Not long after Fang Yi left Oro Jackson, he noticed a faint glimmer of light ahead.
Suspecting that Roger and Rayleigh might be there, Fang Yi instructed Wangzai to head in that direction.
"Captain, Mr. Rayleigh!" When Fang Yi arrived, he saw Rayleigh and Roger squatting on a large rock, seemingly engrossed in something.
"Xiaoyi? What brings you here?" Roger asked in surprise when he saw Fang Yi.
"Was it because of the explosion just now?" Rayleigh inquired with a gentle smile.
Fang Yi nodded and replied, "Everyone was worried about you, so I came to check on you!"
"Take a look. Doesn't this look like... the entrance to an intestine?" Rayleigh pointed forward and asked Fang Yi.
Fang Yi was taken aback. After a closer look, his expression changed slightly, and he said, "Do you mean... Mr. Rayleigh?"
"That's right! This is the only way out. But right now, it's completely impassable. Oro Jackson can't even reach here. And even if it did, it still couldn't get through!" Rayleigh nodded and said with a smile.
Only then did Fang Yi notice that the so - called intestinal opening was tightly shut, yet its center was constantly writhing, looking rather strange.
"Let's go back to the ship first! Everyone is quite worried!" Fang Yi looked in the direction where Oro Jackson was and said.
"Alright. Since we already know the place, let's go back and discuss how to escape from this hellhole!" Rayleigh nodded, got up, and said.
However, when they approached Oro Jackson, they heard a commotion coming from there. The crew seemed extremely happy.
Fang Yi's heart leaped with joy as he whispered to Rayleigh after exchanging a glance, "Could it be that they've found another way out?"
"Let's go over and find out!" Roger said with a wide grin.
When the three of them got closer, they realized that it wasn't about finding a safe way out. Instead, they had found a large amount of Gin in the ruins of some buildings.
"Wowahaha... Brother Yi, look what I found! It's a crown made of pure Gin! How awesome is that!" Buggy showed his find to Fang Yi, looking extremely excited.
Fang Yi opened his mouth, wanting to ask Buggy what use all that Gin would be if they couldn't get out. But thinking it might lower the crew's morale, he forced a smile at Buggy and said nothing.
Sometimes he really envied Buggy. This guy was always immersed in the joy of treasure - hunting and didn't care about anything else.
"Captain... shall we..." Fang Yi turned his head, about to suggest that everyone discuss finding a better way to escape. Then he noticed that Roger had somehow joined the crew in their treasure - hunting adventure.
"Oh, come on!" Fang Yi felt he was the only one eager to get out while the others seemed unconcerned.
"Wowahaha... We're rich!"
Who would have thought this fish ate so much Gin? We've struck it lucky!" Not long after, the crew returned from their treasure hunt, and there was a huge pile of Gin on the deck.
"Captain, if we can't get out... this Gin is useless!" Fang Yi said with a bitter smile.
"Don't worry... I've got a good idea! Rowan, turn the ship around and aim for that direction!" Roger said with a smile as he pointed at the passageway they'd previously thought might be the intestine.
"Huh?" Fang Yi looked at Roger in confusion. There were a lot of building ruins between here and the entrance to the intestine, and the ship couldn't get through. So he didn't understand what Roger was planning.
"Whoosh~~" Standing at the bow, Roger took a deep breath and slowly raised his weapon.
"Hey... hey... Captain... no way? You're not planning to..."
"Slash!"
Seeing Roger's stance, before Fang Yi could finish his sentence, Roger sent a Slash forward.
"Swoosh~~"
A colossal flying Slash cut straight from the bow towards the entrance of the intestine. The massive Slash emitted a dazzling light, illuminating the surroundings. The buildings blocking the waterway in front were either blown away or vanished directly under Roger's Slash.
Barrett, standing behind Roger, swallowed hard and looked at Roger in disbelief. He'd always thought he wasn't far behind Roger, but now he realized how naive he'd been.
"Wow haha... Now there's no problem!" Looking at his masterpiece, Roger said with a big, happy laugh.
"Gulp..." Fang Yi also swallowed hard and then asked tremblingly, "Captain... have you thought about... what this Island - Devouring Goldfish will do when its stomach is so stimulated?"
"Huh?" Roger looked at Fang Yi with a confused look on his face. He'd completely forgotten that they were inside a goldfish's stomach.
"Boom boom boom..."
At this time, the entire stomach began to shake violently, as if the whole world was about to collapse.
