Conqueror's Haki, His Majesty Wang Shi is Dead!

Wang Shi climbed the execution platform step by step, looking down at the crowd as a heroic aura radiated from him.

"Roger, this height of yours is far too low!"

Wang Shi grinned; his ambition was far greater.

He was preparing to usurp the position of Imu, the King of the World.

A short-lived Pirate King, a title of no real use—none of that was enough to make Wang Shi envious.

As he looked down at the crowd, his momentum at its peak, he suddenly caught sight of a figure in a green cloak atop a nearby building.

The green cloak fluttering in the wind caused Wang Shi's surging aura to freeze, his eyes turning incredibly grave.

This guy is actually in the East Blue!

Is he here to see his son?

Wang Shi's gaze suddenly locked with the man in the green cloak.

The leader of the Revolutionary Army, Monkey D. Dragon!

The greatest enemy of the World Government and its various affiliated nations.

"Emperor of the Goa Empire..."

"What is your conviction..."

A voice carried on the gale reached Wang Shi's ears, filled with a sense of pressure that made his white-gold cape snap violently in the wind.

The expressionless Dragon was merely passing through Loguetown when he sensed a faint, lingering aura and curiously came to investigate.

He discovered that it was the currently prominent Emperor of the Goa Empire.

The new monarch of his own homeland.

He knew of Wang Shi, this King of Exile.

He could potentially become one of the Revolutionary Army's most formidable enemies.

He was considering whether or not to eliminate this emperor, who seemed on the verge of awakening Conqueror's Haki.

However, he knew that the current policies of the Goa Empire were not tyrannical; on the contrary, they were more lenient than those of other affiliated nations, and the lives of the people were steadily improving.

This made Dragon hesitate for a moment.

This kind of king was not yet the type of tyrannical ruler the Revolutionary Army sought to overthrow.

Furthermore, if he were to kill the renowned Goa Emperor now, the World Government's retaliation against the Revolutionary Army would likely be fierce.

Therefore, he wanted to know Wang Shi's conviction behind his Conqueror's Haki to see what kind of threat he posed!

"Do you think I'll answer just because you asked? Monkey D. Dragon!"

Wang Shi stared intently at Dragon; an unprecedented sense of crisis made the hair on his arms stand on end.

Yet, this feeling of threat and oppression made him feel incredibly excited, and his aura erupted with even greater majesty.

"You really do know me. Are you not afraid that I might kill you?"

Dragon looked coldly at Wang Shi; he was another lawless monster, just like the Four Emperors.

He had seen this look in the eyes of those arrogant, domineering pirate overlords.

To think this Goa Emperor possessed such a gaze as well.

"Too many assumptions will cause a man to lose his heart for rebellion!"

At this moment, Wang Shi abandoned all thought, using his instincts to resist Dragon's pressure and killing intent, staring back at him without a shred of fear.

He knew his opportunity had arrived.

He might die here!

"Interesting! Regicide is not my desire! But to slight a powerhouse comes with a price, Goa Emperor!"

"Let me see your limits and your fate!"

Dragon's Conqueror's Haki erupted, and a solid Wind Blade, shimmering with a metallic sheen, slashed toward Wang Shi at high speed, carrying endless killing intent.

The winds surged in the sky, the world suddenly turned black, and a torrential downpour began to pour down in an instant.

A bolt of lightning illuminated the heavens, crashing down toward Wang Shi on the execution platform.

The sudden change in weather sent everyone in Dragon Plaza into a panic.

"Oh no!! An assassin! Protect His Majesty!!"

Van Augur, who had appeared suddenly, screamed in terror; he was the first to see the terrifying Wind Blade and the dazzling thunderbolt striking toward Wang Shi.

"What!!"

Eric, El Drago, and the others shouted in alarm.

But the violent aura suddenly crushing down upon them made them all dizzy and forced them to their knees.

Saka used Yubashiri to support himself, dropping to one knee, his eyes filled with shock and panic.

