One Piece: Curse of Immortality

Chapter 253: Chapter 253: vs Saturn and Garling



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"Sakazuki!" Van Augur's scalp tingled, his face covered in beads of sweat. 

At this moment, he felt as if all his strength had been drained, his legs growing so weak and sore that he stood there, stunned. 

Arashi, standing before them, seemed like a god or demon descended upon the world, making it impossible to even think of resisting. 

"Now, it's your turn!" Arashi turned his head, his voice deep and heavy. 

To Lafitte, Van Augur, and the others, it sounded like the whisper of a devil. 

In the next second, Arashi's figure suddenly vanished. Lafitte and Van Augur shuddered, unable to react or even catch a glimpse of his movement. 

"He... he's gone?!" Lafitte stammered blankly. But beside him, the distorted voice of Avalo Pizarro was heard. 

They heard him call out a name. "Shiryu!" 

Instantly, Lafitte and Van Augur spun around in unison, looking towards where Shiryu had been just a moment ago. 

They saw a pair of enormous, jet-black wings unfurl like a blooming flower. A mere flutter stirred up a great gust of wind. 

"A traitor among the Marines should be the first to be eliminated." 

"Wouldn't you agree? Shiryu!" Arashi leaned forward, looking down at the trembling Shiryu before him. 

"I..." Shiryu stammered, at a loss for words. But in the next instant, Arashi couldn't be bothered with his nonsense. 

He lifted his right foot, which appeared under Shiryu's chin in a flash, the tip of his boot connecting perfectly with the point of his chin.

CRACK! 

A clear, sharp sound of breaking bone echoed. Shiryu's eyes widened as his entire body was launched high into the air. 

The immense force sent him flying, only to quickly plummet back down. 

Arashi swung his leg again, striking him in the waist, sending him flying for several thousand meters. 

Then, he slowly turned to face the remaining members of the Blackbeard Pirates. 

"You bunch of worthless rabble. You've certainly been stirring up trouble in the New World for a while now!" 

His indifferent, icy voice made everyone shiver. Without a doubt, no one dared to claim they could handle Arashi. 

This man's power had almost reached the ceiling of the world. Even if all the remaining members attacked together, they would likely not escape a tragic end. 

The gap in their strength was far too vast to be bridged by numbers alone. "What do we do? What should we do? I don't want to fight this guy!" 

"I can't believe it. Just after getting out of prison and enjoying some freedom, a terrifying monster like this appears in the world!" 

"How can someone like him exist in the Marines! He's completely beyond the scope of a human!"

Avalo Pizarro, Catarina Devon, Vasco Shot, and the others all had their expressions change drastically, revealing a hint of fear. 

In their era, although there were powerful figures like Garp and Roger, they had never encountered a monster like Arashi. 

"You lot, your time on this stage ended in the last era. Since you're out, you should have just hidden away in some sunless gutter, surviving like rats." 

"No one would have bothered you then. Why must you return to this stage to cause more trouble?" Arashi's indifferent voice caused their faces to pale. 

Sanjuan Wolf let out a terrified scream and turned to flee. But with his colossal body, how could he possibly escape? 

The moment he moved, Arashi's wings fluttered, and space distorted for a moment, causing his figure to appear directly in front of him. 

"It seems you still don't understand what I said! Sanjuan Wolf!" 

"The 'Colossal Battleship'? A user of the Grow-Grow Fruit, I presume? Your body is indeed immense," Arashi stated calmly. 

"I... I... I...Spare my life, I can submit to you," Sanjuan Wolf said with a trembling voice. 

"But you're a pirate who yearns for freedom and the sea! How can you surrender?" Arashi asked, feigning surprise. 

"I can stop being a pirate!" Sanjuan Wolf immediately shouted. 

"Is that so?" Arashi chuckled. But soon, he shook his head. "Sorry, but I have no fondness for weak-willed individuals like you." 

As his words fell, his figure flickered, and in an instant, he was in front of Sanjuan Wolf. He then delivered a clean, decisive punch. "Gentsui: Shōtotsu!" 

With a thunderous impact, Sanjuan Wolf's massive body was sent flying. "Time for you to exit the stage first, Blackbeard Pirates!" Arashi said flatly as he turned around.

His words struck the remaining members with both fear and anger. They had become Arashi's primary target, which was undoubtedly the worst possible news. 

