The End of Rebrus!

Snow fell thick and heavy.

Three times was enough. Having suffered the foresight of Sapphire's precognitive Observation Haki three times, Rebrus turned his attacks squarely onto Sapphire.

But a Logia user with an awakened Devil Fruit ability and Observation Haki capable of foresight—how easy did he think Sapphire was to catch?

The raging blizzard engulfed the four shattered fragments of Witch Island entirely. The snowflakes were enormous and dense, instantly blanketing the island in a layer of snow. The sky was invisible overhead, visibility barely ten meters. Sapphire had hidden himself within the storm!

Rebrus tried to pierce through the snow with Observation Haki, but every attempt brought Figo's heavy blows down on him. When Rebrus clashed with Figo, Sapphire would seize the moment to stab Rebrus with a sword or offer Figo a crucial warning, tipping the balance of the fight!

In a one-on-one battle, Rebrus held a slight advantage with his fruit ability. But now, with it two-on-two, Rebrus had fallen into clear disadvantage, taking effective damage from Figo again and again.

No—soon it wouldn't just be two-on-two.

Nearly half an hour into their fierce struggle, three figures braved the wind and snow onto the battlefield.

Three Vice Admirals, led by Doug!

Each dragged a heavy Seastone chain as they appeared, which meant the rest of the Hell Pirates had all been captured.

"Teacher, the other two Vice Admirals..."

Figo moved to shield the three, asking.

"It's fine. They're injured. I had them guard the warships," Doug replied.

He didn't mention the casualties among the Rear Admirals, captains, or lower-ranked Marine soldiers. He swung the Seastone chain at Figo and asked, "Can you use this?"

Figo shook his head.

Seastone didn't instantly paralyze an Ability User the moment it touched them—otherwise, every Marine could just carry a chain and easily thrash any Devil Fruit pirate they met.

As long as they weren't fully bound, coating themselves in Armament Haki beforehand and minimizing contact area could effectively resist Seastone's power.

Without Vegapunk in this era, the Marines seemed to lack those high-purity Seastone weapons that could make an Ability User go limp with a single poke, like Smoker's trident. Expecting Rebrus to be careless enough to get tied up in a Seastone chain was far harder than just blasting him into the water.

"Then we'll use them," Doug said, knowing that without the chains, the three of them had zero effect on Rebrus. "We'll support you from the perimeter. Don't let this bastard escape!"

Figo didn't refuse. "Be careful."

Across from them, when Doug and the others appeared, the fat round shield whispered to Rebrus.

"Boss, should we retreat?"

Rebrus's dog face darkened.

No answer.

Retreat? That was just running away, wasn't it?

The situation was growing more and more unfavorable.

Even the Marines were preparing to block his escape.

But... run?

Let the Marines capture all his Hell Pirates officers, leaving only him and his First Mate Tony Toa to flee this place like beaten curs, turning from a King into a joke on the seas?!

I am Rebrus—Hell of a Man!

Crack! Crack!

His Conqueror's Haki surged further, thunderclaps ripping through the sky! He lunged at Figo and the Vice Admirals again, charging forward without hesitation—today, either you die, or I do!

Figo met him head-on, and Doug's booming laughter echoed: "Come on, Rebrus! That's the spirit! Don't let this old man think less of you! A King of the seas would never flee in disgrace. I, Doug, believe that with all my heart!"

The power of the Inspire-Inspire Fruit surged.

The fierce battle erupted once more.

Half an hour later, the two Vice Admirals besides Doug were grazed by Rebrus's attacks, severely wounded, escaping from the sea. This also gave Figo the chance to shake Rebrus's internal organs with a blow!

Fighting until nightfall, Rebrus could no longer endure Doug's Inspire-Inspire Fruit and Sapphire's precognitive interference. He chose to trade wounds!

The exhausted old man took a heavy hit but used the opportunity to wrap the fat round shield in Seastone chains. Sapphire stepped in, freezing the weakened fat man solid with the Snow-Snow Fruit, but was also struck by Rebrus's attack, coughing blood from severe injury!

At the same time, Figo's fist landed directly on Rebrus's eye socket, exploding one of his dog eyes and dealing him a critical blow!

The fat round shield, Sapphire, and Doug withdrew from the battlefield one after another. Two of the four fragments of Witch Island were gradually swallowed by the sea!

On the remaining two fragments, Figo and Rebrus—now one-eyed with no retreat left—fought one-on-one, continuing their deathmatch!

They battled until dawn. A full day and night had passed since the fight began, and the ground they could stand on was nearly gone!

Around Witch Island, ten warships tightly sealed off the sea. Marines and captured pirates on board anxiously awaited the outcome.

Doug, wrapped in bandages, stood at the bow with Miya, who had already woken up. His hands clenched and unclenched, trembling.

Suddenly, a massive roar erupted from the battlefield, followed by a demonic figure of Purple Flame rising into the sky.

The purple flames shot up over two hundred meters, forming the shape of a giant fire dog, looking down upon the land and the entire sea!

The seawater beneath the warships began to boil at the sight of this figure, bubbling and churning. But as the currents flowed, the heat wave quickly subsided.

And at the center of the sea, that demonic phantom shattered and vanished!

"Trying to boil the sea dry? The ocean is the most merciless! Rebrus is finished!" Doug clenched his fists in excitement, tears glistening in his old eyes.

Beside him, Miya's still-pale face broke into a smile. "Figo will definitely win. Otherwise, he would have swum back long ago and used the Buster Call's cannon fire to blast Rebrus into the water. You should believe that without a doubt... haha."

[Criminal: Rebrus]

[Level: SSR6]

[Status: Imprisoned]

[Crime Index: 675]

[Capture Participation: 80%]

[Available Rewards: Shipwright, Captain, Navigation, Armament Haki, Swordsmanship]

[Character Event 1: Pending Activation]

[Character Event 2: Temporarily Unavailable]

[Core Event: Temporarily Unavailable]

Blast him down with a Buster Call barrage? Then what about my Capture Participation? Having fought this far, how could Figo be willing to cut corners!

Even that 20% participation deduction stung Figo a little, but one-on-one, he did have a decent chance of losing. If Rebrus wanted to flee, he had no way to stop him.

But this guy's Crime Index was only a quarter of that Celestial Dragon's?

Crime Index was something that got harder to raise the higher it went. It wasn't a matter of one point per kill. With twenty or thirty points, killing ten people might not even add one. Among the Great Pirates currently in Impel Down, the highest Crime Index hadn't even reached 150.

Compared to them, 675 was high. Compared to the Celestial Dragon, it seemed far too low.

Figo pondered this and figured there were two possibilities. One, Rebrus knew exactly what he was doing when he committed evil. His goal was more about domination than killing for pleasure. He wouldn't act like a Celestial Dragon, grinning at a family of three on the road and pointing at the girl, demanding her as a slave.

Two, the Celestial Dragon might be saddled with the sin of originating the slave trade, or some other kind of evil.

Figo couldn't delve into the specifics right now. His mind was more focused on the reward selection—Swordsmanship, my swordsmanship.

Select Reward: Armament Haki.

Armament Haki +64800 → 124795

Level 5, Apex of Armament!

Figo suddenly wanted to let Rebrus, who had just been locked in his cell, out for another fight!

The Celestial Dragon's Crime Index is related to the main storyline, which will be explained later.