One Piece: Building the Roxas Empire

"Dodge. Divine Evasion—" Before he finished speaking, the sky seemed to be torn apart, and countless blazing red sword energy rushed in from all directions, surrounding Darius and forming an airtight sword net.

"This...!" Facing this sudden and overwhelming attack, Darius realized that he was in a desperate situation. There were death tracks all around him, and there was no escape. He immediately tensed up, and his armed color domineering aura covered every inch of his skin like armor. This was the only line of defense he could rely on. However, with such dense sword pressure, even the strongest defense seemed powerless.

The sword energy was like a tornado, bombarding Darius one after another. His chest, back, waist, abdomen, thighs, arms, all suffered heavy injuries. Scars deep enough to see the bones instantly bloomed, and blood gushed out like a fountain that had been unsealed, staining his clothes red. The pain came like a tide, intertwining with the domineering aura surging in his body, forming a force that almost swallowed him. Darius felt his consciousness begin to blur, as if he was wandering on the edge of life and death.

Finally, when the last wisp of sword energy dissipated into the air, Roger stopped his attack. Despite performing such an amazing stunt, he could not hide the fatigue on his face. He panted slightly, showing that this move was also very exhausting for him.

This move was a killer move that he had honed bit by bit in countless fierce battles with Garp. Its speed and skills had reached the pinnacle. In this vast ocean, the only ones who could withstand this move head-on were Garp and Whitebeard, legendary strongmen. Even Shiki the Golden Lion of the Flying Pirates, or Sengoku, known as the "wisest general" among the admirals of the navy, had to adopt a strategy of avoiding the sharp edge of this move.

On the other hand, although Darius was extremely brave, he was obviously not yet at the level of being able to stand shoulder to shoulder with those sea overlords.

Darius was bleeding all over at this time, and his hands were still tightly holding Black Cleaver. Looking at Roger on the opposite side, he gradually calmed down. Why would he fight him alone? Now he was in the state of Demonic Sublimation. In this situation, it was best to fight in a group. Single combat became his weakness. Roger was different from Slit. Roger was a typical assassin with high attack and low defense. If he resisted head-on, he would not be able to withstand his attack at all.

It was necessary to fight a protracted war. Darius made a decision quickly in his heart. His greatest advantage was the protracted combat capability of the demon sublimation. Roger was not an animal-type ability user, so his protracted combat capability was definitely not as good as that of Slit, who had awakened the ability.

After figuring this out, Darius immediately changed his tactics and threw all the thoughts of awakening his domineering Haki out of his mind. Compared to awakening his domineering Haki, Darius could not tolerate being defeated even more. Even if many people were killed or injured today, he absolutely could not lose.

At this moment, a red light of Observation Haki flashed in Roger's eyes, and his face suddenly looked unhappy. He clenched Ace in his hand and slashed at Darius with a sword again.

Darius turned around and ran towards the center of Demon Valley Town. As long as he was in a crowded place, his demon sublimation could heal his injuries continuously.

At this moment, above the Magic Valley Town, a 300-meter-high stone giant appeared and trampled on the Noxus Pirates below. Facing this monster, the members of the Noxus Pirates began to despair: "Monster! What kind of monster is this guy!" "No, we can't beat this guy at all, damn it! There is such a monster in Roger's Pirates." "After all, this is one of the three major pirate groups in the New World!"

At this time, Rayleigh looked at Barrett who had merged with the earth and smiled: "Sure enough! Facing this kind of human wave tactics, your ability is more convenient!"

The man who transformed into a giant was named Douglas Barrett, and although he was young, he was extremely powerful. He was a person who had eaten the superhuman fusion fruit. He had now merged with the earth of Mogu Town, becoming a stone giant over 300 meters tall, and was trampling on the Noxus Pirates below.

"Hmph, you are just a bunch of trash, and you want to challenge our Roger Pirates? All of you go to hell!" Barrett roared angrily. After merging into a three-hundred-meter-tall stone giant, he stomped hard, causing the ground of the entire Demon Valley Town to sink and shatter. A storm of air currents was set off within a thousand meters around him.

"Run away!" At this time, members of the Noxus Pirates fled in all directions, and Darius, who had just arrived, had an ugly look on his face. He looked at the three-hundred-meter-tall giant, and then at the fleeing Noxus Pirates in the distance, and rushed over angrily.

