"Boiling waves!!"

From the point where the giant hand pierced the seawater, all the way to the seawater beneath the pirate ship, a boiling sea channel was formed.

William boiled the seawater.

The pirate ship seemed to be caught off guard, which presented William with a good opportunity.

Large amounts of steam emanated from the seawater, enveloping the pirate ship.

"Steaming and Exploding!!"

William, in his Steam Giant form, roared, and with a loud bang, the steam enveloping the pirate ship became even hotter, spontaneously combusting without fire.

"ah!!!"

A bloodcurdling scream echoed through the steam.

"A scream? No, that can't be. Is this some kind of distraction, an attempt to make me let my guard down?!"

The steam giant stretched out a hand, which extended forward and transformed into a giant sword, slashing horizontally towards the burning pirate ship. The giant sword was larger than the pirate ship itself!

"Overheat Slash!!"

The greatsword slashed horizontally, directly hitting the burning bow of the ship. Under the intense heat, the already scorching ship burst into flames, forming a huge fire.

Then the giant sword swept across the pirate ship, as if it had been plunged into a fiery inferno, and the entire ship burst into flames.

High temperature, scorching heat, burning!!

In this environment, there was no sound from the pirate ship.

"There's no sound?!"

A flicker of fear crossed William's eyes. Was he enduring the flames? Or was he waiting for him to relax so he could deliver a fatal blow?

No matter what, we can't take any risks!

William raised his other giant steam hand, which transformed into a greatsword once more, and slashed vertically in that direction.

"Overheat Slash!!"

Beneath the giant sword, the burning pirate ship burned even more fiercely, eventually disintegrating into wreckage.

But there was still no sign of life inside.

Just now, my Observation Haki could clearly detect so many signs of life.

Can the entire ship be hidden? Does it possess a power that makes it impossible to detect with Observation Haki?

"Overheat Slash!!"

William gritted his teeth and launched another attack.

The greatsword swept down again, but the opponent still didn't react.

"Overheat Slash!!"

"Overheat Slash!!"

"Overheat Slash!!"

"Aaaaaah!! Overheating!!!"

William, as if possessed, slashed wildly within the steam cloud with the giant steam swords formed by his hands, his afterimages almost emerging from the air with each swing.

This is steam, and it covers such a large area that it even leaves afterimages...

Behind them, Montblanc smirked, inexplicably feeling sympathy for the pirates long since turned to ash in the steam, and couldn't help but say, "Don't kill them anymore, they're all ashes, William..."