The pirates' corpses rapidly melted away amid the Golden Flame. In just a few minutes, the bodies had vanished completely, leaving only shallow, human-shaped depressions in the ground.
"Gulp—"
The horrifying sight had unfolded right before their eyes. Under Tsugikuni Yoriichi's gaze, the pirates' mouths went dry as they swallowed involuntarily, cold sweat pouring down their faces.
Women's screams and cries still came from the pirate ships docked by the shore.
Those shrill, miserable screams made the pirates shrink their necks. At this point, any filthy thoughts had long since vanished from their minds. All they could think about was how to survive this crisis.
Tsugikuni Yoriichi naturally heard the commotion aboard the pirate ships. He turned his head slightly to look at the vessels docked behind him, his expression darkening.
"What do you take human lives for?"
Boundless fury brewed beneath his calm words. Terrifying Conqueror's Haki swept out from Tsugikuni Yoriichi's body. In that instant, the wind and clouds changed color, and waves suddenly rose within the calm harbor. The pirate ships rocked violently beneath that Conqueror's Haki.
The pirates aboard the ships had no idea what was happening before they were precisely struck by Tsugikuni Yoriichi's Conqueror's Haki and instantly lost consciousness.
Even though the pirates gathered on the beach were not the targets of Tsugikuni Yoriichi's Haki, they were still affected by it. The weaker ones dropped onto the sand with a thud, while the rest struggled desperately to remain conscious.
Staying conscious did not necessarily mean they could escape alive from Tsugikuni Yoriichi's hands, but if they were knocked out by his Conqueror's Haki now, they would certainly die!
The Haki slowly receded, and his wildly flying red hair gradually settled.
Yoriichi slowly turned around, his gaze landing on a pirate crouching halfway to the