Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

If it weren't for Luffy's protagonist aura and the movie, how could a strongman like Shiki have fallen at Luffy's feet?

That's a powerful figure on par with Roger and Whitebeard.

"Hahaha... Don't underestimate Luffy!" Rayleigh replied with a loud laugh.

"Huh?" Reina looked at Rayleigh in surprise and asked, "Do you really think Luffy can defeat Shiki?"

“Sometimes strength is indeed important; it can help you defeat the weak! But willpower is even more important; it can help you defeat everyone, including yourself!” Rayleigh said with a light laugh.

Reina curled his lip and said dismissively, "Don't give me that nonsense. Willpower... who in the New World doesn't have that?"

Anyway, Reina doesn't approve of this thing. If you can defeat your enemy with willpower alone, then what's the point of training?

If two people are evenly matched, willpower may be able to influence the outcome of the battle. However, if the difference in strength is too great, willpower will not be of much use.

Rayleigh smiled and didn't argue with Reiner, but said to him, "It seems the Navy hasn't sent any reinforcements. If it's just Akainu alone, the East Blue will indeed be in danger!"

“I couldn’t say for sure before, but now… the Golden Lion’s easy achievement of his goal may no longer be an option!” Reina said with a smile.

"Why?" Rayleigh frowned and asked, puzzled.

"Because he captured Nami!" Reina said with a wicked grin. "Do you know why I went to the East Blue? Because Marco is there. He married Nami's sister, so the whole family is on vacation in the East Blue right now!"

"Hahaha... I see! It seems the Golden Lion's luck is still so bad!" Rayleigh said with a loud laugh.

"Alright, enough with the chit-chat. Since Luffy and Robin aren't here, we're heading towards the East Blue! Hopefully, by the time we get there, everything will be over!" Reina shrugged and said.

Watching Ace and Reina leave, Shakky opened her mouth, but the words she was about to say remained unspoken.

"What's wrong?" Reina naturally noticed Shakky's expression and asked curiously.

“I told them to be careful of Garp, after all, that guy’s hometown is in the East Blue! But… I haven’t received any news that the Navy has dispatched Garp, so I haven’t said anything!” Shakky shook her head and said.

“Garp is no small fry. If he were to get involved, there would be no way there wouldn’t be any news!” Rayleigh shook his head and replied.

“That’s true!” Shakky nodded, agreeing with Rayleigh.

Meanwhile, in the East China Sea, Marco had already arrived around Loguetown, but he did not approach it, because his target was not the navy in Loguetown, but the Golden Lion hiding somewhere unknown.

Meanwhile, Luffy and his crew continued to chase after Shiki's floating island, moving closer to Loguetown. Now fully recovered, Luffy and his crew's biggest wish was to defeat Shiki and rescue Nami.

However, before they could catch up with Shiki the Golden Lion's floating island, the enemy had already arrived in the waters near Loguetown.

"Kal-Kal... Captain, shall we proceed according to plan now?" Indigo asked with a strange laugh, looking at the town of Rogue in the distance.

"Of course!" The golden lion waved his hand, looking somewhat bored.

"What exactly are you planning to do to Loguetown? It's full of Marines now, you have no chance of winning!" Nami, who was forced to watch from the sidelines, spoke up.

"Hehehehehe... What are you going to do? You'll find out soon enough!" Shiki the Golden Lion said with a strange laugh.

As Shiki the Golden Lion approached, small floating islands slowly appeared around him and began to descend, which was quickly discovered by the Navy of Loguetown.

"My lord, Shiki the Golden Lion has appeared!" Akainu and Garp, who were resting at the Marine branch in Loguetown, immediately received the message from their subordinate.

"Where?" Akainu stood up abruptly and asked.

"Floating islands have appeared around us; it must be Shiki arriving!" the soldier replied after saluting.

Garp and Akainu exchanged a glance and said, "It seems he still intends to use these floating islands as a prelude!"

