"This Giant Beast..."
On the third warship, Hina lowered her telescope, her expression a little horrified. "Captain T-Bone can sever the necks of small Sea Kings over a hundred meters long, and Commodore Madsen can shatter the skulls of small Sea Kings with a single punch, killing them. But now, facing that Giant Beast, none of it has any effect."
"Truly terrifying."
Hina waved her hand and said, "Slightly to the right by fifteen degrees, don't get too close, and continue pursuing Nico Robin."
"Yes, Captain Hina."
The surrounding sailors immediately acted according to the instructions.
"Here it comes again."
T-Bone saw the huge shadow charging from the seabed, his expression solemn. He slowly gripped his long sword. "It only took one hit, and the Sea Ship was already struck with a large hole. I can't let it continue, or the ship will sink. At that time... for the sake of my subordinates, I must face it."
T-Bone gripped his long sword, staring intently at the Giant Beast.
The power of a wave slash is less than a direct strike. Commodore Madsen's fist definitely caused damage to this Giant Beast. As long as I stab with all my might at the spot where Commodore Madsen attacked, I can pierce its skull.
So, when the Giant Beast approached to a certain distance, he suddenly pushed off with his feet and leaped high into the air. He gripped his long sword with both hands, and as his body fell, he used all his strength in his arms to stab fiercely towards Xia Qiu's head.
It's coming down?
Xia Qiu felt T-Bone's movement. As he fell, he didn't continue charging forward but leaped upwards, opening his massive mouth to bite at the opponent.
Clang.
T-Bone's long sword collided with Xia Qiu's teeth.
Screeeech.
A piercing sound rang out. T-Bone's long sword struck Xia Qiu's teeth but slid downwards along with them. Using Xia Qiu's impact force and his own strength, he put all his might into it, grinding away a portion of Xia Qiu's enamel, then penetrating into the dentin. It continued to go deeper, directly creating a crack in Xia Qiu's tooth, occupying nearly half of it.
Crack.
But the next moment, the long sword directly snapped and fell into Xia Qiu's mouth.
T-Bone then pushed off with his feet, stepping on Xia Qiu's lower jaw, and leaped high into the air, returning to the ship's cabin.
Ptooey.
Xia Qiu fell heavily into the water, crushing the broken sword and swallowing it.
The metal was too hard for him to digest, but it wouldn't cause him much harm. While eating humans, Xia Qiu had ingested quite a bit of metal.
He got away.
Xia Qiu was a little angry, but the momentum of his charge had dissipated, and the direct impact caused little damage to the ship. There was no need to continue attacking.
In the distance, the second warship had closed in on Robin by another segment.
So Xia Qiu turned around and charged again.
"Here it comes again."
Commodore Madsen saw this scene, his expression ugly. He had no choice but to order an artillery strike, but it was useless.
Boom.
Xia Qiu directly smashed into the side of the warship, creating a large hole, and then rammed into the keel.
This time, his head was injured, and he didn't create a crack in the keel. So he didn't leave but began to squeeze his way inside.
Crack.
Xia Qiu swung his head to the left, and the left side of the ship's hull immediately exploded. He stuck his head out of the ship's cabin at an angle, violently stomped his right forelimb against the hull, crushing the planks, and then squeezed his body inside.
Marine warships were large, at least fifty meters long, not much longer than Xia Qiu's body but wider.
Xia Qiu squeezed forward from the inside, smashing through compartment after compartment, destroying the hull planks, and inching his way in.
"Damn it, he's inside the ship."
Commodore Madsen's face was grim. He shouted, "Wells, you take your team to bring explosives and fire oil. The rest of you, follow me into the ship's cabin. Messenger, request reinforcements!"
Madsen led a portion of his men into the ship's cabin and charged towards Xia Qiu.
Bang, bang.
Bullets struck Xia Qiu's body, having no effect whatsoever.
Xia Qiu saw people coming down and rapidly approached them, attacking them.
"Die for me!"
Madsen's left arm bulged, and he lunged at Xia Qiu, throwing a punch.
Xia Qiu didn't use his ramming horn but opened his mouth and bit towards Madsen.
Bang.
Madsen's fist collided with Xia Qiu's teeth, emitting a dull thud.
Xia Qiu's teeth trembled slightly. Although his teeth were strong, they were connected by gums. Under the immense force, they became somewhat loose.
But Madsen's fist, under the enormous impact, had its finger bones shattered, and his palm throbbed with intense pain.
"Damn it."
