What are you looking at?

Boom! Boom! Boom!!!

Behind them, it was as if the entire world were collapsing.

Towering trees flew through the air like dirt and stones. The giant snake's destructive power was absolutely terrifying, as though humans had entered a world of colossal creatures.

"Big Sister, this is bad! A super-sized giant snake is catching up to us!"

"An overlord—it's definitely an overlord-class creature! It's comparable to the overlord-class Sea Kings in our Calm Belt!"

Gorud and Sonia shouted as they panted nervously. It felt absolutely cursed—they were afraid of snakes for the first time in their lives.

They were running as fast as they possibly could, putting every last ounce of strength into it.

The thousand-meter giant snake behind them was simply too fast, and its body was too hard.

They had watched a towering tree a meter thick get crushed to pieces by the giant snake's body. Terrified, they could only run, not daring to confront it head-on at all.

"Hisss~~"

But at that moment, the thousand-meter-long python had already caught up. Its several-meter-long tongue flicked out as it let out a piercing hiss.

Scrape, scrape~~

At the same time, the long, enormous snake body rubbed rapidly against the ground.

Since it was already night, Hancock and the others could clearly see sparks flying everywhere. The snake's scales were probably as hard as iron, producing that effect as they scraped against the hard rocks.

In the blink of an eye, it had already begun hunting Hancock and the others as though they were delicious prey.

It was clearly intelligent. With its thousand-meter-long body, it encircled an area a hundred meters in diameter, coiling its massive body as its enormous head descended from above and looked down on the three of them.

"What is this?"

Hancock frowned. She had never seen such a massive snake before. Even the two giant snakes that pulled the Kuja Pirates' ship were not even a third as large as this one!

"Big Sister, we don't know either. There had been signs earlier, so we went in to investigate, and then we saw this thing charging in our direction."

"Yeah, it's too powerful. Everywhere it passed, trees either fell, dirt and stones flew everywhere, or it left behind trenches several meters wide."

The two of them were not exaggerating in the slightest. In short, it was an extremely troublesome existence.

Boom!

"Big Sister, watch out!"

All of a sudden, the thousand-meter giant snake launched an attack directly at Hancock. Perhaps it had smelled that Hancock's flesh would taste even better?

Hancock and the others immediately made a powerful backward leap, narrowly springing into the air and dodging the devouring bite of that blood-red maw.

"Hisss~~"

The giant snake seemed enraged.

It had not expected the few ants in its eyes to actually evade its attack.

It hissed again, opening its gaping bloody mouth once more to reveal several-meter-long fangs—sharp, pointed, and chillingly terrifying.

"Ah!! These things are filthy!" Hancock suddenly screamed.

The giant snake flicked its head, sending the saliva clinging to its fangs spraying everywhere. A few drops happened to land on Hancock's cheongsam.

The cleanliness-loving Hancock was instantly disgusted, because the saliva carried a rotten, foul stench. It could be said that this was the most disgusting giant snake she had ever seen in her life.

When Gorud and Sonia heard Hancock scream, they suddenly became brave.

They immediately transformed into their snake forms—Eight-Forked Serpent and king cobra—and, each wielding a steel fork, charged at the giant snake.

Clang!

"Damn, it really is as hard as iron!"

Sparks flew as Sonia's steel fork scraped against the snake's scales, yet it failed to injure the giant snake's body at all.

They could feel just how hard and thick this super giant snake's scales were.

Clang!

Seizing the opportunity, Sonia thrust her steel fork again.

This time, she used the power of Haki. Sparks still flew everywhere, but she could only barely chip off half of one thick scale. For a thousand-meter-long super giant snake, that amount of damage could be completely ignored.

"Hisss~~"

The super giant snake seemed unable to tolerate any provocation. It swung its enormous head and lunged at Sonia with its gaping bloody maw.

Boom!

The ground was bitten apart.

Sonia swiftly dodged with a serpentine maneuver, but the exploding dirt and stones sent her flying anyway. It was impossible to guard against.

"Damn it, I refuse to believe your hide is that hard!"

While she was being flung backward, Sonia immediately counterattacked, spraying a massive stream of purple venom from her mouth.

"Hisss~~"

The venom entered the super giant snake's mouth, making corrosive sounds and producing a great deal of smoke as it let out a hissing cry.

At last, it had some effect, causing the Super Serpent pain in its mouth.

However, the Super Serpent became enraged because of it.

Its entire body twisted and writhed as its tail lashed toward Sonia.

If she were struck head-on, Sonia would likely be whipped in two or sent flying straight into the White Sea. Either way, it was terrifying.

"Whoosh!"

Gorud immediately moved with all her strength, turning into a gust of wind as she swiftly appeared before Sonia.

"Eight-Forked Serpent, Wild Dance!"

