Wang Zhi led the pirates towards Rocky Harbor. The once prosperous and bustling harbor has now become a place full of bomb craters, and the air is filled with the strong smell of gunpowder.
In some corners filled with smoke and dust, one could even hear the cries for help from seriously injured pirates.
Wang Zhi's face became extremely gloomy.
Although most of these pirates on the island did not have a deep relationship with him, to Wang Zhi, these pirates were also his private property. Now that his private property was trampled upon by the new navy, how could Wang Zhi's face turn into a good look?
The group ignored the dying pirates and quickly approached the dock.
Soon, a row of towering wooden walls blocked everyone's way.
The wooden wall was built with trees that were so thick that a person could hug them. The wall was seven or eight meters high. On the top of the wall, there was a team of navy guarding every few meters. The new navy had long guns and short cannons in their hands. The moment the pirates approached, everyone pointed their guns at the pirates.
Wang Zhi showed a little surprise on his face when he saw this scene. It was obvious that the new navy had just launched a devastating attack on Rocky Port, and the buildings along the way had already turned into ruins.
However, no one expected that the new navy would be able to successfully land on the island in such a short time and even build defensive fortifications. Even the knowledgeable Wang Zhi was surprised by this terrifying war efficiency.
"Is this wooden wall from the New Navy's Aramaki?!"
Aramaki's name can be said to be well-known in this sea. The strong men of the new navy are already attracting much attention, not to mention that Aramaki is a rare natural devil fruit user.
Even Wang Zhi, who almost never leaves the island, has heard of Huang Mu's name and knows some of his abilities.
The pirates stopped in front of the towering wooden wall. Wang Zhi murmured something, and suddenly seemed to sense something. He raised his head slightly and looked towards the small platform on the wall.
On a high place, Aramaki put his hands in his pockets, wearing the uniform of the New Navy, looking down at the pirates walking towards him.
His eyes casually swept over the pirates, and Huangmu curled his lips slightly, revealing a hint of disdain on his face.
"Pirates, surrender and you still have a chance to survive."
"If you resist, you will be killed on the spot!"
Aramaki shouted loudly to the thousands of pirates below. While speaking, Aramaki also raised his right hand, signaling his subordinates to prepare for shooting.
Below, the pirates looked at the few hundred marines on the wooden wall and exchanged glances. Soon, laughter erupted from the crowd:
"Hahahaha! Hey, did you hear that? That guy asked us to surrender?"
"Hey, Marine, don't you understand the situation? Can't you see who has more people and who has fewer people?"
"These guys should be the vanguard of the new navy, Captain, eat them first, and then intercept the ones behind them!"
The pirates weren't at all threatened by those guns and cannons. The few hundred men led by Aramaki were, in their opinion, no match for them. Laughter and shouting erupted from the crowd. Seeing this, Aramaki didn't want to waste any more time. He gently lowered his raised hand, and the sailors, receiving the command, immediately pulled the trigger, firing at the pirates below.
In a place like the New World, any pirate with a little fame would not be threatened by weapons like guns.
The bullets fired from the flintlock rifles were not even enough to penetrate the pirates' protective armament haki.
However, the moment the new navy on the high wall opened fire, the pirates behind Wang Zhi began to fall down in groups. In just one round of volleys, nearly a hundred pirates died.
This sudden change also startled the pirates.
On the wall, Huang Mu curled his lips slightly when he saw this scene.
The troops he leads are elite!
What does it mean to be an elite? Awakening Armament Haki is only the foundation. Only the new navy who can integrate Armament Haki into battle can be called elite.
Just like these new navy soldiers who are shooting at the pirates at this moment, they are able to integrate their armed color domineering into the bullets. If the pirates think that their armed color defense can withstand all bullets, then they are too naive!
"Oh no! These marines have awakened their Armament Haki!"
"Disperse, disperse quickly!"
The pirates who were entangled together were in a panic. One of them, who had just escaped from Rocky Port with great difficulty, was also screaming. Afraid of death, he pushed through the crowd behind him and wanted to escape from there.
His shouting also made the army's morale fluctuate.
"call out!!!"
Just as the pirate was escaping, the scenery in front of his eyes suddenly became blurry. After what he saw became clear again, the pirate suddenly found that the place he was in had changed.
In front of him was not the crowd he had just pushed through, but an expressionless and cold face.
"Well--"
The pirate looked up blankly at the figure that suddenly appeared before him, opened his mouth, and his face was full of astonishment and embarrassment. After a long time, the pirate stammered and murmured: "Ship"
Before he finished speaking, Wang Zhi casually drew the long sword from his waist, and without saying a word, he slashed the pirate in front of him with the sword.
