Chapter 393: Shanks: Aokiji, betray the Navy!

"Betrayal?"

Hawkeye shook his head with an expressionless face: "Becoming one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea was merely out of interest; nothing can bind a Sword Master."

As the words fell,

the Black Blade, deep as the night, shattered directly, turning into countless fine shards of sword Qi.

This Black Blade Night was initially not even the strongest blade in the Pirate World, but after Forging, Reinforcement, and finally embedding an 【Ice Soul】 divine stone from the Fengyun Shijie, it cost millions of Reward Points to upgrade into a Sword Master's exclusive weapon comparable to a Silver Armor set.

It could merge with Hawkeye's sword intent, and the sky-filling green sword radiance pressed down,

crushing the roaring Flame Demon, scattering it into gray-black stones that lost their heat all over the ground.

"How could the justice of the Navy be crushed by a mere Pirate?"

Akainu gritted his teeth,

his cheek cut by the sword Qi, blood spurting out, looking ferocious and terrifying.

He clasped his hands together, and extreme heat gushed out; accompanied by crimson light, a hemispherical giant lava shield blocked most of the falling sword Qi.

"It's been a long time since I've fought with all my might; let me test my newly comprehended 【Demonic Blade】 on you..."

Hawkeye leaped high,

relying on the surrounding sword Qi to hover in mid-air, his eyes slightly closed.

When he opened them again, streaks of green flame sword Qi transformed at high speed into black-red, filled with soul-stirring demonic energy.

"Seventh Flame Demon!"

Akainu's eyelids twitched wildly; he only felt that the demonic energy radiating from Hawkeye was so strong it made his hair stand on end,

as if, the moment the opponent swung his blade, he would be decapitated.

The lava energy within his body was consumed rapidly, his burly body shrinking by a circle; only after gulping down two bottles of top-tier Recovery Potion did he barely maintain his form.

The air became turbid,

and powdery ash spread rapidly like mist, outlining a Gate of Hell in the air.

A burning palm slowly reached out from the gate.

The Flame Demon belongs to the demon lineage and is a lower-level existence of the fire-type demon species.

But there are exceptions; the seven Flame Demons born at the beginning within Hell are called the Original Flame Demons, life forms that have broken through racial limitations.

They have already reached the 【Mid-level】.

The seventh one is the strongest Flame Demon Akainu can currently summon.

"Hahahaha, worthy of being the face of the Navy!"

Hawkeye burst into loud laughter,

and he, who was always introverted, was influenced by the Demonic Blade, his battle intent and killing intent reaching their peak.

Up until now,

all the Reward Points Hawkeye had hunted from pollution were used for two things.

Forging and Reinforcing the Black Blade.

And, transforming the 【Green Flame Sword Seed】 into the 【Demonic Blade】.

The Fengyun Shijie is full of experts; Hawkeye apprenticed under Di Yi Xie Huang, consuming a million Reward Points to acquire the Nine Styles of the Demonic Blade.

【3000 Combat Power】, a top-tier player in every sense.

As long as he holds a sword in both hands, he has the confidence to cleave through everything before him.

"Demonic Qi Rampage!"

The blade shadow, wrapped in waves of demonic energy, collided with the Gate of Hell.

The Seventh Flame Demon, having already thrust its upper body out, waved its sharp claws, and space was torn open like a curtain, spilling out an endless sea of scorching lava.

"Dance of the Demons!"

Hawkeye was expressionless, changed his stance, and held the blade with a backhand grip,

sweeping across!

The full-moon-like demonic energy exploded, rippling across the Seventh Flame Demon's claws.

After the demonic energy made contact with the Hell Magma, there was a brief stalemate,

and the Flame Demon's claws were severed.

"Red Lotus Hellfire!"

The Seventh Flame Demon's ferocious burning head began to whisper like a demon.

The ash covering the ground outlined a Hell Magic Circle, and pillars of flame broke through the ground like erupting giant volcanoes. "Xige, contact Kizaru as soon as possible; Hawkeye's strength exceeds expectations, we need the two of us to join forces..."

