One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

The messengers responsible for liaising with the Seven Warlords of the Sea reported one after another.

"Boa Hancock, the Pirate Empress, said her ship is damaged and will need two days to repair. She will come immediately after that."

"Gecko Moria said his wounds haven't healed yet, otherwise he would definitely have come to take Kaido's life..."

"Doflamingo said he was powerless to get through the encirclement of Shiki and Kaido, and told us to fend for ourselves."

"Hawkeye Mihawk went to the East China Sea, and there's no time for him to get here."

"Jinbe expressed his apologies, saying that the grudge he had formed with the Beasts Pirates last time had already led to a major battle involving the Whitebeard Pirates. This time, too many forces were involved, and for the sake of the Ryugu Kingdom, he could not participate."

"These bastards, not one of them can be trusted."

With a loud thud, Sengoku slammed his fist heavily on the table in front of him, his face full of anger.

"The tyrant Bartholomew the Great Bear will arrive at Marineford within a day."

Upon hearing this news, Lieutenant General Tsuru shook his head and sighed, "Alas, isn't this something we expected? With Bartholomew's Great Bear joining the battle, it's already a powerful addition to our fighting force."

Sengoku pinched the bridge of his nose and looked at the names checked off on the form in his hand. "How many troops have you gathered, Tsuru?"

"Adding the 20,000 men gathered in Zefa, the total is 58,000." Lieutenant General Tsuru pondered for a moment before giving a specific number. "If we wait another three days, we should be able to gather 100,000 troops..."

“There’s no time! It will take at least three days for all of us to get to the New World. The Holy Land’s elevators can’t carry many troops at once, and we also need to be prepared for the possibility of them malfunctioning. Xiao He, tell Zefa not to wait any longer and to bring the men over quickly. We’ll set off for the New World in a day and a half, or 36 hours! During this time, all the troops gathered in Marineford should first head to the foot of the Red Line and be transported to the top of the Red Line in batches.”

No sooner had Sengoku finished speaking than a communications soldier, pale-faced, abruptly stood up from his seat while answering a phone call and shouted in a tense tone, "It's terrible, Fleet Admiral Sengoku! Rear Admiral Luo Xia's side has encountered the Flying Pirates led by Golden Lion!"

"what?!"

Chapter 383 The Flying Pirates Intercepted Halfway

The top of the red earth continent, thousands of meters above sea level.

On this red continental plate stretching across the sea, there is a canal channel 300 meters wide, as if it were cutting the narrow land in two.

This canal, which stretches across the top of the Red Line, was artificially constructed by the World Government to facilitate the passage of ships traveling between the two sections of the Grand Line.

When ships are transported to the ground via giant elevators built on both sides of the red earth, they are directly sent into this canal by a conveyor belt hundreds of meters long.

Then, the ship will be towed by a tugboat or start its own steam turbine to go to the elevator shaft at the other end and enter another sea area.

At this very moment, on this canal ten thousand meters away from the sea, the Qilin is speeding along with its steam-powered outer steam engine, heading towards the other end.

On the bow deck, a group of naval officers, some standing and some sitting, were watching Rorschach devour his food.

"Don't push yourself too hard. We're counting on you to steer the boat. Don't worry, once we cross the Red Earth, it'll only be half a day's journey to the top of G1. Take it slow, don't rush."

"Yes, yes, slow down, Major General Luo Xia, it's already very fast."

The generals all advised Luo Xia to take it easy.

Along the way, Luo Xia had almost pushed himself to the limit, frantically manipulating the airflow to propel the Qilin at high speed close to the sea surface.

After a full ten hours of travel, we finally arrived at the elevator at the foot of the Red Earth.

Ten hours of extreme maneuvering, with occasional breaks to replenish energy through frantic eating, and then continuing to race across the sea.

If Kuzan hadn't forcibly stopped him, he would have even planned to use his ability to fly the Kirin directly up here.

Rorschach's madness completely stunned all the officers on the ship.

No one dared to underestimate him anymore, this young naval officer who had become a rear admiral at such a young age.

