Pirate: I was just slacking off, do you really think I'm bad?

Chapter 331 Raleigh Makes His Move (Please Subscribe!)

"Garp!!!"

Sengoku, flying in mid-air, saw the Knights of God eyeing Garp and several other Five Elders.

Before Garp could warn him about Sengoku beneath him, Sengoku transformed into a hundred-meter-tall golden Buddha in mid-air.

The enormous hand was aimed directly at the Knights of God and the Five Elders in front of them.

An astonishing energy formed in the palm of the Buddha from the Warring States period.

"Buddha's Shockwave!"

The roaring sound echoed continuously in the air.

A massive shockwave, visible to the naked eye, hurtled towards the Knights of God and the Five Elders like a rainbow piercing the sun.

"hateful!"

Sengoku's move forced the Knights of God and the Five Elders to stop their flight and instead deal with Sengoku's attack.

Under the combined attack of the group, the shockwave dissipated completely into the air in less than three seconds.

However, that's enough.

Because a sudden gust of wind swept past Sengoku from behind and flew straight towards Luffy in the sky.

Rumble!

Sonic booms exploded in mid-air, deafening the revolutionary army and world government soldiers on Mary Geoise.

It seems that the two top experts have already exchanged many blows.

But judging from the sounds of the exchange, only a dozen seconds had actually passed.

In mid-air, Luffy, who had been going berserk, finally fell silent.

He stared blankly at the blood mist between his hands, unable to believe what his eyes were seeing.

Why?

Why?!

"My comrade died right before my eyes, yet I felt not a trace of sorrow."

"Ha ha ha ha....

Strange laughter came from mid-air.

The dragon, which was rising rapidly, was momentarily stunned in mid-air.

He stared in disbelief at Luffy high in the sky.

At this moment, Luffy's entire body was engulfed in white flames.

The surrounding area was filled with steam generated by the high temperature.

As the leader of the revolutionary army, Dragon is a very meticulous person.

He could tell from Luffy's eyes that Luffy was very lonely at that moment.

But what really struck Long as incredible was that Luffy was laughing with his mouth wide open in mid-air.

Luffy relinquished control of his body, letting it fall through the air.

He clutched his abdomen with one hand, as if laughing too hard had caused him abdominal pain.

But he covered his eyes tightly with his other hand.

Tears streamed from between his fingers, revealing his boundless sorrow.

"Luffy!!!"

At this moment, the dragon had already rushed to a position not far from Luffy.

His call was meant to wake Luffy.

But it seems to have caused another unpredictable change.

Luffy, who was falling, suddenly rolled and jumped from next to Dragon into the air.

He looked at the dragon with a strange expression.

It's like a creature that has never had any feelings.

He glanced at the dragon for a few moments before turning his gaze to the sky.

It seems there is something more important in the sky.

Hehehehehe.

His hands suddenly stretched out and plunged into the white clouds.

The clouds, which should have been as light as a feather, underwent an unusual change after Luffy inserted his hands into them.

Under Luffy's control, the white cloud transformed its form and began to evolve into rubber at an extremely fast speed.

At the same time, as Luffy pulled with both hands, a giant net that could cover half of Mary Geoise slowly opened in the sky.

"Let's see where you run to."

With that, Luffy suddenly threw the giant net in his hand into the sky.

Above them was the same naval aircraft that had just thrown Luffy and the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates down.

At this moment, the others on the warship, looking at the enormous net that blotted out the sky, couldn't help but feel tense. They had never encountered such a bizarre situation before.

Just ten minutes ago, he was a pirate whose strength was below that of a commodore, but suddenly his strength has increased so rapidly.

They could tell from the moment Luffy transformed the clouds into a rubber net that this was the realm of Devil Fruit awakening. Even they didn't know enough about Devil Fruit awakening.

Raleigh walked out of the office and stood silently on the bow of the military ship, his expression cold in the light.

The rat and Cleveland behind him stood quietly behind Raleigh.

Because they believed that nothing in this world could defeat the man in front of them.

