Chapter 239

On the Red Force,

The long, narrow sniper barrel was scorched black, and Yeshubu's arms trembled slightly as he said, "Sorry, everyone, I've reached my limit. I can't keep firing for a while."

Both Observation Haki and Armament Haki drain stamina heavily.

Without Yeshubu's long-range sniping and the massive threat it posed to the Navy's high command, the pirate army would have long since been routed.

"It's fine, Yeshubu."

Beikeman puffed on his cigar, his brow tightly furrowed, also bearing no light injuries, and said, "If we keep getting whittled down like this, defeat is only a matter of time. We have to break through the wall in one strike."

He had personally cut down fifty Navy Giants,

But soon, as long as new Navy soldiers are promoted into the 【Marine Headquarters】 family, they can be boosted by the level-2 【Giant's Power】 badge.

New Navy Giants appeared.

In other words,

The Red Hair Pirates may seem to be facing two hundred Navy Giants, but as long as the Navy's manpower doesn't run dry, it's an endless army of Giants.

Forget the Four Emperors—even the Rocks Pirates back in the day couldn't have fought a war of attrition against countless elite Giant Race soldiers.

However,

To forcibly smash through the Navy's formation with high-level force and directly destroy the wall, Beikeman's strength alone is far from enough.

Even as the Pirate King's right hand,

This is now the era of the Samsara Game. A player who exchanges for fifty thousand Reward Points already has the strength to fight him evenly.

And within the Navy's camp, there are as many as four Vice Admirals worth fifty thousand Reward Points each.

Doflamingo crouched on the ship's railing, a mocking smile on his face, and said, "The mighty Red Hair Pirates, never even able to make contact—and now, I must say, truly disappointing."

Beikeman frowned and said, "Heavenly Yaksha, is all you can do talk smack?"

In the past,

Doflamingo wouldn't even have qualified to stand on the Red Force, but now he is a top-tier powerhouse second only to Hawk-Eye.

The Red Hair Pirates could only temporarily reach a cooperation with him to fight the Navy together.

"I'll hold off Smoker. The rest is up to you."

Hawk-Eye's injuries gradually healed. He gripped the Black Blade Night tightly, his expression as cold as ever.

Though potions can heal injuries, the stamina drained by battle is real. When both sides are top-tier players, the further it goes, the more it becomes a battle of spirit and willpower.

Hawk-Eye had never imagined that, in terms of willpower, he would lose to a Navy Colonel who was unknown before the Samsara Game appeared.

The battle erupted once more,

"Gunners… fire!"

Hundreds of Navy soldiers were ranged classes. There were archers gripping curved bows, riflemen shouldering muskets, and the rare class of cannoners.

Arrows fell like rain,

Mingled with elven magic, the chaotic auras of undead and elements raining down.

"I'll do it!"

Limejuice, a combatant of the Red Hair Pirates, leapt high into the air. His golden hair grew wildly, blocking every arrow like a massive Shield.

Although,

The Red Hair Pirates' crew members were all players of second-tier strength, they couldn't withstand the Navy's ceaseless assault.

After Limejuice landed back on the deck, he was gasping for breath.

"I need to rest for a moment."

Limejuice said, panting heavily.

The game ability to control the growth and properties of hair was an Awakened Superpower.

Though its defense and attack power were astonishing, it consumed an extreme amount of stamina.

Since the battle began, he had been continuously unleashing his Superpower. His cells had begun to wail, and wrinkles like those of old age had already appeared on his face—this was the aftereffect of overloading his Superpower.

If he didn't rest, he would die from cellular aging.

With two major combatants lost in succession,

The Red Hair Pirates' offensive weakened. The Navy seized the opportunity and surged forward. Several warships, their decks packed with Navy soldiers, surrounded the Red Force on all sides.

"Hawk-Eye, even if you beat me, you'll still be the loser in this fight."

Smoker's voice was ice-cold,

The Poison General swung his massive weapon, every path it took shrouded in poisonous fog.

Hawk-Eye said nothing. He didn't keep unleashing sweeping, mighty slashes—instead, he gripped the Black Blade tightly, his moves becoming complex and hard to read.

The endless other worlds contain both high-tier fantasy worlds and the lowest-tier martial arts worlds.

Some martial arts worlds are thin in origin; their strongest can barely lift a thousand-jin cauldron, and they cannot comprehend divine might.

So they instead delve into the subtleties of technique, striving to defeat enemies several times their strength with the faintest of forces.

"Ten thousand worlds hold ten thousand entirely different paths of Jiangdian. If I wish to achieve the strongest Jiangdian, I cannot fix my gaze only on those Sword Skills of great destructive power."

"Every sword technique is worth my study."

