Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

However, the extraterrestrial visitors did not answer Reina, but instead launched an attack on him directly.

Although a level 30 extraterrestrial being is no match for Reina, the combined efforts of these individuals can help them hold him off from being killed by Reina alone.

“Leave this to me, you go help your partner!” Reina smiled and said to Bartolomeo.

"Oh, okay, then I'll leave this to you!" Bartolomeo finally snapped out of his shock.

Seeing that Reina was dealing with several extraterrestrials by himself and was even suppressing them steadily, he ran towards Admiral Orombus next to him. That guy was only dealing with two extraterrestrials and was already covered in injuries. If he wasn't rescued soon, he would probably die here.

As one of the captains of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, Bartolomeo could not stand by and watch his companions be killed by those enemies, so he chose to go to their rescue immediately.

With Reina's arrival, the situation finally stabilized, but defeating these extraterrestrial visitors was not so simple, especially since Reina did not go all out when he was trying to lure out the Venerable One. The two sides only managed to fight to a draw.

"Luffy, now is not the time for a decisive battle, let's retreat!" After stabilizing the situation, Jinbe saw through Reina's plan and immediately shouted to Luffy.

"Phew~ Haha... This was so much fun! But although I'd like to continue, my crewmates are getting tired. Next time... we'll settle this once and for all!" Luffy exhaled and said to the extraterrestrials he had just fought.

Upon seeing Reina join the battle, the extraterrestrials did not seem to intend to kill Luffy completely; at least they did not pursue them when Luffy and his crew retreated.

Reina, who was covering the rear, looked at these powerful visitors from outer space with some surprise. Their style seemed different. In the past, they would never have let Lu Fei and the others go at this time.

"Hey... what are you Earthlings up to?" Reina, who was covering Luffy and the others' retreat, shouted at the extraterrestrial visitors, "Your fighting style seems a bit different now! Do you still care about death? Or have you run out of stored up luck power?"

Faced with Reina's question, the powerful beings from outer space did not answer, but simply stood there quietly.

"Tsk... How about we make a trade? You tell me the information, and I'll tell you where the teleporter is! How about it?" Reina said after thinking for a moment.

Sure enough, when the teleporter was mentioned, the extraterrestrial visitors on the other side looked at each other. Reina believed that they were definitely communicating at this moment, so he did not rush to retreat, but stopped instead.

"First Mate Reina!" Seeing Reina stop, Jinbe said with a helpless expression, "Isn't it a bad idea to negotiate with the enemy at this time?"

Although he was once a member of the Whitebeard Pirates, he is now the helmsman of the Straw Hat Pirates, so he must stand on the side of the Straw Hat Pirates.

The current situation was brought about by the Straw Hat Grand Fleet. It was already strange that Reina was here, and now he's even negotiating with them. He has no choice but to speak up.

"Shut up right now, you idiot, or I'll have the Naga teach you a lesson when we get back!" Reina glared at Jinbe and said, "Now is the perfect opportunity to finish them off, and it would be best to lure out the Destroyer!"

“But with our current fighting strength… it would be terrible if the enemy really came!” Jinbe naturally knew Reina’s plan, but the Straw Hat crew was no longer fit to continue fighting.

"I didn't ask you for help, so it's fine for you to retreat now!" Reina replied nonchalantly.

That being said, Jinbe couldn't leave, nor could he bear to see Reina surrounded by the enemy.

Putting aside the fact that the two sides are now allies, as the former captain of the Fishman Pirates, he couldn't possibly watch Reina get into a fight and just turn away.

Cao Mao and his group will definitely come to help, but if they face the Venerable Extinction in their current situation, they might run into big trouble.

However, the problem Jinbe was worried about did not happen, because after negotiating for a while, the extraterrestrial visitors all turned around and left, leaving Reina there.

"Holy crap! What's wrong with those guys? They don't even care about the teleporter anymore?" Looking at the departing extraterrestrial visitors, Reina was truly baffled.

"This..." Not to mention Reina, even Jinbe was somewhat surprised. In the current situation, it was clear that the extraterrestrials had taken the initiative and gained the upper hand. Although they had Reina's help, if they fought to the death, the Straw Hat Grand Fleet might also suffer casualties.

But the other party just left like that, which really baffled people.

Chapter 952 Testing

After the extraterrestrial visitors left, Reina had no choice but to return to their base with the Straw Hat crew from the front lines.

"Father, what brings you here?" Robin finally couldn't help but ask on the way.

Reina replied with a smile, "Don't worry, I'm not here to spy on you. I've been patrolling the front lines recently, and the unusual behavior of the extraterrestrial visitors has made me a little uneasy! I just overheard you using force against the extraterrestrial visitors, and I was worried that something might happen to you, so I decided to keep an eye on things around here! If there are no problems, that's great, but if anything goes wrong, I can help you in time!"

