Ten Thousand Meters Beneath the Sea

"Open the valve to inflate."

"Release the buoyancy bag and begin descent."

As the Mr. Christmas command was given, the bubbles at the back of the boat began to shrink, eventually covering the hull.

The buoyancy bags located at the bottom of the ship were discarded, and without the buoyancy bags, the ship began to sink in a straight line.

The vessel, once covered with a film, experiences reduced pressure from all sides, and the buoyancy becomes insufficient to support it, causing it to continuously sink.

The ship sails down the Yalchi Man Red Tree of the Sabaody Archipelago, which is built on several of the Sabaody Archipelago Yalchi Man Red Tree. Even the bubbles that fill the ship's belly are a reaction between the resin diffused from the Yalchi Man Red Tree and the air.

After descending some distance, all that stretched out in front of us were the roots of mangrove trees, continuing downwards.

"Are these all tree roots? They're huge."

Vivi looked at the huge logs around her with a surprised expression.

"So this is what lies beneath the Sabaody Archipelago. It's truly amazing." Mr. Christmas sat at the bow of the ship, gazing into the distance, his expression somewhat excited.

The others were filled with curiosity about the underwater scene, but only Ace, who had been there before, was unfazed.

Xia Qiu was equally surprised by everything around her.

What is that?

Mr. Christmas, his eyes wide open, pointed at something behind a giant tree in the distance.

Wow, what a huge sea fish!

It was a huge sea fish, several hundred meters long, appearing and disappearing among several pillars.

"If they attack us, that would be a real problem."

Alken couldn't help but say.

But the next moment, the sea fish convulsed, and its eyes rolled back.

On the sea fish, a Giant Beast was lying on its body, constantly gnawing at it.

"I forgot, we also have an even more terrifying president."

"Alken said awkwardly."

Xia Qiu devoured the giant fish as the ship slowly sank. Only after Xia Qiu finished eating did he catch up again.

As the ship continued to descend deeper into the ocean, the surrounding waters grew increasingly dark, eventually reaching the Twilight Zone.

Boom, boom, boom.

A deafening roar of rolling ocean currents echoed from afar.

Are there waterfalls underwater?

Vivi looked at the scene before her with great surprise.

"This is Underwater Waterfall. It goes all the way down to a place where the water is seven thousand meters deep," Ace replied.

"Seven thousand meters? The water pressure must be immense!"

Heckle seemed to realize something and asked.

Ace nodded and said, "The water pressure is very high, which is why we need bubbles that can relieve the pressure. They can reduce the pressure from all directions, so that we don't have to worry about the huge water pressure even in the deep sea."

"What about the president?"

Cecilia asked worriedly.

Ace said, "There shouldn't be any problem. Not to mention seven thousand meters, there are sea monsters even at a depth of ten thousand meters in the ocean."

"That's good."

Heckle nodded, and the ship plunged into the giant hole below.

But as soon as they got close, they discovered a huge monster at the cave entrance.

"Is this a squid?"

In the dim light and the ship's searchlight, a giant squid appeared before us, each of its tentacles measuring over a hundred meters in length.

"It's the Kraken."

Ace immediately said, "There's a giant squid on the way to Fish-Man Island that attacks passing ships and shreds them with its tentacles. It wasn't here when I came here last time, but I unfortunately ran into it this time."

As they drew closer to the Kraken, the Kraken also spotted the pirate ship and began to approach.

Such Giant Beast could be killed by many on land, but now it is underwater.

A ship full of Devil Fruit User couldn't possibly defeat him.

But no one was worried about that.

boom.

Behind them, a giant Giant Beast charged toward the Kraken.

Click.

The Giant Beast Kraken off the seawater with its six legs and pounced straight at the Kraken, biting its head in one gulp.

The Kraken, attacked by Xia Qiu, immediately went berserk, its thick tentacles wrapping around Xia Qiu and constantly contracting.

Xia Qiu then moved his six legs and stomped with his claws at the speed of shaving, and the claws of the Kraken shattered little by little.

However, when the wrists and feet contracted and bound the rest of Xia Qiu's body, Xia Qiu's movements were restricted.

The enormous tentacles, reaching hundreds of meters in length, possess immense binding power, capable of crushing even the rock pillars at the bottom of the sea.

However, it had no effect on Xia Qiu's body and could not cause her much harm.

Therefore, Xia Qiu and the Kraken were locked in a stalemate for a time, neither able to gain the upper hand.

At this moment, the other tentacles of the Kraken attacked the approaching ship.

"Oh no, it's coming!"

Upon seeing this, Heckle's expression changed, and the sailors on the ship immediately gripped the helm and dodged.

"Prepare bubbles for me and Heckle, we're going out to attack."

Ace shouted loudly, but at that moment, Xia Qiu kicked off with all six legs, directly pushing the Kraken down into the cave.

boom.

The Kraken and Xia Qiu vanished into the darkness in an instant.

"Hurry up and keep up."

Heckle shouted loudly, and the ship entered the cave.

Darkness enveloped them, with only searchlights illuminating a small area, but the rapid descent caused the scenery before them to constantly change.

After a brief period of darkness, they arrived at a depth of 7,000 meters below the seabed. Below them was land, but not the deepest point beneath the Red Line.

"Finally, we're down."

Cecilia sighed, then called out, "Where's the president?"

Heckle immediately turned on the ship's searchlights, shining them in all directions in hopes of finding the president's trail.

"Whether the president can win or not depends on the opponent's strong restraining force on his wrists and feet, and most importantly, they are too big."

Alken asked worriedly, "Moreover, underwater, one cannot exert force, and the Six Powers are almost unusable. It will be quite difficult for the president to defeat him."

The group searched for Xia Qiu and found the enormous Kraken in the distance, with Xia Qiu perched on top of it, devouring the Kraken's corpse.

"It's the president."

Seeing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but Ace was very curious about how he had managed to kill the Kraken.

The ship sailed with the ocean currents, passing through Xia Qiu, and continued on its way.

Xia Qiu continued to devour the corpse of the Kraken, avoiding the head because he had injected venom into it.

Although his strength and attack power surpassed his, he was still too big. If he could control himself, it would be difficult for him to move.

So Xia Qiu used his venomous fangs to poison it to death.

Xia Qiu was already full after eating only half of the wrist and foot, so he quickly followed the ship.

The ship continued its journey, and another huge, deep hole appeared before it.

"Let's go in, Fish-Man Island is down below," Ace said.

The ship entered the cave and immediately plummeted downwards, unable to control its descent, and was about to crash into the cliff face.

Bang.

Xia Qiu stood between the boat and the cliff, their eight tentacles supporting the boat.

Swoosh.

The ship continued its descent and crashed directly into the seabed.

Snap.

Suddenly, the surroundings opened up, the darkness disappeared, and light returned.

On the ship, everyone stared blankly at the scene before them: the island, covered by a thin film and clinging to the giant trees, shimmered with a peculiar light in the sunlight.

Fish-Man Island.