Chapter 175: Life Return
"We're going too."
Camon licked his lips, a cruel smile appearing in his eyes.
Immediately after, his body burst forward as he charged toward the Marines.
Boom! At the rear of the ship, Ryuryu slowly stood up. His terrifying height blocked out the sun in the sky, darkness blanketing the ground as a pair of eyes like blazing suns swept across the surroundings.
Then his massive hand slammed toward the city wall.
Rumble!! The towering wall was smashed through like foam, a huge breach blasted open. Countless chunks of stone flew everywhere, and the Marines on top were reduced to bloody pulp.
"Kill!"
Jonathan appeared in midair. The blade in his hand came crashing down, slashing toward the Raptorex.
Suddenly, a figure surged up toward him from below, completely silent.
Boom!!
Jonathan reversed his blade and stabbed straight downward.
A terrifying shockwave swept outward.
Jonathan's heart jolted—an attack on par with his own surged up from beneath his blade.
He was instantly blasted away.
The two landed on a corridor.
Only then did Jonathan see clearly who had attacked him.
It was a man even taller than himself, powerfully built with a ferocious face—someone he had never seen on any bounty poster.
"You… are mine."
The Emperor Crocodile's golden vertical pupils locked onto him as he spoke calmly.
Meanwhile, back on the Dragon Flame, Ryuryu did not actively kill anyone. He simply continued smashing the walls, wreaking destruction.
Jonathan had no mood to waste time with nonsense. If he dragged this out any longer, all of his subordinates would be wiped out.
"Soru!"
He shouted coldly. The air trembled violently, and he vanished from where he stood.
In the next instant, he appeared directly in front of the Emperor Crocodile. The famed blade in his hand was so fast it left no trace, instantly reaching the Emperor Crocodile's neck.
"Armament."
The Emperor Crocodile uttered two words.
A streak of black light crept up his neck.
Clang!!
Sparks flew. The Emperor Crocodile tilted his head slightly, a faint line of blood appearing on his neck.
"What…"
Jonathan's pupils shrank as he thought inwardly, "Such powerful Armament Haki!"
"Roar—" The Emperor Crocodile opened his massive jaws, a gaping, blood-red maw snapping toward him, a stench rushing straight at his face.
"Soru!" His figure vanished instantly.
Boom!! The enormous crocodilian jaws bit into empty air, producing a sonic boom.
"A Devil Fruit user too… where do all these monsters come from?"
Jonathan's expression darkened as his mind raced. At the same time, Armament Haki crawled up his blade. The weapon in his hand transformed into countless afterimages as he slashed toward his opponent.
The Emperor Crocodile's mouth reverted to human form. Thick, black crocodile hide covered his body, while Armament Haki coated both fists as he charged forward to meet the attack.
Boom boom boom!!
Fists collided with blade. Deafening explosions rang out as shockwaves swept in all directions.
Sparks flew everywhere, and Jonathan was forced back step by step.
Although each strike of the blade left wounds on the Emperor Crocodile's fists, he paid them no mind—the injuries were visibly healing at a speed discernible to the naked eye.
Boom! Jonathan was blasted away by a punch, smashing heavily into a wall and carving out a circular, spiderwebbed crater.
"Life Return · Super Gale!"
Gritting his teeth, Jonathan's aura surged again and again. At the same time, his hair began to grow wildly, his Marine cap falling to the ground.
His blazing red hair extended like vines, dancing violently in the air.
Buzz!! That crimson hair suddenly transformed into blade-like weapons radiating cold light—eight of them in total.
His skin turned scarlet, emitting intense heat, metallic gleams flashing across its surface.
"Justice · Ninefold Inferno!"
He roared. A terrifying presence erupted.
A Shura hellscape appeared behind him, dark crimson flames raging as the surrounding walls began to melt.
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