Chapter 244: Canglong Makes His Move
"Captain, there's something under the ship…"
On the Poken Pirates' ship, a pirate wearing a torn black top—with faintly visible crimson skin beneath it and a bloated, ferociously ugly face—reported to Poken.
A terrifying aura accompanied by scorching heat surged up from beneath the ship. The seawater began to boil, wisps of gray smoke rising.
Poken's expression darkened as he suddenly leaped into the air.
Boom!
The moment he jumped, a pair of enormous molten-lava hands burst out of the sea and grabbed the pirate ship, producing a thunderous crash.
"Ahhh…"
"Captain, save us…"
The pirates aboard, staring at the gigantic molten hands right in front of them, screamed in terror.
As Canglong slowly lifted the ship up—
"Put it down!"
Poken roared, an immense aura erupting from his body as the clouds in the sky changed color.
He followed up with a punch smashed toward the molten giant hand.
Boom!!
A terrifying shockwave swept outward.
The molten giant hand shuddered violently. Lava splashed everywhere at the point of impact, blasting out a pit neither large nor small.
The entire pirate ship shook violently, and some pirates were even thrown into the air.
"I'll tear you apart!"
Shredder roared, his pair of hands—several times larger than an ordinary person's and drenched in blood—grabbing toward the molten giant hand.
Another man, grotesque like a demon, with bloodshot eyes, also began to expand in size, smashing himself toward the lava giant.
Boom boom boom…
Their attacks landed on Canglong's hand, producing successive explosions.
The terrifying shockwaves shredded the deck of the ship, yet failed to injure Canglong in the slightest.
"How is this possible…"
Mad ghost stared wide-eyed at the molten giant hand in disbelief.
His attacks couldn't even chip off a single fragment of rock. He was someone who could kill a 500-million-berry pirate.
At that moment, another giant hand descended from the sky, grabbing toward Poken.
"Hm?"
Poken abruptly turned his head, pupils shrinking, and immediately threw a punch.
Boom!
A powerful shockwave rippled out, but he himself was knocked back, sent flying.
Meanwhile, Raptorex's hand only paused for an instant before continuing to grab.
Buzz—buzz!
Canglong finally stood upright. His massive body towered into the clouds, the entire pirate ship clenched in his hand.
"What kind of monster is this…"
"Ah… Mom!"
The pirates on the Poken ship trembled as they looked at the incomparably huge molten giant—those lava-filled eyes staring straight at them, along with that overwhelming pressure.
At this time, Poken and Raptorex had already reached the shore of Sabaody Archipelago.
"Dragonflame Pirates!"
Poken glared at Jiang Qize, who was watching him from the Dragonflame in the distance. His eyes instantly turned blood-red as his muscles bulged.
"Extreme Speed!"
He roared. With a loud bang, his figure vanished from the spot, leaving behind a circular crater ten meters wide.
He reappeared beneath Raptorex's pillar-like leg.
"Extreme Power!"
Poken shouted. The force gathered in his right fist twisted the surrounding space as he smashed it into Raptorex.
In the blink of an eye, that area of Raptorex's body was covered in a layer of Armament Haki.
Boom!!
A deafening explosion rang out.
For a moment, it was as if time and space froze.
Then a horrifying shockwave erupted outward. Everything in its path was annihilated.
The ground looked as though an entire layer had been shaved off, covering an area several hundred meters wide.
Raptorex's leg was blasted backward by more than half, nearly causing him to stumble. His massive body swayed violently.
At the spot where he had been struck, a depression three meters wide appeared—enough to show just how terrifying Poken's strength was.
And Poken himself was also flung backward by the recoil of his own power and the shockwave's force.