One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Without hesitation, Sanji sprinted forward and launched a flying kick straight at Rorschach's face.

"Are you that ruthless naval executioner? The man Reiju was talking about!"

"Demon Wind Kick! Crush!"

While in mid-air, Sanji's body spun, his right foot rapidly scraping against the air, emitting a blazing red light and carrying a high temperature that distorted the air, as he kicked out.

"Vinsmoke, Sanji. It seems your sister has found you."

Rorschach didn't move, and Sanji's powerful kick missed him.

An invisible force had been acting on Sanji, fixing him firmly in mid-air, like an insect caught in a spider web, unable to move an inch.

"Yi Xiao! Let me go!"

Sanji gritted his teeth and smiled at her.

Yi Xiao sighed and gently shook her head, "It wasn't me."

"what?"

Sanji's expression changed, and he looked at Rorschach.

Rorschach smiled as he looked at Nami, Chopper, and the others who were on high alert, and at Sanji who was filled with murderous intent.

"Sanji, should I call you kind or old-fashioned? Didn't you want to leave the Vinsmoke family a long time ago and never have anything to do with them again? Your father, Judge, used his own flesh and blood for scientific experiments since he was a child. Shouldn't you hate him? Why do you seem so sad when they get into trouble?"

"Shut up! You butcher!"

Sanji roared, his eyes reddening and his fists clenched.

"No matter how heartless they are, they are still... they are still my family. My life was given to me by them. Yet you killed Echizen, destroyed Vinsmoke, and turned him into a cripple. Do you know how heartbroken Reiju was? Yes, a butcher with blood on your hands like you would never understand the importance of human life!"

"The butcher?"

A hint of melancholy appeared in Luo Xia's eyes.

Yes, I might indeed be called a hero in the navy.

But in the eyes of the friends and family of the pirates he killed, wasn't he also a butcher?

"Sanji!"

Seeing Sanji overcome with emotion and in tears, Nami and the others disregarded their fear and rushed over, crowding around Luffy.

Chopper and Usopp tried to pull Sanji down from mid-air, but they failed.

Suddenly, a pleasant female voice, tinged with anger, came from afar.

"You call Rorschach a butcher, say he doesn't understand the importance of human life. Vinsmoke Sanji, do you know how much chaos your father Judge caused in the North Blue? If Rorschach hadn't arrived in time to stop his evil deeds, hundreds of thousands more innocent lives would have been lost in the hands of the Vinsmoke family, whom you consider family! Are other people's lives not lives, but the lives of your cold-blooded father and brothers? Are they lives?"

"Calling Brother Rorschach a butcher? Your Vinsmoke family is not worthy of the title!"

Sanji, who was suspended in mid-air, trembled, gritted his teeth, and the pain in his eyes intensified.

"enough!"

Luffy shouted, stopping the argument between the two sides and bringing silence to the scene.

Nami and the others looked at Luffy, who was covered in blood, and then heard Luffy say to Sanji in a deep voice, "Sanji! I need you to take everyone away. Tell me, can you do it?"

Sanji met his determined gaze, immediately calmed down, and nodded heavily.

"I will definitely lead everyone away."

"it is good."

Luffy stepped forward, spread his arms, and stood in front of everyone, facing Rorschach directly.

"Then come on, let's have a one-on-one fight, Rorschach!"

"Do you think you can hold me back by fighting me one-on-one, giving your crew a chance to escape?" Rorschach released Sanji, who was bound by air, and looked down at Luffy.

"Is it okay?" Luffy stared straight at Rorschach, not backing down an inch.

Rorschach's gaze swept past him, passing over the faces of Sanji and the others.

"Your idea is good, but I refuse."

"Why? A man like you shouldn't refuse a pirate's challenge to a duel!"

Despite his exhaustion, Luffy shouted loudly.

Luo Xia slowly raised the heavy halberd in his hand, and the terrifying power within him, as if from an abyss, gradually began to awaken.

Within a radius of over a thousand meters, in the area where the Justice Tower and the bridge pillars are located, the air seemed to solidify, making it difficult to breathe.

Yi Xiao's expression turned serious, and he slowly raised the staff-sword in his hand.

"Because I want to see how determined you are to become the Pirate King."

As soon as Luo Xia finished speaking, Yi Xiao's pupils shrank sharply. He grabbed Luffy and the others in front of him with his left hand, and under the invisible pull of gravity, he dragged them all behind him and flew into the dilapidated Justice Tower.

His right hand, which held the cane-sword, slashed down at Rorschach.

"Boom!"

Luffy and the others, who were pulled behind, only saw an extremely dazzling bolt of lightning bloom in front of Issho. The surrounding air hummed and trembled. The black halberd in Rorschach's hand drew a bright silver trajectory in the air, and struck Issho's staff sword as it was swung out.

"Clang!"

A metallic explosion, seemingly about to pierce everyone's eardrums, suddenly erupted, instantly sending a terrifying shockwave sweeping in all directions from the bridge pillars where Luo Xia and Yi Xiao stood.

"Ughhhh!"

Usopp and the others, who had retreated into the Tower of Justice, were thrown backward like leaves in the wind by the immense impact. They were pressed against the walls of the Tower of Justice by the violent airflow and unable to move.