But just then, on the ground not far ahead, dark runes suddenly bloomed. In the next second, a massive figure emerged from within. 

"Arashi! Stop this at once!" A deep voice boomed, accompanied by a heavy, terrifying, and suffocatingly dreadful aura. 

"We will not allow you to pick us off one by one!" Hearing this, Arashi's pupils contracted slightly as he looked at the newcomer. 

"Saturn? Is this your true form?" Before them stood a colossal figure with two horns, its aura as majestic and deep as an abyss, shielding all the members of the Blackbeard Pirates. 

"You... know of my true form?" Saturn asked in a low voice. This was simply unbelievable.

As one of the Five Elders, who held the highest authority in the world, Saint Jaygarcia Saturn, the Warrior God of Science and Defense, was not only of high status but also always appeared superior before the eyes of the world. 

He rarely intervened personally. Even years ago, when all five of them confronted Arashi, they still concealed their true combat strength. 

Yet now, this man had accurately identified his fully awakened state with a single sentence. 

"I've heard rumors! It seems this time, you are determined to take me down!" Arashi said with a faint smile. 

"We are merely doing what we must! After all, your very existence now threatens the stability of the entire world," Saint Saturn said gravely. 

"The world? Hahahaha! That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Do you really think you represent the world?" Arashi burst out laughing. 

"We are the world! Arashi! Whether you are willing to admit it or not, that is the reality!" Saint Saturn declared.

He was wary of the man before him, but he was not afraid. The World Government had stood atop the world for eight hundred years, naturally relying on truly immense power. 

"Is that so? Then, does defeating you mean defeating the world?" Arashi grinned, slamming his fists together with a loud bang. 

His eyes suddenly sharpened, his face twisting into an expression of madness and chilling cold. 

The domineering, ferocious, and ruthless aura that followed surged out mightily. 

The sky began to change color. Lafitte, Van Augur, and others nearby were affected by this pressure, their faces contorting in terror. 

Unbelievably, this violent aura even generated a strong wind, making it impossible for them to look directly at him. 

"What immense Haki! Is this the aura of the strongest man?"

"This presence alone is enough to crush any will to fight!" Trembling, panic, fear, and other emotions filled the hearts of the Blackbeard Pirates. 

Arashi's Haki radiated outwards, in the blink of an eye, covering the entirety of Onigashima with its overwhelming might. 

Countless people paled at this moment, looking up at the sky. They saw streaks of black and red lightning that blotted out the island's sky. 

"The Fleet Admiral... has completely lost it!" a Marine shouted, looking up at the scene. 

It was a truly shocking sight; one man's aura changing the weather, making everyone's heart tighten. 

"Shanks, his Haki... It's likely far beyond yours!" Benn Beckman said with a grave expression. 

"We already learned that during our last battle!" Shanks replied in a low tone. He then started moving towards Arashi's location.

"We can't just stand here and watch the show any longer! Just as that old man said, if we let Arashi defeat them one by one, we too will inevitably face defeat when we confront him alone!" 

Benn Beckman and the others nodded, their faces serious as they agreed. 

That man was simply a monster; his power was so immense that even they felt wary and unnerved.

 But just as they began to move, the air in front of them suddenly began to hum and vibrate.

 VMMMMMMMM~ 

An ominous aura, no less intense than Arashi's Haki, shot up into the sky with a violent and superior presence, blooming across the dome and radiating outwards rapidly. 

"Arashi! If you think you can scare people away with mere presence, you are far too naive!"

"Everyone present here is a renowned powerhouse; it's unlikely anyone will back down simply because of your aura and retreat because of it!" 

The speaker's entire being was already primed for battle, gathering power for an imminent clash. 

Although these words sounded encouraging, they were meant for a specific audience. 

The Blackbeard Pirates, standing not far away, looked embarrassed, halting the backward steps they had been discreetly taking. 

"Hey, Lord Saturn! How should we deal with such a formidable figure? Is there a battle plan?" 

At that moment, another group arrived, and their leader, an old man, asked in a deep voice. 

"Something like that?" Saint Saturn fell silent upon hearing the question. 

But in the next instant, a crimson light flickered in his eyes, and an incredibly fierce aura erupted from him. 

Faintly, two beams of red, menacing light shot out, reaching Arashi in an instant with unbelievable speed. 

