"Are you done talking nonsense?"
When Yas's cold, indifferent voice stabbed into Captain John's brain like a solid icicle, the great pirate of the old era, once notorious even among the Rocks Pirates for his cruelty and madness, felt his thoughts grind to a halt for the first time in his life.
Too fast!
So fast that his reflexes could not even keep up with his opponent's movements!
He had not even seen how Yas moved!
But Captain John was still Captain John!
He was the ruthless man who had escaped the bloody battle at God Valley and made off with a vast amount of the crew's treasure!
After a brief moment of shock, a viciousness and brutality born of his pirate instincts instantly replaced every other emotion!
"Brat! You're asking to die!!!"
Captain John let out a beastlike roar!
His gaunt, zombielike body suddenly erupted with powerful, evil Armament Haki completely at odds with his appearance!
That Haki was pitch-black as ink, even carrying traces of nauseating resentment that seemed capable of corroding souls!
This was his own unique "grudge Haki," condensed over years of slaughtering countless lives and plundering untold wealth!
He crushed the bottle in his hand, while his other hand abruptly drew a pair of oddly shaped, poisoned scimitars from his waist, their blades covered in serrations and barbs!
"Two-Sword Style: Grudge Soul Strangulation!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Captain John struck with both blades, turning them into two pitch-black whirlwinds of death filled with malice and resentment, one from each side, twisting viciously toward Yas's neck!
This move had taken the heads of who knew how many Marine Vice Admirals!
He was confident that even a Marine Admiral could not emerge unscathed from his full-powered strike at such close range!
But his opponent was Yas.
Faced