Rorschach's words instantly turned Shiki's eyes crimson.
"You killed Rose?"
As the black halberd sliced towards him, Shiki lifted his right leg high, placing the great sword Sakura Ten in front of him, seemingly trying to block the incoming Sky Dragon Halberd.
"Kid, I'll kill you… What?"
The moment the black halberd blade struck the raised Sakura Ten blade, a powerful, overwhelming force was so great that Shiki's words were forced back down his throat.
"Clang!"
A string of bright sparks burst from the blade on his right leg. His body, with the right leg lifted, was hit by a force as if a meteor had fallen from the sky. The thick ice layer where he stood collapsed in large sections amidst a series of cracking sounds.
The thousand-meter-high frozen giant wave that spanned the top of G-1 Island crumbled in large sections under the impact of this unstoppable, monstrous force, turning into house-sized chunks of ice that fell with a crash.
And Shiki himself, who was at the very center of the impact, was like a meteor. He smashed through the ice layer and plunged straight into the depths of the island's ground.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The ground for several hundred meters around shattered as if it had truly been hit by a meteor.
Shiki's entire body disappeared from the surface, and it was unknown how many meters deep he had been smashed into the ground by Rorschach's attack.
Ignoring the pirates and Marines who were stunned by his attack, Rorschach, with his body covered in advanced Busoshoku Haki and wrapped in electricity, suddenly plummeted, diving toward the location of Shiki that he had pinpointed with his Observation Haki.
"Ze hahaha, no wonder you were able to kill Rose. This level of power is indeed remarkable."
From deep within the shattered ground, Shiki's loud laughter could be heard, causing Rorschach's pupils to shrink as he dived down.
He knew exactly how much force was in his previous attack.
After being struck by lightning from Charlotte Linlin, the depleted lightning power in his body was fully replenished.
This strike was basically the strongest attack Rorschach could unleash without using his overload mode.
It was a super-high-intensity discharge of up to four hundred million volts, plus the enhancement of advanced Busoshoku Haki.
In addition, it had the ultimate strength from the monstrous physique of his Azure Qilin form.
The punch that had blown off Who's Who's head just now was not as powerful as this strike.
But such a powerful attack had not caused Shiki much damage.
In Rorschach's perception with his Observation Haki, the life force radiating from Shiki was still extremely vigorous.
This monstrous old man, a legend who could stand shoulder to shoulder with Roger, was ended in the movie by a clumsy Gear Three attack from Luffy, who hadn't even mastered Haki yet.
This was so ridiculously absurd!
Just as he was about to dive down to the ground, a sudden change occurred.
The ground for over a thousand meters, which almost covered half of the G-1 Island plaza, suddenly rumbled and trembled.
The ground rose and fell like rolling waves. Millions of tons of mud and rocks, under the effect of an unimaginable force, spurted toward the sky like a fountain, turning into thick pillars of mud that wrapped around Rorschach and tried to crush him.
"Ground Roll!"
Shiki's low roar followed closely behind.
Everyone in the vicinity, regardless of whether they were friends or foes, was affected within this range. Amidst fearful screams, they were swallowed by the surging torrent of mud.
Rorschach, holding the Sky Dragon Halberd, swung it from a distance at the giant mud pillars that were wrapping around him.
"Swish!"
A hundred-meter-long curved slash instantly shot out, cutting off the tops of the three giant mud pillars that were entangling him.
The broken mud pillars collapsed with a crash. But a few seconds later, they were affected by an invisible force again, as if they had been given new life. They re-formed, rose from the ground, and wrapped around Rorschach once more like giant, headless pythons.
Rorschach frowned slightly. His burly body tensed, and the lightning power in his body surged out, expanding crazily in a hemisphere shape with him at the center, like a halo of light blooming on the surface of G-1 Island.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom!"
The rampaging lightning vented its terrifying energy, blasting the incoming mud pillars apart in mid-air.
With Rorschach's body as the center, the area within a hundred meters seemed to have become a sea of lightning.
All the mud creations that entered this lightning domain would be instantly pierced and blasted apart by the terrifying lightning.
Rorschach continued to release the lightning power within his body, making the Sky Dragon Halberd in his hand create a series of joyful shadows as he moved through the thick mud pillars that were constantly rising from the ground. With a wave of his hand, he could blast apart a mud pillar.
At the same time, the air currents in the sky were pushed by him, turning into tough air shields that covered the involved Marine soldiers, bouncing them far away like soccer balls, away from this chaotic surface.
"Arrogant kid! You're fighting me, but you're still thinking about saving people?"
Shiki's cold snort came from an unknown location underground.
"Lion's Might! Ground Roll!"
The next second, the countless mud pillar pythons that had shot up into the sky merged with each other. Their volume grew crazily, outlining three gigantic male lions that were comparable to a fortress in size, reaching two to three hundred meters tall.
"Roar!"
The three massive lions, which obscured the sky, formed a triangle around Rorschach, opening their terrifying mouths, which were dozens of meters wide, and biting and pouncing at Rorschach.
Even before their mouths came close, the roars that came from within them turned into rolling shockwaves. They caused the eardrums of tens of thousands of people on the island to burst, and they fell to the ground, clutching their heads in pain.
Not only that, a terrifying, storm-like Haoshoku Haki surged out from the body of one of the male lions, sweeping out recklessly and instantly knocking out a large number of pirates and Marines.
"Shiki! What in the world are you doing? Are you trying to kill all my children?"
Amidst the chaos, Charlotte Linlin's angry voice was heard.
In a situation like this massive free-for-all, it was very rare for anyone to easily use Haoshoku Haki to knock out their enemies.
