Apparently, Xia Luo underestimated the power of the giant wave.
But Xia Luo clearly wasn't going to give up so easily.
Because once he gave up, it meant the ship would be destroyed and all the pirates on board would perish.
Of course, Xia Luo definitely wouldn't die right away. He had to hold on at least for a while.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Two more hundred - meter - long slashes appeared.
This time, Xia Luo imbued his slashes with Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki Wrapping.
The two slashes struck the giant wave one after another.
This time, the effect was indeed remarkable.
The giant wave was indeed cut open, but it closed up again within a few seconds, which gave Xia Luo a glimmer of hope.
"Quick! Everyone, head towards the gap I've opened! We must steer the ship to the gap!"
Xia Luo turned around and shouted at the other pirates.
The pirates on the ship clearly saw Xia Luo's successive hundred - meter - long slashes.
When the first slash had no effect, everyone was already in despair. But when they saw the second and third slashes, their eyes were filled with hope for survival.
"Guys! Head towards the place where the captain's slash hit!"
Paul roared loudly. Isaac also hurriedly steered the ship's wheel and headed towards the gap cut by Xia Luo.
Xia Luo stood at the bow of the ship, continuously swinging his sword to send out a series of slashes.
One after another, the hundred - meter - long white slashes hit the giant wave.
There were popping and splashing sounds of water.
A huge gap immediately appeared in the giant wave, but it couldn't hold for long and closed up again.
This forced Xia Luo to keep releasing slashes.
"Quick!"
Xia Luo couldn't help but urge.
He couldn't hold on for long.
These slashes, which were all Xia Luo's full - strength attacks, were constantly consuming his energy.
You know, these slashes all contained Armament Haki, and the energy consumption was even more terrifying.
Isaac stood in front of the ship's wheel, squinting his eyes, ignoring the water droplets on his eyes, whether they were seawater or rain, and steered the ship at full speed towards the gap in the wave cut by Xia Luo.
As they got closer and closer to the wave, everyone held their breath.
They stared at the towering wave in shock. Even Xia Luo was extremely startled.
But he didn't dare to stop swinging his sword and kept sending out slashes.
Inside the gap that Xia Luo had split open.
Everyone passed through safely.
Suddenly, everyone felt the relief of having escaped death and the joy of survival.
"Waaah! I was so scared! I thought I was a goner! I haven't even reached the Swordmaster Realm yet!"
Paul hugged Isaac's shoulders and cried loudly.
This was really a perilous situation.
Even Xia Luo let out a sigh of relief. The long sword in his hand slipped onto the deck without the hardening effect of Armament Haki and broke into pieces as soon as it hit the deck.
Xia Luo looked at the broken sword and sighed.
This was already God knows how many times his sword had broken.
Almost every sword that wasn't coated with his Armament Haki would break after a few slashes because it couldn't bear the force.
When he was at the Swordmaster Realm, a sword could at least last for a few days.
But since he reached the great swordmaster realm, a sword would break after just a few swings.
This should be the reason why the swords of so many great swordmasters are all famous blades!
After all, ordinary swords or knives simply cannot withstand the tremendous energy of Conqueror's Haki entanglement.
Thinking of this, Xia Luo became even more eager for that Seven-Star Sword.
Leaving the area affected by the giant waves didn't mean they were out of danger.
On the rough sea, the wind and waves were extremely strong. Xia Luo had to order the crew to lower the sails again. Otherwise, they'd be swept away sooner or later.
Xia Luo had never seen such a huge storm before.
If someone were looking down from above at this moment, they'd find that the scope of this storm was extremely large, almost covering an entire sea area.
Xia Luo looked up at the sky where lightning flashed. Bolts of lightning struck the sea, and in an instant, a large number of fish in that area were electrocuted to death.
Countless fish corpses were floating on the sea.
Wow! It's really something to witness such a thrilling scene of electro-fishing in the Pirate King world.
The only pity was that the storm was too strong.
Suddenly!
A scene flashed across his mind. Xia Luo was instantly shocked. He drew out his new long sword from his waist and slashed fiercely at the clouds in the sky.
Xia Luo's action instantly scared everyone on the ship. Everyone drew their weapons and aimed at the sky, on guard against enemies in the sky.
But when they looked up at the sky, they saw nothing but dark clouds.
When everyone was at a loss, a huge bolt of lightning split straight towards their ship.
However, the lightning was intercepted by the slash Xia Luo had swung before it reached the ship.
Now everyone understood why Xia Luo had done that just now.
Instantly, everyone's eyes were filled with respect when they looked at Xia Luo.
Xia Luo's slash instantly shattered the lightning and then continued to slash at the clouds in the sky without losing momentum.
In an instant, it split a gap in the clouds.
A ray of sunlight shone through.
After everyone saw the sunlight, they realized that it was still daytime. They had thought it was already night because of the overcast clouds.
But this gap only lasted for two or three minutes before it completely closed up.
And Xia Luo's slash also dissipated due to lack of power.
"Damn it!"
Xia Luo cursed at the heavens angrily for playing such a trick on him.
Lightning in the dark clouds still fell from time to time, but most of it landed around the ship and didn't get close to Xia Luo's ship.
There was no real danger. Apart from the strong wind of the storm and the loud thunder, there were no other threats.
Just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, it started to drizzle.
Rain itself wasn't scary. What was scary was that there were not only raindrops but also hailstones in the rain.
Xia Luo's Observation Haki was always activated. Although its range was limited due to the thunderstorm, Xia Luo didn't rely on it much.
Suddenly, a scene flashed across Xia Luo's mind. It instantly gave Xia Luo a big shock.
"Quick! Hurry and hide in the cabin. There are hailstones coming."
Xia Luo shouted to everyone.
Regardless of whether it was true or not, everyone rushed into the cabin and stared outside.
And Xia Luo also hid in the cabin.
Facing the hail, his slashes were useless.
Listening to the thumping sounds of hail hitting the ship's deck everywhere and the cracking sounds of something being broken, Xia Luo's face was extremely gloomy.
The weather in this New World was just too bad. It was even more dangerous than when Luffy entered the New World.
If it weren't for his high level of strength, he might really have died here.
"Where is the nearest island around here?" Xia Luo asked the crew member beside him.
The crew member who knew immediately told him.
"Captain, it'll take a whole day's voyage to reach the nearest island. There's no way we can make it." The navigator said with a mournful face.
"Damn it!"
Who knows how many times Xia Luo had said "Damn it".