Madsen's face turned grim as he retreated rapidly, making a dash for the ship's cabin.
Bang, bang, boom.
At this point, other weapons landed on Xia Qiu's mouth and head.
But they had no effect whatsoever.
Xia Qiu then pushed off with his legs, lunging forward again and biting down.
Snap.
Xia Qiu bit two sailors, severing their upper bodies.
"So terrifying, our attacks are useless."
"Run, run!"
These sailors fled upwards. Xia Qiu tried to pursue, but the deck blocked him, forcing him to break through the wooden planks again.
"Distress signal?"
Marine Colonel T Bone saw the signal flags and immediately shouted, "Commodore Madsen is in trouble, we're going to support him."
"Is Colonel T Bone heading over?"
Hina saw T Bone's ship sailing towards Madsen's direction, her eyes narrowing. With Colonel T Bone joining, the two of them should be able to hold off the Giant Beast. Even if they couldn't win, they could hold out until reinforcements arrived.
Conversely, if they tied down the Giant Beast, Robin would be safe.
Hina thought this and then suddenly waved her hand, "Commodore Madsen has a Marine Admiral there, so Hina doesn't need to go. Continue pursuing Robin."
"Yes."
The sailors quickly changed course, and the warship sped towards Robin's direction.
Xia Qiu smashed through another deck and continued charging upwards, but with a boom, an explosion erupted, and a massive shockwave burst right in front of him, flames rushing towards him.
Useless.
Xia Qiu closed his nictitating membranes; such impact couldn't harm him. A little flame was equally ineffective. As he tried to advance further, something suddenly flowed down from above.
Boom, boom.
Flames burned fiercely, blocking the space in front of Xia Qiu.
"So hot."
Xia Qiu felt the heatwave and burning sensation washing over him. Moreover, liquid dripped onto his head and started burning.
Xia Qiu didn't advance further but retreated. The damage was almost done. If he just repeated his previous actions a couple more times, both this ship and that other one would be sunk.
However, as he entered the sea, Xia Qiu noticed that the first warship was sailing towards him, while the third warship was pursuing Robin.
"You stay too."
Seeing this, Xia Qiu charged forward, intending to bypass the first warship and chase after the third.
"We can't let it catch up to Hina. If it smashes Hina's ship, then Robin will escape."
T Bone saw this, picked up a spare longsword, gripped it in his hand, and said angrily, "Destroyed eight warships, killed the Shichibukai Crocodile, and then attacked Canal City. We cannot let Robin escape."
Thus, T Bone ordered the sea ship to change course and approach Xia Qiu, blocking him diagonally.
"Bastard."
Xia Qiu snorted upon seeing this. He couldn't accelerate and sink this ship.
Xia Qiu planned to go underwater and bypass his warship.
But the next moment, T Bone jumped into the sea and lunged at Xia Qiu. "Although I cannot defeat you, I am willing to use my life to stop you. As long as I can capture Robin, I can avenge my fallen Marine comrades and the attacked citizens."
Not only that, but sailors also leaped into the ocean and charged at Xia Qiu.
"These people."
Xia Qiu hadn't expected any Marines to be willing to pay with their lives to obstruct him.
Xia Qiu opened his nictitating membranes and was somewhat surprised.
It was him.
Marine Colonel T Bone, nicknamed the Ship Slasher.
He was one of the few upright individuals in the Marines, honest and kind, with a motto of "doing a hundred good deeds a day."
He was willing to risk his life to stop evil, and he led by example.
Within the Marines, justice was interpreted in various ways: dark justice, justice at any cost, lazy justice.
But the belief T Bone adhered to was the justice of duty, standing from the perspective of the Marines and fulfilling his responsibilities.
However, from the Marines' perspective, the definition of evil itself might be flawed.
He used the Marines' accusation of Robin gathering criminals as grounds for her arrest.
Robin undoubtedly had her transgressions, but neither the destruction of eight warships nor the killing of Crocodile was done by Robin.
As for the attack on Canal City, neither she nor Xia Qiu had harmed a single person.
The person who died was killed by Miss Doublefinger, and it was the enemy who initiated the attack first.
However, in the eyes of the public, it was Robin who attacked Canal City, and the appearance of the Devil Child and the Giant Beast truly threatened them.
Different perspectives lead to different actions and outcomes.
In Xia Qiu's view, they were just enemies and food.
"Since you're looking for death, I'll kill you."
Xia Qiu charged straight ahead, intending to kill him before stopping the warship.
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