Nearly A Thousand Pirates Were All Wiped Out

The waiter was left speechless; he genuinely hadn't seen anything. All he observed was the big man's sudden, unexplained demise. Yet, his intuition whispered that Arias was the culprit.

Leaving the bar, Arias noticed several pirate ships surrounding the Dawn. Intimidated by the aura of the underground world, they hesitated to take direct action.

Ignoring the looming threat, Arias boarded the Dawn and set sail. The pirates from the bar also emerged, returned to their ships, and initiated pursuit.

At the bar's entrance, the waiter nonchalantly tossed the big man's body into the sea. Watching the distant figures of the pursuing ships, he muttered, "Arias, the husband of Boa Hancock, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Do you think breaking our rules will let you leave safely?"

At sea, Arias reviewed the information on Jesse. The details included Jesse's history, the frequent locations he visited at sea, and characteristics of everyone on his crew.

"Arias, those ships are tailing us," Yamato observed.

While the Daybreak could easily outpace the pursuers at full strength, Arias showed no inclination to speed up.

"They're also bounties. Let's not let them go in vain," Arias remarked, slowing down the boat to allow the pirate ships to approach.

"Don't hold back; we still have two wounded. Let's finish this quickly!" Hancock and Yamato concurred.

The anger over Hiyori and Salome's injuries fueled their determination. Since Jesse remained elusive, dealing with these pursuing pirates would serve as a suitable outlet for their frustrations.

In the distance, five pirate ships approached.

"Boss, do we really want to be enemies with them? They are very strong!" a concerned pirate voiced.

"The bounty offered by the underground world is very generous. If he breaks the rules of the underground world, he will definitely die!" the captain responded.

"Moreover, we are not the only pirate group this time. There are five pirate groups in total, with nearly a thousand people! Can't we defeat them?"

"Boss! They have stopped the boat and seem to be waiting for us to get close!"

"Speed up and rush forward!"

As the ship approached, Hancock and Yamato leaped from the side of the ship, landing directly on two of the pirate ships. In a bid to expedite the confrontation, Yamato activated the Oguchi True God form.

"Wu Attendant Bingya!"

A frigid breath escaped, and the pirate ship facing Yamato quickly froze. Everyone on the ship, except for the strongest pirates, turned into ice sculptures.

[Thunder Eight Trigrams]!

Executing her ultimate move, Yamato left no doubt about the power of a "Sirius."

On the other ship, Hancock used a Slave Arrow to petrify the entire crew. The remaining few, including the captain, faced her with grim expressions.

On the Daybreak, Arias's bodyguard, Guy, dispersed, ready to confront the remaining three pirate ships.

"Go! Get him!"

The three ships, carrying between 130 to 250 people, charged towards Arias.

Arias's long hair fluttered in the wind, and his single piece of clothing swayed along. Standing with hands behind his back, nine flying knives emitting black energy appeared in his bag.

The knives passed over the necks of the infamous pirates like meteors. Despite having armed bodyguards, their throats were effortlessly cut by the swift blades.

"What? Damn it!"

The flying knives were so fast that they could only perceive a flash of black light before their throats were sliced, leaving them unable to react.

"Guard your necks!"

"It's a knife! A very small knife! That knife targets the throat!"

A few experts among the pirates managed to catch a glimpse of the true nature of the black light. The pirates quickly covered their necks with their weapons.

Although these ordinary weapons were no match for the flying knives refined by Arias – at least as fast as top-grade knives – it still slowed down the process of dispatching the pirates with the flying blades.

Frowning, Arias was not keen on wasting more time with these adversaries. An invisible aura emanated from him, and his powerful Conqueror's Haki rendered the remaining pirate soldiers unconscious instantly.

This cleared the path for Arias to efficiently harvest the lives of the incapacitated pirates with his flying knives.

"Damn it! Join forces and kill him!"

A few individuals on each ship were unaffected by the Conqueror's Haki, but their hearts were still filled with fear. Stranded on the vast sea with no crew left, their only hope was to band together to confront Arias.

But was this a realistic prospect?

"Over there."

Arias murmured to himself, snapping his fingers. The threads on the pirates' clothes were promptly pulled away and thrust towards their chests!

Poof!

Heart pounding.

Several pirates looked at their hearts in astonishment.

But the next moment, the weapons in their hands flew out and struck at their necks.

Arias, like a ghost, came to a pirate captain in an instant and crushed his throat.

At the same time, his other hand struck out the Hand of Mercy. The pirate used his armor to protect his body at the critical moment, but he was still hit by the palm and vomited blood, flying backward.

Severely injured, the threads in his body were destroying wildly and uncontrollably.

"What kind of ability do you have!"

A fat female pirate vomited blood while dealing with the long knife that she lost control of.

But Arias didn't mean to explain to her. He came in front of her in an instant and hit her chest with a stick protected by Armament Haki, smashing her sternum with the remaining force.

With another hook of his finger, the remaining threads on the pirates' clothes seemed to come alive, piercing into their bodies like needles.

Flickering like a ghost, Arias killed them all.

"How weak! If I had known better, I wouldn't have started playing with Guy!"

Wu Dou Guy turned into red beads again and was absorbed on his wrists and ankles. At the same time, the nine flying knives also returned from the group of unconscious pirates and were put into his sac.

These pirates were thoroughly defeated!

Looking up, two beautiful figures jumped back with heads in their hands.

The two pirate ships were also utterly demolished.

The heads of these high-bounty pirates were removed, and the smaller pirates were tossed directly into the sea. The heads were petrified by Hancock and thrown into the warehouse designated for storing heads.

Arias and Hancock returned to the cockpit, while Yamato stayed on the deck to clean the blood left by the battle.

In the distance, on a small boat, a man hidden in a black robe put down his telescope:

"Arias, a man who can marry the Nine Snakes Empress is indeed powerful!"

After speaking, he took out a pen and paper, wrote something on it, and handed it to another person concealed in the shadows after finishing.