After Ye Chui was swallowed whole by the Sea Angel in a single gulp, he immediately tried to escape using [Kamui Void], but the Sea Angel’s massive jaws did not simply swallow people whole. That mouth connected to another void world, a sealing power of immense strength. Ye Chui’s teleportation magic could not function at all, and under a violent impact, he directly fainted.
In a dazed state, he found himself in a space with no gravity, like outer space. Star-like points of light floated around, with thunderbolts flashing from time to time. Countless random pieces of debris drifted in mid-air: various fish, sea demons, shipwrecks. Accompanied by lightning, these objects gradually dissolved, turning into the Sea Angel’s power.
He saw a huge sea-cow beast, a massive marine demon with bull horns. Its enormous body was constantly melting under the lightning strikes, dissolving into starlight and slowly vanishing.
Several thunderbolts landed on Ye Chui, but he blocked them with defensive magic. He wandered through this void space and soon discovered its boundary, yet that boundary was not easy to break. Ye Chui fired several magic missiles, leaving no trace on it whatsoever.
Then, guided by his compass, he located the wreckage of the Black Pearl. The half of the ship that had been swallowed was already shattered into rotten wood, but finding it was enough for Ye Chui to restore and summon the complete Black Pearl.
Ye Chui drifted a little longer in that void space. Earlier, the Sea Angel had swallowed Captain Dalin, so Ye Chui wanted to search for him and see if he could bring him out. Unfortunately, he saw no sign of Captain Dalin.
In truth, Ye Chui had already guessed this. Captain Dalin had not simply died. The moment he chose to abandon the ghost ship, his soul had begun to dissipate, an irreversible injury. By now, he had probably vanished completely from this world.
Throughout this time, Ye Chui’s hands had been gathering a powerful spell, a full-yield [Explosion is Justice]. He had started condensing this magic outside to attack the Sea Angel, but unexpectedly got swallowed instead. Now inside the creature, the spell still needed to finish. Detonating this powerful explosive magic inside the Sea Angel was simply perfect.
Though the Sea Angel was strong, it absolutely could not withstand such a massive explosion from within.
Of course, Ye Chui did not plan to use this terrifying nuclear-level bomb to break the world and escape, because even he could not guarantee his own safety in that blast. Fortunately, he could set the explosion timer. After fully condensing this full-yield [Explosion is Justice], Ye Chui began working on escaping.
The escape method was actually very simple.
Unlocking the One-Punch Hero spirit four times was enough to disturb the rules of heaven and earth, bringing down divine punishment and utterly destroying an apostle that had summoned sixty percent of its power. To escape the sealed world of a Sea Angel apostle, five layers of unlock would suffice.
Today, according to the iPad date, was Thursday. Ye Chui had not yet unlocked the One-Punch Hero power that day, so he spent 25,000 points in one go to unlock it five times. This meant one punch could now wield at least three-fifths of Teacher Saitama’s strength.
When he began gathering fist power, the outside world indeed sensed his presence, and divine punishment started brewing and descending.
Just as terrifying thunder crashed down from the sky and struck the Sea Angel, Ye Chui’s fist simultaneously slammed into the boundary of the void world inside it.
BOOM!
At that moment, the Sea Angel suffered a double attack: Ye Chui’s punch from within and the horrific divine punishment. This immense power pierced straight through its body, breaking open the sealed world inside. Countless streams of seawater began pouring uncontrollably into that space, and Ye Chui seized the chance to rush out through the opened wound.
He summoned the Black Pearl and rode the wind and waves back to the surface!
During this, the Black Pearl even passively triggered its theme BGM. That music made the Black Pearl glide through the sea like a nimble black fish, swift and agile, emerging on the surface right before the eyes of the pirates and undead monks.
Ever since the Sea Angel had been summoned decades ago by missionaries to this sea, Ye Chui was the first person to escape its maw!
Despite the attack, the Sea Angel was not yet dead. As the most terrifying mythical apostle, they were not so easily killed. No matter. The [Explosion is Justice] Ye Chui left inside it would soon detonate, and under that horrific explosion, no matter how tough it was, death was certain!
…
To the tune of “He’s a Pirate”, the Black Pearl appeared on the sea surface. Ye Chui stood atop the mast, looking dashing and refreshed as he gazed at the surrounding pirates and undead monks closing in. His eyes finally settled on Debbie and the others on their deck. He smiled, waved at them, then used the BGM’s power to steer the Black Pearl towards their large ship.
Seeing Ye Chui appear, everyone was stunned. Redbeard the undead monk widened his bloodshot eyes, muttering in disbelief, “He was swallowed by the Sea Angel and actually returned unharmed!? That divine punishment just now… his power can actually trigger divine punishment?”
Some undead monks and pirates instinctively wanted to flee, gripped by bone-deep fear of Ye Chui. Pirates, after all, were the type to bully the weak and fear the strong.
On One-Arm’s deck, the one-armed captain stared in shock at the black ship. As a proper pirate, his first instinct was to turn tail and run, but his ruthless nature quickly resurfaced. He pointed at Debbie and the others, shouting to his crew, “What are you standing around for? Kill them all, kill them!”
The ferocious pirates immediately charged towards Debbie’s group. As leader of the Ocean Goddess pirate crew, One-Arm’s ship carried the crew’s strongest fighters. Hearing their captain’s order, they sprang into action, brandishing weapons and rushing at Debbie and company.
Among them were swordsmen, mages, and even a summoner who could call sea-demon spirits.
Stari and Ilabella instantly looked terrified, clinging tightly to each other. Debbie, Leisha, and the others formed a protective line in front of them, and battle quickly erupted on deck.
