I came! I conquered!

From the very beginning, Roger had misunderstood the true intention behind the Overlord Xiang Yu bringing him back to life.

The other party was not some inheritor of his own will!
Nor did he care whether this world was sinful or not!
What the Overlord wanted was simply conquest!

The Overlord laughed wildly, with unbridled arrogance:
"I came! I saw! I conquered!"
"Those things you failed to accomplish..."
"Those grand ambitions that could only exist in your mind, which you never dared to put into action..."
"---Shall be forged by me!"

Smoker was greatly alarmed and barked the order: "Open fire!"
Every single rifle was aimed squarely at the trio of Xiao Qing, Roger, and the Overlord.

At this point, Smoker could no longer afford to investigate the truth of the matter!
Intuition told him that if he failed to mount an effective resistance right now, there would never be another chance for victory.

Bang!
Bang, bang!

The muskets spewed crimson tongues of fire, transforming into vicious ghouls eager to devour human flesh.

"Freeze! Halt!"

Before Smoker could even experience a momentary sense of relief, a crisp, commanding shout echoed through the dense fog.

Unacceptably, those high-speed rotating bullets suddenly suspended themselves mid-air.
Unable to advance even a single inch further!

Xiao Qing flicked her slender finger and gave a gentle downward tap.

Clang~ Clang~
Clang!

Those bullets seemed to have been subjected to tenfold gravity as they plummeted to the ground one after another.

Having done all this, Xiao Qing quietly retreated behind the Overlord, acting as though she had never made a move at all.

"This is... the power of the Float-Float Fruit? Could it be that even Shiki the Golden Lion has already perished?!"

Roger's expression darkened, his mind instantly flashing back to his old rival, the Flying Pirate Admiral, Golden Lion Shiki.
To be able to suspend bullets mid-air was a feat well within the capabilities of the Float-Float Fruit.

What shocked Roger even more was that a woman of such formidable strength and breathtaking beauty was actually willing to step into the background and refrain from stealing the Overlord's thunder.

The training and loyalty of this subordinate were simply astonishing!

"Smoker, you certainly have a lot of nerve."

The Overlord smiled indifferently, casually drawing the Demonic Blade Thousand-Blades from his waist. Instantly, tendrils of mesmerizing, purple demonic energy surged around his body.

Amidst the swirling demonic aura, paired with a impeccably tailored white suit, the Overlord's face exuded an intoxicating, wicked charm!
That chilling killing intent was enough to drive one to utter despair from the depths of their soul!

The Overlord slightly twisted his neck, producing a series of cracking sounds like popping beans. He cast a calm gaze at the marines who had fired their weapons.

"Those who don't want to die, scram!"

That bone-chilling voice, laced with a trace of murderous intent, made Smoker and the marines behind him shiver to their very marrow.

Nearly a hundred elite marines were suppressed by the sheer aura of the Overlord alone, all of them involuntarily breaking out into a cold sweat!

"Could... could the Overlord be the one who used this very weapon to defeat Arlong the Fish-Man and kill Captain Mouse?!"

Smoker trembled slightly, his pupils contracting sharply.

The Demonic Blade Thousand-Blades appeared to be a purple sword on the verge of shattering into thousands of pieces.
Yet, Smoker could feel an overwhelmingly ferocious murderous intent emanating from this weapon that could hardly be suppressed!!

"This killing intent, condensed almost to the point of tangibility, is truly terrifying. Just how many opponents must this man have slaughtered to possess such an awe-inspiring and domineering aura!"

Roger frowned.
He did not enjoy slaughtering the innocent and inherently clashed with fiends who killed excessively.
Yet, although the Overlord was similarly shrouded in a hair-raising killing intent, it did not evoke a sense of revulsion within him.

"Gulp..."

Some of the more seasoned pirates finally sensed that something was amiss and greased the soles of their feet to make a swift exit.
Compared to gathering intelligence, saving their own skin was far more important.

Glancing sideways at the trembling legs of the marines, not a single one of whom had chosen to retreat, a playful smirk formed at the corner of the Overlord's mouth:
"It seems these are all fellows who don't fear death."

Without orders from their superiors, if these marines retreated without fighting, they would be deserters!
And deserters ultimately met only one end: death.

Smoker finally snapped out of his shock, his expression turning pale with horror as he roared: "Stop standing there! Fall back, all of you! Only Devil Fruit users can fight against Devil Fruit users!"

"Thinking of running now? It's already too late!"
"Divine Departure!!"

The moment the words fell, Xu Song raised the Demonic Blade Thousand-Blades high with a fierce and intrepid expression.

Hummm~!!

The blade trembled violently, emitting a thunderous roar akin to an enraged dragon.

He swung the sword down in a slash!

Sword qi billowed forth like an earth-shattering dragon rolling over, ferocious and menacing, tearing straight across Loguetown Square starting from the execution platform!!

The ground split apart!

The terrifying fissure stretched a thousand meters long!

With a mere casual slash of his sword!
He had stepped into the realm of a Great Swordsman!!!

"This..."

Roger stood dumbfounded, staring in disbelief at the devastated Loguetown Square.
Wasn't this his own swordsmanship ultimate technique, Divine Departure?
Why did it possess such terrifying destructive power?!

Wait!
Why had his 'Divine Departure' been mastered by the Overlord?!

"Cough, cough... cough, cough... I almost choked to death! Which heartless bastard dug such a huge trench in the middle of the road? I was just walking and almost tumbled right into a ditch!"

A disheveled Buggy the Clown climbed out from beneath the ruins, cursing profusely.
He had just finished plotting to wait at the execution ground for Luffy like a rabbit waiting by a stump, simply sitting back and waiting for his target to deliver himself.
But look at things now—he hadn't even reached the execution ground yet, and he had almost been shaken to death...

"That trench wasn't dug by anyone; it was cleaved straight through the waist by a sword!"

"B-Boss! Lower your voice, please! The White Devil Over... Overlord is walking this way!!!"

Moji shrank his neck, nearly unable to refrain from leaping onto his giant lion and fleeing on the spot.

A hefty bounty of ninety million Berries certainly didn't catch the eyes of those truly big shots.
But that was only relatively speaking.
Long before they finalized their plan, Alvida had repeatedly emphasized:
If they wanted to capture Straw Hat Luffy, they had to steer completely clear of the Overlord's sight before making a move.

Before the weak Buggy Pirates, the name of the White Devil was synonymous with invincibility!!

Buggy stiffly turned his head, locking eyes directly with the Overlord's cold and piercing gaze, and dropped to his knees on the spot.

"O-Overlord! No, no, Lord White Devil, please spare me! I really didn't mean it!"

If time could flow backward, Buggy would have gladly slapped himself a few times just to swell his own mouth shut like a pair of sausages.
Of all people to provoke, why on earth did he have to mess with this fiend?!

This was a man who dared to defy the very will of world conquest, an ultra-凶惡 criminal who would slaughter even high-ranking official marines without blinking!

"Lord White Devil, I beg you to let Captain Buggy go..."
"We were wrong! We shouldn't have tried to fish in troubled waters and sneak around behind your back to capture the Straw Hat brat."

A few of Buggy's die-hard fan followers dropped to their knees tearfully, desperately pleading for a glimmer of survival for their captain.