One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

With a deafening roar, a surge of lightning engulfed Luffy, effortlessly shattering his Haki armor and charring his gigantic body, sending him plummeting from the sky.

"Luffy!"

Shanks was both shocked and furious.

He had expected Luo Xia to be very strong, but he didn't expect Luo Xia's performance to far exceed his expectations.

After awakening his Gum-Gum Fruit and entering the Sun God Nikka form, Luffy's strength is now on par with that of an Admiral and a Yonko. His attack power, vitality, speed, and Haki have all been enhanced in every aspect.

Shanks believed that even if he were to go all out against Luffy, he couldn't possibly bring Luffy to such a critical state with just one blow.

Luffy's body, billowing black smoke, plummeted from the sky. His gigantic form rapidly shrank, and just as he was about to hit the ground, his tightly closed eyes suddenly snapped open. Then, white flames drifted by, and the drumbeat of a heartbeat began.

“Nika nika nika…” He grinned again and let out a strange laugh, then sprang up from the ground and charged at Rorschach once more.

"Keep going! I haven't lost yet, Rorschach!" Luffy's eyes were full of fighting spirit.

"How many times can you revive, Straw Hat Luffy?" Rorschach said expressionlessly.

Things have come to this point, and words seem inadequate; no one can stop this conflict from continuing. Between the Navy and the pirates, one side will inevitably fall. Therefore, let's resolve all potential threats in this world.

Seeing Luffy charging towards him, he raised the Heavenly Dragon Halberd in his hand and slashed vertically. A world-shattering slash erupted from the broad blade of the Heavenly Dragon Halberd, tearing through the void and splitting the earth. With the momentum to cleave everything, it slashed down towards Luffy's head, so fast that Luffy could not dodge it.

Just as Luffy was about to be cleaved in two by Rorschach's halberd, Shanks appeared, wielding the Griffin sword, his aura surging, and he held the sword horizontally in front of Luffy. With a deafening clang of weapons clashing, Shanks' body crashed into the dark depths of the earth below like a roaring meteor.

At this moment, Shanks finally experienced firsthand just how powerful Rorschach's strength truly was.

That was an irresistible, overwhelming force, like the collapse of the heavens.

He finally understood why even a monster with unparalleled brute strength like Kaido died at this guy's hands.

With a single blow, Rorschach sent Shanks flying. He twisted his wrist, and the Heavenly Dragon Halberd spun again, continuing to slash at Luffy, who was sent flying.

But by this time, Aokiji, Issho, and Enel's attack had already arrived.

A gravity field more than a hundred times stronger appeared out of thin air and enveloped Luo Xia, instantly increasing his body weight a hundredfold. His transformed physique was incredibly powerful, and his weight was like a small mountain, suddenly increasing a hundredfold. Even though he could control the airflow, he was unable to resist being pulled down from the sky.

Absolute zero!

Aokiji spread his arms and exhaled even colder and more frigid air than before. Rorschach, who was falling, was immediately covered and submerged by the spreading ice layer, like an insect trapped in amber.

This time, the ice layer released by Aokiji was not thicker, and its volume was not very large, only enough to freeze Rorschach inside.

Yet, Luo Xia didn't immediately crack this ice layer, which was less than half a meter thick. This change surprised not only Yi Xiao, who was momentarily stunned, but even Luo Xia himself.

"I can't freeze him for long. The awakening of a Logia-type Devil Fruit will greatly enhance the power of a Logia-type user, but it is not without its price. Unrestrained abuse will cause the user to gradually lose the emotions that humans should have, becoming indifferent and ruthless, until emotions are completely lost and they become a true element of nature."

As he said this, Aokiji's gaze fell on Enel.

"I see, no wonder this guy was so crazy before." Issho also looked at Enel. Then he prepared to cooperate with Aokiji to take action against Rorschach, who was temporarily imprisoned. But Aokiji shook his head slightly, stopping him.

Aokiji said, "You can't break my absolute ice seal either. Wait until I release it before you make your move."

Yi Xiao felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing this, and couldn't help but feel somewhat fortunate that Qingzhi had betrayed them at the last minute and switched sides to their side.

"Well done! Now we have a chance to take this guy down!"

Shanks, with blood at the corner of his mouth, rapidly approached from a distance, a hint of joy appearing on his face. Everyone was overjoyed, including Totemjika. Only Aokiji's eyes were dim, his fists clenched tightly, his eyes lowered, not daring to look at Rorschach, whom he had personally frozen.

In the distance, dazzling laser beams shot towards them as Kizaru rushed towards the battlefield. Unfortunately, just as he flew into the battlefield, he was pulled towards Barrett, who had once again gone mad, by his dark water and became entangled in a fierce battle with Barrett.

