One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

With a deafening roar that shook the surrounding area, millions of tons of seawater crashed onto the surface of the ocean.

The spinning waterspout dissipated and disappeared.

"Shh!"

Amidst the vast sea, a dark figure pierced through the water curtain, rushing towards Luo Xia and delivering a swift slash.

"One-Sword Style! Heavenly Waterfall Burial!"

As the black blade, covered in advanced Armament Haki, slashed down, the seawater falling from the sky was drawn in by the blade's energy, transforming into a waterfall-like river of sword light that washed over Rorschach's tall and imposing body.

A large amount of seawater was swept up by an overwhelming aura, outlining arc-shaped crescent blades.

If a user with superpowers were hit by such a slash that is covered in seawater, even if they didn't die, they would become completely powerless due to contact with the seawater.

The swirling air currents formed a thick, invisible armor of air around Rorschach's body, much like a different kind of Armament Haki armor, keeping the seawater falling from the sky at bay.

The enormous Qilin claw, with the momentum of supporting the sky, grabbed the Heavenly Dragon Halberd that was falling from the sky, and slashed down with a deep blue domineering aura.

Wild and intense lightning power surged from Rorschach's mountain-like body, transforming into a lightning moon blade hundreds of meters long along with the gathering gale. In Jonathan's constricted pupils, it cleaved the sky and the earth, slashing down with a single blow.

"150 million volts of discharge! Thunderous Crescent Slash!"

"Shh!"

"Boom!"

In an instant, thunder roared in the sky and a gale howled.

"Dual Blade Style! Demonic Aura! Infernal Purgatory Slash!"

Blue and red demons burst forth from Jonathan's twin blades, roaring as they charged toward the incoming giant lightning moon blade.

"boom!"

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Two hours later.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Amidst the violent collision, Jonathan's once full and healthy body suddenly deflated as if suffocating.

The high-level Armament Haki on his body had become extremely thin, like a piece of paper, which could be pierced by Luo Xia's halberd at any moment.

"Clang!"

With a piercing metallic clang, Jonathan Barnett, whose figure had transformed back into a gaunt old man, had his twin swords knocked from his hands by the heavy halberd, and he himself was thrown far into the sky like a cannonball.

Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, his old face was full of exhaustion, and there seemed to be bitterness in his eyes.

As he flew backward, Jonathan looked at the burly figure standing in the air, not chasing after him, and muttered to himself in a daze, "I'm old, really old. I can't even beat a junior kid anymore. Heh heh heh, I'm so useless."

Through his blurry vision, Jonathan seemed to see a non-existent white cloak fluttering behind the boy who was gradually returning to human form.

There was a time when I was just like the young man before me, confident, spirited, and full of passion.

They dared to sacrifice their lives for the justice of the navy.

I don't know how many years ago.

Forty years?

Or fifty years?

Jonathan couldn't remember.

All he remembered was that it was a darker era than the present.

Back then, the world-famous Pirate King Roger was just a newcomer who had just set sail.

Even naval hero Garp and Fleet Admiral Sengoku were just new recruits who had only recently entered Marineford.

The current Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Kong, was a comrade-in-arms from the same class.

In that era, Rocks D. Giebeck was just beginning to grow strong, fighting monsters from the New World and displaying his domineering power.

At that time, Jonathan Barnett grew tired of serving the World Government and resigned, leaving the understaffed Navy.

He traveled around the world, visiting one country after another.

He has been to the sky island at an altitude of 10,000 meters and to the fish-man island at a depth of 10,000 meters.

I secretly visited the country on the bridge, which has been built for eight hundred years.

They also witnessed the God Knights, a deeply hidden force of the World Government, at the top of the vast Red Earth continent.

Jonathan travels the world fighting crime and upholding justice.

He neither wanted to be a pirate nor a navy officer.

He will lend a helping hand when he encounters a kind-hearted pirate.

He will also take action to kill any evil marines he encounters.

And just like that, more than a decade has passed in the blink of an eye.

