"Fire! Fire now! Sink their ship!"
Strawberry's face darkened, and he gave the order coldly.
The Marines aboard the Warship hurried to turn their guns. Before long, every cannon was aimed at the passenger ship.
The air was thick with tension, and battle could break out at any moment. Ye Chen glanced back at Red-Leg Zeff just as Zeff looked his way. Their eyes met, and they nodded to each other.
Neither said a word, but in that instant, the two sides that had been enemies moments ago unexpectedly found themselves on the same side.
Lucci had ruthlessly killed many of Zeff's companions. For now, though, they had to set their grudges aside. The Marines were their common enemy.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Warship soon unleashed a fierce barrage. Cannonballs roared toward the passenger ship in a dense swarm that seemed to blot out half the sky.
Ye Chen held his breath and focused. He bent his knees slightly and tightened his grip on his two Famous Swords. As though sensing the murderous aura surging from their master, Oto and Kogarashi began to hum with a clear, restless ring.
Their hilts were still cool, but Ye Chen could distinctly feel the change in both swords.
He felt an instinctive connection with them. Swords could carry intent and unleash sword energy, but they also possessed a spirit he could not quite put into words.
A few hundred paces meant nothing to a cannonball. In the blink of an eye, the barrage reached the passenger ship.
The first cannonball was about to strike the deck. Ye Chen drove his legs downward, and the planks cracked beneath his feet, splitting in a Spider Web of fractures. The force of that step was astonishing.
Ye Chen sprang into the air to meet the incoming