"Leave this to me!" Akainu said, and strode out.

Not far from Loguetown, three small floating islands were slowly appearing in the sky. After taking a look, Akainu stepped forward and jumped towards one of the small floating islands directly in front of him.

As a naval admiral, he had already mastered the Six Powers of the Navy, so using Moonwalk to get there was not a problem.

"Look, it's Admiral Akainu!"

"Phew~ Great, with a great general like him, there's no problem."

The fear in the hearts of the Marines in Loguetown only began to subside after they saw Akainu take action.

"Dog bites the Crimson Lotus!" Akainu in the air used his ability to directly pierce through the small floating island that was approaching. However, the floating island was controlled by Shiki, so it did not fall down even though it was pierced.

"Hmph! Meteor Volcano!" Upon seeing this, Akainu immediately activated his ultimate move, sending countless fists made of magma flying towards the floating island. Before long, a small floating island was shattered by Akainu and fell to the ground.

After dealing with the floating island in one direction, Akainu rushed off in another direction, where another floating island awaited him.

"Captain! Akainu has destroyed a floating island!" Indigo said to Shiki directly above Loguetown.

"What an annoying guy! Well then, let's use Plan B ahead of schedule!" Shiki waved his hand and said.

“Yes, Captain!” Indigo nodded and left.

Nami, though curious, knew the other person wouldn't tell her, so she didn't speak.

"Roar~~"

"Roar~~"

Soon, the roars of wild beasts echoed through the air, and Nami stood up in surprise, looking outside.

On the once empty floating island, countless enormous beasts suddenly appeared. However, they looked quite strange. Some had the bodies of lions but the necks of giraffes, while others had the bodies of wild boars but the heads of strange birds.

Overall, it just looks a bit odd and incongruous.

Chapter 501 They all appeared

"What...what is this?" Nami asked in surprise, looking at the strange and ferocious beasts on the floating island.

"Hehehehe... How about it, not bad, right! These are all adorable children!" the Golden Lion laughed in response.

Then, to Nami's astonishment, the small floating island filled with bizarre beasts rapidly descended, heading towards Loguetown.

At this moment, Akainu was attacking the second floating island near Loguetown, and it would be too late for him to return. Therefore, Garp, who was overseeing the operation, prepared to take action.

But before Garp could make a move, the small sky island that had suddenly descended began to shatter on its own, eventually turning into rubble that fell down. Along with the rubble, strange-looking beasts also fell down. Although many of them were injured, most were completely unharmed.

The beasts immediately began slaughtering the naval soldiers left in Loguetown, and a great battle began without warning.

In the distance, Marco stood on a small boat, looked up at the area above Loguetown, smiled slightly, then spread his arms and transformed into a phoenix, flying towards that direction.

Meanwhile, Luffy and his crew, who had finally arrived near Loguetown, had no way to get into the air.

"How about I give it a try?" Sanji said after a moment's hesitation.

He has now mastered Moonwalk, so theoretically he can indeed fly up there.

"No way, what's the point of you going up alone?! You can't handle Shiki by yourself!" Zoro objected before Luffy could even speak.

"Tch~ Mosshead, are you worried about me?" Sanji chuckled.

Although the two usually bicker and argue and are not convinced by each other, they are very united when it matters!

"It's alright! Sanji, go ahead! Get them down as quickly as possible!" Luffy nodded and replied.

"Luffy!" Zoro exclaimed in surprise, not expecting Luffy to agree to Sanji's suggestion. They had fought against Shiki before, so Sanji alone would definitely not be a match for Shiki.

"Hehe... As expected of the captain!" Sanji chuckled and got up to start preparing.

"Zoro! If you had the ability to go up there, would you sit here and wait obediently?" Seeing Zoro's bad expression, Luffy chuckled and said, "So... go ahead and cause trouble!"

"Then you'll have to wait for my good news!" Sanji threw away the cigarette that had finished burning in his hand, then took a step and ran directly into the sky above Loguetown.

