One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

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Blood kept seeping from the torn muscles and skin. Rorschach clenched his fists and pressed down hard on Torrebol's sunken face, almost burying his head and upper body into the deep pit.

The price of overusing life-saving techniques is severe physical exhaustion.

His physical strength was on the verge of being exhausted.

"Huh, huh."

Rorschach gasped for breath as he looked at Torrebol, whose left arm was severed at the elbow and whose left side was covered in burns.

"Damn it, I should have thought of that sooner."

In the massive explosion that occurred earlier, Prince Grus, the user of the Clay-Clay Fruit, was left with no known fate or whereabouts.

An explosion of that intensity would be so powerful that even someone with Armament Haki would likely be unable to completely defend against it if they were at the center of the blast.

Baby5 and Gradus are essentially human bombs, capable of triggering an explosion with their own bodies, so naturally they won't be harmed by the explosion.

But Torrepol is different.

The mucus secreted from his body could be ignited and exploded.

However, he is not a special Paramecia type like Katakuri, and his body cannot turn into slime.

Therefore, he was exposed to such a high-intensity explosion at close range, and his left forearm was blown off.

His body was also burned by the high temperature of the explosion.

Therefore, in his dealings with Rorschach, he only used his right hand and did not make any particularly aggressive moves.

Rorschach had previously thought that the other party was playing with him like a cat playing with a mouse.

It now seems that this guy was planning to stall for time from the very beginning, hoping that Gladius would deal with the Peacock first and then come to help.

If I had realized this sooner and sped up the pace of the attack, perhaps...

Crackling sound.

In the huge crater not far away, Gladius shook his dizzy head and stood up with a gloomy expression.

Luo Xia stared coldly at him, raised his clenched right fist high, and then slammed it down again, hitting Torrebol's lewd and sunken face.

With a crisp crack, Torrepol's large face shattered completely, like broken porcelain.

Rorschach's mind went blank.

"Wait, this feeling!"

Torrepol, with half his body sunk into the ground, had a completely shattered and wretched face behind it, but another face with a collapsed nose, though the injury was much less severe.

"Hehehe, sticky...slime shell."

Torrepol coughed up some blood, but a smug smile appeared on his face.

Rorschach opened his right fist and dug his five fingers toward his eyes.

Boom!

A burst of intense flames suddenly appeared on his body.

Gladius's face was grim. His legs swelled and burst open, propelling him forward like a rocket. He punched Rorschach in the chest.

Rorschach's body was lifted off the ground, transforming into a cannonball that flew dozens of meters backward before crashing into the shattered house with a loud bang.

"They were just a few small insects, yet one or two of them added so many variables to this drama that should have ended perfectly."

Gladius ripped off the tattered metal ornaments from his body, glanced at Torebour's severed left arm, his teeth grinding together, and glared at Ilya atop the palace with murderous intent.

"Prince Ilya! When the young master arrives, you'd better explain things to him properly!"

After saying this, his legs swelled up again, blasting two large craters into the ground beneath his feet. His body, like a swordfish in water, shot straight toward the dilapidated house where Luo Xia was flying backward.

Suddenly, a black whip lashed out from the air, striking his body as he rose from the ground.

"Get out of my way! Stop getting in my way! You filthy woman! Explode the lead weight!"

Without turning his head, Guladius swung his hand and threw out a dozen small lead balls.

The small lead balls expanded continuously in mid-air, and the moment they hit the blood-covered peacock, they exploded into countless tiny metal fragments, raining down on the peacock's body and splattering blood everywhere.

The peacock staggered forward a few steps before collapsing headfirst.

"Hehehe, what a crazy woman."

Torrepol was still lying on the ground, giving the fallen peacock a lewd smile.

The peacock bit her bright red lips and glanced at him with indifferent eyes.

Then he said something that made both Torrebol and the flying Gladius change color.

“baby5…I need you, to ignite…the slime on your body.”

Terror was evident in Torrepol's eyes.

"No!"

"Run! Torrebol!" Gladius roared, about to turn back.

The house behind them exploded with a deafening roar. Rorschach pounced out like a demon, grabbed Gladius who had turned around, and together they crashed into another house in front of them.

Under Torrepol's horrified gaze, Baby5, covered in a lot of mucus, had two lines of tears streaming down her face.

"I feel needed again. My mother said that only those who are needed have the right to live, and only those who are needed have the right to enjoy a happy life. I am so happy."

Her body slowly transformed into a black cannonball.

then……

boom!

The black shell exploded in the viscous liquid, igniting the flammable liquid and triggering an even more terrifying secondary explosion.

Boom!

The slime covering the ground exploded with a deafening roar, and once again, a mushroom cloud soared into the sky from the edge of the inland sea of the royal city.

"room".

Within the expanding, enormous ball of fire, a transparent dome flashed by, teleporting the peacock lying on the ground away.

"Look what you've done!"

Gladius roared and punched Rorschach, who was fighting with him, flying away. The swollen arm caused an explosive impact, causing blood to continuously spill from the corner of Rorschach's mouth. His clothes had long been torn to shreds by the explosion, and his body was covered in burns.

"As a Marine, do you know what it means to attack a Shichibukai?"

His hair grew wildly, every single strand was swelling and bursting open.

The tips of the hairs transformed into tiny steel needles, which shot out at the swaying Luo Xia.

Rorschach's eyes were bloodshot. He neither flinched nor dodged, letting the torrential rain of steel needles pierce his skin, penetrate his muscles, and plunge into his chest.

The state of life restoration had long since ended, and the physical exertion was excessive, bringing the body to a critical point. The eyelids felt so heavy that it felt as if a giant was pulling them down.

Only pain can stimulate his drowsy senses.

He tilted his head back, and a tiny black dot was reflected in his vision.

Gladius's entire body was swelling, and a terrifying aura was spreading wildly. His eyes were filled with killing intent.

"This means... without us even lifting a finger, the world government above you will clean house on its own!"

"Full-body...explosion!"

"Luo!!"

Rorschach suddenly roared to the sky.

The sound was so loud that it was like a thunderclap exploding over the royal city.

On the rooftop of a dilapidated house in the distance, Luo gripped Drake's sword.

"Buffalo!"

Three words, filled with endless chill and rage, echoed over the Prince City.

Luo was startled, and suddenly looked up. Without thinking, he exhausted all the remaining strength in his body.

"ROOM! Slaughterhouse!"

hum!

A massive hemispherical dome, over 100 meters in diameter, instantly covered a large area of the royal city, also enveloping Buffalo, who was flying in the air.

Luo gripped his longsword with both hands and slashed at Buffalo, who had slightly lowered his flight altitude in the sky out of concern for Torrepol and Gladius!

Swish!

The atmosphere was cut open, and Buffalo's body was split in two.

The two golden treasure chests tied to his back were also neatly cut open, and two strange fruits with spiral patterns fell out.

Upon seeing the two fruits, Luo's mind went blank.

"So this is the turning point Hawkins was talking about!"

With his last bit of strength, he tugged at his finger.

"baton!"

Whoosh!Whoosh!

The two spiral-shaped fruits disappeared in mid-air.

One appeared in Hawkins' hand, who had just woken up.

Another one appeared on Rorschach's outstretched right hand!

Rorschach took a bite.