Chapter 57: A stepping stone, a harvest of dark fruits

Chapter 57: A stepping stone, a harvest of dark fruits

Shiba above could clearly feel the change in Lukai's momentum and was extremely frightened.

However, Silva, whose body was falling, had no choice but to cover his whole body with Armament Haki and prepare to withstand it.

Just when Shiba was about ten feet away from Luke's head, Luke suddenly opened his eyes, stomped on the ground and soared into the air.

When approaching Silba, Lu Kai drew his knife so quickly that Silba could not see it with his naked eyes.

With a flash of gorgeous light, Shiba landed on the ground, still maintaining a defensive posture, but standing on the ground motionless.

Lu Kai, who was in mid-air, looked at the long sword in his hand which had been sheathed the moment he made the slash.

"I have a sword that can cut through the nine heavens above and suppress the nine underworlds below. It is the god-slaying sword technique 'Itto-ryu Iai Kaitian Slash'. I present it to you." Lu Kai murmured.

After a while, Lu Kai floated down from the air, came in front of Shiba, stretched out his hand and gently touched Shiba's head.

Shiba's body suddenly exploded from his left shoulder to his right hip, a large amount of blood gushed out from the crack, and his entire body was split into two halves.

Then, Shiba's body fell straight backwards without a breath left. His last thought before death was, "He is so small!"

If Luke is allowed to grow, he will definitely become a great hero, and it will be just a matter of time before he grows into a terrifyingly strong man like Zephyr or Garp.

And Silba is a stepping stone for Luke to become a strong man.

After glancing at Shiba's body, Lu Kai suddenly seemed to lose strength, fell to the ground, and immediately began to review the battle that had just taken place.

In fact, in a normal evenly matched battle, Lu Kai would not have enough time to build up momentum for his sword moves.

If it was on the ground, Silva could use his Observation Haki to sense it and dodge in advance, and would not let Luke have it so easy.

However, a smart warrior must learn to create opportunities in battle, and be able to seize that hard-won opportunity, and then use all his strength to resolve the battle in an instant.

The fierce battle lasted for two hours. It would be a lie to say that I wasn't tired.

Fighting and training are different after all. If it was just a two-hour training, Lu Kai wouldn't have this feeling at all.

After all, the training is mechanical, there is no need to use the brain, and there is no tension between life and death.

But fighting is different. Lu Kai's brain is always working, his nerves are always tense, and the secretion of adrenaline is higher than usual.

A battle is much more tiring than a whole day of exercise.

And it was more of a mental fatigue, which also indirectly showed that Lu Kai seriously lacked experience in fighting against strong people.

Thinking of this, Lu Kai immediately cheered up and started today's exercise while he was exhausted.

Half an hour later, the joint fleet returned to the coast.

Seeing Shiba's body and Lu Kai training in front of the body as if no one was around, everyone was speechless. What was going on?

A big part of the reason why Lu Kai was able to train here at his leisure was that he knew that the people in the fleet would learn of his victory and return home.

Because there are quite a few experienced people in the fleet.

Silva is a person with special abilities. Without a boat, they will not be threatened even if they are a hundred meters away.

So Lu Kai guessed that they didn't go far, but were secretly observing from a distance.

The fact was just as Luke had expected. Akaitis, Codi, Xiusai and others witnessed the whole process of the battle between Luke and Shiba with their own eyes using telescopes at sea two miles away.

Everyone was so shocked that they were speechless during the whole process. This was the most shocking battle they had ever seen since they were born.

A once famous pirate was killed by a little-known twelve-year-old Luke.

Although the battle lasted for a long time, Lu Kai seemed to have only suffered minor injuries.

As soon as they docked, Cody and Akaitis ran to Luke and asked about his situation. As for Xusai, who had previously mocked Luke and threatened to teach him a lesson, he didn't dare to get off the boat.

At this moment, Xiusai was hiding in a corner of the cabin, shivering under the pretext of recuperating from his injuries, fearing that Lu Kai would hold a grudge against him.

"I really didn't expect that the captain of the Vulture Pirates, Rodan, is actually the infamous vice-captain of the Lion King Pirates, Silva, and he even came to the West Sea to hide his identity." Akaitis on the side felt scared when he thought about it.

"Lu Kai, this time it's really thanks to you, otherwise the consequences would be really disastrous."

"I'm just doing what I should do!" said Lu Kai.

However, he did not think that the consequences would be so bad without him. If Lukai did not appear, Silba would never show his true strength. He would just "accidentally" create an opportunity for him to escape.

After all, that's what Shiba did in the past.

Because Silva's fear of Zephyr and Garp is deep in his bones, he will never reveal his true identity unless it is a life-and-death moment.

"I have reported the situation truthfully this time. The Navy Headquarters will definitely reward you!" Akaitis continued.

"Rewards are not important. What's important is to wipe out villains like Shiba and give comfort to the souls who died at the hands of this bastard." Lu Kai said indifferently.

"It's just..." Arcatis suddenly felt a little embarrassed and stammered.

"We have fought together and we are so close. What's wrong with you saying it?" Lu Kai looked at Akaitis and said cheerfully.

At this moment, Akaitis had a heartfelt respect for Luke as a strong man, so there was an unnatural gap between them.

Hearing what Luke said, Akaitis immediately stopped hesitating and said, "Our navy must take away Silba's body."

"Of course." Lu Kai said nonchalantly, "But we have to take his body to Clam Village first. We can only give it to you after the villagers hold a memorial service."

"Okay, it's settled."

Following Akatis' report, at the instruction of the World Government, the news that Rear Admiral Akatis of the Navy Branch, together with the armies of Itachissia and the Aaron Empire, had completely wiped out the Vulture Pirates, who had been wreaking havoc in the West Sea for more than a decade, spread throughout the world.

The news also emphasized that the captain of the Vulture Pirates, Rodan, is the remnant of the Lion Pirates that committed many crimes more than ten years ago. He is the younger brother of the captain of the Lion Pirates and the vice-captain of the Lion Pirates - Silva.

This incident is known as the Nice Island Incident.

Luke's name also appeared in the newspaper, but it was only mentioned in passing, and the focus was still on the navy led by Akaitis.

When the newspaper was delivered to the returning warship, Arcatis' face turned red with embarrassment. He was just there to make up the numbers, and it was good enough that he did not drag down the team throughout the whole process. In the end, all the credit was attributed to him, which made him speechless in front of Luke.

You know, he reported it truthfully. I don't know why such reports appeared.

But Lu Kai knew that this was just a normal operation of the navy.

The Navy is desperate to increase its influence, so it naturally would not highlight Luke to highlight Akaitis' incompetence at this time.

However, Lu Kai was not without gain, because he unexpectedly obtained the devil fruit with the most vicious power in history - the Dark-Dark Fruit!