Chapter 8: Dodging Bullets

"Ah~!"

Some passengers on the deck screamed in horror when they saw this bloody scene, and the pirates finally woke up from their shock.

"Damn it! How dare you resist? Kill this brat for me!" Barton was the first to react, his face filled with shock, anger, and cruelty, shouting angrily at his subordinates.

"You despicable brat, go to hell!" Although the surrounding pirates were shocked and angry that a brat could kill their comrades, their fierce nature immediately surrounded Qin Ge in a rage.

Qin Ge, after killing another pirate, coldly swept his gaze toward the approaching pirates, showing no signs of panic. Calmly, he kicked the falling headless body.

Bang~!

The body received a heavy blow and swiftly flew out like a cannonball, directly crashing into one of the attacking pirates. Unable to dodge in time, the pirate was hit, suffering a terrible impact. He screamed in pain as he was sent flying, even spitting out blood.

While kicking the body, Qin Ge did not hesitate. He exerted a powerful force, causing even the sturdy deck to crack. He shot out like an arrow, swinging his sword and creating a continuous stream of blade lights.

Most of these pirates were not much stronger than ordinary people. The only difference was their ferocity. They appeared fierce when facing ordinary people but became weak when facing stronger opponents.

The pirate targeted by Qin Ge couldn't even keep up with his movements. Before he could react, Qin Ge was already attacking. The incoming attack was so fast that he couldn't even defend himself. The blade of the longsword was close to his body.

Pu chi~!

Blood splattered, and the terrifyingly powerful longsword displayed its dreadful sharpness. Qin Ge had sliced the pirate in half at the waist, causing him to scream in agony.

"The Dragon Elephant Prajna Art the tenth level seems to be even more powerful than I expected!" Easily killing three pirates in a row, Qin Ge gradually became familiar with his current strength.

Although he had obtained the tenth level of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art in the Prison of the Dead, he was still somewhat unfamiliar with this power. He only vaguely sensed its immense strength.

However, when he truly began to use this power in combat, Qin Ge felt the true power of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art and began to truly grasp this power.

The Dragon Elephant Prajna Art not only granted Qin Ge the strength of a thousand jin in his physical body, but it also allowed him to cultivate profound internal energy.

Martial arts and similar powers, as one's cultivation becomes deeper, not only enhance one's physical strength but also elevate one's overall senses. Whether it was speed or reflexes, they far surpassed those of ordinary people.

Qin Ge was experiencing this now. His extraordinarily keen senses allowed him to easily grasp the movements and sounds of the entire scene and react quickly.

Stepping on the ground, Qin Ge agilely moved to the side like a nimble ape. At the same time, the chilling longsword appeared immediately from behind him, passing through his original position. Surprisingly, a pirate rushed to Qin Ge's back.

"Die!" Dodging the longsword swung by the pirate attacking him from behind, Qin Ge's eyes flashed with a cold light. Without hesitation, he turned around and struck.

Under the terrifying strength, the longsword instantly created a bright blade light. In an instant, it severed the right arm of the pirate holding the sword, causing him intense pain. The pirate's expression twisted as he screamed and stumbled backward.

Qin Ge, like a dancing reaper, slightly tilted his body backward. With a hook of his foot, he kicked the longsword in the maimed arm, turning it into a phantom of death. It flashed like lightning and flew into the abdomen of another pirate charging toward him.

The pirate opposite him wore a bewildered expression as the phantom formed by the longsword directly pierced through his belly. With a burst of scorching hot blood, it flew out from his back. The remaining momentum, undiminished, impaled the entire blade into a thick ship pole nearby. Accompanied by the flow of blood.

However, Qin Ge, who caused all of this, completely ignored it. Instead, he kicked away the long knife and swiftly attacked the other pirates like a fierce tiger released from its cage.

The pirate with the severed right arm was the first to suffer. Already severely injured, he couldn't react in time and was punched in the face by Qin Ge.

Bang!

With a force exceeding a thousand kilograms, power burst forth from Qin Ge's fist. The pirate's face immediately collapsed, and his skull almost shattered. Like a cannonball, he was blasted off the deck, unable to even utter a scream before being killed by a single punch.

But it didn't stop there. Qin Ge seemed to have entered a killing mode. Relying on his extraordinary physical body and strength, he swiftly moved around the deck, slashing out deathly knife lights. Each time the knife light appeared, a pirate would die in agony, and even intact corpses were hard to come by.

Although it took only a dozen breaths of time from Qin Ge's first attack to the death of the last pirate, over twenty pirates had already died by Qin Ge's hand.

"Damn it, go to hell!" Faced with Qin Ge's overwhelming strength and the continuous deaths of his subordinates, Barton couldn't sit still any longer. In a fit of shock and anger, he took a gilded short gun from his waist and shot at Qin Ge.

Boom!

Accompanied by the sound of the gunshot, the bullet quickly left the barrel and tore through the air.

At the same time, Qin Ge, with his keen senses, felt a jolt as if he had encountered a stimulus. A sense of crisis rapidly engulfed his entire body, and he instinctively tilted his head as if on a whim.

Swish!

Just a hair's breadth away, the rapidly traveling bullet grazed Qin Ge's cheek, and the scorching heat produced by the friction between the bullet and the air was felt by Qin Ge.

Although the technology in the world of One Piece may seem outdated, it often features advanced technology, including firearms. Despite their seemingly archaic appearance, their power is not inferior to the military weapons in Qin Ge's previous life.

Although the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art is cultivated both internally and externally, especially by making the body extremely powerful, providing the user with tremendous strength like a dragon and an elephant, it also makes the physical body incredibly tough through tempering.

But this is also relative. If Qin Ge were hit by a firearm, he wouldn't be able to completely withstand it. Apart from being shot to death, it would be impossible to avoid injury, especially if a vital spot were hit, it would result in severe consequences.

Fortunately, the tenth level of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art made Qin Ge's senses extremely sharp, even giving rise to intuitive instincts. In the face of danger, he reacted instantly, avoiding being shot in the head.

Of course, even in the close call of nearly being shot, Qin Ge was still filled with lingering fear, and he kept a vigilant gaze on Barton, who was holding the shotgun.