Chapter 322 - Escape

"Shave!!"

Bear King looks fat, but his speed is not slow at all.

His figure disappears in place instantly, leaving Luffy and Zoro to hit nothing but the air.

"If you want it, I'll give it back to you!"

Bear King swung Sanji up like a rag and threw it towards Luffy. 

"Gomu Gomu no Balloon!"

Luffy reacted quickly and took a long breath to let his belly expand.

Sanji hit Luffy's stomach with a bang sound and sank deeply.

The balloon was hit with huge force and kept moving back. 

Luffy gritted his teeth, and his face turned red!

"Hulu~Hulu~."

"Pah... Pah!"

After the force was completely dissipated, Luffy kept exhaling air before flying around like a deflated balloon and falling to the ground with Sanji.

After Luffy and Sanji stood up, they wiped the blood from the corners of their mouths and looked at the calm and composed Bear King with solemn expressions.

"Sanji, are you okay?"

"I'm fine!"

Although he said this, everyone could see that Sanji was seriously injured!

"This guy is very strong!" Zoro stared at Bear King warily.

"I won't lose to this bastard who kills his comrades!"

Luffy gritted his teeth and said, Zoro and Sanji stood behind him on the left and right side, forming a triangle formation!

"Oh? It's quite impressive!" Bear King smiled disdainfully.

"Must Kill: Rotating Flame Star!"

"Double gun!"

The whirling gunpowder and Arina's bullets shot suddenly, but Bear King did not dodge.

"Bang...!!"

The hot flames burned on his body, and the bullets made a metallic sound.

After a while, the flames dissipated…

They saw Bear King standing unscathed there with his arms folded.

Except for his upper body, which had most of his clothes burned and the exposed skin to the sun, emitting a metallic sheen of steel, there was no trace of any damage.

"As I said, I'm very hard..."

"Treinta Fleur: Strangle!"

Before Bear King finished speaking, four arms grew out of his arms and locked him firmly.

"Gomu Gomu no Cannon!"

"Santoryu Ogi: Three Thousand Worlds!"

"Double-Layer Cake Kick!"

Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji quickly approached and violently attacked Bear King while he was unable to move!

"Bang...!!"

"Bang..."

"Ouch!!!!"

Luffy roared angrily; his fists turned into afterimages, and he kept beating Bear King's chest. 

After receiving such a fierce attack, Bear King was shaking like duckweed in the water…

"Bastard!!"

Bear King's hard steel body withstood the attacks of the three men. His eyes were bloodshot, and he raised his hands to shoot down. 

Zoro and Sanji had to retreat.

Luffy, however, ignored him and spun his fist backward again.

"Gomu Gomu no Pistol!"

The constantly rotating arms, carrying a tremendous force, hit Bear King's chest.

At the same time, Bear King's dark palm also hit Luffy.

The two of them were blasted out at the same time and smashed against the wall.

"Huh... Huh..."

Luffy was panting heavily; at this moment, his rubber body was injured by Armament Haki.

"Cough~ Damn it! I was careless!" An angry voice came, and Bear King covered his chest and stood up.

"Tap…"

"Quick!!"

"Vice Captain, we are here."

"Faster! The enemy is just ahead..."

"Don't let them get away."

At this moment, a large group of vicious pirates armed with various swords and muskets came running from a distance.

"Kill them for me!" Bear King shouted coldly.

"Yes!"

"Bang...!!"

"Pah…"

Before they even got close, Bear King's subordinates obediently raised their guns and fired.

"Why are there suddenly so many enemies!" Arina looked panicked and dodged the overwhelming artillery fire.

"Luffy, let's retreat first! Their firepower is too strong." Zoro said helplessly.

"Okay! Let's go!"

Luffy didn't want anything to happen to his friends, so he immediately kicked away several approaching pirates and let Usopp and the others go first.

Sanji looked at this group of pirates, and his expression changed several times, but he still put aside all his thoughts and covered Robin and the others' retreat!

"Don't let them escape!!"

Hundreds of pirates were charging and firing continuously. 

Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji were fighting and retreating at the same time!

Bear King spat out a mouthful of blood and squatted down with a gloomy expression.

This time, he was really careless and focused on dealing with the three who rushed up. 

He didn't expect that that they would have someone who have such a weird devil fruit ability!

Without warning, the boat capsized in the gutter…

"Hoo.․Hoo ho!!"

The Straw Hat Pirates returned to the Going Merry, exhausted and out of breath, but Zoro and Sanji immediately set sail to get rid of the pursuers!

"Luffy, let me bandage you." Chopper quickly took out the medical kit from the cabin and bandaged Luffy's wound.

"This is the cadre of Beasts Pirates. It's really extraordinary!" Arina said with lingering fear.

"No! He's not!" Robin suddenly said solemnly.

"He is not the core cadre yet! The core cadres of Beasts Pirates are the five Calamity, nine Catastrophes, and thirteen Golden Fleets!"

"The one called Bear King is not one of them; he is just a vice-captain. Even the weakest cadre is much stronger than him!"

"No... It can't be!" Usopp's legs trembled in fear.

Such a strong character can't even be a cadre among the Beasts Pirates?

"Each of Beasts Pirates five Calamity is a monster that can rival Marine Admiral!"

"Every nine catastrophes is superior to that of Vice-Admiral, and the captain of the thirteen golden fleets is at least as strong as Vice-Admiral!"

Robin's eyes were filled with fear as she finished speaking slowly.

Usopp, Chopper, and Arina were too scared to speak.

Even Zoro, Luffy, and Sanji all looked solemn!

Only now do they truly realize... How terrifying is the strength of this so-called world's strongest pirate group!!

Just one vice-captain almost wiped them out!!

How strong should those real core cadres be?

Kaishu the beast, what kind of monster will he be!?