Shout!!!

There was a sound of breaking the air, and the huge anchor pierced the air and flew here, and the anchor was stained with deep darkness, which was not corroded rust, but the result of domineering impregnation.

Unlike the previous situation such as broken rock, this anchor was obviously thrown by someone who deliberately aimed at him.

"God avoid!"

The red-haired overlord color wrapped around the tip of the knife, and with the swing of his arm, the solid overlord color melted into his slash, slashing head-on at the massive anchor.

In the domineering collision, the entwined overlord color clearly exceeded the armed color on the anchor, and after a brief stiffening, it turned into powder in mid-air, and then rushed towards the center area unabated.

Rumble!

It seems that the dodge misses the target, but instead blasts out a deep tunnel, and from where Uta is now, you can even see the coastline in the distance.

"You bastard, aren't you going too far?"

A gust of sea breeze blew through it, and the smoke and dust on the island dispersed, revealing the true situation above.

The shattered island was littered with countless pirates, but only one person was still standing in the middle of the island.

He is tall and has a stray blonde hair at the back of his head, which he doesn't look like has been carefully groomed.

He wears a pair of headphones on his ears and a crisp military uniform, which further highlights his muscular figure.

The white gloves were already stained with blood and dust, and there was a pirate's head in his hands.

As if to demonstrate, the other side gave Shanks a cruel smile, and then his palms began to exert force.

The pirate in his hand seemed to be struggling, but the big hand did not loosen in the slightest like the iron tongs, and with a terrible scream, a ball of blood bloomed from his hand, and the pirate's head was pinched and shattered like a watermelon.

"I know that guy, Kadak the Skullcrusher, a pirate with a bounty of 400 million Bailey, and he was actually crushed in the head."

"Who the hell is that guy?"

The remaining pirates on the island looked at the figure standing outside and wondered, after all, this one had not been seen on the sea for twenty-three years.

This is too long, enough for ordinary cats and dogs to end their lives, enough for a human to go from a baby to a parent, especially on this sea, where there are not many people who remember this person's name.

At this time, Bucky on the island woke up and saw the man on the island at once.

"Barbaret!!"

During his time on Roger's ship, Barrett was one of the most impressive people on Bucky's ship, as he behaved extremely unfriendly, and there were few people on the ship that he could eye.

Even now, he didn't take the island's pirates seriously.

Originally, Barrett wanted to use this group of people who were attracted by the treasure to practice his skills, but the aura that erupted when Shanks was protecting Uta just now attracted Barrett's attention and gave him a new goal.

"Shanks, hmph, it's really unexpected, did the little ghost become the emperor of the sea back then? The gap between the two of you is ridiculously large. ”

Only then did Barrett glance at Bucky, only for Bucky to detect undisguised disdain in that look.

But he didn't say anything, just squirmed to get away from here, which wasn't a good stubble.

At a young age, he had already accomplished the feat of one enemy and one army, attracting the attention of the world government, and after joining the Roger Pirates as a challenger, he made a name for himself on the sea.

At that time, Barrett's reputation was definitely above Kaido's, and he was a terrifying "heir to the devil".

After quitting Roger's Pirates, he became famous as a newcomer and became the successor of the ghost, and even after Roger's death, he set off a storm on the sea, and the last person was imprisoned after triggering the Demon Slaying Order.

Even in prison, Barrett himself did not slack off, training himself in the high-pressure environment of prison every day, and his strength not only did not weaken, but became stronger than before he was imprisoned.

"That's fine, after all, this group of weak people really doesn't interest me."

"Is that why you're innocent?"

"Innocent? Oh, are there still few innocent people born on this sea? Weakness is their original sin.

There has never been a seat for the weak in this sea, and their very existence is a mistake. ”

With a sinister smile on his face, Barrett looked at the man who was blocked by Shanks.

"I remember you're left-handed, I didn't see any news of who you fought with after I left Advance City, which means that your hand wasn't lost in a duel with the strong.

If you can lose your arm, you must be dragged down by something. ”

Clenching his fists, Barrett was ready to fight again.

"Protecting this useless waste is your greatest weakness, and you, like Roger, are dragged down by that inexplicable thing.

Originally, I didn't like you, but if you can get this far, I have to admit that I was wrong about you, but this world is a world for the strong, and you yourself are the best example.

