After swallowing Arlong, Xia Qiu immediately went after Hachi.
Hachi was a cadre. Within the Arlong Pirates, his strength was second only to Arlong's.
Xia Qiu had no intention of letting his Reinforcement Energy slip away.
So after swallowing Arlong into his belly, Xia Qiu began the chase. Five minutes later, the heat flowing through Xia Qiu's body—the faint heat provided by the Fish-Man soldiers—suddenly grew powerful.
This energy was incredibly strong.
Xia Qiu could feel the immense, searing heat. It far surpassed that of Kuroobi and Chuu, even exceeding the two of them combined.
This power made subtle sounds come from Xia Qiu's body as a long-lost sensation of pain spread through him.
It was foreseeable that after eating Arlong, his physical abilities would improve by quite a bit again.
Xia Qiu allowed the heat to reshape his body as he continued the pursuit.
After another six or seven minutes of chasing, Xia Qiu had traveled roughly ten kilometers. Jumada Island was not far ahead when a Fish-Man appeared before him.
That was?
Seeing him, Xia Qiu recalled the Fish-Man who had secretly fled while he was fighting Arlong and Hachi.
He had actually run all the way here.
But where was Hachi?
This Fish-Man had left two or three minutes before Hachi. With the ten minutes Arlong had stalled for and the time Xia Qiu had spent chasing, he had been running for about twenty-five minutes.
At Hachi's speed, he should certainly have caught up to him.
And there was no trace of Hachi within a thousand meters in front of him.
Could he not have gone this way?
Xia Qiu charged at the Fish-Man and swallowed him in one bite amid his agonized screams.
Then Xia Qiu continued swimming forward, heading toward Jumada Island.
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