A day later.
A pirate ship was sailing across the sea at full speed.
A pirate ran swiftly, his leather shoes thudding against the deck.
He climbed the stairs and reached the captain's cabin.
Creak.
The pirate pushed open the cabin door and shouted excitedly, "Hey, Chief Chinjao, we can see Hachinosu Island up ahead!!"
"We've finally reached Hachinosu Island."
A burly, five-meter-tall man walked out of the room.
He wore a green cloak, with medals on his shoulders and golden tassels hanging from them.
Most unusual of all, his head was shaped like a hammer, and a large patch of black beard covered his chin.
He was none other than Chinjao, the twelfth-generation leader of the Happo Navy.
"How could the Happo Navy be absent from such a major event as the public execution of a Celestial Dragon?" Chinjao said as he walked out of the room, looking around.
He sighed. "What a spectacular sight~"
More than a dozen pirate ships around them were heading toward Hachinosu Island as well.
The pirate beside him agreed in shock. "Yes, yes. This is the first time I've seen such a grand spectacle."
Just on the surrounding sea, they could already see more than a dozen pirate ships of various sizes and shapes, including some especially strange ones.
And at Hachinosu Island's port—
The sight was even more spectacular.
Row after row of pirate ships stretched out like a military formation, disappearing into the distance.
There were at least several hundred pirate ships.
It was hard to imagine how many pirates were currently on Hachinosu Island.
Chinjao walked across the deck from the captain's cabin to the bow and said expectantly, "They say Blood Hand - Ares has the most monstrous body on this sea. I wonder if it can withstand my