Last time it was an arm, but this time it doesn't have to be anything. ”

With that, Barrett raised his hand and waved his arm in Shanks' direction.

Even without a weapon in his hand, a chopping wave flew towards Shanks, and more precisely, Barrett's attack was aimed at Uta.

Rumble!

The same chop was swung out by Shanks, and the two of them collided in mid-air and once again set off a lot of gunsmoke.

"Barrett, what do you want to do?"

"Isn't that obvious? Still need to ask? ”

"You're still as likable as you used to be, one after another to my important family, you know what that means, right?"

The gaze of the eyes almost stirred up a spark in mid-air, and Shanks's ordinary height seemed very small in front of the tall Barrett, but his momentum was not inferior in the slightest.

"Hehehehe."

After staring at each other for a long time, Barrett suddenly laughed, and then asked Shanks rhetorically: Your previous trick was taught to you by Roger's guy, right?

Barrett's original goal on the ship was to challenge Roger, and having fought with Roger several times, he was naturally familiar with Roger's moves, let alone a powerful move related to the overlord's color entanglement.

"But you're much worse than Roger."

Sou!

Before Barrett could finish speaking, Shanks's blade was already wrapped with black lightning, and he came to Barrett at great speed.

Boom!

Shanks slashed at Barrett's shoulder, but before the blade could reach, Barrett's fist swung over.

The fist was wrapped in a powerful domineering spirit that was not inferior to Shanks, and unlike the anchor that had just been thrown, Barrett's fist at this time was a special layer of blue.

Barrett is special, a power he has honed over the dark days of his time in prison.

Click

The fist blocked the blade, and the domineering exchange made the already broken island shatter even more severely, feeling the power contained in Shanks's thin body, Barrett not only did not get angry, but looked a little happy.

"You've learned a few layers of fur, but you only have one hand!"

Barrett's left hand clenched at his waist as well, and then slammed into Shanks' face, which missed the target and broke the stiff situation.

Barrett's domineering punches then stretched outward, and a combination punch went in Shanks' direction.

Unlike Shanks, who had someone to protect, Barrett didn't have any qualms about punching, and his moves were always aimed at the deadly side, and sometimes even in the direction of Uta behind Shanks.

At this point, Shanks would give up on evasion and choose to resist Barrett's attack.

"You're just like Roger, you're wasting your time protecting those useless guys!"

"Don't open your mouth and shut up Captain Roger, a guy like you can't understand Captain at all, Unbounded!"

Griffin slashed a semicircle across the sky, and the sword qi that should have been indomitable turned into an indestructible shield at this time.

Boom!!

Another wave of collisions was over, and the cloak behind Shanks had already flown into the sky under the strong impact, but all the impact came to an abrupt end in front of him, and the field behind him was like a haven, still with a little tranquility in the fierce wind that swept the sea.

"You've learned a lot of Roger's stuff, but how powerful can you use it?"

Boom!

Barrett wrapped his arms around the dark blue domineering, and then punched Shanks's blade, and the violent strange force passed along the blade into Shanks's body.

After the blow, Barrett's fist rained down like a storm, and only a handful of people could see the afterimage of their battle.

"Hahahaha! One arm can be on par with me in this state, little ghost, red-haired Shanks, your growth over the years is really extraordinary. ”

The fists and blades burst into more intense sparks in the collision, everything on the island seemed insignificant under their attack, Shanks only took care of Utah's side, and the rest were left to their own.

One is the emperor of the sea who ascended to the top six years ago, and the other is a fierce man who had many luxurious achievements in the early years, such as a draw with Reilly, an enemy army, and a hard resistance to the Demon Slayer Order.

The big battle that broke out between two people with the level of an emperor at the sea was not something that ordinary people could afford at all, and many people were involved in a field that they should not have set foot in.

The battle was fierce, which should have been something that made Barrett happy, but after another separation, Barrett did not have a satisfied look on his face, but was replaced by a kind of resentment and resentment.

His already tyrannical aura became a little hideous, and his gaze was locked on Shanks' severed arm.

"You were a weak imp at the beginning, but now you have become strong, but you have lost one of your usual arms, this regret. It's infuriating! ”

The stronger Shanks became, the more curious Barrett was to wonder what the fight would be like today if he still had his usual left arm.

