indeed wanted to kill this insubordinate fellow for a long time, but this time it really wasn't me. My Yaka Arrow is out of control!"
That's right, it wasn't Yondu controlling the Yaka Arrow at all!
After all, he hadn't even whistled!
There were no other whistles at the scene, so who could be controlling the arrow?
Immediately, Yondu's gaze snapped to Ryan, whose fingers were glowing with golden light, tracing patterns in the air. He roared:
"Kid, stop it right now!!!"
Hearing this, Ryan, who had infused a bit of Mind Power into Yondu's Yaka Arrow and was controlling it to 'play a game' with great interest, stopped his fingers.
As his fingers stopped moving, the Yaka Arrow that had been weaving through Pip also halted, obediently hovering in mid-air.
However, stopping now was clearly too late~
Vice-Captain Pip's body had already been riddled with holes by the arrow, looking like a hornet's nest!
As the arrow stopped, the unrecognizable Pip fell to the ground with a 'thud', splashing a large amount of tomato juice. He was clearly beyond saving!
Seeing this, Yondu stared deathly at Ryan, gritting his teeth: "Breaking into my ship and killing my man, you have quite the nerve!"
"It seems I need to teach you a lesson!"
Saying this, Yondu pursed his lips again and blew a whistle: "Whew~~~~~"
The Yaka Arrow in mid-air trembled slightly upon hearing the whistle, but immediately, golden light flashed on its shaft, and it returned to silence.
This caused Yondu to panic instantly. He increased the volume of his whistle, but without surprise, the arrow still didn't respond to him.
Instead, Ryan lightly hooked his finger, and the stationary arrow in mid-air obediently flew back into his hand.
Ryan toyed with the arrow in his hand, pointed to his own head, and teased Yondu:
"Stop whistling, Yondu. That trick only works on streetwalkers. As a proper arrow, it needs its Master to treat it with 'heart' rather than as a tool. You know this very well, don't you?"
Hearing this, Yondu's whistling stopped abruptly. His eyes widened slightly, wondering how Ryan knew the advanced control method he had developed himself!
Ryan, of course, wouldn't say that he knew it from Yondu's own mouth in Kraglin's memories from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, where Kraglin was the second-generation owner of the arrow~
Now that his arrow was in the opponent's hands, Yondu, knowing the arrow's power, fell silent for a moment before suddenly reaching out to Ryan:
"Intruder, although I don't know your purpose, I don't think we need to fight to the death, do we?"
"You give me back the arrow, and I'll let you leave safely. How about it?"
"Leave?" Ryan flicked his finger, casually tossing the arrow back into Yondu's hand, but said indifferently:
"Who said I was leaving? From now on, you all have to listen to me. I am the new boss of this ship~"
Yondu: ???
The Raiders: ???
The Raiders, who had been somewhat wary because the arrow was in the opponent's hands, now saw that he was foolish enough to return it to Yondu and was even acting so arrogant!
As space bandits, how could they tolerate this?
Especially the faction of Raiders belonging to the recently killed Vice-Captain Pip; they immediately raised their weapons at Ryan!
Without the arrow, no matter how good your kung fu is, you can't block so many energy weapons!
Even if it were alloy, they were confident they could melt it into liquid under their concentrated energy fire!
But...
A mere Yaka Arrow was, to Ryan, not even a toy!
His object manipulation was far stronger than the arrow!
And... there wasn't just one!
Snap——————
As Ryan raised his hand and snapped his fingers, the Nineteen Rings on his left and right hands suddenly lit up with rainbow light. They flew off Ryan's arms, turning into rainbow streaks faster than the arrow, smashing the Raiders who had raised their guns into bursts of bloody fireworks!
Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang——————————
In just a short second, the dozens of Raiders who had just raised their guns all exploded into a bloody mist, drenching the entire cabin and the remaining Raiders of Yondu's faction, who hadn't raised their weapons, in blood!
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