One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

The dozen or so pirate ships received orders, slowly slowed down, and came to a stop, floating quietly on the dimly lit sea.

He turned his head sharply, his eyes beneath the mask dark and brooding, and looked toward Katakuri on the Queen's ship to his left.

"Katakuri! Why didn't your Charlotte family fight with all your might during the attack? If you had attacked with me, Zephyr's Neo Marines would have been crushed by us long ago!"

Katakuri didn't even glance at the furious King, sitting cross-legged in his chair, playing with the candy in his hand.

Just as Jin was about to lash out, he heard Katakuri's voice, which remained calm and unchanging.

"The result of a joint attack will only be that everyone goes up and dies with the navy."

Quinn was taken aback. "What do you mean?"

"There are a lot of explosive rocks buried underground on that island, just waiting for us to go all the way in before detonating them."

"what?"

Katakuri's calm voice made Queen and Jhin widen their eyes in disbelief.

After a brief moment of shock, cold sweat beaded on Quinn's obese face.

He forced a dry laugh to suppress his lingering fear and asked, "If that's the case, why didn't we detonate those dangerous things when we withdrew from Gingerbread Island? Wouldn't that have effortlessly blown the navy to smithereens?"

Katakuri offered no explanation, but Smoothie, standing beside him, couldn't help but look at Queen with the kind of pitying gaze one might give someone mentally challenged.

"Quinn, I know you're the scientist in the Beasts Pirates, but do you really think a scientist capable of developing weapons like the Pacifista would leave us with such a simple loophole?"

"Who knows? What if it works?" Quinn stubbornly refused to admit he was an idiot.

"Tch, I can't be bothered to explain. If you want to do it, then go ahead and try. See if you can single-handedly wipe out Zephyr's entire new navy. A bunch of muscle-bound idiots." Smoothie rolled her eyes, too lazy to pay attention to the stubborn Quinn.

Quinn wanted to argue a bit more, but suddenly shivered and cautiously looked up to see a huge azure dragon, hundreds of meters long, rushing through the clouds and mist from the sea behind them, flying swiftly over their heads and heading towards the Ice Island.

Watching the Azure Dragon rush straight towards the flashing lightning in the sky like a moth to a flame, Quinn nervously tugged at Ember's sleeve.

"Hey! King! Should we try to talk to Kaido? I feel like it's dangerous to just charge in. That energy fluctuation is terrifying. I've never seen such an intense energy fluctuation in the New World before. It's like a supervolcano about to erupt."

"Yes!" Jin nodded. "Go ahead."

"Huh? It's me again?" Quinn was stunned.

Seeing that Jin had turned to look at him, he gave an embarrassed smile and quickly waved his hand, saying, "Never mind then, Brother Kaido is so strong, he'll definitely be fine. I won't go and cause him any trouble."

No sooner had he finished speaking than clusters of brilliant lights suddenly appeared on the dark sea behind him.

Katakuri on the left-hand ship flashed forward, his hands already outstretched horizontally, and a large amount of white mochi balls gushed out from his hands, rapidly forming a thick wall of mochi balls that blocked the rear half of the Queen below him.

Quinn turned around in astonishment, just in time to see beams of laser light piercing the dark night sky, instantly crossing a thousand meters of sea and crashing into their fleet.

Two beams of scorching laser light grazed his obese body, and Quinn could even smell the burnt odor of his own skin being roasted.

"Boom boom boom!"

Pops of water erupted on the sea surface.

Several unlucky pirate ships were hit by the beam and were instantly blasted into pieces. The pirates on board screamed and turned into burning torches, falling into the water with a thud.

"Damn it! That old bastard Zephyr is chasing us! They actually dare to pursue us? They're asking for trouble!"

Quinn, clutching his pounding heart, cursed angrily.

Before the two could give the order for the entire ship to turn around and engage, the huge lightning ball that had been hovering in the sky for most of the day suddenly moved.

The thunderball, three to four kilometers in diameter, emitted a deafening roar that resounded throughout the New World. Columns of thunder as thick as warships, like erupting solar prominences, bulged from the surface of the thunderball.

