Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

Although they were a little nervous and scared, they took a brave first step.

"Chief, what's the situation outside?" When the chief returned with his men, the warriors gathered around the fire rose to greet him and asked.

“Indeed, a demon was killed not far from the foot of the mountain, but we have lost track of them!” the leader said, shaking his head.

Hearing the leader's words, the people around him were somewhat disappointed.

If they could get help from Ace and the others, perhaps they could escape their current nightmare.

"Wait... Chief!" At this moment, one of the savages suddenly spoke up, "Don't they still have companions on the shore? We can go find them!"

"That's right! It's almost dark now, and they certainly don't know how terrifying the demons are. If we go over and warn them now, they might just help us!"

"That's right, Chief, there's no time to lose, let's get moving!"

Upon hearing his companion's reminder, the surrounding savages exclaimed with delight.

“Alright, let’s do this… select a team, which I will personally lead, and we’ll take the flames and head to the coast!” The leader made the decision immediately after a moment’s thought.

"Oh~~ Hoho~~~"

But just then, the roars of gorillas suddenly rang out from outside the valley, and it seemed that there were quite a few of them.

"Not good! Everyone take cover!" The leader's expression changed, and he shouted loudly.

“Chief, we have fire, those demons shouldn’t come near, right…” a savage warrior said hesitantly.

"Idiot... We could have just left the flames here and hidden ourselves to see if the demons would come. Why did we all have to stay here? What if we were attacked by monsters... we'd all be doomed!" the leader roared.

"Yes, yes, yes..." The soldiers then realized what had happened and all of them found places to hide. As for the matter of going to the coast that they had just mentioned, no one brought it up again.

Given the current situation, even if there were flames, they might not be able to return once they go out.

"Dong dong dong..."

Soon, the vibrations of a demon approaching echoed around the area.

"Ah~~~ Oh ho!" Sure enough, upon seeing the flames, the gorilla was startled and immediately turned and ran away, a scene that almost made the hiding savages cheer.

"Don't move, wait and see!" The leader whispered to those around him, fearing that the others might run out.

Fortunately, the valley was quite quiet at this time, and apart from the sound of the flames burning, the leader's voice was also heard by the others.

Not long after, the "thump thump thump..." sound rang out again, and the demon had indeed returned.

Just as the leader had a bad feeling, a large rock fell from the sky and smashed directly into the burning flames.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

Immediately afterwards, stones rained down, extinguishing all the campfires they had lit.

"Ah~~ Oh ho~~!"

"Oh ho~~"

The flames disappeared, and the entire island returned to darkness. The gorillas outside roared excitedly because they had extinguished the flames, but the savages hiding in the valley were filled with bitterness.

They had thought that fire would be enough to fight off the demons, but they never imagined that if their leader hadn't been so careful tonight, their entire village would have been doomed.

After the savages vented their anger on the valley, the entire valley was shattered. But the savages who had hidden themselves dared not come out. They did not know how many of their companions had perished that night. Now they could only pray that the demons would leave quickly.

However, they were unaware that Reina and his companions, who had emerged from the mountaintop mine, were heading towards the valley. Along the way, they successfully evaded all the gorillas using their Observation Haki.

But when they arrived at the valley and saw the mess everywhere, Ace was silent for a moment before saying, "First mate... I think it would be better to kill them all!"

“I told you, it’s all up to you here, Laco. Let’s go back. If those gorillas damage the ship, it would be a huge loss! Ace, I’m leaving this to you!” Reina patted Ace on the shoulder and said with a smile.

Lacjo shrugged and led his men away behind Reina, leaving only Ace and the female savage behind.

Although she miraculously didn't encounter any demons along the way, seeing the valley before her reminded her of her village, which had been completely destroyed by demons, and whose villagers had all been captured and eaten.

After Reina and Laco led their men away, Ace sighed and said to the female savage, "Let's see if there are any survivors! By the way, I still don't know your name. My name is Ace!"

“Gimori…” the female savage said after a moment of silence.

"Gimori? Let's go! Don't worry, I'll protect you!" Ace led Gremory into the valley, wanting to see if there were any survivors.

When the two entered the valley, they found that there was not much damage inside the valley, only the entrance to the valley was severely damaged.

This discovery rekindled hope in Ace's heart.

A flame ignited in his hand, and Ace rekindled the light in the valley.

"Ace...?" Just as the firelight appeared, Ace seemed to hear someone calling him.

"Huh? Is anyone there? It's me, Ace! Answer me when you hear my voice! We're safe now!" Ace immediately shouted back.

"Shh~~ Ace, keep your voice down, hurry up and put out the flames!" The voice rang out again in the darkness.

"Don't worry, I'm here, there won't be any problems! Is everyone alright? What happened?" Ace followed the direction of the voice and walked towards the wall at the edge of the valley. He knew that the caves inside were carved out bit by bit by the savages who lived here.

"We were attacked by demons... At first, they were indeed frightened and ran away because of the fire, but... they quickly returned and extinguished the flames with boulders!" A head popped out of the cave; it was a male warrior.

"How is everyone?" Ace quickly stepped forward, pulled the other person out, and asked.

"I don't know. The leader and the others were hiding at the valley entrance to see if the flames could stop the demons. Now they're probably..." The warrior lowered his head and said with a hint of sadness.

"Ah~~ Oh ho!!"

Just then, the roar of the gorilla came from afar again, scaring the savage who had just come out into the cave. Gremory, who was standing behind Ace, also felt his legs go weak.

Many of the heads that had peeked out of the cave entrance quickly retreated back inside.

