Chapter 85

At this moment, Baihuzi's temperament completely changed, his eyes became icy cold, and his whole body emitted an extremely dark, extremely evil death aura.

Just by standing there, he exuded an overwhelming might and a terrifying aura that spread, making everyone present feel a chill in their limbs.

This was a deadly chill from death; even the ground beneath Baihuzi's feet froze over. Although he is a bloody death knight, don't think they cannot use ice power.

"Welcome back, Baihuzi. This is your new weapon, a runic magic sword, and this is your armor." Luode said.

At the same time, he gave Baihuzi a mental order not to reveal his relationship with Kaido, and to outwardly claim he was Kaido's subordinate.

In fact, after controlling Baihuzi, Luode gained absolute authority and enslavement ability; even if he violated the prior agreement between the two, Luode could still forcibly control Baihuzi.

However, if that happened, Baihuzi would completely become a walking corpse with no self-consciousness; only a Baihuzi retaining self-consciousness possesses the strongest combat power.

At the very least, Conqueror's Haki, Armament Haki, and the use of some death knight skills require retaining one's personality to unleash maximum power.

Otherwise, Baihuzi's corpse would be less worthwhile than turning a giant soldier into a death knight.

I also don't know whether the Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability has been retained.

Baihuzi nodded, glanced at the armor on the ground, which fit him quite well—it seemed tailor-made for him! They had been eyeing him for a while.

"Exactly as you thought; I've had my eye on you for a long time. No need to be surprised—I know everything on your mind." Luode transmitted his thoughts to Baihuzi using his Soul Link ability.

I am your master; the Lich King's Crown of Domination would be useful. If he had the Crown of Domination, Baihuzi could not have resisted at all, and even while retaining full self-wisdom personality, he would still be used by himself.

Baihuzi nodded at Luode, slowly put on the armor on the ground, and picked up the runic sword.

The blue-black armor worn by Baihuzi looked extremely domineering, with skulls or ox-horn decorations carved all over it, making him look even more imposing.

As for the runic sword in his hand, Baihuzi sensed the new power within himself, as if resonating with the sword; combined, they should be able to exert greater strength.

"Master! If possible, I still prefer my original weapon; I don't know how to use swords." Baihuzi said.

At this moment, Baihuzi's voice lost its formerly bright and refreshing quality, instead giving an extremely hoarse, cold, and terrifying impression.

"This, this, what on earth is happening, Dad?"

"Dad's voice has become so strange! So strange!"

"Hey, you bastard, what did you do to Dad? Dad, what's wrong with you?" The members of the Baihuzi Pirates began to panic.

Although they didn't know exactly what happened, one thing they could be certain of: their father seemed to have been controlled by some method, and his appearance had drastically changed.

"Marco, why didn't you take them away? My final order—you should have heard it clearly, right?" Baihuzi's face was icy cold as he looked at Marco and his former sons, then spoke.

Before his transformation, his mind was filled with protecting his sons; but after becoming a death knight, that feeling vanished, replaced by a death will, as if everything from his former life no longer mattered.

Everything became meaningless; this terrifying death will made Baihuzi's heart turn icy cold. Although he remembered everything he once shared with his sons, all the joy and laughter, it was all in the past—now he feels nothing.

"D-dad! What... what happened to you? Do you still remember us? You damned bastard, what did you do to my dad?" Marco roared furiously at Luode.

Bode didn't respond with words; Baihuzi spoke directly, his voice equally hoarse, cold, and terrifying.

"I made a deal with my master: I accept his eternal servitude, becoming his death knight, while you can go on living—I will bring you out of here safely, but from now on, we have no further relation." Baihuzi said.

How strange! Is this the death will? Everything from my former life has become meaningless.

"You damned bastard, you actually controlled Dad like this! I won't forgive you!" Marco shouted, instantly transforming into a blue phoenix form and flying toward Luode.

Now he doesn't care about anything; he just wants to beat this kid up. Why did Dad become like this? "Void Shock!" Baihuzi roared, a white light enveloping his fist as he punched the air.