Zephyr and Magellan wanted to provide support, but they were too far away, their injuries were serious, and they were too slow, so they were powerless to help for the time being.

Thus, Shanks, Issho, and Luffy all gathered around the frozen Rorschach, their Haki surging, each gathering their strongest attack.

Even Totemjika, who controlled Enel, and Totemjika himself flew over. Enel's expression was numb, his hands raised high, conjuring a massive ball of lightning several hundred meters in diameter. Totemjika, on the other hand, raised dozens of waving tentacles high, each seemingly holding an ancient weapon shaped like a musical note, its eyes filled with greed and desire.

Shanks also had Totemjika, but for him right now, Rorschach was the biggest threat, so he turned a blind eye and didn't bother with him.

"Get ready, I'm going to unleash..." Before Aokiji could finish speaking, the ice he released with his awakened power shattered from the inside out!

Endless lightning and flames erupted from the shattered ice, crashing down on everyone like a tsunami.

"Make your move!"

Shanks roared, unleashing his Haki-infused longsword, cleaving through the surrounding lightning and flames as it slashed towards Rorschach, who was locked onto by his Observation Haki. At the same time, Luffy, Issho, Enel, and Totem Gikado all attacked.

A barrage of ferocious and violent attacks came crashing down, all aimed at Rorschach alone.

However, facing the combined attack of five top-tier combatants, Luo Xia neither dodged nor evaded. Instead, a grin spread across his face, and a crimson glint appeared in his azure vertical pupils. A violent consciousness roared angrily from within his soul.

"Tear them apart! Crush them! Eat them!"

Fueled by the demonic consciousness that had once again emerged after devouring Kaido's life force, and which had become even more difficult to eradicate, Rorschach's killing intent and fighting spirit burned fiercely like oil being poured into a raging fire.

"Hahaha, just what I wanted! Just like Kaido did, let's have a life-or-death battle where the winner takes everything! Hahahaha!"

He neither dodged nor avoided, but let out a wild laugh. From his demonic and godlike body, a massive amount of lightning poured outwards. The color of that lightning was no longer the silver-white like Enel's, but a dazzling blood red.

"Four billion volts of discharge! Thunderstorm zone!"

The crimson lightning was intertwined with a massive amount of deep blue Haki and pitch-black Conqueror's Haki. The terrifying power that erupted in an instant shattered the combined attack of the five of them, leaving Shanks and the others in shock and horror.

Before the others could even marvel at Rorschach's terrifying power, amidst the deafening roar of thunderous explosions, Totemjika, who was closest and had been trying to take advantage of Rorschach's serious injury to enslave his consciousness, was the first to be struck by Rorschach.

A giant Qilin claw, trailing black and red lightning, slammed down from the sky, landing squarely on Totemjika's face in its horrified gaze. The scene was so familiar, yet somehow different.

This time, Totemjika sensed a hint of death.

The next instant, to the astonishment of Shanks and the others, Totemjika, whose body was incredibly sturdy and seemingly indestructible, collapsed piece by piece under Rorschach's Kirin Claw, exploding like an avalanche.

Amidst the exploding debris, Totemjika's unwilling, frustrated, and furious roar could be faintly heard: "You lowly insect! You cannot kill me! Don't you understand? How many more times will you try?"

"Really? You think I can't kill you?"

"Then what are you afraid of, Your Majesty... God?"

A mocking smile appeared on Luo Xia's cold face.

As the word "God" fell, a burst of crackling, tiny electric sparks erupted once more from the massive hand that had blasted Totemjika. The current intensity of this spark was not high; compared to the previous burst, it was negligible. However, to Totemjika, it felt like the end of the world, filling it with a long-forgotten sense of fear and despair.

"No! No! You can't do this! How can you absorb my soul? This shouldn't be happening, this shouldn't be happening!"

Amidst Totemjika's terrified screams, its shattered body fragments, drawn by the bioelectricity released by Rorschach, flowed into Rorschach's body like rivers flowing into the sea.

As its soul was absorbed by Rorschach, the demonic consciousness within Rorschach's soul emitted a gluttonous groan of enjoyment, like a beast devouring its meal. That consciousness grew stronger with the absorption of Totemjika, increasingly influencing Rorschach's self-awareness.

Outside, Totemjika's voice grew even more desperate; it was pleading for mercy.

"No! Don't eat me! A god who is eaten cannot be reborn. I can be your servant, just as those spineless cowards submit to Im, I submit to the great you."

"I can also enter a fruit and transform it into the Devil Fruit you desire. Its power will be a hundred times greater than this Song-Song Fruit!"

However, Rorschach seemed not to hear, and instead accelerated the speed at which he devoured its soul fragments.

