One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

"Olympus Impact!"

At the critical moment, a pillar of crimson fire and a violent shockwave came flying through the air, simultaneously striking Shanks's slash.

"boom!"

The turbulent airflow exploded, blowing the lark away.

Shanks swept away the incoming pillar of fire and shockwave with a single slash, his eyes red as he continued charging towards Hibari.

"Miss Hibari, hurry! Go find the Admiral!" Bepo roared, his body swelling wildly, instantly transforming into a thousand-meter-long pink dragon. He carried Pamel, who was wielding the Murakumogiri, and charged towards Shanks without regard for anything else.

Shanks casually slashed the charging dragon twice, causing it to bleed profusely. Hearing Bepo's shout, his body trembled.

"Rorschach?!"

"What do you mean? Rorschach isn't dead yet?"

Shanks wasn't stupid; in an instant, he realized that Hibari and the others' arrival in Elbaf at this time must be for something extremely important. This matter was more important than their lives.

Because the Navy knew that Elbaf was a place where the Red-Haired Pirates often stayed, and also knew that after the Expo Island incident, he was taken away by the Giant Warrior Pirates of Elbaf.

However, knowing that he might be here, the G5 navy, who had a blood feud with him, risked their lives to come here.

"Rorschach!" The name that Shanks hated to the point of madness surfaced in his mind.

He looked at Lark, who had decisively abandoned Bepo and Palmer and flew towards the depths of Elbaf Island, and a thought arose that made Shanks' killing intent surge.

Could it be that Rorschach is not dead and is currently on Elbaf Island?

But how could that be?

Others may not know what destroyed Manpom Island, but Shanks does. It was Uranus, one of the three Ancient Weapons, a national treasure held by the Celestial Dragons.

Under such a devastating attack, islands and nations would be destroyed in an instant. Even if Rorschach and Barrett were superhumanly strong, they would absolutely not be able to survive the attack of such a space-based weapon, let alone be here.

But that's Rorschach.

Thinking of Rorschach's inhuman behavior in the world of Sing-Sing and seeing the unusual expressions of the G5 members in front of him, Shanks's belief that Rorschach was dead began to waver.

He turned sharply and looked into the depths of Elbaf Island.

"Rorschach! I'd like to see if you're really here."

His powerful Observation Haki spread out, enveloping the entire Elbaf, allowing him to sense the end of the throne struggle deep within the island, and to perceive the life force of Dorry, Brogy, Hajrudin, Loki, and others.

But Rorschach's presence was nowhere to be found on this island.

Shanks found it hard to understand why the people from G5 were so certain that Rorschach was here.

As Shanks watched Hibari fly away at high speed, a murderous intent surged within him.

"Never mind, let's kill these guys first!"

He dodged Parmel's massive, ten-thousand-ton force strike, stepped through the air, and arrived in the middle of the pink dragon that Bepo had transformed into. Under Parmel's bulging eyes, he slashed down with his sword.

With a hiss and a flash of blood, the thousand-meter-long dragon let out a painful cry as its massive body was cleaved in two by Shanks's sword and fell from the sky.

"Bepo!!"

With a roar of grief and rage, Parmel leaped high off Bepo's back, veins bursting and muscles bulging on his arms, and slashed at Shanks with his sword.

The ultimate power of the Power-Power Fruit erupted, unleashing tens of millions of tons of physical strength. With a single strike, the void in front of him collapsed. Like a powerful, overwhelming attack, it actually shattered Shanks's powerful and unrestrained attack, sending the unsuspecting Shanks flying thousands of meters like a baseball, crashing into the deep sea like a meteorite.

Without Bepo's support, and with his body too heavy, Pamel could no longer stay in the air and fell towards the sea below.

The sea exploded in the distance, and Shanks, his face grim and blood trickling from his lips, charged out once more.

Despite his powerful attack, Palmer's strike ultimately failed to inflict a fatal wound. Shanks's Haki armor was simply too strong, protecting him from most of the attack.

His eyes were icy cold as he charged at Palmer, who was falling from the sky, once again, wielding his long sword.

He wanted to kill these G5 commanders in front of him, so that the navy would also experience the pain of losing their comrades.

If these people die, even if Rorschach doesn't die, he will definitely feel pain, right?

With that thought, Shanks increased his speed, leaping high into the air and slashing at Pamel's head with his sword.

