One Piece: Surrounded at Marineford? Just kidding!

Chapter 383: Roger's strength shocked Ace!

On one side were five monsters exuding an evil aura.

On the other side is Gol D. Roger, the Pirate King.

Roger had his back to Ace.

He didn't turn around.

The sound reached Ace's ears.

"Watch closely, kid."

"Being domineering isn't just about showing off your aura."

Roger's Supreme Grade Sword "Ace" emitted a clang.

A dark red liquid energy instantly covered the blade.

That's not Armament Haki.

That was an overwhelming aura compressed to its extreme, a top-tier Conqueror's Haki entanglement capable of injuring any enemy.

Fine black cracks burst open in the space around the blade.

The mirror is about to shatter.

It has no Devil Fruit abilities.

Pure will and flesh changed the color of this world.

The words "Who needs you to teach me?" stuck in Ace's throat, and he couldn't say them anymore.

His body is more honest than his mouth.

He stared intently at the broad back, his pupils shrinking to pinpoints.

That was the bloodline he loathed.

It is a concrete manifestation of his childhood trauma.

But at this moment, the aura emanating from Roger made even his soul tremble!

Kid, you've got to this!

On this vast ocean, only dominance can rise above everything!

Roger laughed loudly and stepped forward with his right foot.

boom!

The entire island of Egherd sank by half an inch.

The black energy sphere formed by the convergence of the Five Elders has expanded to its limit.

Venom, freezing air, gravity, sound waves, demonic power.

A deathly silence, as if wiping out everything, descended.

The sky is falling.

Roger advanced instead of retreating.

He gripped the knife in both hands, his muscles bulging, like a coiled dragon.

The jovial, laughing uncle is gone.

Instead, there was a lion king with its fangs bared.

"Gods, beware!"

A horizontal slash.

That's it.

This slash unleashed a massive black and red slashing wave that cleaved through an era.

The roaring ancient dragon, with its sharpness capable of tearing through everything, crashed into the black energy sphere that devoured light.

boom--

The sound disappeared.

Blood seeped from the eardrum amidst the buzzing.

The black and red lightning and the pitch-black demonic aura intertwined wildly, devouring each other.

Stalemate.

A dark green figure moved.

Dragon.

He glanced at Luffy and Sabo behind him, and a hint of warmth melted from his perpetually icy face.

"Luffy, Sabo, you two watch too."

"The wind will pave the way for you."

The dragon spread its arms, its ten fingers like hooks, and grasped the veins in the void.

"Dragonstorm - Cataclysm!"

The airflow over the entire Future Island and the surrounding sea was instantly sucked away.

The gale has gained will.

It transformed into a giant blue wind dragon ten thousand meters long.

The wind dragon roared as it charged into the battlefield, but instead of attacking, it skillfully entangled Roger's "Divine Evasion" slash.

The wind amplifies the pressure.

The terrifying black and red slash was amplified in power, and a strong spiral penetrating force forcefully pierced through the outer shell of the energy ball.

"Hey! Don't forget about me!"

A maniacal, grotesque laugh exploded from the side.

Rocks grinned maliciously.

Roger and Dragon are both showing off their skills, but Roger's pride as the overlord of the old era won't allow him to be a supporting character.

"You two, trying to steal the spotlight? Dream on!"

Rocks pressed his hands down sharply.

A thick, impenetrable darkness surged in his palm.

"Dark Abyss!"

The ground beneath the Five Elders' feet disappeared.

A giant rotating gravitational black hole took its place.

The dark energy generated a terrifying pulling force, acting on the Five Elders' bodies and forcibly disrupting their formation.

"What?!"

Satan was filled with shock and rage, his body went out of control, and his energy output instantly became disordered.

It's this slight disorder.

This allowed the three to gain the upper hand.

"Get the hell back here!"

Roger roared, and the blade pressed down again.

click-

A crisp, cracking sound.

The Five Elders' invincible black energy sphere collapsed and disintegrated.

A cataclysmic explosion.

The shockwave swept across the entire Future Island.

If Whitebeard hadn't activated the Tremor-Tremor Fruit in time to neutralize the aftershocks, half the island would have sunk to the bottom of the sea.

Amidst the smoke and flames, five enormous figures were thrown into the air.

"Aaaaaahh ...

That was the scream of "God".

Satan Saint's enormous bull-demon body tumbled in the air, one of its spider legs was severed at the root, and dark green blood rained down like a storm, corroding the ground with a hissing sound.

Mazsan's monstrous bird form fared even worse; the dragon's storm tore through his steel wings, leaving half of them a bloody mess, and he crashed miserably into the ruins.

Nasujuro Sei's skeletal horse form fell apart, his bones scattered all over the ground, while the first generation Kitetsu was stuck in the distant stone wall, groaning in agony.

