Pirate: It’s not a phantom beast, it’s a phantom god!

Chapter 227 Captain Taolong
"Quick! Are the shells ready?"

"Second group, hurry up! Don't leave any gaps in the artillery fire!"

"Aim at that big hole and sink the opposing ship as quickly as possible!"

In the fleet of Beasts, on a large pirate ship with the hull number marked 001, Tao Long was observing the enemy situation with a telescope and giving timely commands.

As the number one cadre stationed on the island, his First Combat Team has the best discipline and weapons and equipment among all the troops stationed on the island. Naturally, its combat effectiveness is also the highest among many subordinate troops.

Even in pure artillery combat, his first team was comparable to the two dedicated warships of Burfat and Jhin at the center of the fleet.

"Ready, start—"

bang~
Just as Taolong was about to order the artillery to fire according to the rhythm, a strange noise suddenly came from his ear, and the artillery fire that had been tightly coordinated also paused at this moment!
"what happened!"

"Captain, it's Team Eight!"

"Team Eight's ship suddenly turned into a cube and disintegrated!"

The pirate in charge of lookout immediately reported.

"Varied--"

boom! ! !
Before Taolong could react, the artillery on Binjack's side, which had already adjusted the direction, suddenly poured out, and the pirate ship of the second team beside him was immediately engulfed in a sea of ​​fire.

"hateful!"

The scorching air blurred his vision, but seeing that the second wave of artillery fire was about to hit, Taolong didn't care about anything else and immediately ordered a preemptive strike.

"Hurry up and fire! Don't give the other side a chance to breathe—"

bang~
There was that strange noise again, and this time it was from Ship No. 1 where he was.

The deck beneath their feet suddenly turned into neat cubes and then scattered. In an instant, everyone on the boat was thrown into disarray and fell into the sea.

Pfft!
Pfft!
……

Pfft!
"Damn it, what's going on?"

"Is he a person with special abilities?"

"Where? Where is the enemy?"

"team leader!"

The people who fell into the water did not panic. As they were well-trained, they immediately grabbed the floating cubes around them and then looked around for traces of the enemy and their captain.

"Puha~ Don't panic! Everyone stay calm and pay attention to your surroundings."

"The enemy should be near us!"

Taolong poked his head out of the water and immediately ordered to be on guard while quickly looking around.

"Heh heh heh! I didn't expect you to react so quickly?"

"You are a cadre of the Beasts, right?"

On the sea behind Taolong, a fishman wearing sunglasses slowly emerged from the water.

"Murlocs, huh? No wonder they were able to get close to our fleet without anyone noticing."

Seeing the enemy appear, Taolong wiped the water off his face and said with a serious expression:

"You should have companions, right? After all, turning the ship into a cube must have been done by someone with special abilities."

"Where is that guy?"

"Hehe~ answering questions with questions is not a good habit."

As soon as he finished speaking, the figure of the fishman Sebastian suddenly disappeared out of thin air.

This isn't a visual error caused by high-speed movement, but...

"?!"

Just when Taolong subconsciously took a defensive posture, a long hammer with long spikes was hit at his head.

Clang!
Pfft!
Although he used his domineering aura to defend himself in time, the huge force still knocked Taolong into the sea again.

Gulp gulp~

The exhaled air turns into bubbles and floats up.

Feeling the coldness and pressure of the surrounding water, Taolong shook his numb arms and prepared to float to the surface immediately.

[Don't fight murlocs in the sea] This is common sense for all humans.

[I have no chance of winning a battle with that fishman in the sea. I must return to the ship immediately.]
Obviously, the other party thought so too.

[Um?!]
After determining that Taolong was a cadre of the Beasts, Sebastian was ready to seize the opportunity to eliminate him in the sea.

"Oya Takesame!" Throwing away the iron hammer, countless "striking water"-like cannonballs shot towards the Talon who was rising at full speed, hitting him all over his body!
"Pooh!"

After being hit in the abdomen, Taolong opened his mouth uncontrollably, and then the sea water instantly rushed into his mouth, forcing him to subconsciously strangle his throat.

"How fragile... so strong on land, yet so vulnerable in water."

[Where is he? Why can't I see him at all?]
"Are you confused as to why you can't see where I am?"

Sebastian's voice traveled along the sea current into Taolong's ears, making him unable to determine the other party's exact location.

"It's simple. I'm a murloc, and I can disguise myself by changing the color of my skin."

"So even if I'm right in front of you now, you can't see me."

Spikes popped out from his arms, and Sebastian rushed to Taolong.

Bang!
Bah——!
The long spike hit Taolong's abdomen directly, and blood gushed out immediately, staining his body red.

"Uh!"

Bang!Bang!Bang!Bang!
Without giving him any chance to breathe, countless fists continued to hit Taolong from all directions.

Bah, bah, bah—!
A large amount of blood splashed out, dyeing the surrounding sea water red!

At this moment, Taolong seemed to have no strength to fight back at all, and could only allow the other party to beat him like a sponge.

"The final blow!"

Feeling that his opponent was already unable to move, Sebastian once again extended countless spikes from his arms, ready to defeat Taolong.

Swinging his body to come behind the opponent, the crocodile fishman raised his hand knife and chopped it down towards Taolong's head!
"Goodbye! Officers of the Beasts!"

puff--!
"Um?!"

The expected feeling of the sharp needle piercing the body did not come, but instead the arm became unable to move.

"This is……"

"Ahem~ You... you can't see anything, right?"

Holding the spikes on the opponent's arm tightly with both hands, Taolong spoke in a weak but victorious tone.

"Just now, you were able to accurately determine my location only by relying on your Observation Haki and your perception of the ocean currents, right?"

Threads of blood oozed from between Taolong's fingers and scattered into the sea water...

"You, how do you know?"

"It's simple. If you could see it, you wouldn't be unaware of how obvious you are right now."

"Um?!"

Around Taolong, in the sea water that had been dyed light red by his blood, an abrupt outline strongly revealed the presence of a certain fishman.

"Your mimicry can change the color, but it can't change the water flowing through your body. Now that my blood has given this invisible water a shape..."

"You'll have nowhere to hide!"

"!"

"..."

"Hihihihi! You truly are worthy of being a cadre of the Beasts."

"These eyes have indeed been blinded in countless battles in the past, which is why you were able to exploit their flaws."

"But unfortunately, you don't have much strength left now due to excessive blood loss, right?"

Sebastian was silent for a moment, not expecting his moves to be broken in this way.

But after feeling the strength of the other party's grip on his arm gradually weakening, the fishman smiled again.

"So what if I cracked my [Liquid Mimicry]? It only delayed your death for a few seconds. It's completely meaningless!"

"Xinei!"

"Saw shark!"

Pulling out his arm, a row of fine, serrated spikes suddenly popped out. Sebastian wanted to chop the man in front of him into two pieces!
"Heh~So tired of Wadukana~"

Looking at the figure that finally appeared in the distance, Taolong smiled with his last bit of strength.

[The rest is up to you, Brother Burfat...]
"Fishman Karate: Ghost Tile Punch!"

"Nani?!"

　Don't ask why Takalong can still talk underwater; like Luffy's Fire Fist Gun, it's all thanks to his perseverance.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)