Awe-Inspiring the Entire Crowd

"Hahaha..."

Ener laughed maniacally, then finally turned his head to look at Smoker and said excitedly, "Why don't we team up and slaughter everyone here! We'll just say that when we arrived, all the townspeople here had already been massacred by the Krieg Pirates, and that we arrived a step too late..."

As he reached this point, he paused again, growing even more unhinged.

"Are you insane?" Smoker stared with wide eyes.

Even Akainu, who always carried out absolute justice, couldn't pull off something this crazy!

"Swish..."

Ener moved once again, his entire body rushing toward the pirate who had spoken earlier with the lamp on his head, the townspeople positioned in front.

"Stop right there..."

Seeing this scene, Krieg and Smoker shouted in unison to stop him. No matter who they were, they could no longer accept Ener's reckless killing.

Ener paid no attention to them and charged at full speed.

Amid the horrified gazes of everyone, Ener had already rushed right in front of the target, the blade in his hand stabbing out once more.

"I told you to stop..."

This time Smoker had prepared in advance, so his lower body turned into smoke and he rushed rapidly toward Ener. His seastone jitte smashed directly downward beneath Ener's Ice Demon.

He successfully blocked this slash for the townman.

"Phew..."

The townman, as well as the staff officer of the Krieg Pirates behind him with the lamp on his head, let out a collective breath of relief. Just a moment ago, they thought they were going to die at Ener's hands.

Especially the staff officer with the lamp on his head; his heart had just jumped right up to his throat.

Immediately afterward, his gaze turned somewhat complicated. He truly never expected that he, a pirate, would one day be saved by a marine.

"Tsk tsk!"

Yet at this moment, Ener acted as if he had anticipated all along that Smoker would pull a stunt like this. The moment Smoker blocked this strike, he smoothly angled his blade to the side.

Then, amidst Smoker's cry of alarm,

he shoved a blade straight into the body of another townman nearby, piercing through him and the pirate behind him as well.

No matter who they were, at this instant, everyone's pupils shrank to the size of needlepoints. For they understood that this marine was simply a murderous fiend.

A madman who took joy in slaughtering.

"Bang..."

Ener slapped his palm once more against the townman's forehead, sending the townman and the pirate holding him hostage flying backward together.

Finally, he slowly looked over at Smoker, his entire person crazed. "I want to kill, and even you, Colonel Smoker, cannot stop me."

"Who will be next?"

After saying this, the Ice Demon in his hand pointed casually toward a townman. The townman was scared stiff on the spot, and the pirate holding him hostage was struck with terror as well.

He instinctively retreated, pulling a distance away from the townman.

They certainly did not want to be killed along with the townman.

Seeing this, Ener could no longer suppress the corners of his mouth from curling up. Yet at this moment, every single expression he made appeared to everyone else as the prelude to a slaughter.

Scaring them into breaking out in cold sweats.

Then, this time he did not strike. Instead, he shifted the Ice Demon slightly, pointing it at another townman.

"Ah!"

The townman shrieked in terror, and the pirate holding him hostage did not dare hesitate in the slightest. He retreated directly three to four meters before setting his mind at ease.

Meanwhile, the Ice Demon in Ener's hand did not stop, tracing along to point at the next person...

All the townmen he pointed at turned pale with fright. As for the pirates, they instinctively maintained a distance from the townmen, not daring to stay too close.

They were terrified of being targeted by Ener and killed right along with the townman.

Consequently, everywhere his blade passed, a distinct boundary line unexpectedly appeared between the pirates and the townmen.

"What the..."

Seeing this, Smoker's eyes flickered. He possessed extremely rich experience in hunting down pirates, and he instantly perceived what Ener's true objective was.

He had a wealth of experience battling pirates; once an opportunity like this presented itself, he would absolute not let it slip away.

Because he understood that once an opportunity of this sort was missed, it would hardly ever present itself again. Furthermore, such moments usually flashed by in an instant...

"Not good..."

Right at this moment, the fellow with the lamp on his head also saw through Ener's scheme. His expression changed drastically, and he turned his head to shout a warning to Krieg, "Captain..."

Ener's eyes narrowed, a cold glint bursting within them.

Now that his plan was on the verge of succeeding, how could he possibly let anyone ruin it.

" Courting death... Iai - Ice-Sealing Slash!"

Swish...

Ener first sheathed the Ice Demon, then instantly drew it. Simultaneously, his figure vanished right before everyone's eyes.

When he reappeared, he was already standing behind the fellow who served as the staff officer of the Krieg Pirates, slowly sliding the Ice Demon back into its scabbard.

As for the staff officer of the Krieg Pirates, his head had already slowly slid off his neck.

He had actually been directly decapitated by Ener.

At this time, Ener slowly turned around. Although he had already sheathed his sword, all the pirates instinctively backed away.

They cleared a path for him.

Ener walked toward the staff officer of the Krieg Pirates. When he reached him, he slowly bent down, extended his hand toward the staff officer of the Krieg Pirates, and hoisted his head up into his grip.

Yet his pace did not stop until he arrived right in front of Krieg.

Fresh blood continuously dripped from beneath the wound, staining the ground crimson all along his path. At this moment, he resembled the descent of the Grim Reaper, chilling to the bone.

Ener's gaze swept across everyone present, one by one. This time his blade wasn't even unsheathed, yet every single pirate who made eye contact with him

instinctively retreated.

For in their eyes, the marine before them was simply far, far more ferocious than they were as pirates.

Even Krieg felt his heart tremble involuntarily the moment he locked eyes with Mok. Ruling the East Blue as a king, he had never felt death to be so close.

"White Smoke Bomb..."

And just as the pirates, cowed by Ener's intimidation, released their hostages, Smoker made his move... His entire body turned into a smoke-like state and expanded, rapidly separating the townspeople from the pirates.

He refused to give the pirates any further opportunity to seize hostages.

"Not good..."

At this juncture, Krieg reacted as well.

Yet he also understood that the general trend was lost.

Thus, he turned and bolted... without even bothering to give a warning to his underlings. For he knew that only by using these fellows to stall these two marines for a bit

would he have a chance to escape.

The "Iron Wall" Pearl reacted swiftly as well, closely following behind.

However, how could Ener possibly let them go?

With a burst of strength in his legs, his entire body soared into the air, leaping past the smoke formed by Smoker and pursuing the two of them.

The expressions of the fleeing Krieg and "Iron Wall" Pearl shifted drastically in unison.

"Iron Wall" Pearl gritted his teeth and came to a halt, because Ener's speed was far faster than both of theirs.

"Captain, run! I'll hold him off."

Krieg's figure paused for a fraction of a second, but it was only for a fraction of a second, after which he fled at an even greater speed.

"Tch..."

Ener wore a look of utter contempt.

This "Iron Wall" Pearl, as well as Gin, were extremely loyal to Krieg. But what about Krieg?

He didn't care about them at all.

In his heart, there was only himself; everyone else was merely a tool for him to conquer the world.

It really was not worth it for these two fellows!

Even so, Ener's strikes remained swift, ruthless, and precise, showing not the slightest intention of showing mercy to "Iron Wall" Pearl.

He simply...