"Jotaro!!" Nojiko was so overjoyed she cried, covering her mouth, somewhat unable to believe it.
She had thought Jotaro was dead.
It wasn't just her who had such a thought, Nami, Ah Jian, and the others were the same.
Now, seeing him standing alive right in front of them, everyone's eyes widened, appearing extremely shocked.
"Impossible!" Arlong was somewhat astonished, unconsciously taking two steps back. "I clearly pierced through your body."
His gaze fell upon Jotaro's chest, there, it was perfectly intact.
Jotaro's voice was cold.
"Didn't you notice? You only pierced through my outer coat."
He had stopped time for zero point something seconds, and during that time, adjusted the position between his body and coat.
It looked as if the sharp nose weapon had pierced his body, but in reality, it was far from having reached such depth.
The visual feedback made Arlong firmly believe he had succeeded.
If he had been more cautious and chosen to deliver a finishing blow, Jotaro might have been in real trouble and could have been counterattacked right then.
In that case, he absolutely would not have been able to face the current situation of being surrounded by fish-men.
But Arlong was simply too arrogant, missing the only chance to put pressure on him.
It could be said that, at the moment when all the fish-men on the island arrived at the scene, Arlong had already lost.
Now Jotaro was completely in an undefeatable position, without any worries at all.
Arlong still seemed unaware of this; although he was a little surprised that he had failed, he quickly calmed down.
"So what if I missed once? Next, you will still die!"
With victory in hand, he sneered darkly, his sinister gaze fixed on the blood slowly flowing from Jotaro's body.
"The blood on your body is almost drained dry, right? Do you still have the strength to resist me now?"
"If you had died just now, for you, that instead would have been a kind of luck. Because next, I will slowly torture you, hahahaha!"
At present, Jotaro seemed like a candle flickering in the wind, that could go out at any time.
The amount of blood he had lost had already exceeded half of his body's volume.
In such a situation, one could forget about Ripple helping to ease the injury.
Ripple transmission requires relying on blood and breathing; sparse blood would cause the efficiency of Ripple transmission to drop sharply.
In addition, this process of cellular respiration would also place a burden on Jotaro.
He did not have extra strength to spend in this area.
"Indeed, my strength is almost gone, but it is enough to eliminate you group of fish-men!"
Jotaro's face was stern as frost, and a terrifying pressure dispersed from his body.
Arlong's huge body suddenly trembled, and he cried out in disbelief, "H-… Haki! And it's Conqueror's Haki!!!"
He had grown up on the Grand Line, so he was naturally no stranger to this kind of power.
"Who exactly is this guy? Why can he use Haki?!"
Sensing the constantly building pressure on Jotaro's body, Arlong's eyes were filled with fear.
'Such terrifying Haki!'
At that instant, it was as if a thousand-jin stone slab was pressing on his chest, making even breathing difficult.
If Jotaro used this majestic Haki against him, he could be defeated in an instant.
'Why had he waited until now to make a move?!'
Bang!
Jotaro's eyes narrowed sharply, and at the same time, the Conqueror's Haki that made Arlong's heart tremble swept out in all directions like a wild horse that had broken its reins.
The fish-men standing outside, without exception, all collapsed to the ground, eyes rolled back, foam coming from their mouths, bodies twitching twice before going still.
Arlong trembled, looking around, the scene before him chilling his heart.
In the blink of an eye, his pirate crew had been wiped out.
His Haki was actually this powerful.
After releasing his Haki, Jotaro seemed overwhelmed, his body swaying slightly, fresh blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.
He did not fall, but instead propped himself up on the ground with one hand, gasping for breath.
Arlong stared at the man before him who seemed to have already lost his fighting strength, no longer showing any contempt in his eyes.
"Could it be, you didn't strike me down before because you were waiting for this moment?"
As a high-level fish-man, to be outdone by a lower-level human was somewhat humiliating, but Arlong had to admit it.
"To you, defeating me isn't any difficult thing, yet just now you still didn't make a move."
"What you must have been thinking was to wait for my pirate crew to gather so you could capture us all in one net."
Arlong spat heavily, inwardly full of regret that he hadn't seen through the other party's scheme.
"After all, with your current physical condition, this kind of attack can only be used once."
"If you had used Haki against me earlier, your body absolutely wouldn't have been able to hold out for long."
"After that, as long as my subordinates came, you would be a lamb waiting to be slaughtered."
"The people of Cocoyasi Village are completely no match for fish-men, they could barely protect themselves, let alone protect you."
Looking down from above at Jotaro's constantly trembling body, Arlong's face once again showed a chilling sneer.
"However, you miscalculated. Your Conqueror's Haki is powerful, but wanting to make me lose my fighting ability is still far from enough."
"Hahahahaha!" He laughed wildly to the sky, then pointed at Jotaro. "The current you can barely even stand up, I can kill you at any time."
Jotaro frowned, his lips like knife-edges slightly closing, his body trembling more and more.
Arlong casually picked up a katana that had fallen to the side, placed it horizontally at Jotaro's neck, then raised it high.
"Farewell forever, inferior race!"
The blade chopped down, and at that moment, Star Platinum suddenly burst out from Jotaro's body, punching straight into Arlong's forehead.
"ORA!"
The power of this punch was not great; Arlong merely lost his balance and fell down.
Although he was unharmed, he was shocked.
'Impossible! Why does he still have strength!'
"Yare yare, I indeed miscalculated." Jotaro stood up with difficulty, his icy eyes looking down on Arlong.
Conqueror's Haki had limited effect on Arlong, Jotaro knew that from the start. So after releasing the Haki, what he had to do was immediately use Star Platinum to execute him.
Unfortunately, what he hadn't expected was that after being frightened by his Haki, Arlong had retreated, just stepping out of Star Platinum's range.
At that time, he had no strength to move; even if he did, moving rashly would have made Arlong wary.
But Jotaro knew Arlong wanted to kill him.
It wouldn't be long before he moved and stepped into range.
As he expected, Arlong swaggered right into range, even coming so close to him.
"Damn it! You were deliberately waiting for me to approach?!"
That Jotaro still had fighting ability was beyond Arlong's expectations, and by the time he realized it, it was already too late.
This man's mind truly had too many layers, impossible to guard against.
Jotaro slowly closed his eyes and said, "In Iceland there is a unique delicacy, and that is fermented shark meat."
"They cut the shark meat into pieces, air-dry it, then ferment it to the point of an extremely foul stench before eating it."
"This is a dish I cannot accept, because during the shark's excretion process, it discharges small amounts of metabolic waste through its skin."
"This feeling is just like using skin as a toilet."
Jotaro looked at Arlong, his pale green eyes flickering with murderous light.
"Now the only thing I need to think about is that, in the process of killing you, I won't be splashed by your urine!"
"Otherwise, it would be far too dirty…"
Arlong gnashed his teeth, suddenly exploding forward, wishing to tear him to pieces.
Jotaro took a deep breath.
"Star Platinum!"
"ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA!"
Bang!
In an instant, Arlong's body was covered in dents, and his whole person flew out like a kite with its string cut.
'S… so strong!!'
This was his thought in the last second before losing consciousness.
"With this, it's finally over."
Jotaro murmured, and the scene before his eyes began to blur. He swayed and fell down.
═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═
patreon.com/XenosX
🥳Joining Patreon keeps me motivated and eager to work diligently, so please consider joining.🥰