One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Luo Xia's current combat strength is equivalent to that of a vice-captain of the Emperor, and is at the top level of the initial stage of the peak of the sea.

However, compared to the Emperors like Kaido, Akainu, and Kizaru, who are at the peak of their strength, he still has a considerable gap to close.

But it's just a difference.

Now, even if he were to face a powerful general of the emperor level alone, he would have the confidence to put up a fight.

His Mythical Zoan ability and special physical talent make him so tough that even if Grimg cuts him until he vomits, he still won't die.

"boom!"

Rorschach's enormous fist, a full meter square, slammed down from the sky, causing the air to escape wildly beneath its weight and explode under its strain.

The birdcage that enveloped Doflamingo finally gave way, and was crushed by the immense power erupting from Rorschach's fist.

But before his massive fist struck Doflamingo's body, Rorschach had already foreseen the outcome.

With a deafening roar, the open-air arena, which could hold 100,000 people, collapsed completely and turned into ruins.

Doflamingo's body also shattered under Rorschach's fist.

But there was no joy on Luo Xia's face.

He frowned and looked into the distance.

At the edge of the arena, locked in by Observation Haki, another Doflamingo stood there, beckoning a finger toward Rorschach. He transformed the ruined ground beneath his feet into surging, rolling waves of silk threads, which condensed into countless tendrils that continuously wrapped around Rorschach.

Beneath Rorschach's feet, the Doflamingo figure he had smashed with a single punch was actually a clone entirely constructed from threads.

It was Doflamingo's Shadow Rider clone.

Sometime later, perhaps during a lull in his battle with Grindelwald, Doflamingo secretly used his String-String Fruit clone to switch places with him.

The powerful energy fluctuations emitted by Gringu effectively concealed his movements, preventing Rorschach from noticing them.

Seeing Rorschach looking at him, Doflamingo's somewhat pale face revealed that familiar evil smile.

"Fufufufu, Rorschach, it seems you're the one who's going to die."

"Awakening! Wild White Lines!"

The white threads formed from the scattered pebbles, along with Doflamingo's movements, were enveloped in dark Haki, becoming incredibly tough, like eerie octopus tentacles, rising and falling as they coiled around Rorschach.

Instead of retreating, Doflamingo advanced, his body being pulled by the threads and flying into the sky behind Gringu. He manipulated the threads and tentacles scattered on the ground to attack Rorschach, while looking down at Gringu.

"Kill him, and we'll still be allies."

Gringu gripped the hilt of his sword tightly and coldly glanced up at Doflamingo.

He understood the meaning behind Doflamingo's words.

If I help him kill Rorschach, then Doflamingo won't reveal the secrets of the Holy Land.

If he didn't kill Rorschach, the crazed Doflamingo would probably reveal Im's existence and all the other secrets of the Holy Land, making it known to the whole world.

This is a blatant threat.

Grindelwald desperately wanted to kill both Rorschach and Doflamingo.

Doflamingo, that piece of trash who was stripped of his Celestial Dragon status, dares to threaten him?

However, Gringu was unsure whether Doflamingo had made any other arrangements.

If, as he told the Five Elders, he has prepared a contingency plan after his death, then the World Government may face enormous trouble.

Gringu was very unhappy!

But for now, it seems the only option is to team up with Doflamingo and take down Rorschach.

As for Doflamingo, this major hidden danger who knows many secrets of the Holy Land, it's not too late to deal with him after we've eliminated his backup plans.

With that thought in mind, Gringu no longer hesitated and swung his sword again, aiming at Rorschach, who was engulfed by strands of tendrils.

"Zizzizizi!"

Thick bolts of lightning, like menacing dragons, burst forth from Luo Xia's burly body, blasting his tendrils to shreds.

Ignoring the threads that kept wrapping around him on the ground, his massive body charged like a bulldozer, heading straight for Grindelwald and Doflamingo.

Judging from his appearance, he actually intends to deal with both Grindelwald and Doflamingo at the same time.

Although Doflamingo's strength is far inferior to that of the two, if he is simply used as a support to disrupt Rorschach's attacks, he can still provide great help to the battle between Grindelwald and Rorschach.

It could even be said that if Rorschach is not careful, he could be defeated and killed because of this.

After all, Gringu's Overlord Slash was truly at the level of a King.

"Arrogant brat!"

Gringu showed no fear as Luo Xia pounced like a savage dragon. With a stomp of his foot, he vanished from his spot and unleashed a powerful sword strike toward Luo Xia's neck.

Faced with this menacing horizontal slash, Rorschach simply raised his incredibly thick arm, opened his other hand, grabbed a tangible lightning spear, and hurled it at Doflamingo in the air.

"Pfft!"

"Crack!"

Two crisp sounds rang out almost simultaneously.

Rorschach's arm, held upright at his side, was cleaved open by Gringu's sword energy, revealing bones within that gleamed with a faint black luster, as if poisoned, which blocked the blade of Gringu's rapier.

Meanwhile, the lightning spear he threw with his other hand instantly traversed a hundred meters across the sky, piercing Doflamingo's body and piercing him through in a flash, right before Doflamingo's gloomy gaze.

Doflamingo's body was immediately engulfed from the inside out by terrifying lightning.

His internal organs were charred by lightning, and his body, suspended in the air by threads, fell downwards.

A milky white light, like milk, emanated from his body once more, rapidly restoring his health.

Seeing that Rorschach actually had time to fight Doflamingo while fighting him, Gringu felt a surge of shame and anger.

