bookbashuk Chapter 213 In just 3 breaths, three vice admirals were wiped out!
Chapter 213 In just 3 breaths, three vice admirals were wiped out!
Chapter 213 Three breaths, just three breaths, and all three vice admirals were wiped out!
This night in the year 1484 of the Haiyuan calendar is destined to be written into the bloodiest and heaviest footnote of human civilization.
Blood Moon Fortress, this steel fortress guarding the crucial passage between the New World and the first half of the Grand Line, is currently enduring an unprecedented pressure of will. The thousand-meter-high cliffs on both sides tremble in the gale, and the cold sweat seeping from the cracks in the rocks seems to tell of some great terror about to descend.
Admiral "Black Arm" Zephyr, like a purple war god, stands at the very front of the command tower.
Due to the excessively condensed Armament Haki within him, which was almost bursting through his body, the steel plate beneath his feet, made of high-strength alloy, could no longer withstand the mountain-like pressure and emitted a teeth-grinding "crackling" sound.
Zefa's gaze, sharp as cold lightning, pierced through the layers of lingering crimson mist on the sea, locking onto the colossal vessel that was frantically approaching at the edge of his vision.
"The Sword of Gibbek"!!!
That could no longer be called a ship; it was a living hell moving at high speed on the sea.
Around the jet-black hull, adorned with the bones of some colossal beast, countless dark purple auras, like those of vengeful spirits, swirled and coiled. This was the materialized malice accumulated from Rocks D. Xebec's life of conquering the seas and slaughtering his way through the world. This malice, combined with Conqueror's Haki, formed a terrifying field capable of distorting reality itself.
"That...that kind of thing, is it really a monster that humans could create?"
A young naval officer gripped the heavy gun mount tightly, blood seeping from his hand, but he felt no pain as his legs trembled uncontrollably. In his vision, the once calm sea was now eerily churning upwards.
No, those were not natural waves. They were caused by Rocks' overwhelming Conqueror's Haki, which forcibly grabbed tens of thousands of tons of seawater and lifted them into the air, forming a black curtain that spanned the entire sea area and obscured the stars and moon!
"Hold on! Justice is behind us! Anyone who dares to back down will be killed by my own hand!"
Zephyr whirled around, letting out a thunderous roar that shook the very air, creating visible ripples that instantly jolted the sailors who had been stunned by his domineering aura and were even contemplating abandoning ship. He slammed his two dark purple fists together in front of his chest, producing a dull, metallic clang like boulders colliding.
"Bogu, Mord, Aaron! All troops, listen to my command: execute Plan One, Fire Dragon Breath!"
At Zephyr's command, hundreds of "City-Burning Heavy Cannons," specially modified by the Naval Research Department, simultaneously shed their cold camouflage on the towering cliffs on both sides of Blood Moon Fortress. These cannon barrels displayed a chilling crimson color, filled with a highly volatile and adhesive flammable liquid newly developed by the World Government.
boom!
boom!
boom!
In an instant, hundreds of thick, crimson pillars of fire erupted from both sides of the cliff, illuminating the originally gloomy and dark sea as bright as day. The flames spread rapidly across the sea, forming a scorched sea area stretching for several kilometers.
The seawater boiled wildly at temperatures of thousands of degrees, white steam billowing out, only to be instantly swallowed up by the subsequent flames.
Any ship that attempts to approach this area will be melted into molten iron in the blink of an eye.
However, faced with this terrifying flame, powerful enough to incinerate mountains and boil seas and turn steel into liquid, the flagship carrying Lox showed no sign of slowing down. Instead, it crashed into the crimson sea of fire in an almost frenzied manner.
"You things that are in the way, your so-called defenses, are as fragile as a sandcastle built by a child in my eyes."
"Since you're so eager to die, then I'll take pity on you and send you on your way!"
A deep, hoarse voice, carrying an aura of absolute dominance that transcended all things, slammed into the hearts of every naval soldier like a massive hammer. Those with weaker cultivation even saw their vision roll back the instant the voice fell, their gallbladders shattered.
The sea level has cracked open!
It wasn't pushed apart by the massive ship, but rather forcibly cleaved in two by an extremely domineering and destructive force! In the forcibly separated seawater, one could even see the remains of a trembling sea beast from the deep sea.
The menacing keel of the "Sword of Gibbeck" crashed through the thick fog, revealing Lox D. Gibbeck standing with his hands behind his back. The dark purple smoke surrounding him was no longer a fleeting vapor, but a dense, viscous magma churning in the depths of hell, violently drawing countless black arcs of electricity through the air. These arcs struck the deck, instantly leaving deep, charred marks.
