"You go to the side, don't die. These people are mine to deal with."
Nox stared sharply at the approaching CP members behind him and said.
Shakky, seeing this, quickly did as Nox said.
On this port, there were no ships. Nox's junior brothers' ship had been taken away.
The Leopard Pirates' ship had been destroyed by Nox, so Shakky couldn't escape in a short time, unless she jumped into the sea.
"We are from the World Government! Daring to harbor a Rocks Pirates member is making an enemy of the World Government!"
The Tiger Mask Man, seeing Nox and Shakky colluding, immediately warned in a cold voice.
He hoped Nox would be sensible and not get involved, which would save them trouble and reduce unnecessary variables.
"Foolish! Since I'm already a pirate, do you think I'm afraid of the World Government?"
"Don't you know that villains often die from talking too much?"
Nox's eyes glowed with a cold light, and his killing intent and Haoshoku Haki emanated from his body.
The entire port was like a giant meteor suddenly smashing into a calm sea. A violent Haoshoku Haki wave surged forward from Nox's center.
A giant stone caused a thousand ripples. That Haoshoku Haki tsunami, as if to engulf the entire island, drowned all the charging CP members.
The sudden, terrifying pressure dealt a heavy blow to those CP members.
Even though they had undergone strict training by the World Government, they still succumbed to this pressure, which felt like an act of god.
They stopped their charge, knelt on both knees, and struggled to resist the mental oppression of the Haoshoku Haki.
In less than three seconds, more than half of the CP members fainted, unable to withstand the impact of the Haoshoku Haki.
"This is Haoshoku Haki!!!"
Shakky, standing nearby, was also astonished by Nox's display.
She hadn't expected that someone she randomly encountered on the island would be a Haoshoku Haki user, and such a powerful one at that.
Although he couldn't compare to some of the monstrous executive officerss of the Rocks Pirates, Nox looked very young.
He had great potential, very likely to become someone who could stand shoulder to shoulder with the monstrous executive officerss of the Rocks Pirates.
"Since you're an incorrigible pirate and dare to obstruct our mission, then you shall die!"
After seeing the Haoshoku Haki unleashed by Nox, the Tiger Mask Man knew that there was no way for the two sides to negotiate. If that was the case, then he would just kill him and complete his mission.
"Roar!!!!"
With a tiger's roar, the Tiger Mask Man's muscles suddenly strengthened, instantly bursting his suit.
At the same time, his appearance transformed from a human into a humanoid tiger. Clearly, this was an Zoan-type Devil Fruit user.
"Common Zoan-type Devil Fruit, Cat-Cat Fruit · Striped Tiger Form!!"
At first glance at the Tiger Mask Man, Nox guessed his Devil Fruit ability.
When fighting Devil Fruit users, the first thing to do is to understand their Devil Fruit ability.
Otherwise, when dealing with some special Devil Fruit users, one could easily be caught off guard.
And this Tiger Mask Man's transformation, similar in aura to the previous leopard transformation, was also a common Zoan-type Devil Fruit user.
"Bang!!!"
The moment the Tiger Mask Man transformed, the Haoshoku pressure on him decreased, and he rushed forward using the Moonwalk technique.
His entire strength lay in his physical combat, and only by getting close to the enemy could he unleash his strongest power.
"Tiger Pistol!"
As his two Finger Pistols were covered in Haoshoku, he used Finger Pistol, aiming at Nox's heart and throat, two vital points.
"I've been waiting for you!"
Seeing the Tiger Mask Man charging, a cold smile appeared on Nox's lips.
"Life Return · Limb Enhancement!"
The moment Nox's Haoshoku Haki receded, his limb muscles suddenly bulged by a circle.
The strong, enlarged muscles swelled to their limit, the bulging veins clearly visible, and the strength of his limbs visibly surged.
Having mastered Life Return, he naturally developed some amplification methods.
Enhancing his limbs could increase the strength of his limbs by fifty percent, but it would bring strong pressure and muscle damage to his limbs, making it unsustainable.
"Triple Moonwalk!!"
The moment the Tiger Mask Man approached Nox, Nox's figure instantly vanished from his original spot, and the tiger's Finger Pistol pierced through the afterimage Nox left behind.
The first Moonwalk dodged the Tiger Pistol's attack, and the second Moonwalk brought him behind the Tiger Mask Man.
By the time the Tiger Mask Man realized he had only attacked an afterimage, it was too late. Nox had already appeared behind him.
The third Moonwalk erupted, and it was the strongest and fastest Moonwalk!
"Limitless · Cross Evil Light Slash!!"
The black longsword, with sword energy condensed and compressed to the extreme, instantly burst forth, unleashing two giant white Evil Light Slashes, each a hundred meters long. The slashes intersected and merged, forming a massive Cross Evil Light Slash!
The Cross Evil Light Slash had no sharp cutting power, no extreme penetrating power, and not even much speed.
But it transformed all the power originally attached to the slashes into extreme impact force!
The Tiger Mask Man had never expected Nox to burst out with such speed, far faster than his own Moonwalk. Even his beastly instincts couldn't react.
His Finger Pistol had just hit the opponent's afterimage when the massive slash already appeared behind him.
"Haoshoku · Iron Body!!"
Instinctively, the Tiger Mask Man used his best defense to armor his back.
"Boom!!!!"
The Tiger Mask Man's strong body was like a cannonball, struck squarely by the Cross Slash, like a powerful cannon blast pushing him towards the sea.
"Stop right there!"
The Tiger Mask Man seemed to be looking at the sea ahead, as if realizing something, and struggled to use Moonwalk in mid-air to stabilize his body from rushing towards the sea.
But the impact force from behind was too strong; he couldn't stabilize his body and could only let the impact on his back push him towards the sea.
Fortunately, this impact was horizontal, not pushing him downwards into the sea.
"Hmm? Not good!!"
Thinking of this, he seemed to discover some great secret, laboriously looking up and seeing Nox's sinister smile with his white teeth exposed.
The moment he unleashed the Evil Light Slash, Nox's Kenbunshoku Haki had already seen the trajectory of the Tiger Mask Man being pushed out, and he had already stepped on Moonwalk, arriving above that trajectory at an even faster speed.
His entire body's sea rhythm drew upon the aura of the entire sea, and the sword energy throughout his body transformed from its original sharp, unparalleled edge into a vastness as grand as the sea, as deep as an abyss.
As Nox raised his longsword, a massive underwater vortex illusion appeared, as if truly manifesting in the sky.
The vortex wildly devoured seawater, forming a sea tornado, and at the end of the underwater tornado, it formed the bottom of a funnel, which was precisely where the longsword's blade was located.