Chapter 44:
Dragon, inside God Valley, also witnessed Victor's actions.
So he continued heading to other areas to rescue more innocent civilians.
In the end, he saved a pair of twins—at this point, he had already done his utmost.
At this moment, Imu suddenly erupted with terrifying Conqueror's Haki, instantly knocking out everyone around her unconscious—including Dragon.
But Shanks in his arms did not faint; instead, he crawled into a treasure chest.
Imu at this point could no longer distinguish right from wrong—she no longer cared about the innocent people around her and began a full-scale slaughter.
Even the Navy was killed without mercy.
Not only that—Imu kept talking to provoke Rocks.
At the same time, Imu continuously summoned pentagram arrays and extended various tentacles.
She attempted to convert Rocks, Roger, and the others into her slaves.
However, Rocks, Roger, and the others were not pushovers—they quickly dodged the pentagram arrays and tentacles.
Moreover, they were also counterattacking rapidly—Rocks' terrifying Conqueror's Haki-infused blade energy, Roger's Divine Departure, Whitebeard's Quake-Quake Fruit ability—none of these were jokes.
But Imu's strength was simply too overwhelming—even their combined assault was no match for Imu.
Furthermore, the God's Knights and God's Blades inside God Valley were no weaklings either.
Victor looked at Imu's abilities and felt they were extremely troublesome.
However, his mobility was extremely powerful, and his Conqueror's Haki was decent, preventing Imu from getting a chance to strike.
But even using Saturn Saint's Gyūki (Ox Demon) ability, Imu was already able to fight them to a draw—of course, this was because she wasn't going all out.
Even so, if Imu got the opportunity, any momentary lapse would result in them being demonized.
"Rocks—your wife and children are still within my attack range. Even if they escape, they won't get out of my grasp."
Seeing how cautious Rocks was, Imu was momentarily unable to convert him, so she began a psychological attack strategy.
This method was sinister, but extremely effective.
Sure enough, Rocks immediately became furious.
"Imu—you dare?"
Rocks roared and charged toward Imu with his sword raised.
But at that moment, a pentagram array appeared under Rocks' feet. Immediately after, a tentacle pierced straight through Rocks' body.
Rocks' wife and children immediately screamed. Whitebeard and the others instantly unleashed their abilities, trying to save Rocks.
But it was already too late.
"Whitebeard—take care of my wife and children."
Rocks knew he was finished at this moment—he only had time to utter one last request.
"Captain!"
Whitebeard immediately shouted.
Rocks rapidly transformed into a red-eyed, fanged monster. His body radiated terrifying malice, filled with violent aura.
"It's over—Rocks has been controlled."
Garp immediately shouted loudly.
After Imu demonized Rocks, she stopped attacking and prepared to enjoy her masterpiece.
Rocks' strength began to surge wildly, then he went berserk and immediately swung his sword toward Roger, Whitebeard, and the others.
"Oh no—Captain Rocks has been converted."
Whitebeard saw this scene and felt grief welling up.
Roger, Victor, and the others saw this scene and were also extremely shocked.
Their group—when attacking Imu—had very little effect.
However, Victor's Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability did manage to have some impact.
Rocks' wife and children saw Rocks' transformation and let out piercing, mournful screams.
The captain and members of the Rocks Pirates could not possibly help Garp fight their own captain.
Even if their captain had gone mad.
They could only shout loudly for the pirates to stay away from Rocks.
But the battlefield between Rocks and Garp was constantly shifting—it was difficult to block Rocks from rampaging everywhere.
Whitebeard and the others also wouldn't allow the God's Knights and Navy forces to support Garp.
So Whitebeard and the others watched their own crew die at Rocks' hands, yet they didn't want the World Government people to surround and attack Rocks.
Now Rocks was attacking indiscriminately—Navy, pirates, or innocent civilians, he simply killed.
Garp could only seek help from Roger.
In Garp's mind, although Roger was a pirate, he would not attack innocent civilians.
