Starting as a pirate, he rose to become the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society.

Chapter 225: Even with six Infinity Edge swords, the red-haired man couldn't stand up.

The appearance of this guy from the Warring States period was completely unexpected by everyone.

As a veteran top expert, he had been lying in wait all the way here and happened to see Bane and Shanks fighting each other here.

In an instant, he realized that this was a truly excellent opportunity. Shanks was focused on fighting Bane, perhaps because he had complete trust in Beckman and believed that he could keep Garp occupied and not disturb him. Therefore, he was almost completely unprepared!

If we seize the opportunity to strike now, and it hits, it will definitely cripple Shanks!

The thought flashed through his mind in an instant. Sengoku was a very decisive person. He seized the opportunity and jumped out, going all out from the start!

This incredibly powerful shockwave suddenly appeared, not only hitting Shanks and engulfing Bane, but the aftershocks even swept Beckman and Garp away!

This shows just how terrifying the power of this attack was!

The entire hillside was shaken by the powerful impact; it was truly a landslide, with massive mudslides erupting all at once. At the same time, the already crumbling Opera Hotel instantly collapsed into ruins, once again burying the battlefield.

As the shockwave blasted the ground apart, the aftershocks formed a ring-shaped impact that swept outwards in all directions. In the blink of an eye, smoke and dust filled the area within a radius of several kilometers, obscuring the situation inside.

As a user of the Dark-Dark Fruit, Bane has to endure twice the pain. At this moment, he is buried under the ruins of the collapsed building, and he feels that there is no part of his body that is not in pain!

He was too close to Shanks, less than ten meters away. Therefore, it can be said that Shanks took the hit from behind, while Shanks took the full force of the attack from the front.

Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. Bane pushed away the stone that was pressing down on him, his body billowing black smoke. He staggered to his feet from the ruins, rubbing his chest. He could clearly feel that he had some fractures.

On the other side, perhaps because of his previous position, Beckman was the first to discover Sengoku's presence. Although he was unable to stop Sengoku's surprise attack on the battlefield, Beckman was the only man present who was somewhat prepared at that last moment. In a hurry, he barely managed to protect himself with his Haki. Although he was also blown away by the shockwave, he got up faster than Garp at this moment.

He scrambled to his feet, his vision obscured by the dust and smoke, but his Observation Haki immediately locked onto Shanks' presence.

With his Observation Haki, Beckman's expression turned extremely ugly, because he sensed that Shanks' aura was very disordered, even somewhat weak, which meant that he had definitely been seriously injured!

"Shanks!" Beckman couldn't help but shout and rushed towards Shanks' location.

"The Ice Age!"

Just then, Kuzan's voice entered the arena. In an instant, a chilling icy aura swept across the entire area. If viewed from the air, one could see that the entire mountain had been transformed into a frozen wasteland. At the edge of the ice, towering ice walls, nearly a hundred meters thick, rose thousands of meters into the sky like prisons, reaching the clouds and completely sealing off the area, which spanned more than ten kilometers in radius.

Ice Age is Kuzan's signature skill, powerful enough to freeze the entire sea area in an instant.

At this moment, the seemingly endless surging freezing air was confined within the mountains and forests, and one can imagine how terrifying its power was.

Before Beckman could even reach Shanks, he was completely frozen solid. Not only him, but Garp, who was bracing himself on the ground trying to get up, was also frozen solid and turned into an ice sculpture.

Bane was fortunate to be a user of the Dark-Dark Fruit, as his upper body was surrounded by dark energy that absorbed the freezing air, but his legs were inevitably covered in ice, which stopped at his knees.

"You bunch of bastards, one after another, none of you will let your teammates off the hook, huh?" Bane cursed, feeling the cold, stinging pain in his legs.

Thanks to Kuzan, the dust in the air froze into ice crystals, which fell to the ground, and the obscured view quickly became clear again.

Amidst the cracking sounds of ice, Sengoku's golden Buddha-like body gradually 'came to life'. He didn't mind being frozen at all, even finding it perfectly natural. Withdrawing his powers and returning to his normal form, Sengoku looked at Shanks, who was frozen in the ruins, and Beckman, who was just two meters away from him, and nodded, saying, "Well done, Kuzan."

Kuzan's Ice Age was almost entirely focused on Beckman, who was so preoccupied with his own concerns that he was unable to break free from this control quickly.

When Garp shattered the ice covering his body and, together with Sengoku, Kuzan, and Bane, surrounded Shanks and Beckman, the heavily injured Shanks and Beckman, who had received special care from Kuzan, finally broke free from the ice.

