Pirate: I'm an admiral now, what's wrong with taking a little extra money?

They don't have Whitebeard's world-destroying power, nor Garp's world-shaking prestige.

But they just barged in.

For that idiot captain who broke down and cried on the execution platform.

Chapter 283 Conqueror's Haki? The essence of trash will not change!

"Everyone...run fast!!"

Luffy struggled frantically on the cross, his hands covered in blood.

"Don't worry about me! You'll all die!"

Zoro slashed down a lieutenant colonel with a single blow, but was instantly struck in the back by a musket, exploding in a spray of blood.

He staggered forward and fell, but braced himself with one hand and stood up again despite the excruciating pain.

Fresh blood kept gushing from the corner of his mouth.

"Shut up, Luffy."

Zoro's words were laced with thick, bloody foam.

"If I can't even protect my own captain, how can I become the world's greatest swordsman!"

He bit down hard on the hilt of the Wado Ichimonji sword, his arm muscles bulged out strangely, and a chilling ghostly aura burst forth from his body. A three-headed, six-armed Asura phantom suddenly appeared behind him.

"Demon Aura - Nine-Sword Style - Asura!"

He transformed into a rapidly spinning storm of blades, his extremely condensed strikes forcefully tearing a massive gap, tens of meters wide, through G-5's iron-blooded formation.

The marines blocking the way were thrown into the air along with their guns by the terrifying pressure of the sword.

Rayleigh stepped forward, drew his sword, and prepared to escort Zoro to the execution platform.

The ground trembled dully.

Five massive robots crashed to the ground, blocking all of Zoro's paths.

The five robots had rigid, cold faces, all with slicked-back hair and a prominent scar across their faces.

It's Crocodile's version of the pacifist.

Mechanical Crocodile simultaneously raised both hands, and a dazzling halo of light shone from his palms.

Several G-5 lieutenant generals, their eyes bloodshot, surrounded them at high speed using Moonwalk.

"Target: Rayleigh, the Dark Lord. Execute the elimination procedure."

Inorganic electronic sounds rang out.

Several high-energy laser beams crisscrossed as Rayleigh unleashed a series of flying slashes with his backhand.

The laser and sword energy collided in mid-air, causing a violent explosion.

Rayleigh was stopped by the impact and instantly plunged into the chaotic battle, unable to escape.

Zoro was less than 100 meters away.

The execution platform was just a stone's throw away.

Just then, a blinding green slash flew past his scalp, instantly slicing the hundreds of meters thick ice beside him in two.

Immediately afterwards, a thunderstorm of interwoven black and red light descended from the sky, crashing heavily into his path.

The ice sheet collapsed.

The dust settled.

Yamato, carrying a black spiked club in one hand and stepping on a shattered block of ice, rolled his eyes, his face full of impatience.

Beside her stood Mihawk, holding the black sword "Night," his posture as straight as a sword.

Those golden eagle eyes looked down at the green-haired swordsman covered in bandages below, their gaze devoid of any emotion.

Yamato freed his left hand and dismissed the smoke in front of him with obvious disgust.

"Hey, where did this little brat come from?"

"Do you know how tight my schedule is for capturing Kaido to boost my sales? Don't bother me while I'm trying to get the first Admiral kill!"

The moment the words fell, a trace of Conqueror's Haki unconsciously leaked out from within Yamato.

A dark red aura swept across the surroundings centered on her.

Chopper, who was desperately following behind, was directly hit by this aura. The reindeer's eyes rolled back, he foamed at the mouth, and his limbs stiffened as he collapsed onto the ice, losing consciousness immediately.

"Chopper!"

Zoro's eyelid ruptured.

The veins on his arms bulged, and the ghostly phantom behind him solidified to its limit, pouring all his life and will into this strike.

The Asura Slash tore through the smoke and aimed straight for Eagle Eye's throat.

"Mihawk—!!!"

Hawkeye remained standing in the same spot, his black sword "Night" still hanging at his side.

He didn't even give Zoro a second glance.

He raised his left hand, his slender fingers parted his collar, and pulled out the cross hanging on his chest.

Then pull out the small knife, which is less than the length of a palm.

Hawkeye flicked his wrist, gripping the small cross-shaped knife, and swung it horizontally forward to meet the massive Asura sword light.

The three-headed, six-armed phantom behind Zoro shattered instantly.

The ghostly aura that filled the sky vanished without a trace.

The wado Ichimonji he was holding in his mouth slipped out of his mouth.

Hawkeye's cross-shaped dagger pierced through all the blades blocking his way and easily plunged into Zoro's chest.

Zoro's eyes rolled back, and he spat out a large amount of blood. His body tumbled repeatedly in mid-air and flew dozens of meters away.

boom.

He crashed heavily into the ice pit directly in front of Luffy's line of sight and became completely still.

"Green algae head!!"

Sanji's forehead veins bulged as he roared furiously.

Ignoring everything else, he stomped wildly in the air with his left leg, the sole of his shoe igniting with blinding flames, transforming himself into a burning meteor as he kicked straight toward Hawkeye's head.

Hawkeye sheathed his knife without making any attempt to dodge.

"They're like a never-ending swarm of flies," Yamato muttered, pursing his lips.

She gripped the spiked club with both hands, and black and red lightning instantly covered the pitch-black club.

Overwhelming Haki swirled around him.

Using his waist to generate power, Yamato spun around on the spot, swung his spiked club, and delivered a heavy backhand blow to Sanji, who was in mid-air.

"Thunderous Eight Trigrams!"

The spiked club traced a violent black and red trajectory in the air, striking precisely the flaming calf.

The sound of bones breaking was dull and piercing.

Sanji didn't even have time to scream before his body flew backward at ten times the speed he had come from.

Boom!

He crashed heavily into a giant iceberg hundreds of meters behind him. The glacier caved in and shattered, and his body was deeply embedded in the ice. Blood meandered down the pale ice surface.

Life and death do not know.

In just a few minutes.

The remnants of the Straw Hat Pirates, who had broken through numerous blockades, were completely wiped out.

On the cross.

Luffy's gaze was fixed on the huge ice pit in front of him, where Zoro lay, his fate unknown.

Further away is Sanji, stuck in a glacier.

Further away is Chopper lying on the ground.

His breathing stopped.

The heart rate became extremely slow.

The promise in the East China Sea, the joint battle in Alabasta... images flashed rapidly through my mind.

Luffy made a "hoarse" sound in his throat, and tears mixed with blood slid down his bloodless face in large drops.

Extreme grief.

Utter despair.

Utter helplessness.

"Aa ...

A piercing scream tore through the sky.

Accompanied by this mournful cry, an extremely violent primal aura suddenly erupted from the body that was locked in place by sea stone.

An invisible spiritual wave spread wildly from the execution platform outwards throughout the entire inner bay.

Conqueror's Haki.

Garp sensed that familiar presence, and his iron fist paused almost imperceptibly.

Luffy's eyes lost focus, and the unconsciously awakened Haki continued to rise, as if it would tear the sky apart.

Sakazuki stood amidst the boiling lava ruins, halting his attack, turning his head, and giving the execution platform a cold glance.

"Conqueror's Haki?"

Sakazuki bit off the burning cigar in his mouth, his face ashen.