One Piece: Starting with God Valley, intercepting the Dark-Dark Fruit

Then,

"Bear Impact!"

"The Fallen Angel's Hammer!"

Kuma and Lucia unleashed a furious attack in quick succession. Roger staggered and landed heavily on the ice. Kizaru and Akainu seized the opportunity to break free from his grasp.

Chapter 243 The Vanished Gig

After Kizaru and Akainu broke free, they immediately dragged their injured bodies and attacked Roger along with Aokiji and the others.

Roger gritted his teeth and stood up. The burden that Nika form brought him was becoming increasingly heavy, and the black flame cloud ribbons on his body had begun to appear and disappear.

Rayleigh arrived with a group of pirates to help him fend off attacks from Kizaru and his crew.

Barrett is an exception. When Akainu attacked Roger, he was already at his limit and was pierced through the chest by Kizaru's attack, collapsing from his serious injuries.

At this moment, Rayleigh was holding a knife in each hand, one of which was Roger's sword, Ace.

Unlike Muramasa, Ace did not possess independent consciousness. After Roger entered his giant form, Ace broke free from his grasp, fell to the ground, and randomly impaled a lucky pirate, who was then picked up by Rayleigh.

Compared to his one-sword style, Rayleigh's two-sword style was somewhat clumsy. While helping Roger parry the Navy's attacks, he shouted...

"Roger! Can you hold on?"

Roger took a few deep breaths and said in a deep voice,

Give me Ace.

Although Rayleigh didn't know what Roger's massive body needed Ace to do, he still seized the opportunity and leaped forward, throwing Ace toward Roger.

Roger reached out and grabbed Ace in his hand.

Then, he swung his hand violently, and a hundred-meter-long sword, matching his size, lashed out like a whip before immediately straightening.

Looking at the enlarged image of Ace in his hand, Roger's lips curled into a smile, and he said softly,

"As expected, you and I are the best match."

After saying that, Roger grinned.

Seeing Roger's familiar smile, a look of disbelief appeared in Rayleigh's eyes.

Crack!

Conqueror's Haki lightning coiled around Ace's blade, and the black cloud of flame behind Roger instantly solidified. He let out a low roar.

"Rayle! Get out of here now!! Don't forget what I entrusted to you!"

Upon hearing this, Rayleigh immediately dodged away and rushed towards the location where Shanks and Buggy were.

Seeing this, Akainu and the others did not choose to give chase; they had only one thought in mind: to kill Roger.

From the start of the battle until now, Shanks and Buggy haven't encountered any particularly formidable opponents; they've simply been constantly surrounded by wave after wave of Marine soldiers.

Rayleigh rushed into the encirclement, grabbed one of them with each arm, and pulled the two out.

During this time, Roger kept an eye on Rayleigh, and when he saw Rayleigh reunite with Shanks and Bucky, he was finally relieved.

With a single slash, Roger carved a massive trench in the ice, causing seawater to surge out. Akainu and the others, all Devil Fruit users, leaped up to dodge, while Aokiji remained in place, releasing freezing air to freeze a large area of ​​seawater, creating a foothold for the others.

Aokiji's forehead was covered in fine beads of sweat. He had played a crucial role in this battle, making him arguably the best support player.

However, he was still young, and his Devil Fruit had not yet awakened. Using his ability on such a wide scale was taking a heavy toll on his stamina.

After Akainu and the others landed on the solid ice, Aokiji was already panting heavily and kneeling on one knee. Aramaki landed beside him and reached out to help him up.

Looking at the pale-faced Aokiji, Aramaki felt worried, but said aloud,

"Hey, why are you so weak? Are you even capable?"

Aokiji, with one hand on Aramaki's shoulder and the other on his knee, immediately sat up and said,

"Of course! But Senior Giger..."

As he spoke, Aokiji looked toward the ice cave where Gigg had disappeared. Marines kept emerging from the seawater in the ice cave, taking a quick breath before diving back into the icy water. They were all doing their best to search for Gigg.

Lucia trembled. After Giggs disappeared into the ice cave, she frantically jumped into the sea. But as a power user, she lost all her strength as soon as she entered the water and was eventually rescued by one of her female soldiers.

After regaining some strength, she used flames to dry the water droplets on her body and joined the battle.

But Gigg still hadn't come up, and Lucia felt her heart grow colder and colder.

Now that Huang Mu had brought it up again, she could no longer bear it. A purple flame of desire blazed from her body. She gripped the pendant tightly, flapped her wings, and sped toward Roger.

