Chapter 947

For a moment,

Lu En had already made up his mind.

He would respect the original plot!

Let Red Hair lose his arm and return to the New World…~…

Of course.

Not so that Red Hair loses his arm to save Little Lufei.

He would sever Red Hair's arm himself!

"The armless Four Emperor…"

"That's the flagship of the New World."

"How could I ruin your reputation, Red Hair?"

"So then."

"I'll take your arm from now on."

Lu En's eyes narrowed slightly.

Let Red Hair lose his arm to save Little Lufei…

And him severing Red Hair's arm himself.

These are two entirely different concepts.

The first, Red Hair would leave a profound impact on Little Lufei.

But the second,

Red Hair would only flee in utter disgrace!

In a short span of time, Lu En's mind raced wildly, his smile growing ever brighter.

Not far away.

When Ben Beike Man saw Lu En's smile, his brow twitched—he sensed something was wrong.

"That brat…"

"What is he plotting?"

Ben Beike Man fell into thought.

He had a bad feeling.

But specifically…

He couldn't say why.

"Forget it."

Shaking his head, Ben Beike Man abandoned overthinking.

Since he couldn't figure it out,

there was no need to overanalyze.

"That brat Fist Demon is probably injured just as badly as I am."

"I've lost the ability to intervene in the battle—he likely can't either."

Ben Beike Man thought to himself.

So,

he lowered his guard toward Lu En.

He believed

that the clash he'd just had with Lu En had left the boy exhausted and incapable of interfering in Red Hair's fierce battle.

After all,

even he himself had been gravely wounded from fighting Lu En.

"Red Hair, it's up to you now."

"The rest of the trouble…"

"You'll have to handle it yourself."

Ben Beike Man clenched his fists unconsciously, thinking silently.

As the front-line battle grew fiercer…

Red Hair, Ye Su Bu, and Luo Qi Lu's injuries multiplied and grew heavier.

The number of wounds increased,

their injuries severe.

And their physical condition was plummeting at an alarming rate.

Red Hair's combat power had been halved at least.

Ye Su Bu and Luo Qi Lu were the same.

Of course,

though Captain Kapu had dominated the entire fight against Red Hair, he couldn't remain unscathed.

At the very least…

due to the excessive use of Armament Haki, Captain Kapu's stamina inevitably began to decline.

Fighting Red Hair was never this easy.

Even someone as strong as Captain Kapu couldn't defeat Red Hair Shanks without a single scratch.

You have to know.

At this stage, Red Hair, though not yet a Four Emperor, was already a powerhouse on par with one.

What the Red-Haired Pirates lack…

Is merely the scale of their power.

Only when a force reaches a certain scale is it honored as one of the Four Emperors!

The Four Emperors do not represent individuals.

They represent groups!

The collective power of an entire pirate crew!

No matter how strong a single person is, it is not enough to qualify as a Four Emperor.

For example,

Back then, the Lone Red, Red Count Baroski Ledfield.

A powerhouse who could single-handedly fight both Luo Jie's Pirates and Bai Huzi's Pirates!

Yet even so,

He was never granted the title of Four Emperor.

Because he was a lone wolf.

His strength was immense—he could fight an entire pirate crew alone.

But even with such terrifying combat power, he could not become a Four Emperor. What restrained him was the fact that he had no power behind him.

"Damn it!"

"That old man Kapu is too strong!"

Red-Haired gritted his teeth.

His right hand, gripping the famed sword Griffin, trembled slightly.

Upon closer inspection,

The tiger's mouth of his palm had split open.

Thin trails of blood slowly oozed from his palm.

A faint scent of blood drifted far on the sea breeze.

A constant, stabbing pain spread through his body from his palm.

Even with Armament Haki fully covering his hand, Red-Haired could not withstand the shock of Kapu's earth-shattering iron fist—the cracks on his palm grew ever more grotesque.

Kapu swung another punch.

It sent Red-Haired's entire body flying hundreds of meters into the sea.

Boom—

Accompanied by a deafening roar.

Red-Haired's body plunged into the ocean, stirring up towering waves that churned wildly.

Splash!

Churning the seas,

Burning mountains, boiling oceans!

The ocean rose into a colossal curtain, spilling across the heavens.

After knocking Red-Haired flying with one punch,

Kapu unleashed two more iron fists, sending Ye Su Bu and Luo Qi Lu flying simultaneously, smashing them into different directions, each tumbling backward.

Blood trailed behind them.

Blood stained the sky.

Only when their bodies flew hundreds of meters into the sea, stirring massive ripples on the surface, did the water finally slow their motion.

Each sank into the ocean…