At some point, the bald member of the Five Elders had circled behind him, gathering void energy into an enormous claw in his hand.
"You want the Light Stone? Dream on!" the bald Elder sneered, driving the massive claw straight at Lin Ye's vitals.
The attack came too suddenly for Lin Ye to dodge. The power within that void claw could tear a mountain apart in an instant, let alone a body of flesh and blood.
At that critical moment, a golden figure suddenly appeared in front of Lin Ye. Kizaru used his own body to block the fatal blow.
Boom!
The void claw pierced Kizaru's chest, and golden light began rapidly fading from his body. The Marine Admiral who had once struck fear across the seas was now as fragile as a candle about to go out.
"Kizaru!" Lin Ye stared in shock at his fallen companion.
"Oh dear... Looks like these old bones... were still good for something..." Kizaru managed a strained smile, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. "The Light Stone... you have to get it..."
His voice grew weaker and weaker, and his body began turning transparent. As a Logia user, Kizaru's very life was light. Now that light was rapidly dissipating, taking his life with it.
"You bastard!" Lin Ye turned furiously toward the bald Elder, his eyes burning with an unprecedented rage.
He recalled everything Kizaru had done during this mission. Though he usually seemed lazy and nonchalant, he was always a companion they could count on when it mattered most. From the moment he decided to betray the World Government, Kizaru had been prepared to sacrifice himself.
"For justice... for this world... I will never let you succeed!"
A strange light began radiating from Lin Ye's body. It was neither the