Chapter 240: Battle, Satisfying!

"Watch the defense!"

The moment Dalmatian finished speaking,

his entire body was like a fired bullet, piercing through the air with bursts of breaking wind, and was smashed into the Jiazu Chenqiang.

Two hundred Navy Giants reacted instantly, raising giant Shields to block the opponent's continued assault.

Bang.

Using the same method,

a fluctuation as violent as a volcanic eruption, carrying the震慑力 of Conqueror's Haki, burst forth in an instant.

An extremely powerful shockwave, along with flesh, physique, and soul, sent everything flying.

The defensive line formed by the Navy Giants was forcibly torn open by the explosive force of the fluctuation.

The weaker Navy Giants had already rolled their eyes back and fainted dead away.

"Sorry, brothers, the Captain always makes the last entrance—am I late?"

Hongfa Xiangkesi reached up to press down the straw hat on his head, a grey-black cloak draped over him, his eyes covered by two crossed strips of cloth, looking just like a wandering swordsman.

Bang.

A broken piece of ship plank was thrown onto his head.

Bound by Sealing Talismans, his whole body stiff and barely able to move, Yeshubu strained to lift that piece of ship plank.

"Can't you see we're getting beaten badly here, Captain, and you're still showing off?"

"Really now, can't you leave the Captain a little face?"

"Truly an atmosphere that just can't stay serious."

It was clearly an extremely solemn occasion,

yet this scene looked very comical.

Or rather,

the originally desperate and solemn atmosphere, because of Hongfa Xiangkesi's appearance, had once again become lively and relaxed.

Beikeman's lips curved up slightly,

this was the Red Hair Pirates, this was Hongfa Xiangkesi—although he didn't seem to be respected by his crew, and didn't possess the Haki that towered above everyone else like the other Four Emperors.

But in truth, all the crew members had long regarded Hongfa as the Captain they trusted most in their hearts.

Even if they were captured by the Navy, with a Blade pressed against their necks,

as long as the Captain appeared, everything was trivial.

Because they believed the Captain could absolutely lead them to defeat any powerful enemy.

"Beikeman, Yeshubu, Lachilu, Si Nei Ke... everyone!"

Ignoring the Navy whose faces were full of vigilance and who might attack at any moment,

Hongfa Xiangkesi looked at his own crew, his expression solemn, and bowed deeply in guilt: "All this time I failed to discover my true will. I clearly understood the importance of the Samsara Game, yet because of my narrow vision, I dragged everyone down."

Any single crew member of the Red Hair Pirates, taken out at random, was an elite.

But their overall strength could only barely be considered the second tier among players—all because Hongfa Xiangkesi hadn't taken the Samsara Game seriously, causing the crew members to not engage deeply with it either.

Smack.

Another broken piece of ship plank.

This time it was Beikeman, his face full of disdain as he said: "Idiot, don't say such embarrassing things. The most eye-catching rule in the Red Hair Pirates' adventure treaty strictly forbids being sentimental—the Captain has to obey it too."

"Captain, shedding little pearls the moment you appear?"

The crew members burst into laughter.

Directly shattering the emotion Hongfa Xiangkesi had finally built up, he laughed and scolded: "A bunch of bastards, daring to laugh at the Captain like this. I should've come back even later and let you get trampled by the Navy for a while."

After the laughter and horseplay,

Hongfa Xiangkesi looked at Dalmatian who had already gotten up, and smiled: "Vice Admiral Messia, step aside—you're not my opponent!"

After shedding his mortal body and changing jobs to Ashura, although he hadn't yet reached the level of Tier 1 Peak like Hawkeye and Smoker,

he was absolutely at the level of a top-tier player.

"Hongfa Xiangkesi, the one who should surrender is you!"

Dalmatian's face darkened as he said: "Even if you've exchanged for game abilities, it's already too late. Do you think you can defeat me and two hundred Navy Giants?"

After the Marine Headquarters established a family, with the emergence of the Family System,

he had already sensed that this ocean would completely end the era of lone wolves.

Those experts who once could, by their own strength alone, stir the world upside down, could no longer possibly maintain such battle records.

The gap had been narrowed,

and no matter how strong a lone wolf was, it would be hard to resist the power of a family.

"Want to try?"

Hongfa Xiangkesi drew Griffin from its sheath, a crisp hum revealing a Blade sharpened to the extreme.

The Blade that had been shattered by the Iron Fist had already been restored to its original state.

Moreover,

the shelf had refreshed with metal ores that could increase 【Baidong Qinhe】, which had already been fused into it.

"Let me see the strength of Four Emperors Hongfa Xiangkesi!"

Dalmatian's body suddenly swelled,

he was a user of the Dog-Dog Fruit, and after transforming into his beast-man form, his sharp claws and fangs were all weapons for attack.

Most crucially,

the aura he emitted was not entirely the power of the Devil Fruit—there was also a very peculiar energy reaction.

Like a being who, even after shedding the power of the Devil Fruit, still possesses the purest and most primal beastliness.

Wastaya Xuemai.

A special race originating from Rune Continent, able to simultaneously possess human characteristics and the spiritual magic of some prehistoric species.

Every Wastaya Xuemai possesses extremely powerful beast traits.

"Shoulie Bennen!"

Dalmatian's fur stood on end all over his body, and an invisible wave like spiritual force radiated outward.

The targeted enemy would be branded by the spiritual wave.

When the branded one is attacked, the damage dealt would be multiplied several times over.

He had tried it before,

Even some Navy Vice Admirals who had class-changed into 【Rock Warrior】 could not withstand the offensive of their own attacks under the branded state.

"Pirates should go to Hell to repent, including you, Hongfa Xiangkesi!"

Dalmatian abruptly vanished from where he stood,

Leaving behind rippling circles of air distortion and the explosive boom of the air itself.

When he reappeared, he was already standing before Hongfa Xiangkesi, his raised claws about to pierce through the other's chest,

"Wave?"

Xiangkesi sensed the invisible spiritual brand attached to himself,

Boom.

A wave of shock erupted, centered on Xiangkesi, spreading outward in all directions.

That was the very move that had blasted Dalmatian away just now, along with震慑ing several Navy Giants into unconsciousness.

However,

Now facing Dalmatian at full power, he narrowed his eyes slightly and actually withstood the wave eruption laced with Haki head-on.

Clang.

His metal-hard claws collided with Griffin.

Dalmatian's lips curled up; his Shoulie Bennen could brand not only flesh and blood, but buildings and weapons would likewise suffer aggravated damage.

Break!

The imagined sound of shattering did not come.

Dalmatian's smile froze at the corner of his mouth, puzzled within, wondering whether he had not exerted his full strength.

Even the Supreme Grade Swords of the Pirate World could not possibly withstand it, unless it were a Sword Master like Mihawk, wielding a Black Blade steeped in Haki.

But in the intelligence on the Four Emperors, he had never heard that Xiangkesi's sword was also a Black Blade?

No…

Dalmatian suddenly realized,

Xiangkesi's Blade, including the other's body, had not been branded by his Shoulie Bennen wave at all.

What's going on?

Xiangkesi's slightly playful voice sounded by his ear: "When it comes to playing with waves, who could be stronger than me?"

On this ocean, there might still be other Ashura players.

But an Ashura player who had exchanged for a full two hundred thousand Reward Points should be himself alone, right?

(End of this chapter)