This was partly because the pirates in the New World were at a higher level, and unless a person had an extraordinary level of Haoshoku Haki, it would only make people feel a little dizzy.
Secondly, the pressure of Haoshoku Haki did not distinguish between friend and foe.
Once a powerful person released Haoshoku Haki, it would often cause a situation where a thousand enemies were killed, but eight hundred of one's own people were also harmed.
In a situation like this on G-1 Island, where tens of thousands of pirates were attacking a little over ten thousand Marines, whichever side released a Haoshoku Haki blast first would cause huge casualties to both sides.
Shiki's reckless release of Haoshoku Haki actually put the pirates at a disadvantage, while the Marines benefited more.
This was because the pirates were too numerous and too densely packed.
And the Marine soldiers at G-1 were mostly elite troops with firm minds.
Shiki, who was controlling the tens of thousands of tons of mud to form the male lions and besiege Rorschach, heard Charlotte Linlin's angry voice. His body emerged from the top of one of the male lions.
A sneer appeared on his face, which had a cigar in his mouth.
"Linlin, after all these years, haven't you figured out that things like numbers are worthless in front of people like us?"
"This world is a world of the strong! The weak don't even have the right to survive! If it weren't for the interference of that old geezer Garp and the other Marines, I alone could have easily killed all the Marines on this island."
"Since when did you, like that bastard Newgate, start doing things like a family, which only holds you back?"
Charlotte Linlin punched away the charging Garp, dragged several screaming sons out of the rolling mud waves, and glared fiercely at Shiki, who was standing on top of the male lion.
"What do you know? What I want to build is a country where all races are equal. My children are excellent rulers and managers within this country. They are all my hard work. Are you trying to destroy the lives I painstakingly created by acting so recklessly? If Mother Carmel knew, she would definitely be unhappy. Unless…"
Looking at a few of her children who were grateful to her, Charlotte Linlin grinned widely and stared at Shiki, "Unless you have a few more excellent children with me."
"Keep dreaming. I'm not interested in you. Go find your good brother. Both Rocks and I prefer normal women."
Shiki refused very bluntly.
"How heartless, mamamama." Charlotte Linlin grinned and charged at Garp again.
"Roar!"
The three mountain-sized male lions roared, biting and pouncing at Rorschach in the center. Their movements were extremely fluid and without any delay, looking like real giant beasts.
Rorschach was incredibly calm. He was enveloped in wind and lightning, skillfully flying and dodging amidst the encirclement of the three male lions. He continuously swung out huge, curved slashes that were several hundred meters long, cutting off and shattering the pouncing male lions.
However, no matter how the male lions formed from mud were shattered or cut off, they would restore and merge in the next second, showing no signs of being completely destroyed.
Rorschach knew that these male lions were just creations made by Shiki using his Fuwa Fuwa no Mi ability to lift the mud.
The duration of the male lions depended on Shiki's stamina.
Looking at the island that was constantly roaring and trembling, and the huge casualties the Marines had suffered because of this massive tremor, Rorschach knew that he could not let Shiki act so recklessly.
Even Kaido and Charlotte Linlin knew to avoid using attacks with too large a range, to avoid affecting the pirates under their command.
But Shiki, on the other hand, was completely reckless the whole time, not caring about the lives of his pirate allies or the pirates under his command.
Whether it was the super tsunami just now or the Ground Roll male lions now, he used them without any hesitation.
"Crack!"
Amidst the flashing lightning, Rorschach's body shot up, dodging the pounce of the three male lions, causing the three giant lion heads to crash into each other, creating an earth-shattering bang.
With the Sky Dragon Halberd in hand, he, who had just shot into the air, suddenly plunged down. The lightning power in his body continuously surged out, gathering on the Sky Dragon Halberd.
Advanced Busoshoku Haki unfolded on the four-meter-long halberd. The surface was intertwined with wind and lightning, as if it had magnified the Sky Dragon Halberd a dozen times, turning it into a gigantic weapon dozens of meters long.
"Four hundred million volts! Heavenfall! Lightning God's Halberd!"
The gigantic halberd, wrapped in silver lightning, crashed into the center of the three male lions that had collided with each other as Rorschach plummeted.
Like a divine spear of punishment thrown from the heavens, the huge Sky Dragon Halberd instantly passed through the middle of the three male lions and crashed into the ground.
"Boom!"
The ground rippled, and the mud churned. The terrifying impact instantly blasted apart the twelve long legs of the three male lions that were standing on the ground, turning them into mud powder.
Before the massive lion bodies could fall, thick bolts of lightning surged out wildly from the Sky Dragon Halberd that Rorschach had plunged into the ground. They rushed into the bodies of the three male lions like an electric grid.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The giant male lions, pierced by the thick lightning bolts, exploded from the inside out.
The sky became a hazy gray, covered by endless dust and powder, making it impossible to breathe.
"Ze hahaha, ze hahahaha!"
Shiki's laughter came from the mud that was once again continuously gathering.
"It's useless, it's useless!"
"My ability can make them re-form countless times."
Through the hazy dust, Shiki grabbed with his large hand. The ground trembled and rose again. The endless dust rolled and gathered, about to once again outline the giant male lions that were the size of mountains.
"Crack!"
In the hazy vision, a brilliant bolt of lightning tore through the gray curtain, shooting towards his face.
Rorschach, holding the Sky Dragon Halberd, had lightning surging all over his body. He charged at Shiki at a speed far exceeding the rate at which the mud was gathering.
"If I can't destroy these things, then I'll destroy you!"
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