Chapter 66: Roger's Crew Stunned: The Captain's Move Was Stolen! (2)
The instant Ace and the Shodai Kitetsu clashed, Rono and Roger unleashed their Conqueror's Haki simultaneously.
Zzzzt! Zzzzt!
Dark red sparks, unique to the clash of Conqueror's Haki, appeared in the air!
Beneath everyone's feet, the ground began to crack.
"Aren't these two guys good friends? Why did they start fighting as soon as they met?"
"With the strength of these two, fighting on Hachinosu, do they want to destroy this island?"
Golden Lion, Silver Axe, Wang Zhi, Charlotte Linlin, and others were stunned.
"The Captain is at it again. This is Hachinosu, the base of the Rocks Pirates!"
"Fighting with the other side's Vice Captain, he's completely disregarding the consequences."
Rayleigh, Gaban, Bullet, and other crew members of the Roger Pirates expressed their headaches.
But even so, no one stepped forward to stop them.
The reason was simple: getting casually involved in the battle between these two could result in injury.
[Congratulations Host, successfully picked up top-tier Conqueror's Haki, current progress: 34.9%!]
[Congratulations Host, successfully picked up top-tier Armament Haki, current progress: 35.7%!]
[Congratulations Host, successfully picked up top-tier Observation Haki, current progress: 42.2%!]
[Congratulations Host, successfully picked up Great Swordsman level swordsmanship, current progress: 50.6%!]
A series of prompts sounded, and Rono was slightly surprised.
He could actually pick up some things, although very little.
Almost negligible, but it still explained some issues.
It seemed that Roger's strength was also growing rapidly, not much weaker than his own!
"Hahaha, Rono, you've grown a lot too!"
Roger was secretly surprised.
He originally thought that after much experience, his strength would startle Rono, but he didn't expect this outcome.
As expected of the man who became the Vice Captain of the Rocks Pirates.
Boom, boom, boom!
The two sides clashed fiercely.
Conqueror's Coating, Advanced Armament Haki (Ryuo), and a clash of swordsmanship.
Every collision caused terrifying tremors!
The ground of Hachinosu began to shatter, and the entire island felt like it was shaking!
"To be on par with Vice Captain Rono, this Roger is not simple!"
"That's right, they are indeed evenly matched!"
Silver Axe, Wang Zhi, Golden Lion, and others were shocked by Roger's strength.
Rono was a powerhouse who could cut off an Elder's arm in a short time.
Roger was actually on par with Rono; doesn't that mean this guy's strength is even greater than theirs?
"Watching them fight so happily, I really want to join the battle."
Seeing Rono and Roger fight, flames also ignited in Whitebeard's eyes!
These two were not just clashing, they were communicating!
A communication between friends and rivals!
This feeling made Whitebeard yearn for it too!
If he wasn't afraid that Hachinosu couldn't withstand it, Whitebeard would probably have joined the battle by now!
On the other side, the Roger Pirates were also surprised that Rono could match their captain.
As expected of "The Most Heinous Criminal" with a bounty of 3.5 billion!
Soon the battle entered a fever pitch.
The airwaves and energy from their collision had destroyed almost all the houses on Hachinosu Island.
But Roger and Rono didn't notice this at all.
"Divine Departure!" (Kamusari)
In the heat of the moment, Roger swung his sword with all his might, unleashing his strongest move, Divine Departure!
A slash of sword energy that seemed capable of destroying a mountain peak swept out.
The moment he released it, Roger thought to himself, "Oh no."
He was just sparring and didn't intend to hurt Rono.
"Interesting! Just in time to test whose Divine Departure is stronger!"
Rono also got excited, waving the Shodai Kitetsu!
Then, a slash of sword energy identical to Roger's swept out!
"Is this? Captain Roger's move!"
"It was... learned by Rono?"
Witnessing this scene, the members of the Roger Pirates were also stunned on the spot!
Rumor had it that "The Most Heinous Criminal" possessed a monstrous talent to learn any move just by seeing it once.
At the time, the members of the Roger Pirates just treated it as a joke.
They didn't expect it to be true!
In this sea, there was actually someone who could do such a thing!
Boom boom!
Both Divine Departures came menacingly, with astonishing power!
Before they even clashed, just the energy fluctuations that erupted caused the small hills on Hachinosu Island to begin collapsing!
"Not good, if this continues, we can't stay in this place!"
"Are these two guys only happy if they destroy the island?"
Seeing this, even Division Commanders like Silver Axe and Wang Zhi felt the danger and hurriedly left their spots.
The members of the Roger Pirates also saw the danger and hurriedly moved out of the way.
In the moment of urgency, a figure suddenly rushed into the sword energy of the two!
Whoosh!
An aura even more powerful than Rono and Roger shot into the sky!
With one fist catching one slash of sword energy, he then threw both slashes into the sky!
Rumble!
The two slashes flew into the sky, erupting with terrifying energy, blasting a swirling deep hole in the sky!
"He actually... actually blocked the clash between Captain Roger and the monster Rono!"
"Is this the Overlord of the Sea, Rocks?"
The Roger Pirates were thoroughly shocked!
Blocking the terrifying sword energy of two monsters with his physical body!
This Rocks was even more terrifying than a monster!
"Do you want to destroy Hachinosu?"
Having done all this, Rocks came to Rono and Roger and asked.
"Sorry, got a little carried away. I... I can't afford to pay for the destroyed houses."
Roger said embarrassedly.
Only now did he notice that the houses on Hachinosu Island had been razed to the ground.
"Don't worry, the Captain won't be angry about these things."
Rono patted Roger on the shoulder, looking indifferent.
Rono knew Rocks' personality very well.
On the ship, he had never seen Rocks get angry.
This was the privilege of the strong on Rocks' ship!
Even if a crew member was killed in front of him, Rocks wouldn't frown.
The strong could do whatever they wanted in the Rocks Pirates!
This was Rocks' way of ruling!
"It doesn't matter. By the way, Roger, what exactly did you come here for?"
Sure enough, the next moment Rocks spoke to Roger, and there was no hint of anger in his tone.
"Right, almost forgot! Something big is happening!"
Reminded by Rocks, Roger remembered the reason he came here.
"God Valley is the site of the Celestial Dragons' sacrificial ritual, you should know that, right?"
"Of course, we are discussing going to God Valley," Rono replied.
God Valley, the territory of the Celestial Dragons.
Holding a sacrificial ritual there every four years seemed to be an iron rule of the Celestial Dragons.
But Rono didn't care about these details.
What was important was that at the sacrificial ritual, all adult Celestial Dragons must attend!
This was what Rono should care about!
"For the battle at God Valley, the World Government has made full preparations!"
"This time the Five Elders have mobilized all available forces!"
Roger said worriedly.
"All forces?"
Hearing this, the high-ranking members of the Rocks Pirates present frowned slightly.
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