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In terms of cost, the Death God, valued at one million Berries, was simply incomparable to a Celestial Dragon's exclusive ship, worth hundreds of millions.
Naturally, there was no suspense regarding their speed either.
The Celestial Dragon's ship was incredibly fast, constantly closing the distance with the Death God.
"At this rate, we must be within their firing range, but they haven't opened fire... This means they don't want to kill us, but capture us alive!"
Qiuli's face was ashen.
Their worst fear had come true.
The Celestial Dragons were determined to catch them and take them as slaves!
"Qiuli, turn the ship around."
Ye Jia stared at the constantly approaching Celestial Dragon's luxurious grand ship, his eyes flickering. "There's no way to escape. Their ship is at least twice as fast as ours. We might as well be defiant and meet them head-on!"
Qiuli's face was grim upon hearing this, but it was true, just as Ye Jia said. Looking at the ships' speeds, it was only a matter of time before the Celestial Dragon's grand ship caught up to them.
"Alright!"
Turning the helm and lowering the sails, the Death God abruptly turned its bow around.
"These pirates are quite interesting. They know they can't escape, so they're coming back to their deaths!"
Saint Augus laughed contemptuously. "But they don't know that the proper etiquette for a Celestial Dragon should be to frantically flee, and then I chase them, no? A bunch of ill-mannered trash!"
"Vice Admiral Bastille, remember to be careful with your aim later. Don't hurt them too badly. I want to play with each of them properly, let them know what happens when you're disrespectful to a Celestial Dragon, understand?"
Vice Admiral Bastille nodded silently.
The two ships faced each other, their speed and distance constantly shrinking.
On the Death God, Ye Jia stood at the highest point, gazing at the approaching Celestial Dragon's luxurious grand ship, allowing its shadow to gradually envelop the Death God.
Finally, the two ships stopped, parallel to each other on the sea, facing each other without prior arrangement.
Ye Jia finally saw the World Noble Celestial Dragon, who had always been despised in One Piece, referred to as the world's trash.
"As expected, Celestial Dragons are uglier than the last. This one is beyond words."
Ye Jia sneered.
"Just the two of you on a pirate ship?"
Saint Augus glanced at the Death God, seeing Ye Jia standing high and Qiuli at the helm.
"Only two people, how utterly boring."
Saint Augus picked his ear, then nonchalantly turned away. "Vice Admiral Bastille, I've changed my mind. Two people aren't fun. They don't even qualify to be my slaves... just kill them."
Upon hearing this, a chilling glint flashed in Ye Jia's eyes.
The arrogance and recklessness of the Celestial Dragons, their disregard for human life, treating it like grass, and their odious disregard for everyone—he had truly experienced it today.
Initially, he had thought that not all Celestial Dragons would be such scum... but Ye Jia realized he was wrong.
Among commoners, one or two pieces of scum might appear.
Among Celestial Dragons, one or two good people might appear!
If he killed them all, it would count as eliminating a public menace, wouldn't it?
"Yes!"
Vice Admiral Bastille nodded, then waved his hand. "Act! Kill the pirates, destroy the pirate ship!"
Immediately, the Marine soldiers each grabbed their guns and ran to the ship's edge, aiming at Ye Jia and Qiuli.
At the same time, the ship's cannons also began to adjust their angles, preparing to utterly destroy the Death God with one shot.
"Fire!"
At the command.
Bang! Bang! Bang! ...
Gun barrels spewed flames, and bullets, forming a net, shot towards Ye Jia and Qiuli!
The cannons also fired directly, their shells arcing a cruel trajectory towards the Death God!
The battle erupted instantly, firepower pouring onto the Death God and its pirate crew... Faced with the Celestial Dragons' authority and a Marine Vice Admiral's threat, an ordinary pirate crew would surely have pissed themselves in fear by now.
But unfortunately, they had encountered Ye Jia... nicknamed the Death God!
"Barrier!"
Ye Jia simply flicked his finger. There was no need to cross and layer his fingers like the Barrier-Barrier Fruit user in One Piece. A green transparent barrier abruptly appeared where all the firepower was directed!
All the cannonballs landed on the barrier, creating deafening explosions.
But after the explosions, not even a single scratch was left on the barrier.
"A Devil Fruit user?"
Vice Admiral Bastille looked at Ye Jia, his face, hidden by the horned, perforated mask, showing no expression.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! ...
Explosions continuously rang out, and the fire-spitting guns and cannons licked at the barrier, but no matter how much they bombed and shot, the barrier remained unmoving, as smooth as ever.
"That barrier is suspicious. Change firing angles!"
The Marine soldiers quickly adjusted their firing angles, attempting to bypass the barrier and directly attack the Death God and Ye Jia.
"Try to go around me? Grow bigger!"
The barrier abruptly enlarged, almost completely obscuring the entire Death God, giving the Marine soldiers' cannonballs no chance whatsoever!
"This..."
The Marine soldiers' faces immediately fell. They exchanged glances, at a loss for what to do.
"A defensive-type Paramecia Devil Fruit user... You may cease fire. I will handle him."
Vice Admiral Bastille spoke, and the Marine soldiers immediately breathed a sigh of relief, their eyes simultaneously filling with anticipation.
The opportunity to witness a Marine Vice Admiral's move firsthand was extremely rare!
Bastille took down the Shark Cutter he had on his shoulder, revealing its true form as a squarely built greatsword. His gaze, through the holes in his horned mask, fixed on Ye Jia.
"Soru!"
Suddenly, Bastille's figure vanished from his spot.
His unannounced disappearance astonished the Marine soldiers.
"Rokushiki... A Vice Admiral's strength is not to be underestimated!"
Ye Jia narrowed his eyes.
Whoosh!
At that moment, a whistling gust of wind reached Ye Jia's ears.
"He's attacking from my left!"
Ye Jia's lips curved into a smile.
To his left, Vice Admiral Bastille's figure suddenly appeared, swinging his Shark Cutter, performing a powerful horizontal slash!
A Marine Vice Admiral's strike was definitely not to be underestimated.
"Let's see how my current strength compares to a Vice Admiral's!"
A sharp glint flashed in Ye Jia's eyes, and at the same time, his foot had already lifted.
Yellow light appeared on his foot, colliding intensely with Vice Admiral Bastille's Shark Cutter with incomparable speed!
Boom!
A loud explosion erupted above the Death God.
Ye Jia and Vice Admiral Bastille both recoiled simultaneously.
"This isn't... Admiral Kizaru's ability, is it?!"
A storm raged in Vice Admiral Bastille's heart.
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