Chapter 85: Conflict with Nine Snake Island
Nine Snake Island.
An island hidden deep within the Calm Belt.
The island is surrounded by countless nests of gigantic Sea Kings, a naturally formed death barrier that keeps most outsiders away.
Because of this, the people of Nine Snake Island have always lived peaceful and stable lives.
However, there are pros and cons; the overly isolated environment led to a scarcity of resources, and they produced almost no industrial products.
Most importantly, due to a special reason, the island's inhabitants have only given birth to female infants for generations.
To ensure the kingdom's continuation, they had to go out to sea to find mates.
In this situation, Nine Snake Island's choice was obvious.
Piracy!
Thus, the Nine Serpent Pirate Crew was born.
It might be the longest-standing Pirate Crew in this vast ocean, its history almost as long as the kingdom itself.
Generation after generation of Nine Serpent Emperors diligently embarked on sea expeditions, almost turning it into a routine task.
They had to go out to sea regularly.
Fortunately, the impoverished and dangerous environment also forged the Nine Serpent warriors' excellent strength.
What Nine Snake Island is famous for, besides all its inhabitants being female, is their astonishing combat prowess.
Almost all of them possess Haki, and each is an excellent warrior; among them, there are quite a few masters of advanced Haki.
In the Grand Line, where Haki is rare, this is a dimension-shattering advantage.
And the King of Nine Snake Island, who is also the Captain of the Nine Serpent Pirate Crew, has even more exaggerated strength.
Almost every generation is a formidable figure on the high seas.
The previous, previous, previous Emperor, Gloriosa, was one of the Rocks Pirates members.
The previous, previous Emperor, Shakky, had unknown strength, but had a somewhat famous subordinate named Rayleigh.
The current Emperor, Boa Hancock, is one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
At this moment, the warriors on Nine Snake Island also discovered uninvited guests.
"Sister, pirates are coming!"
Boa Sandersonia, with green hair, rushed into the palace with a panicked expression.
"Hmm? Then just kill them all."
The girl, with long black hair like a waterfall and unparalleled beauty, held herself with arrogant posture, not even bothering to lift her eyelids, her tone as flat as if discussing what to eat for dinner.
A red and white striped snake with a skull helmet coiled at her feet; sensing its owner's killing intent, the snake straightened its body and let out a threatening hiss.
Standing beside Hancock, a short old woman holding a staff made of a coiled snake, frowned and said, "I'm afraid it's not that simple, Hancock. Don't forget, this is the Calm Belt."
Ordinary pirate ships cannot pass through the Calm Belt, let alone cross the dense Sea Kings' nests surrounding Nine Snake Island.
"Huh? Do you think I'll lose?" Hancock tilted her head upwards, her right index finger abruptly pointing down.
Gloriosa sighed; she knew that would be the answer.
She turned to Sandersonia: "Do you know what flag that pirate ship is flying?"
Sandersonia thought for a moment: "It looks like a skull with two horn-like protrusions, and there's a bone symbol behind it."
Gloriosa's mind rapidly flashed through the flag designs of all powerful Pirate Crews, her face suddenly changed drastically, and she exclaimed, "Isn't that the Beasts Pirates?"
How could they be here?
This time, things might really be serious.
The Emperor Pirate Crew might not necessarily care about the title of Shichibukai.
At the same time, the Raikougo finally arrived in the waters near Nine Snake Island.
A magnificent statue cliff carved with nine gigantic snake heads, and the striking words "Nine Serpent" on the cliff face, clearly came into everyone's view.
On the towering outer wall of the island, a group of warriors had already ascended the wall, standing by in full battle array.
They tightly gripped strange large bows made of coiled snakes, arrows nocked, aiming at the approaching enemy.
Sanji's eyes instantly turned into hearts: "So many beautiful women!"
Fortunately, having gone through the ordeal of the Pleasure District, he was much calmer and didn't immediately turn as soft as noodles.
Violet chuckled, covering her mouth, and looked mischievously at Kane: "Lord Kane, your male charm isn't very effective here."
"I'm not Berries; I can't be liked by everyone," Kane said with a frank expression.
As the two chatted and laughed, the warriors on the city wall had no intention of negotiating whatsoever.
"Fire arrows!!"
At a command, arrows covered in jet-black Armament Haki, like a deadly swarm of bees, tore through the air, raining down on the Raikougo.
"Kuma," Kane tilted his head.
Kuma understood and stepped forward.
He held his arms out flat, palms forward, and a gigantic, translucent bubble instantly formed and rapidly expanded.
Puff! Puff! Puff!
Countless arrows imbued with Haki struck the bubble, but they seemed to sink into an incredibly viscous quicksand, their speed drastically reduced, embedding themselves at varying depths in the bubble's wall, eerily suspended in mid-air.
The next moment, Kuma forcefully pushed his palms forward.
Whoosh—the dense array of arrows on the bubble was instantly repelled.
"Watch out! The arrows are coming back!"
Cries of alarm erupted from the Nine Serpent warriors on the city wall, and they hastily swung their weapons to block and dodge.
Seizing this opportunity, the Raikougo arrived at the coast of Nine Snake Island.
"It feels good to be on solid ground again."
Kane stretched leisurely, completely ignoring the murderous Nine Serpent warriors rapidly gathering and charging towards them in the distance.
"Is it time to fight?" Yamato was eager to start.
"Hmm, just freeze them, don't kill anyone," Kane casually instructed.
He hadn't come here to make enemies this time; of course, a proper display of power was still necessary.
"Leave it to me!"
Yamato grinned and excitedly charged forward with her club.
"Horse Illusion Blade!"
Chilling frost surged out with the swing of the club.
The Nine Serpent warriors didn't even have time to react much; they only felt an icy chill, and their bodies were quickly covered in crystal-clear ice, turning into ice sculptures in various poses.
In just a few minutes, dozens of chilling ice sculptures stood on the beach.
Just then, Hancock finally arrived at the scene with a group of warriors.
Seeing the chaotic scene of ice sculptures before her, her anger was instantly ignited.
"Warriors, charge with me!"
Hancock led the charge.
From within her slender, perfect body, a terrifying aura that dominated the world erupted, sweeping towards Kane and his group.
"Finally, a decent opponent!"
Yamato's eyes lit up, not showing any weakness.
An equally powerful aura surged from her body, clashing head-on with Hancock's Haoshoku.
"The other side also has Haoshoku?" Violet's head spun, and she couldn't help but exclaim.
Didn't they say it was a talent found in one in a million people?
Why was it so common? Three on their ship was one thing, but running into another here.
If Kane knew what Violet was thinking, he would definitely tell her that it was actually four.
There was also an unawakened Zoro.
In the future, perhaps Sanji would also have it.