Putting aside their strength, their sheer madness and perseverance alone were enough to impress all the naval commanders present.

You should know that the so-called vanguard was, to put it bluntly, a suicide squad.

However, they were a powerful suicide squad composed of generals, lieutenant generals, major generals, and brigadier generals.

Although the team contains the Navy Headquarters' top combat power, how could any of the generals present not know how dangerous this war will be?

No one believed they would survive; in fact, the vast majority of people went into action with the intention of dying.

Few officers who reach the rank of brigadier general or higher are afraid of death.

However, even veteran admirals like Onigumo had to admire Rorschach's reckless drive to rush to places where he might die.

Of course, many people have already realized that Rorschach's strength is likely the strongest on this ship besides Garp, Kizaru, and Aokiji.

His amazing physique and powerful strength were truly awe-inspiring.

Some of the generals who had seen Rorschach in person a year earlier when he first arrived in Marineford were deeply shocked and filled with awe for him.

Even some of them held higher ranks than Rorschach.

But that doesn't diminish this reverence for strength and talent.

monster.

This is a real monster.

Only at this moment did Luo Xia, who had been dubbed the Monster of the North Sea a year ago, finally live up to that title in everyone's hearts.

Only a monster could grow to such an awe-inspiring level in just over a year.

"I'm fine, don't worry."

After a hearty meal, Rorschach regained his human form, let out a long breath, and leaned against the ship's railing to rest.

The temporary supplies he obtained from the Holy Land Guardians along the canal included about half the meat of a medium-sized sea king, and he ate about 50% of it by himself.

The remaining 50% was shared among the rest of the people.

In other words, he alone consumed the equivalent of the food of five hundred naval officers, which is truly astonishing.

“Vice Admiral Doberman, you just contacted Admiral Akainu. What did he say?” Rorschach looked at Doberman, who was sitting not far away with X-shaped scars all over his face.

This guy is a typical hawkish admiral in the Navy. He is a veteran vice admiral under Akainu and one of the main vice admirals in the Buster Call. He is quite powerful.

Doberman was always serious and unsmiling, and he adhered to absolute justice to the very end. He was willing to sacrifice everything for justice, including himself.

Despite Roscia's question, Doberman did answer.

"Admiral Akainu is fine. The main pirate force hasn't reached G1 yet. They're still attacking various Marine branches in the New World and have deployed a large number of troops to pursue and intercept the fleeing soldiers heading to G1. To prevent the pirates from launching a base raid, the Admiral is personally guarding G1, while Momousagi, Chaton, and others have gone out to sea to meet and rescue the fleeing soldiers from other branches. So far, there's been no sign of Shiki and the others."

At that moment, a clicking sound rang out. It was the conveyor belt hidden in the canal beneath the Kirin rising up, lifting the Kirin warship that had reached the end of the canal. Driven by a steam winch, the conveyor belt was then sent to a giant elevator platform located in a section of the New World Sea.

After the ship shook, some Holy Land Guards who were specifically responsible for these tasks stepped forward, carefully inspected the ship, and, after finding no safety malfunctions, opened the transmission valve of the elevator.

Giant gears, hidden within thick steel, roared and whirred, driving dozens of incredibly thick steel chains downwards, clinging tightly to the rock walls of the Red Earth Continent.

As the elevator descended, the New World, this endless, mysterious, and dangerous sea, finally unfolded before Rorschach's eyes.

He couldn't help but walk to the ship's side and look at the ever-expanding, boundless sea.

"A new world, a paradise for the strong, finally... no!"

Before the emotions welling up in his heart could be uttered, the smile that had just appeared on Luo Xia's face vanished instantly, and he abruptly looked up at the high sky.

"What's wrong?" Noticing Luo Xia's movements and voice, everyone on the deck looked up in the direction of his gaze.

Then, everyone's expression changed.

Above them, at an unknown altitude, countless tiny black dots were growing larger and larger in their field of vision.

"Enemy attack! Everyone on alert!"

The flying squirrel drew its long sword from its waist, raised it to the sky, and roared.

Without his prompting, everyone present, seasoned veterans of countless battles, was already on edge, drawing their weapons and intently watching the ever-enlarging black dot.