Hawk-Eye's face was expressionless; he simply kept swinging his blade,

Every move drew only a faint Green Flame, yet it was enough to block the giant Poison General.

"Damn it… no choice then!"

At first, Hawk-Eye clearly restrained his constantly erupting energy aura, yet Smoker felt the pressure grow heavier.

Two bottles of Recovery Potion, their color clear as a galaxy, were consumed.

His bottomed-out Energy Value surged,

The giant Poison General, split in two by Hawk-Eye, sprouted countless lotus-root-fiber-like tendrils from the wound and fused back together.

Smoker took a deep breath and said, "Reality is different from the Samsara Game. Hawk-eyes, go die!"

A game merchant like a deity, able to toy with the boundary between life and death.

But extremely stingy, only granting the ability to revive within the game map; players in reality are no different from ordinary people—killed, and they die.

This move,

Smoker was very confident in it. He had originally intended to keep it as his trump card to seek revenge against the Revolutionary Army Leader, but now it seemed he had to bring it out early.

"Five Poison Divine Palm!"

Following Smoker's furious roar,

the giant Poison General standing on the sea surface raised its palm, gradually vanishing from the toes upward, then the legs, the waist, the arms—all the Poison flowing toward the enormous palm.

Until at last, only the giant palm burning with purple-red flames remained in the sky.

The Poison-type killing move of the 【Wind and Cloud】 world, Five Poison Divine Palm.

It requires constantly devouring five different attribute poisons to cultivate. Each time one type of Poison is successfully cultivated, the power of the Five Poison Divine Palm will multiply.

The current Smoker has only cultivated Fire Poison,

but it is already enough to handle the current situation. Even Hawk-eyes, who is likewise a top-tier player, cannot possibly block this Fire Poison Palm.

The flaming Poison Palm slowly pressed down,

Hawk-eyes raised his head, and gravity surfaced in his sharp hawk-like eyes.

This move is no inferior to the Dragon-type Spirit Word 【Black Storm】 that the Revolutionary Army Leader used to blow up Death Island back then.

Being able to unleash such might,

is what truly counts as a top-tier player, Tier 1 Peak.

But as it happens,

Hawk-eyes likewise possesses such strength.

"Green Flame Sword Technique · Ghost Soldier!"

Crystalline, jade-like flames burned madly, emitting a chilling cold that seemed capable of freezing the soul.

The sword strike that had previously cleaved Soul Hook Hall was an incomplete 【Ox-Head】, carrying only the remnant aura of an Underworld ghost soldier.

But now, the full power of a ghost soldier could be unleashed.

Two forces at Tier 1 Peak collided,

the entire ocean fell silent,

countless spiderweb-like cracks appeared in the air, emitting a sound like shattering mirrors. The terrifying power of the Poison Flame and Green Flame actually shattered space for several seconds.

Fortunately so, otherwise all the innocent Pirates and Navy would have been swallowed.

Even so,

the aftershock still churned the entire battlefield. The Red Force was sent flying, and a crack was torn open in the Sturdy Jiazu Chenqiang of Marine Headquarters.

Countless Pirates and Navy were pressed into the seabed like cannonballs by the aftershock.

"Hawk-eyes, to go this far for Hongfa Xiangkesi—it seems the rumors of your close relationship are true."

"Unfortunately, this is the end."

The waves gradually returned to calm,

Smoker had already lost consciousness, his body covered in blood, embedded in the city wall.

Hawk-eyes half-knelt on the broken wreckage of a warship, gripping the sword hilt with great effort, refusing to let his body, which had reached its limit, collapse.

Just as Smoker had said,

although the two had determined a victor, the side that lost this great battle was the Red Hair Pirates.

Along with the vice-captain Beikeman, they were all captured by the Navy, fitted with Seastone shackles, as well as 【Sealing Talisman】s crafted by a Navy Vice Admiral of the 【Talisman Master】 profession.

Two hundred Navy Giants surrounded the exhausted Hawk-eyes in a tight ring, led by a Headquarters Vice Admiral wearing a spotted dog cap—Dalmatian.

"Arresting the Red Hair Pirates' officer, and the former Seven Warlords of the Sea's strongest Sword Master—it's hard to imagine!"

The Navy were visibly excited,

In the old days on the sea, who would have dared to imagine arresting these infamous figures? Everyone avoided them like the plague.

Now these masters of the old era were all going to be locked in the Demon-Suppressing Tower, becoming the first shot the Marine Headquarters Jiazu fired to announce to the world.

"What about Hongfa—has he already escaped?"

Dalmatian scanned his surroundings and found no trace of Hongfa Xiangkesi.

Failing to capture the Captain would greatly diminish the credit.

Suddenly, a voice came.

"An adventurer may run, but he will absolutely never abandon his companions."

"I heard you were looking for me?"

(End of this chapter)