Chapter 213: The Horned Octopus
"Moo~"
An ancient, desolate sound echoed out. Wherever the sound passed, the sea churned violently. Even Jiang Qize frowned, a vast and desolate aura crashing toward him.
Immediately after, the seawater surged upward, lifting the Dragonflame high.
"Roar~"
The Mosasaurus below let out an angry roar, its enormous body slamming up beneath the Dragonflame to brace it.
Boom…
Two gigantic tentacles thrust out of the water. Waves shot into the sky, turning into a downpour that crashed onto everyone aboard the Dragonflame.
Yet all of them stared straight ahead, tense and solemn.
"Moo~"
Another low bellow sounded.
Boom!!
A colossal shadow burst out of the sea, blotting out the sky as it blocked the Dragonflame's path. Two pupils as large as blood moons stared at them, an overwhelming pressure washing over them.
Jiang Qize could now clearly see the appearance of the road-blocking behemoth.
It was a horned octopus—dozens of times larger than the Dragonflame, stretching beyond sight. Even with his Observation Haki combined with electromagnetic waves in the air, he could only barely grasp the outline of its size.
This horned octopus had a pair of blade-shaped, ox-like horns atop its head, as if they could pierce the heavens. Its skin was dark red, layered with keratinous armor that spoke of terrifying defense. A pair of scarlet eyes even larger than the Dragonflame itself fixed on him.
Below the sea were countless tentacles supporting it, churning the ocean endlessly.
"You should be able to understand what I'm saying, right?"
Jiang Qize looked at the 'mysterious giant beast,' the horned octopus, and spoke.
With the ability of the Whisper-Whisper Fruit, he could communicate with any living being.
"Human… you are the second one who can hear my voice."
A desolate voice rang out.
It was obvious that this voice came from the horned octopus.
"The first… was Gol D. Roger?"
Though shaken inside, Jiang Qize still asked calmly.
"No… that person died more than nine hundred years ago."
At those words, his heart jolted.
Nine hundred years… that was before the World Government—was it the era ruled by the mysterious ancient kingdom?
This octopus had lived that long…
"Why are you blocking my path?"
Jiang Qize asked again.
"Please… help me with something…"
The horned octopus spoke in a low, heavy tone, as if carrying countless stories.
"With your strength, what could I possibly help you with…"
Jiang Qize frowned, puzzled.
With the horned octopus's intelligence, its immense lifespan, and its island-sized body, even a pig would have become a powerhouse by now.
He didn't believe its strength could be lacking in any way—especially with such a terrifying presence.
"Look beneath me."
Hearing this, Jiang Qize narrowed his eyes, thinking, If you weren't so enormous, I'd think you were making a dirty joke…
Still, he extended his Mind Net downward beneath the horned octopus.
One hundred meters… five hundred meters… one thousand meters…
When he reached five thousand meters below, he finally discovered something.
A pitch-black chain, dozens of meters thick, was embedded beneath the horned octopus, its other end plunging into the endless deep sea.
This… was a chain forged from Seastone. A Seastone chain dozens of meters thick, of unknown length—half of the world's Seastone might be in this thing!
Jiang Qize was utterly shaken, scarcely able to believe it.
"You… have been chained for more than nine hundred years?"
He looked at the horned octopus with complicated eyes and asked softly.
Bound by the hardest substance in the world—how could it possibly escape?
"To be precise, one thousand years."
The horned octopus replied with deep weariness.
"So you think I have the ability to break this Seastone chain?"
Jiang Qize raised an eyebrow and said.
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