"Damn it, the attack just now must have stimulated it. Hurry, speed up. We've come this far, and there's no turning back!" Rayleigh's face changed, as if he'd thought of something, and shouted loudly.
The Oro Jackson sped towards the entrance of the intestine. Thanks to Roger's Slash, the waterway had been completely cleared, so they advanced quite smoothly.
"Rumble... Splash..."
The shaking became more and more intense, accompanied by the sloshing of the gastric juice in the stomach. It was like a sea in a storm. The Oro Jackson began to toss up and down with the gastric juice and was in danger of being destroyed at any time.
When it rains, it pours... At this critical moment, the sound of bigger waves rang out. Behind them, a large amount of seawater appeared and rushed towards them directly.
"What... what is this? This is no different from the end of the world, right?
Looking at the seawater dozens of meters high pouring towards them from behind, which contained countless fish and even a Seamars, the crew members were so scared that their eyes almost popped out.
"The previous attack stimulated the Island - Devouring Goldfish, so it gulped in a mouthful of seawater..." Rayleigh said bitterly. "We're finished!"
"Hey, buddy, don't give up so soon!" At this time, Roger still had a big smile on his face. Unknowingly, they had arrived at the entrance of the intestine.
There was a wound more than ten meters long at the originally closed entrance of the intestine. Blood was constantly flowing out. This was the damage caused by Roger's Slash just now, and also the reason for the Island - Devouring Goldfish's riot.
"Fang Yi, freeze the seawater behind us to buy us some time! The rest of the crew... come with me... Let's blast it open!" Roger grinned, pointed at the closed entrance of the intestine, and said with a big laugh.
Fang Yi looked at Rayleigh. He always felt that doing this was very unreliable. It was already so dangerous, and if they continued to stimulate the Island - Devouring Goldfish, he really didn't know what would happen.
Most importantly, no one knew what was behind the entrance of the intestine. They weren't even sure if this was really the entrance of the intestine.
"Forget it, anyway, there's no way back! Fang Yi, please buy us some time!" Rayleigh gritted his teeth, nodded, and shouted.
"Yes!" Fang Yi took a deep breath, climbed directly onto the mast, and his Sun - shooting Bow was ready.
Rapid - fire Frozen Arrow Rain!
"Whoosh~ Whoosh~ Whoosh~"
Arrows with icy energy flew one after another towards the waves behind the Oro Jackson. Fang Yi didn't shoot multiple arrows at once. Instead, he chose the simplest and fastest way of shooting horizontally.
"Crunch... Boom~~"
But the waves were too fierce. As soon as Fang Yi's frozen arrows froze the waves, they were shattered by the waves coming from behind. He couldn't form an effective freeze at all.
"Whew~~ No! I can't give up!" After shooting nearly twenty frozen arrows in a row, Fang Yi felt that his physical strength was too exhausted and he was almost unable to hold on.
"Captain, I can't hold on anymore. One last shot!" Fang Yi shouted. He took out five arrows at once and shot them at one point at the same time, hoping to freeze the waves for a short while.
"Break for me!" Over there, Roger led the other crew members and launched an attack on the entrance of the intestine at the same time.
"Whew~~~"
But something that surprised everyone happened. Their attacks didn't hit the injured entrance because just as they launched the attack, the entrance of the intestine suddenly opened, and a powerful suction force directly sucked the Oro Jackson in.
"Ahhhh~~~~~"
Suddenly, screams rang out one after another.
"Damn! What the fuck is this!"
Feeling the violent tremors of the ship, Fang Yi didn't have time to think. He quickly tied himself to the mast using the ropes on it. This was something specially prepared for the lookout to deal with storms, ensuring that the lookout wouldn't be thrown off the ship during a storm.
"Ah~~~"
"Guys, hold on! Don't get chucked off!"
After the Oro Jackson was sucked into the intestine, it didn't stop; instead, it continued to speed forward, as if there was something at the end of the intestine pulling them in.
"Gin... My Gin!" The Gin that was piled on the deck before started flying everywhere due to the powerful suction.
"Damn it, are you looking for death?" Seeing Buggy trying desperately to grab the flying Gin, Rayleigh immediately grabbed him and shouted loudly.
"My Gin..." Buggy's heart was bleeding. It was the first time he'd seen so much Gin, but now... it seemed that all this Gin was going to say goodbye to him.
"Guys, hold on! It seems we're almost there!" As the suction grew stronger, the hull began to tilt and spin, but it also meant they were about to pass through the intestine.
"Pfft~~!"
"Boom~~~"