One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Thousands of powerful jet vents installed under the hull and on the sides opened their valves and began to spew out strong winds.

Below, the seawater surged and churned.

The powerful thrust seemed to have a tendency to push this massive warship away from the sea.

Then, under the watchful eyes of countless naval soldiers in the square and the shocked gazes of numerous naval officers on the deck, Rorschach ripped off his shirt and threw it to Kuzan standing beside him. His body swelled rapidly, instantly transforming into an eight-meter-tall Qilin beastman. He spread out his two massive, tendon-bound arms and grabbed at the void.

"rise!"

With that grab, the air within a kilometer radius transformed into a surging current of matter, converging from all directions and rising along the sea surface from bottom to top, as if it were an invisible giant hand, pushing heavily towards the underside of the Qilin ship.

"boom!"

The sea surface within a radius of several hundred meters around the hull of the Kirin exploded with a deafening roar, turning into countless water droplets that splashed and flew everywhere, causing the entire inner bay to undulate violently.

The massive Kirin instantly broke free from the pull of the seawater. Under the watchful eyes of countless people on Marineford Island, it soared straight into the sky like a seagull spreading its wings, heading towards the new world with an indomitable momentum.

Chapter 381 G1 Dilemma

New World, G1 Naval Branch.

On the vast inner bay, warships fully loaded with naval soldiers, led by naval officers, sped away from the port in various directions.

At the same time, one can also see warships riddled with bullet holes on the distant sea, heading this way.

Further out in the distance, beyond the reach of sight, pirate ships were pouring out from various islands in the New World, frantically firing at the warships that were desperately converging on the G1 branch.

A somber and oppressive atmosphere permeated the air above G1 Island.

G1 Naval Branch, as the Navy's most fortified stronghold in the New World, is the largest of all naval branches, second only to Marineford, the Navy Headquarters.

The standing forces here exceed ten thousand.

The highest-ranking officer of the base is held by two general candidates, Chaton Kake and Momousagi Gion.

Meanwhile, the three admirals, the Navy's top combat force, will take turns serving as G1 commanders, stationed in the New World, and deterring this chaotic ocean.

Since the old era decades ago, the navy has been advancing into the chaotic seas of the New World, attempting to drive the forces of justice into the various seas of the New World like nails.

After the Rocks era, the Roger era, and the later Great Pirate Era, the Navy's strategy can be said to have begun to show results.

In the New World, besides the most powerful G1 branch, there are more than fifteen other Marine branches, including G5, which are located in the weakest points of the pirate forces.

While safeguarding the security of some member states in the New World, it also played a role in dividing pirates and preventing many pirate forces from banding together and growing stronger.

But now, decades of hard work and the fruits of generations of navy's painstaking efforts have been uprooted by pirates in just a few days.

"Report! Admiral Akainu! Branch G33 and Branch G35 have fallen. The surviving marines are being pursued by pirates. Please issue orders!"

A communications soldier covered in various Den Den Mushi (snail phones) loudly reported the latest battle report to Akainu, who stood like a rock in the inner harbor.

Akainu, dressed in a blood-red military uniform, wearing gleaming black military boots, black gloves, and a wide cloak of justice draped over his back, stood with his arms crossed, gazing at the sea in front of the inner bay with his perpetually cold and icy eyes.

Hearing the anxious shouts from the communication device, Akainu didn't move, but spoke in a deep voice.

"Order Gion and Shiryu, who are waiting in the nearby waters, to go and provide support."

"Yes!"

The communications officer received the order and immediately began dialing Gion and Shiryu's contact numbers.

According to the latest battle reports from various branches in the New World, the Flying Pirates, Beasts Pirates, Big Mom Pirates, and Wang Zhi Pirates are launching attacks on the various branches, encircling and pressing towards G1's location.

It's conceivable that once these large and small naval branches are dismantled and captured one by one by the pirate alliance, the island where G1 is located will become the last stronghold of the Navy in the New World.

When the time comes, as long as G1 is defeated, this war will end in victory for the pirates.

If the navy loses this war, it means that the navy will completely withdraw from the stage of the new world.

The situation during the Great Pirate Era will only worsen, becoming increasingly chaotic and insane.

Hundreds of miles away on the sea, three medium-sized warships were riding the waves, frantically propelling their steam-powered exoplanet towards the location of G1 Island, as indicated by the record pointer.

"Faster! Faster! As long as we can reach G1, we'll be saved! Admiral Akainu is guarding it; no one can break through!"

On the warship, a rear admiral covered in blood was shouting at the sailors around him.

At the same time, he held a dripping military knife in one hand and binoculars in the other, looking nervously at the sea behind him.

Over there, a dozen or so pirate ships embroidered with long-horned skulls were rapidly closing in.

Even though they were thousands of meters apart, they could still hear the pirates' unrestrained laughter coming from those pirate ships.

Those are pirates from the Beasts Pirates!

"Where? Where? Where is that guy?"

The major general's forehead was covered in cold sweat as he kept searching the pirate ships with his binoculars, seemingly looking for something.

Suddenly, the deck of the warship was covered by a shadow.

This shadow followed closely, like the shadow of a warship, constantly looming over the rear admiral's head as he sped along.

"Gudong."

His throat bobbed, and the rear admiral gripping his saber trembled. An ominous premonition rose in his heart, and he abruptly looked up.

A hundred meters above the three rapidly moving warships, a black pterosaur with a wingspan of more than ten meters was hovering steadily above their heads, its large, fleshy wings spread wide.

The moment the rear admiral saw the pterosaur clad in black leather armor, an inescapable chill ran through him.

