Chapter 724: Kamehameha!
Snack’s feelings were understandable, but…
I’ve already killed your mother, and you still dare to challenge me? Where do you get that confidence!? Do you really think you’re stronger than Katakuri and Perospero?
Daifuku and the others had already lunged over, grabbing Snack and covering his mouth to stop him from speaking, but the problem was that the words Snack had blurted out in his impulsiveness had already angered Ian.
Back when the BIG MOM Pirates had a scale of tens of thousands of people, who knew how many more like this there were? The thought of possibly running into such clowns again in the future made Ian feel extremely annoyed.
Fine, since we’ve run into you here, consider yourselves unlucky! And since you’ve already split apart, it means everyone on this ship is a hardliner, right?
Ian wasn’t stupid. He knew these remnants couldn’t cause much trouble, but right now, the Dragon Hunter Pirates were short on manpower. If they kept launching sneak attacks on Dragon Hunter territory, wouldn’t that be utterly annoying?
So, why not just do it here, today, and completely erase the BIG MOM Pirates’ flag?
Glancing at the pirate alliance ships not far away, Ian looked at their flags and roughly estimated there were about twenty or so pirate crews.
Hmm, the audience is in place too…
Ian understood that the shock value of him ascending to the throne of an Emperor wasn’t quite enough yet. People’s shock and fear mostly came from the downfall of the veteran BIG MOM Pirates. Ian’s rise had been too fast, so many who hadn’t dealt with him didn’t really know how powerful he was.
A live broadcast of the New Edd War wasn’t enough! The Whitebeard Pirates’ fame had been built through decades of fighting. Compared to them, Ian and his Dragon Hunter Pirates were still green.
So, what Ian had to do now was seize every opportunity to show the world his strength. Only then could he and his Dragon Hunter Pirates close the gap with the veteran Emperors.
Thus, under everyone’s watchful eyes, Ian suddenly rose a bit higher, and golden flames erupted all over his body, accompanied by crackling flashes of lightning.
“Watch out, he’s making a move!” Daifuku and the others hated Snack, but there was no time to blame him for his recklessness now. Sensing Ian’s intent, everyone immediately activated their Devil Fruit abilities, bracing for Ian’s attack.
However, Ian’s Thousand Cherry Blossoms and Black Wing Demon at his waist quietly vanished at that moment, silently released by him.
But this time, no strange phenomena appeared on Ian. He simply brought his hands together at his waist, assuming a crouching stance in midair.
“Ka…”
“me…”
“ha…”
“me… ha!!!”
As he chanted each syllable, Ian concentrated all his psychic power into his hands. When he roared the last word, he suddenly thrust his palms downward toward the BIG MOM Pirates’ ship below!
That’s right! This was the Kamehameha!
Equipped with the Trunks card, Ian could use energy waves, but these weren’t fixed attacks—they were techniques he could freely improvise. So now, even without the Goku card, Ian could still unleash the Kamehameha!
A dazzling golden light burst from his palms as he pushed them forward, transforming into a massive beam that illuminated the sky above the sea!
Under countless terrified gazes, this Kamehameha shot down from the sky and struck the ship where Snack and the others were!
With a thunderous roar, the entire ship was slammed downward into the sea by the force of the Kamehameha, then rebounded and was hurled high into the air.
The sight of such a massive three-masted ship being tossed into the air was truly spectacular. Its two-and-a-half somersault in midair made the pirate alliance crews’ eyes nearly pop out of their sockets!
As the ship soared upward, it emitted a loud cracking sound, breaking apart into pieces as it spun.
Ian’s Kamehameha, after piercing straight through the hull, plunged into the seawater. When it hit the seabed rock below, it triggered a cataclysmic explosion.
A hundred-meter-high wave erupted from the impact point, and a cone-shaped spray struck the ship’s wreckage from below, sweeping the remaining BIG MOM Pirates members, already airborne, into the sea!
The next moment, the wave lost its power, collapsed from the sky, and crashed back onto the sea surface with a boom, creating a circular ripple spreading outward.
The people on the ship had long been crushed to dust by this immense force, but it wasn’t over yet. Ian’s Kamehameha had blasted a massive crater in the seabed rock, which naturally drew seawater to fill it, forming a huge whirlpool on the surface!
All the pirates on the alliance ships stared blankly as the bodies of the BIG MOM Pirates members and their ship’s wreckage were sucked into the massive whirlpool, never to resurface…
Thus, the entire ship, people and all, was completely buried at the bottom of the sea!
The sea gradually calmed, but the immense shock of this scene left the pirates dazed and unable to snap out of it.
Gone? That whole ship of BIG MOM Pirates members, just gone like that!?
The pirates, who had been filled with hatred, now felt only confusion. They had expected to see Ian, the new Emperor, charge onto the ship and slaughter everyone, but instead, he had so decisively destroyed the entire ship with a single blow!?
So, when they finally came to their senses, one by one, their legs gave way, and they collapsed onto the deck with a thud.
Da… damn it! Anyone who becomes an Emperor is a monster!
Was that kind of attack something a human could do!?
On that day, Ian left a massive shadow in the hearts of over twenty pirate crews. No one could stop Ian from showing off…
Turning around, Ian flew back to the island and disappeared from the pirates’ sight.
When he returned to the island, Marco and Bonney were staring at him with wide eyes.
“Y… you, you, you!” Bonney stammered in terror, looking at Ian. “You’re this strong!?”
The contrast was too great. She never imagined that this handsome young man in front of her, a friend of her cousin, could possess such terrifying power!
Was this the level of an Emperor!?
Bonney had finally witnessed it, but it was nothing like she had imagined…
Unlike the inexperienced Bonney, Marco was silently comparing Ian’s strength to Whitebeard Old Man’s in his mind, and he was shocked to find that this ability to trigger disasters with a single strike was already on par with the Old Man!
Monster! A real monster! He seemed even stronger than during the New Edd War!
Shaking his head, Marco said, “Now I believe there’s no danger in going to Wano Country. Anyone who dares to mess with you must be tired of living…”
Ian smiled and said nothing, then added, “Let’s go. We’ve rested enough; it’s time to set off.”
So, Ian took the lead, Marco carried the still-shocked Bonney on his back, and two streaks of flame shot into the sky, flying away into the distance under the awed gazes of the pirate alliance.
After they left, the pirate alliance crews looked back at the spot where the whirlpool had been.
Though they hadn’t personally taken revenge on the BIG MOM Pirates, seeing the ship destroyed made them feel their vengeance was complete. Many suddenly wept with joy, covering their faces in tears.
They understood that from today onward, the BIG MOM Pirates would likely never exist again…
The pirate alliance began to leave one by one. As witnesses to this battle, they knew their next task was to spread the fame of Black Dragon Ian, the new Emperor, across the world…