Five Hundred Kills and Power Grabs

Goa Kingdom, Royal Capital Guard.

"Grand Duke Outlook assassinated the King and the Prince? Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"The entire Outlook family has been executed?"

"No! Your Highness the Princess, you must have been deceived! How could Grand Duke Outlook ever rebel!"

"I don't believe it! Everyone, charge! Kill the treacherous sycophants and protect the Princess!"

The officers and soldiers of the entire Royal Capital Guard had vaguely split into three factions.

There were the neutralists, who were confused by the situation and chose to remain still;

The royalists, who firmly believed in and protected the Princess;

And the rebel faction, composed of Grand Duke Outlook III's trusted officers and loyalists.

Among them were also some collateral relatives of the Outlook clan.

They refused to believe the news of Grand Duke Outlook's death.

Surrounded by countless soldiers, Princess Sally, dressed in magnificent attire, appeared with Wang Shi on a building not far from these rebel forces.

"My consort, could you demonstrate your heroic strength?"

Princess Sally wanted to stabilize the situation in the Royal Capital quickly, while simultaneously building momentum for Wang Shi.

Therefore, she had to cut through the Gordian knot and end this riot immediately.

After all, her man, the future King, could not be some mediocre street thug.

He had to be a powerful, heroic figure.

"So many soldiers, that's a bit difficult."

"But not by much!"

Wang Shi, dressed in noble attire with a long sword at his waist, looked relaxed as he walked step by step toward the surging, agitated rebel army.

"He is the sycophant who deceived the Princess! Kill him!"

The rebel general, Outlook Ampera, hurriedly ordered his men to open fire, and a dense barrage of cannonballs and bullets instantly rained down on Wang Shi.

"Oi~! Concentrated firepower is my kryptonite, you know."

Wang Shi's eyes flickered. He took a deep breath, and his body was instantly pierced through by countless bullets and shells.

"Did we kill him? What a fool!"

Outlook Ampera laughed excitedly; he hadn't expected to dispose of this posturing enemy so easily.

The expert aura Wang Shi had displayed when he first appeared had truly given him a fright.

It turned out he had just scared himself.

A false alarm.

Ampera looked at the spot where Wang Shi had been engulfed by the barrage, his eyes gleaming.

If Grand Duke Outlook III and his family were truly dead, could he, a collateral relative, inherit all the power of the Outlook family?

He might even have a chance to marry the Princess and become the new King.

At the thought of this possibility, Outlook Ampera's breathing grew heavy, his eyes turned bloodshot, and he stared with fanatical intensity at the Princess on the distant building.

He never imagined he would have such an opportunity to ascend to the heavens in a single step!

"General, he seems to be fine!"

"A monster! It's a monster!"

"Could he be a legendary Logia-type Devil Fruit user?"

"Is he a monster like Colonel Smoker of Loguetown?"

The rebel soldiers screamed in panic. Was their enemy actually an unkillable Logia-type powerhouse?

Outlook Ampera, who had been lost in his fantasies, felt cold sweat break out on his forehead instantly.

How could the Goa Kingdom have a Logia-type user?

How were they supposed to fight that!

Even the most powerful guns and cannons couldn't kill him.

Shouldn't such a powerhouse be serving as a high-ranking Marine officer or out at sea as a pirate?

Why would he appear in the Goa Kingdom!

Outlook Ampera began to feel fear.

Wang Shi's figure flickered amidst the cannon fire, yet he remained completely unscathed.

As the sound of gunfire subsided, Wang Shi raised his hand and unfurled a void domain, instantly enveloping all the rebel soldiers.

"Domain: Banishment!"

Under the shocked gazes of Princess Sally and the Royalist army.

The rebel soldiers vanished from their spots one by one in a bizarre fashion, while Wang Shi charged forward at high speed.

So this is that eerie ability!

Princess Sally's eyes were filled with pleasant surprise; back at the palace, this was exactly how Wang Shi had made those guards disappear, only for them to suddenly reappear one by one, each promptly executed by his blade.

She had not expected that Wang Shi could now make hundreds of soldiers vanish all at once.

"Where are General Empera and those soldiers?"

Whether they were Royalist or neutral officers, they all stared in terror at the vanished rebels.

A chill crept up their spines.

This mysterious prospective son-in-law was not only immune to gunfire but could actually make people disappear into thin air.

This was simply too terrifying!

A few breaths later.

As Wang Shi rushed to the original positions of those soldiers.