Not long ago, his G33 Marine branch was utterly defeated by the Beast Pirates fleet led by the black winged dragon above him.

Even Lieutenant General Mozambique, the highest-ranking officer in the branch, could not withstand the opponent's surging slash and was cut in two on the spot by that flaming blade.

This pterosaur clad in black leather armor is none other than King, the Wildfire, the leader of the Beasts Pirates and one of the Three Disasters who is renowned throughout the world. King's strength and status in the Beasts Pirates are second only to Kaido!

"Fire! Repel him!"

A piercing scream came from the rear admiral's mouth.

The panicked marines raised their flintlock pistols, aimed at the black pterosaur soaring in the sky, and pulled the triggers.

The bullets whistled through the air, most of them missing their mark. Less than 20% of the bullets successfully hit the flying pterosaur, but they bounced back with a series of crisp clanging sounds and fell back into the sea.

"call!"

With a flap of its wings, the flying pterosaur suddenly increased its speed several times over, becoming a blurry black shadow as it swooped down in the eyes of the marines.

"Attack! Attack!"

The rear admiral gritted his teeth, used Moonwalk to be the first to charge out, and swung his saber at the swooping pterosaur.

Just as it was about to crash into the warship's deck, the swooping pterosaur retracted its right wing, reached under its arm and pulled out a three-meter-long sword. Its body rapidly transformed, instantly becoming a tall man shrouded in black leather armor with a pair of wide black wings on his back, and slashed out with the sword.

A look of horror and despair flashed in the rear admiral's eyes as he watched helplessly as a large, surging, scorching flame spread from the opponent's longsword, carrying a sharp blade of light capable of easily tearing apart an entire warship. It easily shattered the military knife in his hand and slashed down at him.

It was this one strike that cut Vice Admiral Mozambique of the G33 naval branch in two.

"They're doomed."

This was the last thought that crossed the Rear Admiral's mind.

The moment his upper body left the deck of the warship and flew into the sky, an invisible force tore a long crack in the distant sea.

Above the straight, sprawling crack, a long, crimson sword shot out like lightning, piercing through the rear admiral's back and spraying a spray of bright red blood as it hurtled toward Jin's face.

Faced with the sudden attack of the blood-red longsword, Jin's eyes remained calm and composed. With a flick of his wrist, the longsword was held horizontally in front of him, its black blade perfectly blocking the incoming blade tip.

"Clang!"

Amidst the ear-piercing explosion, the blood gushing from the body of the dead rear admiral coalesced into a crimson hand before King's eyes, grasping the longsword he had blocked and slashing diagonally.

Black Armament Haki rapidly spread across the blade of the blood-red longsword, instantly unleashing a sharp, all-encompassing aura as it slashed towards Jin's neck.

At the same time, wisps of dark, ghostly energy continuously emanated from the blade, like ghosts imprisoned within the long sword, exuding a captivating aura.

"Demon Aura One-Sword Style! Asura Slash!"

"Shiryu of the Rain, haven't you learned your lesson yet?"

Jin's towering body, over six meters tall, shot backward dozens of meters at a speed completely disproportionate to its massive size, dodging the blood-red longsword that was slashing from the front. He then gripped the greatsword with both hands and slashed vertically in mid-air.

A surge of flames flew out from the longsword, transforming into an arc of fiery blade light that slashed down in mid-air towards the oncoming crimson blade light.

Two beams of light, each a hundred meters long, collided violently in mid-air, producing a deafening explosion.

The impact of the clash of blades caused the advancing warships to come to an abrupt halt and retreat dozens of meters.

Only then did a large amount of blood spread across the sea, falling onto the deck of the warship like a blood-red dragon, and rapidly coalescing into the figure of a burly naval officer.

It was Shiliu.

Looking at Jin, whose black wings had spread out behind him and which was hovering steadily in mid-air, Shiryu's lips curled up, he put a thick cigar in his mouth, and held the demon sword Raiyu in his right hand, pointing it out diagonally.

"Hehehe, this time I've obtained an interesting ability. Perhaps the one who will die will be you, Jhin."

Before he could finish speaking, the pirate ship that was chasing them from behind had already closed to within a hundred meters.

The pirates standing on the ships shouted and opened fire on the warships in this direction.

"Boom boom boom!"

The continuous sound of cannon fire made Shiryu frown, and he glanced back unhappily at the nearest pirate ship.

"It's so noisy! Can't people keep quiet when they're fighting?"

Even from a distance of over a hundred meters, he didn't draw his sword; he simply stretched out his right hand and made a grabbing motion in the air.

"Trash should be aware of what it means to be trash, you scum."

As Shiryu closed his five fingers, hundreds of pirates on the pirate ship a hundred meters away didn't even have time to scream before their bodies were crushed like tomatoes, gushing blood from their pores.

The pirates' bodies instantly became shriveled and withered, resembling dried corpses.

The blood gushing from their bodies seemed to have a life of its own, swimming like blood-red snakes on the deck of the pirate ship, splitting into countless blood snakes that shot towards the surrounding pirate ships, eliciting screams of terror.

"Enough is enough. Do you think I don't exist? Shiryu of the Rain."

Behind him, a terrifying killing intent surged forth, causing Shiryu, who was controlling hundreds of blood snakes, to shudder. He could no longer care about killing the weaker pirates, and suddenly turned around, gripping his sword to slash at the charging King.

With flames surging behind his head, the embers vanished in a flash, disappearing from Shiryu's sight.

The next instant, the longsword, imbued with high-level Armament Haki, struck heavily against the lightning rain unleashed by Shiryu.

"Clang!"