The person aboard the Big Eater was naturally Sifa.
He released his spirituality, turning it into flames. As his five fingers closed, the flames swirled and condensed into a massive fist.
Sifa twisted in midair and swung his arm down. The fist formed of flames descended from the sky like the Fire God's fist, delivering judgment upon the pirates below!
This was Sifa's personal move: Great Fire Fist!
Seeing the enormous flaming fist, Red Hair Zote moved to stop it. But at that moment, a crow made purely of flame appeared in his sight.
Then, in the blink of an eye, more and more appeared. Countless Fire Crows filled Zote's vision, densely packed as they beat their wings and swooped toward him with scorching heat.
Zote could only raise flames into a wall to briefly hold back the flock. He then rapidly retreated and widened the distance before condensing a flaming whip, calmly bursting each "crow" that broke through the fire wall.
But that left him unable to stop Sifa's Great Fire Fist. Margo, who had rushed out of the captain's cabin, could only watch helplessly as the "fist" smashed through the mast, set the sails ablaze, and crashed into the middle of the deck, creating a ring of shockwaves that sent the pirates sprawling.
The Big Eater first sank several feet into the water, then "leapt" back up. Crimson flames erupted, blasting the deck and the middle of the hull apart. Streaming fire sprayed in every direction, while bodies and ship fragments either fell onto the decks at both ends or plunged into the sea.
One strike.
Sifa had nearly blown the sailing ship in half. An astonishing breach had been blasted through the upper deck and the cabins beneath it. Seawater immediately flooded in, and the pirate ship