The pinnacle of pirates begins with deceiving fate!

Shiki was utterly shocked, unable to understand why his slash, imbued with Conqueror's Haki, couldn't break through his opponent's defense.

"Do you know about the talent of the Lunaria clan? Their defense increases when they are engulfed in flames, and their speed increases when the flames go out."

John then revealed the secret in front of everyone, and with a sweep of his left arm, deflected the two swords that were about to strike his ribs.

Then, as Shiki was swung around and raised his sword with both hands, John clenched his fists and swung them around, punching Shiki repeatedly.

The speed of his punches was so fast that they left afterimages. The dense barrage of punches rained down on Shiki's body, first attacking with both hands to smash his liver and stomach, and then smashing an uppercut into Shiki's chin, causing his head to tilt upwards and spit out bloody teeth.

Chapter 119 Defeat

"hateful!"

Shiki mumbled a curse, his body floating up as he tried to retreat and create distance between them.

But just as his body took flight, John turned his fist into a claw, grabbed his robe, and forcibly pulled him back down.

Then, a barrage of fists rained down, giving Shiki a sound beating.

Dealing with swordsmen is that simple, just get close.

Finally, Shiki could no longer hold back; his pupils flashed with cold light, and a thought struck him.

call

The wind suddenly howled, and a strong sense of weightlessness assaulted everyone.

The island ship is plummeting rapidly!

John instinctively wanted to fly, but then suddenly realized that his current setting was "cannot fly".

In the midst of the chaos, he watched helplessly as Shiki leaped backward from close range, creating distance between them.

Immediately afterward, amidst the pirates' cries of "Boss Shiki, no!", the island ship suddenly rose again, shoving everyone on the ground to their knees.

Just when everyone thought they had secured themselves, the island ship suddenly began to plummet again, causing everyone's bodies to float as they couldn't keep up with the downward speed.

"Hahahaha!"

"I acknowledge your strength, but... you're still far from it!"

"Lion Valley!"

Shiki hovered in the air, wielding his two swords repeatedly, unleashing massive golden slashes that crashed down onto the falling island ship.

Like a hot knife through butter, the first massive slash split the entire island ship in two, followed by a dense barrage of slashes that then divided it into four pieces, eight pieces... and hundreds of pieces!

Whether it was the pirates or Somazu, Garin, and others, they were all reduced to powerless ants in this dismantling, only able to cling tightly to the nearest fragments of the island ship to prevent being thrown away.

Only Junzi rode the bandaged bird through the pieces of the island ship, but whenever she tried to reach Lagarin and the others, she would be hit by the pieces of the island ship and had to dodge.

In a short period of time, it is impossible to provide effective assistance.

On one of the fragments of the island ship, John's feet sank into the rock to hold him in place. He looked up at Squier, who was laughing wildly in the sky, and felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

That old bastard wasn't taking the Roger Pirates so seriously in the future Battle of Eddwar.

Otherwise, if ten islands were thrown down, even if the Roger Pirates didn't lose, the Golden Jackson ship would definitely be lost.

Later, when Roger surrendered, Shiki, in a fit of anger, stormed Marine Headquarters alone.

"You didn't care when news of my death spread, but you're so nice to Roger. I'm not happy about that!"

Who can stand it when the brothers you started hanging out with become closer to new friends?

Isn't he, his original brother, worthy?

The more John thought about it, the angrier he became. He bent down, grabbed a handful of soil from his feet, shaped it into a ball, coated it with Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki, and threw it at Shiki in the air.

With a whooshing sound, the rock ball flew through the air like a blur, striking Shiki squarely in the groin as he laughed wildly.

"Waaah~!"

In an instant, Shiki's face changed color, his eyes bulged, and he bent over, clutching his groin.

Even its suspended body swayed precariously, as if it would fall at any moment.

The smile doesn't disappear, it just moves on.

"Thief, hahaha!"

John smiled.

Shiki's pupils trembled as he looked in the direction of the sound and saw John laughing so hard he was clutching his stomach.

Even through the faceless mask, he could seem to see a hateful face.

"asshole!"

"Lion's Majesty Palace Site Scroll!"

Shiki released his twin swords, which remained floating beside him, and raised his hands to reach out and grab at the group of shattered island ships below.

As he moved, the fragments transformed into roaring, bared lions that lunged at John, Garin, and the others.

Seeing this, Garin unleashed a slash, Somaz released thorns, and Maffei fired a laser, tearing the oncoming giant lion head to shreds.

But in the blink of an eye, the shattered rock and soil coalesced again, solidifying into a brand new, enormous lion's head that lunged at them.