What shocked them even more was that the bridge pillars where Luo Xia and Yi Xiao were standing, the thick stone pillars supporting the bridge deck, and the several-meter-thick reinforced concrete bridge deck, were cracking and bursting open inch by inch right before their eyes.

In just a few breaths, the massive pillar collapsed completely, and then exploded with a deafening roar!

Amidst the sweeping, surging impact, Robin's labored cries could be heard.

“Rorschach! I don’t think you have to do this! You’re not the kind of person who’s truly bloodthirsty. If you were, you wouldn’t have traveled all the way to Alabasta to defeat Crocodile and save that country.”

"Luffy... isn't a bad guy! We may be pirates, but we don't necessarily have to be enemies!"

Luo Xia gripped the Heavenly Dragon Halberd in one hand, bracing it against the staff-sword in Yi Xiao's hand, and looked at Robin, who was entangled in the air currents, and shook his head slightly.

"No need to say more, Nico Robin."

"Since you're here, then Dragon must have already made his choice. Since we're destined not to be able to persuade each other, let's go our separate ways. Who's right and who's wrong will be revealed in the future!"

A deep blue surge of Armament Haki boiled and surged on the black halberd, and boundless power erupted from Rorschach's wrist. Faced with this ultimate physical power that could easily destroy mountains and shatter peaks, even someone as strong as Yi Xiao couldn't help but change color.

A surge of heavy purple energy rippled out from his body, and together with the staff and sword in his hand, it met the Heavenly Dragon Halberd that crashed down like a thousand-meter mountain collapsing.

"Gravity Blade! Fierce Tiger!"

"Overlord Body! Star Shattering!"

Luo Xia's halberd shattered the air and smashed through the void, trailing blue and white flames as it crashed down.

"Boom!!"

The explosion was deafening, erupting at the point where the sword and halberd clashed.

It was like millions of tons of high explosives detonating simultaneously on the top of the only remaining bridge.

A terrifying shockwave swept in all directions, instantly shattering the last foothold beneath their feet.

Beneath the pillars, completely destroyed and reduced to rubble, giant waves tens of meters high surged on the sea surface.

In the midst of this deafening storm, even the Demon Order warship, which was the size of a small mountain, was pushed back hundreds of meters.

The two combatants were simultaneously struck by each other's attacks, crashing down like meteors, breaking through multiple sound barriers, and flying straight backward.

The top of the Justice Tower, which was shaking violently amidst the shockwave, was blasted open by Yixiao's flying body, leaving a large hole running from front to back.

Luffy and the others watched helplessly as Ikki was reduced to a tiny, almost imperceptible black dot, and was sent flying thousands of meters away.

On the other side, Luo Xia was also sent flying straight back for thousands of meters, like a sharp sword, cleaving the sea behind him and crashing into the depths of the ocean, creating towering waves.

After just two brief collisions, only a bare, towering Justice Tower remained on the latter half of Enies Lobby.

The rest—the bridge pillars, the island ground—all turned into dust and drifted into the sea.

The entire Straw Hat crew, including Luffy, stared wide-eyed at the horrific, cataclysmic scene, their shock reaching its peak.

"Monster! I told you long ago that Lieutenant General Lan Lin is a complete monster! There's no way we can defeat him!"

Usopp let out a terrified scream.

"A smile!"

Luffy struggled to his feet, panting as he jumped to the top of the broken tower, looking in the direction Issho had flown backward.

"Now is not the time to worry about Issho. He's very strong and can definitely hold off Vice Admiral Bluescale's attack. Luffy! We must take advantage of their battle and leave as soon as possible. We're simply not strong enough right now, and staying will only be a burden to Mr. Issho! Let's go!"

At the critical moment, Nami, who had snapped out of her fear, shouted loudly.

"But the Going Merry is still in Water Seven, and it's damaged. We have no ship to leave!" Chopper cried out in anguish.

"Whether we jump into the sea and swim, or seize a warship and leave, we must get out of Enies Lobby before that terrifying man returns!"

As Nami spoke, she stepped forward, grabbed the exhausted Luffy, and ran towards the broken wall opening of the Justice Tower.

"Don't jump into the sea! You'll become a sitting duck for the warships!"

Sanji rushed over, trying to stop Nami, but Nami pushed him away, leaving him somewhat at a loss.

Nami cried, "If we don't jump into the sea and wait for that monster to return, we're doomed. Do you have any other good ideas?"

Sanji clenched his fingers, his face filled with deep guilt and self-reproach.

"I'm sorry, Nami-san, it's my fault for being incompetent and unable to protect everyone."

"Now is not the time to blame yourself!" Usopp shouted, then suddenly seemed to remember something and exclaimed with delight, "That's right! I remember that Marine monster, he seemed to be a Devil Fruit user. He was knocked into the sea by Mr. Issho, he might drown. Even if he didn't drown, he probably wouldn't be able to get out, right?"

"I don't think it's that simple." Sanji's expression grew increasingly grim as he recalled being trapped in mid-air by the air.

Just then, a strange cry came from the outer wall of the Tower of Justice.

"Straw Hat Kid! Let me, your grandpa, help you out!"

"That voice...it's that pervert." Nami and the others were startled and quickly peered outside, only to see Franky hanging from the cylindrical wall, grinning at them.

"Frankie! Do you have a way to save us?"