Four Battles.h.i.+ps were slowly approaching the North bank, near Ross’s s.h.i.+p.
Many of the Marines on Battles.h.i.+p were serious and they were waiting with their swords in hand. The man they wanted to arrest was Ghost Hand Ross that turn the West Blue upside down, even if they are led by a Rear Admiral sent by Headquarters. They would not dare to become careless.
“Reporting to Captain, the enemy s.h.i.+p is about to enter the sh.e.l.ling range, Do we start the bombardment?”
On one of the Battles.h.i.+ps, a Lieutenant Commander in charge of the cannons asked a Captain on the s.h.i.+p.
The captain looked at the Ghost Hand Pirate s.h.i.+p in the distance and said: “The Command s.h.i.+p hasn’t issued any orders so we will wait”
“Captain…”
The Lieutenant Commander hesitated for a moment and couldn’t help but say: “Forgive me for saying this but Ghost Hand Ross is fierce, ruthless, and cruel, everyone we’ve met calls him a Wicked Devil. We should try our best to avoid confronting him head-on and break his s.h.i.+p and sank him directly into the sea.”
“It makes sense, but do you want to give orders beyond our power? And that Ghost Hand Ross may not be on board.”
When the captain said it, he snorted and said: “Don’t worry, we have Rear Admiral Onigumo from Headquarters. Even if Ghost Hand Ross is really a wicked devil, he’ll have to go to h.e.l.l obediently!”
In the middle of their conversation, the command from the main s.h.i.+p finally came.
“Prepare the cannons, aim at the enemy s.h.i.+p and start preparation for the sh.e.l.ling!”
Following Onigumo’s orders, Marines on five Battles.h.i.+p s.h.i.+ps breathed a sigh of relief and acted one after another, filling cannonball into the barrel of the cannon and aimed them at the Pirate s.h.i.+p of Ross.
Five Battles.h.i.+ps only need a single round of simultaneous fire to destroy a pirate s.h.i.+p like that of Ross, There will be remain nothing that is intact after the bombardment.
However.
Just as several Battles.h.i.+ps were approaching Ross’ Pirate s.h.i.+p and the s.h.i.+p was about to enter the bombardment range, a figure suddenly jumped up and landed in the sea and started rus.h.i.+ng towards them over the sea.
“That is… a man?”
“It’s Ghost Hand Ross! That guy can run on the sea!”
Looking at the silhouette of the rus.h.i.+ng, many of the Marines were first a stare, and then they all reacted. They were all eyes wide and surprised.
Looking at the moving figure in the sea, many Marines on the Battles.h.i.+p stared at first, then reacted one after another, their eyes wide, showing surprise.
Looking at Ross’s figure that was heading towards one of the Battles.h.i.+p, Several Marines on the Battles.h.i.+p reacted and the captain shouted directly:
“Don’t let him approach!”
“Aim at Ghost Hand Ross, start firing!”
Many of the Marines on Battles.h.i.+p had already prepared for the bombardment. When they heard their Captain command they suppressed the shock in their hearts and turned the barrel’s angle slightly, aiming at Ross.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
In the midst of the smoke, countless cannonb.a.l.l.s flew towards Ross like a raging Rainstorm. The area around Ross who was running towards them on the sea was completely covered.
Headquarters Rear Admiral Onigumo was standing on the main Battles.h.i.+p with a cigarette in his mouth as he watches the scene and spits out a puff of smoke saying:
“Did he really think that the cannons on the Battles.h.i.+p are ornaments. For him to directly rush at the Battles.h.i.+p? Even I wouldn’t dare to do this.”
There was a hint of ridicule on his face.
However.
Almost at the next moment, the water spray from the cannonball on the sea fell back on the sea and all mockery on Onigumo’s face solidified because Ross’ figure was still running towards them and there were no scars on his body, even his clothes were not wet from the water.
“How is this possible?”
Onigumo was surprised.
Just as he frowned and wanted to continue looking, several cannons on Battles.h.i.+p launched another attack, once again enveloping the area around Ross.
Again the cannonball fire failed to leave any trace on Ross, whether it was the cannonball rain or splas.h.i.+ng water, Ross pa.s.sed directly through them.
“No!”
This time Onigumo finally noticed something wrong.
Because Ross was not affected by the cannonb.a.l.l.s and the sprayed water and he didn’t even have any water on the soles of his feet as if he had no weight at all.
Rethinking about all of Ross’ ability in the Intelligence, Onigumo suddenly screamed in a loud voice and said, “Be careful! That’s the illusion he made with his ability at sea”
However.
It was obviously too late to notice now.
He saw that ‘Ross’, which was running on the sea, was already close to a small Battles.h.i.+p. After jumping up, he jumped directly to the Battles.h.i.+p.
With a sound, Ross stepped on the s.h.i.+p’s deck. It was obvious that at sometime Ross’s Illusionary body merged with his real body.
“You……”
On the Battles.h.i.+p, Marine Captain watched as Ross landed on his Battles.h.i.+p with a look of horror and panic, he tried to make his subordinates Marines fire their guns at Ross.
But.
Before he can even give his orders, he saw that the s.h.i.+p’s deck beneath Ross’ feet suddenly started to twist.
The s.h.i.+pboard made of hardwood suddenly seems to become like wave. With Ross as the center, it started to twist in all directions and the whole hull makes an unbearable sound of kāchā kāchā.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
In their panicked state, the Marines started to fire their guns at Ross, but Ross has no intention to dodge, his hands were stretched out on both sides and the bullets that touched his hands and body got twisted around or stopped still.
Under the horrified gaze of the Marines on several other Battles.h.i.+ps, this small Battles.h.i.+p, which is tens of meters long, appears to be twisting and folding in the middle, it’s like an invisible giant holding a model s.h.i.+p in both of his hands and he is exerting force from both sides of the s.h.i.+p and finally the small s.h.i.+p completely collapsed!
“d.a.m.n it!”
When Onigumo saw this scene, he shouted angrily. The cigarette in his mouth had already been bitten by him. He looked angrily at the location where Battles.h.i.+p had collapsed.
The s.h.i.+p was twisted by a rigid spiral and turned into a twist-like Battles.h.i.+p. After losing the power of distortion, the s.h.i.+p’s deck collapsed and shattered completely.
At this time, Ross’s figure also jumped from it, charging into the second Battles.h.i.+p.
“Fire! Stop him!”
Marine on the other Battles.h.i.+p looks at Ross who was rus.h.i.+ng towards them, behind him a twisted s.h.i.+p with almost all Marines were dead.
However, even as the captain on board gave his orders and countless cannonb.a.l.l.s fired at Ross, they all pa.s.sed through him without having any effect on him. Obviously, at some time, Ross who was running on the sea became a phantom image again.
Bang!
In the continuous bombardment, Ross’ figure rushed towards the second Battles.h.i.+p. He pressed his hand on the bulkhead of the Battles.h.i.+p cabin and the power of distortion violently ignited, the entire cabin showed a strange twist as it turned into a spiral cake like figure.
“Stop Him!”
A Marine Captain with a long sword in his hand rushed towards Ross with a roar. The long sword in his hand slashed out wrapped in weak sword energy towards Ross.
Ross had no intention of avoiding it and his other hand lifted to block it. The sword energy fell towards his hand like a snake. It twisted a few times and then collapsed and broke, and then the captain’s sword was also pinched between his fingers.
“Weak sword arts.”
The power of this sword is comparable to Captain Moby, but for him now, it can be pinched between his fingers.