"Quick, quickly treat Colonel Hina."
Seeing Hina injured, the sailors on the warship rushed towards her, simultaneously calling for the ship's doctor to treat her.
"The artery wasn't hit. First, stop the bleeding, remove the bullet, clean the wound, and then we can stitch it up and treat the inflammation," the ship doctor said rapidly. "Therefore, we need a stable and clean environment as much as possible, along with equipment. We must return to the medical bay in the ship's cabin first."
"Then take Colonel Hina into the cabin," called out Hina's subordinate, Marine Captain Gulf, ordering the sailors to carry Hina on a stretcher towards the cabin.
But at that moment, with a boom, the ship's hull violently shook.
Boom.
The sailors stumbled and fell to the ground. The stretcher overturned, and Hina fell off, letting out a cry of pain.
"I'm sorry, Colonel Hina, we deserve to die."
The two sailors quickly got up and, along with the others, went to lift Hina and place her back on the stretcher.
"Wait a moment."
Hina immediately raised her arm, stopping their actions, and loudly asked, "What happened?"
"A Giant Beast collided with the Sea Ship," a sailor standing at the ship's edge replied.
"Colonel Hina, there's a huge hole in the ship's bottom. Two more hits and we'll be sunk," another sailor shouted anxiously.
"A Giant Beast attacked us?" Hina frowned, enduring the pain, and asked, "Where is it now?"
Another sailor answered, "The Giant Beast is heading towards Commodore Madsen's ship."
"Robin has already left, why is it still attacking? And it's heading back? Does it want to leave us all here?" Hina was somewhat confused, then gritted her teeth and said, "Prepare the iron cannons, don't let it get any closer."
"Yes."
After the sailor responded, Hina added, "Treat my bleeding for now, no need to remove the bullet yet."
"But..." the ship doctor seemed anxious.
Hina gritted her teeth and said, "I can't worry about that much. The Giant Beast is still attacking. If the ship sinks, we'll have no escape in the cabin."
Then she looked into the distance and said, "Captain Gulf, contact the Black Cage Fleet and ask them where they are."
"Yes."
A naval officer in the distance quickly responded.
...
Xia Qiu smashed a huge hole in the warship and then charged back again, heading for the second warship. T Bone's warship was already worthless. T Bone and another capable officer had been killed by him. The rest were ordinary sailors with average strength. Eating them would provide limited Reinforcement Energy, so he wasn't considering them for now. The only one left was that Commodore, whom he absolutely had to kill.
"Quick, quickly get closer to the shore."
When T Bone jumped into the water to hinder Xia Qiu, Commodore Madsen's first thought wasn't to help him, but to escape. The Giant Beast's strength was too great, and after he himself was injured, he had no effective way to harm it. T Bone would surely die underwater. Hina couldn't go into the water, and the cannons and ballistae couldn't do much damage to it. More importantly, the ship was almost destroyed, with more than half of the cabin hollowed out, barely maintaining balance by its bow and stern. One more impact and the warship would inevitably sink. Moreover, to prevent the Giant Beast from getting closer, they had lit fire oil, which had already burned away nearly half the cabin, forcing them to abandon it. Therefore, Madsen planned to head for shore. Once on land, since the ship was going to sink anyway, it would be enough of an excuse.
The warship sailed towards the coast, now only seven or eight meters away.
"Trying to escape?" Xia Qiu saw the warship heading for the coast. That Commodore could use Geppo, right? That meant he could walk on air, and seven or eight meters was not a problem. Furthermore, his speed on land was faster than in water. After consuming Crocodile and Bonis, his body had been further reinforced, making him tougher and faster. In a pure straight-line race, Xia Qiu didn't believe he would be weaker than the Commodore. However, the Commodore knew Geppo, which was an application of Soru. He could walk on air, and his speed on land would be even faster. If he used Soru, Xia Qiu definitely wouldn't be able to catch up. Therefore, he couldn't let him reach the shore. Xia Qiu thought, and instead of directly colliding with the warship, he charged towards the coast. "Go ashore directly."
Madsen saw the Giant Beast charging from afar, and in an instant, it was not far from the warship.
He glanced at the distance between the warship and the shore again, stomped his foot, and leaped into the air. He moved forward by repeatedly stepping on the air.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
Madsen leaped towards the shore, but his movements were somewhat unstable. His right arm was crippled, and his left arm was injured, making it difficult for him to maintain balance. As he moved forward, he swayed left and right, his steps unsteady. He barely reached the shore, leaped out once, and landed on the edge of the coast.
But the moment he landed, a huge figure suddenly shot out of the water and lunged at him diagonally.
"Not good."
Seeing this, Madsen gritted his teeth and pushed off the ground with both feet, lunging forward.