Garp grinned, clenching his fist so tightly it cracked. "Hahaha, I don't know anyone else but that bastard Shiki who could pull off this kind of attack."

"How terrifying. We're already facing a living legend of the sea before we've even reached G1?" Kizaru put one hand in his pocket and raised his right hand to scratch his cheek.

"Be careful! Don't let the pirates damage the ship or the elevator." Kuzan took his hand out of his pocket and instructed Dalmesia, who was standing behind him, "Contact the Holy Land Guard and have the troops guarding the Red Line protect the elevator passage."

"Yes!" Dalmesia quickly took out a Den Den Mushi and started making the call.

Garp was right after all.

Just a few dozen seconds later, when the small black dots rapidly descending overhead were only five or six hundred meters away from the constantly descending Kirin, everyone realized that those small black dots were actually huge pirate ships.

These pirate ships, with lion heads emblazoned on their sails, were filled with cheering pirates—the Golden Lion's pirate fleet, which had vanished from the high seas many years ago.

Although the capture of Shiki led to the departure of many members of the Flying Pirates, there were still many loyal old pirates who chose to wait and continued to follow and serve him after his escape from prison.

Now, these pirates who disappeared on the sea with the Golden Lion for seventeen years have seen the light of day again. They are like fifty-year-old bachelors who have been holding back their desires, full of energy to vent their frustrations.

Before the pirate ship could even get close to the effective firing range of the cannons, cannonballs, rocks, and iron balls were thrown directly from the deck.

A dozen or so pirate ships, even larger than the Kirin, carrying seven or eight thousand pirates, grinned maliciously as they rained cannonballs down, not caring whether they hit their targets or not; they just kept throwing them down.

In an instant, the naval officers on the Kirin watched with bloodshot eyes as various heavy objects, like a rain curtain, crashed down, covering the space within a radius of thousands of meters.

Just as the first bombs, rocks, and other heavy objects were about to hit the top of the elevator, Dalmesia, who was on the phone with the Holy Land Guard, shouted to Rorschach, "Major General Rorschach, quickly use your abilities to maneuver the warship off the elevator platform! The energy shield is about to activate. Once the shield protecting the elevator is activated, it won't be able to open again for 24 hours. We don't have time to waste here."

Before Dalmesia could finish speaking, Luo Xia had already expanded and grown taller again, revealing his blue scale form. He manipulated the airflow to propel the Qilin, which suddenly moved off the platform and flew diagonally towards the sea below at an altitude of seven or eight thousand meters.

The next second, accompanied by a series of buzzing sounds, an arched dome suddenly appeared at the top of the elevator shaft behind, like half a huge oval eggshell, covering the top of the huge elevator.

"That's... the protective shield of Egg Point Island, right? I didn't expect it to be installed here too?" Garp looked at Kizaru with some surprise.

Kizaru shrugged. "This kind of energy shield is very useful, so of course it should be prioritized for use by the Holy Land."

"Borsalino, get a few for our navy next time too. Get one for Marineford, one for G1, and oh yes, get one for me too. I want to install it on a warship."

Garp's words made Kizaru's mouth practically bulge to the sky.

He immediately raised his hands in surrender, saying, "Please spare me, Vice Admiral Garp. The cost of this thing is comparable to that of a hundred warships."

"Vice Admiral Garp! Admiral Kizaru! This is no time for idle chatter, the pirates are attacking!"

Seeing Garp and Kizaru still spouting nonsense, some of the officers broke out in a cold sweat.

As the elevator shaft sped away, various heavy objects rained down on the rising energy shield, causing dazzling bursts of fire to erupt.

The booming sound of the explosions carried from afar.

Moreover, a sharp whistling sound also rang out above the Kirin.

One after another, black shells came hurtling straight down.

These cannonballs, dropped directly from thousands of meters in the air, don't even need to be fired from the cannon barrel; they can unleash greater power than ordinary cannons simply by hitting the ship.

"Hahaha, cannonballs? That's my specialty. Bring over the cannonballs I had you prepare!"