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The watchman said that they would hit each other, that's not a joke.
Now Ian's boat was approaching the top of the mountain. Due to the shrinking area, the field of vision also expanded accordingly, and naturally they saw the boat that the lookout said.
It was a ship coming up from the South China Sea Channel. At this time, it was almost at the same level as Ian's ship on the channel. Looking over, he could see most of the other side's hull. The ship seemed to be still hanging. The black pirate flag seems to be a pirate ship.
When Ian and the others saw each other, the other party naturally also saw Ian and his ship. After a little comparison of the positions, they would understand the seriousness of the matter.
Now not only Ian and his crew panicked, but the other party also panicked. Since the water speeds in the four channels are almost the same, there is a high possibility that the two ships will collide when they reach the top of the mountain. , at such high speeds, both ships might be knocked apart.
"Quick! Zhang Fan slows down!" Bill shouted loudly.
However, before the sailors could carry out his order, Ian grabbed him and said, "No way! Don't forget, there is a ship behind us! Once we set sail, we won't be able to collide with that pirate ship, but we will. The boats behind collided together!"
Bill was reminded at this time, and he reacted suddenly. There was no way to slow down on his side, so he could only look at the pirate ship, hoping that they would find this, and let them slow down.
However, this is the most difficult thing. Ian and the others are a fleet, except for the leading ship, followed by other ships one after another. ship, but the final result is still possible to hit other trailing ships!
It's impossible to slow down, unless they speed up and pass in front of Ian and them.
But at this time on the channel, all the ships are driven forward by the ocean currents, and thus are in a climbing state, completely against the wind. Opening the sails can only slow down, but cannot achieve the purpose of speeding up.
In fact, Ian and the others should be lucky. Fortunately, this is a ship from the South China Sea. If it is a ship from the West Sea, it is equivalent to being on the channel opposite to Ian and the others. They cannot see it at all. Wait until they really can see By the time they arrived, they had already hit each other.
But now, both sides have seen each other, and there is still time to deal with it.
Ian and the others were unable to slow down due to the ships behind them, so the sailors stood on the side of the ship and desperately followed Bill's instructions, signaling to each other, hoping that they could speed up and pass first.
The other party didn't respond, but it didn't take long, maybe five or six seconds, when suddenly several black spots flew out of the pirate ship.
Ian didn't realize what it was at first, but when he did, the black spot was already close to their ship!
duh duh! duh duh! Ian and his boat were attacked by dozens of sharp black thorns. These thorns were about one meter long, sharp at the top and thick at the bottom, as black as steel. When they got to Ian's boat, they slammed into every part of the hull.
The strength of the sharp needles this time gave people the feeling of being shot by a crossbow, and it could pierce through two or three finger-thick wooden boards! Ian only had time to push Captain Bill to the ground, a thorn flew past his head, and hit the deck not far in front of him with a bang.
Looking at the slightly trembling tail of the thorn, Bill's soul was frightened, and he exclaimed: "They can't speed up, so they want to destroy our ship!"
As if confirming Bill's words, dozens of thorns flew over and pierced Ian's ship with holes. Many sailors on the deck were pierced by these thorns. Ian even saw a As soon as the sailor was running, a thorn pierced his thigh!
The screams kept coming, and as they got closer and closer to the top of the mountain, the opponent's ship was getting closer and closer, and more thorns flew over, and they would not give up until they destroyed Ian's ship momentum.
Yi'an also knew that since the other party was a pirate, there was nothing moral to say. A dead friend is not a poor man, so he naturally has no scruples in attacking him.
"Everyone hide behind me!" Ian got up again and shouted to everyone.
The sailors on the boat were in a mess at first, but after hearing the shout, they seemed to have a bit of backbone, regardless of whether Ian could really save them, they all crawled behind Ian.
Ian stabilized his figure on the boat, watching a new round of needles being thrown from the opposite ship, Ian breathed out, put his hand on the handle of the knife at his waist, and drew out the knife suddenly at the right time, facing those The needle hit a wind barrier!
With a whoosh, a gust of wind suddenly blew up on the ship. Since the wind couldn't be seen, the sailors didn't know what Ian had done, but they were surprised to find that the needle shot from the opposite side, when it was close to the side of the ship, As if encountering a layer of cushioning, the strong flying force disappeared in an instant, and fell from the midair in a messy manner, landing on the deck.
Seeing this scene, everyone including Bill cheered. They didn't know what Ian had done, they only knew that with Ian around, those needles were no longer a threat!
Ian breathed out, he is not yet proficient in the skill of Wind Barrier, he played it entirely with the help of card skills, he himself is not sure whether the raised wind wall can stop these needles, but now It's not bad to come down. Although the wind wall is not strong, it also buffers the speed of the needle and reduces its threat.
