"Boy Elior, is there something extraordinary beneath the deep sea?"
When Elior appeared in front of everyone once again, he had already returned from the pitch-black depths of the ocean to Paradise Island, which was suspended in the air.
When Kaido saw Elior, he couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.
Just now, he had sensed more clearly than anyone else that there was an unimaginable and terrifying existence hidden deep beneath the sea!
And Elior had gone straight into that sea area.
So what exactly had he seen?
Of course, Kaido wasn't the only one who was curious.
"It's just a sea creature acting as a guide," Elior said calmly. "It knows where Laugh Tale is. That way, we probably won't need the Road Poneglyphs."
Elior shrugged, clearly not taking the creature seriously.
After all, it was merely a monster that had lived in this sea region for many years similar to those Sea King overlords.
"A sea creature?"
"A guide? It even knows where Laugh Tale is?"
Everyone was stunned.
At that moment, the sea beneath Paradise Island began to tremble violently. Suddenly, the surface of the ocean bulged and surged, as if some terrifying being was about to burst forth.
This shocked everyone even more.
Because judging by the scale alone, this was clearly no ordinary creature.
The Gran Tesoro was a super-giant ship with a hull length of roughly ten kilometers. This creature possessed a pitch-black body, its back covered with countless jagged ridges like deep ravines.
Just the portion of its back exposed above the surface already appeared to be nearly half the length of Gran Tesoro.
And as for its width—
It was far wider than the Gran Tesoro itself!
One could easily imagine just how enormous this unknown ocean monster truly was.
Even Sea King overlords with bodies over five thousand meters long would be nothing more than underlings in front of this creature, which had yet to even reveal its full form!
"This body size… it's terrifying!"
"This completely surpasses the imagination of this world!"
"How many years would it have to live to grow to this size?"
"This is comparable to an Ancient Weapon!"
"Just looking at it makes you feel how frightening it is. Its power must be absolutely unfathomable!"
"Is this the creature that's guiding us?"
The moment everyone saw the back of this ocean monster, shock was unavoidable.
Let alone ordinary people even figures like Kaido, Redfield and Big Mom couldn't hide their astonishment.
They possessed a far deeper perception of strength than others.
They knew exactly how terrifying this creature truly was.
"Even if I transform into a dragon, it doesn't seem like I'd be strong enough…"
Kaido admitted this silently in his heart. Though it was only an instinctive feeling, it wasn't unfounded.
On the other side, Hiyori and the others couldn't help but turn to Shirahoshi with curiosity.
They all knew that Shirahoshi was the legendary Ancient Weapon, Poseidon, who could command all Sea Kings.
"So… could Shirahoshi command this colossal and terrifying creature?"
"No… I can't," Shirahoshi said softly. "I can't command it… I can't even communicate with it."
"It's too strong…"
Shirahoshi looked helpless.
She attempted to use her ability to sense the sea monster, but after a long moment, beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.
She couldn't establish any connection with it at all—let alone command it.
At that moment, the ocean monster began moving toward the right.
"Elior, are we following it?" Big Mom couldn't help but ask.
"That's right," Elior replied with a nod.
He activated the power of the Float-Float Fruit, controlling Paradise Island and the dozens of floating ships around it, guiding them to follow the massive ocean creature.
Where it was heading—
Was where Laugh Tale lay.