Swish, swish!
Bart rapidly nocked arrows and fired several flying shots infused with terrifying sword aura towards a scarred pirate.
The pirate sneered, swung his strange curved blade, and deflected the incoming arrows, sending them flying towards Evans instead.
Seeing the arrows coming, Evans quickly drew Dragon’s Word, used [Flash], and swish, swish, swish, the arrows were bounced back once more.
The scarred pirate clearly hadn’t expected this move. Caught off guard, he screamed as the arrows struck his thigh one after another.
“Aaah!”
As the pirate cried out, Evans’s figure turned into a shadow, brushing past him. [Shadow]. The pirate’s body collapsed onto the deck.
“Die!” A tall, burly pirate wielding a bizarre giant sword leapt high and swung down at Debbie, who still looked weary.
His sword was actually the spine of a sea demon, polished into a blade. Though bone, it was as hard as iron due to being demon bone, and its unique structure allowed it to drain blood. Even a tiny cut from this fishbone sword would cause massive blood loss instantly.
Guni hurriedly stepped in front of Debbie, swinging her vibranium greatsword to engage the man who towered over her by at least two heads.
A fat and a thin pirate closed in on Green, giving him sinister smirks.
Green’s smile, however, was even more sinister.
Hum!
Green casually tossed his vibranium brick at the thin pirate.
The pirate tilted his head, dodging the brick, and jeered, “You missed…”
BANG!
The brick mysteriously vanished mid-air, then reappeared and smacked the fat pirate squarely on the forehead. He staggered and fell sideways.
The brick returned to Green’s hand. Still grinning wickedly at the fat pirate, he said, “Your left!”
He swung the brick towards the pirate’s left.
The pirate hurriedly dodged right.
Yet the brick that had been aimed left suddenly appeared on the right. CLANG! It struck the fat pirate’s head.
The pirate collapsed to the ground.
Green’s mastery of the brick had truly reached an unfathomable, ghostly level…
The pirates on this large ship were all formidable, but suppressing Ye Chui’s group in a short time was no easy task.
By now, the Black Pearl had reached the side of the large ship. Turtle Baby used spatial magic to build a turtle-patterned bridge between the vessels. Stari and Ilabella jumped onto the Black Pearl first, followed by the others crossing one by one.
Guni guarded the rear. She had been locked in combat with the fishbone greatsword warrior, a top-tier fighter of the Ocean Goddess crew. They were evenly matched until Guni finally swept her vibranium greatsword in a mighty arc, knocking the fearsome warrior aside and leaping onto the Black Pearl’s deck.
Guni still looked eager for more battle, but the vibranium greatsword clutched tightly in her hands was trembling strangely.
She glanced down at it, puzzled.
The greatsword was coated in vibranium, a highly peculiar metal that absorbed energy. In the films, bullets striking a vibranium shield lost all force and simply dropped. This magically modified vibranium seemed capable of absorbing an opponent’s sword aura, briefly storing it within the blade!
Guni realised that during her fight with the fishbone warrior, every trace of his sword aura had been absorbed by her sword. Now that terrifying aura was eager to burst free and find a target.
She looked up at the large ship.
One-Arm was shouting furiously as several burly pirates leapt into the air, heading for the Black Pearl, led by the fishbone greatsword warrior!
Guni planted one foot on the gunwale, gripped her vibranium greatsword with both hands, put her full strength into it, and with a mighty cry, swung the sword through the air.
All the sword aura absorbed by the vibranium blade erupted at once!
The aura carved a dazzling arc through the air, slicing towards the airborne pirates.
Screams rang out continuously.
The pirates plummeted into the sea one after another. The fishbone warrior’s fearsome sword shattered outright, and he crashed into the ocean, coughing blood in stunned disbelief.
“So this sword can do that too.” Guni stared wide-eyed at her weapon in wonder. It reminded her of wielding the divine-demonic Sorrow in the secret realm, powerful, unstoppable!
Even Ye Chui was surprised. Modified vibranium had this ability? But now was not the time to investigate. He slid down from the mast and continued using the BGM to steer the Black Pearl away.
The Sea Angel was still beneath the surface, and the nuclear-level bomb inside it was about to detonate!
“You won’t escape!” One-Arm roared hoarsely.
Several large ships rapidly closed in on the Black Pearl.
Ahead, an even denser fleet of undead monk vessels bore down on them, over a hundred ships strong!
With so many ships surrounding one, escape seemed impossible…
Even Ye Chui frowned, preparing to summon his flying demon vehicle.
But Debbie suddenly sensed something. “I’ll handle them,” she declared, stepping to the prow against the wind, facing the countless undead monk ships. She gripped her summoning key with her right hand, opened a black summoning gate, reached inside, and pulled out a strange black longsword.
Debbie was now the host of the ghost ship, or rather, the White Ship. The black sword was the token of command over the White Ship.
According to that oath, Debbie was now the leader of all three great pirate crews, the new Pirate King who had inherited Captain Dalin’s will!
Debbie gripped the black sword, her small face tense as she stared at the approaching undead monk ships.
“I am the Pirate King! You must now obey my command!” Debbie’s voice carried far across the water.
“Will… will that work?” Green asked worriedly.
Yet the undead monk ships suddenly halted after her words. The next moment, to Debbie’s utter “what the hell” expression, every single one of the hundred-plus ships sank beneath the waves…
The sight was spectacular!
Debbie was completely dumbfounded. “Even if you don’t want to obey me, you don’t have to sink your own ships…”
Stari, clutching the railing, watched the scene and could not help but sigh sincerely, “This time you sank over a hundred ships in one go…”
