Chapter 69: Absolute Domination, A One-Sided Massacre!
Marineford.
The moment Shiryu of the Rain stepped forward to block him, Rok let out a mocking laugh.
"I'm sooo scared~"
He even pretended to tremble.
Everyone within earshot nearly choked.
Bro. You blasted Admiral Kizaru out of the war with one slash. Turned Admiral Akainu into a swollen pig-head. Almost split the sky trading Conqueror's Haki with Whitebeard.
And now you're "scared" of Shiryu?
Who do you think you're fooling?!
"Cut the act, Rok. I know you've gotten stronger."
"Come on — show me what you've got!"
Shiryu didn't fall for the sarcasm, but he still treated Rok as a worthy equal at best.
After all, only a few days had passed since Impel Down.
Reaching his level was already absurd.
Surpassing him?
Impossible.
He was Shiryu of the Rain, legendary swordsman of the sea.
From the crowd, the real World's Strongest Swordsman, Hawkeye Mihawk, sighed softly.
"What a pity… another great swordsman is about to vanish from the seas."
If Shiryu had treated Rok as a monster several times stronger and fought for his life from the very first second, he might have had a chance.
But he underestimated.
And against Rok?
That was fatal.
The moment Rok stopped holding back —
Shiryu knew he had lost.
In swordsmanship. In speed. In power. In everything.
He was utterly, completely outclassed.
90 million volts of crimson lightning, combined with the soul-crushing pressure of the Death God's Gaze, surged through Shiryu's body.
The former Head Jailer, the great swordsman Shiryu of the Rain, collapsed without even lasting 30 seconds.
No final words.
Head rolled.
Dead.
The entire battlefield fell silent in horror.
Burgess was one thing.
But Shiryu?
A legendary figure.
And he was instantly erased.
"Worthy of the man who stole my heart ♥"
From the edge of the battlefield, the Pirate Empress Boa Hancock swooned dramatically, throwing heart signs at Rok from afar.
Nami and Robin, watching from a distance, felt a strange sourness in their chests.
Meanwhile,
two men were absolutely seething.
Admiral Akainu wanted nothing more than to team up with Blackbeard just to kill Rok.
Today was the greatest humiliation in Marine history — and Rok was the sole cause.
But he couldn't.
He had just received direct orders from the Five Elders via Sengoku:
Find Saint Shalria immediately and guard her with your life until CP-0 arrives.
He was furious.
Why protect the woman Rok had humiliated twice?!
And the other person who hated Rok with every fiber of his being?
Blackbeard himself.
Shiryu — gone in a flash.
Then, one after another:
Sniper Van Augur — sniped by lightning before he could aim.
Navigator Laffitte — wings torn off, soul devoured.
Doctor Doc Q — laughed at Rok calling himself "Death God"… then became a corpse.
"Just because you're called Death God doesn't make you one."
Rok flicked blood off Wraith and sneered at Doc Q's body.
72 million berry trash.
Even Ace, Sabo, and Luffy — the three sworn brothers — were stunned speechless.
Same generation.
Same age.
How the hell was Rok this far ahead?!
They were proud men.
But even Ace had to admit:
Rok was on another planet.
Blackbeard's crew was collapsing in real time.
And still, Teach refused to accept it.
"Zehahaha! Don't celebrate yet, Ace!"
"Look at Pops! He's not gonna last much longer!"
"And it's all because of you, Ace! Zehahaha!"
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