One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Having experienced countless battles, he deeply understands that while overall strength is important for an army, the will of that army is even more crucial.

An army with unwavering resolve may fight to the last man without collapsing or despairing.

A team with weak will will become fearful and hesitant to fight even if one-tenth or one-hundredth of its members die.

The naval force in front of them, numbering only two hundred, may not be as powerful as the former.

But these pirates were definitely the latter.

If those white-clad naval warriors are not stopped and allowed to charge forward, this pirate force, which has the advantage in numbers, will definitely suffer a crushing defeat!

"Let me handle this! You members of the Baroque Works, follow behind my zombie army! My zombie army is full of immortal warriors who are never to die!"

Absalom led thousands of zombies, their bodies covered in patches and their faces contorted in a terrifying grimace, charging ahead into the heart of the fiercest battle.

He himself, amidst the surging crowd, quickly became transparent and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Baroque Works, follow me! Dust-Slicing Blade!"

Dazbonis's ten fingers transformed into blades, and his two feet became like ice skates, allowing him to glide at high speed across the ground.

He surged forward through the surging crowd, charging toward the few people at the very front of the naval ranks.

He had a keen eye and had long ago recognized that Hibari, Law, Lucci, Bepo, and others were the core of this naval force.

If the leaders can be eliminated, the morale of the navy will waver.

Once the navy's momentum stops, the rabble that can only follow along and cheer will be utterly vulnerable!

Swish!

His burly figure leaped into the air, and he pounced directly on Luo, who was closest to him and holding a long sword.

Dazbonis crossed his arms and slashed fiercely at Law.

The ten fingers transformed into sharp blades that sliced ​​through the air, emitting a sharp, whistling sound.

Ten sharp blades shot out simultaneously, forming a crisscrossing slash, a dense barrage of strikes.

"Ten-Finger Annihilation Slash!"

He was so close, and his movements were so swift.

His figure was hidden among the charging pirates, only suddenly attacking when they got close.

Dazbonis was certain that he could slice this unremarkable navy man into pieces with a single move.

Then, just as he was about to slash down with his interlaced fingers, Law seemed to have anticipated his attack. His figure vanished from the spot in an instant, and when he reappeared, he was already holding his sword with both hands, flashing to Dazbonis's right side, and delivering a diagonal slash from bottom to top with his Ghost Crying Blade.

"Ok?"

Although surprised by how quickly Law dodged, Dazbonis did not panic.

His abilities meant that the thing he least needed to worry about was the swordsman's slashes.

"Watch out! Law! That guy looks like the West Blue assassin, Dazbonis, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit user with the Quick-Slash Fruit ability, who can turn his entire body into steel and blades..."

The lark called out to remind them.

But before she could finish speaking, a transparent hemispherical dome descended from the sky. Law gripped the Ghost Cry Longsword with both hands, and black Haki spread from his hands to the long blade. He slashed diagonally at Dazbonis, who was in a defensive stance.

"ROOM! Cutting surgery!"

Swish!

An invisible force flashed by within the hemispherical surgical space.

"Huh? Not a slash?" Dazbonis was stunned, not feeling the blade strike his body.

He looked at Luo, who was holding a long sword, with some confusion and bewilderment.

"Navy, what are you doing... what is this?"

Unlike the attacks of ordinary swordsmen, the slashes of Luo's longsword did not produce any sword light or aura, nor did they cause any sharp whistling of air.

But in the next instant, to Dazbonis's incomprehensible gaze, his body, which had already turned into steel, split neatly in two from bottom to top.

“You…” Dazbonis’s eyes were filled with confusion.

He felt no pain, but his body was indeed split in two by the other party!

Luo Yidao sliced ​​through Dazbonis's steel-like body. Without pausing, he changed the direction of his longsword, a wisp of electricity flashing at the tip, and thrust it into Dazbonis's bewildered eyes.

puff!

The black blade, covered in Armament Haki, pierced through Dazbonis's eye socket without any doubt, exiting from the back of his head and spurting out a spray of blood.

The remaining eye of Dazbonis still held a trace of confusion, but the sparkle in it was rapidly fading.

Not far away, Absalom, whose entire body had become transparent, witnessed this terrifying scene and was instantly chilled to the bone.

With both hands raised, the cannons aimed at Hibari were forgotten to be fired.

"Ok?"

Skylark's gaze shifted, and he turned to look at the stunned Absalom, causing Absalom to stiffen and his expression to change drastically.