If Ian's sword skills were stronger and could fully match expert-level sword skills, perhaps the strength of the raised wind wall would become even stronger, and it would be possible to directly bounce these needles away.
Finding that the stinger he launched was blocked, the pirate ship still refused to give up and launched another wave.
Having described so much, it only took about 20 seconds. At this time, both sides are already close to the top of the mountain, and they may collide in a while. Ian can understand the other party's mood, and cannot destroy the opponent's ship. Then everyone will die.
what to do? Ian's mind was spinning rapidly, and soon he made up his mind, and shouted to everyone behind him: "Get down!"
The sailors hurriedly lay down on the deck. Facing the flying thorns this time, Ian did not use the wind barrier to block them, but let the thorns shoot over.
Many thorns were flying towards Ian. Seeing these thorns coming, Ian flipped his wrist and pulled out the Yan Mo Saber. Combined with his eyesight, he quickly blocked the thorns as much as possible.
During this period, he also used two strikes to cut the steel flash, directly chopping the needles down on the deck.
Following the two slashing steel strikes, Ian felt a strange swirling airflow around his body, and his heart suddenly became clear.
The ships of the two sides finally reached the top of the mountain. According to Ian's visual estimation, the pirate ship was slightly ahead of them, but it was not enough for the two sides to pass each other. Ian's ship probably hit each other head-on. the second half of the hull.
This judgment was not only estimated by Ian, but also by the people on both sides of the ship, so no matter the people on Ian's ship or the people on the other pirate ship, they were all desperate at this time.
Many people closed their eyes and didn't dare to look at it, and those who dared to open their eyes to look at it were actually scared to death.
The only one who didn't give up was probably Ian. He was staring closely at the approaching ships, holding the scabbard in his left hand, while his right hand was already on the handle, ready to draw the knife at any time!
It's now! ! !
Yi'an pulled out Yan Mo Dao suddenly, and suddenly raised it with strength.
Then a strange scene appeared, a small tornado was formed following Ian's knife, and it flew towards the opposite pirate ship rapidly. Originally, a simple tornado was invisible, but the water splash in the channel Being sucked in by this tornado, there were traces all at once.
The tornado flew rapidly, and just landed on the stern of the opposite pirate ship. Although it dissipated after a collision, this force instantly accelerated the opponent's ship!
With this thrust, the stern of the opponent's boat flicked past Ian's bow...
Did not hit! ! ?
The people on the two ships all stared at this scene in a daze. After a while, they finally believed that this was not a dream, so they all cheered at once!
"My God! It's a miracle! It's an absolute miracle!"
"Alive, we are all alive!"
The sailors on the ship hugged each other and jumped up, with tears in their eyes. They thought they were going to die, but they all survived after a sudden turn of events.
On the top of the mountain, the ocean currents from the four oceans merged together, causing the ships on both sides to bump a bit, and then they were washed away along the channel going down the mountain. The distance between them has always been very close, it can be said that the difference is only a few tens of centimeters.
In such a position, people on both sides of the ship could see each other clearly. It was only at this time that Ian realized that there was a strange person standing on the opposite pirate ship.
It was a very fat guy, wearing a captain's cap, but no clothes on the upper body, a thick and messy beard, and an upturned nose against the background, the nose hole looked so big!
The ugly face fits well with the other party's identity as a pirate, but what makes Ian feel strange the most is the thing on the fat man's back!
His back is like a hedgehog, covered with countless black thorns, not only on his back, but also on his arms, but his chest is smooth, which makes him look like he is wearing a hedgehog cape. It's weird enough.
So Ian immediately thought that the other party might be a devil fruit capable user, but Ian didn't know what kind of devil fruit it was.
It won't be the hedgehog fruit of the animal department, right? He guessed so.
Bill, the captain, is well-informed. After getting up and looking at the pirate flag on the other ship, he suddenly said in surprise: "The Peek Pirates!? They are the famous Pique Pirates in the South China Sea! Now! Oh no!"
"Peak Pirates?" Ian asked puzzled, "How?"
"That's a relatively famous pirate group in the South China Sea. I've heard it from other captains!" Bill said with a sad face, "The captain of this pirate group is called Pix. There is a reward of 24 million Baileys in the South China Sea, I didn't expect them to choose to enter the great route at this time, and they almost collided with us."
"Twenty-four million?" Ian's eyes lit up when he heard that, this is a guy with a higher bounty than Aaron! So he asked, "Do you know what fruit power user he is?"
"Of course!" Bill said with a bitter face, "That guy is from the zoology department, and he eats the fruit of a pig—the form of a porcupine!"
Ian turned his head to look at the deck and bulkhead that was riddled with holes. In this way, the needles shot into the ship were all porcupine thorns!
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