Chapter 44: Instantly Defeating the Chicken, Dog, and Monkey! First, Kill Three Celestial Dragons
"Great Eruption!"
Feeling insulted, Sakazuki roared, his right hand turning into its element. The scorching magma formed a terrifying fist of fire, shooting towards Rono.
"Sakazuki, I told you not to be rash. We're only responsible for stalling for time, we never intended to fight him head-on," Kuzan said, exasperated with the impulsive Sakazuki.
The original plan was for the three of them to just stall for time, to hinder the Seventh Division's advance. They were supposed to wait until the World Government's reinforcements arrived! After all, their opponent was a great pirate with a bounty of 1.5 billion! Such a reckless, forceful attack would surely result in a major loss.
Although he said that, Kuzan still acted in coordination. After all, he still had some confidence in his own strength! Although he acknowledged that Rono was a great pirate, there were three of them on their side! Sakazuki and Borsalino were no weaker than him! With the three of them together, even if they couldn't win, stalling for a while until CP0 arrived shouldn't be a problem.
With that thought, Kuzan made his move.
"Ice Age!"
An ice pillar, emitting a terrifyingly cold aura, extended from his palm at an extremely fast speed. Anyone who touched this ice pillar would be instantly frozen solid.
"How scary~ The captain of the Rocks Pirates' Seventh Division, Rono."
"Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?"
Next was Borsalino!
Don't be fooled by Kizaru's laid-back attitude in the original story; the current Kizaru was still a hot-blooded youth. Being humiliated to his face by Rono, he was also quite displeased.
He extended his long leg, and a light-speed kick, powerful enough to cut a large tree in half, surged forward!
Boom, boom, boom!
The three of them went all out, their magma, ice pillar, and laser attacks blasting towards the captain of the Seventh Division with undiminished force.
"Very well, let me show you the gap between people."
Rono sneered and swung his sword forward.
Swish!
A sharp and surging sword slash rose from the ground, instantly engulfing the three's seemingly certain-to-hit attacks!
"What...!?"
"How is that possible!"
"Our attacks were actually!"
The three of them were instantly aghast!
Their full-power attacks had been blocked so casually by Rono!
"Damn it! We're both rookies."
Sakazuki reined in his fiery temper and calmed down. This Rono was clearly around the same age as him, perhaps even younger. But the difference in their strength was like heaven and earth.
"The gap is far greater than I imagined."
Kuzan was also breaking out in a cold sweat. He had originally thought that the three of them, being at the Vice Admiral level, could exchange a few moves and stall for time. But the reality was far different from his expectations.
"This is bad, really bad!"
As for the old slacker Borsalino, the moment he realized something was wrong, he immediately used his Glint-Glint Fruit to run, flashing dozens of meters away in an instant.
Not far away, Tsuru was also speechless with shock. Three monster rookies, equivalent to Vice Admiral-level powerhouses, were like chickens and dogs before Rono, completely vulnerable!
"It's my turn to act, isn't it?"
Rono said calmly, holding Kotetsu, a cold glint flashing in his eyes!
Swish! Swish! Swish!
He swung Kotetsu three times directly.
Three sword slashes cut through the air, killing their way towards Kuzan, Sakazuki, and Borsalino at extremely high speed!
"Damn it, it's too late to dodge!"
"Elementize in advance!"
The three of them were not without combat experience. Realizing it was too late, they immediately elementized their bodies in an attempt to dodge the attack.
"How... can this be!"
The next moment, the expressions on the three's faces changed drastically!
The slash was clearly still some distance away, but they felt as if they had been stabbed in the abdomen with a sword!
Then, the three of them fell to the ground in the same posture, blood gushing out!
The three of them were seriously injured and unable to get up!
What happened?!
The slash was still some distance away, so why were they hit?
"Conqueror's Coating!"
Tsuru, on the side, was drenched in a cold sweat, her heart feeling as if it had been struck by lightning. She was speechless for a long time!
That ability to attack from a distance was undoubtedly Conqueror's Coating!
Only Conqueror's Coating could produce the effect of dealing damage without touching the enemy!
Damn it!
