Pirate World: My Immortality Starts with Maxing Out Conqueror's Haki

Rear Admiral Jerry shouted.

No matter how slim the hope was, he had to try.

The warship spun its wheel hard almost instantly, turning around and beginning its retreat. But what drove all the officers to despair was that the Flying Pirates' fleet had already completed its encirclement formation without anyone noticing.

No matter which direction they retreated in, they could not avoid running into the enemy.

And the densely packed fleet ahead was closing in on them at top speed.

"Pfft!"

Flames burned as Rear Admiral Jerry lit the cigar in his hand and took a deep drag before slowly speaking.

"Xia Le, do everything you can to survive."

Xia Le froze and turned to look at this superior officer, who was unfamiliar to him.

The other man opened his mouth, seemingly about to say something else.

Suddenly, Rear Admiral Jerry's body jolted.

At some point, the cigar in his mouth had been severed. In the very center of his forehead, a tiny spot of blood rapidly spread, and in the blink of an eye, a hole appeared.

Only then did the faint sound of a gunshot reach them.

Xia Le was stunned, but quickly realized what had happened.

The rear admiral who had been speaking with him just a moment ago was now dead beyond any doubt.

A bullet from an unknown source had ended his life in an instant.

At the same time, the entire warship descended into chaos, and shrill whistles rang out.

One muffled groan after another echoed. The officers who had been standing were pierced through by bullets fired from all directions, spraying patches of blood.

"Find cover, quickly!!"

"Hide! It's an enemy sniper!"

Shouts rang out from every part of the warship.

Xia Le came to his senses. He glanced at Rear Admiral Jerry and was about to lower his head.

On a pirate ship roughly two kilometers away, a cold-faced figure pulled the trigger of the rifle in his hands.

"Bang!"

Xia Le's body trembled, and a bloody hole appeared between his brows.

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Chapter 17: The Roger Pirates

"Xia Le!!"

A roar rang out, accompanied by the howling wind around his ears.

Xia Le's body trembled, and the bullet hole in his forehead rapidly healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. A deformed bullet fell out and landed on the deck with a clang.

His movements were swift. He lowered his head almost instantly and hid behind the ship's railing.

"I'm fine!"

Xia Le took a deep breath and shouted back.

Not far away, Saron, who had been hiding at the stern, finally breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately shouted again, "What about Rear Admiral Jerry?"

"He's dead. He was shot between the brows!"

Xia Le glanced beside him at his superior, who was still standing perfectly straight but had completely lost all signs of life. He took a deep breath before replying.

He could feel the atmosphere aboard the entire ship change.

"He's dead?"

Saron froze.

A tense, heavy atmosphere spread across the entire warship. Even though everyone tried their best to stay hidden, muffled groans continued to ring out.

That meant their comrades had been shot.

Soon, Xia Le noticed that the person at the helm had also been shot. His body lay limply there, with blood continuously dripping down.

"The ship hasn't moved!"

His heart jolted.

"Saron, cover me. I'm going to steer the ship!"

At that moment, a roar rang out. Xia Le looked up and saw Simboo leap out, reaching the Ship's Wheel in an instant. At the same time, Saron roared and stood in front of Simboo like a mountain, waving the greatsword in his hand.

Clanging rang out incessantly as bullets fired from unknown locations in every direction were blocked by Saron.

The Warship rocked, quickly changing course on the sea and moving forward.

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"

But there were undoubtedly too many enemies. Blood kept spraying from Saron's body as he swung both blades, shielding his vital points. He lasted only about a minute before collapsing to the ground with a bang.

Xia Le pressed his lips together and suddenly rose to his feet.

At that moment, the scene before his eyes made his pupils contract sharply.

The enormous fleet was almost right in front of them. Beneath the lightning and gloomy skies, it created a scene of utter despair. Countless Pirates let out strange laughter as they stared at them coldly.

The Kong and sea were filled with endless skull flags and enormous Pirate ships.