"She...can see me?"

"shave!"

With a stomp of her foot, the little bird vanished from her spot and from Absalom's sight.

"This is bad! These sailors are no ordinary people!"

Absalom felt a chill run down his spine. Without thinking, he turned and darted into the large group of zombie warriors behind him.

However, a delicate fist came whistling through the air, carrying a fierce momentum. In the shadows, it seemed as if a ferocious, howling dog was appearing on that delicate fist.

"Netherhound!"

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A blood-red, vicious dog, its fist wrapped around a fair, delicate body, hurtled through the air with a howling sound, the air itself seeming to groan as death itself called out.

"Netherhound!"

puff!

Absalom, who had turned and run seven or eight meters, suddenly shuddered, staring in disbelief at the blood-red fist emerging from his heart.

The blood on the surface of the fist was still steaming.

A piercing pain shot through Absalom's left chest, causing his vision to go black.

As the fist that had pierced his chest was withdrawn, his body quickly snapped out of its transparent state and stood frozen in place.

Absalom turned his head with difficulty, looking at Hibari, who had turned and darted towards the zombie warriors around him without stopping, and then at Law, who was cutting down the bodies of zombie warriors one by one with his sword.

He watched as Rob Lucci, his face cold and indifferent, grew taller and larger, transforming into a leopard-man like a bloodthirsty beast, charging wildly through the pirate horde and piercing the throats of pirates with his sharp fingertips.

In his final moments, Absalom saw on the sea a towering, godlike figure pressing down on the legendary pirate Chinjao, forcing him to retreat repeatedly.

"Lord Moria, I'm sorry... I failed... I failed to complete the task you assigned me..."

His body swayed and he fell to the ground.

On the sea, after a period of chaos, the pirates still lit the cannons on their ships and fired black cannonballs toward the port.

Boom boom boom!

The dull thud of cannon fire shattered the ships blocking the way and landed among the crowds in the harbor, indiscriminately bombarding friend and foe alike, causing the pirates to cry out in pain and curse incessantly.

Whoosh whoosh!

As heavy cannonballs hurtled towards the navy's camp, Hibari, Lucci, and the others were about to unleash their Tempest Kick to shatter the cannonballs.

An even larger hemispherical dome spun and expanded from Luo's outstretched fingers, instantly spreading three or four hundred meters and enveloping all the naval warriors.

He held a lightning ball the size of a thumb in his right hand and slammed it into his heart.

Immediately, everyone saw Luo grunt, clear veins bulging on his forehead, his slender body suddenly swelling up, and he waved his finger at the dozens of black cannonballs hovering in the air.

"ROOM!"

Dozens of cannonballs whizzed back in the direction they had come from, exploding on the muzzles of the pirates' cannons amidst their bewildered and terrified gazes.

Instantly, clusters of intense fireballs rose from the pirate ships on the sea.

Law's figure flashed, leaping into the air and appearing above a pirate ship that was firing. He suddenly raised his right hand.

"baton!"

Rumble!

The pirate ship, over twenty meters long, rocked violently. Amidst panicked shouts, it left the sea, rose backwards dozens of meters into the sky, and then crashed into the pirate ship next to it.

The two enormous pirate ships collided with a deafening roar, producing the cracking sound of wood breaking and the booming sound of cannonballs exploding.

Even Lucci, who was frantically killing pirates, stopped and stared indifferently at Law's back for a long time when he saw this scene.

"The Op-Op Fruit, worth 5 billion Berries, is said to be able to perform an anti-aging surgery, granting people the ability to live forever. I never imagined it would be so convenient to use in battle."

Lucci suddenly felt a pang of sadness.

Why was I in such a hurry to eat this ordinary Devil Fruit in the first place?

No matter how much effort you put into developing an ordinary ability, it can never compare to those abilities with extremely high growth potential.

Often, what others start with is the result of your years of painstaking development.

If I had eaten a mythical beast instead...

"Navy! You're daydreaming! Die!"

A loud shout from a bearded pirate startled Rob Lucci from his reverie.

The gleaming longsword stopped an inch from his chest.

With a cold expression, Lucci pulled out the finger that was piercing the pirate's forehead and delivered a powerful kick.

scoff!

As if a piece of cloth had been torn apart, the dozen or so pirates crowded in front, along with the cheap swords they were wielding, were cleaved in two by the arcing storm kick.

Large clumps of foul-smelling organs spilled out of the severed body, scattering across the ground with a nauseating stench.