"Fire! Blast him to pieces! For the honor of the navy!" Vice Admiral Bogu roared again, his eyes bloodshot.
boom!
boom!
boom!
Following the previous fire dragon's breath attack, thousands of specially made coastal defense heavy cannons in the Blood Moon Fortress fired simultaneously.
This was no longer an ordinary bombardment, but a carefully prepared trump card by the Navy. Thousands of shells were each burning with a special propellant known as "Flame of Justice," and the flames that streaked across the sky were like a magnificent yet deadly meteor shower.
The impact of each cannonball was enough to pierce the skull of a giant sea king, let alone thousands of them focused on a single point. That force completely transformed the sea in front of the Blood Moon Fortress into a fiery red ocean, and space itself seemed to be distorted by the intense vibrations.
"Too weak. Toys of this level are not even fun for an old man like me."
Rocks didn't even draw his greatsword "Calamity" from his waist. He simply looked down indifferently at the falling red dots and slowly raised his right hand. His movements were slow and elegant, his five fingers spread wide, and he calmly pressed down on the devastating rain of fire in front of him.
"Great Dark Heaven - Void Forbidden Domain!"
In that instant, the world seemed to fall into an eerie silence. A visible, extremely deep dark purple vacuum wave emanated from Lockes' palm in a fan shape.
"Sizzle!"
It was a tooth-grinding sound, a sound of matter being forcibly deconstructed.
Those fireballs, powerful enough to level mountains and fill seas, capable of making any naval fortress tremble, strangely froze the moment they entered within a kilometer's radius of Lockes. They neither exploded nor fell, as if their kinetic energy had been forcibly stripped away by some divine force.
Immediately afterwards, that dark purple aura spread rapidly like a plague, enveloping every cannonball. All the cannonballs were forcibly twisted, compressed, and collapsed in an instant. Finally, under the terrifying gravitational force that was enough to tear space apart, and under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of desperate people, they quickly converged and transformed into a huge black energy ball with a diameter of 100 meters.
Lightning crackled within the energy sphere, and every inch of its edge emanated an aura of destruction.
"Here you go."
A cruel and contemptuous smile curled at the corner of Lockes's lips. He slightly bent his index finger and flicked it lightly at the huge black sphere.
"boom-!!!"
The black sphere, which had absorbed the energy of thousands of heavy cannons, rebounded at a speed several times faster than the speed of sound the moment it broke free from Lockes' control, even causing a violent sonic boom! It left a jet-black trail in the air and struck the incredibly sturdy thousand-meter cliff on the left side of Blood Moon Fortress with pinpoint accuracy.
The entire cliff face collapsed in that instant.
It was a true cataclysmic event; hundreds of millions of tons of rock instantly crumbled under the energy release of the black sphere, crashing into the sea with billowing, dragon-like dust. The resulting tsunami waves reached hundreds of meters high, like a desperate wall of water, carrying an aura of annihilation that nearly shattered the entire Blood Moon Fortress along with its 50,000-strong navy into the dustbin of history.
Zefa's pupils shrank to the size of pinpoints; he knew all too well that the real nightmare had only just begun.
"Form ranks! Prepare for battle!"
Zephyr stood atop the command tower, unleashing a thunderous roar. The Rocks before him had transcended the realm of humanity; ordinary firepower was nothing more than child's play against this demon god. The roar of cannons had become a mere backdrop; every second to come would be the ultimate, most primal, and brutal contest of blood and flesh, dominance and will.
"Whirlwind - Dimensional Slash!"
Behind Zefa, Lieutenant General Aaron made the first move. He transformed into a streak of blue light that was difficult to see with the naked eye, and the famous sword in his hand drew countless fierce arcs in the void.
That was the explosion of swordsmanship and movement honed to their limits. Layers upon layers of vacuum blades filled the sky, each powerful enough to sever the keel of a battleship. These sword energies intertwined in the air to form an impenetrable net of death, howling as if tearing through space, attempting to halt Lox's godlike, sweeping pace.
"Heavy Hammer - 10,000-ton Impact!"
Almost at the same instant, Lieutenant General Mord, standing to the side of the command tower, let out a wild roar. His already imposing arms swelled wildly under the surge of domineering aura, the muscle fibers twisting together like steel cables.
He poured the domineering aura he had accumulated over decades into that specially crafted giant iron hammer, and like a black meteor falling from ten thousand meters in the sky, carrying the gravitational potential energy to shatter everything, he slammed down fiercely on Rocks' head. The air in front of his hammerhead was forcibly compressed, forming visible white shockwaves.
"Iron Hand, Overlord Fist!"
On the main battlefield, Lieutenant General Bo Gu launched his final attack.
