Inside Rocks' slightly dilated pupils, several figures walking through the rain were reflected.
When he saw that familiar crescent-moon hairstyle, the trace of joy from surviving a disaster instantly vanished from Rocks' heart.
His heart sank directly to the bottom.
He wasn't worried about his own safety.
He was worried about Garp and Roger, who were lying on the ground beside him.
"Garp! Roger! You... run! It was I who dragged you down. You two must not die here! Otherwise... I won't even be able to die in peace!!"
Rocks screamed frantically in his heart, trying once again to let Roger and Garp hear his inner voice.
Roger and Garp did indeed hear his intense inner voice.
But the two of them were helpless.
Escape?
That was impossible.
Their current state was not a bit better than Rocks'.
Not only were their Haki and stamina completely exhausted...
But there were also the tragic, heavy injuries they had sustained from being beaten by Rocks during their previous battle with the demonized Rocks.
It was already a miracle that they weren't dead yet.
"Oh, look! Aren't these the two most powerful pirates in the world today, Rocks D. Xebec and Gold Roger?"
"I really didn't expect that I would have the honor of killing two birds with one stone today, eradicating two tumors for the World Government at once."
Garling walked over leisurely, a gratified smile appearing on his face as he looked at the three men lying on the ground.
He glanced at Garp, who was prone on the ground, and snorted coldly.
"Marine! Hmph! Ungrateful fellow. To think a Marine would actually join forces with pirates... Forget it. Considering you took down Rocks, I won't bother settling the score with you."
He walked up to Roger, who was sitting on the ground, and slowly drew the long sword at his waist.
"Before enjoying the main course, let's have some dessert. A pirate with a bounty of four billion Berries shouldn't taste too bad."
With a delighted smile curling his lips, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and the long sword in his hand suddenly stabbed down hard at Roger's neck.
*Squelch!*
Blood splattered, and an arm clutching a long sword was thrown high into the air.
"Higan Jata!"
Rayleigh descended from the sky, severing Garling's right hand with a single strike.
He then quickly stooped down and reached out for Roger.
Simultaneously, a brilliant flash of axe light shot from a distance, whistling past Rayleigh's head, slicing Garling Somaz standing behind him, and several other members of the God's Knights in half at the waist!
Jabba, clutching his axes, pounced like a cheetah, grabbed Garp from the ground, flung him over his shoulder, and together with Rayleigh, who had Roger on his back, quickly turned and sprinted away without hesitation.
"Run, Rayleigh!! Don't get entangled with these unkillable bastards. It's more important to get them back to the ship for treatment!"
Seeing Rayleigh and Jabba pick up Roger and Garp and turn to run, Garling, whose arm and waist had been severed, suddenly looked extremely grim.
Beside him, Somaz didn't say a word, his hands waving as a large number of thorned spikes were about to shoot from his palms.
Garling said with a dark face, "Forget it, let them go. They're just a few insignificant characters anyway."
Black mist emerged from his severed body, rapidly regenerating him. He picked up his sword again and walked toward Rocks.
"As long as this sinner of the Davy Clan is still here, it's fine. If we kill him, The Master will surely be very pleased. Perhaps we can even sign a higher-level Covenant because of this."
Saying this, he raised his sword and looked down at the immobile Rocks. With a cold laugh, he stabbed down, the tip of the blade aimed right at Rocks' forehead!
"Die, Rocks!"
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning as thick as a towering ancient tree crashed down from the sky above, striking Garling with unerring precision amidst the stunned gazes of Somaz and the others.
*Boom!!*
Violent lightning completely enveloped Garling, making him groan. His crescent-moon hairstyle exploded into a smoking afro, and his entire body was paralyzed, trembling like a demon.
Although the lightning didn't injure him, it once again halted his movements.
The long sword aimed at Rocks' forehead also stopped right before his brow, unable to pierce through.
This made Garling fly into a humiliated rage.
"Bastard! Who's playing tricks?!"
Under his resentful gaze, a tall, white-haired figure stepped through the curtain of rain, approaching step by step.
"Get lost, Garling. You are not qualified to kill him."
"Who are you?! How dare you speak to me like that?" Garling suddenly looked at Carlo, his eyes full of killing intent.
"It's you, you bastard!"
Somaz recognized Carlo.
It was Carlo who had previously sliced him into powder and whipped up a gale to blow him all over the island, taking him a great deal of effort to restore his body.
