"Hmm?"
Rhea on the steel battleship suddenly sensed danger with her Kenbunshoku Haki, and subconsciously looked up at the sky, immediately spotting the plant seeds scattered by Aramaki.
"Slash!"
Although she didn't know what those things were, Rhea still drew her sword and slashed, instantly unleashing a sword qi storm that swept upwards, destroying all the plant seeds.
"Rhea, the little princess of the Limitless Pirates? This is troublesome, she's a princess of the Limitless Pirates just like Esdeath, could she be very strong too!"
After seeing his plant seeds destroyed, Aramaki immediately felt a bit of difficulty making a choice. Should he continue to clash head-on with the Limitless Pirates, or would it be better to switch targets?
"That guy is from the World Government, the one Sister mentioned before?"
Rhea narrowed her eyes, saw Aramaki a thousand meters high in the sky, and immediately leaped up, rushing towards the sky by Moonwalk.
However, Rhea had just started moving, but someone was even faster than her.
A giant black figure was seen rapidly flapping its wings, soaring upwards at an extremely high speed.
"Uncle Hermes!"
Rhea saw that figure and immediately stopped her steps, after all, no matter how fast she was, she couldn't be faster than the flying Hermes!
"Wood Dragon Descent!"
Seeing Hermes' massive body flying up, Aramaki's hands and feet transformed into continuous trees, forming a giant wood dragon that directly swooped down.
"Eight Impact Fist: Collapse!"
Hermes instantly transformed into his human-beast form, still having wings on his back, and then punched the wood dragon's head.
The huge impact force sent the entire wood dragon flying backward into the sky, and in the next moment, the entire wood dragon broke into pieces.
"This guy, Hermes, the Vice Captain of the Limitless Pirates!"
After Aramaki clearly saw who it was, his gaze immediately sharpened.
Besides Bullet, the Limitless Pirates currently have another Vice Captain, who is precisely Hermes.
Currently, the core Executive Officers of the Limitless Pirates are Chinjao, Ashura Doji, Esdeath, Rhea, and Howard, five in total. Most of the members Nox previously favored haven't been promoted to core Executive Officers and have instead become regular Executive Officers.
Chinjao, Ashura Doji, Rhea, and Esdeath are all close to being promoted to the Vice Captain level, but Nox increased the difficulty during the assessment, preventing them from being promoted.
After all, a Vice Captain shouldn't be too underwhelming. Nox will only let them be promoted after they become stronger after some time.
"Brat, you're courting death!"
Hermes was extremely violent. As the Beast King with wings, he was incredibly fast in the air. After just shattering the wood dragon, he immediately continued to approach Aramaki.
"So what if he's the Vice Captain of the Limitless Pirates, go to hell!"
Hermes's call of "brat" instantly enraged Aramaki.
"Wood Giant Hammer!"
Aramaki's hands intertwined, and countless trees gathered and merged into a giant hammer. Using the advantage of high altitude, Aramaki swung the hammer at the charging Hermes.
"Whoosh!!!"
However, the moment Aramaki smashed down, Hermes' speed suddenly became faster.
Hermes was seen brushing past the edge of the giant hammer, avoiding its attack from the side, and then rapidly approaching Aramaki.
"Not good!"
More trees intertwined on Aramaki's body, forming an aerial jungle to block Hermes' approach.
But as soon as those trees got close, they were forcefully broken by Hermes. Even if those trees could regenerate, the regeneration speed was too slow and couldn't stop Hermes at all!
"Eight Impact Fist: Skyward Charge!"
After getting close to Aramaki, Hermes' fist gathered the power of Haoshoku Haki, unleashing an overwhelmingly powerful distant punch.
In an instant, the numerous tree shields on Aramaki's front were destroyed, and the huge impact force directly sent Aramaki flying downwards from the air.
"Damn it, are these guys from the Limitless Pirates all monsters?"
Aramaki, falling like a meteor, couldn't help but wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth in the air. Then, the spinning wooden blades on his head enlarged and spun faster, dispersing the downward impact force, allowing his body to maintain balance and not fall into the Sea.
"I can't beat this guy, I'll switch opponents!"
Seeing Hermes continuing to charge over, clearly not intending to let Aramaki go, Aramaki immediately had no intention of continuing to fight Hermes.
"Infinite Wind Blades!"
Just as Hermes was about to torment Aramaki, numerous giant wind blades suddenly appeared from all directions, surrounding him.
"Bang bang bang!!!"
Hermes immediately braked his flight, covered both fists with Busoshoku Haki, and shattered the numerous incoming wind blades. Even the wind blades he didn't manage to shatter only just broke through his powerful body, not even drawing blood.
"Aramaki, you are as disappointing as ever!"
A guy appeared beside Aramaki, dressed just like him in a suit and tie.
This person was precisely Anton Corrado, a top expert sent by the Celestial Dragons family, a user of the natural type Hurricane Fruit ability.
"Hermes is the Vice Captain of the Limitless Pirates, you need to be careful!"
Normally, Aramaki would definitely retort, but he wasn't in the mood now. After reminding Anton Corrado, he directly left the area, leaving Hermes to Anton Corrado.
"Don't worry, I'm not like you. If I want to hide, no one can catch me!"
Antonine said confidently. The Devil Fruit he ate might not have many advantages in other aspects, but in terms of aerial speed and flexibility, he wasn't afraid even of Kizaru with the Glint-Glint Fruit or Valent with the Thunder Fruit!
"Hmm? So you're the brat who came to ambush me? Go to hell!"
After Hermes discovered Antonine, he immediately flapped his wings and charged forward like an aerial tank.
"Wind Shadow Incorporeal!"
Antonine saw Hermes' action, smiled slightly, and his body instantly dispersed into a hurricane.
Hermes' Kenbunshoku Haki clearly saw Antonine's movement, and Hermes instantly changed direction to chase Antonine.
But Antonine repeatedly used his speed advantage to keep Hermes trailing behind, which infuriated Hermes. He immediately ignored Antonine and charged directly towards the Marine side.
Just when Hermes decided not to deal with Antonine, Antonine started harassing Hermes again, clearly not intending to let Hermes leave; he just wanted to tie Hermes down.
And when Hermes saw how annoying this guy was, he immediately flew back to the Limitless Pirates' fleet, deciding not to bother with that guy anymore. He'd let others deal with this annoying fellow later!