"Hmph!" Ace snorted coldly, turning his head to the two and saying, "You two hide first!"

After saying that, Ace ran straight to the entrance of the valley, lit the fire again, and then stood at the entrance waiting.

"Ace... what are you doing? If those demons come any closer, you're dead! Demons are stronger at night than during the day, don't do anything reckless!" The warrior who had come out earlier didn't hide, but rushed to Ace's side and dragged him away.

"Have you forgotten? I have flames... flames they can't extinguish!" Ace grinned and said, "You'd better hide, and I'll avenge you!"

"Then...then I'll stay here with you!" Although his legs were trembling with fear, he still didn't choose to leave, but instead pretended to be strong and said.

Ace smiled but didn't say anything. He believed that with him there, the other party's safety would be protected.

Not far behind them, Gremory was also squatting there. It had taken all her courage to come here, and the flames released by Ace had given her confidence.

"Dong dong dong..."

Soon, the commotion attracted the gorilla, but the moment it saw the flames, it ran away, giving Ace no chance to attack.

Ace didn't dare to chase after them, otherwise it would be bad if other gorillas came.

"Ah~~ Oh ho~~ Oh ho~~!!"

The roar came from the direction the gorilla had fled. Ace knew that it was calling its companions, and that was the effect he wanted.

"Flame!" Ace used flames to encircle Gremory and the male warrior, saying, "Don't come out! I'm going out to fight them! Otherwise, if a fight breaks out here, the valley will be destroyed!"

After Ace finished speaking, he planned to leave immediately.

"Ace!" the savage man called out to Ace, took a deep breath, and said, "I believe you!"

Ace turned around, smiled, gave him a thumbs up, and said, "Behold my flames... tearing through the darkness!"

On the shore, Reina, Laco, and the others arrived at the place where the pirate ship was docked. There, they found several gorilla corpses lying on the ground... as well as the members who were having a banquet.

"First mate... come and have a taste... this gorilla meat is quite good!" A crew member spotted Reina and the others, immediately holding up a large chunk of meat and laughing as he spoke.

Reina, who was all smiles, approached and saw the chunks of meat in their hands and the appearance of the members. His expression suddenly changed drastically.

Chapter 341 The Passion of Youth

"Ah~~ Oh ho!!"

"Perfect timing! Fire Fist!"

Standing at the mouth of the valley, Ace saw a gorilla carrying a rock approaching and punched it.

A flame shot straight at the gorilla, startling it so much that it dropped the rock and ran away, but the flame still engulfed it in an instant.

Just when Ace thought he had dealt with the gorilla, the gorilla acted as if nothing had happened, running away frantically while roaring loudly.

As he watched the flames extinguished by the terrified gorilla, Estun was momentarily stunned. He had clearly been able to defeat the gorilla with a single punch before, so why did it seem as if he couldn't cause any damage at all now?

After extinguishing the flames on its body, the gorilla seemed stunned. The flames that it feared did not seem to have caused it any harm, leaving nothing but some scorched marks on its fur.

"Oh ho~ Oh ho~ Ah~~~ Oh ho!" The excited gorilla got up, pounding his chest with his hands and feet while howling loudly.

"Divine Fire - Shiranui!" Ace, regaining his senses, unleashed flames from his hands once more. This time, the flames were fewer than before, but their power was far greater.

The gorilla, which was still gesturing wildly, instinctively felt fear upon seeing the flames. In addition, it was relatively far from Ace this time, so with a side somersault, the two pillars of fire only hit its arms.

"Awooo~~~" This time the flames pierced right through its arm, and the gorilla screamed in pain.

"I thought you guys had indestructible bodies!" Ace said with a sigh of relief after seeing that his attack had worked.

But before he could continue his attack, three more gorillas came rushing towards him from a distance, each carrying a rock.

After seeing their injured comrade, they also spotted Ace standing there.

However, instead of attacking Ace, they immediately threw stones towards the valley entrance, hoping to extinguish the flames there.

"Mirror Flame!" Ace naturally wouldn't let them succeed. A wall of fire appeared, blocking the flying stones. However, the stones were extremely fast and instantly broke through Ace's flames, flying towards the valley entrance.

Upon seeing this, Ace immediately turned around, leaped towards the rock, and smashed it into pieces with a single punch.

However, he could only stop one rock; the other two rocks landed precisely at the mouth of the valley, extinguishing part of the flames.

“Strength and defense have improved a lot! Is it because of the daytime... or because of individual differences?” Ace turned his head and looked at the three gorillas who dared not come closer but were somewhat smug.

Just now, it was because he misjudged the situation and didn't expect the opponent's strength to increase so much, so the stone he threw was also much faster.

Fortunately, there shouldn't be anyone at the valley entrance right now, otherwise Ace would really regret it.

On the other side, Reina's expression changed drastically when he met his companions at the coastline. He noticed that their expressions were somewhat abnormal, and most of them continued singing and dancing even after seeing him, as if they hadn't seen him at all.

"What's wrong with them?" Laco, noticing his companion's unusual behavior, asked Reina in a low voice.

"I don't know. You guys stay here and keep watch. Don't go near them!" Reina said as he walked alone toward his companions who were partying. But apart from a few members who greeted him, the rest ignored him and continued to sing, dance, eat, and drink wildly.

Reina could clearly see that they seemed to be getting tired, but there was no sign of them stopping.

"King Gudo!" Reina found King Gudo, the captain of the Eleventh Division, and grabbed his shoulder.

"Hey! It's Reina! Did you resolve things over there?" Jingudo, who was twisting his body, asked with a smile when he saw Reina.