As Garp watched as the entire Loguetown was overrun by bizarre beasts, he was about to make a move when his lieutenant stopped him. It wasn't the time to expose himself yet. Akainu hadn't returned to rescue them; instead, he was heading towards the last floating island to force Shiki to reveal himself. Once Shiki appeared, it would be Garp's turn to act.

Garp naturally knew that now was not the time to reveal himself, but since Shiki had not yet shown up, he was afraid that the other party would continue to hide.

"They're here!" Just then, Lieutenant Carter looked up at the sky and said softly.

Upon hearing this, Garp looked up and indeed saw a floating island slowly descending.

"Boom boom boom..." At this moment, Akainu's side finally destroyed the last small floating island and then charged directly towards the main island in the middle.

Upon seeing this, Garp jumped up without saying a word and charged towards the floating island.

"Dog bites the red lotus!" At this moment, Akainu was already exhausted from dealing with the three floating islands. However, even so, he used his last bit of strength to attack the main floating island. As long as he knocked down Shiki, his floating advantage would be gone.

"Fist Bone - Meteor Shower!" Just when Akainu thought he couldn't break through the final floating island, Garp finally made his move.

On the other side, Marco, who had just landed on the floating island, hadn't even had time to find Nami and Shiki when he suddenly felt a terrifying energy rising from below, seemingly about to pierce through the floating island.

At the same time, Shiki the Golden Lion also felt this power.

"Damn it... who is it?" Without saying a word, Shiki grabbed Nami and flew to the side. Even Indigo was too far away for Shiki to come to his rescue.

"Boom boom boom..."

Sanji hadn't even reached the floating island when he saw flames erupting everywhere, and then the entire floating island exploded.

"Nami!" Sanji ignored the exploding floating island and rushed straight towards the exploding floating island, which was engulfed in flames.

"Hmph! Garp, so you're here too. The Navy really knows how to handle things, managing to keep me completely in the dark!" While dodging the falling rocks, Shiki the Golden Lion had already spotted Garp making his move.

"Shiki! This is no longer your era. Just give up!" Garp said, hovering in the air using Moonwalk.

"It's not my time anymore? No... you're wrong! Now is the time to take the world for myself! Go!" Shiki the Golden Lion waved his hand, and countless pieces of rock flew towards Garp.

"Do you think this technique will work?" Garp's aura exploded, scattering all the rubble, as he looked at Shiki and asked.

"Shiki... let go of Nami!" Just then, Marco in his phoenix form rushed over from a distance and stopped right in front of Shiki.

"Phoenix Marco! What are you doing here?" Shiki was extremely surprised. He never expected that the first division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates would be here.

"Never mind why I'm here, just let Nami go! Otherwise... heh heh!" Marco didn't say it, but the threat in his tone was clear to everyone.

"Hehehehe... This is my navigator, what do you want to do?" Shiki turned the tables and said to Marco.

"Your navigator? She's my sister-in-law!" Marco flapped his wings and charged straight at Shiki, because he had already seen Sanji behind Shiki.

"Hmph! I don't care who she is! She's my navigator now!" Golden Lion had already spotted Sanji approaching using his Observation Haki, so while dodging Marco's attack, he naturally dodged Sanji's attack as well.

However, he did not expect that Garp would also take the opportunity to make a move.

"Bang!" Shiki's Sakura Ten blocked Garp's fist, and the two were forced back at the same time, but Garp had to use Moonwalk to stabilize himself.

In a bye match, Shiki isn't afraid of Garp!

Chapter 502 The Great Melee

"Hmph! Shiki, do you think you can stop us from joining forces? I advise you to hand over Nami, and I promise I won't interfere in your affairs with the Navy!" Marco said to Shiki while attacking.

"Hahahaha... Bring it on! Let's see if I'm scared!" Shiki the Golden Lion grabbed Nami with one hand and used his Devil Fruit's levitation ability to fight Marco and the other two while saying this.