Ruyan died!!!

So he had always thought that thirty million Beli was already an impressive amount.

"Aramaki, I know you're pretty strong, but you're still no match for Ba Gulu. Just leave already. Go back to your little island and enjoy your retirement."

Ruyan spoke with undisguised contempt.

In Aramaki's eyes, she was now nothing more than an ignorant clown.

Aramaki no longer wanted to waste his breath.

Aramaki charged forward at incredible speed. Wherever his iron blade passed, the air cracked with a piercing boom. Cold steel flashed, and the nearest pirate was cleaved in two before he could even react, blood gushing out like a fountain.

"Huh? What?"

Ba Gulu was dumbstruck. He had never expected Aramaki to kill one of his men so quickly. "Open fire!"

"Kill him!"

Ba Gulu immediately ordered his men to shoot.

As gunshots rang out, Aramaki darted through the hail of bullets, every swing of his blade accompanied by a scream.

Vines drank up the blood and grew wildly through the gaps between the floorboards.

The red-and-green thorny vines coiled around the pirates' bodies like pythons.

A moment later, the pirates caught in those vines burst into clouds of blood mist. Their blood became nourishment for the plants once again, fueling their rampant growth.

"He's a Devil Fruit user!"

Ba Gulu's pupils contracted sharply, and he hurriedly pulled the trigger.

He was stunned. He had never imagined that Aramaki was also a Devil Fruit user.

In the little South Blue, Devil Fruit users were exceedingly rare.

He was already beginning to regret this. He felt as though he had run into a brick wall.

But the bullets he fired were deflected by a layer of green plants the instant they reached Aramaki.

Then Aramaki lashed out with a thick vine, wrapped it around Ruyan's