One Piece: The Legend of Beasts

The ball of light flew towards the sea surface at an astonishing speed, and in the blink of an eye it sank to the bottom of the sea, disappearing without a trace.

In the blink of an eye, the waves rushing in from the surroundings gathered in the same direction, spinning rapidly and continuously, eventually forming a huge vortex that gradually spread to the entire strait. In the center of the vortex, a tornado-like water column formed, rushing straight upwards.

"Not good! Retreat quickly!"

The two warring parties realized the critical situation and accelerated to fly in the opposite direction. However, they had not flown for long before they felt an invisible pressure pulling them hard. Their bodies were involuntarily pulled back and they were soon caught in the water column. Countless pirates and sailors screamed and kept turning with the turbulent current.

The mountains on both sides shook violently, and cracks of varying sizes appeared on the surface of the mountains. Finally, they collapsed and turned into countless small pieces, sinking to the bottom of the sea together with the smashed pirate ship.

"Finally, I was tricked by that brat...!"

Newgate uttered words of reluctance and used all his strength to fight against the gravity of the whirlpool, but even he could not overcome the power of nature. He was pulled over little by little and could only watch his beloved subordinates fall into the huge water column one by one.

——Sorry, brothers, this is all I can say...!

"Asshole... you still have this much strength!"

The navy transport ship was closest to the whirlpool and had already been torn into pieces. Kaido had great strength but was unable to resist the surging current and was circling around the edge of the whirlpool.

——My dream hasn’t come true yet, is it over like this?

The boy's eyes began to blur and his consciousness gradually became blurred. With an unwilling look on his face, he was instantly sucked into the center of the bottomless, black hole-like vortex.

——Turn into the dregs of the sea, pirates. Even if I cannot enforce justice, you will not succeed!

——If you go against justice, you will have to pay a heavy price!

Xiluk's body fell straight to the bottom of the sea. He lost all his strength as he was immersed in the sea water. A cruel smile of victory was still on his blood-stained face.

However, all this did not go as he wished.

At the moment when the ball of light formed in Xiluk's hand, a figure rushed in front of him at lightning speed, clenched his right hand into a fist, emitting a light green light, and hit Xiluk's chest heavily. Tiny cracks spread around along the air like broken mirrors, and suddenly exploded. The entire naval ship swayed up and down with the ups and downs of the waves, and the deafening sound made everyone's ears buzz.

"Why...why would you...?"

Xiluk spurted out a large mouthful of blood with a cry, his eyes widened with a look of disbelief, the ball of light in his hand gradually dissipated, his chest sunk deeply, he staggered forward two steps and fell to the ground, his head tilted, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted completely.

Kaido was stunned where he was, his face full of astonishment. It took him a long time to react and he shouted angrily at the person in front of him: "Hey! I finally forced him into a desperate situation, why are you coming to steal the credit from me?! Also, it seems that you concealed a lot of your strength before, asshole!"

"Ahh, I'm sorry."

The man spread his hands and apologized lightly, "The moment he stood up again, I had a bad feeling, so I used my Observation Haki to observe the future... Fortunately, I stopped him in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."

Thinking of the shocking scene he just saw, he was still frightened.

Kaido couldn't believe his ears and asked with an extremely exaggerated expression: "Huh? Using Observation Haki to see the future? You are not kidding me, Newgate?!"

"You will understand after you fight with stronger masters."

Newgate turned around and ignored him, shouting towards the top of the strait: "All navy listen, Xiluk has lost consciousness. If he is not treated in time, he will die. If you still value his life, take him away quickly!"

Newgate's voice resounded through the sky and echoed throughout the strait. Hearing the enemy leader's words, the navy looked at each other, not knowing what to do. The rear admiral who took over the command of the air force shouted angrily: "What a joke! We still have the advantage in numbers, everyone listen to my orders..."

Just when his right hand, which was raised high, was halfway down, a winding bolt of lightning flashed and instantly pierced through his body. The major general howled miserably, and black smoke came out of his body as he fell straight to the sea.

Then, a bold female voice came from the air.

"Well, well, well! It's really lively here. I'm sure we can gather a lot of interesting souls. Don't you think so, Zeus?"

"Of course, Mom, I'm looking forward to having a new companion~"

Thunder rumbled in the dark clouds, and a woman slowly emerged from them. She was wearing a fashionable white sun hat, a dark blue coat, a sharp machete on her shoulder, and the cape on her back swayed in the wind. It was obvious that she was dressed like a pirate captain.

Under her feet was a white cloud, as soft as a tree. In front of the cloud was an innocent child's face, with eyes rolling upwards and giggling. It was the person the woman was talking to.

"That feature... can't be wrong! I didn't expect her to come here too!"

The navy seemed to recognize the identity of the female pirate, and there was an uproar and noise. When the pirates saw that person, they felt like they saw a savior, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Rocks is such a troublemaker..."

Witnessing the arrival of the woman, Newgate seemed to understand something, and his brows tightened a little. He immediately shouted to the sky: "Lingling, I promised to let those navy soldiers live. For my sake, please don't embarrass them anymore!"

The woman named Lingling licked her lips and showed a greedy smile: "Well, you are still as naive as usual! How can you just ignore the prey in front of you?"