His fists now possessed a deep, restrained, and cold dark gold color—the result of thirty years of arduous training in the Navy, condensing his Armament Haki to its ultimate form. This punch, unleashed without any flashy afterimages, displayed only absolute power and hardness—an iron fist capable of shattering the very foundation of an island!
Three vice admirals, mostly veterans, simultaneously unleashed the most brilliant and dazzling light of their lives. Their attacks intertwined from above, middle, and below, forming a terrifying torrent of energy capable of destroying a nation, carrying an unwavering determination to die for justice, aimed directly at Rocks's face.
However, faced with this devastating combined attack, Rocks merely gave a cold, indifferent twitch of the corner of his mouth.
"Hmph, such petty tricks, how dare you show off in front of this old man?!"
He moved.
He merely took a step forward, and the instant his foot touched the ground, an indescribable domineering will flowed from his toes into the sea.
"boom--!!!"
Centered on Rocks, the sea level within a radius of one kilometer instantly dropped by a hundred meters, forming a magnificent and breathtaking vacuum pit. The seawater was forcibly emptied by that Conqueror's Haki, forming huge circular waves hundreds of meters high that roared wildly in all directions.
"The so-called lieutenant general is nothing more than a stronger ant."
Lox's voice was deep and magnetic, yet it clearly reached everyone's ears in the midst of the clamor of the battlefield. He still hadn't drawn the greatsword named "Calamity" from his waist; to him, these "righteous men" before him were not worthy of his use of his sword.
He simply used both hands, his two large hands covered in dark purple lightning, to grab suddenly in the void.
"Pfft!"
The first muffled thud. Lieutenant General Aaron's overwhelming sword slash, powerful enough to cleave dimensions, shattered like fragile glass the instant it touched Rocks's palm, disintegrating into specks of blue light. Before Aaron could react, Rocks's fingers, like the pincers of death, gripped his throat tightly.
Aaron's cold face turned purplish-red from suffocation. He frantically swung his longsword at Rocks' chest, but could only produce a series of crisp metallic clangs. Rocks' body, covered in Armament Haki, was even harder than a famous sword.
Immediately afterwards, Rocks exerted a slight force with his five fingers, and an extremely domineering dark purple aura poured in through his fingertips.
This is absolute humiliation!!!
Aaron, a renowned general skilled in swordsmanship, didn't even have time to utter a scream. His entire neck, along with his strong spine, was instantly shattered into an unrecognizable pile of mud by the violent aura. His wide eyes were filled with confusion and terror, and his body, like a bag of trash, was casually tossed into the bottomless whirlpool of the sea by Lockes.
Immediately afterwards, without even turning around, Lockes felt the wind pressure coming from above, slightly turned his body, and then delivered a powerful whip kick.
This kick struck precisely on the side of Lieutenant General Mord's massive hammer.
"Snap!"
That was the resounding clang that shattered the entire fortress's defenses. The specially crafted heavy hammer, forged from the highest grade of seastone alloy and said to be able to withstand the impact of a tsunami, exploded under Lockes's kick, sending countless scorching fragments flying in all directions, directly piercing the armor of several nearby naval warships.
Lieutenant General Morde coughed up a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs, his thick chest caved in completely from the blow. His pupils dilated instantly, and his body, like a rag doll with its strings cut, traced a long, bloody trail in the air, flying thousands of meters before crashing into three steel bunkers behind him, finally burying him deep in the ruins, his fate unknown.
Finally, there was Boguna's long-planned "Overlord Fist".
Bogu's eyes were bloodshot; he had watched his comrades fall in an instant, which pushed the power of his punch to its limit once again. However, Rocks simply extended his palm with utter contempt, effortlessly catching the powerful punch that could have shattered the island.
"Bang!"
A dark red shockwave erupted from where the two men's fists and palms met, completely evaporating the surrounding seawater into white vapor.
"Vice Admiral? Ha, too soft."
Lox sneered, his five fingers clenching suddenly. Accompanied by a chilling cracking sound, Bogu's prized possession...
The jet-gold fist, honed over thirty years, was utterly crushed into a twisted lump of scrap metal in Rocks' hands. His nails dug into his flesh, and blood flowed continuously from between his fingers.
Amid Bogu's shrill and desperate screams, a cold glint shone brightly in Lox's eyes, and a dark purple shockwave erupted from his palm like a volcano.
"Smash it!"
boom!
The shockwave transformed into a purple streak of light, instantly piercing through Bogu's chest. Under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of marines, the "Iron Hand" Vice Admiral, renowned for his defensive prowess, was instantly shredded into a tragic rain of blood, which cascaded onto the turbulent sea.
In just three breaths.
Three pillars of the Navy Headquarters, three powerful vice admirals with a prestigious reputation in the New World, all wiped out!