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Chapter 1265: CP9's Erase Operation!
At this moment.
Two massive green-scaled sea snakes were pulling a red-sailed black ship, sailing on a strangely calm sea.
This was the Calm Belt between the South Blue and the New World. It was about one hundred nautical miles (≈185 kilometers) from Amazon Lily Kingdom's Kuja Island.
Women, mostly wearing bikinis and draped in white cloaks, with bows and arrows on their backs and various snakes wrapped around their waists, walked freely on the deck in high heels, completely unaffected by the rocking ship. From time to time, they used their sharp eyes to scan the surrounding sea, seemingly on alert for something.
They were the female warriors of the former Kuja Pirates, now called the Snake Princess Guard.
"Haven't the Sea Kings appeared yet?" At this moment, the current Snake Princess Empress Silaya walked out from the cabin, holding a wide-bladed great saber, her crimson cape swaying behind her.
Her tone carried obvious displeasure, making the atmosphere on the scene oppressive.
The female warriors knew Silaya came out to vent the pent-up frustration in her heart, wanting to find a few Sea Kings to slaughter. But who knew that along the way... not a single Sea King was encountered, or rather, they weren't showing themselves nearby at all. This was quite rare; the Calm Belt was the lair of Sea Kings.
Some female warriors were speculating in their hearts if the Snake Princess's killing intent was too heavy, causing the perception-sensitive Sea Kings to not dare approach this ship. But no one dared voice this idea. Because Silaya could be called the most ill-tempered Empress in history, most people on Amazon Lily greatly feared her.
"If that doesn't work, just throw a few bombs underwater! I refuse to believe these small fry won't be startled!" Seeing no one responded, Silaya said something that made everyone's expressions change drastically.
Throwing bombs into the Calm Belt, how many Sea Kings would that attract? Although with their strength, they could easily slaughter a few. But if they were besieged by dozens, it would be hard to guarantee the ship wouldn't suffer destruction. Moreover, in the depths underwater, there weren't just dozens, but at least hundreds. At that time, the Snake Princess might be able to return alive, but it was uncertain how many of them would remain.
"Snake Princess, the commotion from the bombs is too great. How about I try shooting an arrow nearby?" A female warrior asked cautiously, mustering her courage.
Silaya gave a cold snort: "Then give it a try. Hope you don't disappoint me!"
"Uh..." The female warrior was speechless, but under the gaze of many expectant eyes, she drew her bow and arrow towards the outside of the ship and began to condense Armament Haki on the arrowhead.
But just as she was about to shoot the arrow, a massive black shadow descended from the sky, landing on the woman's head.
With a loud noise, she fell into the large hole broken in the deck, disappearing without a trace.
This caused the women on the ship to fall into a brief daze. Immediately after, beside the massive hole, a humanoid monkey appeared, his entire body shimmering with silver light, electricity surging, hair silver-gray, and holding a thick, long black staff.
"Who's there!"
"Enemy attack!"
"Prepare for combat!"
The female warriors of the Snake Princess Guard quickly drew their bows and arrows, aiming sharp arrows at the target.
However, several more black shadows descended from the sky. But they weren't as rough, directly smashing into people. Instead, they stood one by one on the ship railing at the edge of the deck, surrounding Silaya and the others on the ship in the center.
"Cipher Pol people?" Seeing them all dressed in suits and exuding an unusually cold aura, Silaya immediately had a shocking speculation in her heart.
"Cipher Pol-No. 9." At this moment, an extremely cold voice sounded from the sky, drawing the women's line of sight.
Lasiqi, with a pair of bloody bat wings behind him, was suspended in mid-air below an airship. In his right palm, he held a horned Den Den Mushi, looking down at the 'snake ship' on the sea surface with no expression.
"We are under secret order to erase the Empress Silaya of Amazon Lily Kingdom."
"What?!" Silaya and the more than fifty female warriors present were greatly alarmed.
"You..." But before Silaya could question him, Lasiqi gave the order to attack.
The next moment, the electric flash-shimmering silver-haired monkey's figure went into a frenzy.
First, he instantly sent two blocking female warriors flying. Then, he appeared before Silaya, heavily swinging the black staff in his hand.
Instantly, gusting wind surged, and sonic howl was piercing. The black staff was not only coated with crackling silver lightning but also flowed with a layer of cherry-red radiance, containing unimaginable, terrifying strength.