Even Zoro braced himself with his two swords, the veins on his forehead bulging as he gritted his teeth so hard that blood began to seep out.

He refused to kneel.

He even forced his head up, staring at Wang Shi, who was being ambushed on the execution platform.

"My attitude itself is my answer!"

Wang Shi did not choose to exile himself to evade the killing intent of Dragon; instead, he unleashed his Time Domain with manic intensity, forcibly banishing Dragon's terrifying Wind Blade and violent thunder.

"Hah!!!"

Wang Shi roared at the sky, and the terrifying Wind Blade and thunder began to slowly vanish.

Even Dragon's eyes narrowed at this sight; he had not expected Wang Shi's power of exile to be so formidable.

It could even banish his own techniques.

"Strong, but not enough!"

"Survive this strike, and I will acknowledge your right to look down upon me!"

Black and red lightning sputtered around Dragon, coiling around a second, solidified Wind Blade.

This Conqueror's Haki-infused Wind Blade shattered through Wang Shi's Time Domain and slashed toward him.

So, the remote exile of the Time Domain truly cannot banish an attack infused with Conqueror's Haki!!

Watching the solidified Wind Blade flying toward him at high speed, Wang Shi's eyes were filled with madness.

He still did not exile himself to escape the attack.

"Ahahaha! Let me test the power of Conqueror's Haki!"

An unprecedented madness erupted in Wang Shi's eyes as he actually drew his blade and slashed at the Conqueror's Haki-infused Wind Blade.

A majestic aura exploded from Wang Shi's body, crushing everything in the surrounding area.

The people beneath the execution platform were once again subjected to the indiscriminate pressure of this aura, their eyes rolling back as they collapsed one by one.

"Crack!"

Wang Shi's long blade shattered instantly; the terrifying power of the Conqueror's Haki reduced both his sword and his clothes to dust, while hideous wounds appeared all over his body, spraying out clouds of blood.

"Boom!"

The Conqueror's Haki-infused Wind Blade obliterated both Wang Shi and the execution platform into dust.

The upper section of the towering execution platform vanished completely, and Wang Shi himself had utterly disappeared.

"Dead?"

A flash of red light crossed Dragon's eyes, his expression turning grave.

This was becoming troublesome.

It seemed he had truly killed the Emperor of the Goa Empire.

He activated his Observation Haki to foresee the future, but even looking several seconds ahead, he could not see a trace of Wang Shi.

His Observation Haki could not detect any sign of life from Wang Shi either.

Wang Shi had truly vanished, or perhaps, he was truly dead.

"How is this possible..."

Dragon whispered softly; he had clearly seen the confident and arrogant look in Wang Shi's eyes.

Moreover, Wang Shi had indeed awakened Conqueror's Haki while resisting his infused Wind Blade.

He could not believe that Wang Shi, who had just awakened his own Conqueror's Haki, would die like this.

"Ah!! His Majesty Wang Shi is dead!!"

"It's the Revolutionary Army!!"

"It's over! Even Colonel Smoker won't be coming back!"

Having endured two rounds of Conqueror's Haki pressure, Tashigi stood up shakily, leaning on her blade, Shigure.

She looked up at the green figure high above and screamed in terror.

Endless fear and despair gripped her heart.

The Emperor of the Goa Empire had actually been assassinated by the Revolutionary Army in Loguetown!

Even Colonel Smoker, who had been banished by His Majesty Wang Shi, was forced to be buried along with him.

Unable to accept this outcome, Tashigi's eyes rolled back, and she fainted.

Having survived the baptism of two bursts of Conqueror's Haki, she had actually been frightened into unconsciousness by her own despair.

Seeing more and more people noticing him, and even news reporters capturing his image, Dragon frowned deeply and had no choice but to transform into a gale, departing Loguetown first.

He had truly never intended to kill Wang Shi when he came to the East Blue.

Yet, he had a lingering feeling in his gut that Wang Shi would not die just like this.