Beat Your Ass!

After further developing his Devil Fruit, Jie Jian discovered that Shadow Mage seemed able to extend itself and wrap someone up, then swap the wrapped person's position with his own!

Just now, Jie Jian had sent Shadow Mage into the sea in advance to retrieve the Seastone net he had thrown off the ship earlier.

Then, using the swapping ability, he switched Shadow Mage and the Seastone net to in front of King, while switching himself into the sea.

Using the last remaining shadows on his body to wrap himself up, Jie Jian barely held on underwater for a few seconds.

Then, once he sensed that Shadow Mage had successfully wrapped around King's body, he used the swapping ability again—and actually succeeded in switching King into the sea!

Jie Jian had never tested this tactic before. This was the first time he had used it in battle.

For Jie Jian, having Shadow Mage wrap up King at that crucial moment had merely been an improvised move.

In the end, he successfully sent King into the sea and claimed the final victory!

"Looks like it went pretty well." Jie Jian nodded in satisfaction.

Far out at sea, the ship carrying the quarry prisoners was nearly invisible to the naked eye.

Only Fujio, the burly man leading them, was barely able to monitor the shore through a telescope.

Seeing Fujio suddenly freeze in place, the people beside him anxiously asked,

"What happened? Did Lord Jie Jian win?!"

Fujio stared blankly at the shore, disbelief written across his face.

"King... is gone? Only Lord Jie Jian is still standing on the shore!"

"What?!" The people beside him cried out as an unbelievable thought surfaced in their minds.

"Then that means..."

Before he could finish, someone beside him shouted excitedly.

"That's right! Lord Jie