Killing, Rouge

Enel’s pupils dilated. He suddenly sensed that something was wrong.

Very wrong!

It wasn’t the helplessness from having half his body submerged in seawater, nor was it because that bug had just landed a solid punch on him, leaving him injured as the Satsui no Hado continuously damaged his flesh.

Rather, he felt that something was spreading through his body.

Enel forcibly suppressed the weakness caused by the seawater soaking part of his body. He had been lucky—when that punch sent him flying, he had not landed directly in the sea. Otherwise, he would likely have drowned already.

This was the greatest weakness of Devil Fruit Ability Users.

Huff~

Huff~

Enel panted heavily. That bug, which had become incomparably ferocious, did not pursue him.

Enel suddenly felt an unbearable itch on his back. He pulled himself out of the seawater and regained his ability to move. Reaching back to scratch himself, he discovered that the itchy spot was behind his Thunder Drums.

With a thought, electric currents flowed across his back, but the stimulation had no effect at all. Instead, the itching grew even more intense.

"What’s going on…"

A bad premonition suddenly rose in Enel’s heart. From above his neck, he slipped his fingers beneath the Thunder Drums, only for a sharp pain to suddenly shoot through them, as though something had bitten him.

At that moment, a tremendous sense of abnormality and terror filled Enel’s heart.

The next moment, Enel’s entire body shuddered, and black mist began to emerge from his back…

Critical Point and the others tried to steer their speedboat around the Grand Fleet when they saw golden-red light crash down from the sky, followed by a monstrous tsunami.

In an instant, Skuld Island was smashed apart down the middle.

The black mist dispersed as well.

Michelin endured the backlash tearing through her mind. Her eyes rolled white as she forcefully tore her hands apart before her. Howling winds directly split apart the ten-meter-high waves, preventing them from capsizing and falling into the sea.

"What exactly is this…"

Michelin no longer dared to use her psychic detection ability to investigate the situation on the island. She could only guess that Garp had fought someone on the island. Was it Enel?!

Could Enel make Garp go that far?

At that moment, Critical Point suddenly regained his connection with Untouchable. He realized that his Stand was currently at a rather high vantage point. Below it, a three-meter-tall Flame Dragon exploded into a pile of flesh and blood.

Mercenary Tao, that ugly-faced man, was bathed in Dragon Blood as he instantly lunged at another monster, only to be blocked by Garp.

Then Mercenary Tao turned into a white streak and dove toward the sea in an instant. The waves churned as his arms hung behind him and he ran across the waves.

Critical Point’s pupils contracted. Through his Stand, he had already seen the Grand Fleet’s position, as well as… his own group, like tiny black dots, directly in Mercenary Tao’s path.

"Watch out, Mercenary Tao is coming!"

Critical Point gave a hurried warning. The Gauss Sniper Rifle V2, over two meters long, was raised in an instant. He turned, and in barely 0.5 seconds, had already aimed at his own Stand.

The next moment, an electromagnetic pulse roared.

Bang!

An electromagnetic round fired instantly.

The others on the speedboat were still somewhat confused.

What did he mean, Mercenary Tao was coming?

Mercenary Tao was the guy Moon Demon had been hunting, right? He wasn’t dead yet?

The next second, they heard their captain fire again. His posture was exceptionally grim.

Obsidian pulled Michelin aside and stepped to the bow. Every inch of his muscles expanded as a piece of pitch-black special alloy appeared in his hand. Once he gripped it, his body began to transform inch by inch into the same material.

This was Obsidian’s superpower. He could alter his body’s structure into any special material he had touched. Aside from magical metals, his body would also gain the corresponding properties of that material.

Seeing the state Critical Point and Obsidian were in, Michelin instantly curled herself up as well. Only the ponytailed woman still stood at the stern of the speedboat, pinching the hilt of her sword between two fingers. Standing on her tiptoes at the very edge of the boat, she remained steady no matter how the wind and waves tossed it around.

"Crazy woman, stop losing it and be careful."

But the woman merely curled her lips into a cruel smile. The next moment, she abruptly spun and leaped up, drawing her sword at the sea.

