Marineford War: I Will Stand in the Sky

Or should we just lead our companions and run away?

Shanks's original firm resolve was completely disrupted by Yann's lip movements, and even his face showed a hint of hesitation.

The entire group was wiped out...?

These two words kept flashing through Shanks' mind, making him increasingly hesitant.

If the Red-Haired Pirates were to join forces with the Beasts Pirates to counterattack the Navy, they could escape unscathed if they could defeat the Navy's offensive head-on. However, if they failed... they would be doomed!

Leading his crew to escape directly, with the Navy already forming an encirclement around the island, Shanks, the "Red-Haired," had no chance of breaking through with even half of his crew. This was a loss that Shanks, who valued his crew, could not accept.

With his brain racing, and seeing Yann's ambiguous smile not far away, Shanks' forehead was unknowingly covered in sweat.

Just then, Ben Beckman, who was being forced into a rather sorry state by Enel, noticed Shanks's condition and quickly shouted.

"Shanks!!"

As Ben Beckman's voice reached Shanks' ears from afar, Shanks' expression instantly hardened.

Seeing Shanks' expression, Yann immediately understood the answer and couldn't help but sigh.

"What a noisy first mate! Why does he have to interfere with his own captain making irrational decisions?"

“No, Beckman is reminding me to trust my comrades…” Shanks said with a smile, his cheerful and confident expression evident.

"You really could be wiped out?" Yann warned again.

“'Sakura Dragon' Yann, you are indeed a terrifying man, not just in terms of strength, but also in your ability to sway people and influence their choices and wills with just words. That is truly frightening…”

"Red-haired" Shanks stared directly at Yone, his expression slowly turning serious again, and began to speak.

"But this trick has gone far enough. Once I can defeat you, all the crises will be resolved."

After a pause, "Red-Haired" Shanks retorted and spoke.

"On the other hand, do you really think Borsalino alone is enough to deal with Kaido of the Beasts? He's the strongest creature on land, sea, and air. Even if he's exhausted, he might just take down the Marines instead?"

Yann shrugged and asked, "Are you telling me not to play these tricks, but instead trying to scare me like this?"

"No, it's just a reminder, and I also want to tell Lieutenant General Yann something, which is... be careful, don't accidentally die."

As Shanks finished speaking, he suddenly flashed and closed the distance to Yann by half in an instant.

"Dominion of the Overlord!"

[Chapter 495 The Pinnacle of Hegemony]

"Dominion of the Overlord!"

In an instant, a spherical wave emanated from Shanks, instantly enveloping Yann.

At this moment, Yann's expression was also extremely serious.

"Red-Haired" Shanks is definitely a top-tier fighter who is in no way inferior to "Beasts" Kaido, and is also one of the strongest enemies that Aon has faced since becoming a Marine.

More importantly, unlike the last time he dealt with Kaido of the Beasts, he was able to conceal his identity and forcefully use the "Zanpakuto: Ryujin Jakka" to frighten Kaido of the Beasts away.

But this time, being on the battlefield, Ahn could only use "Soul-Slaying Blade: Senbonzakura," and couldn't even use abilities like Kido.

So, in a sense, this was the first time that Arn had faced the most elite beings on the sea as a member of the Navy. The level of danger was so high that it was almost certain death... perhaps that's a bit of an exaggeration, but it was still quite challenging.

As for Yann's earlier experience dealing with "Golden Lion" Shiki, let's not even mention that "Golden Lion" Shiki was in the underwater prison, lacking food and weak, and he even severed his own legs during the escape, suffering serious injuries.

Even so, Yann used all his trump cards and almost all the abilities he could muster, and in the end he could only barely maintain his undefeated status, literally draining the last drop of blood from "Golden Lion" Shiki before he finally won.

Looking back now, Yann feels incredibly lucky. If he had let Shiki the Golden Lion eat and rest, and had his wounds bandaged, or if Shiki the Golden Lion hadn't fought so fiercely, Yann might have been the one to die at Shiki the Golden Lion's hands.

Moreover, regarding the information about the "Conqueror's Territory," Yann only learned a rather vague part from Vice Admiral Tsuru. He knew that the ruler of this ability could integrate into the surrounding nature, communicate with all things in nature, gain the "loyalty" of all things, and even change the natural laws of the surrounding world!