Until the world-shaking battle at God Valley broke out, Jonathan was ultimately unable to remain uninvolved.

Together with some self-organized heroes and powerful individuals, he built a second line of defense on the perimeter of the battlefield to prevent the remnants of the brutal Rocks Pirates from breaking through the blockade and escaping.

But things didn't go as planned.

They still couldn't stop Edward Newgate, Skeeter, Charlotte Linlin, and the others.

Fortunately, there were a few pirates whose abilities were not suited for escape, and who had suffered many injuries in the frenzied battle, who were intercepted by Jonathan and his crew.

Among them was the great pirate Silver Axe, John.

Jonathan, together with many maritime heroes, killed Captain John and Silver Axe, refused the navy's recall invitation, and established the Bounty Hunters Guild in his hometown, the Kingdom of St. Poplar.

At that time, the Bounty Hunters Guild was at the height of its fame, with branches all over the world.

The bounty hunters are so numerous that they are almost equivalent to a second naval force.

But later, as time passed and the tides of the times surged forward, the era of bounty hunters was like a fleeting moment, swallowed up by the tides of the great pirate era.

"More than thirty years ago, Lox unified the entire old era and became the king of half the world."

More than a decade ago, Roger ushered in the Great Pirate Era and became the Pirate King.

What kind of era will we see in the near future?

Who will become the most dazzling pinnacle of this new era?

Unfortunately, I'm too old now, and I'm afraid I won't have the chance to see that scene.

Chapter 255 Assault

"Alas, why did it have to come to this?"

A sigh of laughter came from afar, growing louder as it approached.

Before the person even got close, an invisible force surged forward, simultaneously affecting Jonathan, who was falling through the air, and Rorschach, who was also teetering on the edge.

"Gravity! Rising Dragon!"

With a smile and a wave of his arm, Jonathan, who had fallen into a coma, along with the twin swords he had thrown away, Rorschach, and his weapon, the Heavenly Dragon Halberd, all floated over.

He was lifted up by an invisible yet powerful force, and together they flew towards the port of the Spring Queen City.

The port was brightly lit.

Not only were there candles lit on the buildings, but also rows and rows of soldiers holding torches and hundreds of bounty hunters wielding swords stood along the harbor shore.

At the forefront, Sera and Lucci, their brows furrowed, stared anxiously at the dark sea and sky ahead.

"What exactly happened over there? Who is fighting? Grandpa is also in the capital, and Brigadier General Luo Xia has suddenly left."

Sera paced back and forth impatiently. She gritted her teeth and was about to board a ship when Lucci stopped her.

Lucci's expression was equally grave.

But he had no intention of going to sea.

Sera pushed away his outstretched hand. "What are you doing?"

"Don't go, you'll die. No matter who it is, this level of battle is not something we can get involved in," Lucci said calmly.

The commotion caused by Rorschach and Jonathan's fight was truly enormous.

Even though the two had tried to stay as far away from Spring Queen City as possible.

However, the fierce winds, tsunamis, and earth-shattering thunder and explosions caused by the two's battle, along with the sounds of their collision, had already spread throughout the sea and islands within a radius of dozens of miles.

Throughout the spring, Queen's City was filled with fear and unease as waves, gales, and deafening roars swept through the city.

The royal family and nobles in the capital immediately contacted the Bounty Hunters Guild to inquire about what had happened to Sera.

Even Sera herself didn't know.

Therefore, they could only gather all the troops in the city and guard the port, anxiously waiting for the two sides to stop fighting.

This wait lasted for more than two hours.

The wait felt like an eternity.

Fortunately, the loud noise from the depths of darkness seemed to have completely disappeared.

The aftershocks of the battle gradually subsided.

It seems that this earth-shattering confrontation has come to an end.

"Huh? Someone's flying over here!"

Just then, Sera's sharp eyes lit up as she noticed several humanoid black dots rapidly approaching in the dark sky.

She subconsciously released her Observation Haki, her expression changed drastically, and she let out a scream.

"grandfather!"