Chapter 564: Surprise Attack
Just how fierce is the Navy’s artillery? You can understand from this scene.
With a simultaneous volley, countless fireballs and smoke rose from the Edd War Island Reef Group. Amidst the deafening explosion, it seed as if even the atmosphere trembled.
The accompanying journalists on the Navy warships held a livestream Den Den Mushi, transmitting this scene worldwide. Those watching the flas on screens were all stunned by the sight.
When they ca back to their senses, the air was filled with cheers!
This was the first ti the Navy displayed their imnse power before the world. Those who were already inclined towards the World Governnt and the Navy naturally felt uplifted by it.
“That’s right! Blast them hard!” A wealthy noble, watching the battle unfold, couldn’t help but excitedly swing his fist adorned with jeweled rings.
However, there were also commoners who had benefited from the Whitebeard Pirates, covering their mouths in shock and worryingly watching, concerned for the Whitebeard Pirates.
The pirates watching were even more disheartened. Undeniably, they were intimidated by the Navy’s might…
“Hmph! The firepower of hundreds of warships!” In so part of the New World, Kid, the captain of the Kid Pirates, was also watching, unable to hold back a cold snort, “Ten tis the scale of the Buster Call, the marines are really going all out this ti…”
mbers of the Hawkins Pirates were also gaping at the footage in astonishnt. Their captain, Hawkins, was stoically performing a divination. As he did, he murmured, “Whitebeard Pirates’ evasion chance: 52%… It seems the Navy might not have it easy after all…”
There were simply too many islets in the Edd War Island group. The Navy’s simultaneous volley this ti was essentially a random attack. At least for now, they hadn’t figured out where the Whitebeard Pirates were hiding on those islands, so they had to resort to this blunt approach.
After the first volley, Navy soldiers quickly reloaded the cannons, while Fleet Admiral Sengoku used a telescope to observe the surrounding sea.
While the Subordinates of the Whitebeard were attacking the Navy, Sengoku noticed that their actions weren’t a chaotic rush. They seed planned and thodical. With so many pirate crews acting in unison, Sengoku found it hard to believe that there wasn’t soone commanding them. The only one capable of orchestrating such coordination would be that old man, Whitebeard. In Sengoku’s assessnt, these pirates must have established contact with Whitebeard’s main base on the island; otherwise, this level of coordination would be impossible.
So, what would that old Whitebeard do?
“Still not showing yourself?” Sengoku muttered to himself, unable to find any ship on the sea’s surface. Then he commanded, “Prepare for the second volley!”
Following Sengoku’s orders, the cannons of the Navy warships began adjusting their angles, preparing for the second simultaneous volley.
However, at this mont, a sudden change occurred!
Just as the Navy was about to fire, in the middle of the fleet’s formation, the sea suddenly bulged massively. Several ships caught within this bulge were lifted off by the surging sea!
Amidst the violent shaking, the Navy soldiers on board were thrown around, and so even fell into the sea.
While they were bewildered, trying to understand what had happened, the bulging sea suddenly splashed open, and a gigantic head erged from the water!
It was a head adorned with curved horns and wild brown hair… a giant!
“Roar!!!!”
The mont it surfaced, the giant let out a roar as if it ca from the depths of the wilderness. The roar was so powerful that so nearby Navy soldiers, who were dumbfoundedly looking at the giant, were caught off guard. The trendous sound wave from the roar ruptured their eardrums, and they rolled on the ground in agony.
“Oz… Oz?!” Moria, riding on one of the warships, stood up in surprise upon seeing the giant. He looked in the direction of the giant and said, “No… that’s not Oz!”
Indeed, this giant was not the legendary demon Oz from the Kingdom of Ilusia, but his descendant.
Little Oz! Another demon with a colossal stature like his ancestor!
As Little Oz erged from the sea, a thick mbrane covering his body suddenly ruptured. Although it was just a brief mont, Sengoku and his crew caught a glimpse of it.
“Is that… coating?!” Vice-Admiral Garp exclaid in astonishnt. “He used this thod… did this guy walk from the ocean floor?”
Little Oz’s body was towering, even taller than the giant Vice-Admirals serving in the Navy. However, such a height was still inadequate for the abyssal ocean. If it were any other sea, Little Oz wouldn’t have been able to achieve this.
However, the Edd War Sea was different. The seabed here was covered with coral reefs, with the Edd War Island Reefs as the highest point, sloping like a ramp extending outward to a vast area. So Vice-Admiral Garp’s statent that Little Oz had walked from the ocean floor was indeed a plausible scenario.
