novelraw Chapter 475: A Single Slash Sends Shanks Flying Back to the Holy Land!
Chapter 475: A Single Slash Sends Shanks Flying Back to the Holy Land!
On an unnamed island within the territory of the Red Hair Pirates.
"Hehehehehaha! Shanks! Your doom has come!"
Amidst maniacal laughter, Loki's colossal frame erupted with unparalleled power, the ground beneath his feet cracking apart inch by inch.
Like a moving mountain, he launched the most ferocious assault against Shanks, carrying overwhelming fury!
His warhammer Iron Thunder became a black whirlwind in his hands, each swing summoning thunder from the heavens, turning the entire island into a lightning-filled hell!
Facing this purely unreasonable destructive onslaught, Shanks' expression grew unprecedentedly grave.
With a single step, he vanished from his position, relying on his future-sight Observation Haki to weave through the gaps between hammer strikes and lightning at high speed.
Yet, Loki's attack range was simply too vast!
As one hammer descended, the ground Shanks had just evaded was instantly cratered, violent shockwaves sending hundred-meter-high waves of earth into the air, hurling him backward.
"All you do is dodge? Coward!"
Loki roared, his other hand clenching into a fist as pitch-black Armament Haki enveloped it like a dark meteor, ruthlessly punching toward Shanks mid-air!
Trapped airborne with no leverage, Shanks could only cross his broken Gryphon before his chest, pouring his Conqueror's Haki into it without reservation.
Fist and blade collided with a deafening crash!
Shanks felt an irresistible force surge through his sword, his arm instantly going numb as he was sent flying like a cannonball, smashing through a mountain peak.
Beckman and the others, pinned to the ground by the oppressive Haki, paled dramatically.
Struggling to rise, they couldn't even move a finger, forced to watch helplessly as their captain was utterly suppressed by the berserk giant prince.
As core members of the Red Hair Pirates, they were well aware of their captain's strength.
However, powerful as he was, he now faced the giant prince who had once required the combined might of their entire combat force to imprison!
Emboldened by his successful strike, Loki's assault grew even more frenzied.
Striding swiftly after Shanks, his warhammer Iron Thunder transformed into a barrage of hammer shadows, blow after blow raining down mercilessly upon the area.
"Come on!"
"More, more, more!"
"Shanks, your dodging looks truly pathetic! Hehehehehaha~"
Loki's arrogant voice echoed across the sky, each utterance followed by an earth-shattering explosion.
Boom! Boom! Kaboom!
The entire island trembled violently under the storm of attacks.
The earth was torn asunder, mountain peaks flattened, and over half the island fractured and sank beneath the sea under Loki's colossal hammer, stirring colossal waves across the ocean's surface.
The remaining half disintegrated into countless floating islands of varying sizes, drifting aimlessly in the turbulent waters.
The heart of the battle had become an apocalyptic scene.
Finally, from amidst the collapsing ruins, Shanks' figure shot into the sky.
Though slightly disheveled, the fighting spirit in his eyes burned with unparalleled intensity.
With a furious roar, Shanks channeled all his power into his broken sword, crimson Conqueror's Haki soaring upward, forming a slash that tore through the heavens.
Confronted with this ultimate strike, Loki didn't evade. Instead, he let out an even more savage roar.
"Shanks! Prepare to die!"
As the words rang out, Loki swiftly raised the war hammer overhead, pouring all his might and power into this single strike.
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Sword and hammer collided mid-air with a thunderous crash!
In that instant, all sound vanished from the world.
Then, a blinding white light consumed everything!
The broken sword Gryphon in Shanks' hand could no longer withstand the force, shattering completely into countless glittering fragments.
He himself was struck head-on by that destructive power, blood gushing from his mouth as he was sent flying backward like a kite with its string cut.
Meanwhile, Loki, having unleashed his ultimate attack, had exhausted all his strength.
His massive frame, over sixty meters tall, swayed unsteadily before staggering backward several steps, nearly collapsing.
Just as he was about to topple over, a powerful yet gentle force surged from behind him, steadily supporting his enormous body.
Immediately after, Orion emerged from behind Loki, calmly glancing at the exhausted giant.
"Well done, Loki!"
Before the words fully faded, Orion's gaze had already locked onto the distant figure of Shanks flying backward.
In the next second, without the slightest hesitation, he drew his sword with lightning speed.
There was no earth-shattering aura—just what appeared to be a casual swing through the air.
A black slash wave, entwined with the supreme Conqueror's Haki, instantly bridged the spatial distance, precisely striking Shanks.
Mid-air, Shanks' pupils constricted sharply.
He wanted to block or evade, but to his horror, he found he couldn't even muster a trace of resistance against that slash wave.
The Conqueror's Haki was an absolute suppression—a will that brooked no defiance!
The impact force carried by the slash wave erupted violently.
Shanks didn't even manage a grunt before being swept away by the power, shooting straight into the sky like a crimson meteor, instantly vanishing into the clouds.
Beckman, Lucky Roux, and the others, pinned to the ground by the pressure, stared blankly at the scene, their minds completely blank.
Their captain... had just been sent flying with a single slash?
After a brief moment of stunned silence, Lucky Roux suddenly lifted his head and shouted with all his might.
"Orion! What about the promised one-on-one? You actually ambushed our captain!"
Orion smoothly sheathed his sword, then tilted his head to look down at Lucky Roux and the others suppressed by his Conqueror's Haki on the ground, remarking lightly.
"I was merely sending him home!"
...
High above, the wind howled.
Shanks felt his body completely out of control, enveloped by an invincible will as he raced through the sky at an unbelievable speed.
He struggled to break free, only to discover his Haki was as insignificant as a firefly before the moon compared to that overwhelming force.
After what felt like an eternity, the force carrying him abruptly vanished.
A intense sensation of weightlessness overtook him.
Then, he traced a parabolic arc through the air, plummeting uncontrollably downward.
His eyes snapped open as his body broke through thick layers of clouds.
When he saw the landscape below, even with Shanks' unshakable composure, his pupils contracted violently, his face filled with unparalleled shock and horror.
It wasn't the turbulent sea, nor the shattered remnants of an island.
But an endless, continuous stretch of red land.
The Red Line?!
Orion... had actually slashed him from his own territory in the New World all the way to the skies above the Red Line?!
How was that possible!
In overwhelming shock, Shanks streaked across the sky like a blazing meteor, plummeting straight toward the Holy Land atop the Red Line.