Chapter 216

Indeed... still killed.

"The Celestial Dragon... was killed!"

"The Admiral is coming!"

"An unprecedented event!"

"What a mad entity... Traveler Luo En!!"

"The Godslayer!"

After the shock.

Some were terrified, some excited, some laughed wildly, some cheered, some trembled in fear...

The reporter who took that photo stared at the image in his camera, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

"What will this sea become now?!"

189, fists and feet are enough.

Marine Headquarters, Marineford.

"What?! What did you say!"

Upon receiving the message from the Sabaody Archipelago, Admiral Sakazuki's expression changed drastically; he shot upright from his desk.

After hanging up the call, Sakazuki's face was slick with cold sweat, his expression dark and grim.

"Your face is awful—making the Admiral lose composure like this. What exactly happened?"

Huang Yuan, seated beside him, asked.

"Traveler Luo En has appeared at the Sabaody Archipelago."

Huang Yuan blinked in surprise: "That kid... what did he do now? Did he attack a Celestial Dragon?"

Sakazuki's face turned ashen.

"Come on, he really did attack a Celestial Dragon?"

"Not just attack—he killed a Celestial Dragon."

Sakazuki growled through clenched teeth.

Huang Yuan's expression hardened, then he stood up, scratching his head:

"This is truly an unprecedented event. Terrifying... that kid."

"Admiral, what should we do? Should I go? Two years ago he nearly killed Kuma, that monster—now, I'm not sure I can handle him."

"I know. Sakazuki and Kuzan aren't at headquarters now. Go hold him off first; I'll send Sakazuki right after." Sakazuki's face remained grim: "That man cannot be left unchecked—he must be eliminated!"

"Understood. I'll head there immediately. Have Shaktiwan bring the Pacifistas aboard a warship afterward."

Huang Yuan's body turned to photons and vanished from sight.

Sakazuki immediately contacted Sakazuki, who was hunting pirates in the Grand Line, ordering him to drop everything and head straight for the Sabaody Archipelago.

…………

Sabaody Archipelago.

Momonga swung a naval-issue longsword slash, but Luo En sidestepped it, then struck midair with a punch—its force drove Momonga back over ten meters.

Then he vanished and reappeared before the fleeing Saint Rozwald, his silver revolver pointing its black muzzle at the center of the man's forehead, pressed against the bubble helmet covering his head.

"No, don't kill—"

Bang!

The final bullet of the silver revolver exploded his skull.

Everyone present stared in stunned silence as the headless corpse swayed twice, then collapsed face-forward, blood gushing from its severed neck.

The second Celestial Dragon killed today.

"We're done for—this is truly over!"

Someone clutched his head, face filled with despair: "A Celestial Dragon died here! The Admirals will come with their armies! The World Government is the sky of this world—if the sky angers, no one here will escape!"

"Idiot! It wasn't us who did it—they'll only hunt him, Traveler Luo En!"

Someone said, sweat pouring down his face.

"Could it be... that Traveler Luo En will fight the Admirals here?"

Someone swallowed hard; the scene of the Drum Island battle still burned vividly in his memory.

"Should we run?"

"Yes, hurry and escape!"

Some pirates felt the urge to retreat—they had no desire to face Admirals and Marines.

Others, confident in their own strength, chose to stay and watch, waiting to see how events would unfold.

Luo En released his grip; the silver revolver sank into rippling void.

Amid the stunned and horrified gazes of all present.

With his eyes closed, he reached into the void and drew forth another longsword, its scabbard blood-red.

The killing intent and razor edge radiating from that blade sent chills through the pirates, each with a bounty nearing a hundred million.

Momonga stared at the crimson blade, his eyes widening slightly.

"That sword... could it be...?"

Tina, watching Luo En holding the Bloodblade Moon, couldn't help shouting: "Luo En, that's enough! What else do you intend to do?"

"Kill."

Luo En said calmly.

In Tina's widened eyes.

He drew the blade and slashed toward one direction.

With a casual, offhand motion.

A blood-red slash, slender as a crescent moon, cleaved toward the slave auction house on a street several miles away.

The blood-colored slash split the slave auction house—gilded and splendid on the outside, filthy and evil within—right from the Root, cleaving it cleanly in two, top from bottom.

Saint Charlos, who had been gleefully auctioning slaves inside, hadn't even had time to register what was happening before he and the nobles and wealthy merchants in the other seats were all sliced clean through at the waist, cut in two; in an instant, blood flowed like a river.

Luo En sheathed his blade.

Everyone present stared at him, utterly speechless.

Whoosh!

A peach-pink, razor-sharp slash sliced diagonally toward Luo En.

Luo En's figure flashed; he dodged the slash, blinked to the grassy ground beside Peach Rabbit, and faced her with a calm expression: "Peach Rabbit, still want to fight me?"

Peach Rabbit gripped an ordinary long blade, eyes fixed on him as she said: "I have no choice. I'm still a Marine Headquarters Admiral candidate, after all—whatever happens, I have to stand on the Marines' side."

"The Marines' side, is it… I see."

Luo En gave a small nod: "The Marines' side means watching the Celestial Dragons kill people at will and even protecting them. Rather than protecting the innocent weak who've been harmed, the Marines prioritize protecting the ones who commit the violence?"

"Can a Marine force like that truly bear the weight of justice?"

Peach Rabbit could find no words.

Tina also lowered her head, silver teeth clenched tight, fists balled.

The other civilians who had heard Luo En's words also cast doubtful, disgusted glances toward the two women and the Marine soldiers who had come to reinforce them.

Quite a few Marine soldiers shamefully lowered their heads.

"Whether the Marines can bear the weight of justice is not something for a criminal to question."

A lazy, drawling voice drifted down from the sky.

Whoosh!

A dazzling laser beam shot from the sky toward Luo En below.

As if he had foreseen it all along, Luo En didn't even look up—just drew his blade and slashed toward the heavens.

The blood-colored sword-light and the dazzling laser collided.

The laser was sliced apart in an instant.

Bang!

Huang Yuan, who had appeared in the sky, held the Ama no Murakumo sword—formed from condensed photons—in both hands and blocked the slash.

"It's Marine Headquarters Admiral Huang Yuan!"

"It's actually him—how fast!"

"With him here, there's no escaping."