The Navy warships were originally arranged in a well-organized formation on the sea surface. However, with Little Oz suddenly erging from the middle of this formation, it imdiately disrupted the Navy’s battle formation.
The area where Little Oz stood seed to have shallow waters. When he stood up, surprisingly, more than half of his body was exposed above the sea surface.
Even so, the Navy sailors on the warships had to tilt their heads upward to see Little Oz’s head. For a mont, the Navy was stunned, unsure how to react.
After erging from the water, the first thing Little Oz did was put on a straw hat, then lowered his head to look at the warship closest to his right side.
The next mont, he reached out towards this warship. With one hand grasping the ship’s bow and the other holding its stern, he exerted force, effortlessly lifting the warship from the sea as if pulling out a radish.
Then, raising his hands above his head, he lifted the warship high up.
The Navy sailors on the ship, screaming in horror, tumbled into the sea like dumplings. Little Oz paid no heed and forcefully flung the warship forward!
Whoosh! The flung warship, accompanied by a deafening roar, crashed towards another warship on the sea’s surface!
“Jump overboard now!!!” The commander on that warship yelled desperately upon seeing the looming shadow in the sky.
However, it was too late. Except for a few agile sailors near the ship’s side who managed to leap off in the nick of ti, others were caught off guard and hadn’t even started moving when the plumting warship collided with theirs!
Crash! Like popping beans, under imnse pressure, both warships shattered. Countless sailors were presumably crushed into minced at. With a thunderous boom, the plumting warship directly smashed the other warship into the sea, causing massive waves to shoot high into the sky.
The Navy sailors on the surrounding warships stared blankly at the scene, unable to snap out of their daze for quite so ti.
As the waves gradually subsided, countless ship fragnts floated up from the seabed, accompanied by a burst of red dyeing the seawater. The sailors couldn’t help but gulp down a mouthful of saliva subconsciously.
So… terrifying!
People watching this scene through the projector were equally stunned. This monster suddenly erging from the depths had firmly captured everyone’s attention.
However, it wasn’t over yet; Little Oz’s rampage had just begun. This ti, instead of targeting one warship, he held one warship in each hand, using them like hamrs, smashing them alternately at nearby warships!
The large standardized warships of the Navy seed like re toys in Little Oz’s hands, being swung around…
“Quick! Retreat!” Commanders on the warships within Little Oz’s attack range yelled in horror, directing the Navy sailors to steer away.
Unfortunately, due to their previous bombardnt of the Edd War Island, they had dropped anchor to maintain formation. With the ships stationary on the sea surface, it wasn’t easy to move suddenly.
This delay resulted in Little Oz destroying more than twenty warships consecutively!
The warships on the periphery, farther from the action, hurriedly turned their hulls, aiming their cannons towards Little Oz’s position, intending to open fire and attack him.
If targeted by the concentrated fire from the Navy, Little Oz would be in trouble. His enormous body would be an easy target, not even requiring precise aiming. As long as they fired in his direction, there was a high chance of hitting him.
However, just as the Navy warships were preparing to fire, the sea surface began to bulge repeatedly!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
One, two… ten… over a hundred!
A large number of resin-coated ships kept erging from beneath the sea surface, appearing within the gaps of the Navy formation!
The Navy sailors watched in shock as these various-looking pirate ships continuously appeared. Then, to their horror, they noticed that the pirates holding torches on the sides of the ships had already ignited the fuses of their cannons!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Amidst the smoke, the pirate ships opened fire at the defenseless Navy warships at close range. So strategically positioned pirate ships even managed to attack two warships simultaneously!
While their cannons were inferior to those of the Navy, the simultaneous broadside at such close range was not to be underestimated. For a mont, the Navy fleet suffered heavy losses.
More and more pirate ships erged from the sea floor. The other pirates under Whitebeard’s command, which Sengoku had been searching for, had made their entrance in this unexpected manner.
“It seems they sailed from Fish-Man Island; only there could they get resin coatings…” Sengoku held up his telescope, watching the scene without much surprise. After all, hadn’t he ordered the fleet to bombard Edd War Island to force these pirates out?
Though their attack thod caught Sengoku off guard, now that they had appeared, things beca simpler!
If the pirates were attacking with unconventional tactics, then the Navy was ready to counter with conventional warfare.
“Summon the Warlords and Vice Admirals for battle!” Sengoku commanded, “If my estimation is correct, the main forces of the Whitebeard Pirates will soon join the battle…”
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