At that moment, Arashi's scalp tingled, and every cell in his body tensed up. He felt it —a palpitation born of extreme danger. 

What surprised him even more was the incredible speed of those two malicious glares. 

At that moment, it seemed even his Observation Haki was too slow to warn him or allow him to dodge.

The next second. Amidst the stunned, shocked, terrified, and even horrified expressions of everyone present. 

"Thump!" 

A dull thud echoed from Arashi's head. Then, visibly, his eyes turned blood-red as blood flowed from his nose, ears, and mouth, from all seven orifices. 

His once-vibrant presence suddenly fell silent. He stood there blankly, like a statue, without a single sound.

"Is it over? Is he dead? No way! A great Marine Admiral, dead just like that?" 

"Is that great figure so powerful? To take Arashi's life directly with such a bizarre technique? What in the world is that ability?" 

"That someone as strong as Arashi couldn't even avoid it!" 

As time ticked by, second by second, and people realized that Arashi's presence had truly vanished, a wave of realization hit them, and they began to discuss in shock.

"Did I succeed?" Saint Saturn murmured, but he quickly came to his senses, banishing such a naive thought from his mind.

"No, he is not so easy to kill! Otherwise, we would have been able to solve this problem once and for all more than a decade ago!" With that, he fixed his eyes on the seemingly lifeless figure ahead.

"Zehahahaha! To think a lofty figure from on high would possess such formidable Haki and ferocious power! That truly is a surprise!" 

A booming laugh erupted from the distance. Amidst the swirling dust, Marshall D. Teach slowly got to his feet. 

His head was bleeding, and he looked miserable, yet the light in his eyes was incredibly sinister and cold.

Without a doubt, he and his crew were now in a situation of absolute hostility with Arashi. The ensuing battle would be a fight to the death.

"I was so close… to death!" A soft murmur was heard at that moment. The very temperature of the air seemed to rise as magma dripped onto the ground. 

Another figure, his body wreathed in flames, was also slowly rising to his feet.

"But as things stand now, Arashi, you have incurred the wrath of many! Today, the one who will meet a tragic end is you!" The former Marine Admiral, Akainu, Sakazuki!

He and Marshall D. Teach had taken several heavy blows from Arashi. Though grievously injured, they were not dead. 

As some of the most renowned powerhouses in the world, these men all had one thing in common: an incredibly high tolerance for pain and immense willpower. 

Of course, this was a common trait for humans in the world of pirates. Even ordinary people could develop monstrous physiques through extreme training.

The two of them began to close in on the center of the battlefield from the far edges. 

The brutal, furious killing intent emanating from them made everyone nearby tremble and clear a path.

At the center of the battlefield. Arashi stood like a weathered statue, his face drained of color, with blood trickling down from his seven orifices. It truly seemed as if he were dead.

Yet, everyone present watched him with grave expressions, closely observing for any sign of movement. 

No one truly believed that the man known as invincible throughout the world could be trounced. 

Moreover, those who had a clear understanding of Arashi knew that his most terrifying aspect was his immortal body.

"Whoosh!" The wind howled, whipping sand across the field. It swept past Arashi's tattered pant legs and struck his body with a rustling sound.

Suddenly. The seven blood-stained orifices twitched in unison. In that same instant, the pupils of everyone focused on him contracted sharply. It was as if they were witnessing a miracle.

They watched as the blood that had flowed from his orifices defied gravity, flowing back and being reabsorbed by Arashi's skin and cells. 

The few remaining wounds on his body began to heal at a rapid pace, returning to their original state. 

In the space of no more than two breaths, his body was restored to a perfect condition.

He stood there quietly, like a flawless sculpture carved by the hand of God himself. 

The beautiful, beast-like lines of his physique exuded a sense of overwhelming, awe-inspiring power.

The next second, Arashi's eyelids fluttered, and he slowly opened his eyes.

"That was indeed a powerful blow! To think that even I couldn't withstand a sneak attack like that." 

Arashi seemed to be musing, but the coldness in his gaze sent a shiver down everyone's spine, making them instantly realize something terrible was about to happen.

"In that case, it's your turn to take a hit from me! Saturn!" As his voice fell, his body suddenly expanded. 