"Phew~"

"This is ridiculous. We clearly sent you to fight the World Government, so why are you pointing the finger at us instead?"

Raleigh let out a soft sigh.

As the body burning with white flames drew closer, the warship began to transform into rubber-like properties.

Raleigh could already feel the hard deck beneath his feet turning into soft rubber.

"That's enough!"

Raleigh's cold gaze fell upon the figure flying toward him.

Rumble!!!

This is Raleigh's first official move in many years.

A domineering aura, like a crimson tide, swept across the entire sky.

The clouds that had been surrounding the warship were torn apart and pushed away by this powerful Conqueror's Haki in a tyrannical and unreasonable manner.

The surrounding sky instantly became clear and cloudless.

"I can't let you keep doing this aimlessly."

boom!

Raleigh suddenly appeared in front of Luffy. At this moment, although Luffy's body, which was completely controlled by the Nika Fruit, had regained its senses, its physical strength was still insufficient to resist Raleigh's iron fist.

Just as Luffy raised his fists to his chest, Raleigh's iron fist, covered in Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki, slammed into Nika's face, who was grinning wickedly.

Boom!

Luffy flew backwards towards Mary Geoise at three times the speed.

After sending Luffy flying with a single punch, Rory glanced at his right fist.

At this moment, the right fist, which was originally covered with a strong aura of dominance, has been burned through by the white flames surrounding Luffy's body. At the same time, due to contact with Luffy's body, it has also begun to change into a rubber-like state.

However, in Raleigh's eyes, it was nothing more than a trivial matter.

Conqueror's Haki surged from all parts of his body once again, forcefully expelling the damage Luffy had inflicted from within him.

Although Raleigh couldn't see it, his Observation Haki detected something akin to consciousness: "Nika? Joy Boy?"

"It doesn't matter, none of it matters anymore."

"Today, you will all die here."

boom!

Instead of retreating, Raleigh advanced, and at the same time, the airflow behind him began to change rapidly.

Sharp wind blades formed in the sky, tearing through the air with a piercing sound that drew everyone's attention.

The Knights of God, the Five Elders, Garp, Sengoku, and so on.

They stopped fighting at the same time and looked up at the sky.

A figure was falling to the ground at an extremely fast speed, while a large number of destructive wind blades gathered behind him.

"What on earth does this madman want to do?!"

The Five Elders and the Knights of God, who had just focused all their attention on the sudden appearance of Joy Boy,

It suddenly occurred to me.

Their biggest adversary was actually the Fleet Admiral, a man named Christine Raleigh.

"Get out of the way!"

Both sides simultaneously urged their personnel to stay away from Raleigh's attack range, as they dared not allow Raleigh to easily land his attacks within their ranks, as this would cause massive casualties.

Rumble!

As Raleigh accelerated, a series of sonic booms echoed through the air.

The drastic airflow disruption caused by the piercing of the air was also transformed into more wind blades by Raleigh's Devil Fruit ability.

Garp and Sengoku stood beside the dragon, watching the figure flying down from the sky with solemn expressions.

"We cannot let him destroy our positions and our soldiers."

The three nodded and simultaneously made their moves into the sky.

At this moment, although Luffy was knocked down from the sky by Raleigh and crashed into the Red Line, his aura was actually increasing under his Observation Haki.

Therefore, Garp and Dragon also focused all their attention on Raleigh in the sky for the time being.

At the same time, the Knights of God and the Five Elders did the same thing, pointing their palms toward the sky and launching their attacks one after another.

In an instant, streaks of sword light and shockwaves flew into the sky.

The world before Raleigh's eyes was constantly changing, but even at this extreme speed, his Observation Haki still managed to find and lock onto all the enemies he wanted to defeat.

"So, you were hiding here."

Just as Luffy crashed into the Red Line, he witnessed the truth of the legendary prophecy.

The red-haired group finally couldn't bear to stay hidden any longer.

They quickly emerged from their hiding place and rushed towards the spot where Luffy had crashed.

