Chapter 171
Hearing Roger's order, a young man wearing a checkered shirt immediately gave him an OK hand gesture.
He fixed his eyes on the pirate ship ahead and immediately steered the Oro Jackson toward it.
Seeing they were finally going to have a real fight, all the Roger Pirates crew immediately perked up.
They looked excitedly toward the ship ahead flying the Lionheart Pirates flag.
They had no fear or reverence for the Rocks Pirates.
Seeing this scene, Rayleigh immediately covered his face helplessly.
Having a captain like Roger really gave him a massive headache.
Just as the Roger Pirates charged toward the subordinate crew of the Lionheart Pirates, Baron, captain of the White Elephant Pirates (a subordinate crew of the Lionheart Pirates), also spotted the Roger Pirates' ship.
Seeing a pirate crew actually daring to provoke him, Baron immediately roared in anger.
"In this sea area, someone actually dares to disrespect me." "They must be tired of living." "Little ones, charge forward and take all their treasure!" "We are the backbone of the Lionheart Pirates — we can't disgrace Boss Shiki."
Hearing Captain Baron's words, these pirates, who had long run rampant in the New World, also felt provoked.
They all drew their weapons, ready to teach these suicidal fools a proper lesson.
With both sides accelerating, the White Elephant Pirates and Roger Pirates quickly entered each other's firing range.
Looking at the rapidly approaching Oro Jackson, Captain Baron immediately waved his hand and gave the order:
"Little ones, aim at the pirate ship ahead and fire!"
With Baron's command to open fire, the gunners of the White Elephant Pirates immediately aimed their cannons at the Roger Pirates' ship.
Soon, cannonballs gleaming with cold metallic luster shot toward the Roger Pirates.
Since the Roger Pirates had long run out of cannonballs, they could only pick up their weapons and defend passively.
Rayleigh saw a cannonball about to land on the deck. He immediately threw away the wine cup in his hand, his eyes sharp as he drew the sharp long sword at his waist, and with one slash sent the cannonball flying away.
Seeing cannonballs constantly falling toward the ship, the Roger Pirates crew all picked up their weapons and began blocking the incoming cannonballs from the air.
They quickly dealt with all the cannonballs.
Seeing their own cannon fire so easily countered by the enemy, Baron felt no surprise.
In the harsh environment of the New World, pirates who couldn't even block cannonballs had long been buried at sea.
"Is the main cannon ready?"
Hearing the captain's question, the sniper controlling the main cannon immediately gave an affirmative answer through the Den Den Mushi.
"Good, adjust the ship's direction and prepare to fire the main cannon at the pirate ship ahead!"
Hearing Baron's words, the helmsman of the White Elephant Pirates immediately adjusted the ship's direction, aiming the main cannon at the Roger Pirates.
Soon a huge black cannonball roared toward the Oro Jackson.
Seeing a massive cannonball heading toward his precious ship, Roger immediately withdrew his smile, his eyes instantly turning razor-sharp.
"Don't even think about touching my baby!"
Seeing Roger preparing to take action himself, the rest of the crew immediately stopped what they were doing.
They all focused their gazes on Roger, their eyes full of anticipation.
Soon they saw Roger stomp on the deck with one foot, his figure shooting forward like a cannonball, leaving a trail of red light behind him.
Watching the black cannonball rapidly enlarging in his vision, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Roger's mouth.
With a flash of sword light, the long sword at his waist was smoothly drawn in an instant.
As a dazzling blade light streaked across the sky, this powerful cannonball was immediately split in two by him, falling powerlessly into the sea with a deafening explosion.
After dealing with this powerful cannonball, Roger immediately stepped on the air and drew a beautiful arc back to the ship.
Seeing Roger's swordsmanship had improved again, admiration appeared in Rayleigh's eyes.
He had very high expectations for Roger's talent and future.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have followed Roger to sail the seas just because of one sentence.
Seeing that his main cannon caused no threat to the Roger Pirates, Baron immediately had a bad feeling.
Thinking that he was a powerful Devil Fruit user himself, a confident smile appeared on his face again.
"Little ones, bring the ship closer!" "Let them see the strength of our White Elephant Pirates!"
As the White Elephant and Oro Jackson drew close together, Baron immediately ordered his subordinates to charge onto the deck of the Oro Jackson.
Seeing the enemy charge over, the Roger Pirates crew all grinned ferociously and picked up their weapons to fight them.
The Roger Pirates crew were basically all elites with very good strength.
They quickly killed several members of the White Elephant Pirates.
Seeing his crew members were no match for the Roger Pirates, Baron immediately picked up a mace longer than his own body and jumped onto the deck of the Oro Jackson.
Seizing an opportunity, he swung the mace and smashed one Roger Pirates member into a pulp.
Seeing a crew member sacrificed, Roger immediately felt heartache.
He angrily charged toward Baron.
Roger arrived in front of Baron and slashed downward with his sword.
Feeling the strong threat from the long sword, Baron reacted quickly and immediately raised his huge mace to clash with Roger's sword, sending out a shower of brilliant sparks.
As a violent shockwave spread outward, the pirates surrounding the two were instantly blown away by the fierce airflow.
After blocking Roger's attack, Baron felt a huge force transmit through his weapon into his body, causing him some injury.
Seeing Roger still staring at him expressionlessly, Baron's heart immediately went cold.
As Roger increased the force in his hand, Baron's body was uncontrollably pushed back several steps before he stabilized himself.
Seeing Baron actually block his attack, Roger's gaze toward the opponent also became more serious.
"Not bad for a New World pirate — your strength is indeed impressive!"
In his opinion, with the opponent's current strength, even on his ship he could rank fifth.
But since the other dared to harm his beloved crew, as captain he would never let him off easily.
"But today you must die. No one can stop me — that's what I said!"
Feeling the intense killing intent radiating from Roger's body, Baron immediately showed a wary, ugly smile and said slowly:
"Roger, your strength is very good!" "How about joining our great Lionheart Pirates!" "You should know that our Boss Shiki is a super pirate with an 1.8 billion berry bounty!"
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