However, the extent to which the "Dominator's Territory" can achieve remains an unknown for Yaen!

'However, this is also a good opportunity for me to measure my own growth over the past six years...'

As soon as Yann murmured a sentence, the endless sea of ​​cherry blossoms suddenly surged and swept towards "Red-Haired" Shanks with overwhelming force.

Faced with the overwhelming, seemingly endless wave of cherry blossoms, Shanks, who was rapidly advancing towards Yann, paused slightly.

At this moment, amidst the rolling waves of cherry blossoms dozens of meters high, Shanks, with his height of about two meters, appeared incredibly small, like an ant that could be completely swallowed up by the cherry blossom wave at any moment.

However, as Shanks wielded his legendary sword Griffin, it swept across the battlefield.

In that instant, Yann suddenly sensed a strange change.

An incredibly exaggerated flying slash suddenly appeared, and more importantly, that flying slash was actually wrapped in Conqueror's Haki!

"boom!"

The next moment, a flying slash struck the sea of ​​cherry blossoms, obliterating all the cherry blossom petals in its path, as if a red eraser had forcibly wiped away a portion of the cherry blossom sea.

However, as the unstoppable flying slash exceeded the range of the "Conqueror's Domain" opened by "Red-Haired" Shanks, the Conqueror's Haki that was originally wrapped around the flying slash instantly disappeared.

"Is this the concrete manifestation of the 'Conqueror's Territory'?"

Yaen's eyes narrowed slightly, and he immediately realized something.

"Conqueror's Haki Entanglement," a top-level technique related to Conqueror's Haki, was successfully mastered by Arn after six years of continuous training.

However, it was precisely because of this that Yann understood how extraordinary the attack that "Red-Haired" Shanks had just unleashed was.

Under normal circumstances, "Conqueror's Haki Entanglement" must be applied in a physical form, such as a fist, foot, or weapon, to greatly enhance the destructive power and penetrating force of the attack.

The reason why Yann was able to wrap his Conqueror's Haki around the cherry blossoms formed by "Zanpakuto: Senbonzakura Kageyoshi" was because those cherry blossoms were actually countless tiny blades, which only appeared to be beautiful and fragile cherry blossoms under the refraction of light.

'No...it can't be that simple...'

With a light step, Yann's figure floated away from Shanks in the opposite direction, and a large number of cherry blossoms once again fluttered up behind him.

Furthermore, the surfaces of these beautiful pink cherry blossoms occasionally flicker with streaks of black and red lightning, making them appear both dreamlike and terrifying.

The next moment, with a flick of Yann's hand, countless cherry blossoms wrapped in "Conqueror's Haki" filled the cherry blossom sea that had been almost completely wiped out, and swept towards "Red-Haired" Shanks once again.

As Shanks sensed that Yann, locked in by his Observation Haki, was rapidly creating distance, and facing the seemingly endless sea of ​​cherry blossoms sweeping in from all directions, Shanks couldn't help but furrow his brow slightly.

'This guy's goal from the start was simply to stall for time. His fighting style is pure attrition; he doesn't want to give himself a chance to get close?'

It has to be said that Yann's use of this tactic inadvertently struck at the heart of "Red-Haired" Shanks.

In a normal one-on-one duel, "Red-Haired" Shanks wouldn't care about such consumption, but on the battlefield, his companions were clearly at a disadvantage under the siege of the six Shichibukai.

Furthermore, Shanks had already been fighting for a day and a night, and his increasingly tired body could no longer allow him to prolong the battle in this way.

If "Red-Haired" Shanks wants to end the battle quickly, as a great swordsman comparable to "World's Greatest Swordsman" Mihawk, "Red-Haired" Shanks can only make use of his advantages by getting close to Aon. Otherwise, he can only waste time and energy by constantly using flying slashes.

With this thought in mind, Shanks, the "Red-Haired" man, gazed at the endless sea of ​​cherry blossoms covering the mountains and plains before him. His eyes narrowed, revealing an extremely domineering and sharp look.

"Peak of the Overlord"

The next instant, an extremely terrifying shockwave erupted, centered on "Red-Haired" Shanks!

Unlike the pure "Conqueror's Haki Impact," which at most only causes steel to twist, the black and red lightning arcs densely filled the air, sweeping across the entire "Conqueror's Territory" almost instantly with the impact.

