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

Chapter 241 Revolutionary Army Launches Sweep of Mary Geoise!

Bane had just taken a couple of sips of wine and hadn't had a chance to brag much yet.

Suddenly, a loud explosion rang out, echoing into the grand banquet hall.

The grand banquet hall, which had been filled with music and dancing, suddenly fell silent, and all the naval members looked completely bewildered.

What was that sound?

"explode?"

"Were we attacked?"

"How could this be? This is Mary Geoise!"

"Could it be an accident?"

The Navy didn't have to wait long. Soon, a member of the CP organization rushed in, shouting, "Emergency! Emergency! The Revolutionary Army has attacked Mary Geoise and is currently besieging the Celestial Dragons' residence, the House of God! All Navy personnel must proceed to their aid immediately and protect the Celestial Dragons at all costs!"

"What!?" Garp was the first to stand up, slamming his hand on the table. "The Revolutionary Army!?"

"They're acting so quickly?" Bane muttered to himself.

Was he afraid that he would tip him off and disrupt their plans? Or was this the time they had already planned to act, which is why Dragon met with him without any hesitation, since he was no longer afraid of being exposed?

"That bastard must have been planning this for a long time," Garp said angrily, glancing at the Marines present.

These damn naval officers, apart from Smoker and the others who arrived today, have been drinking here for seven or eight days, singing and dancing, and they can barely hold their swords anymore. The Revolutionary Army suddenly made their move. How could they not have been tricked?

"Go quickly!" Lieutenant General Doberman immediately stood up, ready to go and provide support.

But he hadn't taken two steps when another rear admiral shouted, "Vice Admiral Doberman, you forgot your sword!"

"Damn it. Did I drink too much?" Doberman seemed to realize something and quickly went back to pick up his sword, which had fallen to the ground at some point.

It wasn't just him; most naval officers were the same. When they were under the influence of alcohol, they didn't care about such details and could be more unrestrained. But if they went up and got into a fight, the consequences would be too great.

"Where are Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Ichiro? Haven't they arrived in Mary Geoise yet?" Bane asked.

Ian immediately shook his head and replied, "Mr. Sakazuki is expected to arrive the day before the meeting begins. As for General Borsalino and General Issho, I'm not sure about their schedules, but they are certainly not in Mary Geoise right now."

"Looks like we were really outmaneuvered," Bane smacked his lips.

While Bane was asking these questions, the naval officers had already rushed out of the banquet hall one after another. When Bane turned around, Garp had already disappeared, leaving only Ain and a few others by his side.

"What are you all standing there for? Go and provide support," Bane said, waving his hand.

After a slight pause, Bane added, "Prioritize self-preservation; just go through the motions."

Hearing Bane's words, Ain, Zoro, and the others began to act. Bane, however, was not in a hurry. He calmly poured himself a glass of wine, drank it all in one gulp, and then stood up, smacked his lips, and said, "This is really troublesome."

Muttering complaints, he reluctantly walked out of the banquet hall. Just as he stepped down the stairs, he suddenly frowned, his hand clenched into a fist, and raised it to block his way.

In the next instant, a figure appeared beside Bane, his hand in a claw shape, exuding domineering aura, and grabbed Bane's wrist.

"Oh dear, I thought you'd been drinking too much and your reactions would be slower," Dragon said with a chuckle.

"It's only been less than half an hour. You're seriously underestimating my alcohol tolerance, aren't you?" Bane said, slightly annoyed.

The moment the words fell, dark power suddenly erupted from Bane's body. He twisted his wrist and grabbed Dragon's arm in the opposite direction. At the same time, Dragon quickly shook his head, shaking off Bane's five fingers. He quickly pulled back half a step and kicked Bane in the lower back.

Bane, raising his leg to block Dragon's kick, asked with a slightly surprised expression, "You're not a Devil Fruit user?"

Just now, he tried to capture Dragon with the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit, but found that there was no reaction!

"What made you think I'm a Devil Fruit user?" Dragon asked with a smile. After a slight pause, he took two steps back and couldn't help but ask, "Didn't Koushirou mention me to you?"

"If you think you can get close to someone this way, you're really overthinking it," Bane said, running his hand through his hair and stretching his neck.

The moment he finished speaking, Bane took a step and disappeared from the spot. Dragon, who had been focusing all his attention on Bane, stomped his foot and jumped up the instant he disappeared, leaping onto the roof of a small building in the blink of an eye.

"There he is! Revolutionary Army leader Monkey D. Dragon!" Two CP members spotted Dragon's brazen figure and immediately shouted, trying to rush over and capture him.

But before they could get close, Bane suddenly appeared on the rooftop above where Dragon was, and without saying a word, he smashed down with a punch!

"Did you anticipate my move?" Dragon wasn't flustered, but he also didn't seem to have any intention of taking over En's iron fist.

Perhaps because of his extensive experience of being beaten by Garp, he was very comfortable against this expert boxer. With a slip of his foot, even though he was not a Devil Fruit user, it was as if the surrounding wind was helping him, allowing him to float away very lightly.

Then, Bane threw a punch that landed directly on the spot where Dragon had been standing, blasting the small building to pieces. At the same time, the powerful force of the punch created a shockwave that swept away the ruins of the buildings in all directions.

It perfectly covered the few CP mechanisms that were trying to rush over, and sent them flying.

