One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

But Luffy and his crew are different.

Perhaps, Luffy can become a Pirate King different from Roger.

Perhaps, he really can bring light to this world, just as that man said.

"In that case, let's take a gamble."

He smiled as he touched the hideous scar on his eye.

"This is the biggest gamble I've ever made in my life, a gamble with my life! Luffy! Let me see whether the future of this world lies in you, or... in him!"

"Boom!"

Thunder rumbled down from the sky like a relentless tide.

Towering tornado columns constantly form and vanish.

Bright flames occasionally ignited in the increasingly dim sky, like flaming swords slicing through the heavens.

The battle between Rorschach and Kaido on Whole Cake Island lasted from morning till night, from day to night.

The two fought from their human form to their human-beast form, then back to their beast form, and finally back to their most convenient human-beast form, returning to Whole Cake Island for a frenzied battle.

This fight lasted for two days and two nights.

Day and night alternate, the sun rises and the moon sets.

On the vast sea outside Whole Cake Island, spectators from all over the world gathered, and even though many suffered losses due to the aftermath of the battle, no one left midway.

Everyone was eagerly awaiting the final outcome of the battle.

On the nearest warship, Garp, Aokiji, and Kizaru were highly focused, ready to rescue Rorschach at any moment.

On the distant sea, the red-haired, white-bearded figure suddenly exuded an aura of dominance.

It was as if if they dared to attack Kaido, the pirates would launch a full-scale attack.

This doesn't mean that Shanks and Whitebeard have a particularly good relationship with Kaido.

They unleashed their power simply to declare their stance: they did not want to see the great pirates of the New World wiped out one by one by the Navy.

If they really sit idly by, they might suffer the same fate as the Big Mom Pirates next.

Cake Island.

The entire island's surface had been blasted into a giant sinkhole hundreds of meters deep by the aftershocks of the battle between Rorschach and Kaido.

A massive amount of seawater flowed in from outside the island, forming a vast inland sea within the island.

The only remaining land area is the outermost ring of coastline.

Viewed from the sky, the entire Cake Island looks like a giant ring.

It does seem rather peculiar.

The battlefield where the two sides were fighting was actually in the sea within this huge ring.

Two Devil Fruit users actually fought in the sea.

The thick, imposing armor of Rorschach and Kaido burst open on their bodies, pushing aside the surging seawater around them.

Even if their imposing armor is occasionally broken and their bodies are covered by seawater, their extraordinary physiques will not cause them to lose strength like ordinary ability users.

"Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh, Rorschach! Your strength has weakened, it seems you have no chance of taking my title!"

Kaido threw his head back and laughed, knocking away Rorschach's Heavenly Dragon Halberd with a single blow. His left hand transformed into a dragon claw, reaching out to grab Rorschach's incoming right fist. With a twist of his right wrist, he propelled his spiked club, which was wrapped with strands of Conqueror's Haki lightning, to smash it solidly into Rorschach's forehead.

At a depth of 100 meters, hundreds of tons of seawater exploded with a deafening roar, turning into a white mist of steam under Kaido's terrifying power.

Luo Xia's face was covered in blood, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was panting heavily. He felt his muscles and bones were weak and trembling, and his physical strength was almost exhausted from the continuous high-intensity battle.

Looking at Kaido, who was still full of energy, Rorschach had no choice but to admit defeat.

"Kaido! You really aren't human. I've been studying in Impel Down for a year, and I even took down Bullet, but I still can't beat you. If I were the protagonist of this manga, I'd want to have some kind of cheat code too! Otherwise, how am I supposed to beat a monster like you?"

A string of terms that Kaido couldn't understand came out of Rorschach's mouth, leaving Kaido, who was constantly swinging his club, somewhat stunned.

"Barrett? Is that the brat from Roger's ship? You beat him up? Wow, not bad, that kid has a lot of talent. It's a shame he's locked up in Impel Down."

In the brief moment Kaido was stunned, the spiked club he was swinging was caught by Rorschach's left hand, who mustered his last bit of strength and pulled it to the side.

Immediately afterwards, Kaido saw Rorschach grit his teeth, glare with bloodshot eyes, and suddenly throw his head back, his deep blue Haki surging from the top of his head. With a loud bang, he smashed through the seawater in front of him and crashed into Kaido's face.

"Oh ho ho ho! That's really fierce!"

Kaido laughed loudly, then leaned forward and headbutted him.

"boom!"

The two enormous heads collided with each other like two shooting stars.

The seawater, spanning hundreds or even thousands of meters in radius, was pushed apart by the powerful impact.

The last remaining coastline on Whole Cake Island completely collapsed and was submerged by seawater.

The entire island vanished completely beneath the surface of the sea, leaving no trace.

