One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Without the slightest hesitation, they immediately broke free from the frenzied fighting and wanted to rush to Smoker and Drake's aid.

However, how could the pirates responsible for restraining them easily let them leave at this crucial moment?

Marco spread his wings, and blue flames surged and roared like a giant wave. He not only entangled Yamato, who was trying to break free from him, but also split off a portion of the blue flames to bombard Hibari. He actually wanted to hold back the two of them with his own strength!

"Get out of my way!"

Yamato was furious, unleashing a barrage of attacks on Marco without regard for its own energy expenditure, but it couldn't break free from Marco's entanglement no matter what it did.

Yamato's attacks were fierce. Even with Marco's recovery ability, he was struggling a bit by now. There was a faint trace of blood seeping from the corner of his mouth and sweat on his forehead, but he still didn't let up.

He knew that after Vista killed the Red Heart General, everything was beyond repair.

The fact that the Red-Haired Pirates chose to help them is an immense favor.

Even if it means death, Marco is determined to gain the greatest advantage in this revenge battle!

"Phoenix Reborn from the Ashes!"

Blue flames surged, blotting out the sky, and enormous bird claws tore down, grabbing the terrified Hibari and Yamato from the left and right, firmly imprisoning them in mid-air, unable to break free.

Below, Smoker and Drake also sensed a deadly crisis.

But the two were fearless and ready to die. They used their moonwalking skills to ascend into the sky and charged towards Yasopp and his men, who were charging towards them with murderous intent.

Even if there is no chance of victory, you must launch an attack, an attack, and another attack, until you or the enemy are killed.

G5 branch, no cowards!

"Go to hell, the two weakest vice admirals of the G5 branch!" To deal with Smoker and Drake, the Red-Haired Pirates deployed four officers whose strength far exceeded that of ordinary vice admirals of the headquarters: Yasopp, Lucky Strike, Drogon, and Snake. They were giving them a lot of face and were naturally very confident of victory.

however.

Just as Smoker and Drake were about to perish, this dreamlike world suddenly shook violently, as if a closed room had been suddenly hit by a speeding truck. Everyone inside was shaken, their heads buzzing, and they swayed and fell.

Even the two sides about to fight to the death in the sky were affected, their forward positions shifted, as if this sudden and violent tremor had tilted the entire world.

In the center of the vast square, spiderweb-like cracks appeared.

Before the terrified crowd could fall, these narrow slits burst open like peeling paint off a wall, sending thousands of people flying and even blasting them to pieces.

In the next instant, endless light surged out from the bursting crack, rushing towards the sky like a waterfall flowing backwards, then made an incredible turn, shooting straight at the fastest-rushing Yasopp.

In the square, countless people wailed and screamed. The fear and panic of death briefly overwhelmed Uta's singing control, bringing these people, who were immersed in the empty fantasy world, back to their senses.

However, if they could, they would probably prefer not to be sober.

Because waking up here is not heaven, it's hell.

At that moment, even ordinary people could see that what was gushing out from the cracked ground was not light, but lightning, endless lightning.

Raging, chaotic, and filled with destructive lightning!

Lightning's speed is unparalleled, and although Devil Fruit abilities do not follow the laws of physics, it is still among the fastest speed-type abilities.

Without techniques like premonition, it's impossible to catch up with a speed demon who's running at lightning speed at full power, even if you're at the top level of combat strength, without a speed-enhancing fruit like the Glint-Glint Fruit or the Teleportation Fruit.

From the moment the world trembled, to the earth cracking open and endless lightning erupting, to the moment the enormous pillar of lightning turned and rushed towards him, it took less than a second or two.

When Yasopp recovered from his shock, he found himself unable to move.

"What's going on?" He struggled desperately, trying to break free, but it felt as if he was bound by chains, and he couldn't escape at all.

"Yosbu! Run away!"

"It's Lieutenant General Lei Long!"

Hearing the urgent shouts of Lakiru and the others, he realized that they were right next to him.

"Lieutenant General Lei Long? Are you kidding me? How could a lieutenant general possibly possess such power?"

Yasopp felt the gaze upon him, slowly raised his head, and saw a huge face.

The face was composed of countless bolts of lightning radiating terrifying energy fluctuations, with even individual strands of hair and pupils clearly visible.

Before him, a colossal Buddha statue, thousands of meters tall, appeared, its head alone reaching hundreds of meters in height.

At this very moment, he was being held in the enormous lightning hand of this thunder Buddha. The difference in their sizes was so great that it was like a human holding a mosquito.

An indescribable, terrifying energy fluctuation was continuously emanating from this thunderous Buddha statue, recklessly filling this dreamlike world.

Thunder rumbled across the sky, scattering the rainbow-like musical staves and the lively, elfin notes with overwhelming force.

The enormous lightning Buddha stood on the wide plaza, showing no intention of restraining the lightning emanating from its body. Dense crowds were scattered, blown away, and shattered by the surging lightning like a tidal wave.

Panic, fear, and despair permeated the world at this moment.

In a corner of the ground, Uta, who was being fiercely protected by Luffy, stared wide-eyed at this incredibly tragic scene, and the regret in his heart instantly reached its peak.

If it weren't for her desire to realize her innocent dream and her longing for that man's recognition and acceptance, and for using her singing to draw so many people into this world of song, this terrible, world-ending disaster wouldn't have happened.

