Alucard threw his head back and laughed maniacally, slowly raising his hand and grinning madly at the two Celestial Dragons, who were stronger than an Admiral. "I don't even know what I'll turn into after I use this move!"
"Old bones! Attack!" The face of the Celestial Dragon with the Titan Fruit ability became solemn. The relaxed expression he had before was completely gone.
Alucard wasn't exuding any dangerous aura, but the feeling he gave off was terrifying. They say the longer you live, the more sensitive your senses become, and this was perfectly exemplified by the old man.
"Do you even need to tell me that?" The silver-haired old man, a user of the Swap-Swap Fruit, retorted dismissively, his expression more serious than ever.
The two of them attacked one after the other.
There were no named techniques or loud shouts, just actions.
The silver-haired old man slowly raised his right hand, formed into a blade, and brought it down. After a two-second pause, the earth began to crack, and a deep, bottomless chasm opened with a rumbling sound, attacking with an invisible destructive power. In an instant, Alucard was split into a bloody pulp.
"His presence hasn't disappeared." The Titan's foot, which blotted out the sky, came down and stomped on Alucard. The fruit was said to be unbeatable as long as the user was on the ground. While it was a slight exaggeration, the rumor itself was enough to prove how powerful the old man was.
The silver-haired old man carefully sensed Alucard's presence. Normally, even if Alucard revived, he wouldn't feel any emotional fluctuations. So what if he was immortal? He couldn't beat him anyway. But why? Why this sense of unease, tension, anxiety, and even... fear?
Suddenly, countless gobs of blood splattered from beneath the Titan's foot. It was a completely different concept from the Hidden Shadow and blood pools that Alucard had used. It was thick blood, a viscous liquid like bloody mercury.
"The bird of Hermes is my name. I eat my own wings to make my heart tame." Alucard's voice slowly came from within the blood. It was just one sentence, but it made the two powerhouses, who far surpassed Admirals, break out in a cold sweat.
The silver-haired old man's body shook violently. He snapped back to his senses and shouted, "Hurry! Get your foot off of there!"
In their usual relationship, he would have called the other man by his nickname, but now he was too scared to do so.
The old man with the Titan Fruit also flinched upon hearing the shout and frantically tried to retract his foot. But at that moment, a massive hand, no smaller than his own arm, grabbed his leg. The two of them looked closely and saw that it wasn't a hand at all. It was people!
No, that wasn't right either. It was half-dead people, with blood flowing from every orifice, roaring and screaming with howls from hell, as if they were determined to drag the two of them down into hell with them.
Seeing this scene, the two men were shocked, especially as they saw countless "little people" rushing onto their bodies. The sight was like a normal person seeing countless ants crawling up their leg and turning it completely black.
"What can these things do to me?!" The Titan roared, stomping heavily on his thigh, which was covered in the River of Death's undead. With a single strike, his Haki-infused hand sent countless undead flying.
But it wasn't enough!
Not nearly enough!
Although many undead were knocked down in a single blow, some continued to advance, and new undead kept pouring in.
"Glianna the Shrew... Chris the Great Demon Gun... Luke Poncec the Conductor of Carnage... Cirrus the Bomber..." The silver-haired old man saw the faces in the undead army and couldn't help but call out their names. Although he never left Mariejois and was semi-retired, he had always paid close attention to the state of the sea and the newspapers.
The names he just called out were all great pirates who had achieved some fame from the end of the Roger Era to the present day. Some of them were killed by Alucard, which was known to the world, while others had gone missing.
But now, they all appeared in this state, neither human nor ghost, in this army of the undead.
The silver-haired old man could no longer maintain his composure.
At the same time, the attacks of the undead army gradually shifted towards him.
They charged forward like zombies from a story, with their claws and teeth bared, their mouths screaming horribly. They surged together like a tsunami, completely obscuring his vision.
"The Royal Army of the Kingdom of Calenthis..." The silver-haired old man's voice trembled when he saw countless iron knights on horseback, each holding a flintlock, charging at him on warhorses with glowing red eyes. "You... you bastard! Was this the reason you always intervened in wars?!"
He couldn't help but scream when he saw these opponents, who had been killed by Alucard according to the newspapers, reappear in this form. In that moment, he seemed to understand the secret of Alucard's technique.
But as a "top-tier fighter of the Government," how could he allow himself to be slaughtered? Thinking of this, the silver-haired old man looked at the shattered, uneven Red Line mountain on his right and instantly teleported to its peak.
Whoosh!
Just as he teleported several miles away to the mountaintop, a skinny, short man with a body filled with blood suddenly emerged from the ground. With his body exuding a deathly aura, he turned one hand into a drill, and his rapidly spinning arm attacked him.
"Blaeus the Earth Dragon... an Animal-type user and Haki user killed by Alucard two years ago..." The silver-haired old man gritted his teeth. He took the hit but quickly retaliated, slicing the Devil Fruit user named Blaeus into pieces with his hand-blade.
ROAR!!!
Suddenly, a giant bird flew in from the sky. It had a crocodile-like head, eagle wings, and bird claws! A monster that was extremely rare even in the New World.
"The Four Symbols Beast..." The silver-haired old man gasped and bared his teeth, blood dripping from his mouth. "Did you... did you even eat them?!"
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