When his companions arrived, Ye Chen greeted them with a smile. Then his ears twitched. Another string of bubbles rose to the sea's surface. He leaped toward them, and as the bubbles surged upward, a large bald head broke through the water. It was Copperhead Spinharn.
Ye Chen raised his right foot and kicked him hard in the face without a word. Bam! His foot struck Spinharn square on the nose.
The kick broke Spinharn's nose. Blood gushed out, and he howled in pain. Ignoring his injuries, he slapped both hands against the water and propelled himself out of the sea. "You really are one of the Five Elders," Ye Chen said admiringly. "Anyone else would've gone down long ago. You've taken several kicks from me, and you're still fine!"
Spinxan ground his teeth. He broke my nose. How is that fine?
Angry as he was, Spinharn felt constrained fighting at sea. Ye Chen, despite being a Devil Fruit user, moved far more freely. Otherwise, Spinharn would never have ended up in the water. He hurried back aboard the ship, but from the look on his face, he was nowhere near ready to let it go.
Du Feld rushed into the Cloning Chamber first. A moment later, he poked his head back out. Even Judge asked anxiously, "Well? Nothing inside was destroyed, was it?"
Du Feld shook his head. "We're lucky. What we need is still there!"
The other Five Elders relaxed at his words. But just then, the great ship, which had stopped spinning, plunged straight down. Caster started and whipped his head toward Ye Chen. He knew Ye Chen had done it.
Ye Chen narrowed his eyes and smiled. "You're a Devil Fruit user, remember?"
"Hm?"
Caster froze at the reminder and instinctively withdrew the vines he had