"Damn it!!"
Akainu cursed in his heart, but his body still tightly guarded his vital points.
Just then, Weevil, who had dealt with the Marine warship, suddenly launched a surprise attack from behind.
Akainu's full attention was drawn by Ares and Fujitora, and being caught between Ares and Fujitora, he had no time to dodge or defend against Weevil's sneak attack.
"Pressure Sword - Squeeze!"
With one slash, Akainu's entire body was instantly enveloped in a white pressure space. The immense, pervasive squeezing force deformed Akainu's entire body.
Ares and Fujitora seized the opportunity to cooperate with Weevil's full-force attack, striking Akainu again. Once more, Akainu was sent flying back, spitting blood.
The three of them rushed towards Akainu in perfect coordination, giving Akainu no chance to catch his breath.
"Are you people sent by the Revolutionary Army?"
Seeing another powerful force join the ranks surrounding him, Akainu burst out with a question.
He had just wiped out a large number of Revolutionary Army members, and then these three appeared. He couldn't help but suspect if these three were here to avenge the Revolutionary Army.
Most importantly, he had no information on these three individuals. These three powerful fighters seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. He was completely unaware of their identities, only knowing that they were together and were here to deal with him!
"Hahahaha, who we are, wouldn't you know if you guessed!"
Ares burst into laughter and began to mock Akainu again.
"You all deserve to die!"
Akainu angrily unleashed his magma and engaged in a fierce battle with the three of them again.
However, even though his physique and explosive power were incredibly strong, facing the combined attack of Ares and the other two, he was completely at a disadvantage, with no chance of turning the tide.
All he could do was hold on.
He believed that the Marine and the World Government would quickly receive news from him and send reinforcements.
As long as he could hold on until help arrived, he would survive!
Grayson Island, North Blue:
Here, just like Herbert Island where Akainu was located, a great battle also erupted with the Revolutionary Army.
However, this battle was between the Revolutionary Army and the World Government, not between the Marine and the Revolutionary Army.
Nevertheless, just like the Marine led by Akainu, the World Government Army led by Aramaki also annihilated the Revolutionary Army. Only one Vice Captain escaped, and the rest of the Revolutionary Army was almost completely wiped out.
"Hahahaha, what Revolutionary Army? They're just clowns who sneak attack when we're not on the Red Line!"
Seeing the Revolutionary Army completely wiped out, Aramaki's mood, which had been bad after being defeated by pirates, improved significantly.
After defeating the Revolutionary Army's Vice Captain this time, he clearly realized that his defeat by the pirates wasn't because he was too weak, but because his opponents were too strong.
"How wonderful. To mock others as clowns in front of everyone, perhaps I should also mock you as a clown?"
However, just as Aramaki was laughing smugly to himself, a cold voice shattered all his good mood.
"Are you also with the Revolutionary Army?"
Aramaki's face darkened as he questioned the man who had suddenly appeared not far from him, wearing a dark golden leather coat and holding a black long sword.
The person who arrived was none other than the King of Assassins of the underground world, the master of Reverse Current Sand, Drake!
"Who I am is not important. What's important is that everyone from the World Government on this island must die, including you!"
As soon as Drake finished speaking, Enel, Lafitte, and other members of Reverse Current Sand who had been hidden in the darkness behind him immediately took action, splitting up to kill all World Government personnel on the island.
"Great Darkness!"
The next moment, Drake instantly entered his human-beast form, and the power of Dark Angel suddenly erupted. The night instantly enveloped a thousand-meter radius, completely covering this area in the domain of night.
Aramaki instantly felt his vision darken, unable to see his own hand. Even his Kenbunshoku Haki was affected by the night at this moment, causing his perception range to be limited!
"Shave - Blast Step!"
Aramaki didn't hesitate at all. He turned and burst backwards. Even though he didn't know the enemy's strength, he had no intention of fighting the enemy in this environment.
"Invisible Shift!"
Seeing Aramaki's movement, Drake smiled slightly. In an instant, his figure disappeared from his original position and reappeared in front of Aramaki, who was trying to escape.
"Horizontal Sword Technique - Shadow Slash!"
With one sword slash, under the enhancement of the night domain, a massive shadow slash spanning hundreds of meters directly attacked Aramaki from the front.
"Could he be using teleportation?"
Aramaki didn't expect the opponent's speed to be so fast that he was blocked in front of him.
"Wood Shield!!"
He immediately extended both hands and created a ten-meter-high giant wooden shield in front.
However, the shadow slash was incredibly overbearing, directly destroying the wooden shield in front of it with irresistible force and powerfully striking Aramaki's body.
"How is this possible!"
Although Aramaki had overestimated Drake, he didn't expect to still underestimate him!
That overbearing shadow slash broke through the Busoshoku Haki on his body, leaving a sword wound on his chest that went deep into the bone marrow.
At this point, Aramaki was completely enraged. He also knew that with the opponent's speed, he couldn't possibly escape this night domain. He could only fight, and he could only kill the person in front of him!
"Wood Giant!"
Aramaki roared in anger, and his entire body was immediately covered in wood. Soon, the wood took root underground and grew towards the sky, turning into a giant tree dozens of meters high.
After locking onto Drake's position, Aramaki controlled more than a dozen branches to surge towards Drake like tentacles.
Drake advanced instead of retreating, directly rushing towards the wood giant. The Futsu no Mitama in his hand shone with black lightning, merging with this night domain.
His entire body surged with vast night power, completely merging with this domain.
"Horizontal Sword Technique - Ghost Shadow Flash!!"
When the more than a dozen tree tentacles were about to touch Drake's body, Drake's body suddenly disappeared from his original position.
A black shadow instantly broke through the constraints of space, swept past Aramaki's wood giant body, and appeared fifty meters behind Aramaki.
"Crack!!!"
Aramaki, who was wrapped in numerous wooden layers, suddenly felt intense pain in his chest again. His entire wood giant was almost split in two.
That sword strike just now directly broke through his outer wooden protective shield and struck his chest. Three of his ribs were even severed, and a mouthful of blood spurted out from his mouth. The entire wood giant was also cut in half.
"How is this possible? Where did this guy come from, he's so strong!"
Aramaki endured the severe pain in his body, repairing the severed wood giant, while also using the strong life force of the Mori Mori no Mi to heal himself.
The Mori Mori no Mi might not be very strong in other aspects, but its life force was the strongest, allowing him to continuously heal himself using this life force.
It could be said that in terms of long-term battles, as long as his stamina didn't deplete, his injuries could gradually recover.
Unfortunately, every enemy he encountered was incredibly powerful, giving him no chance for a prolonged battle.
Whether it was Esdeath whom he encountered back then, or this Drake who controlled the night now!