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Chapter 1137: Why Not Just Surrender and Be Ground to Death?
Chapter 1137: Why Not Just Surrender and Be Ground to Death?
Cannon fire, torrential rain, tsunamis—no escape.
Shanks, pirates, fragile dinghies—all adrift in chaos.
The relentless rain slashed like blades, keeping their officers in constant turmoil as they activated full-body Armament Haki to withstand the summoned deluge.
This wasn't ordinary rain or a normal attack.
Ben Beckman could sense the extreme rotational force and crushing power embedded in each falling Raindrop Slash.
"Stay uninjured! If you're already wounded, don't let this rain touch your wounds!" he warned urgently.
He had a bad feeling—if they failed to block these Raindrop Slashes and the rain seeped into their wounds, it wouldn't just be a simple cut anymore.
Sky's Kuro sneered from above. "Good instincts. But you'll just have to endure."
Azure Dragon Rain was a powerful technique from the Telekinesis Blade series. Each raindrop carried the Azure Dragon's Mystic Art, essentially a wide-area version of 'Azure Dragon.' While a single Raindrop Slash lacked the raw power of the Azure Dragon's full strike, their sheer quantity—like an endless storm—became their strength. Once infiltrating the enemy, these slashes would reduce them into meat pulp!
Judging from Kuro's perspective, their physical durability didn't reach Kaido-tier monstrosity. They were merely mid-tier in that aspect, their only advantage being exceptional Haki mastery.
The Red Hair Pirates were the only Four Emperors' crew renowned purely for Haki quantity. Their semi-elite structure meant every crew member was world-famous, even the grunts possessing bounties worth tens of millions. They were hailed as the most balanced pirate crew.
But balance meant no standout advantages—no real power.
Kuro's wide-area Aoe shattered that 'balance.'
His combat power far surpassed most of the Red Hair Pirates.
The earlier laser cannon barrage was already beyond some crew members' capabilities to block. Now this endless rain simply drained their Haki reserves.
With no solid ground in sight—only scattered dinghies—Shanks had to constantly evade surging tsunamis and vortices while fending off the rainstorm. Ben Beckman shared the same struggle. The rest of the crew barely managed to keep the rain at bay with their Haki alone.
Kuro had never felt so stable. Fighting any of the Four Emperors was usually a deadly gamble. Yet, facing Red-Haired Shanks felt surprisingly secure.
Because this guy couldn't fly!
Aerial dominance allowed him to be brutally aggressive and shamelessly inescapable.
"Charging complete."
After holding the stalemate, Kuro glanced upward as the laser cannon neared full charge, smirking. "Come, take anoth—"
Boom!
Before the word "cannon" escaped, Shanks' eyes suddenly flared. The dark clouds Kuro had dispersed earlier thickened again as Conqueror's Haki erupted in a jet-black storm, engulfing Kuro and the ships above.
This time's Conqueror's Haki was ferociously intense!
Even Kuro faltered, his body freezing mid-action.
The Navy's aura from the Golden Lion ship faded further. The soldiers Kuro brought had likely been utterly overwhelmed, collapsing unconscious.
With their incapacitation, the fully charged laser cannon sputtered out.
That weapon still required human operation—without sufficient operators, it was useless.
On the Golden Lion, Sazil and Fen Ni trembled. Ju Geng frowned deeply while Klah turned grim. Moer remained expressionless, but Lida shouted downward: "Kuro! Everyone's knocked out!"
"Understood!"
Kuro responded, glancing below. "You're cleverer than you look."
Red-Haired Shanks grinned. "If you kept firing those troublesome laser cannons, my crew might've been wiped out. Now aren't we in a similar situation?"
Kuro raised his fingers, lifting the Golden Lion and himself higher. "You're not escaping now!"
No footholds. No ships. Just endless Grand Line waters.
Would they jump into the sea?
Perfect. Kuro could hunt them even better underwater. None could escape his 'Sea Whirl Hell'—not even Silvers Rayleigh.
Kuro smirked. "See how your poor judgment cost your crew countless injuries. You're an incompetent captain."
Shanks laughed heartily. "The Grand Line was never safe. I'm a captain, not a babysitter. Pirates live by the blade."
With navies and pirates dying daily, his words held truth.
"But I never said I'd let you keep dominating me!"
Shanks raised his Rapier Griffin, eyes narrowing as his overwhelming Conqueror's Haki condensed entirely into his blade's form.
He swung upward, declaring solemnly: "Divine Evasion!"
Kuro's eyes widened. Instinctively raising Autumn Water, he smudged two fingers along the blade, unleashing golden light. "Shinmeiryu Style Mystic Art: Black Tortoise!"
A thick tortoise shell formed around Kuro and the ship above, creating a half-spherical shield. Coiling atop the shell was a serpent, its glowing eyes locking onto Shanks' group. Everyone except Shanks and Ben Beckman stiffened under its gaze.
"Bad!"
Ben Beckman gritted his teeth, firing directly at the serpent's head. The lead bullets accelerated with Haki, piercing through the snake's eyes like shattering glass.
Conqueror's Haki Encasement.
No surprise from the 'Vice Emperor.'
Meanwhile, Shanks' massive crescent slash roared toward Kuro's shield at incredible speed—nearly simultaneous with Ben's shot. Contacting the tortoise shell, the slash shattered the shield instantly.
Zizi—
Kuro tightened his grip on Autumn Water, golden lightning crackling along the blade as he gripped it with both hands, cleaving downward to intercept the devastating slash.
"Ultimate Mystic Art!!"
The glowing blade radiated even brighter golden light mid-swing, as if a dragon manifested along the edge, colliding with the incoming slash.
Boom!!
The sea below erupted into towering tsunamis, vortexes blasting outward beneath Kuro. The sky darkened unnaturally, air rippling with shockwaves.
"Damn it!"
Kuro gritted his teeth, struggling against the slash.
He hadn't expected this—the man had actually mastered a technique once used by Gol D. Roger.
The power level almost matched the Roger he faced back then.
Not quite peak strength, but dangerously close.
After resisting briefly, Kuro gritted his teeth again. His body flashed, and Autumn Water redirected the slash, letting it graze past his body.
"Oh? You couldn't block it entirely either."
Shanks smirked, eyeing the wounds on Kuro's face and the hair strands blown away.
Kuro floated high above, touched his wounded cheek, inhaled deeply, then suddenly raised his hand to the sky. "Really, wouldn't it be easier to just surrender and be ground to death?"
(End of Chapter)
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