A white streak had already appeared in that direction.

The instant it entered their field of vision, the wind and waves tore through the air. As the speedboat was violently knocked backward, Obsidian slightly spread his stance and felt a tremendous force slam into him from the front.

Boom!

The tyrannical impact of black Conqueror’s Haki pierced through Obsidian’s body in an instant. That special black metal, impervious to ice and fire, could not withstand the piercing force of Conqueror’s Haki. Michelin, hiding behind him, was struck by the shockwave again. Her face turned pale, and her limbs trembled. For a moment, she was unable to unleash her psychic storm.

Bai Cangshu threw a punch, then instantly crouched.

Obsidian’s pupils shrank as an electromagnetic round, launched from afar by Captain Critical Point’s Stand, accelerated back toward them.

Bang!

Electric light burst before Obsidian. He was blown away, exposing Critical Point’s figure beside him.

Critical Point’s pupils contracted. So fast—how could he be this fast?!

How had Mercenary Tao dodged this kind of ricochet snipe? Observation Haki?

Thoughts flooded through his mind. Amid the chaos, a streak of Scarlet sword light erupted from behind.

Rouge, another fiend who had once been infamous, possessed an abnormal obsession with killing. But after her teammates died one after another, she had eventually faded into obscurity. She had joined this team two months ago.

At that instant, this vicious woman seemed to have rediscovered her former self. With incomparably sharp instincts, she sensed Mercenary Tao’s attack trajectory and struck down in advance with a seemingly miraculous slash, as though Mercenary Tao had deliberately thrown himself into it.

Tiger Eye Meteor!

This terrifying secret technique exerted force in an almost impossible manner, allowing a sword swing to erupt with power far beyond the user’s physical limits.

The ruthless slash was so fierce one could almost smell blood.

Bai Cangshu looked up just then and happened to see the Scarlet sword light descend through the air, along with the cruel smile on the woman’s lips. That kind of killing intent could never come merely from killing a few Reincarnators in the Space.

This woman was probably a serial killer in the real world too.

Clang!

Bai Cangshu turned sideways and threw a punch. Lava erupted, and the speedboat exploded in an instant. Amid the flames, the Scarlet sword force plunged directly into Bai Cangshu’s body.

But accompanied by the terrifying sound of metal striking metal, Rouge’s katana snapped in two on the spot.

Huff!

Radiant Flame ignited across Rouge’s body in an instant.

At last, the woman felt piercing pain, but her smile only became brighter. She caught the broken blade spinning through the air in a reverse grip, suddenly twisted in midair, and plunged into the blazing explosion.

On the other side, Michelin and Critical Point, who had been blown away, both felt their hearts sink. Ignoring the danger, Critical Point raised his rifle and fired another shot at Mercenary Tao’s position within the flames.

Bang!

"Madman, don’t!"

Michelin screamed in despair, slamming her hands together.

Boom!

Countless Wind Blades slashed into the explosion, immediately blowing away the smoke and flames.

Within the firelight, Rouge’s clothes had been burned away, revealing her long body covered in scars. Like an asura, the woman twisted both hands around the blade and drove it into Mercenary Tao’s eye socket.

They won?!

But Critical Point watched Mercenary Tao, whose shoulder had been blasted open by his second shot, and saw the smile on his face—crueler even than Rouge’s. His heart kept sinking.

"Ugh… Go, Captain Critical Point…"

The woman’s voice was so faint it was almost inaudible. Only then did Michelin see that Rouge’s chest had been completely pierced through by a terrifying arm. Amid purple-black ripples, a shattered heart was plainly clutched in its hand.

Beep, beep, beep…

A bomb on Rouge’s left hand had already activated. The woman, burdened with countless killings, wore a relieved smile. But Bai Cangshu lowered his eyelids. His right hand seemed to vanish as he instantly tore off the woman’s left arm and casually flung it away.

Boom!

The explosion swallowed them both. Bai Cangshu withdrew his arm as the woman’s corpse sank into the sea.

Watching the body gradually turn into scarlet light and disappear, he shook his head.

Tch, so this is the heart? Fragile, yet unafraid of death.