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“DAMN IT!”
Gecko Moria looked at Aokiji angrily.
At this moment, Aokiji was dealing with Gecko Moria. Among the future Seven Warlords, Gecko Moria’s strength was at the bottom.
“DON’T PUSH YOUR LUCK. I’M NOT THE ONLY PIRATE HERE.” Gecko Moria roared angrily.
Seeing his subordinates being frozen by Aokiji, Gecko Moria was very angry.
Aokiji didn’t even look at Gecko Moria, exhaling a cold breath. His pirate subordinates were frozen again.
Suddenly—
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
Marine reinforcements arrived, and cannonballs rained down continuously. A great battle officially began.
Facts proved that one shouldn’t easily come to watch a show. Now, none of these onlookers had a good end. Even Shanks was injured, blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, a scar on his face.
“Captain, hurry up and run!”
Lucky Roux shouted to Shanks.
Shanks heard Lucky Roux’s shout and showed a bitter smile. If he could go, he would have gone.
“You guys go first. I’ll find a way to get out,” Shanks shouted to Lucky Roux and the others after retreating.
“HUH?? YOU STILL THINK YOU CAN RUN?” Akainu sneered. His attack became even more fierce, completely suppressing Shanks.
Shanks didn’t even have a chance to speak, desperately blocking Akainu’s attack.
“Let’s go.” Benn Beckman, the vice-captain, said seriously to the others.
“What do you mean? Are we just going to leave the Captain here?”
The Red-Haired Pirates valued camaraderie very much—they were very close to each other.
“We’re just a burden. Only if we leave can Shanks escape.”
Benn Beckman asked the others.
If not for holding back Akainu, Shanks could definitely escape. Though he wasn’t Akainu’s match now, escaping from Akainu’s hands was still no problem.
“Alright, let’s go. If something really happens to the captain, we’ll just come back and kill them. Yasopp, you go help him.” Lucky Roux said to Yasopp.
Yasopp was a sniper.
After strengthening his bullets with Armament Haki, he could also pose some threat to Akainu. At least he could help Shanks share some of the pressure. This was still achievable.
Yasopp didn’t speak. He had actually been helping Shanks share the pressure all along—or Akainu would have severely injured Shanks several times already.
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“Let’s go too.”
Shin, seeing most of the pirate crews fleeing, didn’t plan to stay here any longer. So he prepared to leave.
Olvia nodded. She went to operate the ship. Olvia was still the navigator on the sea. If it were in the first half of the Grand Line, Olvia actually wouldn’t be needed. The female warriors of the Kuja Pirates could handle it.
But this was the New World.
The surrounding sea was unfamiliar to the Kuja Pirates—who were new to the New World. Only Olvia, in search of the Poneglyphs, had been to the New World and was more familiar with it.
Without a familiar navigator, they would get lost in the New World. Even the Log Pose was useless because the magnetic field here was constantly changing.
The New World was a sea of death. A pirate crew that wasn’t fully prepared would only find a dead end in the New World.
Just as Shin’s pirate crew was about to leave, a ball of magma smashed towards them.
“<Thunder Dragon!>”
With a wave of his hand, Shin used the ability of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit to create a huge Thunder Dragon. It was no less impressive than the dragon Kaido had transformed into, even more majestic.
“ROARRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!”
The Thunder Dragon roared, then fiercely charged towards the distance, swallowing the ball of magma.
Without losing momentum, it went straight for Akainu, who was fighting Shanks.
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Yes, this ball of magma was thrown by Akainu…
Though Aokiji had told Akainu before. Akainu still couldn’t hold back. Seeing Shin’s Kuja Pirates about to leave, he couldn’t help but act.
“Looks like he has a death wish.”
Shin’s calm gaze fell on Akainu. He wasn’t angry.
After all, if an ant tried to hit you, would he get angry with an ant?? If he was really annoyed, he could just squash it. Though Akainu was a Marine Admiral, in Shin’s eyes, he really wasn’t much stronger than an ant.
Akainu had no time to say anything now. Facing the attack from Shin, even Akainu had to be serious.
“Good opportunity.”
Shanks, seeing Akainu cautiously defending against Shin, had a gleam of light flash in his eyes.
Taking the opportunity, he slashed a sword light at Akainu, then turned and left, not wanting to fight Akainu anymore.
If he continued to fight, he would lose.
Originally, Shanks had a hard time finding an opportunity to escape. But now Akainu had offered the opportunity on a silver platter.
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“DAMN IT!”
Akainu used Observation Haki and discovered that Shanks had escaped. He had no way to stop him.
Akainu still needed to block Shin’s attack.
This time Akainu was downright foolish. If he hadn’t pissed off Shin—there was a great chance to capture Shanks.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
The sound of lightning exploding rang out. Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled in the void. The magma on Akainu’s body was blasted apart.
Fortunately, Akainu could elementalize, transforming into magma. Otherwise, Akainu would have been killed for sure.
“Oh, I forgot you were a Logia Devil Fruit user—” Shin just realized he had forgotten an important thing.
Elementalization could grant immunity to physical attacks. Though lightning was energy, for elementalization, it could still be immune.
If it were Aokiji’s ice, he would probably be severely injured by the lightning. The high temperature carried by the lightning could melt Aokiji’s body.
Not telling Akainu he wasn’t afraid. So the grandiose attack Shin had just launched didn’t cause much damage to Akainu.
Akainu was actually not feeling well either. The elementalization of Logia could indeed resist damage, but it also consumed stamina.
“Tell me, Akainu… How do you wanna die??”
Shin crossed his arms and looked at Akainu. Bold move… If Shin don’t make him pay for that, wouldn’t that just be letting him walk away scot-free?
Shin wouldn’t let Akainu off easy.
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