Chapter 423: Chasing The Giant Lantern Fish
In the direction where Mad Treasure and the others left. In the deep sea, a huge shadow slowly passed by.
There was also a huge glowing lantern in front of this shadow, emitting a soft light.
This creature is so big that even the 400-meter-long island whale Laboon is a tiny creature in front of it.
The length of this shadow has exceeded five thousand meters, even a little larger than the giant Sea Kings.
This is the legendary Island Swallowing Lantern Fish, it's actually a footballfish named Bonbori. It can hold several small islands in its belly, which is very scary.
After two hundred years, it cruised back to this sea area.
All those years ago, it encountered the golden light that attracted it so much in this sea area. In order to get that light, it swallowed half of the island of Alchemi in one gulp and snatched away the pure gold that emitted the light.
But two hundred years have passed, and its body still hasn't digested the pure gold. It doesn't even know what happened, causing it to suffer from indigestion and causing its digestive system to stagnate a lot.
It felt the island in its belly, which it had not digested for two hundred years.
In the past few days, it has returned to its old place and came to this sea area to see what adventures there are.
After Bonbori swam past, several fish-men also discovered this huge figure.
Generally, except for the Calm Belt and the deep sea, such giant creatures cannot be seen on the ordinary sea surface. This made these fish-men very excited and quickly chased after it.
After seeing the huge lantern, a fish-man quickly swam to the surface and excitedly fired a signal. A white light exploded into the air, instantly attracting the nearby Big Daddy Pirates.
The news spread rapidly, and the nearby Groseade immediately turned around and headed for its destination.
Mad Treasure and his group, who were escaping invisibly nearby, were shocked when they saw the signal suddenly explode near them.
"Boss, were we exposed?"
Psycho P and the archer Naomi Drunk both asked in fear.
"Don't worry about them, let's keep moving!"
Mad Treasure continued to order. He was a little nervous now. He had never been afraid of pirates with bounties of over a billion, but when he encountered the fleet of the Big Daddy Pirates, he had no choice but to run away immediately.
Everyone knows that Basire of the Four Emperors is also known as a Devil Fruit hunter, so he was afraid that Basire would take a fancy to their Devil Fruits.
Although the chain fruit and the color fruit are not very powerful, Basire would probably not let go of this chance to get them.
However, they couldn't run away even if they wanted to, because the pirate ships of the Big Daddy Pirates were already surrounding them from all directions, and there were even flying battleships in the sky.
Although Mad Treasure and his pirate ship had changed color and become invisible, the splash of water behind their pirate ship revealed their presence.
And Observation Haki can easily detect their presence.
"Captain, if I find an unknown invisible ship, should I fire to take them down?"
On board the Groseade, scientists led by Ratchet were reporting the situation to Basire.
"Don't fire yet, lest you scare away the giant lantern fish."
Basire made a quick decision and said calmly. He had already guessed who this invisible ship was.
It seems that he can find a reason to visit the Golden Emperor Gild Tesoro.
After all, this group of invisible treasure hunters is one of Tesoro's forces.
Moreover, Tesoro is also looking for the whereabouts of the pure gold. This Treasure Hunter Mad Treasure is the subordinate Tesoro sent to find the pure gold.
"Yes, Captain!"
The Groseade continued to rush in the direction of the fish-men's pursuit, directly ignoring these treasure hunters.
However, although Basire did not stop to attack them, someone from the Big Daddy Pirates on the sea also discovered this invisible pirate ship.
The temporary team of Zoro and Urouge, as well as the captain of the first division, Flame Champion Burgess, these two pirate ships caught up with this "invisible" ship.
"Wiiihahaha, I want this transparent pirate ship!"
Among the pirates of the first division, some have used Observation Haki to detect the true situation of this pirate ship.
When Burgess was in the Ark Maxim, Absalom, the transparent man, had used the power of the Transparent Fruit to make the entire ship transparent.
He didn't expect that today he would encounter another devil fruit that is similar to the transparent fruit.
If they get this ability, their pirate ships can also sail transparently, making it easier to sneak attack the Marines and Beasts Pirates in the future.
With Burgess taking the lead in using fire attacks, the disguise of the color fruit's ability was broken.
A shark-shaped pirate ship inlaid with a large number of gems appeared in front of them.
"Damn it, there are actually such rampant pirate ships, it's even more luxurious than the Captain's golden ship!"
They were shocked. The colorful gems on this treasure-hunting pirate ship made people excited when they saw them.
"No, I have to grab it!"
Burgess and the pirates under his command all showed greedy expressions.
Mad Treasure's face became very ugly after his pirate ship was revealed.
They still haven't escaped the encirclement of the Big Daddy Pirates.
His pirate ship Shark Emeralda inherited the luxurious style of the Golden Emperor Tesoro, and it tried to imitate the city of dreams of the Gran Tesoro.
That's why so many gems were inlaid on it.
He didn't expect that this would lead to death due to greed today.
"Captain Burgess, we are subordinates of the Golden Emperor Tesoro. If you can show your kindness, we will be very grateful."
Mad Treasure shouted to the approaching pirate ship with a serious face, feeling a little aggrieved.
If Burgess was not a member of the Big Daddy Pirates, even if he was a Logia Flare Fruit user, he would still dare to have a fight with him.
He is very confident in his own strength.
But now that the Big Daddy Pirates' fleet is in this area, no matter how crazy Treasure is, he doesn't dare to make any fierce resistance.
"The Golden Emperor's men? We can't let you go. We've taken a liking to your pirate ship and invisibility!"
"Either you stop working for the Golden Emperor and join our Big Daddy Pirates, or we kill you and steal your things."
Burgess didn't take the Golden Emperor seriously at all. After all, his boss was Basire of the Four Emperors, a man who was not even afraid of the other Yonkōs.
After hearing what Burgess said, Mad Treasure knew that he would not be able to leave peacefully today, and at the same time, he was also considering what was said.
How about changing bosses and joining the stronger Big Daddy Pirates?
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