Wang Shi ascended to the top of the execution platform, step by step, looking down at the crowd, exuding a magnificent aura.
"Roger, this height of yours is too low!"
Wang Shi grinned, his ambition was far greater.
He was preparing to usurp Imu's position as the King of the World.
A short-lived Pirate King, a useless Pirate King title, would not make Wang Shi envious.
Wang Shi, who was looking down at the crowd, was full of momentum, but he suddenly saw a green-robed figure on top of a building.
The green robe fluttering in the wind made Wang Shi's surging momentum solidify, and his eyes became extremely solemn.
This guy is actually in the East Blue!
Is he here to see his son?!
Wang Shi's gaze suddenly met the green-robed man's gaze.
The leader of the Revolutionary Army, Monkey D. Dragon!
The greatest enemy of the World Government and the various Allied Nations.
"The Emperor of the Goa Empire..."
"What is your conviction...?"
A voice carried by the strong wind reached Wang Shi's ears, full of oppressive power, making Wang Shi's platinum cape flap wildly.
Dragon, expressionless, was just passing through Loguetown this time, but he felt a faint aura and came over curiously to investigate.
It turned out that this was the Emperor of the Goa Empire, who had recently been in the limelight.
The new monarch of his hometown.
He knew Wang Shi, the King of Exile.
This could potentially become one of the Revolutionary Army's powerful enemies.
He was considering whether to eliminate this Emperor, who seemed to be awakening Haoshoku.
However, he learned that the current policies of the Goa Empire were not tyrannical at all; on the contrary, they were more lenient than other Allied Nations, and the people's lives would get better and better.
This made Dragon hesitate for a moment.
This kind of king was not a tyrannical king that the Revolutionary Army wanted to overthrow at present.
Moreover, if he were to kill Wang Shi, the renowned Goa Emperor, now, the World Government's retaliation against the Revolutionary Army would likely be very intense.
So he wanted to know Wang Shi's Haoshoku conviction, to see what kind of threat it posed!
"Do I have to answer just because you ask?! Monkey D. Dragon!"
Wang Shi stared intently at Dragon, an unprecedented sense of crisis making his hair stand on end.
But this sense of threat and oppression made him feel incredibly excited, and the aura erupting from his body became even more immense.
"You really know me. Aren't you afraid I'll kill you?"
Dragon looked coldly at Wang Shi; this was another lawless monster, just like the Four Emperors.
He had seen such eyes on those domineering and arrogant pirate overlords.
This Goa Emperor actually had such eyes too.
"Too many assumptions will make one lose the heart to rise against!"
At this moment, Wang Shi gave up thinking and instinctively resisted Dragon's pressure and killing intent, looking at Dragon without restraint.
He knew his opportunity had come.
He might die!
"Interesting! Regicide is not my wish! But disrespecting a strong person comes at a price, Goa Emperor!"
"Let me see your limits and your destiny!"
Haoshoku erupted from Dragon, and a solidified Wind Blade, shimmering with metallic reflections, carrying endless killing intent, rapidly slashed towards Wang Shi.
Above, the wind and clouds surged even more, the sky suddenly darkened, and heavy rain poured down in an instant.
A bolt of lightning illuminated the sky and earth, striking down with a roar towards Wang Shi on the execution platform.
The sudden change in weather frightened everyone in Dragon Square into a panic.
"Oh no!! An assassin!! Protect His Majesty!!"
Van Auger, who suddenly appeared, screamed in horror; he was the first to see the terrifying Wind Blade and dazzling lightning striking towards Wang Shi.
"What!!"
Eric and Edradgo shouted in alarm one after another.
But the sudden crushing, violent aura made them all dizzy and kneel down.
Saka supported himself with Snow Stroll, kneeling on one knee, his eyes filled with shock and fear.
Even Zoro propped himself up with his two swords, his veins bulging on his forehead, his teeth tightly clenched, blood seeping out.
He would never allow himself to kneel.
He still forced himself to look up at Wang Shi, who was being attacked on the execution platform.
"My attitude itself is my answer!"
Wang Shi did not choose to exile himself to avoid Dragon's killing intent; he frantically unleashed his Time Domain, forcefully exiling Dragon's terrifying Wind Blade and violent lightning.
"Hah!!!"
Wang Shi roared up to the sky, and the terrifying Wind Blade and terrifying lightning slowly disappeared.
Even Dragon's eyes narrowed at this scene; he didn't expect Wang Shi's Exile Power to be so powerful.
He could even exile his attacks.
"Very strong, but not enough!"
"Take this blow, and I will admit you have the right to disrespect me!"
Splashing black and red lightning erupted around Dragon, swirling around the second solidified Wind Blade.
This Haoshoku-infused Wind Blade broke through Wang Shi's Time Domain with a roar and slashed towards Wang Shi.
"The remote exile of the Time Domain really can't exile Haoshoku-infused attacks!!"
Looking at the rapidly approaching solidified Wind Blade, Wang Shi's eyes were filled with madness.
He still did not exile himself to escape this attack.
"Ah hahaha! Let me try the power of Haoshoku-infused attacks!"
Wang Shi's eyes burst forth with unprecedented madness; he actually drew his sword and slashed at the Haoshoku-infused Wind Blade.
A majestic aura erupted from Wang Shi's body, crushing outwards in all directions with a roar.
The people below the execution platform once again suffered an indiscriminate crushing from the aura, one by one rolling their eyes and falling down.
"Crack!"
Wang Shi's long sword shattered with a roar, the terrifying Haoshoku-infused power turning Wang Shi's long sword and clothes into dust, and hideous scars appeared on Wang Shi's body, splattering out gushes of blood.
"Boom!"
The Haoshoku-infused Wind Blade annihilated Wang Shi and the execution platform into dust.
The upper and middle parts of the towering execution platform completely disappeared, and even Wang Shi completely vanished.
"Dead?"
A trace of red light flashed in Dragon's eyes, and his face was a little solemn.
This was a bit troublesome!
He seemed to have really killed the Emperor of the Goa Empire.
He activated his Observation Haki to foresee the future, but he didn't see Wang Shi's figure even a few seconds later.
Observation Haki also couldn't detect Wang Shi's life force.
Wang Shi had truly disappeared, or truly died.
"How is that possible...?"
Dragon murmured softly; he clearly saw Wang Shi's confident and arrogant eyes.
Moreover, when Wang Shi resisted his Haoshoku-infused Wind Blade head-on, he did indeed awaken Haoshoku.
He didn't believe that Wang Shi, who had awakened Haoshoku, would die like this.
"Ah!! King Wang Shi is dead!!"
"It's the Revolutionary Army!!"
"It's over! Even Captain Smoker can't come back!"
Tashigi, who had endured two rounds of Haoshoku crushing, shakily supported herself with Shigure and stood up.
She looked at the green figure high above and immediately screamed in horror.
Endless fear and despair occupied her heart.
The Emperor of the Goa Empire was actually assassinated by the Revolutionary Army in Loguetown!
Even Captain Smoker, who was exiled by King Wang Shi, was forced to be buried with him.
Tashigi couldn't accept this result, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.
She survived two Haoshoku baptisms, but she actually fainted from fright.
Seeing more and more people looking at him, and even news reporters filming him,
Dragon frowned tightly and could only turn into a storm, leaving Loguetown first.
He really hadn't intended to kill Wang Shi when he came to the East Blue this time.
But he had a vague feeling that Wang Shi wouldn't die just like that.
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