"Karp, what are you waiting for?!"
Roger's steadily returning strength made Tsuru's heart sink.
She rushed out at once to stop him.
Karp also turned his gaze away from the sky at Tsuru's shout. He looked a little stunned, but quickly charged at Roger again.
"Hahaha!"
"Karp, let's keep going!"
Roger shot forward, his long blade shrouded in Armament Haki and crackling with black-and-red lightning.
Their collision was like a meteorite hitting the earth. A ring of shockwaves tore through the mountains as it spread outward, and soon the two vanished into a rugged canyon.
"Damn it!"
Tsuru's kick was blocked by Rayleigh's long blade. She was still a step too late.
After Roger, Rayleigh had also been healed.
"Stop the Tyrant, Bartholomew Kuma!"
The Navy Vice Admirals glared grimly and did everything they could to disrupt Kuma.
But the Roger Pirates weren't fools—and Kuma was no ordinary man, either.
"Die!"
A Vice Admiral suddenly appeared in front of Kuma, his right fist coated in Armament Haki and murderous intent. But Kuma simply vanished in the face of the blow. Before the Vice Admiral could react, Kuma appeared behind him and gently sent the damage he had drawn from Roger and Rayleigh into the man's body.
"Ah!!!"
In an instant, blood poured from the Vice Admiral's eyes, nose, and mouth as his face contorted. His whole body convulsed and collapsed to the ground. His shrill screams lasted only a few breaths before abruptly stopping.
The pungent stench of blood soon stained the ground. A distinguished Navy Vice Admiral had been left covered in wounds after a single encounter, clinging to life by a thread.
Fortunately, he was a veteran Vice Admiral with Life Return and a powerful physique. Otherwise, that one blow might have killed him outright.
Kuma had dealt