Haki clashed like a storm!
Having grown stronger again, Shane stood some distance away, trying to find the Devil Fruits.
Roger, however, held Ace and looked back with a grin.
"Hey, kid! What's your name?"
"That took some real guts, killing a Celestial Dragon just now!"
"That guy Rocks is going down sooner or later. Join my Pirate Crew!"
Iron fists collided!
Garp glared at Roger. He knew he was up to no good.
Their battle had already leveled a vast stretch of buildings.
"Pirates are always trying to drag other people into piracy!"
"Kid, join my fleet and become a Marine! Don't go down the wrong path!"
Garp's words made Roger burst out laughing.
"What nonsense are you spouting?"
"How could the Marines ever stand above the Celestial Dragons?"
"Those pieces of trash stand over your heads and do whatever they please!"
Roger swept his longsword through the ranks.
Neither Marines nor pirates dared approach the two.
Their battle was far too ferocious.
Neither had a Devil Fruit ability, yet their Haki was extraordinarily fierce!
Even to the Rocks Pirates.
These two were anomalies of their era!
No special bloodlines, no mutated physiques, no Devil Fruits.
Martial arts and swordsmanship, Haki and sheer spirit formed their unshakable foundation.
"I'm not planning to work under anyone anymore, either!"
Shane broke through the encirclement with Shave, kicking aside those blocking him with Tempest Kick.
Pirates, Marines, Celestial Dragon guards, civilians, slaves.
Every faction was tangled in chaos.
"Did that guy just turn down both Garp and Roger?"
"Idiot! How could someone who killed a Celestial Dragon become a Marine? He'd be walking straight into a trap!"
"You're the idiot! That kid is a newcomer in our Rocks Pirates!"
It was utter chaos. If the Roger Pirates hadn't been made up primarily of elites.
It would probably have turned into an endless melee long ago.
Rumble!
An earthquake erupted, the ground shaking and striking terror into everyone's hearts.
Whoosh!
Sand and earth soared into the sky as Golden Lion flew through the air, Kogarashi and Oto in hand.
Too many monsters were rising.
More and more treasures were being seized.
"Anyone in my way dies!"
Silver Axe brought his axe down, channeling the divine might of the Strength-Strength Fruit and cleaving an enormous fissure straight through the ground!
Even a giant would have been split in half!
"Hahahahaha! God Valley is mine!"
Wang Zhi used the Island-Island Fruit to merge with God Valley.
But Haki blasts everywhere kept things from going his way.
"Damn it! Whose Haki is burning my toes?"
At Wang Zhi's complaint.
A drunken man with flowing long hair swayed past.
"Urgh!"
Boom!
The Sake-Sake Fruit user grew stronger the drunker he became.
He could also make others drunk, and even unleash flames!
A sea of fire spread.
Captain John stepped into it.
Linlin flew overhead on Zeus.
"You're setting fires everywhere again! That's our ship, you idiot!"
There was truly nothing to say. Was there not a single normal person in God Valley?
"Hey, long time no see, hotheaded rookie."
John swayed out of the way of every blade and every bullet.
His eyes were fixed on Shane, who was rushing toward the sea of fire.
"With all this Haki around, the Devil Fruits could be in danger at any moment!"
Shane really hadn't expected to run into John again.
"Thanks for your concern, but pirates don't like nice people! Whew!"
John's head throbbed, and he immediately spat out a pillar of flame!
Bang!
Bang!
A powerful member of the Fish-Man Race from the Rocks Pirates traded a punch with an opponent.
The other powerful fish-man belonged to the Roger Pirates.
The two put out the flames with Fish-Man Karate and charged into battle against each other.
"Long time no see!"
"Don't act friendly with me, you scum who slaughters innocent people!"
Both came from the Fish-Man District.
Different lives had shaped different personalities.
Whoosh!
Shane flashed past, his gaze urgent.
Azure Dragon Form, the Paw-Paw Fruit!
Where were they?
Kuma. Find Kuma and Ivankov!
"Linlin! Watch out!"
The Gourmet Knight Streusen turned a Marine captain's sword into bacon with a single slash.
"I already broke up with you!"
Linlin swept across the sky, also searching for Devil Fruits.
"Hee-hee, so what? We decided long ago to spend our lives together!"
Streusen was a formidable fighter.
After all, he was a master swordsman who could settle everything with a single slash even in his old age.
Some also believed that he had worn his body out too much in his youth, leaving him frail in old age.
"The direction Linlin's heading must be where Kuma and Ivankov are!"
Shane found his target.
He continued on, passing over hundreds of people.
"Hahahaha! This power feels wonderful! Let's make a lion shape!"
Ash fell from the cigar in Golden Lion's mouth.
The harbor was destroyed, sand and earth gathering into a lion's head under the Float-Float Fruit's power.
A warship flew through the air and smashed into where the harbor had been!
"Shiki!"
Garp blew the warship apart with a punch, wishing he could blow Shiki's head apart instead.
"Jihahahaha! Garp, why not just become a pirate with me?"
Golden Lion Shiki soared into the sky.
He officially began his life as a flying pirate!
Crack!
The air shattered, and a tsunami swept across heaven and earth.
The sight was hell descending upon the world.
"Can humans really possess power like this?"
"What kind of monster is Whitebeard?"
"Is there any way to survive? Why has God Valley become hell?"
Inside the canyon.
Whitebeard swept his blade sideways, sending hundreds flying.
The power to shatter everything flowed into his blade.
It made people shrink back at the sight!
"Too terrifying! The Rocks Pirates are invincible!"
"Even the Holy Knights couldn't possibly stand against them!"
"Are even the Celestial Dragons all going to die? I thought gods were immortal!"
There were too many monsters in the Rocks Pirates.
So many that they filled people with dread.
If this continued, the world truly would belong to the Rocks Pirates.
"Don't be afraid!"
"Keep fighting! Reinforcements will come from Marine Headquarters!"
"Those two idiots Sengoku and Zephyr set out ages ago!"
Garp's body heaved with every breath.
His bloodstained body sustained hope for all the Marines.
Despair, hell, doomsday.
For the first time, the Holy Knights witnessed how countless powerful fighters filled the seas.
Before this.
They had always enjoyed their games of destroying nations, basking in the praise of other Celestial Dragons.
Their extraordinary talent had led them to truly believe they were invincible.
Now that nearly all the powerful fighters of the new era had gathered here.
Even Saint Garling felt death approaching!
"Keep fighting!"
"Has your blade lost its edge?"
"The age of the Celestial Dragons ended long ago!"
"What comes next belongs to me! The King of the World! Rocks!"
Rocks unleashed his Haki and darkness with wild arrogance.
Stone statues already filled the canyon!
It was hard to imagine whether God Valley would even exist once the war ended.
"Blasphemers shall die by divine judgment!"
Saint Garling planted his sword in the ground and rose to face Rocks.
"Hahahahaha! Then go ahead and try!"
"The victor is king! History is always written by the winners!"
"Let me think about what I should call you! Pigheads!"
Rocks unleashed his full might.
Haki, martial arts, Devil Fruit!
Every one of them stood at the very pinnacle!
Rocks's very existence told the world.
Just how strong the strongest could be!
In a flash.
Battle erupted once more.
Smoke filled the air.
Shane finally reached a corner of the battlefield.
He made his move at Shave's highest speed.
Ivankov and Kuma had seized the two treasures first.
Inside were the Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon and the Paw-Paw Fruit!
At the same moment.
Linlin also arrived on her cloud, snatching a prize with a single strike!
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