I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

His hands suddenly turned pitch black, and a surge of darkness erupted from them in an instant!

The terrifying suction force snapped the longsword in Sieg's hand in an instant, and half of the twisted blade fell to the ground.

This made Sieg feel uneasy.

For a true master, the ability to catch a blade barehanded 100% of the time has a weakness. If they can react in time, they can instantly break the blade and forcibly stop the 100% chance of catching a blade barehanded.

Especially powerful ability users like Rocks.

Being caught bare-handed is a skill that immobilizes the enemy, but it cannot prevent others from using force to damage the sword.

Sig's ability to catch a blade barehanded for such a short time was tantamount to handing himself over to Rocks and waiting to be slaughtered.

With a bottle of wine, a sword, and a demonic spear, he had used every trick in the book.

At this crucial moment, a slight smile appeared on Rocks' lips.

He moved slightly, his right hand reaching behind him, and a dark vortex erupted from his palm, unleashing a powerful suction force that tried to forcibly pull away Dracula's magic spear!

At the same time, Rocks reached out with his left hand, his arm covered in powerful Armament Haki, trying to block the overwhelming sword light that Sieg spewed out.

Witnessing Lockes' actions, Sieg, who had been tense, felt a slight sense of relief.

The next moment!

A soft "poof" sound!

The demonic spear, radiating a bloodthirsty red light, was completely unaffected by the dark vortex and pierced directly into Rocks' body at an incredible angle!

This is a demonic spear that reverses cause and effect; when its Noble Phantasm is unleashed, it is an unavoidable and guaranteed hit!

The crimson demonic spear pierced through Lox's back, the immense force completely penetrating his body. The spearhead, radiating a bloodthirsty light, emerged from his abdomen, leaving a gaping, bloody hole.

Lox shuddered.

The localized severe injury and the excruciating pain that coursed through his body caused him to tremble uncontrollably. The pain was spreading rapidly, making him completely unable to control himself.

"Good! Ruthless enough!"

"Lox shouted, which aroused his ferocity. He covered his left hand with Armament Haki and was about to throw a punch at Sig."

But at this moment.

His body suddenly stiffened.

Amidst violent trembling, he spat out another mouthful of blood.

The powerful Armament Haki flowing across his arms stiffened slightly at this crucial moment!

Slide!

The overwhelming sword light that Sieg roared out completely engulfed Rocks' figure and Dracula behind him at that moment!

Rumble!

The earth below was torn apart by this surging sword light. With a series of cracking sounds filling the air, the ground split in two, creating a huge, abyss-like chasm.

The mountain beneath their feet was split in two. With a deafening roar, the mountain began to collapse, and all the soil, rocks, and trees slid down the curve of the mountain into the abyss.

After this attack.

Among these mountains, only Sieg stood on the clouds. He took a deep breath, looked down at the bisected mountain below, the huge, abyss-like ravine, and then looked up at the sky.

Above his head, Locke's long-awaited attack was interrupted by Sieg before it could be unleashed.

At this moment, the dark sun was gradually shrinking, and the small half of the mountain that had been pulled into the air fell from the sky, kicking up a cloud of dust on the ground. Clearly, the ability user had lost control.

"Where is Lox?"

Sigurd activated his Observation Haki, carefully sensed the surroundings, and his expression changed slightly.

Deep within this island, after a series of fierce battles, only the presence of Sig and Lox remained.

In Sig’s perception, Rocks’ aura was no longer as powerful as before; instead, it had become quite weak.

He rode the white clouds beneath his feet, following the senses he gained from his Observation Haki, and plunged into the enormous ravine below.

A moment later, the white clouds rose again.

Sig lifted the blood-covered Lox and brought him back to the ground.

At this moment, Rocks was covered in blood. In addition to the through wound in his abdomen, the previous sword light had almost cut him in two.

Sig started to panic.

"Rocks, you are the captain of the world's strongest pirate crew, a ruler who reigned supreme over an era!"

"Don't die!"

Chapter 744 The Death of Rocks

Deep within the nameless island, beside a chasm-like ravine, Sieg helped Locke lie down on the ground.

"Don't die!"

"Don't die!"

Sieg shook Locks hard, but his heart sank lower and lower.

How should this be resolved?

At the crucial moment of the battle, Rocks' movements suddenly stopped, and even the Armament Haki flowing on his arms paused for a moment.

That crucial moment was when Rocks almost directly withstood the astonishing slash that was powerful enough to split a mountain in two with his bare body.

"He's just like Whitebeard during the Marineford War."

"Has the injury that Rocks sustained in the last battle not fully healed yet?"

Sieg felt uneasy.

In this world, most of the legendary pirates who once stood at the pinnacle of power did not meet a good end.

Whitebeard, the world's strongest warrior, died on the battlefield with a serious illness; Roger, the Pirate King, surrendered himself to the executioner after suffering from a terminal illness; and Shiki, the Golden Lion, was crippled after having his head stuck in the ship's rudder and was defeated twice by natural disasters.

It's not that the strongest will always win, and no one can stay at the top forever.

And now, it seems that Rocks is also...

Boom!Boom!Boom!

The thought that the world could not return to normal and could never return to its original timeline made Sieg's heart start to race, and the sound of the Emperor's engine gradually grew louder.

Just as Sieg was thinking this, Lox, covered in blood, suddenly opened his eyes and stared intently at Sieg.

"Great."

Sieg breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his brow, and reached out to help Lox up so he could leave immediately with him.

“I knew it. Someone like you, Rocks, wouldn’t die in some nobody place.”

"I'll take you to see Ship's Doctor Miles right away---"

Sieg's words came to an abrupt end.

He was about to help Locks up when Locks grabbed his arm with one hand, and a tremendous force, like an iron clamp, came from his hand.

"Stop acting."

A faint black light flickered in Lox's eyes as he looked directly into Sieg's eyes and said:

"It's just the two of us here, so don't give me that crap."

"At a point like this, are you still going to try to fool me?"

“I didn’t…” Sig’s deep voice echoed through the mountains and forests.

Lox looked up at Sieg, but couldn't discern any change in his expression. Finally, he let out a sneer:

"That's too extravagant."

"You're feigning weakness; you can't even break free with the last of my dying strength..."

"Wang Xige, are you feigning weakness to lure me into a final, desperate counterattack, only to mock me one last time?"

"Or are you... trying to protect the ridiculous pride of a dying man like me?"

On Rocks' blood-stained face, a faint, mocking smile curled at the corners of his lips.

You don't need to.

“I didn’t… I didn’t…” Sig said innocently.

"Humph."

Lockes snorted coldly, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

"Fine, act however you want, do whatever you want."

Lockes gasped for breath and struggled to sit up from the ground. This simple action made him tremble all over and his face turn ashen.

"Wang Xige, congratulations."

Lox stared intently at Sieg and slowly began to speak:

"That was brilliant! Your scheme has succeeded."

“You deliberately let Vegapunk go, and I, in a fit of rage, dragged my still-recovering body here, only to be killed by you and Dracula, who was lying in ambush.”

"It's better to die at the hands of someone like you than at the hands of the Navy or the Celestial Dragons."

"Then, let's get started."

Rocks, his eyes indifferent, spoke:

"Take my head off."

"From now on, you will be the captain of the world's strongest pirate crew."

Sieg was secretly startled.

He finally understood why Lockes was targeting him like this, showing no intention of communicating with him and directly resorting to violence.

It turns out that Vegapunk's secrets had already been exposed long ago!

"Was it Silent? He's one of Lox's confidants, he used to work with us, maybe he was the one leaking information... but how did he find out?"