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Chapter 152 Drums of Dark Liberation
Rayleigh knelt on one knee, his rapier deeply embedded in the ground, his left arm charred, and blood continuously flowing from the corner of his mouth.
But his eyes were still sharp, staring at Rogge.
"Pirates' Dream..."
Rayleigh's voice was hoarse but firm, "Roger... he saw the truth of the world..."
"I don't want to listen to you Pirates talk about so-called dreams and freedom anymore."
Rogge interrupted indifferently, slowly clenching his right fist.
"Air compression and grinding."
"Bang--!!!"
Rayleigh's body exploded in front of everyone!
Blood and broken bones splattered everywhere, dyeing the entire ruins red!
"Dr. Rayleigh!!!"
Nami screamed heart-wrenchingly.
"No... Impossible..."
Zoro's three knives all fell to the ground, and his pupils trembled violently.
Chopper burst into tears. "How could it be...Mr. Rayleigh..."
Robin bit his lips hard, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth.
Luffy slumped on the ground, his eyes empty, his lips trembling but unable to speak.
Rogge stepped forward, his combat boots stepping over Rayleigh's bloodline.
His cold eyes swept over the people who were seriously injured and lying on the ground.
Qing Jiao struggled to get up: "The Eight Treasures Navy...will never..."
"Noisy."
Rogge waved his hand.
"Puff!"
The green pepper's head exploded like a watermelon!
"grandfather!!!"
Old Cai's eyes were about to burst, and he was about to rush forward -
"Bang!"
His chest suddenly caved in, and his entire body was crushed into a meat patty by an invisible force!
Cavendish shuddered and backed away. "Wait... I'm not..."
"Pirates, no difference."
Rogge didn't stop.
"Crack!"
Cavendish's spine was broken and he collapsed to the ground like a rag.
Rogge's eyes locked on the one-armed Usopp.
"Sniper?"
He raised his hand and grabbed it.
"Aa ...
Usopp was suddenly levitated, being lifted up by the throat by an invisible force.
"Usopp!!!"
Chopper cried and tried to rush forward, but was held back by Zoro.
"Don't go over there!"
Zoro's voice trembled like never before.
Usopp struggled to raise his sniper rifle and pointed it at Rogge: "Go...die..."
"Bang!"
The bullet was blocked by the air wall as soon as it left the gun and exploded directly inside the barrel!
"Puff!"
Usopp's right arm was shattered, and then—
"No...don't..."
Luffy finally uttered a sound, tears blurring his vision.
Rogge folded his fingers.
"Bang!"
Blood rained down from the sky, and Usopp's body exploded into pieces in the air!
"Usopp————!!!"
The Straw Hat Pirates cried heartbreakingly.
Rogge finally walked up to Luffy, looking down at the man who was slumped on the ground and kept shouting that he wanted to become the "King of Pirates".
"Monkey D. Luffy."
Rogge's voice was icy cold. "Do you still want to be the King of Pirates?"
Luffy's pupils contracted violently, tears and blood mixed together, and his lips trembled.
Dark light began to flicker in his eyes, and Nika's will was on the verge of collapse.
Rogge slowly raised his hand: "Go to hell with your companions."
"Three Swords Style: Demon Slash!!!"
"A riot of colour, giant bones!"
Zoro's three swords and Robin's materialized giant bony hand attacked Rogge at the same time.
When the sword tip and the bone spur were only an inch away from Rogge's eyebrows—
"Sizzle——!!!"
Two golden lightning pillars fell from the sky!
"Ughh ...
Zoro's muscles twitched violently under the high voltage current, and the three knives fell to the ground with a clang.
Robin's bony hand carbonized instantly, and her slender body was thrown out like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into the stone pillar.
"Zoro! Robin!"
Amidst Nami's heart-wrenching cries, two charred bodies slowly fell to the ground, and the last wisp of white smoke slowly dissipated from the remains that still maintained a fighting posture.
Luffy's pupils completely lost focus at this moment!
"Boom..."