Gorud's green hair suddenly transformed into eight wildly swaying serpents, which immediately bit down on and coiled around the Super Serpent's massive tail, attempting to stop its attack.

These Eight-Forked Serpents were equally savage and ferocious, said to possess demonic power. They opened their scarlet maws and spewed surging bloody aura. With their immense strength, they truly managed to forcibly block the Super Serpent's tail strike in midair.

However, Gorud was forced back more than ten meters after deflecting the force.

They were still locked in a stalemate. Clearly, Gorud could not hold on for long. After all, the Super Serpent was over a thousand meters long; with another flick of its tail, it could send her flying.

"Perfume Femur!"

Hancock struck next.

She leaped from the spot, tracing a beautiful arc through the air, and landed a kick squarely on the Super Serpent's tail. In an instant, part of the giant serpent's tail was petrified.

Indeed, like Slave Arrow, Hancock's ability worked on matter. Regardless of whether the target felt affection for her, she could petrify it.

"Crack!"

Then, at Gorud's command, the Eight-Forked Serpents wrapped around the tail exerted force, instantly shattering and severing the petrified portion. Blood gushed from the giant serpent's wound.

"Boom boom boom! Bang bang bang!!"

At last, the Super Serpent's entire body began to writhe madly.

The towering trees around it, the soil on the ground—everything was hurled and scattered through the air. Even the ground itself shook violently.

At this moment, Hancock and the others could not get close at all. Instead, they had to keep dodging the giant serpent's frenzied attacks.

Even the Ark Maxim, hundreds of meters overhead, was nearly struck by the serpent's body.

"So it was this beast. I was originally planning to execute it with lightning, but I didn't expect those three women to run into it. Fine. They're all going to die anyway!"

Enel stood high upon the ship's railing, looking down below with the gaze of a god regarding mortals as ants.

In truth, it was already nearly dark, and he could not see what was happening below at all. He was only able to sense it clearly through the power of his Mantra, while putting on an act.

"What are you looking at?"

At that moment, Norse had fully awakened.

He discovered that he had been hung from a golden pillar. Then, at a glance, he spotted a bare-chested man standing on the railing, with four tomoe-marked drums hanging behind his back.

Norse sneered inwardly. So this was the legendary Enel. But this guy was rather arrogant, daring to hang him from a pillar?

Without making a sound, Norse partially transformed his limbs into elements, escaping the restraints of the golden ring and appearing directly beside Enel.

"I'm looking at a few foolish..."

Out of instinct, Enel suddenly came to his senses. Who was talking to him?

He abruptly turned his head, only to find empty air!

Because Norse had silently moved to his other side.

Although Enel did not see anyone, his Mantra had already sensed Norse's presence—on his other side.

"Crackle!"

Cold sweat broke out all over Enel's body. His instincts told him that the person who had suddenly appeared was extremely dangerous, so he decisively flashed away as lightning, appearing above the Ark Maxim in an instant.

"Huh? How did you escape my control?"

Enel was stunned.

The golden ring on the pillar was completely undamaged, yet the man who had been hung there had escaped without a sound.

"Come down and play with me," Norse said seriously.

"Lightning!"

Enel paid Norse no heed and directly blasted him with a bolt of lightning.

Norse neither dodged nor avoided it. A layer of golden light immediately emerged from his body, madly repairing the damage caused by the lightning. The damage inflicted by the lightning could not even keep up with his cellular recovery.

"What? You..."

Enel was utterly shocked, nearly blinded.

It was the first time he had encountered someone so arrogant, someone who completely ignored his lightning.

"Are you coming down or not?"

Norse did not fly up to attack him, because he was not in the mood. He was preparing to go down and help Hancock and the others. There seemed to be something troublesome below—probably the Sky Lord.

"Hmph, if you have the skill, come up here! This is the Thunder God's ark!"

Enel snorted coldly. The other man was far too overbearing, showing him no respect at all—just like the people of God's Island, ignoring his very existence.

"Fine!"

Like a Super Saiyan transforming, Norse unleashed the power of his Demon Back, clenching his blood-infused fist as Armament Haki covered it.

Godslayer Strike!

Norse drove a punch into the gold-plated deck.

Boom!

A tremendous blast rang out. The deck shattered on the spot, and even the entire Ark Maxim began plummeting rapidly downward.

"Damn it! You destroyed this Thunder God's Ark Maxim! You destroyed this Thunder God's dream of reaching the moon! Damn it! Aaaah!!!"

Enel's face twisted as he flew into a thunderous rage.

Rumble, rumble, rumble~~~

Thunderclouds gathered overhead, and countless bolts of lightning ran rampant.

P.S.: This is crazy. Another author in the group went crazy today. I feel like I'm next. All those favorites are fake, hahaha...