But at that moment, another unexpected event occurred: a blurry black shadow flew from afar, heading straight for Shanks' back.

Shanks' eyes turned cold, and he slashed backward with his sword.

With a hiss, a muffled groan came from behind, and a beautiful woman with bat wings on her back was sent flying by his sword.

"Stusi! What the hell are you doing?!"

On the distant sea, on the black World Government ship, Lucci ripped off his mask and stared in astonishment and anger at Stussy, who suddenly rushed off the deck to attack Shanks.

Their purpose in coming here was to find Rorschach's body, or to find Rorschach himself; they weren't here to fight the Four Emperors at all.

However, Lucci did not expect that Stussy would take it upon himself to attack Shanks.

What annoyed Lucci even more was that as Stussy charged out, Kaku also rushed out, quickly using Moonwalk to charge towards Shanks!

"Damn it! Kaku! What are you doing? Get back here right now!" Lucci yelled irritably, his body swelling, his limbs contorted in a grotesque display.

There was no other way. Although he didn't care about Stusi's life or death, Kaku was his comrade, and Lucci couldn't just stand by and watch Kaku be killed by Shanks.

Just as these events were unfolding, a chilling anomaly was also taking place deep within the island of Elbaf.

Loki, enraged that his father's soul had been drained by the black skeleton, retrieved the skeleton that had fallen into the depths of the rift, intending to use every means at his disposal to shatter it and retrieve the giant king's soul.

However, Loki's expression changed when his hand grasped the black human skeleton again.

He felt an immense, soul-stirring force erupt from the skeleton in his hand, with visible, fine arcs of electricity spreading from the skeleton, extending to his body, and penetrating into his body.

As these tiny arcs of electricity permeated the air, the suction force grew stronger and stronger. In just a few seconds, Loki discovered that 30% of the powerful soul he had painstakingly accumulated over the past two years had been absorbed. Under the pull of this suction force, even his own soul became somewhat unstable, as if it were about to detach from his body.

Loki was very familiar with this feeling. Wasn't this the feeling of the victims when he extracted other people's souls after obtaining the Soul-Soul Fruit?

Loki never imagined that one day he would be able to experience this feeling of his soul leaving his body.

At that moment, panic surged within Loki, the fear of death driving him wildly. He roared, desperately unleashing his powerful Haki to try and block the intrusion of these terrifying arcs of electricity. However, his formidable Haki, which he was so proud of, was utterly ineffective against the seemingly weak penetration of these arcs, failing to stop them in the slightest.

"Damn it! Jason! You bastard! What the hell is this thing? Are you trying to kill me?"

Loki yelled in exasperation, frantically shaking his hand to try and throw away the black skeleton. But to his utter dismay, the black human skeleton seemed to have taken root in his hand, clinging tightly to his palm, and no matter how much he shook it, it showed no sign of falling off.

Loki swung his arms less than three times, and the enormous soul energy he had accumulated over two years was depleted by eighty or ninety percent. His obese body visibly shrank, becoming taller and stronger, and even his face seemed to become more majestic and handsome.

But Loki didn't want that unrealistic appearance at all; what he wanted was power, the strength to be above everyone else.

Unable to shake off the bones clinging to his hand, Loki became frantic. Amidst the puzzled, horrified, and shocked gazes of the giants around him, he rushed to Dorry, snatched the greatsword from Dorry's hand, and without hesitation, slashed it into his own right arm.

With a soft thud, Loki's right arm detached from his body, splattering blood as it fell to the ground.

And the black skeleton that had been attached to Loki's right hand was finally detached from Loki's body.

As the skeleton detached, Loki felt a sense of relief. The terrifying feeling of his soul and body being pulled and devoured disappeared. He was drenched in sweat and his face was pale as he collapsed to the ground. He still kicked his legs, moving away from the black skeleton as if avoiding a snake or scorpion.

"Loki!" The giants stared in shock at the scene, still reeling from the series of events.

"Jason! It's all your fault!"

Broky saw through the scheme, and a surge of anger welled up within him. He slapped Jason on the back of the head, sending the emaciated giant sprawling to the ground.

Hajrudin felt guilty because Jason was a member of his newly formed Giant Warrior Pirates crew. Now, because of Jason's mistake, King Loki lost an arm, which made him feel ashamed beyond measure.