When the first heartbeat sounded, Rogge's pupils contracted slightly.
He suddenly remembered a speculation he had seen on a forum in his previous life - "The sun god Nika may have a dual aspect of light and shadow."
"Boom... boom..."
Luffy's curled up body began to twitch unnaturally amidst the increasingly rapid heartbeat.
Dark lines spread from the corners of his eyes, and the steam that should have been pure was mixed with a strange black mist.
"This drumbeat..."
Rogge's fingers tightened unconsciously. "Something's wrong."
Chopper's blue nose twitched violently, tears welling up in his eyes. "No... this voice..."
The drum beats grew faster and more distorted.
The rhythm that should have been cheerful and free now sounded like some kind of twisted death knell, and every beat made the listener's heart ache.
"laugh..."
"Hehehe..."
The laughter coming from the black fog made Enel shudder. For the first time, the man who claimed to be a god felt fear, and the golden stick fell to the ground with a clang.
Luffy's body mechanically stood up like a puppet, his rubberized limbs twisted at ergonomically incorrect angles.
Rogge narrowed his eyes and slowly made an air pressure start with his right hand.
"Luffy! Wake up!"
Nami tried to rush forward, but was stopped by Sabo's broken arm.
The Revolutionary Army Chief of Staff coughed up blood foam and said, "Don't go over there... That's not... the Luffy we know..."
The black mist completely enveloped Luffy's body, leaving only his eyes - those completely black pupils reflected everyone's despair.
Rogge's eyes became more serious than ever before. He recalled the information he had read in his previous life - in an ancient legend, the sun god might fall to the dark side when he was extremely desperate.
"Air Pressure·God's Fall!"
The air in the entire arena was instantly sucked dry, and the absolute vacuum cage that distorted even the light completely enveloped Black Mist Luffy.
Pressure strong enough to crush diamonds came from all directions——
"Bang!"
The drumbeat suddenly stopped.
A pitch-black rubber arm penetrated the vacuum cage and extended infinitely, violating the laws of physics. Its five fingers spread out to an exaggerated degree and grabbed Rogge's head.
"I got you."
"Mr. Marine."
The voice coming from the black fog made everyone's hair stand on end. It sounded like Luffy's voice, but also like the echo of someone from eight hundred years ago.
Rogge's skull crackled under the weight, but he raised his lips and said, "Interesting."
"Bang!"
The air compression explosion forcibly separated the two men. Rogge retreated half a step and stood still. The blood flowing from his forehead dyed half of his vision red.
The black fog gradually dissipated, revealing a terrifying figure within it—
The snow-white body was covered with black lines, the eyebrows that should have been free turned into twisted hooks, and the corners of the mouth that was stretched from ear to ear were hung with a crazy smile.
The most terrifying thing is those eyes, with countless distorted silhouettes reflected in the dark pupils.
"I want..."
"Put you..."
"all..."
"Becoming a toy..."
Dark Nika tilted his head, his limbs twitching and moving like a broken puppet.
The rhythm of the drum of liberation had been completely distorted, and every beat of the drum made the hearts of everyone present ache.
"Luffy..."
Chopper's tears fell to the ground. "How could it be..."
Sabo struggled to stand up: "We must... stop him..."
Rogge took a deep breath, and the air began to whine.
The clouds within a kilometer radius spun wildly, forming a huge Uzumaki.
That was not ordinary air pressure control, but the atmospheric laws of the entire area were rewritten into a killing weapon.
"Whether you're Nika or something else..."
"This day will all end here."
Two forces powerful enough to rewrite the laws of physics are about to collide, and the remaining Straw Hat crew members are at the center of the storm...
At the moment when the two forces were about to collide——
Wanokuni - Ghost Island
Kaido looked up suddenly: "This drum sound... is wrong!"
Kamabaka Kingdom
The document in Long's hand slipped: "This ominous feeling..."
Mariejois - Between Powers
The Five Elders opened their eyes simultaneously: "Drum of Liberation?!"