I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

Ultimately, Li Jingka's compatibility is too low; the current Xige is not yet the true "Number One Swordsman of the Shang Dynasty."

The seemingly effortless sword strike that cleaved the giant claw was already an all-out effort, and Sieg still couldn't help feeling nervous as he faced this enraged giant tortoise sea king.

Sieg quietly reached into his robes and turned on the megaphone on his chest.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!

The roar of the Emperor's engine was deafening, dense and loud.

The death stare—Sieg has faced this countless times since he came into this world.

But this was the first time Sieg had ever looked into eyes that were bigger than a warship.

His inner panic and fear surged like a tidal wave.

Sieg took a deep breath, letting the fear overwhelm him.

A thought suddenly popped into his mind.

Bang bang bang bang!

He faced the giant tortoise with its severed arm, his eyes, as deep as the ocean, revealing no trace of emotion.

"roll!"

Chapter 116 The True Emperor's Engine

"Major General Onigumo, what do we do now? Should we continue firing?"

The officers beside him looked alarmed. They had witnessed Sieg sever the giant tortoise's forepaw with a single sword strike and were deeply shocked. They couldn't help but ask questions.

"Fool! Do you want to anger that sea king?"

Onigumo rebuked him mercilessly.

The giant tortoise sea king was enormous, comparable in size to an island, and it was located right in the center of the battlefield.

With the giant turtle providing cover, it would be very difficult to continue bombarding Sig and Bucky's ship. They might accidentally injure a Sea King and attract its attention instead.

Let's wait and see.

He had just finished saying that...

"roll!"

The sound seemed to blend seamlessly with the dense roar of the Emperor's engine, its rolling waves carrying far and wide.

Countless people experience a sudden blank in their minds at this moment.

In particular, many of the soldiers recruited by the navy lost their footing and fell to the ground.

After shouting this, Sieg tensed up and gripped his sword, looking up to meet the enormous bloodshot eye.

He couldn't help but be nervous, after all, there was only one Face Fruit, and it had already been eaten by Shanks. He didn't know if cosplaying Shanks would be of any use.

In Sig’s view, the giant sea turtle’s crimson eyes appeared even more profound.

not good!

A sudden sense of foreboding arose in Sieg's heart. He gritted his teeth, his heart pounding violently in his chest.

He saw that the huge turtle head suddenly opened its mouth wide, like an abyss.

Roar!

A roar far louder than Sig's erupted from the giant tortoise's mouth in an instant! The rolling sound waves surged like a tide, even causing a layer of waves to rise on the surface of the sea!

Just then, a bolt of lightning ripped through the already overcast sky.

At that moment, countless people, including Sieg, were experiencing a buzzing in their ears, and some even covered their ears and rolled on the ground.

"Is this...is this a shouting contest with me?"

The thought suddenly flashed through Sieg's mind, and he was both amused and exasperated.

But the light went out again the next second.

He saw the giant tortoise raise its other forepaw again, casting a shadow as large as a mountain!

Is it coming?

Sig held his sword in his right hand and pressed his left hand against his chest, feeling the strong, powerful heartbeat.

The fear, tension, and excitement intertwined within him, pushing the Emperor Engine to its limit.

Bang bang bang bang!

The heart acts like a pump, delivering large amounts of blood to every part of the body every second, causing blood to circulate rapidly throughout the body.

At this moment, Sieg felt a surge of energy and blood, and his whole being was in a strange state of tension and clarity.

Sieg had already sensed this strangeness when he swung his sword to sever the giant claw.

If it were Sieg in its normal state, even if it used Li Jing's swordsmanship, it could easily kill the king of the near sea, but it might not be able to deal with this super-giant sea king that is as big as an island.

The power and speed that Sieg unleashed in that previous sword strike exceeded his own expectations.

"Could this be the correct way to use the Emperor Engine?"

The idea popped into Sieg's mind.

As we all know, Oda has already put Newton in his grave. The principle behind Luffy's Gear Second in the original work is to use his feet as pumps to accelerate blood flow.

Then Luffy can activate Gear Second, which strengthens his body and allows him to reach speeds that are invisible to the naked eye.

The current true emperor engine directly uses the heart as a pump to rapidly return blood to the limbs and bones.

"KING really has a strong heart..."

"I can't believe I only just realized this now... Is that why KING's cards are only S-grade?"

Sig murmured.

This was the first time in all his time traveling through time that Sig had used both the Emperor Engine and Li Jing's swordsmanship in a real battle.

Before the giant claw struck, a flurry of thoughts raced through Sieg's mind.

The tension and fear remained. Sieg gripped his sword tightly, waiting for the giant claw to strike.

...........

On the other side of the battlefield, aboard a naval warship.

"very good!"

For the first time, a look of joy appeared on Onigumo's face.

"Sieg has completely enraged this sea king!"

He had just thought that Higuma was using Conqueror's Haki to subdue this Sea King...

But now it seems that this has actually enraged the sea king.

To his delight, he saw the enormous claw, as large as a mountain, strike again, creating a gust of wind and sweeping waves.

boom!

This time, the giant claw encountered no resistance whatsoever. Like a mountain collapsing into the sea, white waves tens of meters high surged into the sky!

However, the location he photographed was neither Higuma's pirate ship nor Buggy's ship, but a naval warship in another direction!

The joy on Onigumo's face froze.

The navy's warships were much larger than the pirate ships of Sig and his crew, but they were like fragile toys in front of this giant claw, and were directly swatted away and disintegrated in mid-air.

Then, a giant wave tens of meters high, like an endless wall of ocean waves, instantly submerged the several tiered warships in the air.

When the waves subsided, all that remained of those warships was a pile of wreckage.

"Why...why are they suddenly attacking our navy?"

Onigumo was completely dumbfounded, looking utterly bewildered.

The enormous tortoise, as big as an island, had turned around and was still roaring. Its eyes were still bloodshot, and its giant claws kept slapping, stirring up huge waves.

However, each strike landed on the area surrounding the naval warship, as if they hadn't noticed Sieg's ship at all.

For some reason, Onigumo always felt that there was a hint of... bluster and cowardice in that deafening roar.

"It didn't dare to fight back against Sieg, so it took out its anger on our navy's warships?"

"Could it be that Sigurd's Conqueror's Haki has indeed intimidated this giant tortoise?"

Onigumo's expression changed drastically as the giant sea monster stared at him with its crimson eyes.

At this moment, the sailors on the warship finally felt the immense pressure.

When the Marines saw Sieg sever the giant claw of a Sea King with a single sword strike from afar, they were shocked but managed to remain calm.

But when he was being targeted and witnessed firsthand how naval warships were being wantonly ravaged by this sea monster like toys, he finally felt that deep-seated fear!

"Damn it! What kind of monster is this?!"

"How could Sig sever the forepaws of this monster? Just how strong is he?"

...........

On the other side, on the deck of the pirate ship, Sig stood there somewhat bewildered, gazing at the other side of the battlefield.

The giant tortoise is still attacking the navy's warships relentlessly, frequently knocking them away and creating huge waves.

However, he, the target of the navy's encirclement and suppression, was neglected and sidelined.

Things are unfolding much as usual, completely different from what Sieg had imagined...

Chapter 117 Target: Loguetown

"Sig!"

Faint shouts could be heard in the distance. Sig looked up and saw Baji standing at the bow of the ship, grinning and waving at him from afar.

"Sig, well done! Our joint operation was a great success!"

"But if you still want to work with the great Captain Bucky, let's cross this doldrums first!"