One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Seeing that he was about to fall into the sea, Hibari endured his dizzy head, bit his tongue, and used the piercing pain to stimulate his mind. He stepped on the sea surface, activated the Moon Walk of the Six Styles of the Navy, and leaped upwards again, kicking Diamante with a Tempest Kick.

"Resist to the bitter end!"

A fierce glint flashed in Diamanti's eyes, and with a wave of his hand, a large patch of black caltrops appeared.

The barbed wire, which he had turned into paper-like pieces with his ability, was scattered in a dark, colorful mass, like cannons lit during a celebration. It shot towards Hibari with a whoosh, but just as it was about to hit Hibari, Diamante deactivated the Flutter-Flutter Fruit ability.

In an instant, the overwhelming pile of paper expanded and transformed into barbed wire, raining down on the lark.

Diamanti's Armament Haki was also wrapped around the barbed wire.

In an instant, the lark, who had barely managed to muster her strength and leap up, was struck by countless flying caltrops, and a large amount of blood splattered from her body.

The intense pain stimulated Yun Que's spirit. Ignoring the barrage of caltrops that had struck her body, she simply covered her face with her hands, her eyes growing even brighter.

This little bit of pain is nothing; it won't defeat her at all.

At that moment, Lark thought of Rorschach.

Every time that boy fought with all his might, the damage he suffered was more than ten times that of his current self.

Having followed him all the way, Yun Que couldn't remember how many times she had seen Luo Xia covered in blood.

"I can't lose! I am Yun Que! I am Lieutenant General Lan Lin's adjutant!"

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Countless black caltrops shot out, wave after wave, like a storm, obscuring all of Lark's vision.

Yun Que gritted her teeth, blood spilling from the corner of her mouth. Wisps of lightning crackled from the surging dark clouds in her hand, which she then slammed down heavily on her own chest.

"Overload!"

"boom!"

His heart pounded like a wild horse, and the lark's body suddenly swelled and grew taller.

Large amounts of cloud-like material poured out of her body.

There were blazing fire clouds, hazy mirage clouds, lightning flashing through thunderclouds, and thick, dark rain clouds.

Various types of clouds and mist were released all at once from the lark's body, which had expanded to a height of over a hundred meters, and surged towards the countless barbed wire caltrops that were shooting towards it like a tidal wave, completely engulfing them.

"what?"

Diamanti, who was throwing barbed wire, was taken aback by the sudden change in the lark.

Before he could react and do anything, he saw the cloud woman, who had expanded to be hundreds of meters tall, raise her cloud arm, which was tens of meters long, with flames in her left hand and thunderclouds in her right. She then slammed the arm down towards him.

At that moment, Diamanti's heart skipped a beat, his eyes almost popped out of their sockets, and he was so frightened that he nearly knelt down on the spot.

"b...BigMom?!"

With a fiery cloud in her left hand and a thundercloud in her right, Diamanti almost thought he was seeing Charlotte Linlin.

In that moment of shock, he reacted too slowly and was instantly engulfed by the thunderclouds and fire clouds pouring down from the sky.

The raging flames scorched his body, and violent lightning pierced Diamanti's muscles and blood vessels, causing black smoke to billow from his mouth and his hair to explode like a chicken coop.

"Damn bitch! Damn it! Aaaaaah!"

Diamanti, scorched by the lightning and fire, let out a heart-wrenching scream.

He opened his mouth and cursed, grabbing the black cloak behind him with both hands and suddenly lifting it up. The cloak instantly spread out in a large area, turning into a black iron curtain, like a giant fan, which blew away all the thunderclouds and fire clouds in front of him.

Not only that, he stretched out his hands and aimed them at the large amount of mist that had been blown away, using his Flutter-Flutter Fruit ability.

"Army Flag!"

With the activation of the Float-Float Fruit's power, the numerous clouds created by Hibari instantly began to swirl under Diamante's control, like undulating waves on the sea, changing from a gaseous state to a solid state, and in turn cutting Hibari himself in all directions.

In just a dozen seconds, the hundred-meter-tall cloud giant that Lark had expanded into was cut into pieces by the swirling clouds, falling like scraps of paper.

