Three days had passed since the great battle on Ballard Island.
The numerous Marines, Celestial Dragons, CP0, and others had been reduced by ninety percent, with only a few tenacious Pirates struggling fiercely.
Many Pirates had already transported a lot of plundered treasures back to their ships.
Faced with the temptation of numerous treasures, many Pirates were restless, wanting to seize treasures from their fellow Pirates.
However, the island was constantly filled with astonishing auras, forcing them to suppress their inner greed.
These treasures were not theirs, but belonged to their Captain. If their Captain returned and found out they dared to disobey his orders, they would definitely face severe consequences.
"Three-Element Fusion Secret Art - Domineering Enchantment - Bagguk!"
Infinite aura was condensing on the body of the Seven Star Sword, while the sky above converged like a funnel.
As the Seven Star Sword slashed down, an aura condensed into a tangible substance, transforming into an incomparably violent shockwave that blasted out at extreme speed.
"One Sword Style · Riefu Shelter!"
The heavily scarred Saint Garling looked at the familiar move, knowing that a head-on clash was impossible, and could only adopt a defensive Sword Intent.
As Ryusui was suddenly slashed out, the invisible Sword Intent around transformed into a tornado protecting Saint Garling's entire body.
However, wherever the incomparably domineering shockwave passed, the ground was annihilated, and a massive ravine two hundred meters wide, fifty meters deep, and five hundred meters long instantly appeared in front of Saint Garling.
"Bang!!!"
The utterly overbearing shockwave forcefully broke through Saint Garling's sword technique defense. Saint Garling, holding Ryusui, gritted his teeth and resisted the power of the shockwave.
But in the next moment, he felt pain as if all his bones were shattered, and his entire body was sent flying back over three hundred meters.
"Moonwalk!"
Saint Garling, flying backward in the air, forcibly used Moonwalk to disperse the force, stabilized his body, and landed steadily.
However, his current situation was very bad. Although his stamina was still sufficient, his body had suffered various severe injuries.
Even with Life Return, he couldn't suppress them. It had severely affected his strength, causing his power to decline.
At this moment, he was extremely serious, because one carelessness could lead to his death at that guy's hands.
Now, he could only stall, stall until the Marines and Celestial Dragons arrived for support.
Nox possessed Mind Reading, so he naturally knew Saint Garling's general thoughts at this moment. Since he wanted to stall, Nox wouldn't give him the chance to stall.
"Life Return · Limb Limit Enhancement!"
As the ultimate enhancement of Life Return for the limbs activated, his limb muscles bulged by a circle, and blood oozed from his pores.
Such intense enhancement, even with his current physique, could only be maintained for merely fifteen seconds!
"Blast Step!!"
Nox continuously stomped the ground seventy times. The ground instantly caved in over thirty meters. The extreme recoil force allowed Nox to break the sound barrier and instantly disappear from his spot, rushing in front of Saint Garling in an instant.
Blast Step is a footwork technique he developed himself by combining the perfected level of Marine Six Styles' Soru with numerous body art techniques he had collected. It was the most suitable speed-boosting technique for himself, capable of instantly bursting forth his own limit speed, but it had extremely high requirements for physique.
"Three Elements Combined Mystery · Overlord Wrapped · Blood Dragon Severing Sky Slash!"
Three types of Sword Intent intertwined with Busoshoku and Busoshoku on the Seven Star Sword, transforming into a tangible blood dragon circling above it.
Behind Nox, a phantom image of an Eastern dragon appeared. As the Seven Star Sword slashed down, the phantom dragon image transformed into a dragon soul and injected into the dragon.
With a single slash, it was like a heaven-shaking blood dragon breaking through the sky, descending from above, determined to annihilate all enemies under the sword!
"Not good!"
Saint Garling never expected Nox could burst out with such speed. This made him unable to react at all, and he could only diagonally hold Ryusui in front to block that sword.
"Chizhi!!!"
However, the moment the two swords collided, Ryusui instantly collapsed, being forcefully pressed down by Nox's Seven Star Sword and slashing onto Saint Garling's chest.
In the next moment, Saint Garling's body was further sent flying back over a thousand meters by Nox's incredibly powerful force.
But before Saint Garling could adjust his body, Nox had already disappeared from his sight. From behind, a fatal threat shot straight towards his head.
Amidst the flow of infinite Sword Intent, a blood shadow Shura possessed Nox. The blood shadow Shura was a hundred meters tall, with a clearly visible appearance that was exactly the same as Nox's. Those who didn't know might think Nox had transformed into a true blood shadow Shura at this moment!
"Three Elements Combined Mystery · Overlord Wrapped: God Slay!"
As the Seven Star Sword was slashed out, the blood shadow Shura made the same movement as Nox, also slashing out a sword.
This sword, even if the gods of this World were here, they would tremble with fear, because this was a sword that could completely slay them!
Saint Garling, as a Celestial Dragon, as the ruling race of this World, considered himself a god.
When he turned to face this sword, his inner madness was ignited. He was a god, how could he possibly be slain by a lowly Pirate?