Raleigh had naturally locked onto them, but at this moment, he didn't want to take action to eliminate them.

Because he has more important things to do.

Just as all the enemy attacks on the ground were about to land in front of Raleigh, he suddenly made a sharp 90-degree turn in mid-air and swiftly launched a precise attack on a certain spot in Mary Geoise.

On the ground, the Revolutionary Army seemed somewhat bewildered when they saw Raleigh suddenly shift his target.

But the Five Elders in Raleigh's direction were indeed ice-cold, and their eyes had turned blood red.

They recklessly used a secret technique, originally passed down by the World Government, that caused immense damage to the body.

His body lunged toward the spot where Raleigh was about to strike.

"asshole!"

"Damn it, stop right now!"

"Damn it, how dare they attack there!"

The Five Elders' furious curses did not affect Raleigh's actions in the slightest.

His eyes were only on the most mysterious parts of Mary Geoise.

Pangu City - Between Flowers!

Rumble!

Raleigh's figure crashed into the Flower Room before the Five Elders could reach it, and at the same time, the wind blades he controlled behind him began to destroy everything inside the Flower Room.

Hard stone walls, precious plants, and a huge straw hat that has been treasured for a long time.

They were all completely torn apart by the destructive power of the wind blades.

Raleigh's figure did not linger on the ground among the flowers; his body continued to traverse downwards among the flowers.

Until, after penetrating dozens of meters underground, he arrived at an enormous secret chamber.

This is the legendary place where the weapons of the Twenty Kings are kept, and also the unsung master behind the entire Celestial Dragon race.

Im's training ground.

With a roar, Raleigh stood firmly on the huge stone slab.

He looked up.

The tall building, composed of steps, is just like the one described in the original story.

However, what was originally just a projection of Im is now sitting on the Void Throne, like a real emperor.

A smile appeared on Raleigh's face.

He has achieved his goal.

The reason he forced Luffy to become Joy Boy was to use Luffy as bait to determine whether Im was actually in Mary Geoise and what level Im's strength had reached.

Although the plan has changed significantly.

Luffy, having awakened Nikka's will, did not immediately confront the Celestial Dragons.

Therefore, Raleigh had no choice but to personally assess Im's condition.

Now, the moment he saw Im, the ending of the story was already sealed.

"Mortal, what you have done has greatly angered the gods."

"You will pay the price for what you have done."

Even Im, whose true face was seen by Raleigh, didn't care at all.

Because his strength is among the top in this world, and he could even be considered number one.

In addition, there are methods to control the ancient weapon, the Heavenly King.

Im can be said to have virtually no rivals in this world.

The only opponent is Joy Boy, the liberation fighter who possesses the Drum of Liberation.

Raleigh wore a mocking smile and said:

"You are the so-called King of the Void, the Celestial Dragons' God—Im, right?"

"Now that I have found you, it means you are not an omnipotent god, but at most a powerful human being."

"I am a human being, and you are a human being. Why should I be afraid of a cowardly fellow?"

Raleigh's taunts infuriated Im.

He hadn't heard such remarks for many, many years.

The Five Elders of the World Government are nothing more than obedient dogs in his presence.

In his eyes, there was no creature in the world who could compare to him, so he called himself a god in order to distinguish himself from others.

"Although I don't know if you can leave that Void Throne, as things stand, I'm afraid the Heavenly Kings you can control are no longer able to deliver a fatal blow to me."

Raleigh shook his head and said.

Im is not yet powerful enough to be superhuman; he too cannot withstand the power of the ancient weapons.

Even though he had completely mastered the use of Uranus, he didn't dare to use it to bombard Raleigh at such close range.

"Oh, it seems you know me quite well. So, you intend to become a new god by killing other gods?"

In Im's understanding, the most powerful person in the world can be called a god.

The biggest reason for someone to challenge the gods is to become a new god who can replace the old gods.

Upon hearing Im's words, Raleigh's lips curled into a playful smile.

"God? Hah."

"I don't want to become a god, but I am very interested in hunting one."