Snowflakes drifted down gently.
After suffering three times from Sapphire’s predictive Observation Haki, Zebruth shifted his attacks towards her.
However, Sapphire was not an easy target to catch. She possessed a Logia-type fruit, had awakened her Devil Fruit powers, and was capable of predicting the future with her Observation Haki.
The island was now split into four and was blanketed in heavy snow. The thick snowflakes quickly covered the island, reducing visibility to ten meters. Sapphire hid herself within the snowstorm!
Whenever Zebruth tried to locate her using his Observation Haki, he would face heavy strikes from Figo. Whenever Zebruth engaged Figo, Sapphire would strike from the shadows or provide critical reminders to Figo, tipping the scales in their favor.
Zebruth could leverage his Devil Fruit abilities in a one-on-one fight for a slight advantage. But now, it was two-on-two, putting Zebruth at a clear disadvantage as Figo landed more effective blows.
And soon, it was more than just two-on-two.
Half an hour into the battle, three figures joined the fray through the snowstorm!
Led by Vice Admiral Doug, the three Vice Admirals arrived, each dragging a heavy Seastone chain, signaling that the rest of the Hell Pirates had been captured!
“Teacher, the other two Vice Admirals…” Figo asked as he shielded the three.
“They’re fine, just a bit injured. I left them to guard the ships,” Doug replied.
He didn’t mention the casualties among the lower-ranking officers and soldiers. He waved the Seastone chain at Figo, asking, “Can you use this?”
Figo shook his head.
Seastone didn’t instantly immobilize a Devil Fruit user upon contact. Otherwise, every Marine could just carry a Seastone chain and easily defeat Devil Fruit users. As long as they weren’t fully bound, they could use Armament Haki to reduce contact area and resist Seastone’s effects.
Without Vegapunk in this era, the Marines didn’t have high-purity Seastone weapons that could paralyze a Devil Fruit user instantly. Hoping for Zebruth to be careless enough to get bound by Seastone was harder than pushing him into the sea.
“Then we’ll use it,” Doug said. “We’ll support you from the sidelines. Don’t let this guy escape!”
Figo didn’t refuse, “Be careful.”
On the other side, as Doug and his group appeared, the shield also whispered to Zebruth.
“Boss, should we retreat?”
Zebruth’ dog face remained stoic.
He didn’t answer.
Retreat? More like running away.
The situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable.
Even the Marines were preparing to prevent his escape.
But… running away?
Letting the Marines capture all his crew, leaving only him and Vice Captain Tonytoa to flee like defeated dogs, turning from a king into a laughingstock on the seas?!
I am Zebruth, the Hellhound!
Crack! Crack!
His Conqueror’s Haki surged, and thunder roared in the sky! He charged at Figo and the Vice Admirals again, his momentum unstoppable. Today, it was either them or him!
Figo faced him head-on, while Doug’s hearty laughter echoed, “Come on, Zebruth, keep it up! Don’t let me look down on you! As a king of the seas, you can’t run away. I, Doug, firmly believe that!”
The power of the Cheer Cheer Fruit surged.
The fierce battle resumed!
Half an hour later, the two Vice Admirals besides Doug were severely injured and had to retreat from the battle. But their sacrifices allowed Figo to inflict severe internal injuries on Zebruth!
As night fell, Zebruth, fed up with Doug’s cheerleading and Sapphire’s interference, decided to exchange blows.
The old man, Doug, suffered severe injuries but managed to wrap the Seastone chain around the fatty shield. Sapphire, using her Snow Snow Fruit, froze the exhausted Tonytoa, though she also ended up severely injured from Zebruth’ attacks!
Simultaneously, Figo’s fist landed directly on Zebruth’ eye socket, shattering one of his dog eyes and delivering a critical blow!
Tony toa, Sapphire, and Doug withdrew from the battlefield. The sea swallowed two of the four divided sections of the island!
On the remaining two pieces of land, Figo and the one-eyed, retreatless Zebruth continued their deathmatch!
Their battle raged on until dawn, a full day and night since the fight began, with barely any land left to stand on!
Around the island, ten Marine ships firmly blocked the area. Onboard, Marines and captured pirates anxiously awaited the outcome.
Doug, covered in bandages, stood at the ship’s bow with a recovering Mia, hands clenching and unclenching in anticipation.
Suddenly, a deafening roar echoed from the battlefield, followed by a massive, demon-like figure of purple flames rising.
The purple flames soared over two hundred meters high, forming a giant fiery hound overlooking the sea!
The water beneath the ships started to boil with the heat, bubbling vigorously but quickly cooled as the water flowed.
The demonic figure in the center of the battlefield also shattered and dissipated!
“Trying to evaporate the sea? The sea is relentless! Zebruth is finished!” Doug exclaimed, tears glistening in his old eyes.
Beside him, Mia, her face still pale, smiled, “Figo will win. If not, he would’ve swum back already, using the Buster Call to blow Zebruth into the sea. You should firmly believe that… haha.”
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[Prisoner: Zebruth]
[Level: SSR6]
[Status: In Custody]
[Crime Index: 675]
[Capture Contribution: 80%]
[Selectable Rewards: Shipwright, Captain, Navigation, Armament Haki, Swordsmanship]
[Character Event 1: To be Activated]
[Character Event 2: Temporarily Unavailable]
[Core Event: Temporarily Unavailable]
Use the Buster Call to blow him away? What about my capture contribution? Figo had already fought this far; he wouldn’t take shortcuts!
He already felt a bit pained losing the 20% contribution. In a one-on-one fight, there was a significant chance of losing. If Zebruth wanted to escape, Figo had no way to stop him.
But how was Zebruth’ crime index only a quarter of that Celestial Dragon’s?
The crime index was something harder to increase the higher it went. Killing a person might not even raise it by a point. Among the big pirates in Impel Down, the highest crime index hadn’t even reached 150.
675 was very high compared to them, but it seemed too low compared to the Celestial Dragon.
Figo pondered, thinking there could be two reasons. One, Zebruth’ evil deeds were more calculated, aiming for domination rather than killing for fun. Unlike the Celestial Dragons, who would enslave a family on a whim.
Two, the Celestial Dragon might carry the weight of originating the slave trade or other heinous crimes.
He couldn’t delve into it further now. His mind was on the rewards—swordsmanship, his swordsmanship.
Select Reward: Armament Haki.
Armament Haki +64800 → 124795
Level 5, Top-Level Armament Haki!
Figo suddenly felt like letting Zebruth out of his cell to fight again!
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