Her dream wasn't to make everyone die; she just wanted everyone to live in a dream world of eternal happiness.

However, at this moment, the dream world she had painstakingly created has turned into hell.

Enel was as indifferent as an emotionless god, completely unconcerned about what was happening at his feet.

Or rather, he has always been like this.

However, with Rorschach around before, his indifferent nature was firmly restrained.

But Rorschach wasn't there.

Luo, who had traveled with me all this way, though he wouldn't admit it, but whom I considered a partner, is now dead...

He died in such a gruesome way...

“I told him long ago that there is no need to insist on that worthless kindness to everyone.”

The thousand-meter-tall Buddha statue with lightning opened its mouth, and its voice echoed between heaven and earth, drowning out the wind and thunder.

"Humans, no, all life, are born into a world where the strong prey on the weak. Isn't this the law of nature?"

"The so-called world of equality that he wants simply does not exist, and even God cannot achieve it."

Enel's voice was calm, his tone completely unwavering.

“I knew this when I was six years old. Later, I spent more than a decade forcing myself to become a god, trying to build a similar world. But my dream is that everyone is equal under the gods.”

"But obviously, I failed."

"I was not defeated by him, but by those greedy, foolish, and insatiable people—no, by insects. I was defeated by a bunch of insects."

"Hahaha."

"Hahahaha...hahahahaha..."

At this point, the thousand-meter-tall Thunder Buddha shrugged its shoulders and let out an uncontrollable chuckle.

The chuckle turned into a loud laugh, then into a maniacal laugh.

The laughter was accompanied by a surge of thunder and lightning, and thousands of people were reduced to ashes in the dissipating lightning. The scene was so brutal that it chilled both sides to the bone.

"This guy's gone mad! Isn't he a Marine? Killing ordinary civilians like this, even Akainu wouldn't be this crazy, right?" Lucky's eyes turned red.

"This isn't the time to think about that, let's rescue Yasopp! Something's wrong with this guy! His power... his power... it's terrifying! We can't get through, there's too much lightning blocking our way!"

Dego, Snake, and the others tried to rush forward to rescue Yasopp, who had been captured by Enel, but were forced back by endless lightning and were unable to get close to the Thunder Buddha.

The high-level Armament Haki covering their bodies was being consumed at a terrifying rate every second amidst the raging lightning energy.

If this continues, I'm afraid I won't be able to stand here for long before I'm electrocuted to death by lightning.

Not only did they notice that something was wrong with Enel, but Marco, Hibari who was being held back by him, Yamato and the others also noticed that something was wrong with Enel.

They tried to stop Enel from unleashing his lightning and harming innocent people by calling out his name.

But it didn't work.

Their voices were too soft; the thunder drowned them out.

Enel laughed wildly for a while, then his thunderous laughter suddenly stopped.

He lowered his head again, his eyes returning to their cold indifference, like a stagnant pool.

"Even my management style, which is so in line with the laws of nature, couldn't create an ideal divine kingdom. How could his idealistic dream possibly come true?"

"Don't even mention giving him ten years, even if you give him a hundred years, a thousand years, or ten thousand years, he still can't achieve it."

"But if we only want absolute equality and fairness for a certain period of time, it is not entirely impossible to achieve."

Enel's eyes flickered slightly, and his voice grew even colder and more cruel.

"The method is very simple."

"With the strongest power, suppress all troublemakers who dare to break away."

"For example, this infinite land, which is even more disgusting than the sky islands, requires the elimination of all unstable factors in order to create a peaceful and equal world."

"What pirates, revolutionaries, rebellious marines, Celestial Dragons, World Government? If one jumps out, kill one; if two jump out, kill two! Kill them all until no one dares to show their face again, and this world will naturally be peaceful."

"Those ordinary people are struggling to even get enough to eat. Do you think what they want is freedom?"

"No, all they want is to live a peaceful life under the protection of a powerful force."

Enel was talking to himself when he suddenly laughed again.

"Now I suddenly understand Im, the Celestial Dragon God who hides his true identity. I'm afraid he thinks the same way I do."

"However, he seems to have chosen another method, such as... cleaning it every few hundred years, so that the world can return to peace."

The enormous lightning hand tightened its grip, squeezing Yasopp's lungs and forcing him to gasp for air like a fish dying of thirst. His Armament Haki surged forth, attempting to withstand the terrifying pressure.

His comrades around him were charging forward relentlessly, screaming hysterically, trying to save him.

But Yasopp couldn't hear it.

He could only hear the cracking sound of his bones breaking apart little by little as they were squeezed.

Pain surged in like a tidal wave, and the world before my eyes turned pitch black.

In the ever-deepening darkness, he seemed to see many years ago, on that morning at the entrance of Xiluobu Village in the East China Sea, his beautiful and gentle wife, who never disobeyed his wishes, stood silently at the top of the cliff, gazing intently at his small boat.

That foolish woman was so simple and kind. Even though she knew he was leaving to become a pirate and live a carefree life on the sea, she thoughtfully packed his bags and prepared money and food for him.

And a deep, affectionate kiss.

She said she would keep an eye on the sleeping child and wouldn't come out to see him off, so he could go out to sea with peace of mind. She would stay home and take good care of the child, waiting for him to return from his adventure.