"Give me back my young master!!!"

At this moment, no one cared about what Lucia called Gigg. The instant Lucia rushed out, Akainu and the others immediately followed and launched another attack on Roger.

However, this time they were blocked by an invisible force in front of Roger and could not advance any further.

At this moment, the space where Roger was located was filled with lightning generated by Conqueror's Haki. He calmly looked down at Akainu and the others, finally fixing his gaze on Kuma, and said softly,

"As a descendant of the Bakania race, you have actually sided with the World Government. You are a sinner against the Bakania race!"

Xiong Zheng kept popping out bear paw-shaped bubbles, trying to break through Roger's Conqueror's Haki blockade. Upon hearing this, he suddenly looked up at Roger, his eyes burning with hatred.

"I just want to stand with Brother Giger, he's my Nika! I'll fight only for him!!"

Roger paused for a moment upon hearing this, and then said,

"He's Nika? Then what am I?"

The bear raised its hands high, compressing a huge bear paw bubble, and roared.

"You're a bastard who's trying to throw the world into chaos!"

After saying that, he pushed the compressed bear paw bubble out to its limit, and it collided with Roger's Conqueror's Haki, causing a violent explosion.

Roger stood somewhat bewildered in the blast wave. After a moment, he shook his head and muttered to himself,

"Hopeless..."

As he spoke, he slowly lifted Ace up, and the surrounding Conqueror's Haki lightning seemed to be guided by something, all converging on the tip of Ace's blade.

The Conqueror's Haki aura surrounding Roger dissipated, and he murmured indifferently,

"It's time to get the world back on track, let's use this method..."

boom!

Before Roger could finish speaking, the entire ice sheet suddenly trembled violently. His expression changed, as if he had sensed something, and he abruptly turned his gaze to the ice cave where Gigg had disappeared.

The seawater in the cave had turned pitch black at some point and was churning violently.

Immediately afterwards, the surrounding ice seemed to be swallowed up, and the area of ​​the ice cave continued to expand. Several black waterspouts shot into the sky from it, throwing all the naval officers and soldiers who had gone down to search and rescue out. When they landed on the ground, their faces were all in shock.

Chapter 244 Dark Awakening!

The strange phenomenon in the seawater gave Roger a vague sense of unease. Before he could figure out what was happening, an inky blackness suddenly spread to his feet.

At this moment, Roger was surrounded by a vast, black ocean. He tried to use his powers to escape, but found that the environment was no longer affected by his abilities. An invisible force held him firmly in place.

Akainu and the others were unaffected; they stood steadily on the black ocean, and even though the ice had disappeared, they did not sink.

Aokiji couldn't resist trying to freeze the area with his freezing air, but his freezing air fell into the water below as if it had disappeared into thin air, and his ability was completely ineffective.

Roger plunged Ace into the Black Sea and said in a deep voice,

"Black Dragon, I know it's you! Come out! Let's settle this!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a huge whirlpool appeared in the Black Sea, and Giger's figure slowly rose from it.

The pair of bat wings on his back had transformed into two jets of darkness, like two black flames. A black halo appeared at the junction of his scarlet right arm and shoulder, completely suppressing the raging power that was about to go out of control.

Roger sensed a terrifying dark power emanating from Giger, and at the same time, he had a strange feeling of familiarity, as if he had seen this scene somewhere before.

He shook his head, looked at Giger, and said in a deep voice,

"I didn't expect that you would awaken as well."

Giger slowly raised the Muramasa, a demonic sword radiating a black light, and said calmly,

"Yes, I should thank you, really."

In the previous battle, Giggs's blood claws pierced Roger's skin, drawing out a large amount of blood, which contained Nika's scent.

His Dark-Dark Fruit had already been developed to the point of near awakening; all he lacked was an opportunity.

When the dark power within him sensed Nika's aura, it seemed to be stimulated, breaking through its bottleneck and fully awakening.

Under Roger's watchful eye, Giger plunged Muramasa into the dark ocean below, and an invisible wave spread outwards.

The next second, the entire dark ocean began to churn violently, and Giger muttered to himself,

"In return, please try this... King's Command: Dark Brahmash!"

The sea gradually calmed down, but everyone could sense that a great terror lurked within this calm.

Boom boom boom!

Beneath the sea, a series of trembling roars resounded. Roger stared solemnly at his feet, gripping Ace tightly in his hand, his Conqueror's Haki forming a barrier to protect him.

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