His appearance even makes people think that it is not Shanks who has severed his hand, but himself.

"Roger is the same, if he gets rid of all those burdens, he can have done more, but he has to take care of those wastes.

It's the same with you, you actually lost a hand because of something inexplicable."

Barrett and Kaido are similar, but very different.

They all grew up on the battlefield, but Kaido's identity was the strongest soldier in the kingdom and the strongest warrior in the army, and he was supported by other soldiers and grew up in praise.

In the end, it was not the soldiers who betrayed him, but the kingdom he fought against wanted to exchange him for the qualification to attend the World Conference, and forcibly sent him to the navy during the World Conscription.

Barrett, on the other hand, grew up as a boy soldier who was used as cannon fodder, and his companions betrayed him for that honor.

For the sake of higher power, the general who adopted him betrayed him as well.

While Kaido dominates the seas and uses the power gained through cooperation to expand his territory and recruit troops, Barrett is working on the walls of the small black room on the sixth floor, exercising and occasionally dealing with the pirates in the surrounding cages.

This environment has made Barrett even more paranoid, and his views on some things are different, and in a way, he is even more crazy than Kaido, and most importantly, he has the ability to put his ideas into practice.

Even when Blackbeard invaded the city, he chose to stay away when he saw Barrett, he came to find the crew, not to find excitement for himself.

"Even if you only have one hand, it's enough to deal with you, and it's not something that can be forgiven at will to take action against the family members I value."

Listening to Shanks' speech, Barrett laughed instead.

"It's good, but that's not enough, I'll add some ingredients to today's event."

Seeing that the live broadcast signal on the side had not been cut off, Barrett took out the treasure chest that had just been used as a prize, which was not a note with a message written on it, nor a priceless treasure, but an eternal pointer.

It's just that the name on the outside is Ralph Drew.

Barrett also deliberately found an angle so that it could be played perfectly.

"Pirates who are still alive listen to Lao Tzu! The reward of this competition is in Lao Tzu's hands, the eternal pointer to Ralph Drew, and the shortcut to the final position of the Great Secret Treasure! ”

As soon as these words came out, Shanks, who was directly opposite Barrett, was stunned.

Before arriving at Ralph Drew, Bucky inexplicably had a high fever, and as his good brother, Shanks did not choose to follow Roger to find out Ralph Drew's true face, but stayed behind to take care of Bucky.

He'd never heard Roger and Reilly mention to them that there was something, and even if it did, it shouldn't have been in the hands of Barrett, who had long since quit the Pirates.

"How can you have such a thing?"

"Hmph, who knows."

Casually answering Shanks' question, Barrett continued to yell loudly, "Want this? Want that big treasure? Then try to kill Lao Tzu and snatch this thing! ”

Barrett himself did not know whether this so-called Ralph Drew's eternal hand was true or false, and he had never been to the location marked on the pointer, and he had not verified it at all.

And this pointer was not found by him, but brought by Buena Festa as a condition of cooperation.

After Roger arrives at Ralph Drew, there is indeed a crew member who records Ralph Drew's location with an eternal hand, but this causes Roger's displeasure.

[What are you kidding, you actually recorded the position on the eternal hand?] 】

[This is just in case, in case there is something needed in the future. 】

[What if? There's no chance at all, our adventure is over, and people who need to rely on this kind of thing to get here can't get the treasure at all, can they? 】

After vetoing the crew's actions, Roger threw the eternal hand that recorded Ralphdrew's location into the depths.

After falling into the depths of the ocean, it is unknown whether the eternal hand sank to the bottom of the sea or into the belly of a fish.

Buena Festa disappeared from the sea because of a shipwreck caused by sea kings, and when he reappeared in the public eye, he already had such an eternal pointer in his hand.

Whether this was Buena Festa's luck or a lie, only Buena Festa himself knows, but it doesn't matter to them whether it's true or not.

Whether it is Buena Festa or Barrett, the current goal is not to find the Great Treasure, but to surpass Roger, as long as it can make the sea boil and attract enough attention, it doesn't matter whether the pointer is true or not.

Roger's final speech ushered in the era of pirates, and Whitebeard's last bold words convinced countless people that the Great Secret Treasure was real.

Then Buena Festa, the famous initiator of the old-time celebrations, the war planner, and Barrett's famous voyage with Roger, their purpose has been achieved.

