One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

"Speaking of that giant's ability, it should have originally belonged to that big, dumb shark-man from Wang Zhi's pirate crew, right? I never thought it would end up in his hands. I heard that big, dumb shark was killed by Vice Admiral Lan Lin."

"What a pity, these two guys are stubborn and refuse to join our Whitebeard Pirates. Dad! When Vice Admiral Bluescale arrives, are we really just going to let them go like this? Isn't it a bit of a waste, and it feels like letting a tiger return to the mountain?"

Laqueu's gaze lingered between Pamel and Bepo.

At that moment, a loud roar came from ahead. Joz slammed his elbow into the chest of Parmel's massive body, sending him stumbling backward for more than ten steps without being able to stop his retreat. Finally, he crashed into the sea behind him with a thud, losing all strength to fight and dying unconscious in despair.

Cheers erupted from the surrounding pirates.

Whitebeard smiled and looked at Marco beside him, asking, "Marco, still no news about that brat?"

“According to our spies in Totto Land, Rorschach should have already led our men out of G5 and into our territory. But he hasn’t shown up yet. I think he’s definitely up to something bad on Old Man’s turf. But finding him shouldn’t be too difficult. I’ll contact all the captains right away.”

As Marco spoke, he took out a Den Den Mushi and started dialing one by one.

One by one, the captains of the vassal pirate crews dialed their numbers. The massive Whitebeard Pirates, like a huge machine with countless gears, started operating at high speed, reporting in detail everything that had happened in Whitebeard's territory in the past few days.

Soon, when Marco's Den Den Mushi dialed Karma of the Octopus Pirates, an unexpected incident occurred.

Kalmar's Den Den Mushi (snail phone) is not being answered.

Marco's face darkened, and he shouted to Whitebeard, "Father! Something's happened on Karma's side. It's very likely that Vice Admiral Bluescale has arrived."

"Gurrah! How dare you trespass on my territory and cause trouble! Men! Let's set off for Salk Island! Come with me to meet this Lieutenant General Bluescale!"

"Yes, Father!"

The members of the Whitebeard Pirates responded enthusiastically, swarming forward and using thick seastone chains to handcuff Bepo and Pamel, binding them to the Moby Dick and sailing towards Salk Island.

A deserted island east of Salk Island, teeming with ferocious beasts.

A small warship came flying straight in from a distance.

When the warship flew over the deserted island's beach, several pirate captains were dragged off the warship by Enel and thrown onto the beach in humiliating poses.

Enel jumped off, while Rorschach maneuvered the warship to the other side of the deserted island and hid there, to be used during the evacuation after the hostage exchange.

When Rorschach returned to the beach, he saw Enel torturing the prisoners with lightning.

"Are you really planning to wait for Whitebeard to come to this deserted island? I don't think that's a good idea. We'd be better off waiting on Salk Island, at least then we wouldn't have to worry about Whitebeard causing trouble there."

Enel casually fired a bolt of lightning, which struck Whitey Bay's delicate body, causing the proud female pirate captain's blue hair to explode, drool to stream from her mouth, and her two taut legs to involuntarily clamp together.

The beach beneath her was gradually being soaked by a ring of water.

Whiteybe bit her lip until it bled, her face contorted with shame and indignation, her eyes tightly shut.

Enel, however, ignored it, his fingertips flashing with electricity.

Finally, after the Ice Witch's body had reached its limit of tension, she suddenly groaned, went limp, and collapsed onto the beach with a flushed face.

His body was still trembling slightly.

Enel paused, subtly withdrawing the lightning he had shot at the other pirate captains, and looked toward Rorschach who was approaching.

Enel visibly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Rorschach wasn't paying much attention to the collapsed Whitebeard.

"Enel, you keep an eye on them. Let me know when the Whitebeard Pirates arrive. I need to go and study something."

Rorschach left a message and then ran back into the depths of the island's forest, leaving Enel somewhat confused.

In the past two days, he followed Rorschach to several islands within a radius of several hundred miles. After roughly observing the territory under Whitebeard's rule, he became even more convinced of Rorschach's judgment of Whitebeard and the Whitebeard Pirates that day.

Whitebeard was not a bad person at heart.

At least compared to the World Government, he wasn't as thoroughly evil as Charlotte Linlin or Kaido.

However, his existence may not necessarily be a good thing for this era.

Compared to Roger, Whitebeard is more like the uncrowned king of this sea.

His benevolence, magnanimity, and broad-mindedness almost gave people the illusion that pirates weren't so bad after all.

It is precisely because of the existence of such a pinnacle of piracy that more and more people in the world are drawn to the pirate community, hoping to set sail in search of family and friendship.

They crave the pirate life of drinking from large bowls, eating large chunks of meat, fighting freely, and indulging in unrestrained adventures.

This also makes most people subconsciously forget where pirates get their money.

What tragic fate awaits the pirates' adversaries, and the innocent civilians, merchants, men, women, the elderly, and children they harm?

This has led people to still harbor a fascination with pirates.

As long as this aspiration persists, the Great Pirate Era that Roger ushered in will never end.

If Roger ushered in the Great Pirate Era, then Whitebeard upheld it.

In a sense, he was actually more deserving of the title of Pirate King than Roger.

Therefore, for Rorschach, who wanted to end this great pirate era, Whitebeard had to fall!

Only when Whitebeard falls, breaking the backbone of this great pirate era, will this era come to an end.

Deep in the forest, towering ancient trees, some tens or even hundreds of meters tall, stand everywhere.

Near water sources, one can often see large, ferocious beasts roaming the forest, patrolling their territory, or eyeing their prey, ready to pounce and kill.

