Chapter 968

"Cough! Cough!"

Ben Beike Man spat blood, gazing up at the black cannonballs streaking overhead, his eyes filled with weariness and helplessness.

He turned his head,

unable to help but look toward the windmill village behind him.

And…

directly above the windmill village, a burly man clad in the Navy's justice coat, using nothing but his iron fists, continuously shattered and destroyed the incoming black cannonballs, preventing the village from being struck by them.

"Don't blame us."

Seeing Captain Kapu desperately blocking the cannon fire, Ben Beike Man silently sighed in his heart.

They were acting out of desperation!

But no matter how they explained it,

they could not conceal…

the evil of their current actions!

"It's time to go."

Ben Beike Man pulled his gaze away and caught up with Lei De Hair and the others.

Soon,

they returned to the Lei De Force.

Lei De Hair, having lost an arm, was pale-faced, bearing severe injuries; though not yet on the brink of death, his physical condition was extremely poor.

At this moment,

even a pirate with a bounty of one hundred million berries would be enough to make Lei De Hair suffer greatly.

"Boss!"

One by one, Lei De Hair's crew members rushed to his side, their eyes brimming with worry and concern.

"I'm fine."

"Quick! Sail the Lei De Force out of this sea!"

Lei De Hair took a deep breath, propping himself up with one hand on the deck, forcing himself to remain calm, his eyes filled with solemnity.

"Yes, Boss."

The crew quickly nodded in agreement.

Under the helmsman's control,

the Lei De Force set sail once more!

Heading toward the boundless ocean ahead.

Moving farther and farther from the windmill village.

"Don't stop the cannon fire."

"Absolutely cannot let Captain Kapu catch up."

Lei De Hair's voice was low.

Though he inwardly did not wish to attack the windmill village,

this was their only way to escape death.

If they did not delay Captain Kapu, they could never escape this sea around the windmill village.

"Yes!"

After receiving Lei De Hair's order, the number of cannonballs fired increased dramatically.

Severely disrupting Captain Kapu's pursuit,

forcing him to halt and prevent even the slightest damage to the windmill village.

Seeing this,

Lei De Hair let out a heavy breath, relieved yet burdened, collapsing heavily onto the deck, feeling the constant, piercing pain from his left arm, his face growing even paler.

"Quick! Find someone to stop the bleeding and treat the Boss!"

A group of Lei De Hair's crew were frantic.

"And the first mate…"

"Hurry! Get someone to heal him!"

Seeing Ben Beike Man, Ye Su Bu, Luo Qi Lu, and others lying severely wounded, every single Lei De Hair crew member on the Lei De Force showed signs of panic.

On the deck,

only a portion of Lei De Hair's crew remained, tasked with operating the cannons to keep attacking the windmill village.

Their assault could not stop.

If it did,

the consequences would be unimaginable.

At that time,

that legendary Navy figure would surely pursue them.

What would happen to them if they met the furious Navy hero?

Self-evident.

Boom! Boom! Boom! …

One after another, pitch-black cannonballs rained down from the sky, tracing parabolic arcs before crashing into the air above the windmill village, over a thousand meters away.

"Lei De Hair!"

"You damned pirates!"

Seeing more and more shells hurtling toward him, Captain Kapu's expression grew darker.

He had been careless!

He truly hadn't expected it.

Lei De-Haired and the others actually chose to fight to the death.

Using this method to threaten him into not daring to pursue them recklessly.

"Good! Very good indeed!"

"One day…"

"Old man will make you pay a terrible price."

As Captain Kapu seethed inwardly, he used his iron fists to continuously destroy every incoming shell midair.

He couldn't leave…

If he left this place,

Windmill Village would be instantly flattened by these shells.

At that time,

All the villagers of Windmill Village would inevitably be slaughtered!

And this, of course, was not what Captain Kapu wanted to see.

He would rather not pursue the Lei De-Haired Pirates than risk the safety of Windmill Village's villagers.

After all,

In the end,

Windmill Village was also his birthplace, the land that raised him!

He would never allow Windmill Village to be flattened!

Below,

The harbor shore.

When he saw Captain Kapu alone, desperately destroying the incoming shells,

Lu En's mind stirred.

Then,

He stepped on Moon Step, lifting his heavy body into the air until he stood beside Captain Kapu.

At a shell hurtling toward them,

He threw a punch.

Despite bearing a heavy burden of injuries, Lu En still easily smashed the shell apart with a single punch.

Boom—

Accompanied by a deafening explosion.

Deafening!

The violent shockwave whipped through Lu En's hair.

"Old man, leave this to me."

Lu En said to Captain Kapu.

"Can you handle it?"

Captain Kapu frowned, asking.

Seeing Lu En's battered form, he couldn't help but worry for Lu En's safety.

"Don't worry, this is no problem."

"Though my strength is now less than one-tenth of what it was, dealing with these ordinary shells is effortless."

"Old man, don't underestimate me!"

Lu En smiled.

"Fine!"

After a moment's thought, Captain Kapu nodded in agreement.

Thus,

He cleanly stepped on Moon Step and left the area.

Leaving only Lu En to intercept every incoming shell.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Each punch shattered the shells midair.

With Kenbunshoku Haki activated, Lu En did not miss a single shell, intercepting and destroying them all before they could fall, preventing any impact on Windmill Village.

Meanwhile,

Having freed himself, Captain Kapu glared angrily at the departing Lei De-Beard.

He did not angrily step on Moon Step to pursue.

"Think you can escape?"