"I'm sorry, King Loki! It's my fault for not disciplining him properly. I'll go and throw this evil creature into the volcano to burn it!" He gritted his teeth, rushed forward, grabbed the black skeleton, and ran away into the distance.

"No! Halding! Don't touch that thing!" Dorry shouted in alarm.

He could also see that the black skeleton was indeed strange. Even the incredibly powerful Loki was forced to cut off his own arm because of it. If it were Hajrudin, he probably wouldn't have been able to hold on for even a second.

As soon as Dorry finished speaking, Loki's right arm, which was still firmly attached to the black skeleton that Hajrudin had grabbed, shrank, withered, decayed, and turned into a pile of ashes that scattered in all directions.

On the surface of the black human skeleton, blood vessels and tendons quickly emerged, regenerating like countless red worms wriggling.

"Buzz... Buzz!"

A dazzling ring of lightning suddenly emanated from the skeleton, spreading out over a radius of tens of kilometers in an instant, enveloping the entire Elbaf region.

The giants caught in the electric shock wave shuddered violently, their bodies trembling and becoming completely exhausted. Their once robust and muscular physiques visibly shrank, and they collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.

Even Dorry, who was considered one of the strongest warriors in Elbaf village, was not spared by Broki; a portion of his life force and stamina were drained from him.

"No! Don't go after me alone, you bastard skeleton!"

Loki let out a shrill scream, his body becoming even more emaciated and withered, as if he had lost his shape entirely. Just a moment ago he was as fat as a ball, like an enlarged version of Charlotte Linlin, but now he had become a walking skeleton. The enormous soul energy that had accumulated in his body for two and a half years was completely drained away.

Hundreds and thousands of giants lay on the ground, while the black human skeleton, on the other hand, had countless blood vessels, meridians, muscles, internal organs, skin, and hair that were spreading and growing wildly.

As the flesh and blood on the skeleton rapidly revived and grew, a terrifying aura that made the giants like Loki, Dorry, and Brogy tremble rose steadily from the skeleton, as if the entire sky was collapsing little by little, filling them with despair.

As this chilling aura of terror spread, the entire Elbaf fell into a deathly silence, and the wild beasts that inhabited the island cowered on the ground, emitting fearful howls.

In the sky, the lark, which was flying towards them with all its might, suddenly had tears welling up in its eyes, which then fell into the air.

"Brother Luo Xia! Is it really you?"

Above the sea off the island, after only a few exchanges, Lucci, whose skin was torn and flesh ripped open by Shanks and who was almost killed on the spot, trembled inwardly and couldn't help but look up at the sky. In his perception, it was as if a huge face suddenly descended from the vast sky above him, as if a god was looking down on the world, making him feel awe and reverence.

Shanks, his eyes bloodshot, suddenly turned his head to look at the island, gripping his Griffin sword tightly.

"It really is you! Rorschach!"

A white explosion erupted beneath his feet, and his figure vanished instantly. When he reappeared, he was already in front of the black skeleton, its flesh and blood resurrected, and he slashed down with a mad slash.

"Die! You monster!"

The skeleton, which had already grown limbs, torso, muscles, and internal organs, only had its surface skin not yet fully grown. At this moment, it looked like a bloody person whose skin had been stripped off.

On his face, covered with veins and muscles, a pair of deep blue eyes, as clear as the starry sky, slowly opened. His gaze was as clear as the sea, but it also revealed a cold indifference that kept people at a distance.

It was Rorschach, who had come back from the dead.

The longsword that Shanks wielded, slashing down, appeared to Rorschach at this moment as if it had been slowed down a hundred times, as if the flow of time itself had been slowed down.

"Redhead, I'm sorry, your journey has come to an end."

Looking at Shanks' face, twisted with hatred, Rorschach's gaze remained indifferent, like a block of cold ice.

He slowly raised his right hand, which was rapidly growing new skin, clenched his fist with his five fingers, and lightly punched Shanks in the chest.

"boom!"

A burst of crimson blood mist exploded, and with a clang, a blood-stained longsword, gleaming with cold light, spun and fell from the sky, landing right in front of the dazed Loki.

A sudden gust of wind swept away the blood mist before Rorschach. Barefoot, he stepped towards the lark swooping down from mid-air, his long, silvery hair flowing down his head and dancing in the wind. Silver lightning surged from his body, weaving into a snow-white military uniform on his skin, his white cloak billowing in the wind.