Totemjika finally abandoned his illusions, his voice becoming ferocious, resentful, and filled with bitterness.

"You lowly insects! How dare you slay a god! Our existence is born from the desires of you self-proclaimed intelligent beings. We are extraordinary and possess boundless power."

"You insects are the true demons of this world, the termites of nature. It is your insatiable desires that are accelerating the destruction of this world! Our birth is not due to you insects, but rather the world's way of maintaining balance, sending us to rebuild it."

"Just watch, the day of the world's destruction is coming, and the end of you insects is not far off."

"Hehehe, I am immortal. In the next cycle of reincarnation, I will awaken from my slumber once more, and begin anew..."

Its voice abruptly ceased, and the last fragment of its soul sank into Rorschach's body.

Luo Xia chuckled, "You know what, what you said actually sounds quite plausible. If this weren't the comic I remember, I would have believed it."

Chapter 823 Rorschach's Cheat Code, Beckman's Death

"The ancient demon Totemjika is dead?"

In the distance, Beckman, who was carrying Uta away from the battlefield, stared blankly at Totemjika, who had completely disappeared into Rorschach's hands, his pupils dilated. He was overwhelmed with shock.

Although neither he nor Shanks knew where Totemgika came from or how it was born, they had dealt with this ancient demon because of what happened to Uta when he was a child. They even went through great hardships and narrowly escaped death to seal it away again. Therefore, they knew how troublesome and difficult to kill this demon was.

It possesses an incredibly tough body; even Shanks' full-force slash cannot truly injure it. It has the ability to control others, turning them into its puppets. Anyone who fights it, without a strong will, may instantly become its enemy, turning their swords against their former comrades.

According to ancient texts, it is immortal and can only be briefly defeated and sealed away.

The way to defeat it is to launch a targeted attack simultaneously in Uta's Gogo world and in the real world where Totemjika's other half of consciousness resides, thus destroying both parts of its body.

It can be said that this is a rule that is almost impossible to violate.

But at this moment, Rorschach disregarded the rule and, right in front of them, beat Totemjika to a pulp.

No, it shouldn't be said that the remains were completely destroyed.

Even from this distance, Beckman noticed that Totemjika's shattered body had clearly been sucked away by Rorschach and into his own body.

Why was Rorschach able to absorb the ancient demon Totemjika?

Could it be that what he just did was the same thing that Barrett did, the guy who goes around devouring and merging people?

Beckman wasn't the only one with this question; Shanks and the others who were nearby, as well as Zephyr, Kizaru, and the others who were entangled with Barrett in the distance, also had this question.

In fact, Rorschach was unaware that he possessed this ability until he successfully absorbed Kaido's life force.

Or rather, he viewed this ability as a higher form of life return, a form of gluttony.

Rorschach had long suspected this, because he had never relapsed with his gluttony since leaving his hometown, which was clearly different from the aunt's gluttony symptoms.

Until the battle in Wano Country, when Rorschach devoured Kaido's life force and the Azure Dragon consciousness within Kaido, his spiritual power grew stronger than ever before. After perfectly controlling himself in both body and soul, Rorschach finally understood what this ability truly was.

He didn't know how this innate ability came about, but he knew some of its characteristics.

Its most prominent characteristic is its ability to devour.

This talent, within Rorschach's body, is divided into two parts, just like his soul and body. One part is fused with his soul, while the other part is integrated into the most solid part of his body: his bones.

The so-called steel bones within his body were merely a benefit brought to him by his Devouring Talent.

It is foreseeable that this innate talent for devouring should have been the best help for Luo Xia to gain a foothold in this world, the so-called golden finger he obtained after transmigrating.

With this talent, he was able to continuously break through his own limits, rise rapidly, and grow to an unprecedented height.

However, it has a fatal flaw: its devouring is a dual devouring of the body and the spirit. Physically, it craves food and nutrition; spiritually, it craves intense desires or even directly devours the souls of other creatures.

If his needs are not met, or if he suffers a great deal of psychological trauma, it will flare up, turning Rorschach into a monster resembling an old woman suffering from gluttony.

The reason Rorschach frequently relapsed as a child, suffering from physical exhaustion and perpetual hunger, was because his physical cravings were never satisfied; he was never full. However, mentally, the warmth he received from his parents, who had him late in life, prevented him from developing a mental breakdown and becoming a monster obsessed with devouring everything.

Family affection, parental love, family care, and the warmth of home are also strong desires. Many people are blessed but don't appreciate them, failing to cherish them. Many people spend their whole lives yearning for them, yet never receive even a tiny bit.

After learning about the characteristics of this Devouring Talent, Luo Xia was plunged into deep self-blame. He felt that he had killed his parents and that this damned talent had ruined his life, which should have been happy.