One Piece: Rayquaza of the Beasts Pirates

"Well……"

Violet suddenly let out a groan of discomfort. She hugged her chest, her face turned pale, and cold sweat even broke out on her forehead.

She had been subconsciously using the power of the Gaze-Gaze ​​Fruit to spy on her surroundings, but unexpectedly, here, her power became a burden.

Everything before my eyes was pitch black; only the occasional unnatural ripples in the water proved that a huge creature was silently swimming by in the darkness.

Fear stems from this sense of uncertainty.

Violet had no choice but to close her eyes and voluntarily stop using her Devil Fruit power.

Just then, a warm, large hand wrapped around her shoulder.

"Don't be afraid. There's no creature in this ocean that can stand against us. Relax."

Kane's confident yet gentle voice effectively calmed Violet down.

"Lord Kane~"

Violet seemed to have found a support, and nestled into Kane's strong embrace, the fear in her eyes quickly replaced by deep love and dependence.

Bonnie tilted her head, looking at the two who were almost glued together, and immediately made a face: "Sister Violet, blush! Bonnie isn't scared at all!"

"Yes, yes, our Bonnie is the bravest."

Kane chuckled, ruffled Bonnie's wonderfully soft pink hair with his free hand, and then turned to order, "Prepare the lights!"

"Yes!"

The ship's lights came on quickly.

To avoid attracting too much attention from deep-sea creatures, the lights were strictly controlled, illuminating only a small area around the Rayquaza.

While not enough to dispel all darkness, it at least prevents people from seeing their own hands in the dark.

This single light, like a lighthouse in the darkness, instantly brought everyone a great sense of security.

However, just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief...

boom!

In the darkness, on the right side of the Skybreaker, a sudden and violent undercurrent slammed into the bubble membrane like a heavy hammer!

The entire ship tilted violently and veered sharply to the left!

"what!"

Caught off guard, the people on deck screamed and stumbled about in chaos.

Immediately afterwards, a gaping maw suddenly emerged from the dark seawater.

It was an enormous tiger-headed sea king, its huge eyes gleaming with a ferocious light in the darkness.

"Roar!"

It opened its large mouth full of sharp teeth and lunged fiercely at the Radiant Sky Seat where the light was.

Clearly, the ship's lights attracted it.

"Ah—! Dad! There's a monster!!"

Bonnie screamed in fright and instinctively clung tightly to the bear's legs.

Kane, however, smirked.

There really are some fearless guys who dare to walk right into the line of fire.

"roll!"

Kane's eyes widened, and an invisible aura of dominance burst forth from his body, precisely crushing the enormous tiger-headed sea king.

The sea monster's massive body suddenly stiffened, its open maw frozen in mid-air, unsure whether to bite or not.

His originally fierce and cruel eyes instantly became clear.

Without the slightest hesitation, this once arrogant deep-sea predator nimbly turned its massive body and scurried away without looking back.

Kane shook his head.

These small sea monsters, which are only a hundred meters or so long, are clearly limited in intelligence and act entirely on instinct.

If they were super-large sea monsters that were over 5,000 meters long and had lived for countless years, they would not risk damaging human ships at all, given their superior intelligence.

After this little incident, the Sky Pierce encountered several more waves of mindless sea monsters and small to medium-sized sea kings attracted by the lights.

But as he just said, they are hardly a threat in this deep sea.

Often, all he needs to do is unleash a wave of his domineering aura, and that's enough to terrify these uninvited guests, sending them fleeing in panic.

After the Sky Piercer slowly entered the enormous underwater cave directly beneath the Red Line, the sea beasts and sea kings seemed to have made a pact and never appeared again.

After sailing for some time, a faint but warm light suddenly appeared in the pitch-black sea ahead.

As the Sky Pirate drew closer, the light grew brighter and clearer until finally, a dreamlike island, like a pearl embedded in a giant double-layered bubble membrane, was fully revealed to Kane and the others.

Wow, there really is sunshine!

Bonnie clung to the gunwale, her eyes wide with amazement, and let out an incredible cheer.

But how can there be sunlight in the deep sea?

"That's thanks to Eve of the Sun Tree."

Among them, Robin, the most knowledgeable, explained: "After the top of the Sun Tree Eve absorbs sunlight, it can be conducted through the trunk to the deep-sea roots, causing the roots to emit a strong light like the sun. Moreover, the air of Fishman Island is also transported in by its roots."

