I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

A terrifying pressure, surging like a tidal wave, relentlessly pounded against Hody Jones with every heartbeat of Sieg's.

This made Hody Jones freeze instantly, as if something had gripped his heart tightly!

"You...I... am at the level of a vice admiral..."

Hody Jones tried to speak, but his words became somewhat incoherent; the pressure from Sieg was too great.

"Hody Jones, you're strong!" Sig stared intently at Hody Jones, letting out a low growl from his throat:

"But no one can stop me from achieving my ambitions!"

With a low growl, Sieg used all his strength to lift a large rock from the roadside, then his figure flashed and he appeared next to Hody Jones.

Then, he hurled the stone he was holding at Hody Jones from behind!

This stone exists on the underwater island of Fishman. Its edges have long been smoothed by seawater and other sources, so it has no sharp corners and is quite rounded.

Sieg's smash landed squarely on Hody Jones's defensive midfield.

boom!

Hody Jones was sent flying by the impact, rolling several times on the ground before finally coming to a stop.

“Sigurd, you…”

Hody Jones gritted his teeth, about to utter some harsh words, but was interrupted again by Sieg:

"Hody Jones, stop pretending!"

Sieg's expression was serious, and his tone was righteous and indignant:

"You clearly possess the strength of a near-general, yet I struck you so easily..."

"You were faking it all. Planning something underhanded, then suddenly revealing your trump card to trap me... So cunning, so terrifying!"

Bang bang bang!

My heartbeat quickened again, and that overwhelming pressure returned.

This time, however, Hody Jones had bulging veins on his forehead.

He finally understood.

Sig was clearly toying with him! He was clearly stronger than him, yet he deliberately acted sarcastic and manipulative, playing him like a cat toying with a mouse!

"This is outrageous! Is this the true face of the pirate king of the sea?"

Hody Jones gritted his teeth. His inherent cruelty and the ferocity aroused by the drug momentarily overwhelmed his previous fear. He roared and pounced on Sieg.

...........

Meanwhile, the Fishman Island Square, which had become much quieter, was now deserted.

Surrounded by soldiers, Queen Otohime frowned and looked in the direction where Sig had gone.

She seemed to hear an extremely strong and familiar voice, and the other person's extremely vivid emotions burst forth.

"Is that Sig's voice?" Queen Otohime's face showed surprise again.

"Is he...fearing?"

Chapter 498 I, Sig, possess the strength of an Admiral

In the plaza, Queen Otohime gazed in the direction where Sig had gone, and she could hear that extremely loud inner voice.

"What is Sig, so powerful, afraid of?"

"What is it that can make him feel fear?"

Queen Otohime, recalling the thoughts Sig had overheard earlier, fell into deep thought.

.......

And the other side of the street.

Hody Jones's ferocity had been provoked by Sieg's trickery.

He roared and lunged at Sigsigg.

"Fishman Karate - Yabu Shark!"

As he lunged forward, Hody Jones slapped his hands forward repeatedly, sending water droplets flying like arrows from his palms.

The dense water droplets were like a rain shower, but each droplet carried the destructive power of an arrow, striking the street with a crisp sound and even collapsing some fragile coral reefs.

Sig's pupils contracted slightly.

Hody Jones has really made a move against him now, what can he do?

Sieg looked up. The raindrops carrying a deadly intent were amplified by the rain. Sieg had no doubt that every drop of water Hody Jones, who possessed the strength of a near-Admiral, would be a fatal blow to him.

Even a single drop will kill you!

After all, the difference in strength between the two sides is like heaven and earth!

"No! We can't win... but we can't run away!"

Many thoughts raced through Sieg's mind at that moment, and the fear in his heart almost overwhelmed him.

"Hody Jones is too strong. He clearly has the strength of a near-general, yet he is willing to be an ordinary soldier in the Dragon Palace Kingdom. There must be a conspiracy involved!"

"Now that I've caught him red-handed, he definitely won't let me off easily!"

Bang bang bang bang!

As the Emperor's engine revved wildly, Sieg, like a maddened beast, let out a low growl from his throat:

"Hody Jones, you've gone too far! I'll fight you to the death!"

A deep, cold voice, the lines of the henchmen, and the aura of the BOSS.

These combinations together gave Hody Jones a chilling, indescribable sense of unease.

He saw Sieg block the large rock in front of him, then stomp his foot and charge towards him!

With each step closer he took, the drum-like sound grew louder.

Hody Jones's water droplets, sharp as arrows, struck the boulder, riddling its surface with holes, but for the time being, they were unable to harm Sieg.

At this moment, Sieg, holding the stone, was like a bull with a body of bronze and iron, charging towards him with great strides.

boom!

Hody Jones had no time to dodge and was hit head-on by the boulder!

His body was sent flying backward by Sieg's rapid charge, and then crashed into a wall on the side of the street.

boom!

A series of soft cracking sounds came from the wall, and spiderweb-like cracks appeared, with large clumps of dust falling down.

"you..."

Hody Jones pried himself off the wall, vomiting blood again. Before fighting Sieg, he had already been attacked by Neptune and the Kingdom's army, and had suffered some injuries. His fighting spirit had gradually faded.

A thought struck him as he noticed a riverbed nearby.

The streets of Fishman Island are filled with rivers and waterways, and it's common to see neighborhoods completely submerged.

Hody Jones, upon seeing this, already had the idea of ​​running away in his mind.

He leaped into the water and disappeared from the surface.

Sig stood there, still in a state of panic.

"Hody Jones, who has the strength of a near-general, did he run away?"

"You were defeated by me so easily?"

Sieg began to feel a strange sense of unease, which he couldn't quite explain.

After being hypnotized, he would subconsciously believe that "Hody Jones has the strength of a near-general," but when the logic doesn't hold up, this sense of incongruity could lead to him waking up from the hypnosis.

Sig put down the stone, looked at his hands, and clenched his fists.

"To be able to defeat Hody Jones, who has the strength of a near-Admiral, so easily... could it be that I have already reached the strength of an Admiral?"

With this thought in mind, Sieg felt much more at ease.

The Emperor Engine, which had been roaring just moments before, suddenly slowed down.

"I see. After so much hard training, I've become this strong without even realizing it?"

"That's right. I underwent grueling training from Vice Admiral Garp and Admiral Zeff back then. It wasn't easy at all. I only managed to get through it because of my iron will."

"After all, sweat doesn't lie to me."

Sieg stood there, gradually becoming self-satisfied.

And at this time.

There was movement on the water in the distance, and Hody Jones's head popped up again, scrutinizing Sieg from afar.

"Hehe...haha..."

Hody Jones let out a strange laugh. Seeing that Sieg didn't chase after him and that he, the fishman, had jumped back into the sea, he immediately felt safe.

Fishmen truly thrive in the sea, where they can unleash their full power!

And Sigurd, this human... he's a Devil Fruit user!

Moreover, he didn't have any coating bubbles or swimming coating on his body, so it was impossible to catch him in the water!

Hody Jones suddenly felt much safer, and he prepared to say something polite before making his escape.

"What's wrong? Sig, do you now understand the power of the merfolk?"

"Hoddie Jones said with a sneer."

"We fish-men possess ten times the strength of humans, and our swimming speed in the sea far surpasses that of humans. You simply cannot compare to us. We fish-men are the masters of the sea."

A thought struck Sieg.

Yes.

Given how strong Hody Jones is, he clearly wasn't running away just now... he simply jumped into the sea.