Chapter 1794: Soul-Severing Shadow Stone, You Cannot Die Yet

There was no pre-war provocation, nor was there any angry shouting back and forth. Countless marines leaped down from the port, and dense swarms of pirates charged forward. When the two sides were dozens of meters apart, bullets flew horizontally, and within less than half a minute of charging, they were locked in slaughter.

Sharp weapons sliced through flesh, cannonballs landed on the ice, scattering ice shards. The smell of blood mixed with gunpowder—this was the taste of the battlefield.

By this time, most marines and pirates no longer felt fear. Their adrenaline surged, the smell of blood stimulated them, and the thoughts in their hearts became simple: kill everyone on the other side.

Pfft, pfft!

A pirate holding a wide-bladed sailor's knife was hacking at a marine, blood splattering all over his face. In the distance, a young marine wearing goggles witnessed this scene.

Blood stained the ice, steaming intestines spilled out, and a rib was hacked off. After this scene fell into the eyes of the young marine, his legs began to shake.

"Truly rare."

A thin pirate appeared behind the young marine at some point, a blade hook stained with minced meat hooking toward the boy's side neck.

With a pfft, blood sprayed high into the air. The headless corpse of the thin pirate took half a step back and fell straight backward.

"New recruit, whose subordinate are you?"

A Rear Admiral with a head of brown curly hair spoke. As he spoke, he also shook the blood off his blade, not caring at all that a head had fallen at his feet.

"I am..."

The young marine named Coby just wanted to say 'I am Vice Admiral Garp's subordinate', but the words got stuck in his throat. His performance just now was truly unbearable; seeing friendly forces hacked into minced meat, he was actually too scared to move.

"Hmph."

The curly-haired Rear Admiral had just snorted coldly when he stood frozen in place. Blood surged from the center of his brow, dripping down his chin.

With a thud, this marine Rear Admiral fell to the ground. Coby's expression gradually became dull. Just now, he saw a blue shadow penetrate Rear Admiral Yukimura's head. This Rear Admiral, known as the 'Thousand-Man Slayer', had actually died just like that.

Coby turned his head stiffly. He saw a weapon shaped like a hiltless stabbing sword, covered in red patterns, floating in mid-air near him. The blood dripping from the blade tip indicated that this thing had killed Rear Admiral Yukimura.

Fear seemed to want to swallow Coby. After being targeted by that unknown weapon, his body began to stiffen.

Bang!

A sonic boom came, and tears welled up in Coby's eyes.

A thrusting force appeared in front of Coby, followed by a blinding golden light. When the explosion and golden light dissipated, Coby saw a tall figure standing in front of him.

"Bo, Borsalino Admiral!"

Coby spoke with a trembling voice. Kizaru ignored him, instead searching for something in the surroundings.

"Has that guy come too? What a headache."

Kizaru's voice remained lazy. From beginning to end, he ignored Coby, although he had seen this boy beside Garp.

Kizaru walked toward the other side of the battlefield. Coby sat paralyzed on the ground, gasping for air, covered in cold sweat.

On the deck of the Moby Dick, Su Xiao was closing his eyes, sensing something. The next moment, Fangzhi flew back to his side.

"The distance is too far."

Fangzhi split apart, clinging to Su Xiao's cuffs in the form of broken blades. The Summit War battlefield had begun, and the plot event with the highest rewards in the Pirate World had been triggered.

【The Hunter has triggered a large-scale plot event: Summit War.】

【War Merit System has been activated.】

【During the plot event 'Summit War', the Hunter cannot obtain World Source by killing plot characters. After the plot event ends, World Source will be calculated uniformly.】

【Because the plot event has been activated, the Hunter will not be able to obtain treasure chests below Epic grade by killing enemies. Such rewards will be converted into War Merit.】

【After the plot event ends, you can use War Merit to exchange for items in the 'War Shop'. The War Shop is open to all Qiyuezhe. The items available for exchange are as follows.】

1. Soul Crystal (Complete), each costs 150 War Merit (This is a unique reward, the exchange price has been significantly reduced).

Stock: 105.

2. Sea Secret Treasure, costs 1700 War Merit (Treasure chest item, after opening, there is a 12% chance to obtain growth-type equipment (initial Green quality), 30% chance to obtain Epic-grade equipment, 68% chance to obtain 3–5 Legendary-grade gems).

Stock: 1.

3. Mission Proof Document, costs 100 War Merit (Can offset one summons for a World Conquest War).

Stock: 10.

4. Trial of Steel, costs 1200 War Merit (Can increase equipment reinforcement level without risk, raising equipment reinforcement level to +13, applicable to White to Epic grade equipment).

Stock: 1.

5. Soul of the Black King, costs 2000 War Merit (Legendary-grade set component, one of the unique three-piece set).

Stock: 1.

Su Xiao closed the prompt. He had just killed a Rear Admiral and didn't obtain World Source, or rather, it would be calculated uniformly after the plot event ended.

As for the merit for killing a Rear Admiral-rank marine, it was only 56 points. One must know that this was a marine Rear Admiral, not a small fry. It seemed like a lot, equivalent to one-third of a Soul Crystal (Complete), but in reality, it wasn't like that.

Soul Crystals (Complete, Large, Medium, Small) could all be exchanged in the War Shop, and the exchange price was very low. This was a unique reward exchange for the Summit War, allowing those Qiyuezhe who were not very strong but participated in the war adventurously to also obtain benefits.

Su Xiao could only exchange for Soul Crystals (Complete); the other three grades of Soul Crystals were in a locked state, thereby giving those Qiyuezhe who were not strong a chance to exchange.

The Summit War battlefield was very dangerous. The reason Su Xiao didn't show himself was to avoid being targeted by two or more Admiral-level combatants. Once that situation appeared, he would likely die.

Just as Su Xiao was considering when to join the battle, a roaring sound of water came. It was the tsunami triggered by Whitebeard earlier.

Two large waves attacked the port from the left and right sides, about to crash onto the port, but with Aokiji there, this was impossible.

"Ice Age."

Aokiji's voice came from above. The dozens-of-meters-high waves on both sides of the port were frozen, forming two anti-sloping ice walls, sealing off both sides of the port.

"It seems... it's time."

Su Xiao stood up from the deck and walked to the ship's rail. He looked into the distance, toward the direction of the execution platform. Soon, he saw Ace kneeling on the execution platform.

"Soul-Severing Shadow Stone, you cannot die yet. Even if you only have one breath left, you must leave the Marine Headquarters before dying."

The 'Soul-Severing Shadow Stone' in Su Xiao's mouth was Ace. He had no friendship with Ace; saving the other party was only to complete the mission, so the 'scope' of the rescue was large. If it were Ace's teammates, he would have to consider the other party's thoughts when saving them. Su Xiao didn't need to worry about this point at all; if they didn't cooperate, he would beat them until they lost the ability to act and then drag them away. If that didn't work, a sedative injection would make them obedient.

However, a problem lay before Su Xiao. Although Ace looked steady, he was actually a little expert at courting death. ===== CHAPTER 1795 =====