"Jiehahaha! You want to kill me? You're still too green."
Shiki laughed wildly as he desperately shifted his body.
But this slash from Lin Ye was unlike any of the ones he had used against Shiki before.
"No one can kill me. Not even you."
As the blade tip reached his chest, its terrifying power had already completely pulverized part of it, yet Shiki wore a crazed smile.
Desperately twisting his body aside to evade Lin Ye's terrifying strike, Shiki burst into laughter.
"Brat, I acknowledge you. You're already one of the strongest men on these seas."
With nearly half his torso completely gone, Shiki looked at Lin Ye, and satisfaction actually showed in his eyes.
"My life wasn't wasted. I followed Captain Rocks back then, then roamed the entire sea on my own. My life was worth it. It's just a pity I never attacked Mary Geoise."
As he spoke, a regretful expression appeared on Shiki's face.
The blood atop his head could no longer spurt out. It could only stream down his skull.
"I'll attack Mary Geoise and kill a few Celestial Dragons!"
"Jiehahaha! You brat really are a monster. To think I'd die here."
Even knowing that he was about to die, Shiki's imposing spirit remained.
He knew he was about to die, but his emotions did not seem to change much.
His torso had suffered catastrophic damage, yet he did not care in the slightest.
"My life was worth it!"
Shiki suddenly roared, his voice slightly distorted by the damage to his torso.
"Brat, why exactly do you want to kill me? I don't have any grudge against you!"
Shiki withdrew his gaze from the sky and stared at Lin Ye.
Lin Ye sheathed his sword, stepped through the air, and arrived before Shiki.
Lin Ye's