Shanks looked quite disheveled and miserable at this moment. The blood on his face had frozen into ice shards. He had been hit in the back by Sengoku's full-force attack, and his Haki slash could not be maintained. Because of the impact on his back, he flew towards Bane. Although Bane was also thrown away by the impact, the aftershock of the punch lasted for a moment. And it was in that moment that Shanks was hit head-on again.

It can be said that in that instant, he was hit by the powerful shockwave of the top master Sengoku from behind, and then by the aftershock of Bane's punch at face level. Before he could recover after landing, he was frozen by Kuzan's Ice Age.

In just a few breaths, he withstood the attacks of three top masters.

The key point is that he is not a tough monster like Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, or Bane. In terms of physical fitness, he is just an ordinary top-level fighter. His real strength lies in his Haki!

Can the body handle this?

Of course, he couldn't withstand it. Garp only took one hit from Shiryu before he couldn't hold on to Kuzan. In terms of suffering, Shanks was in a worse state. So even though it had only been twenty minutes since he kicked open the hotel room door, he was already seriously injured in this chaotic battle of top-level fighters, and his defeat was inevitable.

Even if he is a Yonko-level pirate, he cannot change this fact.

As Bane and his three companions surrounded Shanks and Beckman, some commotion came from the distant building ruins. Zeff reached out and lifted a boulder that had been pressing down on him. When he stood up, he was carrying Roar Gabu, who had already fainted and whose half-body was frozen.

Just as the building collapsed, Zefa seized the opportunity, relying on his formidable fighting skills. During the fall, he grabbed Gabu and, before he hit the ground, punched Gabu in the chin twice, knocking him unconscious.

"Shanks!" Yasopp also crawled out of the ruins. When he saw the situation outside, his expression was shocked. He never expected that his powerful captain would be so badly injured so quickly!

After exclaiming in surprise, he was about to rush over to help when he suddenly realized that the ground beneath his feet was very sticky, as if he had fallen into a swamp.

Looking down suddenly, he discovered that the black tide was churning in the ground and the cracks in the ruins, and the thick, viscous dark elements had already swallowed his calves.

Before he could even resist, the dark element, which had been moving so gently that he hadn't even noticed it, suddenly surged and rolled upwards from his legs, enveloping him completely in the blink of an eye, and then dragging him downwards.

Just as Yasopp's imposing arm shattered the darkness and emerged from its cocoon-like confinement, before he could even make a further move, he was completely engulfed in the abyss of darkness. After struggling for a few moments, he vanished without a trace.

Although Raki Lu, also in the ruins, was not discovered, he actually received the same treatment as Yasopp, and had now been dragged into the abyss of darkness by Bane.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

The other members of the Red-Haired Pirates, such as Hongo and Snake, probably stayed on the ship and didn't come. At this moment, Kuzan has sealed off the mountain, and they are probably trying to figure out how to deal with it.

But it's clear that the situation is beyond repair.

"It's over, Shanks," Garp said, glaring angrily at the weakened Shanks. "Your pirate game ends here!"

Shanks, looking weakly at the four powerful figures surrounding him, showed no weakness even in his final moments, only saying with a hint of helplessness, "Can any of you tell me what's going on? Why are you all in Eregia?"

How did things suddenly turn out like this? I was just here to pick someone up.

Why are all of you former admirals, former naval commanders, naval heroes, and current admirals gathered in this place?

This isn't Naval Headquarters. What are you doing here instead of doing your jobs? Attending a concert? Do you have any respect for the taxpayers at sea?

But it was clear that the navy personnel had no intention of explaining to him, and Bane, watching this scene, was filled with emotion.

Shanks is a top-tier fighter. Bane had originally imagined that even if Shanks and Garp surrounded them on Aregia Island, considering Shanks' strength, there would still be a fierce and arduous battle before it ended.

But no one expected that Sengoku would also secretly come to Eregia, and with his first move, he immediately secured the victory.

Who would have thought of that?

Seeing Shanks's severely injured state, Bane was once again convinced that strong attack power alone was not enough; one also needed to be able to withstand beatings. Look at this guy, he had six Infinity Blades and maxed out his critical hit and attack stats, but he was just too fragile and collapsed without warning.

If it were Kaido in that situation, he would probably just dust himself off, spit out some blood, yell something like "despicable and shameless," and then he could tough it out and continue fighting despite his injuries!

Shanks, who is also one of the Four Emperors, is now clearly unable to rise again, and the difference in his physical abilities is quite obvious.

(End of this chapter)