Moreover, the Roger Pirates members were also now under threat.
"Rocks—don't harm my partners."
Roger saw this, gritted his teeth, roared loudly, and joined the fight against Rocks.
"Ah—die, all of you—die!"
At this moment, Rocks seemed to have completely lost his self-awareness—he was fully controlled by violent thoughts.
"I wonder if the Glutton-Glutton Fruit would work."
Victor couldn't help but think of this method.
But when Victor saw Rocks about to kill toward Heracles' side, anger surged in his heart.
So he quickly slaughtered all the weak low-level Celestial Dragons—except the God's Knights members, all were killed by him.
Immediately after, he arrived at Heracles' side and unleashed terrifying lightning toward the Navy direction.
The Navy soldiers fighting Nora and the others were instantly charred black by the massive lightning power.
Only those with Haki defenses could withstand it somewhat.
However, Victor still did not target the ordinary Navy soldiers.
And just at that moment, Rocks suddenly swung a terrifying blade energy toward Victor's side.
"Victor—watch your back!"
Victor heard Roger's loud shout at this moment.
In the blink of an eye, Victor quickly gripped his Mo Dao. The Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability and Glutton-Glutton Fruit ability activated simultaneously.
Not only that—his body suddenly erupted with violent Haki, instantly coiling around the blade of his Mo Dao.
"Divine Departure."
In an instant, Victor also unleashed a massive blade energy.
But at this moment, Rocks' blade energy had already arrived right in front of him.
Boom! A huge explosion.
A massive blast erupted at Victor's position.
"Victor~"
Heracles saw Victor get heavily struck and sent flying by Rocks—he roared with heart-rending anguish.
Beli and the others saw this scene and their eyes nearly split open—they charged desperately toward Victor's position.
Rayleigh and the others saw Victor's situation and immediately became anxious.
Jabba even exploded with power, instantly knocking back the God's Knights in front of him and turning to rush toward Victor.
Roger saw Victor get slashed and immediately launched a frenzied attack on Rocks.
"Everyone stop—don't come closer! Retreat! Stay away from this battlefield!"
From the deep crater created by the explosion came Victor's loud shout.
Hearing Victor's voice, Heracles and the others immediately froze, then breathed a huge sigh of relief.
Immediately after, a flash of lightning appeared—Victor reappeared in front of everyone.
There was only one long wound on his body, bleeding profusely.
But soon, within a few breaths, it began to stop bleeding, heal, and scar over.
"Great—Victor is fine!"
"Go—everyone listen to Victor and leave this area."
After confirming Victor was okay, Heracles immediately shouted loudly.
Then he quickly drove all the nearby Roger Pirates members away from this combat zone.
Roger saw this scene and finally relaxed—at least he no longer had to split his attention.
But Victor couldn't care about all that—his partner had nearly died here.
"Rocks—I don't care what state you're in right now. But if you bully my partners, that's unacceptable."
"I'll settle accounts with the World Government slowly later."
"Now—you only have death."
At this moment, Victor's body was rapidly digesting the food stored in his Gluttonous space—his injuries were quickly being repaired.
Immediately after, Victor turned into lightning and instantly joined the battlefield against Rocks.
"Hey hey hey—Victor, don't be reckless!"
Roger saw Victor jump straight into the fight and immediately felt uneasy.
"Captain Roger—if I don't join this fight, my heart won't be at ease."
Victor said with a serious expression.
"Good—since that's the case, then fight boldly. Hahaha!"
Hearing this, Roger immediately burst into laughter.
"These kids nowadays really have guts."
"What a pity for the captain."
Whitebeard also couldn't help but praise Victor's courage, but at the same time, his hatred for Galin Saint and the World Government grew even stronger.
"Whitebeard—you'd better take care of yourself."
Galin Saint's strength was also extremely formidable—he fought Whitebeard without falling behind.
The battlefield between Whitebeard and Galin Saint was also terrifying.
