Pirates: A Family Slaughtered, Every Celestial Dragon Must Die!

The Celestial Dragon whose hands had been severed squealed like a slaughtered pig, rolling over and over on the floor.

Blood spread everywhere, staining the glittering gold floor red!

"[Most Evil Criminal] is a devil from hell!"

"Fuck, run while we still can!"

The other Celestial Dragons were terrified by the sight!

If they fell into Rono's hands, wouldn't they suffer the same inhuman torture?

The Celestial Dragons scattered in a frenzy.

"Heh. Think you can run?"

Rono snorted. Ignoring the Celestial Dragon whose hands he had already cut off, he flashed in front of another.

"If you want to run, I'll cut off your feet!"

One slash severed the Celestial Dragon's feet, and he howled like a pig being slaughtered!

Swish, swish, swish!

Rono flashed from one to the next. He intended to cut off all their feet first so they would stop running around.

In less than ten seconds, all nine Celestial Dragons had lost their feet!

Now they couldn't escape!

At that moment, screams from the Celestial Dragons rose and fell across the deck of the Golden City Ship!

Eighteen severed legs lay on the floor, still oozing blood!

"How dare he treat Celestial Dragons like that!"

"Is that man a devil?"

The Marines couldn't help trembling at the sight!

The Celestial Dragons whom they themselves would never dare cross were like pigs awaiting slaughter in Rono's hands!

He treated them little differently from livestock!

"A devil? To most people, these Celestial Dragons are the devils."

Rono sneered, then lined up the nine Celestial Dragons who had lost their legs in front of him!

Swish, swish, swish, swish!

Several sword slashes flashed past, severing the hands of the other eight Celestial Dragons!

Now all nine had been reduced to limbless torsos!

Their screams rang through the entire Golden City once more!

"That's enough torture for you. Now you can help me with one last thing."

Rono looked at the nine Celestial Dragons lying in pools of blood. His voice was utterly flat, devoid of emotion.

He strung all nine onto a hemp rope, then gave it a gentle tug.

He lifted them with ease.

"What is he doing?"

Kong, Garp, Sengoku, Zephyr, and the others watched Rono in bewilderment.

Why hadn't he killed those Celestial Dragons?

"Lord Rono, you shouldn't have to trouble yourself with a little job like this. Let me do it!"

Kaido hurried over to Rono, eager to make himself useful.

"You know how to make yourself useful, kid."

"Just be careful not to kill these Celestial Dragons. I still have a use for them."

Pleased with Kaido's eagerness, Rono nodded and handed the nine Celestial Dragons over to him.

Kaido put away his club and grabbed the nine Celestial Dragons in his two hands like chicks. The sight was absurd.

After all, without their limbs, the Celestial Dragons took up much less space.

"All nineteen Celestial Dragons have been dealt with!"

"It's time to retreat. Kong and the others are about to recover!"

Having finished, Rono called out to the fighting members of the Rocks Pirates.

His Observation Haki's Future Sight had already shown him what was coming.

Kong, Garp, and the others would recover any moment.

If they waited until then, it would be too late to leave. Rono needed to prepare their retreat now.

But he was weak at the moment, so he needed to use the Celestial Dragons' lives.

To him, their lives were worth less than a dog's.

But in the eyes of the Marines and the Five Elders, they were all [Celestial Dragons]!

They would sooner destroy an entire nation than allow a Celestial Dragon to be harmed.

The Rocks Pirates' escape depended on those Celestial Dragons!

"Oh? Is it done already?"

Rocks broke away from his fight with two of the Five Elders.

He saw that ten of the nineteen Celestial Dragons were dead.

Rono had reduced the other nine to limbless torsos and left them with Kaido.

That's Rono for you.

Not one of the nineteen Celestial Dragons had escaped unscathed!

Rocks was very pleased with the result!

Golden Lion, Whitebeard, Ochoku, Silver Axe, and the other Division Commanders heard the call and withdrew from their fights as well.

"What a ruthless bastard!"

The sight of the limbless Celestial Dragons made Golden Lion's scalp prickle.

Ochoku, Silver Axe, John, and Charlotte Linlin were just as stunned.

Rono treated the Celestial Dragons like livestock. He was even more brutal than Captain Rocks!

"Damn it! Only nine Celestial Dragons are left, and they've all been mutilated!"

The four Five Elders were aghast!

It was a disaster. Ten important members of the nineteen families were dead.

The remaining nine had all been crippled.

It was practically a total loss!

Now they would have to listen to the complaints of those useless Celestial Dragons in Mary Geoise!

The four Five Elders' eyes blazed with fury!

They wanted to tear Rono apart!

After all, Rono had personally done this to all nineteen Celestial Dragons!

Just then, there was movement among the Marines!

Kong, Garp, Sengoku, and Zephyr—four men of Marine Admiral caliber—had recovered!

The Celestial Dragons' Usefulness Leaves the Five Elders Fuming ### Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Four powerful auras suddenly surged skyward!

After resting for a while, Kong, Garp, Zephyr, and Sengoku had finally recovered.

The four Marine Admiral-level fighters could rejoin the battle!

"Let's go! Retreat!"

But by then, the Rocks Pirates had already withdrawn to the Saber of Xebec under Rocks's lead.

Against four Marine Admiral-level fighters and four of the Five Elders, even the Rocks Pirates had to avoid a direct clash.

"You're not getting away, Rocks Pirates!"

"You're staying right here!"

Kong roared and charged after them.

Garp, Zephyr, and Sengoku followed, their auras flaring. Their eyes burned with fury as they stared at the Rocks Pirates!

The Marines had suffered more than enough humiliation at the hands of the Rocks Pirates!

While they were recovering, one of the Five Elders had lost an arm.

Rono had taken the Supreme Grade Sword First Generation Kitetsu.

All nineteen Celestial Dragons had suffered at his hands!

The Rocks Pirates had to repay such humiliation tenfold, right here!

"Stop, Kong!"

As Kong led the Marine fighters in pursuit, the curly-haired Elder suddenly spoke.

"Five Elders, this is our best chance to go after the Rocks Pirates!"

"Are we really going to give it up?"

Kong turned and demanded an answer, anger simmering in his voice!

Sengoku, Zephyr, and Garp also glared at the Elder who had given the order.

They had the advantage. This was the time to take down the Rocks Pirates in one fell swoop!

At the very least, they had to kill Rono, the [Most Evil Criminal], right here!

His talent was terrifying!

In just three months, he had grown into an Admiral-level fighter and was even showing signs of surpassing that level!

Rono was badly weakened now. This was the perfect chance to kill him!

Four of the Five Elders fighting alongside four Marine Admiral-level fighters!

Even Rocks, Whitebeard, Golden Lion, and the four Division Commanders couldn't withstand them!

"Kong, stop!"

"That's an order. Do you hear me?"

Utterly unmoved by the Marines' glares, another Elder—the bald one—barked at them!

"Why?!"

Kong demanded, his full aura bursting forth!

He wanted nothing more than to slap the Elder across the face!

But Kong hadn't completely lost his reason. He restrained himself.

"The other nine Celestial Dragons are still in their hands," the kimono-clad Elder said grimly.

Those nine Celestial Dragons were still alive!

"They've had their hands and feet cut off. They're already crippled!"

"And given how much the [Most Evil Criminal] hates Celestial Dragons, they're sure to die in the Rocks Pirates' hands anyway!"