All of a sudden, these fleeing pirates collided with Darius, and saw Shadow Demons suddenly appearing around them. Shadow Demons passed through their bodies one after another, and the pirates immediately felt weak: "What is this time!" "It's the captain, this is the Shadow Demon, it's the captain's ability."

Darius looked at the Noxian pirates who were trying to escape and said coldly, "Everyone, go back immediately. Anyone who dares to escape will die."

Most of the Noxian pirates who chose to escape were cowards. When they saw Darius appear, it was okay for them to bully weak civilians, but if they were asked to face a strong man, they really had no way out and could not win!

"Captain, we can't defeat that monster at all!" "Yes! Captain, that monster is too strong, it's simply not something humans can defeat!" All of a sudden, the fleeing pirates prayed.

"Captain, could you please take back this Shadow Demon of yours? I feel like I'm almost out of strength." The pirates around were pierced through the bodies by Shadow Demons one after another. They soon felt extremely weak, more tired than running hundreds of meters, and they begged for mercy immediately.

"Since you don't have the courage to fight, then just die!" Darius said without mercy, and swung out a series of axe energy quickly, killing all the pirates who wanted to escape. The blood that flowed out also accelerated the surrounding shadow demons to devour their lives.

"No!" "Captain, spare us!" "We are going to fight now, please let us go! Captain..." The pirates saw that Darius really killed them directly without showing any mercy. They also witnessed the captain's ruthlessness. Although there have been rumors on the ship that the captain was cold-blooded and ruthless, they really witnessed it this time.

At this time, Roger had already caught up and saw Darius had killed dozens of his subordinates. His injuries were recovering quickly. There was some anger in his eyes. He said coldly: "You are so ruthless! Darius, they are all your subordinates! You actually killed them like this."

"I don't need useless subordinates, and these trash will only run away. What's the point of keeping them?" Darius turned around. At this time, his injuries were recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye. The shadow demons continued to devour the lives of the people around him to heal Darius' injuries.

Seeing that Darius's injuries had almost recovered in less than a minute, Roger also felt the seriousness of the situation. No wonder Darius said that no one had ever been able to force him into a desperate situation. This kind of recovery ability is simply too exaggerated! As long as he cannot be killed in one blow, he can recover continuously. Roger said with a serious look in his eyes: "Is this your ability? Devouring other people's vitality to recover from your injuries."

Darius raised a cruel smile at the corner of his mouth. "Humph, that's right. The reason why the Noxus Pirates have so many people is partly because I like to use absolute numbers to crush my opponents. Another reason is this. Unless you can kill me in one blow, I can't think of how I can lose."

"I see! It is indeed a very powerful ability, but also a very cruel ability." Roger's face was cold: "But today I will tell you! Companions are meant to be protected, not killed."

"Brothers, come and greet him."

As soon as Roger finished speaking, the members of Roger's pirate group shook off the members of Noxus Pirates, and then went directly into the range of Darius' Demon Sublimation, surrounding Darius. On the other hand, the Noxus Pirates chose to stay away from Darius in order to avoid having their lives sucked away by the shadow demons. This created a phenomenon that the members of Roger's pirate group were all in the encirclement of Demon Sublimation, surrounding Darius, while the members of the Noxus Pirates had already escaped from the range of Demon Sublimation because of the existence of the shadow demons.

Darius' face turned pale when he saw this scene, but Roger and the others did not give Darius a chance. They waved their weapons and attacked Darius, saying, "Your move is indeed powerful, but as long as your domineering power is strong enough, those ghost-like monsters will not be able to take away our vitality. Instead, your subordinates chose to stay away from you because they were afraid of losing their lives. This is the importance of companions! Boy..."

Darius also felt at this time that there were fewer and fewer humans within the range of his demon sublimation, and the vitality that the Shadow Demon could absorb was getting less and less. The members of Roger's Pirates were all domineering masters, and the Shadow Demon could not absorb their vitality at all. He wanted to run and move to the surrounding Noxus Pirates members or other places where there were people, so that the Shadow Demon could absorb their vitality to recover from his injuries, but he was surrounded by the members of Roger's Pirates.

In just one minute, Darius was already seriously injured. With Darius as the center, there was no one else in a radius of 500 meters except for the Roger Pirates. Darius shouted angrily: "Assholes, you guys, stop the Roger Pirates for me!"

At this time, the Noxus Pirates outside the Demon Ascension were also anxious! However, they did not dare to easily step into this range, because after entering, their vitality would definitely be sucked away.