Seeing this, Silaya could only give up speaking, raising her blade to meet the incoming black staff. Her blade was also coated with streaks of lightning. However, the color was black-red, and it also flowed with cherry-red radiance. The Ryuo technique of Armament Haki had long become a standard skill for these Sea Star powerhouses.
[Clang!!!]
The moment the blade and staff connected, the air around them instantly boiled, forming ripple-like energy that spread outwards in laps. Without any accident, the deck beneath them burst open on the spot. The dozen or so nearby female warriors instantly vomited blood and flew backwards upon contact with the energy, finally crashing through the ship railing and falling into the calm sea surface...
But at this moment, the others couldn't spare a thought for them. Because the second after the Night Monkey made his move... the other members of CP9 also fiercely attacked the female warriors of Amazon Lily.
Their numbers weren't large, only a mere eight people, but their strength was exceptionally powerful.
Most of these female warriors had mastered Armament Haki, a few had even awakened Observation Haki, and they knew a few Six Powers techniques to varying degrees. According to the military's standard, they had reached officer rank combatants.
Nevertheless, even with superior numbers, casualties occurred one after another under the offensive of the CP9 members.
Screams of women rose and fell continuously on the relatively spacious deck.
The most eye-catching among them were two obvious Zoan-type Devil Fruit users. One had manifested into an upright black wolf over three meters tall, wildly swinging his sharp claws.
Incoming arrows were easily intercepted by him, and incoming Tempest Kicks were instantly crushed by his grasp. Even blades, when his terrifying wolf claws swept past, could tear both the human and the blade into pieces.
The Armament Haki and martial arts levels of both sides were simply not on the same rank.
In just a short moment, female warrior after female warrior died tragically by his hand.
As for the other one, he also had a mouth full of fangs and sharp fingernails. But he had dark yellow fur, and two unusually prominent upper canine teeth on his face. He looked somewhat like a saber-toothed tiger from the 'Ice Age'.
This person's slaughter efficiency was no less than the previous werewolf. Various self-developed Six Powers techniques, combined with powerful Armament Haki, Observation Haki, and the advantage of Zoan-type users in strength, speed, and reaction.
Wherever he went, vibrant life instantly turned into warm corpses.
Without any mercy, he ruthlessly slaughtered all the women before him.
He even extremely brutally decapitated the large green snake that pounced at him, letting the massive snake head crash heavily onto the deck covered in blood.
One of them was nineteen-year-old Jabura, and the other was twenty-year-old Who's-Who!
On the other side, Silaya and the Night Monkey's combat had moved to the sea surface of the Calm Belt. This was a kind of rapport between the two, and with their strength, they couldn't fully display their abilities on the 'narrow' ship body.
Besides that, Silaya also harbored thoughts of escaping...
Although she didn't know why the World Government wanted to kill her, it was clearly not a problem that could be solved by principle, so she had to find a method to survive first.
At the same time, ten kilometers away, a figure was standing on the corpse of a Sea King, aiming a modern sniper rifle at Silaya's back.
This was extremely absurd.
One must know that Silaya's speed during combat was an extremely blurry afterimage in the eyes of ordinary people. Yet, this person's muzzle was tightly 'biting' onto Silaya's position.
[Bang!]
The moment Silaya and the Night Monkey collided again in mid-air, the trigger was immediately pulled. In an instant, a 12.7×99mm jet bullet shot out from the flame.
It seemed to encounter no air obstruction, sweeping across the ten-kilometer distance with lightning-fast speed.
"Not good!" An alarm blared in Silaya's heart, but she no longer had time to turn around.
So she could only release Armament Haki behind her, attempting to block the unknown attack with it and buy herself precious reaction time.
However, that bullet strangely first passed through the shockwave formed by Haki, then passed through the hardening Haki on Silaya's skin.
Only after entering her body did it show normal physical damage, wantonly destroying the flesh and blood and internal organs within her body.
"How is this possible..." Silaya felt intense pain, her eyes filled with shock, anger, and unwillingness. And the Night Monkey's black staff was already smashing towards her face again.
"Why is this happening? I've already signed the agreement!" "Damn World Government! Even if I become a demon, I will curse you to eternal damnation!"
