First Half of the Grand Line.
The white clouds in the sky were baked golden by the sun, as if they were about to catch fire, and a huge sunset hung in the sky. In the blue sea, the sea wind howled.
A small red ship, being pulled by two giant Sea Snakes, appeared on the surface of the sea heading towards the Sabaody Archipelago.
Standing at the lookout post, Sandersonia, with her left hand on the edge of the lookout and her right hand holding a monocular, looked at the sea in the distance.
Quick!
In the sea, more than ten kilometers away, behind the rocky outcroppings, a large ship with a black skull flag on its mast and a long-barreled cannon loaded on its bow, sailed out. The cannon, with a ten-meter-long barrel, was much larger than an ordinary cannon, and it also meant that the cannon had a much greater range and power.
On the foredeck of that ship, a bald man with a blue pirate suit and a gold tooth in his mouth, pulled out a long sword from his waist and shouted loudly at the crew behind him, "Little ones! In front is the Perfume Colubrid of the Kuja Pirates! As long as we use our superior cannon range, we will definitely be able to defeat the Pirate Empress Boa Hancock! This way, we, the Cannonball Pirates, will become famous!"
In the middle of the pirate crowd, a crew member suddenly said, "Ah! Captain David, I heard that the Pirate Empress is a stunning beauty. How about we just go alongside her."
Hearing this, Captain David's face suddenly turned black, and he cursed, "Witt, you big bastard! Thinking about those things all day! If we go alongside her ship, we'll turn into stone statues when we meet the Pirate Empress! Why don't you hurry up and get me a cannonball!"
After rebuking his men twice, Captain David sat in the control seat of the long-barreled cannon and began to adjust the angle of the barrel to aim and lock. The ability of Boa Hancock's Mero-Mero no Mi, when she became famous, had long been known to the world.
Captain David knew very well that he was not a wise man who disliked women. If he dared to approach a certain distance, he would definitely be turned into stone by the other side!
But, in a naval battle, if naval weapons were used correctly, even if they didn't need to get close to the enemy ship, a winner could still be determined! Moreover, the long-barreled cannon loaded on his ship had a range of twelve kilometers and was much more powerful than ordinary naval weapons. It would only take one shot to blow up a large sailing ship. In this way, he could, with the advantage of his range, defeat an enemy who was much stronger than him.
Soon, Captain David's younger brother quickly grabbed a warhead weighing more than ten kilograms, and he loaded one of them into the barrel. His eyes stared closely at the sight on the cannon. Captain David pressed the launch button after predicting the trajectory of the Perfume Colubrid and other interferences in his mind.
BOOM!
With a loud bang, at the moment the projectile left the barrel, the ship, which was originally sailing on the sea, experienced a brief stagnation.
On the Perfume Colubrid, Sandersonia raised her eyebrows slightly, and by observing the pirate flag in the distance, she had already recognized who they were.
The Cannonball Pirates, their captain was a man named David, with a bounty of 50 million Berry. Average strength, average bounty. If it were normal, she might have ordered the crew to prepare for battle, go catch the man alive, and throw him to the Marines to get a reward.
As Boa Hancock knew, Sephiroth was a bit vengeful and was unhappy with the Kuja Pirates' looting of merchant ships. Therefore, when he became a Warlord of the Sea, he made an agreement with the Marines that he could hand over wanted criminals with bounties to the Marines to receive rewards. Although the current Kuja were still flying the pirate flag, what they were doing was the work of bounty hunters, and their looting targets were limited to these pirate groups. This was the Great Pirate Era, and pirates were springing up like mushrooms after the rain. If the profession of bounty hunter was very strong, it was actually very popular.
After all, the bounty you got for capturing famous offenders was not much less than looting a merchant ship, and sometimes even more. Therefore, in general, based on the principle of catching whoever they could, they would not let go of a bounty.
But, in this voyage, the Kuja Pirates met a pirate fleet consisting of fifteen ships, which had just looted a royal treasure house. The mantis stalks the cicada, and the oriole is behind! That pirate fleet, after the looting, was still holding a celebratory banquet on the ship.
But, they were very unlucky to meet the Kuja Pirates and were robbed by them! The boxes of treasure and gold were transferred to the Perfume Colubrid, filling all the ship's cabins, and even the deck was filled with several treasure chests. After a rough count of the treasures and gold, the accountant of the Kuja Pirates estimated their value to be at least five billion Berry.
Given the value of this treasure, in order not to leave any future problems and to prevent the news from leaking out, Boa Hancock directly turned all those pirates into stone, and even the fifteen ships were sunk. Therefore, after harvesting a treasure worth five billion Berry, Sandersonia really looked down on a mere 50 million bounty!
"Really, I was ready to ignore you!"
Seeing the cannonball getting closer, the green-haired girl couldn't help but curl her lip. She jumped, stomped on Moonwalk, and flew into the air.
RAN KYAKU!
Sandersonia lifted her slender and fair right leg, and she stretched her leg muscles, quickly contracting and creating kinetic energy. As her leg struck at high speed, exceeding the speed of sound, air compression immediately appeared in front of her leg, rolling a vacuum and sending a sharp blue cutting wave that reached more than thirty meters.
In just a blink of an eye, in the air about fifty meters from the Perfume Colubrid, the blue cutting wave, at high speed, hit the cannonball that had shot towards the ship, cutting it open instantly and dividing it into two.
BOOM!
With a huge explosion, amidst the sky-high flames, a powerful airwave pushed a white wave and slapped the ship Perfume Colubrid.
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