"What... what was going on? Why couldn't my body move?"
Across the vast Marine Headquarters plaza, cries of alarm rang out without end.
The lack of any sensation was even harder to accept than suddenly becoming fish on a chopping block.
After all, this was a world where the strong preyed on the weak. Losing one's strength meant losing the right to control one's own life.
"Hmph, all of you, shut up. Once I take down these arrogant fools, you'll return to normal." Elam swept his gaze around disdainfully before turning back to Qin Yu. "Kid, don't worry. I'll leave you alive to meet Lord Imu. Now surrender quietly."
"Gelai, have Kaido cripple him!"
"Understood!" Gelai replied with a nod.
Roar!
Kaido of the Beasts, who had been blasted into the air and was coiled in the sky, let out another roar.
Completely unaffected by the spatial confinement, he tore through the air with a piercing howl and lunged at Qin Yu.
The distance of a thousand meters vanished in the blink of an eye.
By the time everyone reacted, Kaido's right dragon claw had tensed, and jet-black Armament Haki rapidly spread across it.
Cold light flickered over it as he reached for Qin Yu head-on, without a single flashy movement.
"Captain, kid, be careful!" Kozuki Oden and Shiki cried out in unison.
They had paid no heed to the so-called people from the heavens mentioned by the Five Elders.
The only thing on their minds was that they were now on the same boat.
And this kid was the captain they acknowledged.
"There's no need to panic when trouble comes. Calm down first. If I said that the person Kaido hated most right now wasn't me, would you believe it?"
Qin Yu smiled warmly.
As the attack rapidly enlarged