[Chapter 496 Enel Pierced Through]

At this moment, "Red-Haired" Shanks seemed to be the only existence in the "Conqueror's Domain," and everything else seemed insignificant in front of him.

The sea of ​​cherry blossoms that swept towards "Red-Haired" Shanks from all directions was shattered by that terrifying impact in an extremely shocking and exaggerated way, with a large number of cherry blossoms being directly smashed to pieces by that impact.

even……

Enel, the "God of Thunder," who was located at the edge of the "Conqueror's Territory," was originally in an "elementalized" state when a shockwave interspersed with black and red lightning swept over him. As a result, his "elementalized" body became noticeably unstable, as if struck by lightning.

Beckman, who had been relentlessly suppressed by Enel and was in a very bad situation, seemed to have expected this scene. He drew his gun at a concealed angle and aimed at Enel to fire.

"boom!"

With a faint sound, an inconspicuous bullet left the chamber, but the Armament Haki it contained was quite astonishing, and the bullet's speed was also incredibly fast.

When Enel's "psychic field" detected the bullet, his body, unable to maintain its "elemental" state, had no time to dodge in any other way.

Even though Enel's physique had improved considerably during those six years under the guidance of Yann and Dragon, and he had also completely mastered the use of "Armament Haki".

However, the Armament Haki contained within that bullet flowed in a special way as the bullet spun, and the combination of the two resulted in the bullet's hardness and penetrating power reaching an extremely terrifying level.

"puff!"

It was as if the bullet had pierced through a thin sheet of paper. Enel's chest, covered in Armament Haki, was instantly pierced by the bullet, and the splattered blood even stained the Thunder Drum on Enel's back red.

Beckman, who had been waiting for this moment for a long time, suddenly revealed a hint of anticipation in his eyes. In fact, to some extent, if the Logia-type Devil Fruit user had not known this information in advance, it could be considered a fatal blow.

"Did you kill them?"

However, Enel's body did not collapse directly as Beckman had expected; instead, he staggered and barely managed to stand firm.

However, the piercing wound in Enel's chest was still gushing blood wildly, as if the tissue around the wound had been damaged in a special way by the special way that Armament Haki flowed, making it impossible to heal.

"Trying to stay upright? But it's pointless. In less than a minute, the amount of blood you lose will render you completely incapacitated."

Breathing heavily, Beckman spoke casually. Although it was a pity that he hadn't hit a vital spot that would kill instantly, the fact that his own bullet had pierced his chest would cause the tissue around the wound to be in a special bleeding state, and even with the "Life Return" technique, he couldn't stop the bleeding quickly.

However, Beckman's relaxed expression froze the next moment as a burst of lightning suddenly erupted from the wound on Enel's chest.

Under the intense pain that made Enel's veins bulge and his whole body tremble uncontrollably, Enel stopped the bleeding of the wound by scorching it with lightning.

Immediately, Enel looked up abruptly, and the extreme anger in his eyes made Beckman's lips twitch slightly.

'This... seems to be even more troublesome...'

Then, under Beckman's helpless gaze, Enel, having broken free from that strange influence, soared into the sky, maintaining his distance from "Red-Haired" Shanks.

"Three Billion Volts Thor!"

Endless streams of lightning erupted from Enel's body, and a massive, giant-like lightning form descended.

"You ant, how dare you harm the body of a god!!!"

As Enel's thunderous roar of anger resounded through the sky, hundreds of terrifying bolts of lightning, like a torrential downpour, struck Beckman.

"Oh no, this is terrible..."

Beckman's lips twitched as he uttered a single sentence, and with a swift movement, he desperately searched for a chance to survive amidst the thunderous rain.

Shanks, though aware of Beckman's predicament, had no time to attend to it.

The overwhelming impact of "Peak of the Overlord" shattered the endless sea of ​​cherry blossoms, but a small swathe of cherry blossoms remained and confronted the impact of "Peak of the Overlord" head-on.

This led "Red-Haired" Shanks to discover an incredibly troublesome fact: "Sakura Dragon" Yann actually possessed "Conqueror's Haki Entanglement" and could even wrap Conqueror's Haki around those cherry blossom petals.

Unlike the previous fragile cherry blossom petals, although those petals could also leave wounds on Shanks' body, the damage was far from fatal to Shanks' physique unless he was covered by a large number of cherry blossom petals.