These ferocious beasts were as large as small mountains, and they all exuded a terrifying aura that sent chills down one's spine.

However, when Rorschach, who was tiny in their eyes, stepped forward, the forest, which had been filled with the roars of beasts, fell silent in an instant.

A giant elephant, over ten meters tall, was drinking water by the river when it froze in place, its eyes filled with terror.

In the distance, a giant tiger with its jaws wide open, revealing countless white fangs, was about to pounce on a deer when its leaping body froze in mid-air, supporting itself on only one hind leg, its entire body tense.

The elk beneath its massive body froze, staring with terrified eyes at both the giant tiger pouncing on it and Rorschach walking past it.

Saliva was dripping from the giant tiger's wide-open mouth.

Its eyes were fixed on Luo Xia as he passed by. After hesitating for a moment, it slowly stuck out its tongue, wanting to lick the saliva hanging from its chin.

The little deer below was terrified by its large, barbed tongue. Finally, unable to bear the fear any longer, its hooves trembled, it let out a mournful cry, and it fled into the distant forest.

The giant tiger watched helplessly as its plump prey, which was right in front of it, ran away. It became anxious and instinctively let out a loud, urgent roar.

"Keep your voice down, or I'll eat you up."

From beneath the giant tree not far away, came the human's utterly calm voice.

"Awoo~".

The giant tiger's deafening roar quickly turned into a pitiful whimper. It stretched out its two huge paws, hugged its head, and shrank into the grass, its mottled body trembling uncontrollably.

Luo Xia ignored the thoughts of the small animals and looked at his outstretched hand.

"It shouldn't be a misperception. In the battle on Whole Cake Island, during the final clash with Kaido, I should have indeed unleashed an attack imbued with Conqueror's Haki. Since I've already used Conqueror's Haki once, it means that I've officially mastered this powerful force."

After a moment of contemplation, Rorschach took a deep breath and began to concentrate fully, attempting to gather the Conqueror's Haki within his body towards his right hand.

However, the next second.

"Buzz!"

A ball of black and red energy suddenly emanated from Luo Xia's body, sweeping outwards in all directions.

"call!"

A sudden gust of wind seemed to rise from nowhere in the dense jungle, and the surrounding bushes and grass were shattered by the black and red light, turning into countless fragments that flew up in the air.

The bark of the towering trees around them crackled and popped, large pieces breaking off.

A huge roar came from the lake not far away, the water surface exploded, and the giant elephant, which was more than ten meters tall, rolled its eyes and plunged into the water.

The giant, colorful tiger, its head tucked in the grass, was in a daze. It felt a wave of dizziness, its head lolled to the side, its tongue lolling out, and it simply followed in the footsteps of the giant elephant, collapsing unconscious in the grass.

The person who started all this seemed oblivious, still standing under the tree, frowning and lost in thought.

Luo Xia looked at the Armament Haki wrapped around his arms, and at the deep blue armor formed by the Armament Haki, which easily pierced through the giant tree in front of him.

"What's going on? You can't even gather Conqueror's Haki energy? Yamato, who is so much weaker than me, can still unleash a Conqueror's Haki attack. Logically, I should be able to master this power more easily."

Luo Xia couldn't help but systematically organize the process of mastering Conqueror's Haki from beginner to advanced in his mind.

First, there is the awakening of Conqueror's Haki.

With the Conqueror's Haki talent that gives one the qualities of a king, when emotions accumulate to a certain bottleneck, a special kind of aura is successfully released through a breakthrough, which can be transformed into a tangible mental impact that can be intimidating.

Then comes the initial mastery of Conqueror's Haki, which means having a strong enough aura to project this power outwards.

At this stage, Conqueror's Haki will not only possess mental pressure and impact, but will also create physical shocks and destruction that cause real damage.

When a user of Conqueror's Haki grows strong enough, the outward release of Conqueror's Haki can even directly destroy ships and buildings, and injure enemies.

Finally, there's the entanglement of Conqueror's Haki.

When Conqueror's Haki becomes powerful enough to generate special Conqueror's Haki lightning, it basically means that one has crossed the threshold of being entangled by Conqueror's Haki.

The process of entangling involves concentrating the lightning formed by this Conqueror's Haki energy onto the hands, feet, and weapons, creating an attack that is even more powerful and destructive than the entanglement of high-level Armament Haki.

Therefore, attacks imbued with Conqueror's Haki are often accompanied by bursts of black lightning, as if a god is enraged, shattering the void and creating a breathtaking, remote strike.

This is one of the most powerful forces in the world, a force comparable to the awakening of a Devil Fruit.

Rorschach held his breath again.

He recalled the teachings of Garp and Sengoku.

The reason why Conqueror's Haki cannot form a Conqueror's Haki-encircled attack is because Conqueror's Haki is difficult to control at a single point.

Therefore, you must first learn to compress this powerful energy and transform it into a Conqueror's Hide Lightning.

Then gather these lightning bolts in your hand, keep them steady, and finally unleash this gathered energy!

This is the essence of entanglement!

"Alright! Let's try to actively compress Conqueror's Haki first."

Luo Xia released his powerful aura once again, forming a tangible ball of energy that converged towards his right hand.

"Conqueror's Haki Lightning... Do it!"

"Buzz!"

A powerful energy surge swept across the area, scattering debris from vegetation and even uprooting fallen leaves and branches from the ground.

The giant elephant, which had just staggered to its feet, and the giant tiger, which was still half-asleep, both collapsed again, foaming at the mouth and rolling their eyes back.

"Damn it! Give it to me again!"