(End of Chapter)
At this moment.
Two massive green-scaled sea snakes were pulling a red-sailed black ship, sailing on a strangely calm sea.
This was the Calm Belt between the South Blue and the New World. It was about one hundred nautical miles (≈185 kilometers) from Amazon Lily Kingdom's Kuja Island.
Women, mostly wearing bikinis and draped in white cloaks, with bows and arrows on their backs and various snakes wrapped around their waists, walked freely on the deck in high heels, completely unaffected by the rocking ship. From time to time, they used their sharp eyes to scan the surrounding sea, seemingly on alert for something.
They were the female warriors of the former Kuja Pirates, now called the Snake Princess Guard.
"Haven't the Sea Kings appeared yet?" At this moment, the current Snake Princess Empress Silaya walked out from the cabin, holding a wide-bladed great saber, her crimson cape swaying behind her.
Her tone carried obvious displeasure, making the atmosphere on the scene oppressive.
The female warriors knew Silaya came out to vent the pent-up frustration in her heart, wanting to find a few Sea Kings to slaughter. But who knew that along the way... not a single Sea King was encountered, or rather, they weren't showing themselves nearby at all. This was quite rare; the Calm Belt was the lair of Sea Kings.
Some female warriors were speculating in their hearts if the Snake Princess's killing intent was too heavy, causing the perception-sensitive Sea Kings to not dare approach this ship. But no one dared voice this idea. Because Silaya could be called the most ill-tempered Empress in history, most people on Amazon Lily greatly feared her.
"If that doesn't work, just throw a few bombs underwater! I refuse to believe these small fry won't be startled!" Seeing no one responded, Silaya said something that made everyone's expressions change drastically.
Throwing bombs into the Calm Belt, how many Sea Kings would that attract? Although with their strength, they could easily slaughter a few. But if they were besieged by dozens, it would be hard to guarantee the ship wouldn't suffer destruction. Moreover, in the depths underwater, there weren't just dozens, but at least hundreds. At that time, the Snake Princess might be able to return alive, but it was uncertain how many of them would remain.
"Snake Princess, the commotion from the bombs is too great. How about I try shooting an arrow nearby?" A female warrior asked cautiously, mustering her courage.
Silaya gave a cold snort: "Then give it a try. Hope you don't disappoint me!"
"Uh..." The female warrior was speechless, but under the gaze of many expectant eyes, she drew her bow and arrow towards the outside of the ship and began to condense Armament Haki on the arrowhead.
But just as she was about to shoot the arrow, a massive black shadow descended from the sky, landing on the woman's head.
With a loud noise, she fell into the large hole broken in the deck, disappearing without a trace.
This caused the women on the ship to fall into a brief daze. Immediately after, beside the massive hole, a humanoid monkey appeared, his entire body shimmering with silver light, electricity surging, hair silver-gray, and holding a thick, long black staff.
"Who's there!"
"Enemy attack!"
"Prepare for combat!"
The female warriors of the Snake Princess Guard quickly drew their bows and arrows, aiming sharp arrows at the target.
However, several more black shadows descended from the sky. But they weren't as rough, directly smashing into people. Instead, they stood one by one on the ship railing at the edge of the deck, surrounding Silaya and the others on the ship in the center.
"Cipher Pol people?" Seeing them all dressed in suits and exuding an unusually cold aura, Silaya immediately had a shocking speculation in her heart.
"Cipher Pol-No. 9." At this moment, an extremely cold voice sounded from the sky, drawing the women's line of sight.
Lasiqi, with a pair of bloody bat wings behind him, was suspended in mid-air below an airship. In his right palm, he held a horned Den Den Mushi, looking down at the 'snake ship' on the sea surface with no expression.
"We are under secret order to erase the Empress Silaya of Amazon Lily Kingdom."
"What?!" Silaya and the more than fifty female warriors present were greatly alarmed.
"You..." But before Silaya could question him, Lasiqi gave the order to attack.
The next moment, the electric flash-shimmering silver-haired monkey's figure went into a frenzy.
First, he instantly sent two blocking female warriors flying. Then, he appeared before Silaya, heavily swinging the black staff in his hand.
Instantly, gusting wind surged, and sonic howl was piercing. The black staff was not only coated with crackling silver lightning but also flowed with a layer of cherry-red radiance, containing unimaginable, terrifying strength.
