"How is that possible? Whether it's a Fleet Admiral or an ordinary person, hearts are made of flesh and blood. How can they be without emotion?"
Bai Qi nodded and said, "That's true. But if you want me to act, you know the price."
Sengoku looked at Bai Qi helplessly and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Anything on the battlefield, if you kill them or they drop something, as long as you get it, it's all yours."
"Agreed."
Bai Qi nodded, walked to the edge of the execution platform, and with his念力 (nianli - mental power) surrounding him, his feet lifted off the wooden stage, and he slowly flew towards the battlefield.
"Sengoku! Who is that! What kind of conspiracy are you up to now!"
Seeing the mysterious Vice Admiral fly towards the battlefield, and from his words it was clear that the target was Whitebeard, Ace couldn't help but become agitated.
"I don't know either. Perhaps it's a demon."
"A demon?"
Bai Qi, flying in the air, naturally attracted the attention of many pirates.
"Vice Admiral?"
"I've never seen this Vice Admiral before."
Looking at the unfamiliar Vice Admiral flying in the sky, the Marines looked bewildered.
Although Vice Admirals were not as rare as Admirals, their numbers were still limited. There were only a few of them, and the Marines at Marine Headquarters were already familiar with them. They had never seen a Vice Admiral who could fly.
"Whether it's a Vice Admiral or an Admiral, anyone who dares to stand in our way will die!"
The pirates wouldn't care about such things. Seeing Bai Qi flying alone in the sky, they immediately turned their cannons, aiming at the target. Then, four cannons fired simultaneously, and cannonballs shot directly towards Bai Qi.
"Dangerous!"
"Dodge quickly!"
The cannonballs ultimately missed Bai Qi. They stopped a distance away from him.
"Begone."
With just one word, the cannonballs seemed to be startled and flew back the way they came, striking the pirate ship at an even faster speed.
"Who is that! He's really annoying to look at."
Bai Qi's astonishing display drew the attention of many, including the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
Moriah, looking at Bai Qi overhead, felt extremely displeased. So what if he could fly? He could fly before, it's just that he'd gained a bit of weight.
"Very dangerous."
Unlike Moriah, Mihawk, as a great swordsman, sensed an extremely terrifying aura from Bai Qi with his keen intuition. It felt like a lion gazing at an ant.
Noticing Mihawk's abnormality, Doflamingo also looked at Bai Qi.
Although Doflamingo didn't have Mihawk's keen intuition, let's not forget that Kaido stood behind Doflamingo. From Bai Qi, Doflamingo sensed an aura even more powerful than Kaido's.
"Interesting, very interesting. I didn't expect the Marines to have such a person."
Mihawk withdrew his gaze, daring not to look at the powerful aura any longer. He leaped into the battlefield.
Drawing the black blade from his back, he swung it forcefully, and the intense blade energy felled the pirates in front of him.
This time, Mihawk was avoiding something.
He tried to numb himself with battle, thereby forgetting that aura from moments ago.
As the world's greatest swordsman, Mihawk's reputation was already well-known. Seeing him join the battle instantly attracted a lot of attention.
Consequently, fewer people were paying attention to Bai Qi.
Bai Qi arrived at the center of the battlefield, and his powerful aura immediately drew the attention and encirclement of many pirates.
"How dare mere ants contend with the bright moon?"
A vortex of energy spread out, sending all the pirates who had surrounded Bai Qi flying. They fell to the ground and lost consciousness.
"So... so strong."
Bai Qi's dominance did not intimidate the pirates. Instead, it attracted even more pirates to attack him.
"Are these ants not afraid of death?"
Two laser beams shot from Bai Qi's eyes.
Dealing with them one by one was too time-consuming. Bai Qi simply activated his laser eyes and swept across a wide area from left to right.
Pirates were mowed down like wheat by Bai Qi's laser beams.
"Help, help! I don't want to die."
"Save me, save me!"
"Why? I can't feel the weight below me anymore."
As the laser beams were about to hit him, a pirate who couldn't dodge in time collapsed on the ground. He had already prepared to be cut in half, but at the last moment, a tall figure appeared in front of the pirate and blocked all the attacks with his body.
"Hurry and leave! This is not someone you can deal with."
The man turned around. It was Jozu, the third division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates.
However, it made sense. If anyone could block Bai Qi's attacks, it would probably be Jozu, whose entire body had turned into diamonds.
"Let me face you."
Jozu thrust his hands into the ice layer and exerted force. The entire ice layer cracked rapidly. Jozu lifted a large piece of ice, half the size of a warship, over his head. Then, he exerted force again with both hands and threw it at Bai Qi.
"Useless brute force."
Looking at the ice block being thrown, its size was intimidating, but its actual power was not that great.
In the original story, there was a scene where Jozu used brute force to throw an ice block of similar size, intending to heavily injure the Marines. However, it was intercepted by Akainu from the sky. The shattered ice, along with the magma, caused considerable damage to the pirates. It was a case of trying to steal a chicken and losing the flock.
He never expected the other party to use the same trick against him. (Source: Sudan Novel Network)
A dragon's breath erupted, and the high temperature directly vaporized the ice block in the air.
That's right, vaporized.
Skipping the melting stage altogether.
"How is this guy possible?"
Flying abilities were rare, but not nonexistent. The Marine's Soru (Shave) and Geppo (Moon Walk) could allow one to stay in the air for a short period. Of course, eating a Devil Fruit was also a possibility.
But breathing fire was truly beyond everyone's expectations.
The only one known to be able to use fire on a large scale was Ace's Mera Mera no Mi (Flame-Flame Fruit). But Ace was still alive, and Devil Fruits were unique. A new one would not appear before the user died. How did this guy do it?
"You're surprised too soon. The real show is just beginning."
After speaking, Bai Qi vanished from his original spot and, at almost the same instant, appeared in front of Jozu.
Before Jozu could react, a punch landed on his diamond-formed body.
Bang!
A violent collision.
To everyone's surprise, Jozu, the burly man with the best defense, was actually sent flying by a single punch. Several cracks even appeared on his seemingly indestructible diamond body.
"This... How is this possible!?"
Ignoring the pain in his body, the scene before him had shattered Jozu's understanding.
His unbreakable body had actually been cracked.
"Diamonds are not necessarily indestructible. It all depends on the strength involved."
After speaking, Bai Qi attacked again.
This time, Bai Qi directly attacked Jozu's head, looking like he intended to end the fight completely.
Even with his entire body diamondized, the intense pressure and sense of death made it difficult for Jozu to breathe.
"I'm going to die! If I get hit, I'll definitely die!"