The pinnacle of pirates begins with deceiving fate!

The view from the island ship suddenly became clear.

As Shiki had predicted, those who had been slashed and shattered were now standing unharmed in their original positions.

Not even a single tear was visible.

"Boss Shiki, what are these guys?"

On the roof of the main hall, two figures stood on the left and right below Shiki. One of them, a fat woman with heavy makeup and purple hair, held a gun and frowned.

She has a prominent double chin and the word "LOVE" tattooed on her forehead. She is Lady Murasaki, a famous pirate in the latter half of the Grand Line.

The other is a man with an iron mask covering the upper half of his face and protruding buck teeth who looks like a gorilla; he is also the infamous pirate, Yama-zaru.

Both of them possess the "qualifications of a king".

"They are from the World Government, and they should all have some kind of mysterious immortality. Be careful."

Shiki made the connection to "ancient weapons," which was probably caused by his theft of the Poneglyphs.

The arrival of the World Government further convinced him of the existence of the "Ancient Weapons".

"Don't worry, Boss Shiki, we're not just anyone."

Li Yuan clenched his fists alternately, cracking his knuckles. His body visibly expanded rapidly, tearing apart his black suit and revealing his powerful physique with bulging muscles and a brown mane.

Zoan-type Monkey-Monkey Fruit, Mythical Zoan type, Great Ape form!

Great Ape is a mountain god in the legends of "Wild Country," Shiki's hometown, and he often appears in the form of a giant ape.

The mountain monkey was also a subordinate that Shiki recruited from the "Wild Country".

Dong dong dong

As the mountain ape pounded its chest, thunderous drumbeats resounded.

Immediately afterwards, he bent down to gather his strength and leaped up, his body expanding several times in the air like a small mountain, crashing down towards the location of Garin and the others.

Junzi struck first, a dense barrage of bandage arrows shooting from her palm, striking the giant mountain ape's tumbling rear with a clanging sound.

The mountain ape's rear end, struck by the blow, shattered into pieces of stone. Encased in stone armor, it was unharmed, but its descent was abruptly halted.

Biu

The Maffei Palace opened its mouth full of sharp teeth, and light particles gathered inside, then shot out a laser beam that swept towards the mountain ape that was blocked in mid-air.

Bang

Gunshots rang out, and bullets imbued with Conqueror's Haki flew from the muzzle of Lady Murasaki's flintlock pistol, colliding precisely with the laser beam.

Garin's Holy Sword charged towards Shiki, while Somaz stayed behind to assist Junko in continuing to hold off the Mountain Ape. The remaining smoke on the island ship continued to spread...

A massive battle is about to break out!

Meanwhile, inside the main hall, in a Japanese-style room.

"Wow, it's a lemon sundae! Shiki, you've got good taste, old man!"

John opened the refrigerator, took out a sundae, opened the lid, and scooped it into his mouth with a spoon.

Although he was lying about being hungry, he didn't mind finding something to eat to satisfy his hunger.

Sitting on the tatami mat, I watched the fierce battle outside with my mind's eye while enjoying a delicious sundae.

I'm absolutely thrilled!

"But, was that guy using the Smoke-Smoke Fruit's power?"

John looked at the thick fog that was repelled by the magnetic field and was three meters away, and a big question mark couldn't help but arise in his mind.

It's worth noting that Smoker, the future user of the Smoke-Smoke Fruit, was known as the "disgrace of Logia-type users."

This has absolutely nothing to do with the kind of dense fog that can cover an entire island or even a country on a large scale.

John discovered that this fog, like the smoke produced by burning plastics and synthetic fibers, contained acidic components such as hydrogen cyanide and hydrogen chloride, which were not only toxic but also corrosive to metal equipment and human tissues.

The musical instrument business, upon which the Kingdom of Esperia, the "Land of Music," relied for its survival, was corrupted and damaged by this mist, directly leading to the country's inability to pay the Heavenly Gold and thus being attacked by the World Government.

This aligns perfectly with the abilities of the Smoke-Smoke Fruit.

But Smoker, the disgrace of Logia-type Devil Fruit users, has never shown this characteristic; he's just a pathetic white smoke, harmless as a marshmallow.

"This shouldn't be the Water-Mist Fruit, right?"

John vaguely remembered that Smoker's smoke would turn into water vapor and dissipate when it came into contact with Ace's flames, and it wouldn't cause the smoke to burn or explode as the laws of physics suggest.

This trait is equivalent to giving Smoker's Smoke-Smoke Fruit a mist effect, essentially giving him two abilities in one.

"Could it be that different personalities lead to different ways of expressing abilities?"

"Forget it, if I can't figure it out, I'll just leave it at that."

John threw away the empty sundae cup, stood up, left the room, and walked in a direction that he was particularly interested in.

Within the "heart network," he saw something familiar.

outside

The mountain ape grabbed Somaz and Mafi's ankles with its thick, broad hands and spun them around like a giant windmill.

Somaz and Mafi's heads slammed wildly against the ground, endlessly cycling through explosions and regeneration.

