Chapter 254: Seraphim!

Chapter 254: Chapter 254: Seraphim!

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Just as Marco was bidding farewell to the Red Hair Pirates, on the other side of the Grand Line — the Calm Belt — a fierce battle was breaking out!

This place had been a forbidden zone for humans since ancient times.

Enormous Sea Kings swam beneath the sea. Any ship that entered these waters would become their meal.

But at this moment, there was an exception...

Amazon Lily, the Maiden Island.

This island was located at the center of the Calm Belt, surrounded by gigantic Sea Kings, allowing it to remain safe and sound.

In the palace of Amazon Lily, Boa Hancock reclined on her throne, her long legs crossed, her peerlessly beautiful face carrying its usual arrogance.

She stood up and walked to the window. When she saw the situation outside, her pupils slightly contracted. On the sea, several warships were cutting through the waves toward them.

The bottoms of those warships were equipped with some kind of device never seen before, propelling the ships at high speed across the windless sea.

"New technology..."

Hancock muttered, "The World Government really went all out."

She turned around, her cloak billowing behind her.

"Summon everyone. Prepare for battle!"

The warships drew closer and closer.

The warriors of Amazon Lily stood on the shore, bows drawn, ready to fight.

Just then...

"Zehahahaha!"

A rough, wild laugh came from another direction.

Everyone turned around. Their expressions all turned extremely ugly. A massive pirate ship was approaching from the other side.

On the black sails was drawn the symbol of three skulls! This was unmistakably the Blackbeard Pirates.

"It’s the Yonko Blackbeard!" the Marines began to shout in alarm.

On the deck, Blackbeard Teach stood at the bow, grinning with his missing teeth, laughing without restraint.

Beside him stood two officers — Catarina Devon and Vasco Shot — with dozens of pirates behind them.

"Zehahaha!"

Blackbeard spread his arms wide, his expression lewd to the extreme as he laughed loudly. "I heard that the Pirate Empress Boa Hancock is the most beautiful woman in the world! Her Sweet-Sweet Fruit is also one of the abilities I want the most."

"Today..."

He clenched his fist, his expression reaching the peak of vulgarity. "Both of them — I want them!"

The battle erupted instantly.

The Kuja warriors’ arrows rained down, but the officers of the Blackbeard Pirates didn’t care in the slightest.

The Kuja warriors were forced into a steady retreat. At the same time, the Marines also made landfall.

But this time, the ones leading them were not vice admirals or admirals.

They were two children!

However, they were not ordinary children.

One child stood on the shore while the other flew in the air.

The one standing on the ground was a girl with white hair and brown skin, a pair of black wings growing from her back.

Her appearance was exactly the same as Boa Hancock’s!

The one flying in the air was a boy.

He also had white hair and brown skin, along with the same wings. But his face was identical to that of Hawk-Eyes · Dracule Mihawk!

In his hand, he gripped a long sword — a sword that was exactly the same as Hawk-Eyes’ Yoru!

"What is that?!" Blackbeard’s subordinates cried out in shock.

Blackbeard’s pupils suddenly contracted. He stared fixedly at the two children, at their white hair, brown skin, and black wings.

An old, buried memory suddenly surfaced in his mind.

Many years ago, on Whitebeard’s ship, when Whitebeard was drunk, he had rarely spoken of the past like telling a story.

"In this world, there once existed a race that has already gone extinct... called the Lunarian Tribe."

"They could survive in any environment. They possessed white hair, brown skin, and black wings."

Blackbeard’s gaze fell upon the little Hawk-Eyes. Behind that child, there was indeed a faint flame burning.

"Lunarian Tribe..."

Blackbeard murmured, a trace of surprise flashing in his eyes. "Weren’t they extinct?"

Seraphim S-Snake began attacking the Kuja warriors. She raised her hand and fired a beam of light.

Several Kuja warriors were completely no match for her!

Seraphim S-Hawk slowly drew his black blade. His movements were almost identical to Hawk-Eyes’!

He suddenly swung a slash toward Blackbeard. The force of the sword pressure was so great that it sheared off a large portion of one of Amazon Lily’s mountain peaks!

Another flash of the blade followed. The earth cracked, trees snapped, and several of the Blackbeard Pirates’ grunts were instantly cut in half.

"Damn it!"

Blackbeard gritted his teeth. "When did the Marines get something like this?!"

In the distance, a young officer watching all of this felt his head throb.

This person was actually Koby. He had come here as a member of the Marines’ secret special unit — SWORD — to persuade Boa Hancock to surrender.

After the Warlord system was abolished, Hancock could only accept pursuit by the Marines. Because of the Pirate Empress’s strength, the Marines had deployed the Seraphim.

But Koby had never expected that Blackbeard would also come to join the fun.

A three-way battle — how was he supposed to persuade her to surrender now?!

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"How dare you!"

At this moment, a clear, angry shout rang across the entire battlefield. Everyone’s movements paused for an instant.

Then they saw Boa Hancock descending from the sky.

She landed in the center of the battlefield, her cloak billowing behind her. Her peerlessly beautiful face was cold as frost.

Those eyes swept across the surroundings. The corners of her mouth curved into a cold smile.

"How dare you invade this empress’s country!"

As Hancock spoke, she raised her fingertips and lightly touched her lips. "Are you prepared to turn into stone?"

Streams of pink arrows began shooting toward the Marines, the pirates, and the two officers of the Blackbeard Pirates!

These arrows were beautiful yet deadly. Anyone struck by them instantly turned to stone!

Hearts shaped like love symbols even appeared in their eyes.

"So beautiful..."

These were their final thoughts.

"Zehahaha! The Pirate Empress really is powerful!"

At this moment, Blackbeard sneered. He suddenly made his move. He had just used his Devil Fruit ability to successfully escape from the little Hawk-Eyes!

At this moment, he extended his right hand. Black smoke rose from his body.

A terrifying suction force instantly enveloped Hancock. Her body flew uncontrollably toward Blackbeard.

"What?!"

Before she could react, Blackbeard’s hand had already clamped around her neck.

"Zehahaha!"

Blackbeard leaned in close to her face, a playful glint flashing in his eyes. "Little beauty, you really are gorgeous!"

Hancock struggled desperately, but Blackbeard’s hand was like an iron vise, completely immovable.

"My Dark-Dark Fruit can absorb the abilities of any Devil Fruit."

Blackbeard said smugly, "There’s no way for you to turn this around!"

A trace of despair flashed through Hancock’s eyes.

At this moment, Blackbeard’s gaze fell upon Koby, who was not far away.

He recognized this young Marine who had once done him a favor.

"Zehahaha! Isn’t this the hero Koby?"

Koby’s entire body stiffened. He looked at Blackbeard and at Hancock in his grasp. His mind raced frantically, trying to think of a way to break the situation!

"Thanks to you... thanks to your help, I was able to defeat Wang Zhi and finally become the boss of Pirate Island!"

"Zehahaha!"

Blackbeard began laughing loudly. Koby’s expression grew somewhat ugly. He didn’t pay much attention to Blackbeard’s taunting. The current situation had clearly spiraled beyond anyone’s control!

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