Fight to the Death

With a loud bang.

The naval warships were rocking violently.

"It got hit? Was it that sea fish?"

On the deck, Yuchimura, who had just been promoted to Commodore, felt the ship rocking and thought about the black sea fish that had attacked the pirates a week ago.

"They actually dared to attack a naval warship; they're really overestimating themselves." Yuchimura shook his head, not taking it to heart.

But at that moment, a sailor ran up and shouted, "Commodore, there's a large hole in the starboard deck, and two compartments have been damaged."

"What did you say? The ship was wrecked and two compartments were damaged?"

Yuchimura could hardly believe that a fish about forty meters long could ram a hole in a naval warship and even affect two compartments.

It's just a fish; this warship is capable of withstanding the harsh weather and unpredictable currents of the Grand Line.

It's not even a small Sea King, let alone a fish, that could break through it.

More importantly, how could he have attacked this warship?

Seastone beneath it, and even Sea King would treat the ship as seawater and not attack it, so why would it attack?

Boom!

Just as Brigadier General Yuchimura was puzzled, the ship began to tremble again, this time with even greater force.

"This time, three compartments are leaking!" the sailor shouted as he ran up again.

"I can't let it crash anymore, I'm going to go into the water and kill it."

Yuchimura's expression was indifferent. He took off his cloak, and then took off his coat, trousers, and shoes and threw them aside.

Then he picked up the long sword, threw down the scabbard, gripped the blade, and stepped onto the ship's side.

Swoosh.

Yuchimura jumped off the boat, plunged into the sea, and began to dive.

"Where?"

Yuchimura looked around from the sea and saw a huge black shadow rushing towards them in the distance.

They've arrived.

Yuchimura gripped his longsword but did not attack immediately.

Underwater, a person's strength is halved, although Yuchimura is confident he can kill a sea fish of similar size or a sea beast.

However, this sea fish was able to break through two or three compartments, which is quite powerful.

We must not be careless.

Yuchimura slowly sank, intending to leap out and attack the fish below once it rushed close.

They've arrived.

As Yuchimura saw the creature approaching, he realized it was a huge sea fish with a massive head and protruding ramming horns.

No wonder it could ram open a warship.

Yuchimura bent over, ready to attack upwards at any moment.

But at that moment, the sea fish stopped rushing forward and instead swooped down, crashing into Yuchimura.

"Has he discovered himself? It seems his primary target is people."

Yuchimura was not surprised; this sea fish had sunk three pirate ships in a week, leaving no survivors, and it seemed to have killed them.

And when he came down, he prioritized attacking himself, proving that his primary target was people.

As long as they don't attack the warships, it's fine.

Yuchimura's primary task is to stop him from sinking the warships; since he's attacking him now, he'll deal with him.

Yuchimura dared not underestimate it, staring intently at the sea fish's figure. As it approached, he pushed off with both feet and shifted his body to the side.

soon.

His legs unleashed tremendous power, instantly widening the distance between them.

The timing was perfect.

The instant he created distance, Xia Qiu rushed to the position where he had just fought.

Yuchimura, with both hands gripping his sword, slashed towards Xia Qiu's side.

The sword blade cut through the water, still possessing immense force. Yuchimura believed he could sever his head with a single strike.

However, there is a big difference between ideas and reality.

boom.

With a forward lunge, Xia Qiu's massive body shifted horizontally, its fish-like form colliding with Yuchimura.

Get away from me?

My sonic sensitivity is comparable to that of a dolphin; I can detect even a difference of 200 ps.

Just as Yuchimura dodged, he swung his knife with both hands, and the fish's body crashed into him.

Bang.

Yuchimura's knife struck the scales in front of Xia Qiu's gills.

What good will it do to realize it?

My sword can shatter stone; how can you possibly stop me?

puff.

Yuchimura's knife landed on the fish scales, cutting them open, but the scales were stacked on top of each other, with the tail of one scale blocking the starting point of the next.

So when Yuchimura cuts open a fish scale, there are still fish scales underneath.

clang.

Yuchimura's knife was blocked and he could not advance any further.

How is that possible?

Yuchimura looked surprised. He had only managed to cut open a single scale. If it were a whale, he could have split its head open with that one stroke.

Yuchimura is Commodore of the headquarters, very strong, especially skilled in swordsmanship. He is known as the Hundred Man Slayer, and many pirates have met their end at his blade. He can cut through rocks and cleave small boats, but he could only manage to cleave a single scale on Xia Qiu.

This is because human strength is halved underwater.

Secondly, Xia Qiu shortened the attack distance, preventing his sword from reaching its maximum range, thus weakening the attack again.

Finally, after repeated strengthening, Xia Qiu's scales had become incredibly hard.

Able to cut through a knife, its strength is already considerable.

boom.

Yuchimura's knife couldn't stop Xia Qiu's charging body. He continued to move sideways, pressing down on Yuchimura's knife, and crashed into Xia Qiu's body.

Yuchimura braced himself with his arms to support the knife, kicked off the water with his feet, and quickly moved his body backward.

Xia Qiu stopped his forward charge, Yuchimura also stopped, crouching down and diving beneath Xia Qiu, intending to attack him from below.

The instant he descended, four enormous tentacles attacked, two lashing out at Yuchimura, while the other two slowly closed in, attempting to entangle him.

"This is?"

Yuchimura's eyes widened in disbelief. "Your fish has tentacles?"

He quickly raised his knife and slashed forward.

puff.

The longsword pierced into a tentacle, embedding itself two-thirds of the way in, but it did not break.

"Very resilient."

In his haste, Yuchimura didn't concentrate his strength, but he still managed to sever even a single tentacle. This tentacle was more resilient than he had imagined.

At the same time, another tentacle struck his body.

Bang.

"What immense power."

Yuchimura's body jolted as he was struck on the back of his wrist, but he was not seriously injured.

But at the same time, the two surrounding tentacles had already closed up and wrapped around Yuchimura's body.

Swoosh.

Knowing he couldn't get entangled, Yuchimura lowered his body while simultaneously slashing out with his longsword.

Arc Circle Slash.

The longsword transformed into a circle and instantly slashed at the wrist and foot.

Pfft.

Both of its arms had a wound on them, cut in half, and hung limply.

But just as Yuchimura's arc slash struck Xia Qiu's tentacle, Xia Qiu rolled over, his massive pectoral fins lashing out at him.

Your strength is formidable; you nearly severed your own wrist with your first strike, so Xia Qiu didn't harbor any ill intentions.

As Xia Qiu dodged downwards, he used his wrists to attack, but in addition, he also charged forward.

This exposed Yuchimura's body beneath his pectoral fins.

As Yuchimura felt the water rushing towards him and was about to draw his sword, Xia Qiu's massive pectoral fin struck him.

Bang.

Yuchimura could only raise his longsword to block the attack.

But it was no use. The huge pectoral fin was sliced open by the blade, but the width of the blade was negligible for the pectoral fin, and it still slammed down and hit him.

Wow.

Yuchimura used the strength of his arms to back down, but he was still hit hard and exhaled directly.

Not only that, his left arm was also in great pain, and he almost couldn't hold the knife.

Damn it.

Yuchimura felt a tightness in his lungs as he exhaled, but he could still hold on for about thirty seconds.

But we can't kill him.

With his defensive capabilities, it would be impossible for me to kill him.

Tentacles were found on its abdomen; who would believe it?

More importantly, it also uses its pectoral fins. Is this still a sea fish?

Its strength is immense, far surpassing that of sea monsters.

Underwater, I cannot use my preferred shaving technique.

There are only thirty seconds; it's impossible to kill him.

We must find an opportunity to surface.

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