Arlong, Nearly Sat to Death

1520th year of the Sea Calendar, East Blue, Arlong Park.

"I wouldn't even need to touch humans of your level... A tiny bit of insignificant water is enough to kill you all. That's the difference in power between humans and Fish-Man!" Arlong said disdainfully, holding a puddle of water in his hand and looking down at the two lying beneath him.

"What a joke, Breast Meat Kick!" Sanji wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, stubbornly got up, and kicked Arlong with all his might.

However, Arlong simply turned his body slightly to the side and dodged Sanji's attack, without even spilling a single drop of water from the puddle in his hand.

"Looks like you still don't understand the difference between us!" The moment Arlong dodged, he threw the water droplet in his hand with all his might. The huge impact, like a water cannon, slammed Sanji hard into the ground, and he slid for dozens of meters before finally coming to a stop.

"Damn it, this is just a water fight for this guy, but for us it's like a shotgun blast. Is this the power of mermaids? It's despair-inducingly strong." Sanji felt as if his body no longer belonged to him, and his pain receptors were numb. "However, we haven't rescued the princess from the Arlong's clutches yet. How can I, as a knight, fall here!"

Seeing the curly eyebrows in front of him rise again and again, Arlong curled his lip in disdain and said indifferently, "Just die already. What value is the life of a lowly race like yours?"

"Hmph, you really were underestimated." Zoro also got up from the ground and joined the battle. "Hey, you half-fish bastard, your opponent is right here!"

"Can you still hold on?" Sanji remembered that the man with the sharp eyes of an eagle had almost cut Zoro in two with a single slash, and even now, his body was still wrapped in countless bandages.

"Idiot, as long as you're not dead, you still have the power to fight!" Zoro bit the last remaining Wado Ichimonji in his mouth, picked up the two blades that had fallen to the ground earlier, and assumed an attack stance.

"Hmph, Seaweed Head, don't blame me if you can't hold on." Sanji was shocked, but he didn't hold back at all.

"Curly-browed guy, don't worry, I won't fall before you," Zoro said with a determined look in his eyes.

A spark of intense... friendship ignited in their eyes.

"Hahahaha, you two idiots! How could a lowly race like yours understand the greatness of mermaids? Let me send you to hell!" Arlong laughed maniacally.

"Lord Arlong, please be careful from the sky! It looks like something is falling down!" A Fish-Man nearby noticed that the sunlight seemed much dimmer, looked up in confusion, and his pupils contracted sharply as he loudly warned him.

"Hahaha, idiot, there's no such thing as a heavenly place..."

Bang!

Seabed.

Nami and A Jian were pulling at the top of their lungs, or rather, pulling at Luffy.

Before this, Luffy had strangely stuck his foot into the ground and couldn't pull it out. Arlong then threw Arlong into the water along with the ground. Unlike Drought Jack, who is Fish-Man who has eaten Devil Fruit, Luffy would definitely suffocate to death if left for too long.

But Nami and A Jian are just ordinary people, and it would be an almost impossible task for them to smash such a large rock.

Just as the group was at their wits' end, a deafening roar came from the sea, and the terrifying shockwave caused the seabed to shake violently, as if it were an underwater earthquake.

Click!

The rock that Luffy Luffy's legs was broken through by his own violent force, and with Arlong adding fuel to the fire, the rock was naturally not very sturdy. Under such a violent underwater earthquake, it crumbled and completely disintegrated.

"Yo-ho, I'm back!" Luffy, who had been flung out of the sea by A Jian and Nami Luffy straight into the sky and shouted with great energy.

However, to Luffy's surprise, he, who should have been the main character at the scene, seemed to have attracted no attention at all, as if he were just an insignificant pawn.

"Huh? What's that big guy? It looks delicious." As Luffy landed in mid-air, he suddenly noticed that a giant Red-Haired Gorilla had appeared at the spot where they were supposed to fight Arlong. The new species made his mouth water.

However, he soon discovered a serious problem: where did that hideous bastard Arlong go?

So Luffy didn't hesitate any longer. He swung his hands forcefully, grabbed the building in front of Zoro Sanji, and landed on the ground with a "whoosh".

"Huh? Where's that bastard Arlong? Did you two beat him to death?" Luffy waved his hand in front of the two stunned men and asked in confusion.

Zoro and Sanji mechanically turned their heads, their expressions strange, and pointed in perfect unison at the red-haired Masira in front of them that was at least ten stories tall, "We're being crushed under this giant guy's butt."

"By the way, I was just about to ask, how did this big guy get here?"

"If I told you that an island just flew by in the sky and this big guy fell off from that island, would you believe me?" Sanji said, looking utterly bewildered.

To everyone's surprise, Luffy's eyes immediately turned into stars upon hearing this, and his body swayed like noodles. "Wow, a flying island! That's so cool!"

Sanji almost vomited blood. Is this the reaction a normal person should have? Don't you have any doubts about something that is completely illogical?

"So, Arlong was killed by this Masira sitting on his butt?" Luffy asked, clenching his right fist and tapping it against his left palm, as if waking from a dream.

"Uh... it shouldn't be that bad, right?" The expressions on everyone's faces became unnatural. Arlong was, after all, a well-known overlord of the East Blue who could stop Night Infant. He shouldn't have died such a pathetic death.

Bang!

Suddenly, a hole burst open in the ground in the distance, and Arlong, covered in mud and looking disheveled, rushed out from underground. He had obviously escaped from under the monster's rear end by digging a hole.

After all, Arlong was able to serve as Senior Executive in the Sun Pirates, so his strength was definitely not weak. He was also at an above-average level among Fish-Man, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he had a body of steel. That's how he survived such a terrifying impact. The 20 million bounty was completely underestimated.

Arlong's eyes were bloodshot. He had almost been sat on and killed by this Masira, which was definitely the greatest humiliation of his life. His hatred for this red-haired Masira even surpassed that for Luffy in an instant.

"Ah... you foolish beast, I will tear you to pieces!" Arlong was not afraid at all. The Masira's height of nearly thirty meters was nothing in his eyes. After all, what kind of monsters didn't exist near Fish-Man Island? He had even seen Giant Sea Kings that were several thousand meters long.