Blood splattered everywhere, and the pirate's body fell down weakly, completely dead.
Wang Zhi killed his subordinates who tried to leave with a single blow. He completely ignored the navy who were loading ammunition on the platform and turned around to shout at the pirates:
"Whoever gives orders on my behalf again, I will kill him!"
"Now, charge!"
"Kill all those navy men!!!"
"Every navy head can be exchanged for a reward of 10 million berries!"
Wang Zhi's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he raised his long sword and shouted at the pirates. Wang Zhi's words immediately ignited the desire in the pirates' hearts.
Money, is there anything in this world that has a stronger motivating effect than money? !
Rights? For most ordinary pirates, rights are too far away from them. They are far less practical and useful than money!
“Ouch!!!”
Under Wang Zhi's stimulation, the pirates let out low cries, and then rushed towards the navy on the wall.
The stronger pirates leaped forward, intending to leap onto the platform. The weaker ones also climbed up the wall. Even some pirates who were no different from ordinary people tried to shoot at the navy on the platform, hoping that the bodies of the new navy would fall from the platform and be picked up by them.
For a moment, the two sides engaged in a fierce battle. Whether on the platform or below, screams could be heard from time to time.
Steed Reitz, one of Wang Zhi's most trusted cadres, turned into a shadow and pounced towards Huang Mu on the platform with a clear target.
The iron tower-like body moved like a ghost. Huang Mu only noticed that a black shadow borrowed strength from the wall twice, and then a burly man suddenly appeared in front of him, swung his iron fist, and greeted his face.
Huang Mu's original intention was to attack Wang Zhi directly, but seeing that he was under attack, Huang Mu couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.
"Get out of my way, you bastard!"
Huang Mu let out a low growl. He was eager to get rid of Wang Zhi and didn't want to wait for the backup men to come to the island. If Mihawk, Kuzan and others came to the island, it would not be his turn to get Wang Zhi's "legendary" head!
Facing the attack, Huang Mu raised his left hand, and a wooden shield instantly extended from his hand to block in front of him.
"Boom!!!!" The moment the fist and shield touched, a strong wind blew out. Huangmu just lowered his body slightly and blocked Steed Ritz's attack head-on.
“!!!”
Steed Ritz watched his attack being easily blocked by the enemy, and a look of astonishment appeared on his face. He was extremely confident in his own strength, and even the strongest among the giants might not be stronger than him.
Among the many strong people he has met in his life, apart from his own captain and Yoriichi Tsugakuni back then, who were stronger than him, perhaps only the bloodline left by Whitebeard could compete with him.
But this Marine, famous for his Devil Fruit abilities, actually blocked his attack with his own body?!
However, Aramaki didn't care whether his opponent was surprised at this moment. The next second after the opponent attacked, Aramaki's left hand turned into a lance, and the powerful armed color domineering quickly wrapped around the wooden spear. As Aramaki casually pushed it forward, the lance instantly pierced Steed Ritz's body.
Steed Reitz's powerful armed Haki could not withstand Aramaki's attack at all. The moment his body was pierced by the lance, Steed Reitz's first reaction was to pull away, but a strong feeling of weakness surged into his brain. His body did not obey him at all, and he had no way to get rid of the lance.
Steed Reese's mind quickly became confused, and his body seemed to be paralyzed by something, becoming unconscious.
In the eyes of outsiders, the next second after Steed Reese's body was pierced by Huangmu's weapon, his iron tower-like body shrank rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if all the water in the body was sucked out, and he soon turned into a mummy.
A strong wind blew, and Steed Ritz's dried corpse swayed gently on Huangmu's lance.
"whispering sound"
Huangmu killed his opponent with one blow, threw Steed Ritz's body away, curled his lips and snorted in disdain.
In just one encounter, the cadre who was considered extremely powerful in the eyes of other pirates was actually killed by the new navy. An indescribable panic emerged in everyone's hearts.
New Navy. Is this the strength of the new navy's strongmen?!
While the pirates surrounded and killed Aramaki's subordinates, they also paid some attention to Aramaki.
“Are you kidding me?!”
When Wang Zhi saw his capable subordinate being killed instantly, his brows furrowed and his chest was instantly filled with anger.
Because of his carelessness, he let the loyal Steed Ritz die in front of him. At this moment, Wang Zhi felt annoyed and regretful, and at the same time, he felt a strong murderous intent towards Huang Mu.
