Chapter 1278

The four large ships under Pica's command quickly gathered into a row, sailing side by side. In less than half a minute, four large ships approached from the right; these were the ships of the Beasts Pirates.

Eight pirate ships gathered, and after contacting each other via Den Den Mushi, they began to advance forward.

Half a nautical mile away, seven pirate ships also completed their integration; these were all ships of the Big Mom Pirates. These ships had bright colors, and the cabins were mostly cake-shaped. Even more peculiar was that the figurehead of each ship was a "living thing"—note, a living thing, not a biological one. These figureheads had self-awareness and could speak; this was Charlotte Linlin's fruit ability.

Both sides completed their integration and were rapidly approaching each other. It looked like in less than five minutes, both sides would begin boarding combat.

Although this was Su Xiao's first time experiencing a naval battle, in his impression, shouldn't pirate ships bombard each other after approaching?

As soon as this thought appeared, several muffled sounds came from the distance, and three cannonballs came whistling through the air.

Su Xiao looked up at the three pitch-black cannonballs. The speed of these three cannonballs was not fast, and after drawing an arc, they flew over the Spade.

Su Xiao watched the three cannonballs fall into the sea. He finally knew why the bombardment between the two sides wasn't intense; with this kind of accuracy, it was a complete waste of cannonballs.

Perhaps both sides knew this, so they were rapidly closing the distance. In less than two minutes, both sides had closed to about 100 meters.

On the ship Su Xiao was on, apart from the gunners, the pirates on the ship were all gathered together, and the pirate leader from before stood in front of everyone.

"Young Master has high hopes for us..."

Hearing the first sentence from the other side, Su Xiao knew this was pre-battle mobilization. Boarding combat was too cruel; it had to be mobilized.

This squad leader's eloquence was not bad; at least he stirred up the emotions of those pirates. As for how many pirates would risk their lives, the answer was that everyone would. Pre-battle mobilization was just to enhance the fighting spirit of those pirates.

This was a naval battle; there was simply no option of fleeing before the battle. Everywhere one looked was the sea; where could one flee? Either be defeated by the enemy and captured, or defeat the enemy; there was no other choice.

"Roar!!"

The pirates roared, and at this moment, a cannonball fell from the sky.

Boom!

The entire Spade tilted slightly, the fire of the explosion filled a small half of the deck, and flames burned fiercely.

When the flames dissipated a bit, a large crater appeared on the deck, surrounded by wood chips stained with blood. Severed limbs and minced meat flew everywhere, and the smell of blood was choking.

The pirates who had been full of fighting spirit earlier were all crawling on the deck. Some stood up in a daze, looking at the enemy ships in the distance, some with minced meat still on their faces.

Cheers came from the enemy ship; they hadn't expected to be so accurate. Just this one shot had killed at least a dozen pirates from the Donquixote camp.

Just as they were cheering, a cannonball also landed on their ship. "Misfortune follows joy" was exactly what described them.

The cheers turned into screams. When the two sides were 80 meters apart, the speed of all ships decreased. At this distance, the bombardment was quite reliable, and both sides began "random" bombardment.

The sound of cannons roared continuously. Su Xiao hid behind the railing. Although the bombardment couldn't hurt him, being bombarded was clearly not a pleasant thing.

The sound of an explosion came from behind, and wood chips flew. Su Xiao looked at the source of the sound and immediately realized that things were not looking good.

About ten meters away from Su Xiao, a ship's mast nearly a meter thick was slowly falling, and the sails on the mast were burning fiercely. This was the main mast of the Spade.

The main mast snapped, basically representing that this large sailing ship had lost its power. As for rowing, don't joke around; in a naval battle, where would there be time to row?

The Spade's mast snapped, immediately attracting the attention of both allies and enemies. The seven friendly ships around immediately moved away; they all knew that the Spade, with its broken mast, was about to be besieged by enemy artillery fire.

As for the enemy ships, they were like sharks that had smelled blood, gathering toward the Spade at a very fast speed.

With a "crack," the thick ship mast crashed down, one end plunging into the sea. The other end lay across the center of the hull, making the ship unable to move an inch.

The main mast snapping completely was not the most desperate situation; this kind of "half-snapped" state was the most desperate. This meant that the Spade had completely lost its maneuverability.

The pirates on the ship were stunned. They couldn't figure it out—couldn't figure out why they were so unlucky today. First, the hull was bombarded, causing the gunpowder to be dampened by the rain; then the deck took another shot; and now, even more exaggeratedly, the main mast had snapped.

Some old pirates also had pale faces. They had witnessed what would happen if the main mast snapped in a naval battle: the enemy's cannonballs would rain down like raindrops.

Four ships from the Big Mom Pirates were approaching the Spade, and before this, two ships had already boarded—the ship Pica was on and the ship Perospero was on.

A roaring sound came; nine times out of ten, the two were fighting.

If it were in the past, Su Xiao would definitely go to join the fun, but now he couldn't. The ship he was on had already been surrounded, and a large number of cannonballs were raining down. There were constant explosions on the Spade. The entire ship was only so big, and several explosions had nearly affected Su Xiao.

Boom!

A cannonball exploded just three meters away from Su Xiao, and thick black smoke rose. In the black smoke, a faint blue light could be vaguely seen.

An energy shield blocked in front of Su Xiao. He hadn't chosen a faction yet, but the current situation forced him to choose. Fortunately, this was a choice he had carefully considered.

Su Xiao ejected the magazine of the D-Assassination; the 12 bullets were loaded normally. He reloaded the magazine and chambered a round.

Su Xiao held the gun handle with both hands, his shooting posture very standard. With his finger on the trigger, he selected a target—a gunner hiding inside the ship's hull. To shoot and kill the opponent, he could only pass through a 20-centimeter observation port.

Inside a completely white pirate ship, a dozen pirates were busily loading cannonballs. They were inside the ship's hull; as long as they weren't being bombarded, they basically wouldn't be hurt.

"Move faster."

A gunner covered in the smell of gunpowder shouted. He had a cigarette in his mouth, his expression slightly smug. It was he who had blown off the enemy ship's main mast with one shot; this was no small contribution.

The busy pirates cast envious glances; everyone knew that this guy's artillery accuracy was very average.

Suddenly, red and white liquid splashed, the skull stained with blood exploded, and a small piece of cigarette flew high into the air, finally falling onto the damp wooden board and extinguishing.

A pirate who was preparing to load a cannonball had his face splashed with blood. He looked at the headless corpse that was slowly falling and thought to himself, "This guy is really unlucky."

But in the next moment, he felt a heavy blow to his head, and then his vision plunged into darkness.

A cannonball fell onto the wooden board, but it was silent, not making the slightest collision sound. The cannonball slid along the slope to the other side, very eerily.

"There is..."

A pirate just wanted to shout, but his head exploded instantly, and his corpse fell to the ground without a sound.

The gunners sitting behind the cannons showed expressions of horror. They all discovered one point: everyone who had been shot in the head was near an observation port.

Realizing this, they immediately lunged backward, but unfortunately, it was too late.

One head after another exploded silently, and one corpse after another fell. From beginning to end, no sound was made. This was one of the abilities of the D-Assassination: after hitting the enemy's head, it would form a silent domain with a diameter of three meters.

The pirates who had escaped death were all lying on the ground, looking at the dozen observation ports with horror in their eyes.

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