Especially Whitebeard's Quake-Quake Fruit ability—whenever he used it, it was a scene of heaven and earth collapsing.
This was true natural disaster-level destructive power.
The Quake-Quake Fruit ability also made Galin Saint feel extremely troubled—he was currently forcefully suppressing the destructive power of the quakes.
Meanwhile, Ivankov and Kuma were piloting a ship, rapidly fleeing the God Valley sea area.
They looked at the battle scene in God Valley and couldn't help but exclaim in terror that this was no longer a fight between humans.
The climate and weather above God Valley had completely changed—dark clouds, violent storms and blizzards, apocalyptic scenes of heaven and earth collapsing—it was terrifying to behold.
"I hope they all make it out safely."
Shakky was also very worried at this moment.
"This scene is too terrifying. Thank goodness Mr. Victor saved us—otherwise we would have all died there."
Ivankov said, still shaken from the aftermath.
"Yes, yes—we must repay Mr. Victor's kindness in the future."
Kuma looked at the terrifying and tragic scene of God Valley and hurriedly nodded.
Ginny also kept nodding beside him.
The group didn't dare linger—they avoided the Navy and quickly fled this sea area.
On Victor's side, as he joined the battle, he tightly gripped his Mo Dao.
At this moment, his physique was trembling slightly—his blood seemed to be roaring inside, every cell in his body abnormally active.
In this instant, Victor unleashed his advanced-level Haki fully—Armament Haki covered his entire body, Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki coiled around the blade of his Mo Dao.
Not only that—100 million volts of lightning gathered on the blade of the Mo Dao, directly forming a purple lightning ball.
The three fighters in battle immediately noticed Victor's change.
Especially Rocks—he instantly changed position and unleashed two Divine Departures, knocking back Roger and Garp.
Rocks' combat instincts were truly terrifying.
Boom! A massive sound.
100 million volts of lightning exploded instantly, while Rocks' Divine Departure—with terrifying power—immediately sent Victor flying.
The battlefield instantly suffered massive destruction—a pitch-black crater showed the terrifying power of this clash.
But at this moment, Rocks also appeared slightly disheveled—though it had no effect on his strength, and his body was rapidly recovering.
However, the others who saw Victor's attack method were extremely surprised.
Especially a teenager who had already learned Divine Departure—it was simply too ridiculous.
But Victor's height of three meters two already didn't look like a teenager—only his face still carried the youthfulness of his age.
The flying Victor immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Worthy of Rocks—this combat instinct is truly ridiculous. His power and Haki usage are terrifying."
But Victor didn't hesitate—he joined the battle again.
And with Victor joining the fight, Roger and Garp's pressure lessened considerably, creating some interference for Rocks.
This was exactly what Roger and Garp wanted.
So Roger, Garp, and Victor took the opportunity to launch a fierce assault on Rocks.
With Victor joining the battle, this part of the battlefield became even more intense and terrifying.
Lightning filled the sky, constantly bombarding Rocks. The surrounding mountain peaks and land had long been destroyed beyond recognition.
Victor wanted Rocks to feel the power of heavenly tribulation.
The current battlefield was now pure ruins—they continued fighting atop the ruins, making the battlefield even more devastated.
No one was near them anymore—everyone had retreated far away, afraid of being caught in the crossfire.
While besieging Rocks, Victor had no choice but to use the Glutton-Glutton Fruit ability—swallowing part of the power and then counterattacking Rocks with it.
Otherwise he wouldn't last this long—but Victor's body also suffered internal injuries; there was no avoiding that.
And because of this, Rocks became extremely furious—his attack power became even more terrifying.
After being converted, Rocks' agility gained a trace of demonic nature but lost a trace of fluidity.
But even so, Rocks' attack power didn't weaken at all—instead, he became even more focused on killing Victor.
When two Devil Fruit abilities appeared on Victor at the same time, everyone's eyes on the battlefield instantly focused on Victor.
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