"Hey!"
The instant Linlin snatched Ivankov's Azure Dragon Fruit away.
Kuma bit into the Paw-Paw Fruit.
Ginny celebrated wildly!
"That's great, Kuma! Ivankov, we're saved!"
Damn it!
Linlin was furious. She had wanted to take this Devil Fruit too.
If she gave it to Katakuri, he could become quite a formidable fighter in the future!
"A step too late!"
Shane shattered both chests with one hand.
But it did no good.
Before him were hundreds of slaves hiding behind Kuma and the others.
"This place is nothing but bad luck!"
Seeing these slaves and unable to get the Paw-Paw Fruit, Linlin planned to leave immediately.
"Kaido!"
Having decided to invest in Kaido, Linlin was already racing off to find him.
All the fruits Shane had seen earlier had been eaten.
The Roger Pirates had also snatched two treasure chests.
But Shane had long known what was inside.
Red-Haired and Buggy!
"Don't go near him! That guy killed a Celestial Dragon earlier!"
Someone spotted Shane approaching, but kept backing away in fear.
"You did an amazing job!"
Ginny gave Shane a thumbs-up.
"He's one of the Rocks Pirates! They're all monsters!"
Ivankov committed Shane's face to memory.
He hurriedly turned and shouted, "Kuma! Hurry up and do it! We have to escape as soon as possible!"
"I... I'm trying to use this power!"
Kuma gradually learned to use the Paw-Paw Fruit.
Amid all the changes.
Shane realized that this war had fallen into history's predetermined course.
I didn't get the Paw-Paw Fruit or the Azure Dragon Fruit. What did I even come here for?
[Ding!]
The Demon Compass turned the needle of fate.
The helm that would change the world began to turn.
[A Fate Singularity has appeared. New fate choices are now available.] [Choice 1: Fate cannot be stopped. God Valley is destined for destruction. Have Kuma use the Paw-Paw Fruit to send the master away from this place—reward: Rokushiki, Kami-e.] [Choice 2: Execute 5 Celestial Dragons—reward: Rokushiki, Geppo.] [Choice 3: Execute 38 Celestial Dragons—reward: Lineage Factor Perfect Devil Fruit—Azure Dragon Form.]
"3!"
Demon Compass!
How could there be no Devil Fruit!
Since the Alabasta lineage had refused to settle in Mary Geoise.
There were nineteen families in total.
Aside from the Holy Knights and the one Shane had killed earlier.
Each family had sent quite a few people to participate in the game.
To the Celestial Dragons, this was a grand occasion.
Entertainment that involved slaughtering civilians and slaves.
With enough prey available, Shane would certainly act.
[Choice complete.]
The contract took effect. Once he fulfilled it, he could claim the reward.
Shane shot out in an instant.
The Celestial Dragons were fleeing and hiding.
The Marines desperately blocked the pirates' attacks while covering the Celestial Dragons.
The Rocks Pirates were fighting the Roger Pirates, the Holy Knights, and the Marine elite all at once.
Shane stood atop a boulder.
Every Celestial Dragon he saw was an Azure Dragon Form fragment.
"Every Celestial Dragon I kill is one fruit fragment!"
Whoosh!
He darted past the Marines' defenses.
One finger pierced a Celestial Dragon's heart.
The Celestial Dragon had thought he could escape to the harbor, only to die on the spot just after being placed under protection.
Shane quickly moved on, charging at another.
This Celestial Dragon game had become a pirate game!
How could they possibly escape unscathed?
Had they truly succeeded, Red-Haired would never have been hidden in a treasure chest.
"Tempest Kick!"
"Finger Pistol!"
"Electro!"
The more Shane killed, the easier it became. He even pursued them into the harbor.
He slaughtered two Celestial Dragon guards along with them.
"Just one more fragment!"
He had almost gathered enough fragments, and few Celestial Dragons remained.
The God Valley Incident would inevitably be erased from history.
These self-proclaimed gods met deaths more gruesome than the last.
Killing a Celestial Dragon would bring a Marine Admiral down on you?
What a joke!
At this point.
Zephyr was still two years away from becoming a Marine Admiral!
Sengoku, a few years older than him, had only just become an Admiral!
Otherwise.
Kong, the current Fleet Admiral, would not have recalled Garp in such a hurry.
