Rocks Pirates VS Marines

His Observation Haki truly hadn't been able to locate this secret treasury, but King of Pano behind him had kept glancing at that wall, deliberately or not, with a faintly smug look in his heart. That was how Li Yuan found it.

He gave it a rough glance and found no famous blades, so he did not even bother looking at the ordinary treasure.

"Devil Fruit!!!"

Only when he reached the very back of the treasury and spotted an exquisite little box did he realize that such boxes usually contained Devil Fruits.

"Crack!!!"

After opening the box, he indeed found a Devil Fruit inside.

"Paramecia: Taste-Taste Fruit!!"

After Li Yuan picked up the Devil Fruit and compared it against the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia in his memory, he confirmed its ability.

"No wonder it was stored here instead of being used. It's a useless Devil Fruit."

Li Yuan spoke speechlessly. This Devil Fruit could alter people's sense of taste. To him, it was a worthless and useless ability, but for some chefs, it was a top-tier Devil Fruit.

"Forget it. I'll keep it for now. Maybe I can trade it away later."

Li Yuan thought of Charlotte Linlin. She particularly liked Devil Fruits of this type.

With the Devil Fruit in hand, Li Yuan left the place and summoned Kano and the others to move the treasure.

"Senior Brother, we're rich!!!"

After Kano carried box after box of treasure into the ship's hold, he grinned foolishly.

"Of course we're rich. Tally up the amount of treasure we looted this time, then set aside thirty percent. Once we return to Hachinosu Island, send it to the Rocks Pirates' Treasure Vault."

Seeing so much treasure, Li Yuan could not help but smile. It was also his first time seeing this much treasure.

The treasure of the entire Pano Kingdom—even though he had only looted the royal palace and the treasure of several nobles—would still leave him with around one billion after the thirty percent handed over to the Rocks Pirates was deducted. Calling it overnight wealth would not be an exaggeration.

"Let's go. Follow the previous plan and rendezvous with the main force of the Rocks Pirates. The Marines and World Government reinforcements should have arrived. If we don't join up, we could easily be defeated one group at a time."

Once Pano Kingdom had been nearly stripped clean, Li Yuan gave the order to join the Rocks Pirates' main force.

He had not been blinded by all that treasure. Instead, he saw the situation clearly: the Marines and World Government would never allow them to continue looting. A great battle was about to begin.

"Yes, Senior Brother!"

Upon hearing Li Yuan's order, none of the pirates dared disobey. They immediately returned to the Pirate Ship, while every disobedient pirate was executed.

Half a day later, Li Yuan led his fleet to rendezvous with the Rocks Pirates' main force.

"Jihahahaha, Li Yuan, it seems you got yourself a decent sword."

After Li Yuan arrived, he saw Golden Lion approaching with a magnificent Longsword in hand. That sword looked even better than the Zhanfeng Li Yuan had obtained.

"Fifty Good Quick Blades Zhanfeng!"

Li Yuan said as he drew Zhanfeng.

"Jihahahaha, the new sword I got is one of the Twenty-One Great Grade Swords, Sakura Ten!!!"

Hearing Li Yuan's words, Golden Lion burst into loud laughter.

"..."

Fine. Li Yuan now understood why Golden Lion had specifically come over. He had come to show off. Both of them were swordsmen, and naturally, whoever had the higher-quality sword had more face.

"The Marines are here!!"

Li Yuan ignored Golden Lion's smug expression and instead looked solemnly into the distance. There, he could vaguely see the silhouettes of Warships.

On the Marine Warship

"Marshal, the Rocks Pirates are on the island ahead!"

Sengoku said as he held a telescope.

"Move in, land ashore, then wipe out the Rocks Pirates!!"

Brac said.

"Yes!"

The Marines immediately carried out Brac's order and sailed the Warships forward.

On the island

All the Rocks Pirates Officers had gathered together, waiting for the Marine Warships to arrive.

All the treasure they had looted was aboard their ships. They would not be foolish enough to fight the Marines at sea; if even one ship sank, it would be a devastating loss for them.

"Wahahahaha, the Marines are here! Everyone, attack!"

Once the Marine Warships drew close, Rocks shouted.

"Mad Lion Slash!"

"Air Quake!!"

"Limitless: Void-Breaking Sword Art!!"

"Elbaf Spear: Conqueror's Nation!"

"Furious Slash!!"

"Giant Axe Impact!!"

"Slaughter Slash!!"

"Death Wave!!"

"..."

As Rocks' words fell, every officer attacked at once. Massive slashes, violent tremors, and ultimate killing attacks all surged toward the approaching Warships at the same time, each attack targeting a different Warship.

"Damn Rocks Pirates, they actually launched a sneak attack! All Vice Admirals and above, intercept them immediately!"

After seeing this, Brac shouted and immediately leaped from the Warship, using Geppo to step through the air before intercepting Rocks' attack.

"Bone Fist: Meteor!!"

"Iron Fist: Galaxy Impact!"

"Conqueror's Impact!!"

"Rokushiki Secret Technique: Maximum Wheel: Six King Gun!!"

"..."

Seeing this, the many Marine Vice Admirals used Geppo to rush out from the Warships, intending to stop the incoming attacks.

"Boom!!!!"

However, not every Vice Admiral could intercept the attacks of the Rocks Pirates Officers.

Aside from Garp, Sengoku, Zephyr, Steel Bone, Gokai, Brac, and Army General Sora Duer, who could block them,

the others could not stop the Rocks Pirates Officers' attacks. Instead, they were blasted away by the powerful strikes, and the Warships behind them were shattered as well.

In just the first exchange, two Warships were directly sunk.

"Members at Vice Admiral level and above, advance first and cover the Warships behind us as they land!"

Brac said with a dark expression as he looked at the two sunken Warships.

"Rocks, die!!!"

With that, Brac charged toward Rocks alongside Steel Bone and Army General Sora Duer. They believed that as long as they took down Rocks, the remaining Rocks Pirates would be nothing to fear.

"Wahahahaha, Brac, so it's you, old bastard. You're already this old, yet instead of retiring, you still dare show your face before me. Today, I'll send you straight to your grave so you won't even need to retire."

Even facing three Admiral-level experts, Rocks remained utterly fearless. He likewise rushed into the sky and clashed head-on with the three Admiral-level experts.

Under Li Yuan's Observation Haki, he could clearly sense that the Marines' three experts were all incredibly powerful.

Every one of them was stronger than him. Yet even with three such experts facing Rocks, they were unable to suppress him!!