Ribbon-like sashes bloomed around his neck and limbs. Behind his head, a circular halo formed from lightning appeared, bathing him in a brilliant light that made him look as majestic as a god.

"BOOM!" 

The ground shattered. With a simple bend of his knees, the massive wings on his back buzzed and flapped. 

In the next moment, Arashi shot forward like an arrow released from its bow.

"He's going berserk!" Saint Saturn roared, his entire body instantly shifting into a state of full alert. 

His lower body, which had been two legs a second before, transformed in an instant into spider-like, jet-black limbs wreathed in flame. 

The horns on his head became even more curved and hard, the malicious glint in his eyes intensified, and his aura surged, causing the very air to vibrate.

Clearly, he had summoned all of his power to face Arashi in this moment. Beside him, the God's Knights, led by Saint Garling Figarland, drew their weapons in unison. 

Everyone's eyes were wide as they stared at the figure rocketing towards them. But in a flash, the approaching figure flickered and vanished completely. 

By the next second, he had already appeared right before them.

"Did he just leap across space? What an astonishingly terrifying ability!" With a grave expression, Saturn unleashed a fearsome aura. 

He was about to strike the ground with his cane to counter the attack.

"SWISH!" 

A piercing whistle suddenly cut through the air. Arashi, who was already moving at extreme speed, accelerated even further in that instant. 

Neither Saint Saturn nor Saint Garling could react in time.

"That glare from before really hurt, you know!" Arashi sneered. 

He clenched his right fist and, like a cannonball, smashed it directly into the center of Saint Saturn's face before his shocked eyes.

"BOOM!" 

Saint Saturn's massive body was instantly knocked to the ground, slamming into it with enough force to create a large crater and send clouds of dust and sand billowing outwards.

At the same time, Saint Garling reacted swiftly, swinging his longsword viciously at Arashi's neck. 

Arashi's left hand grasped the hilt of the sword at his waist, drawing it with a sharp shing to block the incoming strike.

"SCREEECH!" 

The blades of the two longswords scraped against each other, sending a shower of sparks flying. 

Although Arashi drew his sword second, the power that surged from his body in that moment instantly overwhelmed Saint Garling.

"A familiar sword!" Saint Garling said in a low voice, leaning forward to put his weight into the press, using the leverage of his posture to hold his own against Arashi barely.

"Over 38 years ago, in God Valley, you should have seen it!" Arashi grinned. 

With a flick of his left wrist, his longsword, as if it had a mind of its own, changed its angle and lunged towards his opponent from an unbelievable trajectory.

Saint Garling's pupils contracted, and he instantly changed the angle of his own sword. 

"CLANG!" The two blades collided again, erupting in a brilliant shower of sparks.

"Roger's sword? When we met in Mary Geoise, I wondered, It seems that despite being a Marine, you are no different from those pirates." 

"You are all devils who have already walked the path to hell," Saint Garling stated gravely.

"A devil?" Arashi laughed. "How ironic, you know who the real devil is!" 

The two swords quickly separated, only to clash again in an instant. A moment later, the two were locked in fierce combat. 

Only three or four seconds passed, but their longswords had already collided hundreds of times, kicking up a violent gale that sent sand and stones flying.

And in that instant, Arashi's eyes narrowed. Behind him, a massive, ominous shadow emerged, sweeping over the area with a menacing and sharp aura.

"Saint Saturn!" The latter staggered back a few steps, the malicious light in his eyes flaring as he glared at Arashi once more.

"Do you think the same trick will work on me twice?" Arashi let out a long laugh. 

At that moment, a light also bloomed within his eyes, instantly converging into a vortex that seemed poised to swallow everything.

Silently, Saint Saturn's malicious glare was swallowed by the vortex in Arashi's eyes. 

The potent technique was neutralized just like that. Realizing what had happened, Saint Saturn was shaken to his core.

"Is that all you've got?" Arashi laughed heartily, stomped his feet hard on the ground, and shot forward again.

The next second, Saint Saturn crossed his arms in front of him to block, but was struck by a heavy punch and sent flying instantly.

"Such terrifying power! It's completely beyond human limits!" 

Although it wasn't the first time he had experienced it, Saint Saturn still exclaimed in astonishment as he tumbled across the ground.

This was precisely one of the reasons he was so wary of Arashi. Terrifying strength and an immortal body. He was simply a monster!

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