Island Split (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader Elephant)

Boom!

At the center of Witch Island.

A thunderclap suddenly exploded in the sky.

A massive purple halo expanded across the ground, blasting the Revolutionary Army building hundreds of meters away into rubble. Books—perhaps textbooks used to teach children to read—flickered in the swirling dust before being burned to ash by purple flames.

The purple flames spread outward with wave after wave of shockwaves, and at the center of the fiery halo, Figo braced his arms against the Hellhound's stomping upper body, locked in a contest of strength.

Conqueror's Haki clashed relentlessly. The sky grew darker and darker, countless storm clouds gathering, thickening, blackening. The entire island trembled with the struggle between man and beast. Gravel on the ground quivered, leaped, then turned to dust!

Countless cracks radiated outward until the earth within a hundred meters could no longer bear the strain, sinking a dozen meters as a whole. Another explosion rang out, and man and beast were sent flying apart in opposite directions! The residual shockwaves surged skyward, scattering the newly accumulated clouds, parting the mist, and letting light descend once more!

Figo twisted his mouth and blew out the flames burning on his shoulder. Purple fire flowed over Rebrus's claws, and his broken talons regrew.

Both possessed Top-tier Level Physiques. They had clashed head-on more than ten times, and the injuries they inflicted on each other were negligible. Their stamina consumption was also insignificant—this was just a warm-up!

Pssh—

A long stream of purple smoke hissed from the Hellhound's mouth. He snorted, "If this is a trap the World Government set for me, why is it only you? Where are the other Admirals? Did you piss off the World Government or something?"

"I'm not entirely sure yet, but you might be right." Figo answered bluntly.

Rebrus was stunned for a moment, then burst into loud laughter. "Interesting! Want to join my pirate crew? A man with the qualities of a King shouldn't be serving under the World Government! Become my First Mate! I'll let bygones be bygones for what you did before. We'll take down Gluttony together and become the one and only King of these seas!"

"You sure like inviting First Mates. And I sure like inviting pirates to my turf for a visit. How about it? Want to come stay with me in Impel Down for a few lifetimes?" Figo shot back.

"Tch." Another puff of smoke escaped Rebrus's mouth. Purple flames swirled and shifted rapidly around his body. The Hellhound's limbs re-formed into arms and legs as he rose upright, taking on a dog-headed humanoid form!

All the purple fire coiled onto his right fist, the size of a soccer ball, thickening the flames and raising the danger level by another notch!

His dog mouth opened and closed, his voice dropping low. "Looks like I need to show you the gap between us first!"

His legs cracked the ground as the dog-headed man appeared before Figo in an instant, his massive right fist driving toward Figo's face! Though it was a punch, what Figo saw—what his Observation Haki caught—was a crescent of purple moonlight!

"Yellow Spring Nether Moon!"

An alarm screamed in his mind. Figo chose not to take this hit head-on. He sidestepped, dodging as a crescent-shaped shockwave of purple flames shot past his body! Unlike the purple flames he had casually blown out earlier, the flames Rebrus had stacked were several times hotter!

The purple moon struck the ground, instantly melting dirt and stone, leaving behind a crescent-shaped pit of molten lava!

Drops of hot magma dripped and flowed, telling the tale of that strike's terrifying power!

Dangerous temperature. This thing can burn through my defenses! Figo judged instantly. He pushed off the ground with his right leg, driving his lowered body upward. At the same time, his eyes snapped wide, his hair stood on end, and the muscles in his arms swelled slightly. His fists slammed into the dog-headed man's abdomen!

"War God Thrust!"

The force capable of blowing a multi-hundred-ton ship to pieces struck Rebrus directly, blasting his clothes to shreds with a thunderous boom.

"Doesn't hurt!" If his dog mouth hadn't coughed up bloody foam as he spoke, the words would have been more convincing.

But his superhuman physique indeed made Figo experience the helplessness of an enemy taking a killing blow head-on. Faced with the heavy strike, Rebrus didn't retreat a single step. He planted his feet, and his left fist swung toward Figo's head.

He had concentrated all his purple flames into his right fist, leaving his left fist empty. Yet as that fist swung, Figo's Observation Haki detected a danger level almost identical to when he was attacked by the right fist!

Figo dodged.

But not completely.

Rebrus's fist didn't actually touch Figo, but as it grazed past, a small red-black bolt of lightning exploded in front of his fist!

An attack came from nowhere! Figo was struck as if by lightning. His cheek burned in agony, blood sprayed from his mouth, and his body was sent tumbling sideways. He landed on one knee dozens of meters away, drawing a deep breath.

That doesn't feel like a Devil Fruit ability...

"Is that... Conqueror's Haki Infusion?"

Wrapping Conqueror's Haki into an attack—a high-level application of Conqueror's Haki. To some extent, the boost it gave to an attack was several times stronger than ordinary Armament Haki flow!

Looking up at Rebrus charging at him again, Figo's mind raced. Conqueror's Haki Infusion... do this... do that...

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Several explosions. Several clashes.

The ground cracked and shattered layer by layer. For thousands of meters around, it was as if a magnitude-10 earthquake had struck. Scattered rubble leaped and was annihilated. Dust filled the air. Figo was sent flying again!

"Damn it, can't learn it in such a short time!"

He cursed under his breath, spat out another mouthful of bloody foam, and charged at Rebrus again.

Add points! Add points! Give me points!

Hell Pirates who had fallen into the sea were being captured by Marine soldiers, and Figo had Capture Participation in most of them—ranging from 20% to 50%. Their strengths varied from R5 to SR6, and their Crime Indexes were all high. From a few minutes ago, rewards had been continuously branded onto Figo's Prison Archives!

Plus, the Revolutionary Army he had captured earlier—he hadn't had time to choose those rewards either.

If not now, when?!

[Physique +309]

[Armament Haki +257]

[Observation Haki +377]

[Armament Haki +206]

Hundreds upon hundreds of points were added in one go. Compared to Figo's current strength baseline, the improvement wasn't huge. But Rebrus, fighting alongside him, could clearly feel that Figo—who had just been suppressed by his Conqueror's Haki Infusion—was now fighting more fiercely than ever, gradually turning the tide!

What the hell is this guy?!

Die! Die! Just die already!

'Hell Light Kill Gun!'

'Martial God Manifestation—Fist Finger Cannon!'

'Yellow Spring Nether Pillar!'

'Martial God Manifestation—Iron Crush Strangle!'

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The two fought at close quarters, their aura and the clash of fists and feet reaching a peak. Amid the rumbling explosions, everything was destroyed. Dark clouds and thunder rolled in the sky, the turmoil as if it would annihilate the world!

The shockwaves surging into the ground kept accumulating, gradually making this already small Witch Island unable to bear the strain!

Crack—crack—

An unfathomably deep cross-shaped fissure spread outward from the center of their clash, all the way into the sea. The surging waves filled in, splitting Witch Island into four!

Figo and Rebrus finally separated, standing on two separate islands, staring at each other across the sea trench.

Figo suddenly crouched down, scooped up seawater, and splashed it on his face, washing away the blood and grime, becoming refreshed. He stood up and smiled at Rebrus.

Rebrus's dog face was gloomy, the bloodstains on it growing even darker!

Thank you all for your support, and a special thanks to Big Elephant for the Alliance Leader reward—six books, three with Alliance Leader, you must truly love me.