Chapter 116: The True Emperor's Engine

"Vice Admiral Onigumo, what should we do now? Should we continue firing the cannons?"

The officer beside him looked panicked. They had just witnessed Sig slicing off the giant turtle's claw with a single sword strike, and the shock was still fresh in their minds. He couldn't help but ask.

"Idiot! Do you want to provoke that Sea King?"

Onigumo scolded without hesitation.

The giant turtle Sea King was enormous, comparable to an island, and it was positioned right in the center of the battlefield.

With the giant turtle blocking the way, it would be difficult to continue firing at Sig and Buggy's ships. A single misstep could accidentally hit the Sea King, drawing its attention instead.

"Let's wait and see."

As soon as he finished speaking...

"Get lost!"

This voice, combined with the dense roar of the "Emperor's Engine," echoed far and wide.

At this moment, countless people felt their minds go blank.

Especially the branch soldiers recruited by the Navy—many of them lost their footing and fell to the ground.

After shouting this, Sig nervously gripped his sword and looked up, locking eyes with the massive blood-red gaze.

He couldn't help but feel tense. After all, there was only one "Face-Face Fruit," and Red-Haired Shanks had already eaten it. Sig had no idea if cosplaying as Shanks would work.

In Sig's line of sight, the giant turtle Sea King's crimson eyes grew even darker.

This is bad!

A sense of foreboding suddenly rose in Sig's heart. He gritted his teeth, feeling his heart pounding violently in his chest.

He saw the giant turtle's head suddenly open its mouth, like a deep abyss.

Roar!

A roar far louder than Sig's erupted from the giant turtle's mouth! The sound waves rolled like a tide, even causing the sea surface to ripple!

At that moment, a bolt of lightning split the dark, cloud-covered sky.

In that instant, countless people, including Sig, felt their ears ringing. Some even covered their ears and rolled on the ground in pain.

"Is... is it trying to out-shout me?"

This thought suddenly crossed Sig's mind, and he couldn't help but laugh bitterly.

But the next second, the light dimmed again.

He saw the giant turtle raise its other forelimb, its shadow looming like a mountain.

Is it coming?

Sig gripped his sword with his right hand, while his left hand pressed against his chest, feeling the powerful heartbeat.

Fear, tension, and excitement intertwined, pushing the "Emperor's Engine" to its limit.

Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump!

His heart pumped like a machine, sending blood rushing through his body at an incredible speed.

At this moment, Sig felt a surge of energy, his entire body in a strange state of tension and clarity.

When he had swung his sword to sever the giant claw earlier, Sig had already noticed this unusual sensation.

If it were the usual Sig, even with Li Jing's swordsmanship, he could easily slay the Lord of the Coast, but he might not be able to handle a super-giant Sea King as large as an island.

The strength and speed he had displayed in that slash had exceeded his own expectations.

"Is this the correct way to use the Emperor's Engine?"

This thought crossed Sig's mind.

As everyone knew, Newton's coffin had been nailed shut by Oda. In the original story, Luffy's Gear Second worked by using his legs as pumps to accelerate blood flow.

This allowed Luffy to enter Gear Second, enhancing his physical strength and speed to the point of being invisible to the naked eye.

Now, the true "Emperor's Engine" used the heart as a pump, rapidly circulating blood throughout the body.

"KING really has a powerful heart..."

"I only realized this now... Is this why KING's card is rated S-tier?"

Sig muttered to himself.

After being in this world for so long, this was the first time Sig had used both the "Emperor's Engine" and Li Jing's swordsmanship in a real battle.

In the moment before the giant claw came down, countless thoughts raced through Sig's mind.

The tension and fear were still there. Sig tightened his grip on his sword, waiting for the claw to strike.

.....

On the other side of the battlefield, aboard the Navy warship.

"Good!"

For the first time, Onigumo's face showed a hint of joy.

"Sig has completely enraged that Sea King!"

Earlier, he had thought Sig was using Conqueror's Haki to subdue the Sea King...

But now it seemed that Sig had only succeeded in angering it further.

He watched in delight as the massive claw, as large as a mountain, swung down again, stirring up a fierce wind and sending waves crashing.

Boom!

This time, the claw met no resistance. Like a mountain collapsing into the sea, waves dozens of meters high surged into the air!

However, the claw didn't strike Sig's pirate ship or Buggy's ship. Instead, it slammed into a Navy warship in another direction!

Onigumo's joy froze on his face.

The Navy warship, much larger than Sig's pirate ship, was like a fragile toy in the face of the giant claw. It was sent flying, breaking apart in mid-air.

Then, a wall of water dozens of meters high swept over, instantly engulfing the nearby warships.

By the time the waves subsided, only wreckage remained of those ships.

"This... why did it suddenly attack the Navy?"

Onigumo was completely baffled, his face filled with confusion.

The giant turtle, as large as an island, had turned its direction and was still roaring furiously. Its eyes remained blood-red, and its claws continued to strike, stirring up massive waves.

However, every strike landed near the Navy warships, as if it had completely ignored Sig's ship.

For some reason, Onigumo felt that the deafening roars carried a hint of... bluster.

"Is it too afraid to retaliate against Sig, so it's taking its anger out on the Navy warships?"

"Could it be that Sig's Conqueror's Haki has truly intimidated this giant turtle?"

Onigumo's expression changed drastically as the giant Sea King's crimson eyes turned toward him.

At this moment, the Navy soldiers on the warship finally felt the overwhelming pressure.

When they had seen Sig slice off the Sea King's claw from a distance, they had been shocked but still managed to stay composed.

But now that they were the ones being targeted, witnessing the Navy warships being toyed with by this Sea King, they finally felt the bone-chilling fear!

"Damn it! What kind of monster is this?"

"This thing... and Sig actually cut off its claw? Just how strong is he?"

.....

On the other side, Sig stood somewhat dazed on the deck of his pirate ship, looking out at the other side of the battlefield.

The giant turtle was still furiously attacking the Navy warships, casually swatting them aside and stirring up massive waves.

Meanwhile, Sig, the Navy's primary target, was being completely ignored.

As usual, things had taken a turn completely different from what Sig had expected...

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