Two enormous figures flew backward, cleaving through the deep sea from left and right, and only stopped after flying hundreds of meters.

Luo Xia gasped for breath, shook his head which was still spurting blood, and spread his fingers. Amidst the faint flashes of electricity, the Heavenly Dragon Halberd, which had sunk to some unknown place, suddenly broke through the water and flew into his hand, where he gripped it tightly.

He stood on the churning sea, looking through his crimson gaze at Kaido, a kilometer away.

"It's the final blow, Kaido!!"

Kaido spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm and, using some unknown method, pulled his spiked club from the sea.

Come on!

Under the dim sky, the waves rolled and the wind howled across the sea.

Their eyes met in mid-air, and they simultaneously began to run towards each other.

As the two ran, two terrifying auras, as deep as abyss, continuously expanded outward from their bodies.

Finally, they transformed into two magnificent spherical black and red energy orbs, instantly bridging a thousand meters apart and colliding with each other, constantly crashing against the sea surface as if trying to destroy one another.

The seawater churned and roared under the impact of this expanding ball of energy.

Several kilometers away, on some ships anchored at sea, people who were watching suddenly rolled their eyes back, foamed at the mouth, and collapsed on the deck.

On the nearest warship, marines fell like wheat being harvested.

Even the hull of the warship was impacted, making a cracking sound and exploding countless wood fibers.

"That's terrifying Conqueror's Haki, I... I'm going to faint."

Bepo covered his head and screamed amidst the relentless onslaught of Conqueror's Haki.

Behind him, apart from a few elite officers, G5's soldiers had fallen to the ground.

On Garp's dog-headed warship, Koby and Helmeppo rolled their eyes and collapsed at Garp's feet, which angered Garp so much that he punched them twice on the head.

"How utterly useless! You can't even withstand the aura they're unleashed! How dare I tell you, in front of the Warring States period, that you have the potential to be great generals."

After saying that, Garp suddenly exclaimed in surprise and turned to look at the G5 warship.

In his perception, two faint auras suddenly appeared on the Kirin, stubbornly surging under the Conqueror's Haki released by Kaido and Rorschach.

That was none other than the awakening of Conqueror's Haki!

Garp wasn't too surprised to see Enel radiating a surge of electricity from his body.

The other one, however, came from…

"That giant under Rorschach's command actually has the potential to use Conqueror's Haki?"

Karp's eyes widened.

The small G5 has more people with Conqueror's Haki than the entire Marine Headquarters!

Just then, a deafening explosion resounded throughout the New World, piercing through the clouds and splitting rocks, attracting the attention of many powerful figures on the sea.

The battle on the sea where Whole Cake Island is located has ended.

The two combatants stood on the sea.

"Who won?" Ace asked, his eyes wide as he leaned over the bow of the ship.

"Gulp gulp gulp, this era truly belongs to the young." The white-bearded man tilted his head back and downed his drink.

"Without a doubt, that guy will be Luffy's strongest opponent in the future. The Navy truly lives up to its reputation as the strongest force of justice; they always manage to find such monstrous fresh blood." Beckman lit a cigarette and took a deep drag.

On the distant sea, Zephyr smiled with satisfaction. "Rorschach, seeing how much you've grown, I'm relieved. I'll be waiting for the day you take the helm of the Navy! Ain, Binz, return to port!"

"Borusalino!"

On the dog-headed warship, Garp shouted.

"I know, I know."

Kizaru scratched his head, his body transforming into countless points of light that shot out, leaving the warship and appearing in the sky behind Rorschach in the blink of an eye, warily watching Kaido standing opposite Rorschach.

"Brother Luo Xia!" Upon seeing this, Yun Que quickly brought the Qilin closer.

Kaido looked down at the huge wound on his chest.

The wound stretched diagonally from his right shoulder to his left abdomen, and a large amount of blood gushed out of the wound like a cascading waterfall, staining Kaido's body and the seawater beneath his feet red.

No matter how much he expended his energy trying to enhance cell activity and speed up muscle healing, he was unable to heal the wound.

There was a destructive force that Kaido was extremely familiar with, which completely destroyed the muscle and skin tissue at the site of his wound, preventing the body from fully repairing itself.

This is the power of Conqueror's Haki!

Kaido looked up at the unconscious Rorschach standing opposite him, then suddenly grinned, laughed heartily, and leaped into the sky, his body swelling into a giant blue dragon as he departed.

"Oh ho ho ho ho, next time, let's settle this with a fight to the death!"

Rorschach!

Chapter 597 The Fourth General?

"Haha, that kid did a great job!"

At Marine Headquarters, outside the balcony of the Justice Fortress, Smoker could hear Sengoku's loud laughter coming from the Fleet Admiral's office from afar.