As Barrett's voice spread all around, some of the pirates who had been fleeing frantically also stopped.

"Don't get in the way, get out of the way!"

Most of the pirates are still fleeing into the distance out of fear, and the sudden appearance of a person on the way to escape will inevitably lead to congestion.

Poof!

"You're the one in the way."

The blade pierced through the opponent's body, and the returning pirate shouted to his men, "Little ones! What did we go to sea for, has this been forgotten? One Piece is just around the corner, can this opportunity still be passed up? ”

Such a person is not an exception, One Piece is an immeasurable treasure for the pirate community, no one knows his value, but countless pirates have set sail to pursue him with this goal.

When the benefits are so high that even death cannot stop the greedy.

Many of the fleeing pirates turned to converge in the direction of the center, and of course, there were not a few who escaped.

"Idiot, whoever loves this kind of damn thing goes, Lao Tzu doesn't want to die in vain."

These pirates made their decision decisively, and in addition to that, there were some people who were struggling.

They covet the Great Secret Treasure and are unwilling to face this powerful enemy.

"Head, let's wait, it's the redhead who fights that guy, and when they are both defeated, we might have a chance."

"yes, yes, they're going to break their heads for that thing."

These wait-and-see stations were stationed in a relatively safe area, and they wanted to wait for the people in front of them to finish fighting, but stopping was not the same as safety, and the people who were also trying to reap the benefits of fishing launched a sneak attack on these fishermen who had the same idea.

In their opinion, the strong will inevitably lose both sides when they compete, so it is better to get rid of some potential competitors first.

Under the influence of Barrett's words, a new round of chaos broke out on the island.

On the fragment of Bubble Island next to Barrett is a different scene, such as Bucky hearing Barrett's words, not only did not show any greedy look, but accelerated his escape.

"Captain Bucky, aren't you going to make a move for such a great opportunity?"

"What are you kidding? Do you know what kind of monster it is! Shut up and get out of here before no one notices us! ”

Shanks and Barrett, he can't afford to mess with either, he doesn't want to be swept up and become cannon fodder.

"I see, Captain Bucky, you're reluctant to do anything to your former partner, are you?"

"Surely, Captain Bucky isn't the kind of person who would take advantage of people."

Accustomed to nature, Bucky ignored the group of juniors and was moving quickly towards safety, with Mr. 3 following him closely.

Despite the formation of the Cross Guild, Klockdahl did not recruit the old Ministry, resulting in Mr. 3 remaining with Bucky.

The group didn't have much discipline in the first place, and Bucky didn't care about it.

What's more, Mr. 3's ability is very convenient, and it can be said that he is one of the few reliable people around Bucky who knows his true level and will not force him to do strange things.

Others acted in a way that surprised his companions.

Luffy's crew is worried that he will suddenly come up and plan to join this battle, this is not a "theatrical world", and in the face of this kind of royal power at its peak, it will not do them any good to get involved in this game.

Luo, who was accompanying him, was even more worried, but as soon as he spoke, Luffy made a choice that he didn't expect.

"Straw Hats, here."

"Ah, I thought treasure was meat that can't be eaten, how is it that boring thing."

The little finger stuck into his nostrils, and in the face of the treasure that made countless pirates rush to it, Luffy looked disdainful and completely uninterested.

"Bored? Straw Hats, do you know what you're talking about? This is the most direct way to get to Ralph Drew. Also, who would treat such a thing as meat as a treasure! ”

Judging from Luo's reaction, he has already been assimilated by the Straw Hat, otherwise there would not have been such a delayed reaction.

"I know, but that's not interesting, how can a One Piece without adventure be considered a One Piece, not to mention that Shanks is still there, he must have his own arrangements."

Rubbing his fingers on Usopp's clothes, Luffy suddenly remembered something and suddenly walked towards the battlefield.

"Hey! What are you going to do?! Aren't you uninterested in treasure? ”

Seeing that Luffy, who had finally been normal for a while, was walking towards the extremely dangerous place again, the partner next to him was even more puzzled.

"Go to Shanks, I made an appointment to meet again to return the straw hat to him, and now it should be considered an official reunion."

"Don't disturb the confrontation of other bigwigs at this time!"

(End of chapter)