After being entangled repeatedly without any foothold to use for leverage and dodge, Garin and the others were accidentally swallowed by the lion's giant mouth and plunged into endless darkness.

Their hands and feet were completely bound by the rock and soil, like a crocodile's mouth being held shut, unable to open as forcefully as it bites, they were simply imprisoned and unable to break free.

Shiki has found a way to deal with these immortal beings: to bind and suppress them, rather than to attack and cut them off.

The lion heads coalesced into spheres, each enveloping the bodies of Garin, Somaz, and Mafi, leaving only their heads exposed.

Then, under the control of the Float-Float Fruit, the rock-earth sphere flew at an extremely fast speed into the distance, before it was too weak to crash into the sea.

In the aerial battle, only John and Junko remained on the World Government's side.

Junzi, riding the bandaged bird, dodged left and right in the air. Not to mention rescuing Jialin and the others, she herself was also in a precarious situation and could hardly protect herself.

John, meanwhile, took the opportunity to hide on the bandaged bird and help Junzi smash the lion heads that she couldn't dodge.

Clang

A crisp sword cry rang out, and golden slashes fell from the sky, but not towards the bandaged bird that was dodging.

The slash landed at the bottom of the sea, cutting out a huge square separation line. Then, a large amount of seawater gradually floated up into the air under the power of the Float-Float Fruit.

Many pirates who had previously fallen into the sea were floating on the surface, awaiting rescue.

As the seawater lifted the pirates into the sky, the lion heads that had been chasing the bandaged bird ceased their attack and reassembled into the shape of an island.

The pirates crashed into the island through the sea, pulling out flintlock pistols, shoulder-fired cannons, and swords, unleashing a barrage of ranged attacks like rain upon the circling bandaged bird.

"Let's retreat; there's no need to continue."

John felt it was about time, so he raised his hand and patted Junzi on the shoulder.

Junzi shrugged off John's hand, glared fiercely at Shiki who was hovering high in the sky, and controlled the large bird to flap its wings and fly away.

Instead of heading in the direction where Garin and the others fell into the sea, she returned to the World Government's ship.

Watching the large bird disappear into the distance, Shiki took out a cigar, lit it, and looked through the rising smoke, choosing not to give chase.

He was also troubled by these unkillable monsters.

The Flying Pirates won the battle, but suffered heavy losses.

The World Government, though it lost and lost face, suffered no casualties.

"It seems I need to talk to Roger and Newgate. I wonder if they have any way to deal with these immortal beings."

Shiki took a bite of his cigar, then drifted away with the island ship.

World Government Ship

The bandaged bird landed on the deck. Junzi removed the bandages to make room and crouched down, placing his hands on the ground.

As the pentagram array was inscribed, the light suddenly brightened, and four figures lying horizontally appeared.

Chapter 120 The Will of the Overlord

"Uh! Cough cough cough"

The moment they were freed from the constraints of the rock and soil and the seawater, Garin, Somaz, and the Smoke Man changed their positions and crawled on their knees, coughing violently to vomit the seawater from their respiratory tracts and stomachs.

Because of her fish-man bloodline, Mafi wasn't as badly off as the other three, but she still stood up with a gloomy expression.

"You bastard, what are you doing?!"

After vomiting, Garin stood up, drew his sword, and pointed it at John.

If it weren't for this despicable guy stopping him, his sneak attack would have been enough to kill Golden Lion!

How did we end up in such a miserable state?

John looked at the sword tip pointing at his nose, then suddenly raised his right hand and gripped the blade so tightly that Garin could not move an inch.

This action made Junzi, Mafi, and the Smoke Man present nervous, and they quickly took a defensive stance and surrounded John.

Somaz, however, kept a quiet eye and remained hidden in a corner.

Meeting Garin's angry gaze, John used his left hand to remove his mask, his face full of contempt as he launched into a tirade:

"You damn sissy, you mutated goblin with a crescent-shaped head."

"If you dare point your sword at me again, I'll sell your parents to a pirate den and make them regret giving birth to a useless idiot like you!"

"John Saint! Do you know that your actions are provoking the Knights of God!"

Junzi's gaze was complex, and he offered a well-intentioned reminder.

"You should know that the Knights of God have the authority to judge the Celestial Dragons!"

"Power? Ha!"

Upon hearing this, John smiled.

"Power makes people submit, and submission creates power."

"You actually dare to think you can use power to subdue strength? Since when have ants been allowed to look up to elephants like that? Can't you see yourselves clearly?"