The internal organs of Saints Vochuli and Peter were also ruptured by the dark energy of Lox, and they spat out black blood.

They are immortal.

The wound is emitting black smoke and wriggling to regenerate.

But this attack severely injured them.

The battlefield was deathly silent.

As the smoke cleared, Roger gracefully twirled his sword and sheathed "Ace".

A crisp sound of it being sheathed.

He turned around, his murderous aura vanished, replaced by a bright, sunny smile with a roguish air.

He raised an eyebrow at the dazed Ace.

"How's it going, kid? Did you learn that move?"

Ace suddenly snapped back to reality.

An aura of dominance that cuts through everything.

Arrogance that shows no fear even in the face of the world's highest power.

Is this the power of the Pirate King?

Ace bit his lip and tasted the blood.

He didn't want to bow down to this man who had abandoned his mother.

But his fighting instincts made him admit that this man's strength was beyond his imagination.

That was a field he couldn't reach for the time being.

"cut……"

Ace turned his head away, lowered the brim of his hat, and concealed the complex emotions in his eyes.

"Don't get cocky, you old geezer. At this level... I'll surpass you sooner or later!"

He spoke toughly, but the hatred in his tone seemed to have faded slightly.

Roger, upon hearing this, burst into laughter.

"Hahaha! Good! That's ambitious! As expected of..."

Roger reached out and patted Ace on the shoulder.

Just like he did to Shanks or Bucky.

Ace had only reached halfway when he turned away as if he'd been burned, looking disgusted.

"Don't touch me!"

Roger's hand hung awkwardly in mid-air. He scratched his messy hair and smiled helplessly.

"Oh dear, this young man is really unlovable. Fine, I'll wait and see..."

Before he could finish speaking, Roger's smile froze on his face.

Just now, the instant he closed the distance with Ace, a strange tremor suddenly struck his heart.

A resonance that originates from the depths of one's blood and is etched into one's DNA.

"Um?"

Roger frowned, glanced at Ace with a puzzled look, and then looked down at his own palm.

Is it just an illusion?

"What's wrong?"

Edward Newgate, the white-bearded man, walked over, carrying the Murakumogiri, with a mischievous look on his face as if he were watching a good show.

"Gurarara, Roger, are you being rejected?"

"Shut up, Newgate."

Roger rolled his eyes.

"This kid has just as bad a temper as you."

The white-bearded man laughed even harder, and the scar on his chest trembled.

"Of course, after all, he's my son."

"Huh? Your son?"

Roger stared wide-eyed at Ace, then at Whitebeard.

"You old codger, when did this happen...? This doesn't add up either, and this kid doesn't look like you at all!"

Ace immediately retorted loudly.

"I am Dad's son! That will never change!"

Seeing Ace defending Whitebeard, Roger felt a strange pang of jealousy.

hum-

A tremor came from deep underground.

Then the ground began to undulate rhythmically.

"What happened? Was it an earthquake?"

Luffy, clutching his straw hat, looked around curiously.

"No...it's not an earthquake."

The dragon raised its head, its gaze fixed on the direction of the laboratory in the distance.

"It's an energy fluctuation. An extremely large amount of energy is being activated."

All eyes turned to them.

In the center of Future Island, a dazzling pillar of light shot into the sky.

Roger narrowed his eyes, abandoning his nonchalant attitude.

"Oh? It seems Brother Chenye is up to something big."

On the other side, Rocks, who had just stepped on a naval vice admiral, also stopped.

He licked his lips, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

"That's... Interesting. Looks like there's something even more interesting coming up besides the fighting."

The Five Elders had just completed their regeneration, and looking at the pillar of light, their faces were even more grim than when they had been brutally beaten.

"not good!"

"Vocli Saint!" roared in terror.

"That's... the Mother Flame's reaction! And... he wants to broadcast it?!"

"Stop him! We must stop Chenye and Vegapunk!"

Ignoring his weakness, Satan roared madly.

"If that thing is activated, if that secret is revealed... the foundation of the World Government will be finished!"

The five elders prepared to rush into the laboratory.

Several figures blocked their way again.

Roger stood with his hand on the hilt of his sword, his white beard held horizontally, while Rocks was shrouded in black aura.

"What's the rush?"

Roger grinned, revealing a set of bright white teeth.

"The show over there hasn't even started yet, but the fight over here... isn't over yet."

"Want to go there?"

Whitebeard slammed his Murakumogiri sword heavily on the ground.

"We disagree, guralala!"

Don't misunderstand.

Lox chuckled sinisterly.

"I just don't want you bunch of trash to spoil my enjoyment of the show."

Several people blocked the Five Elders' path.

At the center of the pillar of light, Chen Ye stood in front of a huge control console.

His finger hovered over the red launch button.

"Alright, Dr. Vegapunk..."

"Are you ready to give your speech?"