Devouring and Departure

For the next few days, Xia Qiu stayed on the Thriller Bark, feeding on Oars's corpse every day.

"Click, click."

Xia Qiu devoured Oars's corpse, tearing off a large chunk of arm flesh, chewing it thoroughly, swallowing it, and continuing to gnaw until the right arm was completely eaten.

On the first day of Xia Qiu, they ate Oars's head and neck, and on the Hiyori and third days, they ate his chest and heart.

On the fourth day, they ate his right arm; that last meal had completely consumed his arm.

It's too big.

Oars's body was over 80 meters tall and weighed three to four hundred tons.

I can eat about fifty tons a day at most.

However, it reaches its limit after consuming around two hundred tons of food.

Without the protection of a shadow, the corpse decomposed much faster and is now no longer able to be fed.

"Never mind."

Xia Qiu slowly walked back the way she came. Before long, the flesh inside her stomach turned into a warm current.

Wow.

These heat currents spread throughout the body, making it extremely hot.

Of these heat streams, most of them are concentrated at the head, where two white, pointed horns appear, curving downwards and then forwards, about a meter long and about thirty centimeters thick at the base.

Oars provides a great deal of energy, most of which is Evolution Energy.

The evolved structure is the pointed horn on the head.

After Xia Qiu ate the Triceratops, two bulges appeared on his head, right on the horn, but no horn grew out.

After eating Oars, Xia Qiu grew horns, but the horns curved slightly inwards and then forward.

A horn that's a meter long is rather short for Xia Qiu right now, but she's already considered the possibility of it growing.

Angles play a significant role.

With the addition of horns, the impact force is more concentrated.

It can penetrate much harder objects, especially its own horns, which are formed from bone and have a hardness similar to its own bones, exceeding the hardness of iron.

Such a pair of corners can easily pierce through a boulder.

As for dealing with huge objects, such as Sea King or warships, the horn can easily penetrate the target, and then the lower ram can be used to strike it.

Xia Qiu was very satisfied with her horns. If they grew on their own, it would probably take her about two months to eat a Triceratops.

However, there weren't that many Triceratops. On the entire Primordial Island, I had only eaten a dozen or so, which caused two bumps to grow on my body.

"President."

Xia Qiu returned to the original spot and saw Heckle standing there, wearing a trench coat.

"How are you doing now?" Xia Qiu asked, looking at him.

Heckle clenched his arm and said, "It will take some time to fully recover, but I can already walk freely."

"That's good."

Xia Qiu nodded, and then said, "Then let's get ready to leave."

Xia Qiu gathered Ace, Heckle, and Hogback at the harbor.

Perona sent her servants with several chests of treasure, while Hogback also brought a considerable amount of tools, treasure, and a corpse.

"Sorry, none of these things can be brought on board," Ace said, standing on the shore.

"Can't I bring anything?"

Perona stood there, and asked sadly, "Are we going to throw away all this treasure?"

"My medical equipment is also here," Hogback said.

Ace shrugged and said, "My little boat is already struggling to carry us, so it can't carry anything more."

"There are still boats here."

Perona pointed into the distance and said, "We can use other ships."

"That would be discovered."

Standing on the small boat, Heckle said, "We're wanted criminals, so we have to stay here."

"All right."

Perona thought to herself, and jumped onto the boat.

But Hogback glanced at the treasure, then at the corpse in his arms, and said, "But I must take this with me."

"What is this?" Ace asked, looking at the corpse.

Hogback said, "This is Sindory, and I must take her away."

"All right."

Ace knew about Sindory and said, "Take her with you."

Hogback carried Sindory's body onto the ship, Ace started the ship, flames erupted, and they left.

Behind them, Xia Qiu jumped into the water and followed closely behind.

After they left, a large crowd gathered near the harbor.

"They're gone, we can leave now."

"Prepare the boats, let's set sail together."

"They're gone."

These people are all controlled pirates and servants. Just in case, they are all confined here and can only leave after the others have left.

Moreover, the number of ships is limited; there are only two intact pirate ships, which is not enough for them all to leave.

So some people left by boat, while others had to steer the Thriller Bark out of the area.

But no matter what they do, the news will get out, especially the appearance of the Thriller Bark, which will inevitably alarm the world.

"Shocking! Shichibukai Gecko Moria has been killed, and the killer is..."

"The Devil's Triangle Revealed: The Reason for the Disappearance of Hundreds Every Year..."

"Ace and Heckle kill Moria, revealing the secrets of Baroque Works to you."

As the news spread through the newspapers, everyone who saw it was quite surprised.

The Shichibukai Great Pirate recognized by the World Government, and each of them has a powerful reputation.

Such a Great Pirate was actually killed.

Moreover, the killers were from the Baroque Works, which the navy had previously wiped out.

Not only that, Moria even experimented on people, creating a massive zombie army of thousands.

This information spread around the world instantly, becoming the hottest topic at the moment.

"Aokiji, look at the mess you've made."

At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku looked at Aokiji sitting on the sofa in front of him with an extremely unpleasant expression.

"I didn't expect them to go after Moria, and even kill him," Aokiji said, somewhat distressed.

Sengoku said coldly, "This is retaliation against us, Aokiji. This is the consequence of your unauthorized actions."

Aokiji sighed and said, "It is my dereliction of duty."

"Most importantly, they also exposed Moria's evil deeds."

Sengoku looked at the intelligence reports coming from various places and said, "Many places are discussing the evil deeds of the Shichibukai."

"What do we do next?" Aokiji asked Sengoku.

Sengoku said, "The Five Elders believe this matter is extremely serious and have ordered us to capture Ace and investigate its connection to Whitebeard. Therefore, our next step is to hunt down Ace, establish a cordon around Sabaody Archipelago to prevent them from heading to the New World, and then surround and capture them."

"Then I'll take charge of this."

Aokiji stood up. He was the one who caused this, and he had to take full responsibility.

Sengoku waved his hand and said, "Leave this matter to Sakazuki."

"Um?"

Aokiji looked at Sengoku with some surprise.

"He came to apply as soon as he received the message, and left without waiting for my approval."

Sengoku said, "He said he would personally capture Fire Fist Ace and finish them off."

"It seems Onigumo Vice Admiral and he have a good relationship, right?" Aokiji asked. "Is it because of him?"

Sengoku shook his head and said, "That's not the reason. He told me a bold idea, but it's difficult to control. Sakazuki might not be able to find Ace and the others."

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