Chapter 971

"Hahaha!"

"We succeeded!"

"We succeeded!"

"Now we won't die buried in this sea."

"It's all thanks to the captain's brilliance."

"That energy cannon shot drained most of our energy reserves, but it allowed the Lei De-Haired Pirates to escape from danger and make a clean getaway."

"…"

When they saw the image of the Lei De Forest rising into the sky, over two hundred crew members of the Lei De-Haired Pirates all simultaneously wore expressions of intense excitement.

Their faces glowed with exhilaration, fists clenched tight, their inner joy nearly impossible to conceal.

Even Lei De-Haired, as captain, could not help but smile faintly as he watched the scene.

The heavy burden on his shoulders finally eased.

What a relief!

Huh!

He let out a heavy breath, leaned back against the deck railing, closed his eyes slightly, and looked utterly at ease.

"We've finally escaped."

"Now…"

"Even that legendary hero of the Navy won't be able to pursue us anymore."

"This voyage back to the East Blue has truly been a miracle of survival!"

"But this plan was a complete failure."

Lei De-Haired sighed helplessly.

Just thinking about…

They had to attack Windmill Village to force Captain Kapu to halt his pursuit of the Lei De-Haired Pirates, so that the Lei De-Haired Pirates could escape from danger.

Lei De-Haired felt bitter inside.

Things shouldn't have turned out this way…

But,

For some reason,

Lei De-Haired always had a strange feeling.

As if some invisible hand had seized the nape of the Lei De-Haired Pirates' fate.

And pulled them off their original path!

"I wonder how Little Lufei will view our Lei De-Haired Pirates?"

"How will he view pirates of the sea?"

For a moment, Lei De-Haired looked lost and troubled.

Though they had escaped,

his heart was not joyful — instead, he felt deeply uneasy.

He lowered his head,

gazing at his empty left arm, his expression growing more helpless.

Not only had the plan failed to proceed as intended,

but

he had also lost his left arm.

"Don't think too much."

"We've all done our best."

Sensing Lei De-Haired's inner sorrow, Ben Beike Man couldn't help but speak to comfort him.

"Yes, I've done my best."

Lei De-Haired suddenly felt at peace.

As for what would happen next?

He could no longer change it.

…

As the Lei De Forest fled the original sea area,

in that instant,

the terrifying power of that world-shaking punch struck from thousands of meters away.

It struck the sea area perfectly.

Area-of-effect attack!

It nearly covered a diameter of three hundred meters.

The destruction caused by that punch from afar seemed ready to tear through and shatter the very ocean.

Boom—

Accompanied by a deafening roar,

thunderous,

ear-splitting.

Violent forces tore at the sea, intent on utterly crushing and destroying it!

It forcibly created a deep-sea vortex.

Compared to the energy cannon blast from the Lei De Forest, the commotion was even more terrifying!

Clearly.

This punch contained just how terrifying a power.

Even thousands of meters away through the air,

the force unleashed by this punch remained terrifyingly heart-stopping.

Like rotten wood shattered!

Like mountains overturned and seas reversed!

Struck by this earth-shattering punch delivered through the air, the ocean surged into endless waves rising straight to the clouds.

Splash splash splash!

Seawater sprayed upward,

waves overturned the sky,

rushing up over a thousand meters into the air.

The currents formed a colossal water curtain…

Blocking out the sun and sky.

This entire scene unfolded with perfect clarity before the eyes of the Lei De Hair Pirates, who had already escaped death.

Led by Lei De Hair, all the Lei De Hair Pirates bore expressions of shock and lingering dread.

"S-So terrifyingly destructive!"

"Is this even human?"

"The Navy's legendary hero truly lives up to his name."

"Even a punch delivered from thousands of meters away can cause such astonishing destruction. Is this, then, the strongest man of the sea? Truly an eye-opener."

"Stronger than a monster!"

"Thank goodness we ran fast—if we'd been hit dead-on by this punch, I think we'd have been obliterated in an instant, reduced to dust!"

"The entire Lei De Forest would have been sunk and destroyed without exception."

The Lei De Hair Pirates' crew members trembled with lingering fear, their faces pale with terror.

Beside them,

Lei De Hair, Ben Beike Man, Ye Su Bu, and Luo Qi Lu all wore expressions of deep unease.

They exchanged glances, then instinctively raised their right hands to wipe away imaginary sweat from their foreheads.

Clearly.

Their feelings at this moment were in fact identical to those of the other crew members—filled with intense fear and anxiety.