Crack! Crack! The air began to split; Marco in midair spat blood, then Baihuzi grabbed him by the hand, choked his neck, and lifted him high into the sky.

Seeing this, Luode was somewhat surprised—damn it, Baihuzi's abilities had actually been retained!

The Tremor-Tremor Fruit, combined with Baihuzi's death knight abilities and his three-types Haki.

We've made a huge profit! Besides Kaido, we now have a second Yonko-level combat power.

No, no, no—with the death knight's deathly power bolstering him, Baihuzi's current combat strength exceeds even his peak, making him surpass Yonko-level.

After all, Baihuzi now suffers no pain or torment, and has no weaknesses whatsoever.

Moreover, having fully mastered deathly power, if he also learned the techniques of frost death knights and unholy death knights, achieving triple cultivation, Baihuzi's potential would not be much inferior to Kaido's.

"This old man has recovered his peak strength, and even become stronger." Kaido said from the side.

That's fine; when we return, he can properly spar with Baihuzi.

This time, it's absolutely the peak-era Baihuzi, and even stronger than his peak.

"Cough cough! Dad, let go of me—I'm your son." Marco slammed his arms against the arm gripping his neck, tears streaming as he spoke.

"Marco, why aren't you obeying my orders?"

"Never mind, I'll take you away later, but before that, don't cause trouble—just stand over there obediently." Baihuzi said, his face icy cold.

"Dad, you know me, you remember me, you remember our past? You gathered us all together—we're a family!" Marco said.

"I remember everything from before! But so what? In the face of the death will, all is merely fleeting clouds; I feel none of the emotions a living person should have, so you don't need to tell me this—I will fulfill my final dying wish and send you off." Baihuzi said.

Clearly, just moments ago in his soul state he still cared deeply for these sons, but in an instant he had no feelings left at all.

Luode also silently marveled beside him; the death will's alteration of undead beings is simply terrifying!

You clearly remember everything from before, yet you no longer care at all—or rather, even if you were lonely, you wouldn't show it.

"Wuwu! Dad! Dad! I'm not going anywhere—I want to stay by your side." Marco said.

"If you stay by my side, you must serve my master; you decide for yourselves—my master is now Luode, Luode is Kaido's subordinate, so you must serve Kaido." Baihuzi said.

I almost slipped up—the master had just instructed that now Beasts Kaido is the boss.

"Damn it! Beasts Kaido, Dad, we will definitely rescue you, we will definitely rescue you!" The members of the Baihuzi Pirates shouted.

"The situation seems a bit off, Luode; the death will is indeed extremely terrifying, but he should at least retain some of his former emotions."

"The current Baihuzi is just too cold." Sylvanas approached Luode, furrowed her brows, and spoke.

"Perhaps in this world, after his transformation into a death knight he underwent some change, after all he is the first death knight in this world." Luode said.

Every world's laws differ; using Azeroth's necromancy to turn death knights in the pirates' world will certainly differ from Azeroth's world.

Baihuzi's icy demeanor isn't an act—there's no need for it.

Luode has already promised to take all of his sons away, and through a soul contract.

Luode could sense the true thoughts of the white-bearded one; he really didn't care about those sons anymore, not at all.

Present-day Whitebeard only unconditionally obeys all his commands; after being transformed into a Blood Death Knight, Whitebeard has completely changed.

He can now only be described as cold and ruthless.

"This, how is this possible, Whitebeard? We finally managed to beat him, yet Whitebeard actually came back to life." Chiquan said through gritted teeth.

I have only just recovered twenty or thirty percent of my strength, but that Whitebeard guy actually revived completely unharmed—am I mistaken?

"Sengoku, have you noticed? Whitebeard's current situation seems a bit off; he should be under someone's control, somewhat like the zombie of the Seven Warlords' Yueguang Molia." Lieutenant General He said.

"I've seen it; the situation is very unfavorable for us. If the two Emperors join forces and cause a big disturbance, things will become serious." Buddha Zhànguó said.

Whitebeard's strength—he likely has already returned to his peak; plus Kaido! The Navy is in big trouble! (End of chapter)