Along with the shredded paper, Hibari, his eyes closed and his body stained red with blood, also fell to the ground.

This time, Diamanti did not approach, but instead gripped his longsword and slashed at the lark that had fallen from the clouds.

Just then, from the distant horizon, a deafening thunderclap suddenly resounded.

"Boom!"

A deafening thunderclap shook the heavens and the earth. A thick bolt of lightning shot from the distance and struck Diamanti's longsword. To his horror, the lightning shattered the sword, which was wrapped in Armament Haki, and reduced it to ashes.

A violent burst of energy exploded between him and the lark, sending Diamanti flying backward, coughing up blood.

Before Diamanti could react, another bolt of lightning, as thick as an ancient tree, slammed into him from the sea and exploded on his body.

"boom!"

Before Diamanti's consciousness was severed, his body below the neck shattered within the terrifying pillar of lightning, exploding into countless charred fragments.

His vision swirled between the sky and the sea, and in his widened pupils, he saw a terrifying, majestic figure, like a god or demon, riding on lightning as it broke through the air, instantly traversing thousands of meters, and gently catching the falling lark with its two pillar-like arms.

Diamanti's last gaze lingered on the submarine on the sea surface.

The last thought in my mind was:

"I'm sorry, Dover, I failed to kill Lieutenant General Bluescale..."

Chapter 534 Utter Madness!

"Lark! Lark!"

Above the sea, Luo Xia gently caught the lark as she fell from the sky. Seeing her covered in blood and wounds, his eyes instantly reddened.

His hands were trembling slightly, and his heart was pounding.

The air beneath their feet surged and compressed rapidly, forming a thick air barrier on the sea surface. Rorschach gently lowered himself from the air, cradling Lark in his arms and softly placing her on the air barrier.

Luo Xia stretched out his still trembling hand and placed it on Yun Que's abdomen. A powerful bio-current rushed into Yun Que's body, activating her life force.

Yun Que's face was unusually pale, and many sharp iron spikes were still stuck in his body. Blood seeped out from under his clothes, staining his white military uniform red.

“Luo Xia…Big Brother, I…I’m fine.”

Looking at Luo Xia, whose eyes were red and who was staring at him nervously, Yun Que forced a smile, her voice extremely weak.

"Don't speak."

Luo Xia felt relieved as he sensed the life force stabilizing within Yun Que's body. He continued to channel his powerful bio-currents into her body to stimulate Yun Que's healing process.

He looked at the dozens of sharp iron spikes stuck all over Yun Que's body, and felt a pang of pain in his heart. He reached out and gently stroked Yun Que's hair, saying softly, "Yun Que, bear with it, I'll help you pull these out."

"Yes, Brother Luo Xia, I'm not afraid of pain."

Lark lay in Luo Xia's arms, gazing at Luo Xia who seemed unusually gentle at that moment, and couldn't help but be somewhat captivated.

I wish I could lie in Brother Rorschach's arms forever.

Rorschach took a deep breath, and to reduce Lark's pain, he raised his right hand and manipulated the airflow in front of him, forming invisible pincers that gripped all the barbs on Lark's body.

Then, with a determined heart, I pulled it upwards.

"Chichi..."

Crimson blood gushed from the wounds all over Yun Que's body, a shocking sight.

Luo Xia suppressed the surging rage in his heart and released a powerful bio-current, sending it into Yun Que's body to help her recover from her injuries more quickly.

“Brother Luo Xia.” Yun Que gently tugged at Luo Xia’s shirt.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" Luo Xia asked quickly.

Yun Que shook her head slightly, and said in a slightly embarrassed voice, "No, I just wanted to ask if I'll be left with scars? I have so many wounds this time, will I become an ugly monster?"

"No, don't worry. With your body's metabolic rate, these shallow scars will heal, scab over, and fall off quickly. Even if they are scars, I will use bioelectricity to massage and remove them."

Luo Xia reached out, cupped Yun Que's small face, and, under her shy gaze, leaned down and gently kissed her forehead.

"Don't worry, my Lark, she's absolutely the most beautiful girl in the world. Get some rest, let's go home."

"Ah."

The lark responded weakly, slowly closed her eyes, curled up in Luo Xia's spacious arms, and quickly fell asleep.

