As soon as these words were spoken, the entire venue fell silent.
But soon, laughter filled with mockery resonated across the deck.
"Hahaha, what is this pretty boy saying? Get past him? Although you are White Dove Ivan, you are heavily injured right now. You are no match for Captain Alvida!"
"That's right! Just thinking about capturing the famous White Dove of the East Blue makes me tremble with excitement!"
Amidst the compliments of the many pirates, Alvida covered her mouth and laughed loudly:
"Hahahaha! You bastards are right! I, Alvida, am the strongest and most beautiful female pirate in the entire East Blue, aren't I?"
"That's right! Captain Alvida is absolutely the most beautiful woman in the East Blue!"
Hearing the support ringing in her ears, Alvida's laughter grew louder. She looked at Ivan, who had a 'stubborn' look on his face, and said:
"Hey, White Dove, hurry up and surrender. If you insist on resisting, I won't go easy on a pretty face like yours!"
Lines of black appeared on Ivan's forehead. He was very satisfied with his high attractiveness in this life, but that was no reason for Alvida to harass him!
Previously, he was heavily injured and temporarily no match for Alvida, so he could only retreat for the time being. But now...
Ivan suddenly took a step forward and roared in anger, his voice temporarily suppressing the thunder from the sky and the roaring of the sea:
"Shut up, you damn old hag! You are the ugliest monster in the East Blue! I've put up with you for a long time! Today, I'm definitely going to kill you, you ugly freak!"
Ivan released the anger of being constantly chased in an instant, immediately feeling refreshed and his blood boiling.
But while he felt great, everyone else fell into shock and panic.
Especially the pirates under Alvida. They knew what their captain hated the most.
Although Alvida hated many things, what she hated most was undoubtedly being called an ugly freak.
After all, she loved calling herself the number one beauty in the East Blue!
The pirates stepped back several paces, staring fixedly at Alvida in unease:
"We're done for! This guy angered the Captain. She's definitely going to go crazy!"
"Let's stay far away. We absolutely can't get caught in the crossfire. Iron Mace Alvida in a rage is a monster!"
Sure enough, upon hearing Ivan call her an ugly freak and a damn old hag, Alvida's eyes darkened slightly, and most of her face was cast in shadow.
The next moment, veins bulged violently on her forehead, trembling constantly. Her obese hands gripped the iron mace tightly, applying force until the chilling sound of bones grinding could be heard.
She took a deep breath. She was now angry to the extreme.
"To actually call me an ugly freak... even if you are the man I've set my eyes on, this is unforgivable!" Alvida's muscles knotted all over her body as she swung the giant iron mace with all her might. "Go to hell!"
The mace, about one hundred and fifty centimeters long and weighing three hundred kilograms, cut through the air and the rain curtain, smashing toward Ivan's head at high speed.
This strike was enough to punch through the hull of a warship. If it landed on Ivan's head, the consequences would be unimaginable!
"Lieutenant Ivan!" the surrounding Marines roared in grief and indignation.
If it were normal times, they naturally wouldn't worry. But in the last battle with the Arlong Pirates, Lieutenant Ivan was heavily injured and had not yet healed. He was no match for Alvida!
They seemed to already see the image of Ivan's head exploding under the heavy blow of the mace!
Coby also showed a look of fear. If Lieutenant Ivan died, his fate would be even more tragic.
It seemed his life was about to be knocked into the abyss by Alvida's mace once again!
But unlike his anxious subordinates, Ivan was completely relaxed.
The mace, which previously required careful handling, now appeared incredibly slow in his eyes. The massive force capable of piercing a warship's hull seemed extremely weak.
Under everyone's gaze, he raised his hand and placed it in front of him.
Boom!
In an instant, palm and giant mace collided. The deck beneath Ivan's feet instantly shattered, kicking up dust.
Witnessing this scene, a tall pirate wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and mocked:
"Hahaha, that pretty boy must have been smashed into meat paste by the Captain's club. Now the Captain should have cooled down!"
But when the smoke cleared and the scene within was revealed to everyone, the pirate who had just been arrogant dropped his jaw, his face full of astonishment.
"No, this is impossible!" They voiced their shock one after another, unable to believe that what they were seeing was reality!
Even the Marines were the same. They knew Ivan quite well, and the scene before them was truly beyond common sense!
They saw Ivan holding the three-hundred-kilogram mace with one hand. In front of him, Alvida was sweating profusely, the muscles in her arms bulging as she clearly used all her strength, yet she could not pull the mace out of Ivan's grasp.
And Ivan's chest was clearly still bleeding; he was clearly still in a heavily injured state!
Seeing that she couldn't pull the mace from Ivan's hand even with her full strength, Alvida was far more shocked than the onlookers nearby.
Having fought Ivan several times, although she had been suppressed by him, the gap between them wasn't large.
But...
What was going on now?!
When did White Dove possess such powerful strength?!
Wasn't he injured by that monster Arlong?
After a simple test of his strength, Ivan reached a conclusion.
His current strength had increased several times compared to the beginning, and this was only seventeen percent of the Gojo Satoru template's power!
Just one Gojo Satoru template could cause such earth-shattering changes in his strength.
If he got a few more powerful templates, wouldn't he ascend to the heavens?
Ivan grinned ferociously. At this moment, his entire aura became violent, completely different from his usual refined and easygoing self.
Immediately after, he suddenly extended his foot, kicking out at a speed invisible to the naked eye.
Boom!
Alvida's body instantly turned into a blur as she was kicked away, smashing into a wall and shattering it to pieces.
"Cough, cough, cough..." Painful coughing sounds came from the ruins of the wall. Alvida crawled out, staring at Ivan in terror.
The Ivan before her felt unfamiliar. She had never experienced such powerful strength in her life.
What exactly happened to this guy? Why did his strength undergo such a drastic change?
He was clearly heavily injured, yet he could completely suppress her. Could that guy Arlong really have injured Ivan?
However, despite this, Alvida was not too afraid.
Even if Ivan was stronger than her now, so what? He still wasn't a match for flintlocks!
As a pirate, Alvida certainly didn't care about martial ethics. After standing up from the ruins, the first thing she did was order her subordinates:
"You bastards, take your guns and shoot White Dove!"
Receiving the order, the many pirates immediately revealed ferocious expressions, raising their guns to shoot at Ivan.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A large number of bullets flew toward Ivan at high speed. This scene caused the Marines, who had just relaxed, to raise their hearts to their throats again.
However, facing this scene, Ivan did not panic in the slightest. Instead, the aura around him became even more tyrannical.
He extended his palm and made a gripping motion in the air before him. A deep, dark blue emerged in the center of his palm.
He spoke faintly: "Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue!"