A devastating power erupted atop the thunder sphere.

"Oh ho ho ho ho! Rorschach! I've been waiting for you for ages!"

The Azure Dragon, which roamed the sky like a vast ocean, ignored the restless lightning ball above its head. Its excited dragon eyes reflected a figure flying below the lightning ball.

"As expected, the person I chose is truly capable, unlike that old geezer Zefa, who's neither good to eat nor worth throwing away. Come on! Fight me! I can feel it now, you're fully qualified to fight me! Let's have a good, one-on-one duel! Rorschach! Ororororo!"

"A one-on-one duel?"

As Rorschach felt the immense pressure looming over him, a small smile slowly spread across his face. Under Kaido's expectant gaze, he gave his answer.

"can!"

Upon receiving Rorschach's affirmative answer, Kaido became as excited as a fifty-year-old child, opening his dragon mouth full of fangs and letting out a deafening laugh.

"Oro ro ro, oh ro ro ro! Let's come on then! Let's have a good fight!"

"But before that, please accept the gift I've prepared for you for most of the day!"

His muscles swelled as if inflated, and a domineering and violent aura erupted from Luo Xia's body.

He raised his right hand high above his head, as if holding up the lightning sun in the sky with one hand.

As lightning crackled from Luo Xia's raised right palm, the massive ball of lightning above was aroused, as if he had forcefully ripped it off with one hand, and crashed down towards the tiny azure dragon in front of him.

That wasn't just ordinary lightning. Within that enormous ball of lightning, there was also a deep blue, domineering aura, like a tidal wave, which amplified the lightning's pure attack power several times over.

This attack was a combined strike from Rorschach, Enel, Hibari, Kirin, and Nature's Thunder.

In this world, there is probably no lightning energy that can surpass that of this ball of lightning.

"The strongest combo attack! Thunder Sea Sun!"

As the terrifying lightning ball crashed down from above, Kaido's usually stagnant mind was inevitably stirred.

At this moment, Kaido's Observation Haki, which allows him to foresee the future, tells him that if he doesn't use his full strength, he will definitely be severely injured by this world-destroying attack, or even die!

An unprecedented surge of emotion caused Kaido to tremble uncontrollably.

"Ororororo!"

Two flushes of drunkenness appeared on the Azure Dragon's face. Instead of retreating, it advanced, and fiery red flames were wildly spewed out from its massive body.

In an instant, the thousand-meter-long azure dragon transformed into a raging fire dragon, unleashing an earth-shattering aura. The most powerful Conqueror's Haki coiled around the burning dragon's head as it faced head-on into the destructive sea of ​​lightning and the sun!

"Rising Dragon! Fire Dragon Eight Trigrams!"

The moment the sun, which crashed down like a collapsing lightning bolt, collided head-on with the raging fire dragon, the entire new world fell into a brief silence.

On the sea, whether they were G5 marines, Beast Pirates, or Neo Marines, they all stared blankly at the sky.

Enel, Law, King, Queen, Katakuri, Zephyr, and the others, their eyes reflecting the endless, dazzling light from the sky, were so overwhelmed that they couldn't help but feel the urge to cry.

It seems that this is the ultimate power that all the strong who pursue the greatest power in the world seek throughout their lives.

When endless light tore through the sky of the new world, and a deafening roar shook the heavens, it spread far and wide, reaching hundreds or even thousands of miles away.

Ten thousand meters above the icy island, Kaido, his body billowing black smoke, lay on his back and plummeted straight down, crashing into the center of the island under Yamato's stunned gaze.

Luo Xia stood at the bow of the flying Kirin, looking down, his voice booming like thunder.

"Kaido! I'll be waiting for you on Whole Cake Island in the heart of Whole Cake Island in seven days."

"Let's have a one-on-one fight!"

Chapter 593: The Battle Against Kaido! A Battle That Shook the World!

Seven days later, Kaido of the Beasts will face off against Vice Admiral Rorschach of Blue Scale on Whole Cake Island within Totto Land!

When the ever-present World News Agency spread the news, the whole world was in an uproar.