"We really have to thank Uncle Reina this time, otherwise our losses would have been quite significant!" Luffy said carelessly.

However, apart from Luffy, the rest of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet clearly knew that Reyna's purpose in coming here was not so simple.

“The extraterrestrial visitors have been acting strangely lately, so be careful. I can’t be here every time. Also, we don’t know what’s going on with the Revolutionary Army who are with you this time, so I have to go check it out!” Reina naturally knew what they were thinking, so he didn’t say anything more.

"Father, why have they changed so much?" Robin was quite curious as to why those extraterrestrial visitors seemed like completely different people.

Reina shook his head and replied, "I don't know! We currently have no information about any extraterrestrial visitors, which is why I came here when you were deploying troops against them. I wanted to see their deployment and changes, but I didn't expect it to turn out like this. I didn't get any useful information, and instead, it made me even more confused!"

As members of the Straw Hat crew who had previously come into contact with extraterrestrial visitors, they did indeed sense the changes in their enemies. However, there were many more people here who had never encountered extraterrestrial visitors before, such as the samurai of Wano Country and the Mink Tribe warriors.

In their view, wasn't the enemy's behavior quite normal?

However, Reina ignored them, said goodbye to Robin, and left the Straw Hat crew's base, heading towards the Revolutionary Army's location.

On the way, Reina reported the situation of the Straw Hat crew to Whitebeard, and also shared his doubts and discoveries.

“For some reason, those extraterrestrial visitors seem to have changed their style, brother… I have a bad feeling, as if they are planning something big!” Reina said to the Den Den Mushi, expressing his concerns.

"So... you're planning to go check out the Revolutionary Army?" Whitebeard asked after hearing Reiner's report.

"Yes, I want to see if they've gained anything! Or rather... how the extraterrestrials responded to their probing!"

Indeed, in Reina's view, this level of attack was merely a test against the extraterrestrial visitors. The Whitebeard Pirates did this kind of test every day, only this time the Revolutionary Army had joined forces with the Straw Hat Pirates, so the scale was a bit larger.

“You don’t need to go now. Just have Lakshmi ask them! Now you go back to the front lines, and we’ll try attacking them too!” Whitebeard said after a moment of silence.

"Huh?" Reina was taken aback. He didn't understand what Whitebeard meant. Why would he choose this time to attack the enemy? It was obvious that the extraterrestrials were planning something. Wouldn't attacking now make it very easy for them to target him?

However, since it was Whitebeard who spoke, Reina had no choice but to nod in agreement and say, "Okay, big brother!"

Although he didn't think now was a good time to attack, he also didn't think any of their traps could hold them back, especially after witnessing the extraterrestrial visitors' ability to break through the barrier today.

After hanging up the call with Whitebeard, Reina immediately ordered Hardshell to begin its return journey.

At the same time, the entire Whitebeard Pirates began to move. Although Whitebeard only intended to launch a probing attack, he still needed to make the necessary preparations. If the enemy was really as he imagined, then this might be an opportunity.

Unlike the Whitebeard Pirates, the Navy and the Red-Haired Pirates only learned of the attack on the extraterrestrials after the battle between the Revolutionary Army and the Straw Hat Pirates had ended. However, this did not prevent them from having other ideas after finding out the results.

Because the behavior of the extraterrestrial visitors is now far different from what they expected.

If the other party is in this situation for some reason they don't know, then if they don't take action, they might miss this opportunity.

Therefore, Sengoku and Ben Beckman, without prior agreement, made the same decision as Whitebeard: to send troops to test the strength of the extraterrestrial visitors.

Following Whitebeard's orders, Lakyo contacted the Revolutionary Army and received their battle results.

Similar to Cao Mao's group, the enemy also used a war of attrition to wear down the Revolutionary Army's strong members. However, unlike Luffy's choice, after realizing the enemy's purpose, Dragon decisively gave the order to retreat.

Therefore, the situation that happened with Luffy and his crew did not occur.

The extraterrestrial visitors knew that the revolutionary army still had spare strength, so they did not send reinforcements to strangle the retreating revolutionary army cadres.

From this perspective, Luffy, the newly crowned Yonko, still has a certain gap to close with the established powers.

However, Reina believed that even without him, the extraterrestrials' plan to annihilate the Straw Hat crew would have failed. Luffy, in his Nika form, had enough strength to ensure the safety of his crew. As long as the extraterrestrials did not send out any level 35 or higher powerhouses, they would not really encounter any danger. At most, they would experience a tough battle, or their pirate captains might suffer casualties, but their main crew would definitely be fine.

This is also what Reina can't understand the most. In this test, whether it was the exhausted Straw Hat crew or the Revolutionary Army that saw through the other party's plan and retreated in advance, the extraterrestrial visitors did not send out a powerful person like the Venerable One, or even a title holder above the age of thirty-five.

