"Hey, Shiki! Are you trying to kill me?!"
The thunderclouds in the sky were torn apart, and a huge golden sword came down from the sky. Roger quickly dodged. The next moment, he saw the sword directly cut off one of Kraken's tentacles covered in lightning.
"Heh heh heh! Roger, if you die, just blame yourself for being too weak!" Shiki flew in the sky, but at that moment he suddenly felt a huge danger, because Roger actually gave up on Kraken and swung his sword at him.
"Divine Departure!"
Shiki, who was flying forward, was directly hit head-on by Divine Departure. Even though he used Sakura Ten and Kogarashi as shields at the last moment, he was still directly pierced through the body by the huge force, and he spat out blood as he retreated.
Roger himself, because he turned his sword towards Shiki, was hit hard into the sea by a tentacle covered in lightning that was right next to him.
The entire sea area had already become a sea of thunder because Kraken led the lightning from the sky down, turning the sea into a lightning pool, with Roger being attacked by electric currents.
How could Shiki have imagined that Roger would not care about getting hurt and still swing his sword at him?
"..." Rayleigh watched this scene speechlessly. He thought that if Shiki hadn't come, they would definitely have been able to take down this monster. If they weren't here, then Shiki leading the fleet should also be able to defeat it, right?
But the two of them met...
He felt like they were going to be killed by this monster!
"Roar!"
With a tentacle hitting Roger into the sea, Kraken frantically absorbed the lightning from the sky.
This wasn't the ability of a lightning god, but a change that happened after he got a Shikon Jewel piece. He had the ability to create thunderstorms and guide lightning into his body.
It wasn't like the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, which allowed him to freely control lightning. He could only use lightning from the clouds to attack, sending electricity into his body. Combined with his already terrifying attack power, it was enough to hurt even a master like Roger.
"Ah, Roger..." After spitting out blood, Shiki returned to the surface of the sea, and Roger also broke free from the sea. There was still some burned flesh on his body. Shiki glared at Roger and said, "Stop getting in the way, you brat!"
"You're the one getting in the way. We've been eyeing this sea monster as our food!"
Seeing that the two of them were about to fight in front of Kraken, suddenly, the sound of cannons came from another direction.
"Such loud cannons, could it be the Marines?"
Roger and Shiki couldn't help but look over, but Kraken's body was too big, like a country in front of them.
They couldn't see directly, and even Observation Haki was difficult to cross such a long distance.
However, it was very clear that two people were coming.
"Garp and Zephyr... they're here to chase you. If you don't run, you'll be caught by the Marines, Shiki~" Roger's Observation Haki heard their voices, and he couldn't help but smile at Shiki.
"Heh heh heh, only a useless pirate like you would run when you see the Marines." Shiki quickly mocked back, "I'm Shiki, the Golden Lion. The Marines can't catch me."
Shiki believed that his mobility was definitely not something the Marines' Sky Walk could compare to. They could only step on the air, but he could float, which was fundamentally different.
"This sea battle will be very interesting!" Roger's eyes lit up, and he charged towards Kraken again with his sword in hand.
This time, Shiki didn't stop him. After all, Roger was also a pirate. When there were no Marines, they were naturally enemies. Now that the Marines were here, there was no need to fight to the death and let the Marines steal the win.
"Although the Marines are just a bunch of useless people who only know how to steal wins." Shiki never thought much of the Marines, not even the admirals.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to the Marine headquarters alone after this, and even said to Garp and Sengoku, "You trash can't catch Roger."
But the most annoying thing about the Marines was the endless stream of pursuers. There was no point in getting entangled with them now. He should get the Shikon Jewel piece first.
"It's Roger and Shiki, it seems they're one step ahead of us." Garp was also rushing towards Kraken from the sea with Zephyr, while the remaining Marines relied on warships to continuously bombard from a distance.
They also felt the presence of the people on the other side of the monster's battlefield. Their Haki was so distinct that it was impossible to ignore.
"A Shikon Jewel piece... a truly terrifying thing." Zephyr didn't care much about Roger and Shiki. He cared more about the giant squid in front of him. The destruction it caused was much stronger than any pirate.
And there were still many broken Shikon Jewel pieces left in the deep sea. Did that mean there would be more monsters like this in the future?
"Admiral Zephyr! New orders from Fleet Admiral Kong!" While they were still speeding across the sea, the Den Den Mushi on Zephyr rang. He frowned and answered, only to hear a Marine's voice from inside.
"Get the Shikon Jewel piece at all costs, even if it means setting aside the mission related to Shiki!"
Zephyr didn't say anything. He threw the Den Den Mushi into the sea. Armament Haki was already covering his body.
"Kong will be angry if you hang up like that, right?" Garp said with a smile as he watched this scene.
"Battles are always changing rapidly. I don't have the ability to listen to orders on this battlefield."
Zephyr said calmly. At this moment, a tentacle swept over. Zephyr used all his strength to block it, while Garp took advantage of Zephyr blocking the tentacle to jump up.
A punch covered in Armament Haki hit the squid's back of the head. This was a punch strong enough to easily destroy mountains. Even the huge Kraken lowered its head slightly, and the lightning flowing on its body shook Garp away.
"We can't let the Marines get there first!"
Seeing Kraken suddenly tilt forward slightly, Roger shouted. Even faster than him was Shiki, who had already used his strongest attack.
"Lion's Mane: Heaven Scythe, Earth Shear!"
This was the strongest sword technique he had used against the Lightning God, Double Sword Slash that could cut even the sky and the earth!
Seeing this, Roger also approached Kraken's head and swung his sword, not falling behind Shiki at all. Attacked from the front and back, Kraken seemed to feel the threat to its life and suddenly became violent and uneasy.
However, just as Roger was about to slash at Kraken's eyes, a person suddenly appeared in front of him, someone he had seen before, and punched him back down, even falling into the sea covered in lightning.
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