"It's General Bane!" CP members further away noticed this and immediately shouted, "Be on alert! General Bane is apprehending Dragon!"

Smoke and dust rose from the ruins, obscuring the surrounding view. At the same time, Dragon suddenly moved closer to Bane. Just as Bane was about to continue his attack, the guy suddenly took out a document from his cloak and tossed it into Bane's arms.

In this haste, Bane found it strange, but he did indeed sense that Dragon showed no hostility in that instant, and thus he grabbed the document.

"When I asked you about your impressions of Mary Geoise before, you didn't answer me. I suppose you don't know enough about this place yet? Consider this information a gift from me. It contains important intelligence that I obtained during my trip to Mary Geoise. This intelligence will expose the darkness hidden behind the scenes by the World Government. You might find it interesting," Dragon said rapidly.

"Isn't it a bit too crude to try and turn me to my side in this way?" Bane said, but darkness spread from his hand, and almost instantly, he sucked the document into the dark space.

"You say one thing, but your actions speak louder than another." Dragon chuckled, and seeing the dust around him beginning to dissipate, he no longer held back, unleashing a powerful aura and shouting, "Dragon Breath!"

It was described as a dragon's breath, but in reality, it was a claw strike that went straight for Bane's throat.

"Flowing water," Bane chuckled softly, his arm rising swiftly.

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

With a bang, Bane's hand struck Dragon's wrist at a very precise angle. Dragon's powerful Dragon Claw punch was deflected, and he not only grabbed and shattered the air, but the force also crushed a small building dozens of meters away.

"Interesting technique for channeling energy!" Bane said with a hint of interest as he threw a backhand punch, forcing Dragon back.

Dorag somersaulted twice in the air like a hawk, landing high above the ruins. A smirk played on his lips as he said, "Want to learn? I'll teach you."

"I'll only let you have two punches out of respect for Koushirou-sensei, and you're still putting on airs, aren't you?" Bane said, his aura rising rapidly, soon becoming extremely terrifying and oppressive.

The ground beneath his feet gradually crumbled under the immense force emanating from him, causing the surrounding ruins and stones to tremble incessantly.

It's obvious that in their previous encounters, regardless of whether Dragon was serious or not, Bane was simply not in the zone.

Feeling the oppressive aura that seemed to stretch to the depths, Dragon's gaze gradually turned serious, and he said softly, "The intelligence clearly states that you are the strongest in the world and dominate the Navy, but... I see that your Haki is also extraordinary."

Conqueror's Haki cannot be trained; it can only grow through one's own growth.

In other words, this is more subjective, unlike Armament Haki which requires a long time to hone. That's why Bane later focused on Conqueror's Haki. And coincidentally, his experience was also very exciting. In Sakazuki's words, it felt like he had lived through decades in just two and a half years.

Since Eregia annihilated the Red-Haired Pirates, Bane's Conqueror's Haki has clearly reached a new level and is now extremely terrifying!

"You'll have to experience it for yourself to see for yourself!" Bane said with a sinister grin.

The moment he finished speaking, the aura that had been solid and unyielding, like a mountain, suddenly exploded, forming a substantial shockwave that swept in all directions. Wherever it passed, whether it was the navy, ordinary people, or experts from the CP organization, no one seemed to be able to resist the mental impact, and they all collapsed to the ground.

At the same moment, Bane's figure had already arrived in front of Dragon, and his powerful punch, wrapped with a magnificent and domineering aura that radiated red light, landed in one strike!

"Exploding Steel and Shattering Rock!!!"

As a fellow master of physical combat, Dragon's eyes gleamed with excitement. He crossed his arms, and a surge of domineering aura gathered on his arms. His Conqueror's Haki also shone forth, transforming into a giant dragon phantom behind him.

"Dragon Scales!" Dragon roared.

Two powerful Conqueror's Haki clashed instantly, forming a confrontation about ten centimeters apart. The moment they made contact, the clash of their domineering auras exploded into a large amount of pitch-black lightning, and at the same time, the surrounding space rapidly shattered, like a tortoise shell covered with cracks.

Immediately afterwards, the celestial phenomena above Mary Geoise seemed to be affected by these two domineering forces. The originally thick and stable clouds began to surge like ocean waves and were quickly torn apart, making it look as if the sky had been ripped in half.

This domineering confrontation lasted for less than ten seconds. Dragon seemed to realize something, his expression suddenly changed, and he loosened his stance, no longer resisting Bane's momentum.

Upon closer inspection, one could see that his arm was trembling slightly. Then, without any intention of lingering, he quickly used Bane's momentum to retreat over a hundred meters.

Then, Bane slammed his fist down on the spot where Dragon had just been standing. The surrounding streets collapsed instantly, and the entire Mary Geoise seemed to tremble. People in the port below the Red Line could see a large number of cliff rocks breaking and falling!

Feeling the trembling in his arm, Dragon said with a low gaze, "The intelligence was correct. Compared to Haki, your strength is really too excessive. No wonder you are known as the best in the world."

In that brief ten seconds or so of confrontation, even though his Conqueror's Haki hadn't been broken yet, and he hadn't even made direct contact with Bane's fist, an extremely terrifying sense of pressure came from his arm.

The feeling was crystal clear: it was unstoppable!

If you're stubborn, you might even break your bones!

(End of this chapter)