A soldier holding a rifle suddenly appeared on the spot; before he could even react, he was violently cut down by Wang Shi standing right beside him, blood splattering in all directions.

The next second, another soldier with a blade appeared, only to be backhanded and slain by Wang Shi.

Following that.

One soldier after another, as if they were NPCs respawning, lined up to appear one by one only to be hacked to the ground by Wang Shi.

This eerie scene left the Royalist and neutral garrison soldiers trembling in fear.

In the eyes of the rebel soldiers.

They only saw Wang Shi raise his hand, and the next second, he had teleported to their side and struck them down with a single blow.

Before losing consciousness, there was only endless pain and confusion.

The enemy was not only immune to gunfire but could also teleport—how were they supposed to fight this?

And why was it so empty around them?

Not a single brother was left standing.

Had they known it would be this terrifying, they never would have raised arms with General Empera to "purge the monarch's side."

If they could live their lives over again, they would certainly never have become the private army of the Outlook family.

The bizarre massacre continued.

Wang Shi took them out one by one, clearing the rebels as if they were nothing more than freshly spawned mobs.

The freely flowing blood gathered into small, trickling streams.

By the time the final target, General Empera, appeared and was instantly run through the heart by Wang Shi's blade.

Wang Shi's breathing had become quite ragged, and even the hands holding his sword were trembling slightly.

Maintaining his ability while cutting down hundreds of men was indeed an immense drain on his stamina.

It was fortunate that there were no powerful individuals in the Goa Kingdom garrison who could use Haki, otherwise, Wang Shi might have truly met his match.

After all, the time he had possessed this Devil Fruit ability was still quite short.

Even so, he was countless times stronger than the previous owner of this power.

"You are a devil!!"

General Empera clutched the blood-stained blade in his chest in despair, staring at Wang Shi in horror.

The area around him was already littered with corpses.

Not a single soldier remained standing.

How could this be!

How could this be!

In just an instant?

His subordinates and he himself had been slaughtered.

He had clearly only seen Wang Shi raise his hand once.

How were all the soldiers already dead?

And he himself had been run through the heart by the suddenly appearing Wang Shi.

As Wang Shi pulled out his long blade, blood sprayed, and General Empera collapsed powerlessly to the ground.

His eyes held only endless regret and confusion.

Why would such a powerhouse appear in the Goa Kingdom?!!

His dream of royalty was gone!

His beautiful dream of marrying the princess and ascending the throne was shattered!

'Clang!'

Wang Shi looked at the somewhat dull longsword in his hand and tossed it aside, the metal striking the ground with a harsh, grating sound.

"Hey, come over here and clean this up!"

Looking like a demon drenched in blood, Wang Shi shouted at the shivering neutral and royalist soldiers.

Seeing Wang Shi walk back like a man made of blood.

Even though Princess Sally had already accepted this future husband of hers, having been raised in luxury and never having witnessed such brutal slaughter, she still felt terrified and overwhelmed.

This man who killed people as easily as slaughtering chickens.

He was truly terrifying.

"Go and clear away the rebel soldiers at once!"

Princess Sally's panicked voice cracked at a high pitch as she loudly commanded the soldiers beside her.

The neutral and royalist soldiers scrambled to obey the princess's orders, rushing over to clear the rebel corpses littering the ground.

They all tacitly and fearfully steered clear of Wang Shi, that demon.

They were terrified that this demonic prince consort might just decide to give them a slash while he was at it.

"Lord Wang Shi, your clothes... they're dirty. Let's go and change into a new set quickly."

Princess Sally looked at the blood-soaked Wang Shi, forcing a smile while trembling like a frightened little deer.

She had only wanted Wang Shi to demonstrate the strength of a hero to stabilize the situation in the royal capital.

But she never imagined that such a cruel massacre would take place.

"This should be enough to seize control of the military, right?"

Wang Shi revealed a faint smile, his rapid breathing slowly beginning to calm down.

Exiling and slaughtering five hundred men had left Wang Shi quite exhausted.

However, in his hands, this ability had truly shone with brilliant splendor.

Wang Shi hadn't expected that today, he would be able to complete a five-hundred-man kill just like Rob Lucci.

At this rate, his infamy would likely rival that of ruthless men like Lucci and Judge.

"Yes, absolutely, it is."

Princess Sally endured her discomfort, nodding her head like a chick pecking at rice.

She tremblingly took hold of Wang Shi's blood-soaked arm and led him back to the palace to bathe and change.