Tsuru's heart was roaring!
Conqueror's Coating was undoubtedly a technique that only Emperor-level powerhouses could use!
In other words!
Rono had already learned Conqueror's Coating, a technique that only Emperor-level powerhouses could use!
Had... his strength already reached the Emperor level?
How could this be?
It had only been three months since he joined the Rocks Pirates!
"To prevent you from becoming the Celestial Dragons' lackeys in the future, I'll finish you off here."
Rono raised Kotetsu, flashed in front of Sakazuki, and prepared to give him a cold one through the heart.
In Rono's eyes, Marine Admirals were undoubtedly the Celestial Dragons' lackeys and deserved to be killed!
Just then, inside the Golden City, a large group of people suddenly appeared.
"Quick... get out of here!"
"Protect the Celestial Dragons, they must not be harmed in any way!"
On the outside were several hundred fully armed men, wearing combat helmets from head to toe, armed to the teeth.
On the inside were nineteen Celestial Dragons!
"Damn it, a bunch of useless Marines!"
"That's right, they actually let the Rocks Pirates attack!"
"All these years of military funding have been spent on raising such a bunch of trash!"
At this moment, the group of Celestial Dragons were cursing and swearing, clearly annoyed at being disturbed. After all, the reason their 19 families had gathered in this Golden City was to discuss a major matter related to the Celestial Dragon families.
Now, these useless Marines had almost been broken through by the Rocks Pirates!
And the fight between the Rocks Pirates and the Marines was too intense.
The battle between Emperor-level powerhouses like Rocks, Garp, Zephyr, Sengoku, the Golden Lion, and Kong had already made the Golden City teeter on the verge of collapse!
If they stayed any longer, the entire cruise ship might be overturned!
For safety, the 19 Celestial Dragons decided to retreat.
As they retreated, they didn't forget to curse the Marines for being a bunch of incompetent trash.
"You're finally willing to show yourselves, Celestial Dragons!"
Upon seeing the Celestial Dragons, Rono immediately gave up on Sakazuki.
Because Rono's Observation Haki had already foreseen that someone was about to appear and stop him. This person's strength was not to be underestimated.
If he wasted time killing Sakazuki now, he might not have time to kill the Celestial Dragons.
Faced with the choice of killing a dog or killing a Celestial Dragon, the choice was obvious!
"I'm saved..."
Sakazuki, lying on the ground, unable to move, let out a long sigh of relief!
He had almost died here!
"The Vile One" Rono was too terrifying!
"Get out of my way!"
Rono roared, his anger palpable as he came before the large crowd.
One sword!
Swish!
A cold light rose from the ground!
The dozens of guards, armed to the teeth, were instantly sent flying!
Three Celestial Dragons immediately appeared before Rono!
Of these three, one had a short, fat, melon-like face, another had eyes of different sizes and a bowl cut, and the third was cross-eyed with buck teeth—clearly the product of inbreeding.
"Bastard, you... you commoner, what... what do you think you're doing!"
"Hurry up and stop this commoner! You bunch of trash!"
"Wait! He... he... isn't he 'The Vile One'!"
Facing Rono directly, the three ugly Celestial Dragons retreated while cursing angrily!
When they realized that Rono was the "Vile One" who had killed Saint Charlos not long ago, the three of them immediately started chattering their teeth and scrambled to run away.
"The Vile One" Rono, in the hearts of the Celestial Dragons of the Holy Land Mary Geoise, was a devil second only to Rocks!
This guy would actually kill people!
"Consider yourselves lucky. I don't have time to torture you now, so just die, you pigs!"
Rono roared, and with one thrust of his sword, he pierced the heart of the short, fat, melon-faced Celestial Dragon before him!
"There's still time!"
His Future Sight Observation Haki activated again. There was about one second left before someone would appear to stop him.
In that case!
"Go to hell!"
Rono seized the moment, roared, and with a light-speed draw of his sword, he cut the other two Celestial Dragons—the one with the different-sized eyes and bowl cut, and the buck-toothed, cross-eyed one—in half at the waist!
First, kill 3 Celestial Dragons
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