He wanted to resist, but unfortunately, Nox's previous sword had severely wounded him.
The injuries he had previously suppressed through Life Return could no longer be suppressed and burst out at this instant.
"Ah!!!"
Saint Garling roared, mobilizing all the power he could, wanting to block this sword.
But unfortunately, when this sword truly arrived, he found that he couldn't block it at all. Everything was futile.
"Crack!!"
The moment the Seven Star Sword slashed down, extreme power impacted Ryusui. Saint Garling's hand bones were broken as a result, and Ryusui was directly chopped and sent flying.
Without his sword, Saint Garling was completely unable to resist. The moment the Seven Star Sword slashed through was the moment a god fell.
"Rocks!!"
At this moment, Saint Garling felt the power of Nox's sword. He had seen such power before, on Rocks back then, and it was the most powerful force he had ever seen!
Back then, Rocks' Shura Slash had once sent his sword flying. That was the first time his sword had been knocked out of his hand by someone.
Now, it was the second time his sword had been knocked out of his hand by someone.
However, the first time he was knocked back by Rocks, Garp the Marine blocked Rocks and saved him. Otherwise, he would have died at Rocks' hands back then.
But the second time his sword was knocked out of his hand, no one came to save him.
Saint Garling lay quietly on the ground, looking up at the Pirate in front of him. His eyes were full of unwillingness and anger, but at this moment, he could only watch, unable even to speak.
He, the dignified God's Knights Vice Captain, a person who might have taken over the God's Knights and become the Commander-in-Chief in the future, had actually died at the hands of a Pirate.
If he had known this, he would have eaten a Devil Fruit to enhance his strength, even if it meant bearing the curse of the Sea. If he had possessed a Mythical Zoan, he would absolutely not have lost to this person so easily!
Unfortunately, there are no "ifs" in this World. If there were, they would only appear at the last moment before death!
"Your sword is quite good. I will find someone worthy of it for you!"
Nox looked down at Saint Garling from above, the corner of his mouth slightly raised, and then walked towards the direction where the Supreme Grade Sword Ryusui had just flown.
"Puchi!!!"
After Nox left, blood spurted from Saint Garling's neck where he lay on the ground. Saint Garling's unwilling gaze was completely fixed at that moment.
Golden Lion flew in the air, wantonly using his Grand Swordmaster's slashes combined with the power of the Float-Float Fruit to exhaust the stamina of CP0 Deputy Chief Segun.
Even after just three days, CP0 Deputy Chief Segun's stamina was mostly depleted by Golden Lion, and there were countless sword wounds on his body. After all, the two of them were completely unequal in terms of combat power levels.
"Kekekekeke, go die!!"
"Lion Majesty · Sea Lion!"
Golden Lion laughed wildly, simultaneously slashing out with the Sakura Ten and kogarashi in his hands.
Instantly, a thousand-meter-tall lion composed entirely of seawater crashed down from the sky.
On the ground, giant sea lions as large as the one in the sky appeared simultaneously from the southeast, southwest, northeast, and northwest directions.
Five sea lions charged towards CP0 Deputy Chief Segun simultaneously.
"Damn Float-Float Fruit!"
Seeing this scene, CP0 Deputy Chief Segun felt an unspeakable sense of crisis surge into his heart. Seawater is the natural enemy of ability users.
He was a Logia type Quicksilver Fruit ability user. What he feared most was this type of ability user who could control seawater. Once he was immersed in seawater, he would lose his ability to resist. Even if the density of quicksilver was higher than seawater, it would be useless.
Segun's Moonwalk couldn't evade it at all, so he could only endure it head-on!
"Quicksilver Tornado!"
Segun transformed into his quicksilver state. Countless amounts of quicksilver appeared out of nowhere within a thousand-meter radius, suddenly forming a massive quicksilver tornado of a thousand-meter scale.
"Whoosh Whoosh!!!"
The five thousand-meter sea lions simultaneously crashed into the quicksilver tornado. The terrifying impact force shook the entire island. Even though there were more sea lions, the quicksilver tornado only shook violently, showing no signs of collapsing.
Just as Segun thought he could block Golden Lion's attack, his Observation Haki suddenly discovered that Golden Lion was hidden within the sea lion that had crashed down from the sky!
"How is that possible!!"
Segun said in disbelief.
Golden Lion was an ability user. How could he come into contact with seawater without losing his abilities?
What Segun didn't know was that although the sea lion was made of seawater, it was entirely controlled by Golden Lion. Leaving a certain space inside the sea lion allowed Golden Lion to hide inside without any problem!
"Kekekekeke, Lion Majesty · Thousand Valley Shred!"
While Golden Lion laughed heartily, Sakura Ten and kogarashi were simultaneously slashed down. Two massive thousand-meter-long slashes suddenly broke through the quicksilver tornado protecting Segun.
Without the protection of the quicksilver tornado, the five sea lions forcefully rushed to Segun's side, completely engulfing Segun in seawater.
"It's over!!"
Segun looked at his body completely swallowed by seawater. He knew that this time, he was definitely going to die!