Akainu frowned, and after dropping this sentence, he raised his giant lava shield and stood with the Seventh Flame Demon.

The great battle continued.

"Aokiji, can you give me some face and end this slaughter here?"

Shanks wore a smile, looking like an honest man who was easy to bully, without a shred of battle intent.

Aokiji, who had deactivated his Frost Dragon form, did not relax in the slightest,

watching the other party vigilantly, and said: "Shanks, have you come to save Caomao Lufei?"

The seemingly simple-minded red-haired man had once stood on the breached Navy walls, shouting the adventurer's declaration that stirred the world's situation; he was a dangerous guy just like Roger, who started the Great Pirate Era.

According to information from the Navy Intelligence Department,

Shanks is the strongest Ashura in the entire Samsara Game, a Great Dark Heaven who has mastered the Wave Eye of the Dark Heaven, 【3200 Combat Power】.

Aokiji, with 【2700 Combat Power】, could easily crush the 【1900 Combat Power】 Straw Hat Crew.

The further one goes, the difference in strength of several hundred combat power points is as vast as a chasm.

"That's right, Luffy is my friend!"

Shanks revealed a sincere smile, not concealing his inner thoughts.

Even if the Samsara Game changes fate, causing Luffy to no longer be the trendsetter favored by destiny,

however, the Straw Hat Crew remains the group of adventurers with the most Free Will.

The Adventurer Guild exists to protect such sparks, to inherit and spread Free Will, so he will not allow the Navy to harm the Straw Hat Crew.

"Is that so?"

Aokiji's gaze flickered as he looked at Robin, who was surrounded by the Straw Hat Crew.

So that's how it is...

That deliberate attack on a companion was actually an attempt to paralyze me and then sacrifice herself as bait? The method wasn't clever; it was only because my own Justice Will wavered, leading me to fail to judge carefully and be led by the nose by Robin, who had seized my weakness.

That is why I didn't notice.

Now that I have come to my senses, I can see everything clearly.

"Forget it, I originally wanted to put an end to the Ohara incident..."

Aokiji lifted the ice bicycle that had been thrown to the side of the road, brushed off the ice crystal fragments, and got on the bicycle.

His gaze landed on Robin, and he asked, "It seems the Straw Hat Crew is your place of refuge?"

With Shanks here, Aokiji could not capture the Straw Hat Crew at all; since that was the case, there was no reason to continue the fight.

Robin did not speak,

but her firm gaze had already made everything clear.

"Kizaru and Smoker, as well as Vice Admiral Garp, will arrive soon. Even if you can save the Straw Hat Crew, you should be unable to seize the Gui Jiang Jun Mu Zhong."

Even Shanks and Hawkeye could not defeat the combined forces of Marshal Sengoku, Staff Officer Tsuru, and over a dozen 【First-rate Players】, as well as the four Marine Admirals and Iron Fist Garp who are touching the edge of 【Top-tier Players】, and thousands of Elite Navy.

Unless you want to burn together.

The Straw Hat Crew can be left uncaptured, but this battle has already attracted the attention of countless players and factions.

If even the Gui Jiang Jun Mu Zhong is lost, then it would truly become a joke.

Shanks waved his hand indifferently and said, "It doesn't matter."

His goal from the very beginning was not the Dark Gold-level zombie tomb.

It was the man before him, Aokiji.

Shanks smiled brilliantly and said, "Kuzan, become an adventurer!"

Silence.

The scene was slightly awkward.

Aokiji did not make a sound.

The Straw Hat Crew all revealed expressions of jaws dropping in shock, feeling a sense of unease at not understanding how Shanks could so presumptuously and suddenly make such a request.

"A Marine Admiral, becoming an adventurer?"

Nami's mouth twitched; as expected, none of the guys familiar with Luffy have normal brains—they are all single-minded.

(End of chapter)