This is quite puzzling.

When Reina returned to the Whitebeard Pirates' base, they were already preparing for battle. He didn't even have time to properly say goodbye to Dr. Assie before Whitebeard sent him directly to the front lines.

The probe force sent by Whitebeard this time was not simple, but rather quite impressive. It consisted of six captains led by Reina, along with more than twenty pirate crew members under his command, who launched an attack on the extraterrestrial visitors.

"So, what you mean, brother... is that if the other side doesn't send out any strong fighters, we should take advantage of the situation and seize their island?" Reina looked at Marco beside him and asked in surprise.

“Yes, that’s exactly what Father meant! And he plans to lead the remaining men to serve as our reinforcements after we set off. Once the enemy sends reinforcements, he will come to our aid depending on the situation!” Marco nodded and said, “Of course, if a strong enemy appears, then we just need to probe the area and then retreat!”

Chapter 953 Accident

"Boom!"

Holding Hyōrinmaru and having activated his Sharingan, Reina watched the retreating extraterrestrial powerhouse but chose not to pursue them.

An hour ago, the Whitebeard Pirates launched an attack on this island of extraterrestrial visitors.

Although the opposing side had a considerable number of strong fighters, once Reina appeared and joined the battle, the situation completely turned in favor of the Whitebeard Pirates.

However, the enemy's reinforcements arrived very quickly, and with Reina's deliberate leniency, the reinforcements from the extraterrestrials never stopped.

However, a difference in quantity cannot completely erase a difference in strength, especially when quantity cannot lead to a qualitative change.

Therefore, with Reina's attacks, the extraterrestrial visitors were still somewhat unable to withstand them.

Just like he had seen with the Straw Hat crew before, extraterrestrial visitors of level 30 or above kept coming to support them, replacing their injured comrades and holding off the Whitebeard Pirates' attacks.

"Reina, attack! Don't let their gauntlet wear us down!" Marco, in the air, knew what Reina was waiting for, but it seemed that the extraterrestrials hadn't called for stronger reinforcements.

Reina nodded and immediately activated Hyōrinmaru's Bankai mode.

Although the enemy had a numerical advantage, none of them were strong enough to reach Reina. Basically, wherever Reina went, there was a rout. Especially with Hyōrinmaru activating his Bankai mode, which had a wide-range AEO ability, the Whitebeard Pirates quickly pushed the battlefield to the center of the island.

"If you don't send strong warriors, then give up this island!" Reina waved the Hyōrinmaru in his hand, and the temperature on the entire island began to drop, with the ground even starting to freeze.

Facing a large number of level 30 and above powerhouses, it wouldn't be easy for Reina to kill them, so he chose area-of-effect attacks from the beginning to gain an advantage on the battlefield.

"Undying Flame - Phoenix Seal!" Marco, who was providing aerial support, suddenly increased his altitude and launched an attack towards the enemy's rear.

Seeing this, Reina's eyes lit up, and he flapped his icy wings, quickly heading towards the location marked by Marco.

This was something they had planned beforehand: if Marco spotted the other's tent, he would use the Phoenix's Flame to mark it, and then Reina would attack the tent.

"Bang bang bang~!!!"

"Boom boom boom~~~~"

However, Reina's actions immediately attracted the attention of the extraterrestrial visitors. Most of the powerful figures immediately chose to stop Reina from advancing, but the difference in strength cost them three serious injuries before they were able to stop him.

Reina feinted and continued his attack on the wounded extraterrestrial.

He knew that seizing the opponent's tent would not be easy, so he chose to kill the opponent's wounded strongman directly.

The powerful extraterrestrials immediately rushed to the rescue of their companions. Four of them attacked Reina simultaneously, while two others rescued their injured companions.

"Trying to leave?" Marco, who descended from the sky, directly targeted the extraterrestrial powerhouses who were rescuing the wounded. If he could stop them, the injured extraterrestrial powerhouses would likely have to stay here.

"Oh!"

Marco successfully separated the rescuers from the injured extraterrestrials, but he himself was also entangled by them, preventing him from quickly killing the two extraterrestrials who were lying on the ground unable to move.

At this moment, the two powerful extraterrestrial visitors, who were severely injured, had almost no ability to resist. Not to mention any captain, even just a member of a combat squad could easily take their heads.

So the Whitebeard Pirates' captains saw an opportunity and began to approach, while the extraterrestrial warriors fighting them tried their best to stop them.

The situation was only stabilized when reinforcements arrived from the enemy's tent and rescued the two wounded.

However, after this, the Whitebeard Pirates pushed their battle line forward by another third, and were now almost pressing the extraterrestrials.

"The situation is a bit strange! It's one thing that their Venerables and Title Holders aren't coming, but why are there so few experts above level 30?" Marco took the opportunity to come to Reina's side and whispered.