Chapter 172
Hearing Baron's threat, Roger's face showed no trace of fear.
"Don't waste your breath. We are the freest pirates — we won't be bound by anything!" "And besides, you killed my beloved crew member. You'd better hand over your life obediently!"
Seeing that Roger had no intention of coexisting peacefully, Baron's eyes instantly turned icy cold.
"Hehe, in that case, you can just die!"
With an angry roar from Baron's mouth, his body immediately swelled several times over.
He directly transformed into a monster resembling a small giant.
His fierce eyes locked onto Roger as he effortlessly swung his spiked iron club toward Roger's head.
Seeing Baron's incoming iron club, Roger smiled and adjusted the straw hat on his head.
His figure flashed and instantly appeared in front of him.
He immediately swung his sword and clashed with the descending iron club, producing a deafening metallic explosion.
As a violent shockwave erupted between them, the deck beneath their feet instantly cracked like a spiderweb, unable to withstand the force of the two.
Seeing his beloved Oro Jackson damaged, Roger immediately felt heartache.
When his emotions shifted, two streaks of red lightning instantly burst from his eyes.
Divine Avoidance!
As Roger unleashed his strongest technique, his figure turned into a blinding streak of electricity and instantly appeared in front of Baron, slashing heavily across his chest.
Feeling a powerful impact force break through his Haki and explode in front of him, Baron was immediately sent flying by the strike.
"How is this possible!"
Seeing his body uncontrollably flying backward and crashing heavily into the buildings on the White Elephant, Baron let out an unwilling roar.
After knocking his opponent out of his beloved ship, Roger immediately jumped onto the deck of the White Elephant.
Looking at Baron, who had just crawled out of the rubble, he smiled and rested his long sword on his shoulder, chuckling lightly:
"Hahaha!" "Now I don't have to worry about my beloved ship getting hurt anymore!"
Hearing Roger's words, Baron immediately felt immense humiliation.
He immediately gathered all his strength, picked up the nearby mace covered in tiny cracks, and angrily swung it toward Roger's head.
Seeing Baron still had strength, Roger also lost the intention to continue tangling with him.
He took a big step forward, gripped his sword with both hands, and slashed Baron flying once again.
Seeing he had no defensive capability left, Roger immediately seized the opening and slashed across his chest.
As sparks burst from Baron's chest, Roger immediately looked surprised to see that his long sword couldn't pierce through his skin.
It only left a tiny wound on the opponent's chest.
"Hahahahaha!" "Looks like I still underestimated the power of a Devil Fruit a little!"
"Damn brat, die!"
Feeling the intense pain from his chest, Baron's eyes immediately turned blood-red. He raised one massive hand and slapped it toward Roger.
"You'd better hand over your life obediently!"
Seeing Baron's body so tough and thick-skinned, Roger completely lost patience.
Divine Avoidance!
Roger's figure quickly flashed aside to dodge Baron's attack, then thrust his sword furiously toward his chest.
The moment the pitch-black long sword touched Baron's body, a blinding massive blade light immediately pierced through his body, grinding his internal organs into pulp.
Seeing that he had actually fallen at the hands of a rookie newcomer, Baron glared at Roger unwillingly and shouted:
"You dare kill me — Boss Shiki will never let you off!"
Soon he lost all vitality and turned into an ice-cold corpse.
After killing his enemy, the corner of Roger's mouth immediately curved up, revealing his signature smile.
Seeing Roger so easily dispatch his opponent, all the Roger Pirates crew immediately cheered excitedly.
"Long live Captain Roger!"
Hearing his partners' cheers, Roger immediately laughed excitedly:
"Hahahahaha!" "Partners, let's all move the treasure from this ship onto the Oro Jackson!"
Hearing Roger's loud laughter, the Roger Pirates crew immediately sprang into action.
They all jumped excitedly onto the White Elephant Pirates' ship and carefully searched for the treasure.
Soon, box after box of treasure was carried back to the Oro Jackson.
Seeing that they had suddenly become rich again, Roger immediately happily started a banquet.
On the Oro Jackson, for a time, bursts of lively cheers rang out.
Skull Island, Shiki's main base.
At this moment, Shiki was holding a banquet on this island.
Just as the banquet reached its climax, a newspaper arrived at an inopportune time, delivered by one of the Lionheart Pirates' executives to Shiki.
Seeing it was the latest issue, the slightly drunk Shiki curiously took the newspaper and began reading.
Seeing there was no valuable news, he immediately prepared to throw it away.
Just as he was about to toss it, Shiki accidentally noticed a photo that caught his slight interest.
In the photo, a young man wearing a straw hat was smiling happily, showing a mouthful of snow-white teeth.
Toward this recently rising newcomer, Shiki was still quite interested.
If he could recruit the other party, then the strength of his Lionheart Pirates would definitely increase.
However, when he saw the figure Roger was holding in the photo, Shiki immediately read the newspaper content seriously.
Upon learning that his executive had actually been killed by Roger, Shiki immediately felt a burning sting on his cheek.
He had just been thinking about recruiting Roger, and now he had been slapped in the face.
As Shiki's face darkened, a powerful wave of Conqueror's Haki instantly erupted from his body, knocking out all the nearby pirates.
After a long while, Shiki finally calmed his inner anger and muttered darkly to himself:
"Hmph, I'll give you a chance." "If you can join under my command, I can pretend this never happened." "If you dare refuse, I will definitely make you know the price of angering me."
"Lionheart Pirates, set sail!" "Let's teach the Roger Pirates a lesson."
Hearing Shiki's roar, the Lionheart Pirates crew all shouted excitedly.
"Hahaha, what an ignorant fool — daring to anger our Boss Shiki!" "Exactly, I'm going to cut off Roger's head and offer it to Lord Shiki." "At that time, maybe I can even get a Devil Fruit bestowed by Lord Shiki."
Thinking of the powerful strength a Devil Fruit would bring, all the pirates in the room felt their eyes heat up.
Soon they returned to their respective pirate ships and followed Shiki's Golden Lion out of Skull Island, sailing into the vast sea.
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