Pica's four large ships quickly came together in a line, sailing side by side. In less than half a minute, four large ships approached from the right. They were ships from the Beast Pirates.
The eight pirate ships gathered together. After communicating with one another through Den Den Mushi, they began advancing.
Half a nautical mile away, seven pirate ships also finished forming up. These were all ships from the BIG Pirates. Their colors were vibrant, and most of their cabins were shaped like cakes. Even stranger, the bow of every ship was a "living thing"—note, a living thing, not a living creature. These figureheads possessed self-awareness and could even speak. This was Charlotte Linlin's Devil Fruit ability.
Both sides had completed their formations and were rapidly closing in on each other. Judging by the situation, they would begin boarding combat in no more than five minutes.
Although this was Su Xiao's first naval battle, he remembered thinking that when pirate ships approached each other, shouldn't they start bombarding one another?
The moment that thought appeared, several dull booms came from the distance. Three cannonballs came flying over with the howling sound of air being torn apart.
Su Xiao looked up at the three pitch-black cannonballs. They were not particularly fast. After tracing arcs through the air, they flew over the top of the Spade.
Su Xiao watched the three cannonballs fall into the sea. He finally understood why the bombardment between the two sides was not intense. With accuracy like this, they were simply wasting cannonballs.
Both sides probably knew this as well, so they rapidly closed the distance. In less than two minutes, they were only about a hundred meters apart.
Aside from the gunners, all the pirates on Su Xiao's ship had gathered together. The pirate leader