"Hmph! In that case…" Kuzan's eyes gradually lit up, and he stood up, stretching.
"Then let's have a good fight!"
He casually threw away the cannonball, no longer bothering with the trick of throwing cannonballs.
He prepared to personally enter the fray, learning from Garp and Kenji, using powerful physical combat to penetrate the enemy lines and forcefully break through the enemy's encirclement with his own strength.
After all, there was no powerful opponent on the other side, and the Legendary Pirate Golden Lion Shiki was already imprisoned.
Now was his time to shine, he had to strike hard.
"Then…" Kuzan raised his fist, and Armament Haki instantly enveloped it.
The next moment, he charged out at high speed, the immense recoil causing the warship's bow to dip.
Whoosh—Boom!!!
Kuzan moved at high speed within the battlefield, continuously destroying pirate ships and leaping using their decks.
For a time, the pirate fleet within the battlefield was filled with smoke and flames everywhere.
One seemingly sturdy pirate ship after another, as if by agreement, caught fire consecutively.
And on the fiercely burning ships, it was naturally difficult for people to stay. Those pirates, like dumplings falling into a pot, continuously jumped into the sea.
Unfortunately, the water temperature in the battlefield was also quite high at this time. Due to the burning pirate ships, the seawater quickly boiled.
Those pirates who jumped into the sea quickly screamed from the scalding, and soon their skin peeled off.
However, it must be said that people in this world, especially pirates who have experienced constant battles, have strong physical resistance. Even being scalded by boiling water, they could still endure.
And the Marines temporarily stopped bothering with the pirates who had fallen into the water.
The warship continued to fire, aiming at the pirate ships that had not yet sunk. Kuzan did the same, prioritizing attacking ships that were not yet on fire.
Whenever he boarded these pirate ships, he would often not aim his attacks at the pirates on the deck, but rather punch towards the location where gunpowder and cannonballs were stored.
This kind of sneaky behavior would naturally directly detonate the cannonballs, causing an immediate explosion and a chain reaction. Even if the entire pirate ship didn't catch fire, it would be blasted to pieces and lose its combat capability.
Clearly, that group of pirates hadn't seen this kind of fighting style much.
In fact, when their pirate fleet went to battle, they usually engaged in mutual cannon fire with enemies from a certain distance, relying on numerical superiority to defeat them.
Or, the fleet's Admiral, Shiki, would personally act to crush the enemy.
There weren't many enemies with strength similar to Kuzan, who could leap up and directly land on a pirate ship.
Even if they encountered such a powerful individual, the opponent usually used brute force to destroy the pirate fleet.
Sneaky individuals like Kuzan, who specifically targeted the gunpowder magazines, were rare.
You can run around the battlefield freely, going to any pirate ship you want, so why bother with such tactics? Wouldn't it be more stylish and impressive to just use brute force to destroy the fleet?
However, from Kuzan's perspective, there was another consideration.
Directly destroying the fleet would consume too much stamina. What if there was a master hidden in the pirate fleet? Wouldn't he be in trouble then?
Anyway, destroying a pirate ship and destroying a gunpowder magazine had pretty much the same final effect.
So, of course, he would use whichever method saved more effort. He, Kuzan, wasn't even a formal Marine, so he didn't need to care about his reputation.
However, from the perspective of the Marines on the warship, Kuzan's valiant attacking figure and the sight of him casually destroying pirate ships were still very shocking.
"So Kuzan-san's strength is this formidable? He can destroy pirate ships with just a casual strike."
"Uh, has it only been a few minutes? Kuzan-san has already destroyed almost ten pirate ships, hasn't he?"
"Ha! With Kuzan-san leading so bravely, we can't fall behind either."
While the Marines were shocked, they were also greatly encouraged, and they proactively steered the warship into the midst of the pirate fleet. This action undoubtedly put them in a heavy encirclement.
However, at this point, the battlefield had been turned upside down by Kuzan's forceful charge, and the pirate fleet's interior was already in disarray.
When the warship sailed into the center of the encirclement, those pirate ships surprisingly didn't attack proactively. The pirates on the decks were all staring wide-eyed at Kuzan's leaping figure, fearing that they would be his next target.
As a result, the warship naturally fired its cannons without hesitation, blasting away.
Under the combined assault of Kuzan and the warship, the massive pirate fleet was quickly almost completely destroyed.
Finally, only a few pirate ships barely remained afloat, and the sea surface of the battlefield was littered with shattered ship wreckage and human remains.
The entire battlefield sea area was stained red with blood, and many broken pirate ships still had unextinguished flames.
Dense black smoke obscured the sky, making it difficult to discern direction.
At this time, the Marines began to clear the battlefield and count the captives.
On the other side, inside the captain's cabin, Kenji learned of the battle's end at the first opportunity. It wasn't because he used Observation Haki to sense the battlefield.
In fact, after he entered the captain's cabin, he put away his Observation Haki.
His intention was very clear: those pirate grunts outside were for them to handle.
The reason he was able to know the battle results immediately was because the system rewards had arrived.
"It seems Kuzan is quite efficient."
Kenji looked at the reward prompt appearing in his vision, briefly calculated the time, and found that less than half an hour had passed since the pirate fleet had appeared until now.
Those so-called pirate fleets, in his opinion, were nothing more than a disorganized mob that he could easily destroy in a few minutes if he personally intervened.
But if he had to do everything himself, then he, as an Admiral, would be very busy.
At appropriate times, it was still necessary to give his subordinates opportunities for experience.
Today's battle was a very good opportunity. The opponents were not strong but numerous, not difficult to handle but not easy either.
"Hmm, Kuzan and those lads are quite efficient, and the system's reward distribution is also good."
Kenji scanned the reward content, feeling quite satisfied. At least the system delivered the rewards immediately after the battle ended.
This never-delaying aspect far surpassed those capitalists of his previous life on Earth.
[You guided the troops and successfully exterminated the attacking Flying Pirates fleet!]
[Due to your excellent guidance, your friendly forces suffered no personnel losses!]
[Mission (Side): Exterminate the Flying Pirates! Friendly forces' personnel loss must not exceed one-third! —Overcompleted! (Modified)]
[Reward increased!]
[Reward has been changed to: Upgrade the lowest rarity trait 5 times!]