She spun the knife in her hand in a circle, frowned slightly, and put the knife behind her. She said unwillingly, "Well, forget it. It's too early to fight with you now... Hey! Listen up, government lackeys, get out of here right now! If I find anyone lingering around here... well, well, well!"

The navy had already lost their fighting spirit after the defeat of Xiluk. After hearing her words, they all showed a look of relief and fled in panic. Some of the navy landed on the navy transport ship, looked at the two burly pirates carefully, and confirmed that they would not make a move to obstruct them. They each carried their unconscious companions and left. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared, leaving only the dying Xiluk.

"They left you here. It seems that you don't treat your subordinates very well..."

Newgate shook his head, while Kaido said disdainfully, "I've seen many such brainwashed idiots before. There's no need to remember them. Rather than this, let's find a way to transport these treasures away first."

"Well, well, well! Just leave it to me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a woman named Lingling jumped from her mount, Baiyun, and landed on the deck. She caught sight of Xiluk on the ground and grabbed him like an eagle grabbing a chick. Newgate was shocked and hurriedly stopped her, saying, "Lingling, don't..."

Lingling ignored what he said. She held Xiluk's body and shook it, muttering: "Life or Money..."

Xiluk was shaken so violently that he suddenly woke up and saw a woman who was as fierce as a wolf grabbing him. Her eyes were deep and gloomy, as if there were countless strange illusions wandering in them. He couldn't help feeling scared. When he was about to struggle, a sticky liquid gushed out of his body. Lingling was overjoyed and grabbed the top of the liquid and pulled it hard. As the liquid was drawn out bit by bit, Xiluk's consciousness was gradually dissipating. However, for some reason, he felt indescribably comfortable all over his body, and a sense of closeness arose spontaneously.

——Ah, this feeling, is this the Virgin Mary? So you are still alive in this world?

——Holy Mother, do you think I have done well? I have become an excellent navy, and most of the evildoers have been punished by me one by one. Unfortunately, my strength is not good enough, and I was eventually defeated by the evil. But I firmly believe that more people will inherit my will in the future.

——After all, the Navy is an ally of justice!

Xiluk's body slowly fell to the ground, motionless, with a smile on his face. Newgate couldn't help but feel a little sad, and let out a meaningful sigh: "What a pathetic monster cultivated by the World Government. If you could face yourself, you wouldn't blindly obey the illusory justice..."

"Well, well, well! This guy's soul is really good."

Lingling took the completely extracted liquid and stuffed it into the deck. After a while, a human face appeared on the bow of the transport ship, smiling and saying, "Mom, what can I do for you?"

"Drive back to Beehive Island immediately!"

"Yes! Mom!"

Under Lingling's command, the transport ship automatically moved slowly toward the outer side of the strait. Seeing the admiral who had just fought with him end up like this, even a ruthless person like Kaido was shocked. He glanced at her inadvertently and looked at her carefully. He saw that she was about 25 years old, about the same height as himself, with a heroic and beautiful face, and a touch of bright lipstick on her lips. He couldn't help but admire her secretly.

"Hey, what's up? Are you surprised that I'm a woman and a pirate?"

The woman's bold voice came from behind, making Kaido nervous. He turned around and hurriedly stepped back several steps, shouting with a red face and thick neck: "Hey! Don't show up behind me out of the blue, you bitch!"

"Don't be so xenophobic...your left arm is in such a terrible state, let me help you!"

Lingling was not angry at his rude tone at all. She walked up to him, condensed a ball of light in the palm of her right hand, and pressed it against his injured arm. In an instant, Kaido felt as if his bones had come to life, operating at super high speed. In a short while, the broken bones of his entire left arm were connected and restored to their original state without leaving a scar.

"Ohh! My hand! It's recovered!"

Kaido moved his left arm in disbelief, and felt it was more flexible than before. He also had a better impression of this strange woman.

"I heard that it was you who defeated Siluk, right? I remember your name was Kaido? You're amazing! But you're not very good at talking!"

Lingling continued to say with a teasing tone, "Well, well, well! How old are you this year?"

"...15." For some reason, Kaido seemed unable to refuse the woman in front of him and blurted out the answer without even thinking.

"You're so young! I'm 9 years older than you!"

Lingling seemed a little surprised by this answer, and asked, holding the knife in her hand: "I heard from Rocks that you are the newcomer who teamed up with him for the first time, right?"

Before Kaido could speak, she patted her chest and smiled brightly, "That guy is not a good person and is not trustworthy. He will only make you work for him willingly! Just tell me if you have anything to say!

"My name is Charlotte Lingling, and I am the woman who will become the queen of the sea in the future!"

Kaido was stunned for a long time with his mouth slightly open after hearing the woman's extremely confident words. Then he shouted unyieldingly: "Stop bragging! I will be the king of the sea in the future!"

"Well, well, well! This guy is really interesting. I like him more and more!"

Charlotte Lingling nodded, walked up to Newgate and said to him, "I've decided to cooperate with this guy, so don't compete with me for it!"

"Whatever you say, I'm not good at dealing with this kind of brat anyway..."

Newgate stretched his body and walked to the bow. He saw a huge pirate ship coming out from the corner. Stussy and the surviving pirates were standing on the ship, waving and greeting him. With a slight smile on his face, he raised his naginata and shouted loudly, "We won this battle! Everyone, return to Beehive Island!"