He just flipped his left hand lightly and his figure suddenly disappeared from the spot.
The next moment, Wang Zhi's figure suddenly appeared behind Huang Mu, and the terrifying domineering aura poured down towards Huang Mu. The long sword in his hand was also wrapped in dense black thunder, and he slashed fiercely at the back of Huang Mu's neck.
"Teleport?!"
The moment Wang Zhi's breath suddenly appeared behind him, Huang Mu had already noticed it. His lower body quickly turned into wood, and his body was connected to the wooden wall.
The second after Huang Mu finished all this, the long knife slashed across the back of his neck. A head flew out directly, but Wang Zhi could clearly feel that it was not Huang Mu's head that he chopped off.
"beep--"
The severed head fell to the ground, and the wood collided with the ground, making a relatively crisp sound.
Wang Zhi looked carefully and found that the head of Huang Mu on the ground had turned into a wooden head.
"Hehehehe, since everyone's already here, then all of you should stay here!!"
A blurry face suddenly emerged from the wooden wall. Looking closely, the outline of this wooden face was exactly the same as Huangmu's.
Huangmu's body completely merged with the wooden wall. The next second after he opened his mouth to speak, small sprouts suddenly grew out from the flat bottom edge of the top of the wooden wall.
Wang Zhi just needed to blink for two vines to grow out from his feet and wrap around his legs.
A huge force came from the ankles of both feet. The vines wrapped around Wang Zhi's feet were exerting force in the opposite direction, as if they wanted to completely tear Wang Zhi's body apart in this way.
The same situation was happening on other battlefields. Those pirates who rashly rushed to the high platform also fell into Huangmu's trap, and countless pirates were entangled by vines.
In just a few seconds, some pirates could no longer hold on, with half of their bodies torn apart and blood and internal organs spilling all over the ground.
But the next second after the blood flowed onto the wooden wall, it was absorbed by the wooden wall and became nutrients for the killer vines.
At this moment, hundreds of pirates were controlled by Huangmu. The pirates struggled in fear, but more and more vines stretched out and wrapped their bodies tightly. The moment their bodies were pierced by the vines, their life and death were no longer in their hands.
The bound pirates were quickly beaten into mummies. The horrifying scene deterred the pirates who had not yet had time to climb onto the platform.
Wang Zhi also realized the danger. Even if it was him, if he was bound by this troublesome ability, he would probably not be able to escape death.
Without any hesitation, Wang Zhi swung the long knife in his hand lightly, directly cutting off several vines, and flew down from the wooden platform.
Wang Zhi, who possesses the domineering aura, can naturally cut off Huangmu's vines easily, but how many pirates have such strength as him?
As one dried corpse after another was thrown down from the high platform by Huangmu, the pirates on the wall were cleared out by Huangmu in one wave.
At this time, the navy who had just experienced a brief fierce battle also quickly regrouped. They had been cooperating with Aramaki for quite a long time, and seeing the scene of Aramaki slaughtering pirates had long since changed from being horrified to being accustomed to it.
The pirates already knew some of Aramaki's abilities, so he stopped pretending. Countless vines spread out from the surface of the wooden wall. At the same time, the ground under the feet of the surviving pirates began to bulge, and countless huge trees rolled out, and together with the vines extending from the wall, they pressed down on the pirates.
Huangmu's attack was so powerful, like the arrival of the tree world.
What the pirates saw at this moment was a living demonic wall and a tumbling giant tree like an earth dragon.
The pirates' psychological defenses were completely broken at this moment. Even though Wang Zhi was in the formation, the pirates ran away in panic.
Wang Zhi looked at the oncoming attack with a grim expression. He raised the long sword in his hand and was about to attack when a hearty laugh came into his ears.
"Thief hahahaha!"
"Captain Wang Zhi, let me help you!"
"Dark acupoints!"
The laughter spread into the battlefield, and deep darkness spread from the ground behind Wang Zhi. Even the ground under Wang Zhi's feet had become pitch black.
The nature of this darkness is extremely strange, like a black hole, with an extremely strong suction force.
The moment Wang Zhi felt the darkness beneath his feet, his shoes had already sunk into the darkness.
"This is the captain's."
“Who is it!!!”
Wang Zhi's pupils suddenly trembled, and his emotions, which had always been quite calm, began to fluctuate violently.
Looking back, among the many terrified and confused pirates' faces, he saw a tall pirate wearing a black vest with his chest exposed, smiling happily.
"Whitebeard's son."
"Marshall Teach?!"
(End of this chapter)
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