Thinking of this, Charlotte Linlin locked her gaze onto John once again.
John, shrouded by this gaze, turned as pale as paper in an instant. A sense of extremely ominous foreboding, like a viper, surged frantically from the bottom of his heart, making every hair on his body stand on end!
Charlotte Linlin began to take steps, walking slowly in John's direction.
Her pace was not fast, even carrying a kind of unhurried elegance. However, with every step she took, it felt as though she were stepping on John's heart, making his face turn even paler and his breathing increasingly difficult.
Because with every step Charlotte Linlin took forward, the aura radiating from her body rose layer by layer at a speed visible to the naked eye! And the nodachi in her hand, which had never truly been unsheathed, was undergoing a heart-stopping transformation—
Initially, it was coated in Armament Haki as deep as the night.
Immediately after, dark red Conqueror's Haki lightning coiled around the scabbard.
Subsequently, the black lightning that had once made John feel the threat of death quietly emerged.
Then, white lightning burst forth, ice crystals swirled, and scorching flames ignited out of thin air.
Finally, the white dragon scales covering Charlotte Linlin's body turned into an eerie and dangerous blood-red!
(I can't block it! I absolutely can't block it! I'll die! I'll really die!!)
John's pupils shrank to the size of pinpricks, his brain screaming warnings frantically.
He clearly perceived that the energy gathered on that blade had reached an inconceivable level!
At this moment, he suddenly understood why the Marine had placed an exorbitant bounty on this weapon—a blade capable of withstanding and integrating so many different types of energy already transcended the category of all worldly weapons; it could be called a divine weapon!
"Linlin! Wait! I think we can talk about this!!" Sliding down from the tree trunk he had been leaning against and collapsing to the ground, John could no longer care about the dignity of a Great Pirate, pleading hoarsely:
"It's the Marine! It's the Marine that wants your blade! Not me! I can help you! I can help you deal with the Marine!!"
He had indeed prepared for his actions to be exposed, and had even thought about paying a price, but he never expected the price to be death!
He was not afraid of death. Having roamed the New World until now, he had long since disregarded life and death. But if he were to die here worthless just because of one failed act of theft, to die under this woman's blade, how could he be willing to accept that?!
"If you can survive this strike of mine..." Charlotte Linlin's voice was terrifyingly calm, her blood-red dragon pupils devoid of any ripples, "Then, whatever you want to talk about, it's up to you."
She knew very well that if John could truly withstand this blow, it would be difficult for her to find another opportunity to finish him off in the short term.
The moment her voice fell, Charlotte Linlin gripped the blade with both hands, adopting a simple yet profound opening stance. All the energy gathered around her body seemed to find its final destination, frantically collapsing and condensing toward the tip of the blade!
"Hokushin Itto-ryu: Sky Echo!"
She swung the blade.
There was no earth-shattering momentum; instead, there was an eerie "silence."
The colors of the world seemed to be stripped away at this moment, leaving only that slender, chaotic-colored slash that had detached from the blade!
Wherever it passed, space emitted an unbearable groan; light twisted, sound was annihilated, as if even "existence" itself were about to be severed by this slash!
"Damn it!!! I am John!!! How could I possibly die here so easily!! Magnetism: Ten Thousand Fold Barrier!!"
Facing this strike that transcended understanding, John let out a roar of unwillingness, pushing the power of his Magnet-Magnet Fruit to its limit!
Hum, hum, hum, hum—!!!
Countless remnants of metal—broken blades, twisted decks, and even mineral deposits buried deep underground—surged frantically as if paying homage to a king, instantly constructing one incredibly thick metal barrier after another in front of him, layer upon layer, as if to forge the sturdiest fortress in the world!
However, the moment all of this touched that chaotic sword aura, it was like snow under the sun, melting and disintegrating silently, unable to even delay its speed! The sword aura continued to crush toward John at a constant speed!
Just at this critical moment—
"Linlin! I will not allow my own people to die in such meaningless infighting!!"
A violent figure appeared in front of John; it was none other than Rocks D. Xebec! He wore a ferocious grin on his face, but his eyes were ice-cold. The sword in his hand was already unsheathed, and dark red Conqueror's Haki coiled around it like boiling magma!
"Abyssal Curse!!"
Rocks roared, swinging a sword strike that was equally earth-shattering! The sword momentum was like a demonic claw reaching out from the depths of the nine netherworlds, crashing fiercely into Charlotte Linlin's "Sky Echo"!
Boom——————!!!!
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