Kaido of the Beasts, the strongest creature on land, sea, and air, the strongest member of the indestructible Oni clan, and a user of the Mythical Zoan-type Fish-Fish Fruit in its Azure Dragon form.

Vice Admiral Rorschach, the strongest creature in the Navy, rose to power at an unprecedented speed. He is a killer of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, an enemy of pirates, and a user of the Mythical Zoan-type Horse-Horse Fruit in Kirin form.

This is a battle between the world's top mythical beast users, an epic feast where the strongest pirate creature clashes with the strongest marine creature.

This battle is destined to capture the attention of the entire world.

All the major powers capable of venturing into the New World were filled with excitement as they headed towards the Tottoran Sea, eager to witness the true power of the world's strongest beings.

Pirates, the Navy, member states, non-member states, the Revolutionary Army, and CP0 under the World Government—all were moved by the news.

"Hahahaha, let's set sail! Let's set sail! Today I'll take you bunch of brats to see just why the Four Emperors, whose status is recognized even by a behemoth like the World Government, are called the Pirate Emperors! And Rorschach, that kid is pretty badass! He actually dared to challenge a Four Emperor so quickly!"

In Queen City in Springtime, at the headquarters of the Bounty Hunters Guild, the guild master Jonathan, whose hair and beard had turned white and whose appearance made him look increasingly old, had a big smile on his orange-skinned old face. With a wave of his hand, he beckoned the elite hunters he had gathered to head to the port to board the ship.

"Kaido of the Beasts, the strongest creature in the world, is he another one of the strongest in the world? I wonder who is stronger, him or Mihawk?" Zoro's eyes shone brightly, and he couldn't help but tighten his grip on the Wado Ichimonji at his waist.

"If our Bounty Hunter Guild could capture one of the Four Emperors someday, our reputation would definitely resound throughout the world. Sigh, if only Rorschach had joined us back then." Sera looked regretful, then her eyes filled with anticipation, imagining the surprised and delighted expression on Rorschach's face when he saw her in the New World.

"Yo ho ho ho, Lieutenant General Rorschach saved my life and also saved Lab's life. I'm definitely going to go and cheer him on. I can play a victory song on the spot after his victory."

Brooke held his newly bought violin and rapier, his empty eye sockets flickering with gray-green flames of his soul.

"Let's go! Cough cough cough, you rascals, after seeing how vast the world is, you won't be so complacent and narrow-minded after gaining a little bit of power. I hope... you can carry on the Bounty Hunter Guild and make it great. I am, really old."

Jonathan looked at the energetic Sera, Zoro, Hawkins, and the others, a look of satisfaction on his face.

He was very satisfied with Zoro, whom Rorschach had recommended to him.

The boy's talent was not actually as outstanding as Jonathan had hoped.

But his diligence, hard work, composure, and perseverance completely made up for his slight lack of talent.

In Jonathan's eyes, Zoro is like a peerless sword that is constantly being forged and tempered, shedding its rust and gradually revealing its sharpness.

The knife is neither fancy nor flashy in appearance.

But it is heavy, substantial, and unpretentious.

Having become his disciple and joined the Bounty Hunter Guild for less than two years, he has already become the most popular six-star hunter in the guild.

Jonathan felt at ease passing on the mantle of the Bounty Hunters Guild to a steady, reliable, and loyal person.

The City of Seven Waters.

At the top of the entrance to Dock One, Luffy, his body wrapped in bandages, was looking up at the towering Kirin statue in front of him.

The Carrera shipbuilders are not only world-class in shipbuilding, but also extremely skilled in carving.

Although it is just an inanimate object carved from rock, the Qilin statue in front of us looks exceptionally majestic, heavy, and grand.

The scales, arranged in neat rows, reflected the sunlight, long whiskers fluttered on either side of the dragon's mouth, and majestic eyes gazed directly at the sea, as if it truly possessed a massive aura capable of suppressing the ocean.

From a distance, it looks like a living, giant Qilin beast lying on the main gate of Water City.

Sanji, holding the newspaper, remained silent, standing to the side.

Yixiao stared at Luffy with his slightly ferocious eyes.