Boom!!!
Like a stone launched from a catapult, the Going Merry was instantly hurled away by the enormous blast of air, tracing an arc through the sky toward the distant waters still ravaged by the storm!
"Waaaaaah!!!"
Everyone aboard screamed in terror, clinging desperately to the mast and rails for fear of being thrown overboard.
But Usopp panicked so badly that his hands slipped. Unable to hold on, he plummeted straight down from midair toward the sea teeming with Sea Kings!
Worse still, a frog-shaped Sea King as huge as a small mountain had already opened its abyssal maw. Its slime-covered tongue twitched, waiting for the morsel that was Usopp to fall right into its mouth!
"Usopp!!!"
At the sight, Luffy's eyes nearly split with fury. Without hesitation, he stretched out his rubber arm, trying to pull Usopp back before he fell into the sea!
But the frog Sea King's tongue was faster! It shot out like lightning, about to wrap around Usopp and drag him into its mouth!
At that critical instant!
Ye Chuan, who had been standing at the bow watching coldly all along, suddenly narrowed his eyes!
A terrifying presence that bore down upon heaven and earth erupted from him in an instant like a tangible shock wave!
Then it swept viciously toward the frog-shaped Sea King below!
[Conqueror's Haki]-activated!!!
"Wooo...?!"
The frog-shaped Sea King, which had been about to enjoy a feast, stiffened the instant it came into contact with Ye Chuan's Conqueror's Haki!
The greed in its enormous eyes was instantly replaced by utter terror!
Before it could even let out a mournful cry, its half-extended tongue snapped back. As though it had seen a ghost, its massive body wheeled around in a frenzy, fleeing into the depths with all its might!
Even the other