One Bite, One Terrifying Great Pirate

However, if the Black Heart Merchant Dukemon wanted to bombard the Black Pearl, he first had to ask if Magnus agreed.

"Rocks, Ripley, I'm entrusting the Black Pearl to you!"

Magnus's Observation Haki had already sensed many pirates who were good swimmers heading towards the Black Pearl. Although he had knocked out quite a few with Conqueror's Haki, there were still many powerful pirates who withstood Magnus's pressure.

"Alright!"

"Leave it to me!"

Both Rocks and Ripley had excitement on their faces. This was their first time participating in a naval battle of this scale. Before, when they encountered the Marines, Magnus had resolved the battle by himself, and they hadn't had a chance to act.

"Newgate, can I also ask you for a favor?"

Magnus's voice startled Edward Newgate, who was in the corner. But facing Magnus's expectant gaze, Edward Newgate couldn't refuse.

"I, I'll help too!"

After saying that, Edward Newgate felt a surge of excitement.

Was he, in a way, fighting alongside the White Wolf Pirates?

Magnus leaped into the air first.

Three giant pirate ships of the Black Gold Pirate Alliance and several medium-sized pirate ships all launched cannon fire at the Black Pearl.

The dense barrage of cannonballs almost covered the sky above the Black Pearl.

But Magnus only used one slash.

"Sky Net!"

A torrent formed by countless slashes covered the cannonballs in the sky. A series of explosions resembled brilliant fireworks.

"White Wolf Magnus!!!"

On the pirate ship of the Gargantua Pirates, Gargantua Moz roared, stomped hard on the deck, and charged towards Magnus in mid-air, carrying his great saber.

Even though his Conqueror's Haki had been crushed by Magnus, without a real fight, Gargantua Moz's mind couldn't accept that he had lost.

At this moment, he attacked Magnus from below, charging towards him in mid-air.

"That idiot!"

Seeing Gargantua Moz charge forward alone, Undead Jason and Black Heart Merchant Dukemon immediately panicked. Didn't they agree to a three-on-one fight initially, and they needed to be wary of Magnus picking them off one by one?

But what was he doing charging forward alone?

The Giant Pirates charged like beasts. The difference in size was like an adult to a baby. Many people who were qualified to watch this battle held their breath.

"So scary~"

But Magnus just chuckled and raised his sword in mid-air.

"Fall, Winter Country!"

Haki, Devil Fruit abilities, and top-tier swordsmanship!

Before Gargantua Moz could even reach Magnus, he felt an bone-chilling cold spread through his body. Even his reaction speed seemed to be frozen by this power.

When he realized something was wrong and used Haki to dispel the cold from his body.

A flash of his sword appeared before him.

In a hurry, Gargantua Moz could only block with his great saber in front of him, but the moment the sword light collided with his great saber.

His saber broke!

Not only did his saber break, but the residual sword light slashed a long bloody gash across his chest, and at the same time, the piercing cold completely froze him.

Then everyone saw.

Gargantua Moz, who had been charging at Magnus, fell back to his pirate ship at an even faster speed. The terrifying impact directly pierced through the entire pirate ship.

A bone-chilling cold spread across the pirate ship, instantly turning the entire ship and the pirates on board into ice sculptures. The sea surface within a kilometer radius was completely frozen, even affecting other pirate ships not far away.

The freezing attribute was merely an additional effect of Magnus's Devil Fruit, so he couldn't freeze an entire harbor's sea surface as easily as a future Marine Admiral who ate the Ice-Ice Fruit.

But he could do it within a few hundred meters.

This was something Magnus could only do after recovering his full strength. Such a "waste" was something he wouldn't have done a year ago.

All of this was for deterrence.

"N-no way!?"

At such close proximity, the pirates on Undead Jason's and Black Heart Merchant Dukemon's ships stared blankly. Gargantua Moz was a Great Pirate, even a Great Pirate with a higher bounty than their captains!

"He took down Gargantua Moz in one hit."

The pirates' voices trembled. This was something they couldn't even imagine.

Why?

Weren't White Wolf Magnus and their captains both Great Pirates?

Why was the gap so immense?

Even the pirates attacking the Black Pearl involuntarily slowed down their assault.

Among them were quite a few pirates from the Gargantua Pirates.

Upon seeing this, they completely lost the will to fight.

"The cap-captain was killed!"

So strong!

He's truly so strong!

Every time Rocks saw Magnus in action, he felt a powerful shock.

This time was no different.

He struggled immensely fighting the crews of other great pirates, but Magnus, with a casual slash, defeated a great pirate with a bounty exceeding one hundred million.

Newgate and his companions also wore expressions of shock.

In their eyes, Gargantua Moz was already the strongest pirate they had ever seen, a legendary great pirate at that. Some of them had even witnessed Gargantua Moz shatter a boulder tens of meters high with a single punch.

Yet, such a powerful pirate couldn't even last one move against White Wolf Magnus.

"Hee hee, now you know, old man is very strong!"

Hearing Ripley's words, Newgate nodded blankly.

But in his heart, he was thinking:

Can I really be qualified to join such a powerful pirate crew?

Undead Jason and Black Heart Merchant Dukemon were stunned.

They had agreed to go up together, but you insisted on going alone to your doom.

Fine, you go to your doom.

At least put up a fight for two rounds!

What's with being instantly defeated by a single slash?

Now, not only were their subordinate crews starting to waver, but they themselves, as captains, were also wavering.

Could they really win?

However, events did not change according to their will. After dealing with Gargantua Moz in a single strike, Magnus turned his attention to the remaining two great pirates.

"I'll give it my all!"

After all, he was a great pirate. Undead Jason wasn't so cowardly as to not even dare to attack.

"I'm immortal, you know!"

Undead Jason roared. Just as he was about to team up with Black Heart Merchant Dukemon to confront Magnus, he saw Black Heart Merchant Dukemon's dazed gaze in the distance.

Huh?

Magnus had already appeared before him. In Magnus's prime, his speed was such that even someone at the bottom tier of great pirates like Undead Jason couldn't even react.

"Immortal, huh? Heh."

Magnus grabbed Undead Jason, and his penetrating Armament Haki surged into Undead Jason's body, combined with freezing properties.

In the blink of an eye.

Undead Jason turned into a mud-like ice sculpture.

This way.

His immortality ability couldn't be used.

"Only you are left."

Magnus looked at Black Heart Merchant Dukemon, a gentle smile appearing on his face.