Seeing this, Silaya could only give up speaking, raising her blade to meet the incoming black staff. Her blade was also coated with streaks of lightning. However, the color was black-red, and it also flowed with cherry-red radiance. The Ryuo technique of Armament Haki had long become a standard skill for these Sea Star powerhouses.
[Clang!!!]
The moment the blade and staff connected, the air around them instantly boiled, forming ripple-like energy that spread outwards in laps. Without any accident, the deck beneath them burst open on the spot. The dozen or so nearby female warriors instantly vomited blood and flew backwards upon contact with the energy, finally crashing through the ship railing and falling into the calm sea surface...
But at this moment, the others couldn't spare a thought for them. Because the second after the Night Monkey made his move... the other members of CP9 also fiercely attacked the female warriors of Amazon Lily.
Their numbers weren't large, only a mere eight people, but their strength was exceptionally powerful.
Most of these female warriors had mastered Armament Haki, a few had even awakened Observation Haki, and they knew a few Six Powers techniques to varying degrees. According to the military's standard, they had reached officer rank combatants.
Nevertheless, even with superior numbers, casualties occurred one after another under the offensive of the CP9 members.
Screams of women rose and fell continuously on the relatively spacious deck.
The most eye-catching among them were two obvious Zoan-type Devil Fruit users. One had manifested into an upright black wolf over three meters tall, wildly swinging his sharp claws.
Incoming arrows were easily intercepted by him, and incoming Tempest Kicks were instantly crushed by his grasp. Even blades, when his terrifying wolf claws swept past, could tear both the human and the blade into pieces.
The Armament Haki and martial arts levels of both sides were simply not on the same rank.
In just a short moment, female warrior after female warrior died tragically by his hand.
As for the other one, he also had a mouth full of fangs and sharp fingernails. But he had dark yellow fur, and two unusually prominent upper canine teeth on his face. He looked somewhat like a saber-toothed tiger from the 'Ice Age'.
This person's slaughter efficiency was no less than the previous werewolf. Various self-developed Six Powers techniques, combined with powerful Armament Haki, Observation Haki, and the advantage of Zoan-type users in strength, speed, and reaction.
Wherever he went, vibrant life instantly turned into warm corpses.
Without any mercy, he ruthlessly slaughtered all the women before him.
He even extremely brutally decapitated the large green snake that pounced at him, letting the massive snake head crash heavily onto the deck covered in blood.
One of them was nineteen-year-old Jabura, and the other was twenty-year-old Who's-Who!
On the other side, Silaya and the Night Monkey's combat had moved to the sea surface of the Calm Belt. This was a kind of rapport between the two, and with their strength, they couldn't fully display their abilities on the 'narrow' ship body.
Besides that, Silaya also harbored thoughts of escaping...
Although she didn't know why the World Government wanted to kill her, it was clearly not a problem that could be solved by principle, so she had to find a method to survive first.
At the same time, ten kilometers away, a figure was standing on the corpse of a Sea King, aiming a modern sniper rifle at Silaya's back.
This was extremely absurd.
One must know that Silaya's speed during combat was an extremely blurry afterimage in the eyes of ordinary people. Yet, this person's muzzle was tightly 'biting' onto Silaya's position.
[Bang!]
The moment Silaya and the Night Monkey collided again in mid-air, the trigger was immediately pulled. In an instant, a 12.7×99mm jet bullet shot out from the flame.
It seemed to encounter no air obstruction, sweeping across the ten-kilometer distance with lightning-fast speed.
"Not good!" An alarm blared in Silaya's heart, but she no longer had time to turn around.
So she could only release Armament Haki behind her, attempting to block the unknown attack with it and buy herself precious reaction time.
However, that bullet strangely first passed through the shockwave formed by Haki, then passed through the hardening Haki on Silaya's skin.
Only after entering her body did it show normal physical damage, wantonly destroying the flesh and blood and internal organs within her body.
"How is this possible..." Silaya felt intense pain, her eyes filled with shock, anger, and unwillingness. And the Night Monkey's black staff was already smashing towards her face again.
"Why is this happening? I've already signed the agreement!" "Damn World Government! Even if I become a demon, I will curse you to eternal damnation!"
(End of Chapter)
