Chapter 657: Is It Still Possible to Return to the West Sea Now

Silence!

The entire pirate ship was utterly silent.

The previously charged atmosphere vanished without a trace.

The pirate's earlier words echoed relentlessly in everyone's ears.

For a long while.

Glug!

Over three hundred pirates involuntarily swallowed hard, their faces pale with terror, staring dumbfounded at the sea ahead.

As expected.

They had all seen it.

Before that terrifying whale, massive as a beast,

in that stretch of sea…

a bare-chested young figure appeared with crystal-clear clarity before their eyes.

So clearly they could see every detail.

"This… isn't an illusion!"

"There's really someone there!"

"Right before that terrifying whale!"

"The two seem to be locked in a fierce battle!"

A pirate spoke in a trembling voice.

As he finished speaking,

Ssshh—

All the pirates drew in a sharp breath.

They were stunned dumb.

What kind of monster is that?!

To fight that level of terrifying beast with bare hands?!

Are you sure?

Is that even human?!

"I—I can't be dreaming, can I?"

A pirate pinched his own shoulder, feeling the sharp pain radiating from it.

No!

This isn't a dream!

Not an illusion!

They had truly seen…

Before that terrifying whale, massive as an island, a human, bare-chested, was locked in fierce combat with the beast.

Every scene unfolded with crystal-clear clarity before the eyes of everyone present.

Among them,

including the captain, the thief Gao Da.

He saw it all with perfect clarity.

"I-I—it's a human!"

Gao Da's throat was dry, his eyes wide and bulging.

He was utterly stunned.

Just entering the Grand Line, he had still been full of ambition, planning to recruit men and ships in this sea, then make the Thief Pirate Crew's name echo across these waters.

He meant to rule this region!

To become a legendary pirate feared throughout this ocean.

Yet,

right now,

upon seeing this scene before him, he was shattered by shock.

His entire body grew rigid.

Like a statue, motionless.

"Before such a terrifying beast…"

"Someone dares to attack it?!"

"Unbelievable!"

"This… must be madness!"

Gao Da's lips trembled slightly, his spirit reeling.

Even he, a pirate with a bounty of sixty million Berries, felt a chill crawl up his scalp and a cold dread seize him at the sight of that whale-sized monster.

As for fighting such a beast?

He had never even dared to imagine it!

Yet now,

he had seen it.

A human had done what he could never dare attempt!

Alone, he was holding his own against a terrifying beast!

With nothing but a mortal body…

He fought against a whale as vast as an island!

What does that even mean?!

Anyway,

it's something no one in this life could ever imagine.

Such an astonishing, earth-shattering event was now unfolding before his eyes.

He stood frozen, utterly stunned.

"Is… is this a Sea King? Are Sea Kings in the Grand Line this terrifying?"

"And yet…"

"Who is that human, exactly?"

"How dare he fight such a monstrous beast with bare hands?"

"What kind of monsters are these people in the Grand Line?!"

A group of pirates were deeply moved and utterly shaken.

They had just entered the Grand Line from the West Sea…

They had all come with grand ambitions.

They wanted to follow their captain, Kasi, and carve out a legendary reputation in these waters of the Grand Line.

But they never dreamed…

Upon arriving in the Grand Line, they witnessed this scene that would haunt them for life.

A terrifyingly massive super-giant beast stood face-to-face with a human, who appeared insignificantly tiny in comparison.

In the West Sea…

they had never heard of anything so astonishing.

"We… we've never heard…"

"There's a human who dares fight a Sea King barehanded!"

"And that Sea King isn't even an ordinary one—it's a super-giant Sea King, as huge as an island!"

"Facing a Sea King like this, even the strongest pirates would flee in panic, wouldn't they?"

"Who could believe it?!"

"That human dares to fight this super-giant Sea King alone!"

Dozens of eyes, filled with horror, fixed simultaneously on the waters ahead.

As the seawater flowing past the pirate ship grew faster…

The entire ship drew closer and closer to the waters ahead.

Up close.

They could see more clearly now.

How enormous that Sea King truly was!

Even from afar, it still crushed them with endless pressure.

Overwhelming pressure!

It robbed them of even the thought of resistance.

This whale's size was too immense.

In comparison,

they were nothing but tiny, insignificant ants.

They were certain.

If they had encountered that colossal whale…

(cjdf) Their fate…

Would surely be total annihilation in an instant!

After all,

the difference in size was truly enormous.

Even their entire pirate ship, before that terrifying super-giant Sea King, looked like a toy—utterly incapable of withstanding even a single blow.

How could they possibly dare to fight such a Sea King?

Their courage had been shattered.

Yet, before this terrifying Sea King, a human figure appeared, attempting to engage it in fierce battle.

How could they not be stunned?!

They were nearly driven to doubt their own existence.

"A Sea King of this scale…"

"Someone dares to fight it barehanded!"

"Is this… what a powerhouse of the Grand Line truly is?"