Roar! The ferocious roar exploded like thunder.
A tail as thick as an iron pillar, carrying an awe-inspiring sound of air being torn apart, slammed down on the merchant ship head-on.
The foul wind and seawater that it brought along tightened everyone's nerves.
This Sea King, which looked like a giant sea snake only a dozen meters long, would definitely shatter this special merchant ship transporting Heavenly Tribute in an instant if it really struck.
"Shark Cutter - Crushing Blade!"
The awe-inspiring roar suddenly rang out. Bastille stomped down violently, disappearing from the spot out of thin air like a ghost.
When he reappeared, he had already arrived in front of the onrushing sea snake.
The Shark-Slicing Sword, which was violently clenched in both hands, brought with it an awe-inspiring sound of air being torn apart and collided head-on with the onrushing giant tail.
Bang! The giant tail and the Shark-Slicing Sword collided in an instant, and the sturdy scales were shattered.
As a large amount of blood splattered, the thick tail, which took several people to encircle, was cut off at the waist.
As the sea snake let out a miserable cry, Bastille swung his hand and slashed out again from a distance.
Vacuum Slash! Bastille roared repeatedly.
A crescent slash seven or eight meters long instantly tore through the air and struck the sea snake's head.
Puchi! The seemingly indestructible scales shattered in response, and as the enormous snake head was thrown into the air, a large amount of blood splattered down, staining the sea red.
With one strike succeeding, the somewhat low morale was slightly salvaged.
After Bastille blocked the first attack, the surrounding gunners also activated the cannons one after another.
As rumbling sounds rang out, the onrushing Sea Kings were directly repelled.
However, faced with the Sea Kings whose ferocity had been aroused, these blockades only caused their attacks to pause slightly.
The next moment, the Sea Kings that were surging in from behind directly bypassed them and launched an even more ferocious offensive towards them.
Bastille's face changed slightly. After raising his hand and slashing out four or five vacuum slashes in all directions, he roared urgently.
"Second team, engage in close-quarters combat!"
As these words fell, the sturdy Marine soldiers who were hidden in the ranks, holding heavy weapons in their hands, pushed through the crowd and came out.
They faced the various Sea Kings that were attacking and roared in unison.
"Iron Body!"
With the Six Styles activated, more than a dozen sturdy Marine soldiers faced the Sea Kings' attack route head-on.
The next moment, they collided in response.
Bang! The enormous impact force, like a raging tide, was released, giving the feeling of a train colliding head-on.
Not only did the deck under their feet shatter in response, but each and every person was sent flying out like a sandbag.
The sudden scene clearly caused the already precarious formation to be shattered in an instant.
One Sea King might not be anything to fear, but being attacked by dozens of Sea Kings gone mad at sea was something that they couldn't cope with at all without overwhelming strength.
"Get out of here!"
"Shark Cutter - Storm Slash!"
Bastille, as a Vice Admiral, clearly had good strength. As he roared repeatedly, he clenched the Shark-Slicing Sword in both hands and spun like a hurricane.
The Sea Kings that were chasing close behind instantly encountered endless wind blade slashes, which poured down on their bodies like rain hitting plantain leaves.
Some Sea Kings who couldn't dodge in time were instantly minced, turning into a sea of blood mist that was scattered on the sea.
Even the enormous deck was covered in blood in an instant.
The stench in the air was even more persistent.
However, precisely because of this reason, the Sea Kings' offensive, which had been raging, clearly showed a trace of stagnation.
This gave Bastille and the group of Marine soldiers a chance to catch their breath.
Smelling the pungent bloody smell around him, a trace of resentment appeared on Bastille's face.
His gaze suddenly turned and landed on Kai, who was sitting upright and steadily, and he roared urgently.
"You demon, what are you planning to do? If you want to kill us, then kill us! Why do you have to play with us like this?"
"Play with you?" Kai asked coldly, then chuckled and said, "This is the New World. Between soldiers and thieves, apart from life and death, would you show mercy to a pirate?"
"And one more thing, I'm a skeleton, not a demon, although the title of demon is quite good!"
"To thank you for pleasing me, please fulfill your duties as experimental subjects. I won't let you die easily either!"
"Third-Tier Magic - Mass Cure!"
"Second-Tier Magic - Orcish Rage!"
Dang Dang!
The sounds of two magic circles rang out, and red and blue light bloomed in an instant, forming two magic circles that enveloped the entire merchant ship.
The sudden scene shook everyone's nerves, and even Bastille's face turned ashen.
Having personally witnessed Kai's extremely strange methods, which caused a large group of Sea Kings to riot.
They didn't dare to be careless.
However, before they could react, the blue rain, as it sprinkled and landed on their bodies, quickly healed the injuries on their skin and bones.
At the same time, a powerful force, like a torrent, quickly surged through their bodies.
Their muscles were even more agitated, bulging like boulders.
The unprecedented abundant power made Bastille and the others' faces change drastically, and their gazes all locked onto Kai.
"Is this your power?"
"Hehe, what if it is, and what if it isn't? Live on. The New World has no mercy. You still need to survive for half a day!" Kai said with a cold smile.
"I hope that when we meet again later, you'll still be able to survive!"
After leaving these words, Kai turned around and disappeared from the spot out of thin air.
The sudden scene made Bastille's face change slightly.
As Observation Haki quickly swept out, Bastille was stunned in place.
"Lord Bastille, wh-what happened? Where did that Skeletal Demon go?" The adjutant's face couldn't help but change.
"Didn't you sense it? He disappeared. He's not on the ship!" Bastille turned his head and glared.
A ridiculous thought sprouted in his mind.
Escape! However, as soon as this thought sprouted, Bastille quickly extinguished it in his heart.
Putting aside the fact that this was a lure operation concerning whether or not they could capture Uchiha Kai.
Just facing the Sea Kings that were eyeing them covetously from all around, they had no way to retreat.
Moreover, with these two strange light arrays, everyone's injuries and power had been enhanced.
Under these circumstances, it wouldn't be surprising if they could resist.
Thinking of this, a trace of determination flashed across Bastille's face, and he shouted sternly, Don't think about escaping. We can't guess the Skeletal Demon's methods.
The only thing we can do now is to survive for half a day under the Sea Kings' attacks.
Everyone, listen to my orders! Rotate the offensive and defensive formations! The methods that the Skeletal Demon used just now have a healing effect.
We should try to trade injuries for injuries and scare these Sea Kings out of their wits!
Although I also want to cut the Skeletal Demon into a thousand pieces, he said one thing that wasn't wrong: this is the Grand Line, and there's no mercy in the New World!
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