Every member of the Holy Knights faced a powerful enemy.
Shane had become a veritable Celestial Dragon killer.
Not only were the Marines unable to stop Shane's advance.
They also had to fight the astonishingly numerous and terrifying Rocks Pirates.
The game was over.
Next came judgment in hell!
The final Celestial Dragon fragment was fleeing in panic.
But at that moment, hope flared among the Marines again!
"Look! Admiral Sengoku and Vice Admiral Zephyr are here too!"
This battle was so staggering.
That the entire main force of Marine Headquarters had to be deployed.
Everyone looked into the distance.
Standing at the bow was none other than Fleet Admiral Kong!
"What? A Marine Admiral and the Fleet Admiral are here?"
The Celestial Dragon fell to the ground and kept crawling through the crowd.
The chaos left no one able to spare him any attention.
It was no use.
The Celestial Dragons had created the Rocks Pirates!
Their greed and madness had forged them with their own hands.
These devils from hell were destined to destroy everything with their own hands.
His Oxygen Mask had long since been shattered, and his thick, fake outfit had been destroyed as well.
He could only survive in the gaps, and this was also his only way to avoid discovery.
Covered in blood and filth, he was so wretched that he barely looked human.
If he had a choice, he swore he would never participate in this game again!
"Damn it, damn it! You stupid fools all deserve to die!"
"I'm a noble Celestial Dragon! Why should I die in a place like this?"
"Even if everyone else were buried with me, it wouldn't be worth the death of a god like me!"
The Celestial Dragon Saint George tried to crawl toward the harbor district, begging to be saved by the approaching Marine Admiral!
That was his only hope of survival.
Because even the powerful Saint Garling was no match for Rocks in his prime!
Powerful as the Holy Knights were, they were enemies of both the Rocks Pirates and the Roger Pirates!
"What's this guy saying? He's a Celestial Dragon?"
Ivankov shouted.
The slaves beside him instantly panicked.
"What's a Celestial Dragon?"
"Hey, don't let someone like that show up here! He'll drag us down with him!"
Everyone looked down.
The Celestial Dragon's face was already smeared with tears and snot.
Yet when he raised his head, his expression remained repulsive.
"Hey! Get out of my way, you slaves!"
"A Marine Admiral will be here soon! Do you know the price of coming near me?"
"A bunch of stupid pigs!"
He stood up shakily and waved in delight.
As though those warships were right before him.
"Kuma! Watch out for this guy!"
Ginny grabbed Kuma's hand to keep the Celestial Dragon from hurting him.
"Watch out for what? Kill him."
Shane's voice rang out just then.
Saint George instinctively trembled in fear.
"You still dare to attack? Sengoku and Kong will be here any moment! You're dead!"
"Stay away from me! You filthy pirate!"
Saint George still had confidence when facing Kuma, Ivankov, and the others.
But when Shane appeared, fear seized his mind, leaving only impotent rage.
"All the fragments are here!"
Shane thrust out a finger.
Finger Pistol combined with Tempest Kick's slashing power and Soru's speed!
The instant Electro coiled around his fingertip.
Three figures also swiftly pursued him to the scene.
"No! You can't kill me! You lowborn scum!"
Saint George's throat burst into a bloody hole, blood spraying out in an instant.
As he died on the spot, powerless to utter another word.
The Demon Compass turned, infusing Shane's Lineage Factor with a new reward.
The full, unrestrained power of the Mythical Zoan Fish-Fish Fruit, Azure Dragon form!
A more perfect creation, decades ahead of Vegapunk's!
Everyone present fell silent.
Ivankov, Kuma, and Ginny swore they would remember Shane's face for the rest of their lives!
Even killing Celestial Dragons amid worldwide chaos carried enormous risks.
Once the war ended, a massive manhunt would surely follow!
"You both deserve to die! Born lowlifes!"
Saint Saturn of the Five Elders thrust his cane at Shane and Kuma.
"Jahahahaha! This is my home turf too!"
With the Dual Swords in hand, Golden Lion swept the ground up into the air.
"Don't even think about stopping these people from reaching the sea of freedom!"
Rayleigh's long blade slashed at the Five Elders as well.
Swords were drawn; before a carp could leap through the Dragon Gate, hardship was bound to bar its way.
Winds rose and clouds surged-who said they couldn't have the best of both worlds?
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