Now, meeting his enemy, his eyes turned red with fury.
Without a second thought, Somaz waved his hand, and countless thorned spikes erupted from beneath Carlo's feet, coiling and stabbing toward him.
At the same time, he charged forward fiercely, clutching his long sword.
Seeing him move, the two God's Knights members beside him also pulled their blades with cold sneers and charged at Carlo.
Looking at the three God's Knights members charging at him, Carlo's face showed no expression.
He simply walked straight forward, a terrifying aura slowly blooming from his tall frame.
Beams of dazzling golden lightning burst from his body, expanding and exploding in all directions.
The thorned spikes coiling toward him were instantly shattered by the golden lightning.
"Is this... Haki? Golden Haki?" The Haki blooming from Carlo made the charging Somaz pause in shock.
However, he didn't stop, his long sword still slashing toward Carlo's chest.
Carlo ignored his attack, only looking at the two God's Knights members behind him.
His eyes suddenly lit up with a piercing red light.
In the next instant, two brilliant Lasers shot from Carlo's eyes, instantly crossing dozens of meters and hitting the two men behind Somaz, blowing the heads of the two God's Knights apart in an instant!
The headless bodies swayed for a few moments after rushing forward ten or so meters before crashing to the ground.
At the bloody cross-sections of their necks, a few flickers of golden lightning shimmered like a seal, preventing the two from regrowing their heads.
At the same time, the long sword Somaz swung also successfully slashed into Carlo's chest.
There was a loud *Clang!*
Somaz's wrist jolted violently, and the long sword in his hand almost flew out of his grip.
He stared dumbfoundedly at Carlo's chest, which didn't show even a single bloodstain, and slowly tilted his head up to look at Carlo.
A large hand grabbed down, clutching his face and lifting him off the ground.
"Bastard! Let me go! You lowly inferior!"
Somaz kicked and flailed his arms wildly, trying to break free, but it was in vain.
"Immortality Trait, is it?"
Carlo looked down indifferently at the struggling Somaz, who was like a flailing chick in his hand. He thrust the heavenly dragon halberd into the ground and casually grabbed Somaz's right wrist, snapping it.
*Crack.*
Somaz's right wrist was snapped 180 degrees, revealing pale white bone fragments.
He let out a blood-curdling scream, and the long sword in his hand immediately fell.
Carlo caught the sword and chopped down at Somaz's right arm.
The blade, wreathed in golden lightning, sliced through Somaz's right arm.
*Squelch!*
His right arm was severed at the elbow, and blood immediately sprayed out like a fountain.
"Aaaaah!" Somaz howled in agony, his body twitching as if having a seizure.
Carlo, expressionless, took another swing at Somaz's left arm.
The sharp blade sliced through, and Somaz's left arm detached from his body, blood spurting like an arrow.
Then the left leg.
And then, the right leg.
Under Garling's gaze, which was filled with both fury and chilling dread, Carlo held the incessantly screaming Somaz and, stroke by stroke, sliced him into a human stump.
No.
In the end, not even a stump was left.
Somaz's own sword pierced through his right eye socket, pinning his remaining head to the ground.
His body, severed into over a dozen pieces, lay scattered on the ground.
But even so, he was actually still not dead.
The characteristics of the Immortality Trait made it impossible for him to die.
But at this moment, Somaz was in a state worse than death.
All those severed parts of his body were flickering with golden lightning, which not only prevented his body from healing and recovering but also brought him hellish torture and pain.
Amidst Somaz's agonized wails, pitch-black Armament Haki surfaced on Garling's body, resisting the lightning crashing from above. Seeing all this, a fierce light appeared in his eyes, and he swung his sword at Rocks once more.
"Saying I'm not qualified to kill him? Then I'll kill him just to show you! You self-righteous bastard, who do you think you are!"
The moment he swung his sword again, the ground beneath Carlo's feet shattered.
In the next instant, a heavy halberd tore through the void, arriving first despite starting later, and slammed into Garling's long sword!
*Clang!*
Amidst the ear-piercing explosion, Garling's eyes filled with horror. Both hands gripping the sword snapped with a crack, and his hands, along with the sword, were slammed back against his own body.
*Boom!*
He spat out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying backward!
"I said, you are not qualified to kill him! The only person in this world qualified to kill him..."
"...is me!"