Boom.
A giant mouth snapped shut just past his body. The massive body fell, crashing onto the shore.
Bang.
Madsen lunged a distance, landed heavily on the ground, rolled over, and pushed himself to his feet.
At this moment, Xia Qiu had already darted out and lunged at Madsen.
"Damn it."
Madsen felt a sharp pain in his arm. Gritting his teeth, he stomped on the ground and leaped into the distance.
Soru.
Madsen's figure suddenly disappeared. After moving a certain distance, he reappeared far away.
After landing, he stumbled, and Xia Qiu was already lunging at him from behind.
Continue.
Madsen kept using Soru, running into the distance, but he was injured, and his arms couldn't balance his body. At most, he could use it twice consecutively before stopping.
Xia Qiu chased with all his might. This person was incredibly tough, at least a Commodore-level expert. He had to be consumed.
One person and one beast, one fleeing, one chasing, rapidly approaching the seaport.
"The Giant Beast is on land and charging this way!"
Someone at the port shouted loudly.
"There's someone! The Giant Beast is chasing a person!" Someone with sharp eyes spotted the person in front of the Giant Beast and immediately yelled.
"To actually lure the Giant Beast here."
An officer saw this scene, his face as dark as ink.
Seeing the Navy arrive, they feared the Giant Beast would return and endanger the city.
Therefore, the garrison of Canal City did not return to their camp but went near the port, telling the civilians to leave and forming a defensive perimeter at the entrance.
Although they were prepared, they couldn't help but feel fear upon seeing the Giant Beast approaching.
"The Giant Beast is getting closer, sir. Should we open fire?"
A soldier asked tremblingly.
"It's too close; it will injure that Navy officer in front."
The officer hesitated, but looking at the Giant Beast's speed and massive size, "We can't let it enter Canal City."
The officer's eyes became firm, and he shouted, "Open fire, aim at the Giant Beast, and support our Navy sir!"
Boom, boom, boom.
Cannons fired shells towards the Giant Beast.
Boom.
A shell landed next to Xia Qiu and exploded violently, sending shrapnel flying.
Exploding Shell.
Unlike solid shot, these were filled with gunpowder. After being fired, the shells would explode, and the fragments would fly out, injuring the enemy.
But with Xia Qiu's skin defense, these fragments were useless.
Xia Qiu continued his pursuit. Two more shells were fired, one exploding on Xia Qiu's head, and another exploding diagonally in front of him.
The shrapnel couldn't harm Xia Qiu.
"Ah!"
But Madsen felt as if he had been hit by a shield. His body stiffened as a piece of shrapnel shot into his back and another into his leg.
The moment he was hit, his steps faltered, and Xia Qiu had already pounced, biting down.
Crunch.
Xia Qiu's teeth bit directly into Madsen's upper body. His teeth slowly closed, with one of the front teeth piercing his abdomen and the teeth behind it digging into his chest, crushing his bones, and caving in his entire head.
However, Xia Qiu didn't bite all the way through, severing his body.
Even without using his Devil Fruit ability, his strength was already immense, not inferior to a Commodore. But what if he had abilities?
Xia Qiu bit into his body and turned directly towards the coast, planning to eat later.
"What is that?"
But as he was about to enter the sea, Xia Qiu looked into the distance. Six or seven warships appeared in the distance, sailing towards them.
These warships were smaller than the three he had just encountered, about forty meters long, but there were many of them.
"Reinforcements have arrived?"
Seeing this, Xia Qiu let out a cold snort, "What's the use of having many sea ships?"
These ships couldn't harm him, and since he was in the sea, he could leave anytime. Why should he worry about these warships?
The more that came, the more food there would be.
But the next moment, Xia Qiu saw the warships in the distance split into two groups. Two sailed towards him, while the other five sailed straight towards Robin.
"They're going after Robin?"
Xia Qiu found it a bit difficult. He couldn't stop five warships at once; three was his limit, any more...
Robin had already escaped the encirclement, and they couldn't catch up for the time being.
In that case, he should leave.
Xia Qiu thought, entered the sea, and chased directly after Robin. Midway, he ate the Marine officer in his mouth. Then, sticking close to the coast of Alabasta, he found Robin at the far edge.
"Get on quickly."
Xia Qiu shouted loudly, "Five ships are coming from behind. I'll take you away."
"Okay."
Robin jumped onto Xia Qiu's body, sent Binchi ashore to head to the Spider Cafe, and then Xia Qiu, with Robin, fled rapidly.
But after a while, Robin felt something was wrong.
"Did Little Qiu just speak?"
Today's update will be only two chapters. Too much time has been delayed today, so I'm taking a leave for one chapter to adjust my schedule and get some sleep.
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