Every time his mind recovered, before he could even curse or scream, his head would be smashed open again.

Junzi rode the bandaged bird, circling around it, while simultaneously firing arrows that struck the mountain ape, but only pierced its thick stone armor, failing to harm its true form.

When the soldier tries to concentrate his fire on one spot and is about to penetrate the thick stone armor, the stone armor will wriggle and repair itself, becoming thick again.

If they weren't immortal, the battle between the three and the mountain ape would have been a one-sided and crushing defeat.

On the other side, on the roof of the main hall.

Lady Murasaki scanned the surroundings, and whenever she saw her Observation Haki detect a presence in the thick fog, she would decisively pull the trigger in that direction.

But that smoke bastard moved incredibly fast through the fog, always managing to dodge the bullets before they even hit him.

The mist that gathered around Lady Murasaki was completely blocked by her Armament Haki armor and could not harm her at all.

Only with each breath, a small amount of corrosive mist would enter Lady Zi's respiratory tract, making her face grow increasingly gloomy.

Chapter 117 The Man Who Rules the Seas from the Sky

"Boss Shiki, we have to find a way to get rid of this damn fog!"

Impatient, Lady Murasaki shouted a warning towards the direction where the sword light was shooting.

A golden slash flew out, shattering the mist and revealing Shiki wielding two swords and pressing down, while Garin Sei gripped his rapier and blocked with a slight bow.

Just as the mist was about to engulf him again, Shiki continued to press down with his left-hand sword while his right-hand sword sliced ​​horizontally along the blade of the rapier, the sword energy flying out and slicing open Garin's skull.

Immediately, the scene of their battle was completely obscured by the mist and disappeared from Lady Zi's sight.

"They're still alive?!"

According to Lady Murasaki's Observation Haki, the aura of the guy whose skull had been cut open was still present.

She was certain that it was not a Logia-type elemental transformation, but these guys treated it as an elemental transformation that was not afraid of Armament Haki.

Apart from that fog bastard, almost all the other intruders neither dodge nor defend when faced with an attack!

call

The wind began to howl, and the island boat moved again, crashing against the atmosphere and throwing away large swaths of fog.

The pirates' field of vision suddenly broadened.

"They're over there! Let's hurry over there and kill these invaders!"

"You charlatan, you'll see what we're made of!"

The small group of pirates who remained conscious amidst the clash of Conqueror's Haki surged toward Korin, Somazu, and the others who were fighting on the ground as their vision cleared.

Even if it was only a small number, there were still more than twenty people on average on both battlefields. Bullets wrapped in Armament Haki flew over in dense slashes, turning Garin, Somaz and the others into sieves.

However, these attacks are just like those of a user without Haki facing Logia-type users; they can only break the form of an immortal body, but cannot truly harm the user in the slightest.

This, on the contrary, made Shiki and the others, who were fighting the immortals in close combat, feel restricted.

"You idiots, stay out of my way!"

Shiki was nearly hit by a bullet from his own men, and in a fit of rage, he bit off the cigar he was holding and left Garin behind, rising into the air alone.

Under the sunlight, Shiki wielded two swords and unleashed a series of magnificent slashes downwards, the strikes skimming over the edge of the island ship and flying even further down.

Under Garin's questioning gaze, Shiki's pupils flashed with a cold light, and his long golden hair danced wildly in the wind.

"I'm the man who rules this ocean from the sky!"

As the "Mad Lion" declared, a dense rushing sound of water rose from below the island ship, growing clearer and more deafening as it approached.

Until it transformed into a terrifying roar of towering waves!

Then, the sea rose!

The suspended ocean transformed into towering waves, sweeping down on the island ship from all sides.

"Boss Shiki, we're still on the island!"

"Quick! Find something to grab onto, don't let the waves wash you away!"

"And there's Brother Mountain Ape, he's a Devil Fruit user. A few of you come with me to cover him!"

The pirates were used to Shiki's capriciousness and reacted quickly to this unexpected situation, grabbing whatever they could get their hands on.

Immediately, a giant wave crashed in.

The remaining mist on the island ship was the first to be shattered by the giant waves, and the smoke man hidden in it had no power to resist, and was swept away by the sea current like a broken leaf.

Next came Somazu and Junko. Both of them, being ability users, lost all their strength in the seawater. They couldn't hold on for more than a few breaths in the surging waves before they let go of their mouths and gulped down seawater, their eyes rolled back, and they lost consciousness.

As a cyborg with fish-man blood, Mafi was like a fish in water in the ocean currents. He twisted and swayed his body as he chased after Somaz and Junzi, grabbing them to prevent them from being washed off the island ship.

Garin used his rapier to pierce the rock and soil of the ground, securing it firmly, but it was still being washed by the surging sea currents and was like a tattered flag swaying in a storm.

He looked up through the ocean currents at Shiki, who was suspended high in the sky, and felt powerless once again.

Although the Rocks Pirates have disbanded, the former executives have not given up, but instead have shone even brighter.