"Vice Captain Ignis, I surrender! I want to join the Rocks Pirates. From now on, we'll be partners."
Wang Zhi stuck out his long tongue and put on a fawning smile, but inwardly, he was seething, wanting to kill every one of these Rocks executives.
Originally, he had agreed to cooperate with the World Government to save his life in Rocks's game and also to find an opportunity to take over everything the Rocks Pirates had built.
But now, the successive challenges from these executives made him want to kill every bastard who had stepped on his face.
"I'd like to borrow something from you, Captain Wang Zhi. I hope you'll agree."
Ignis smiled at the disheveled Wang Zhi. It was quite impressive that Wang Zhi was still standing after all those fights.
After all, Newgate, Shiki, and Linlin were all monsters and prodigies of this era.
Even though they were still young, their strength was already immense.
Talent was something that, even without effort, allowed geniuses to reach heights ordinary people couldn't even imagine.
A tiger cub grows into a king in a few years, while a turtle takes decades to become a turtle king!
"Whatever you want, Vice Captain Ignis, take it. From now on, what's mine is the Rocks Pirates'."
Wang Zhi kept a very low profile, pretending to be a harmless, non-venomous grass snake.
"I want your life."
Ignis raised his right hand, and the Shichiseiken beneath his feet flew into his grip.
Instantly, the sword flared with green light, and the crescent mark on Ignis's forehead erupted with a deep blue-white glow.
"What?!"
Wang Zhi was shocked. He had kept such a low profile. Why did the Rocks Pirates still want to kill him?
'Crescent Moon Heaven-Piercer!'
A gravity field, as heavy as a mountain, pressed down on Wang Zhi, like countless heavenly chains binding him, freezing him in place.
A piercing blue-green crescent slash, radiating a terrifying sharpness, slashed toward Wang Zhi, whose smile had frozen in place.
"No!!!"
Wang Zhi screamed in terror. If he hadn't been worn down by those bastards, if he hadn't been severely injured by the attack, he wouldn't be afraid of this brat Ignis!
Driven by the fear of death, Wang Zhi frantically erupted with his Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki, breaking free from Ignis's gravity and blocking the terrifying slash!
Boom!
Wang Zhi blocked with difficulty, his Armament-coated arms showing gruesome, bone-deep wounds.
Ignis instantly transformed into a blood shadow, appearing behind Wang Zhi.
The long, slender Shichiseiken was thrust directly into Wang Zhi's heart!
"The Great Demon Lord killed the Guru!!"
The pirates of the Wang Zhi Pirates completely went mad. 'How could Ignis kill Wang Zhi?'
'Wasn't the Rocks Pirates recruiting strong fighters?'
"Why? Why?!"
Wang Zhi, still suppressed by the gravity field, gripped the sharp blade protruding from his chest with his pitch-black hands, his eyes filled with rage and terror, his mouth full of blood.
"No reason. I just want to devour you."
Ignis licked his lips, revealing sharp fangs, and a swarm of bloodshadow bats flew from his body, engulfing Wang Zhi.
Countless bats frantically bit and tore at Wang Zhi, devouring his blood!
"No!"
"Rocks!"
"I can be your dog! Call off your man!"
Wang Zhi was utterly terrified, watching himself being eaten alive by the bloodshadow bats.
Kuroki, watching from the sidelines, saw these bloodshadow bats and felt a chill run through his heart.
'Didn't this look a bit like the blood shadows that had ambushed me earlier?'
"Jehahaha!! And you say you're not the Great Demon Lord! You are a demon!"
Shiki burst into raucous laughter, seeing Ignis cruelly devouring Wang Zhi.
It seemed the prophet Ignis wasn't as kind as he seemed, either.
His principles and bottom line weren't that high either.
That made his chances of recruiting Ignis in the future even higher.