Rorschach stood up, holding Lark, glanced at the head that had rolled onto the air barrier not far away, and then looked in the direction of Dressrosa. He didn't even bother with the submarine floating on the sea not far away. With a stomp of his foot, his body soared into the sky. His body was completely enveloped by an air shield and Haki, blocking all the cold wind and air currents. He flew towards G5 with Lark in his arms.

Dressrosa.

Inside the grand hall at the top of the royal palace.

Doflamingo sat high on his throne, with a video Den Den Mushi placed in front of him, connected to five gloomy-faced old men in suits.

Facing the Five Elders, who hold the highest authority in the World Government, Doflamingo acted with complete audacity and without any fear.

His posture, with his legs crossed and half-reclining on the throne, made it seem as if the Five Elders were reporting to him via a video Den Den Mushi.

It perfectly exemplifies arrogance and domineering behavior.

"Doflamingo, is this your reward to us?"

Nasujuro gripped the Supreme Grade Sword, First Generation Kitetsu, tightly, staring at Doflamingo with a livid expression.

His sinister expression made it seem as if the long sword in his hand would pierce through the image Den Den Mushi and slice Doflamingo's body in the next second.

Saint Satan, equally grim-faced, sat on the sofa leaning on his cane and said coldly, "We gave you the greatest help in dominating the Whole Cake Island, allowing Akainu to lead the Marines to kill Charlotte Linlin and crush the Big Mom Pirates. Your ability to quickly secure your position as one of the Four Emperors is also thanks to the intelligence support from Sim and the others. Besides, you don't really think that your ability to so quickly replace Charlotte Linlin as one of the Four Emperors was entirely due to Kaido's intimidation, do you?"

Pitt Saint picked up where he left off, continuing in a cold voice, "Kaido's Beasts Pirates can only intimidate some greenhorns in the New World. Do you really think Whitebeard and Shanks have no interest in expanding their territory? Whitebeard's territory is the largest in the New World. This time, if we hadn't contacted Whitebeard beforehand and promised to waive the Celestial Tribute from several of his allied nations, do you think the Whitebeard Pirates would have let this unclaimed territory of Whole Cake Island lie in their hands? And Shanks, do you think he's afraid of Kaido?"

Doflamingo's pointed leather shoes, with their upturned tips, landed on the table in front of the throne where the video Den Den Mushi was placed, as if stepping on the face of the Five Elders.

He grinned wildly, almost neurotically.

"Fufufufu, Fufufufu, I told you, I don't care about any of that. Respected Five Elders, as long as you agree to the conditions I just proposed, then anything you want, as long as I have it, I can give you! Getting slaves is easy, isn't it? The entire Totto Land has tens of millions of people, how many do you want? If that's not enough, Dressrosa has hundreds of thousands more. With so many people, even if you consume ten thousand slaves a day, that's enough for you to play with for several years."

"presumptuous!"

Nasujuro Sei was furious. Even through the blurry Den Den Mushi image in front of him, Doflamingo could see wisps of black flames continuously emanating from Nasujuro Sei's body, forming ribbons of black flames swirling behind his head and on his shoulders, making him look both evil and powerful.

"Fufufufu, you devil." Doflamingo chuckled softly, then grinned again, leaning down to get close to the Den Den Mushi's large eye, and said, word by word, "I've made myself very clear. All I want is for you to take down that Marine brat. He's just a kid, right? Such a small matter. Don't tell me you can't even handle something this simple. The so-called righteous Marines, aren't they just your dogs? As masters, what's wrong with killing a few of your own dogs?"

"Why should we listen to your demands, Doflamingo? I think you've lost your sense of worth just because you've become one of these so-called Four Emperors. You need to understand that everything you have now is nothing but our charity. This so-called position of Four Emperors can be taken away at any time if we say so. The only reason we're still sitting here listening to your nonsense is because of your Donquixote Family bloodline, the Donquixote Family of the past..."

"Enough!!"

With a loud bang, Doflamingo jumped up, kicked the table in front of him away, grabbed the Den Den Mushi, and brought it close to his face, roaring with a contorted expression, "Don't mention that name in front of me! Just tell me, are you going to agree to my request or not?"