It was hard to imagine that Golden Lion Shiki of the Flying Pirates—the man defeated by King Luffy in the theatrical film—could create such a shocking, despairing scene when he appeared before Xia Le's eyes.

"Simboo!"

"I'm here! You hide!!"

Xia Le took a deep breath and shouted, striding over to Simboo's side.

Simboo froze, then lowered his head and glanced at his bleeding abdomen. He nodded with difficulty before moving aside.

After their brief encounter with the enemy, the number of officers aboard the ship who had been shot was impossible to count, and few comrades remained.

"Roar!"

"Kill these bastards!"

"Look at them! They're afraid, they're trembling! They're so panicked that they don't even know where to run!"

"Ha ha ha ha ha!"

The voices came with the sea wind, growing clearer.

Xia Le gritted his teeth and stared coldly at the overwhelming fleet of Pirate ships ahead.

When he raised his head, he saw a figure as domineering as a male lion, radiating immense power. With his arms folded, he stood at the bow of the foremost flagship and looked down at them.

The figure was tall and imposing. His Gin-colored hair resembled a mad lion's mane and nearly reached the ground.

At a glance, he looked like a proud, domineering male lion.

He was none other than one of the three great pirates, Golden Lion Shiki.

He suddenly spun the Ship's Wheel. The Warship beneath his feet rocked violently, cutting through the water as it charged toward the weakest point in the enemy's defenses.

At the same time, within Golden Lion's forces, a man holding a rifle with a scope over one eye stared at the figure steering the warship in astonishment.

"My shot clearly hit him!"

"It did hit him. That kid might be a Devil Fruit user."

The companion beside him nodded.

He had also seen the kid get shot between the brows before falling to the ground.

Yet the other man had now appeared again without a scratch, clearly possessing some miraculous power.

Above them, on the enormous flagship Pirate ship—

"They're trying to break through!"

"The two sides are only five hundred meters apart. We can easily capture these little rats!"

"How about it, Boss Shiki? Should we let the boys have some fun?"

Laughter rang out as the officers looked toward the imposing figure ahead.

"Jiehahahaha!"

"Now isn't the time for us to play around!"

"I want to find Roger!"

Golden Lion Shiki looked down at the tiny warship ahead and laughed.

"We've been chasing him through these waters for three days!"

"And we still haven't caught him!"

"What a slippery bastard."

He narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the sea ahead.

Suddenly, a black dot appeared in the distance. At the same time, an officer with sharp eyesight let out an excited shout.

"It's the Roger Pirates!"

"We've found them again!"

"And they're very close—almost right inside our encirclement!"

The officers immediately grew excited.

"Jiehahahaha!"

"Boys, surround and capture Roger with all your might!"

Golden Lion Shiki laughed loudly.

"As for these few little navy rats, they'll have to leave it to luck."

After casting a casual glance at the warship below, he stopped paying attention to it.

The next second, the enormous Flying Pirates fleet immediately changed course and sped toward the black dot.

Just as they were about to clash with the Flying Pirates, the main fleet suddenly withdrew. The comrades aboard the ship exchanged glances and all breathed sighs of relief.

But soon, they spotted another ship that had also been unlucky enough to fall into the encirclement.

"That flag?!"

"It's the Roger Pirates!"

"I can't believe they appeared here."

The voices reached his ears, and Xia Le looked ahead.

The densely packed pirate ships were rapidly closing in on that black dot, as if the scene from before were happening all over again.

They had faced only despair and suffocation when confronting the Flying Pirates.

Where was Roger?

"Prepare to break through, Xia Le! We're not out of danger yet!"

"Those five pirate ships are still heading straight for us!"

Simboo struggled to stand, his face pale as he spoke in a low voice.

Xia Le nodded. He had also seen the five pirate ships rapidly pursuing them from behind.

"Five ships."

He murmured the words, and his narrowed eyes suddenly turned sharp.

"Prepare for battle!"

"Rear Admiral Jerry is dead, but every one of you is a battle-hardened elite! Get moving!"