"What's going on?!" Seeing those hundred-meter-tall figures rise from the seabed, every pirate gasped. Row after row of towering bodies blotted out the sky, casting the entire fleet into shadow.
The massive bodies surged amid rolling waves. Some lightly drafted pirate ships could not withstand the churning sea and were overturned on the spot, while countless pirates fell into the water like ants.
Countless enormous shadows covered the sky. The ordinary pirates of the Big Mom Pirates had long since been scared out of their wits, completely unaware of what was happening.
"Don't panic!" The Charlotte Family's children quickly calmed down. They steadied themselves first, then began responding to the sudden change. "They're just a bunch of sea beasts! What are you afraid of?!"
After hearing the officers' rebukes, the pirates forcibly suppressed their fear and looked toward the black shadows crashing down from above. Sure enough, once their fear eased, they could see much more clearly. Those hundred-meter-tall shadows were all colossal octopus-like sea beasts, identical to the legendary North Sea Kraken.
This Kraken unit had been dispatched by Hikaru from the undersea world, a marine ambush force kept ready for unexpected naval battles. Although these sea beasts could not compare to top-tier pirates in Combat Power, they could play an enormous role in naval warfare.
Just like now, they had raised towering waves and sunk several pirate ships in an instant, while shaking countless pirates into the sea.
More importantly, the fleet formation Perospero had arranged earlier had been ravaged by the Krakens' storm-making. The entire fleet was now in utter disarray. Forget maintaining formation—even the pirates themselves were panicking.
"Attack!" The commanders aboard the pirate ships finally recovered from their fear and shock, issuing orders one after another. "Counterattack! Counterattack with everything you have! Don't let them