"You brat! Die!"

He flashed again, his longsword cleaving through the air, but this time he changed his slash to a thrust, whistling as it pierced towards Luo Xia's heart.

But at that moment, he saw Rorschach in front of him disregard everything, ignoring the longsword aimed at his heart, shattering the earth, and chasing after Doflamingo.

With a flick of his wrist, Greene was about to pierce Rorschach's back.

Suddenly, a deep, resonant voice, both aged and bold, boomed in Greengu's ears.

"Gringoo! When did you, as the commander of the Knights of God, start teaming up with pirates to fight against your own people?"

"Zeffa!" Gringu's expression changed, and the longsword that was stabbing towards Rorschach's back spun rapidly, slashing at a huge mechanical arm that suddenly came crashing down.

With a resounding clang, the longsword struck the sea stone of the mechanical arm, sending sparks flying. The purple-haired old man wearing sunglasses swung the heavy mechanical arm, pressing down on the longsword in Gringu's hand as it hurtled towards him.

Upon seeing Zephyr's sudden appearance, Gringu's face grew increasingly grim, his expression filled with anger.

"Zeff! Don't make a mistake! That brat has disobeyed the Five Elders' orders..."

Zephyr grinned, his massive mechanical arm enveloped in jet-black Armament Haki, suddenly unleashing tremendous force that crushed Gringu and sent him flying. He then strode forward, leaped high into the air, and swung his mechanical arm down again with a deafening crash.

"Rorschach is my last disciple! No one can harm him in front of me! Gringu! You traitorous old bastard, I wanted to beat you up last time in Sabaody!"

"Black Wrist! Crush the Blaster!"

Chapter 551 Are you also a D?

"boom!"

A jet-black mechanical arm, resembling a gauntlet, crashed down from the sky, pressing down on the rapier in Gringu's hand and slamming him and his sword into the ruins of the arena.

"Zeff! What are you doing?!"

Caught off guard by Zeff's sudden attack, Gringu was both shocked and enraged. He swung his sword wildly at Zeff while smashing the rock wall beside him, trying to break out from the shattered underground and stop Rorschach from killing Doflamingo.

However, he felt that Zephyr, who was pressing down on his head and swinging his mechanical arm like a meteor hammer, was much stronger than he had expected.

That heavy mechanical arm, with each seemingly rough swing, could intercept his sword energy that was trying to cut through the rock wall next to him with incredible precision, guiding his sword attack back and forcing him to confront Zefa head-on.

Gringu wasn't too surprised that Zephyr possessed such exquisite physical skills.

What puzzled and astonished him was Zephyr's power and the endurance he was displaying at that moment.

Didn't Zephyr lose his spirit because of all the mess he'd been through, and not only did he develop incurable asthma, but his power also diminished significantly?

But the formidable power displayed by Zephyr before us shows no signs of diminishing.

Gringu had dealt with Zefa before.

In his view, Zephyr at this moment was as if he had returned to his peak state many years ago, with his explosive power and endurance being beyond imagination.

In less than a few minutes, Greene, who was being frantically hammered and swung by him, was like a nail being hammered deeper and deeper into the ground.

The massive mechanical arm attached to Zefa's right arm roared as its internal piston cylinders rapidly compressed, driving the internal gears to rotate and spewing out scorching steam from the surface vents, giving him a powerful thrust that allowed him to swing faster and with greater force.

Since losing his right arm, this seastone mechanical arm, specially made for him by Vegapunk, has been with him for many years, becoming almost as conspicuous as his buzz cut purple hair as the most eye-catching feature on Zephyr.

He used the robotic arm with such ease that he felt no heaviness whatsoever.

During the last battle with Kaido, the mechanical arm was severely damaged. Lilith even suggested that he remake a lighter version, but Zephyr refused and only asked her to perform basic repairs.

Zefa felt that he, like the mechanical arm that had been with him for many years, was no longer keeping up with the times, so there was no need to force himself to catch up.

This is not referring to physical aging, but rather to a philosophy that one has adhered to and implemented throughout one's life.

And just like the angry question that came out of Greene at this moment.

"Zeff! Do you know what you're doing? Standing up against me, against the World Government's orders, for a lawless student? You always preach the idea that human life is paramount, believing that even incorrigible pirates shouldn't be killed indiscriminately. Open your eyes and look around! Do you know how many people died in this arena right now? Do you know who the culprit is who killed tens of thousands of people?"

"Clang!"

With his longsword slicing through the oncoming mechanical arm, Gringu laughed in fury as he looked at Rorschach's imposing figure as he indifferently charged toward Doflamingo.

"You are your good student! You are the rising star of the navy, nurtured by your joint efforts in this era!"

"Another ruthless naval executioner, just like Akainu!"

"Hahaha, so this is the successor you painstakingly trained, the one who never kills a pirate? How laughable! The best disciples trained by a Marine Admiral who has never killed a pirate in his life and who upholds the justice of mercy are two butchers with blood on their hands!"

Zefa's eyes darkened at Green's questioning, and his movements faltered for a second. Green seized the opportunity, unleashing a powerful sword strike that smashed through Zefa's blocking mechanical arm, sending him flying like a cannonball from the depths of the earth.

Gringu, who had verbally attacked Zephyr, seized the opportunity to shatter the underground rock layers and chased after Rorschach, who was locked on by Observation Haki.

Zefa was in mid-air when Gringu's longsword cut a long, narrow wound in his chest, from which blood gushed out and splattered across the sky.