"It can be said that without the Sun Tree Eve, there would be no Fishman Island."

Yamato's eyes lit up: "What an amazing tree!"

The Sky Pirate slowly approached Fishman Island.

What lies in front of them is the first giant bubble that envelops Fishman Island, which is also the most important external barrier for Fishman Island.

Any ship that attempts to force its way into Fishman Island without proper channels will have its coating dissolved by the special properties of the bubble the moment it violently passes through it.

The ship will crash directly into the air layer between the two bubbles and be smashed to pieces.

Even if the people on the ship didn't die from the fall, they still had to face the thick layer of seawater, which is not something that ordinary people can overcome.

Kane and his group naturally saw no need to choose such a foolish and pointless approach as forcing their way in.

Thus, the Sky Piercer smoothly sailed towards the main gate of Fishman Island.

At this moment, a small queue had already formed in front of the gate, with several merchant ships and even a pirate ship flying the skull and crossbones flag, all obediently waiting for immigration inspection.

A squad of well-equipped, serious-looking merman soldiers stood guard outside the gate, methodically inspecting every ship that wanted to enter Merman Island.

Kane shouted, "Get the ship over there!"

As a member of the Beasts Pirates, how could I obediently stand in line?

"Stop! That boat! No cutting in line!"

The merman soldiers responsible for maintaining order quickly noticed the unusual activity of the Sky Piercer and immediately gathered around, brandishing their weapons and shouting orders.

"Damn it! Which blind fool dares to cut in line?!"

On a pirate ship that was in line and about to be called, the captain-like man suddenly cursed angrily.

But before he could finish speaking, his sharp-eyed deputy covered his mouth tightly.

"Captain! Stop shouting! Look at their flags!!"

The second-in-command's voice trembled with extreme fear: "It's...it's the Beasts Pirates!"

Upon seeing the flag flying over the Sky Pierce, the captain, who had been so arrogant just moments before, immediately fell silent. The anger on his face was instantly replaced by a deathly pallor, and cold sweat broke out on his brow.

He shrank back like an ostrich, not daring to look any further.

There's no way around it, the Beasts Pirates are the bosses!

Let alone cutting in line, even if you robbed them, they wouldn't dare say no.

The merman soldiers who had been shouting and yelling aggressively just moments before were now frozen in place, swallowing hard in unison, their faces filled with panic and helplessness.

Was it me who just shouted for that ship to stop?

"Quickly! Go to the Dragon Palace and invite King Neptune!"

The leader of the merman squad, his voice trembling, practically scrambled to shout at his men.

This was no longer a situation that these lowly soldiers could handle.

One merman soldier hurriedly returned to Merman Island to fetch reinforcements, while the remaining merman soldiers rode their sea monsters to the front of the Sky Piercer.

Even though they were terrified, they still mustered up the courage to ask Kane and the others why they had come.

"cooperate?"

A hint of surprise flashed across the fishman squad leader's face, but he quickly realized that he had no right to question or refute.

He immediately offered to provide assistance to Kane and the others by guiding them to Fishman Island.

There was nothing they could do; even if the Flying Sky mount refused to cooperate, they couldn't stop it.

Rather than engaging in futile conflict, it's better to cooperate obediently, at least to maintain a semblance of order.

With the cooperation of the fish-man soldiers and the "conscious" yielding of other ships, the Rayquaza entered the fish-man island without a moment's delay.

After passing through a long passage, the interior of Fishman Island was finally revealed to everyone.

"So beautiful." Hiyori Kozuki couldn't help but widen her eyes.

"There are blue skies and white clouds here!" Yamato exclaimed in surprise as he looked up at the sky.

Directly in front of them was a bustling area with distinctive Fishman Island characteristics.

Various buildings are built along the huge coral reef in a staggered and orderly manner, and the surfaces of the buildings are decorated with marine products such as seashells.

Many buildings are half submerged in the clear seawater, while the other half is above the water, to facilitate the movement of mermaids and fish-people.

Above the water's surface, there are crisscrossing transparent waterways, where many mermaids gracefully swim and move about.

The moment the Liekong Zuo appeared at the port, it was as if a depth charge had been dropped, eliciting screams from all sides.

"What? The Beasts Pirates have attacked?"

"The Beasts Pirates are going to take over Fishman Island!"