The Fallen Don Chinjao

The looming crowd in the mist looked in the direction of the sound, but they knew that the Red Swordsman, Apophis, was powerful and extremely cruel.

Don't look at Kataz's luck in surviving. Still, these days it's not even one or two incidents where the entire band of pirates has been wiped out because someone was ungrateful enough to mess with Apophis, so much so that the untamed and tyrannical pirates have settled down on this island.

It was such a monster that the public perception could not be messed with, but now there was still someone who dared to take the initiative to step forward to provoke anger, not least making these crowds watching the battle somewhat curious.

"Hey, hey, who's that balding guy? Doesn't he know what kind of monster is standing before him?"

"It's no wonder you juniors don't know him. He's been in seclusion for almost nine years now. And before he went into seclusion, he was a great pirate Chinjao the Drill with a bounty of over half a billion berries, who had fought all these legends like Roger and Whitebeard!"

"Chinjao of the Drill? Why would such a great sea pirate choose to retire?"

"He is called Chinjao of Drill precisely because of that peculiar pointy drill head, and with the strong Busoshoku Haki, few enemies can block his attacks."

"A pointy drill? His head... doesn't match up with a pointy drill anyway, does it?"

"Hey! He was flattened in the head by a blow to the head from the marine's hero, Garp, and after losing his proud 'weapon', he withdrew from the new world in disgrace."

"Pfft ... hahaha! It's a funny way to get your head hammered in!"

"Damn bastards, have you had enough laughing?" Chinjao's blast, momentum emanating, and definite intimidating impact caused many weak-minded pirates or bounty hunters to faint at the mouth directly.

He chose to retire because he was overly sensitive and always felt that someone would laugh at his head. Now, those ungrateful people dared to sneer in his face. Did they think he wouldn't kill after retiring?

Chinjao made up his mind inside that after he took out Apophis, he would kill all those mouth-breathers from earlier!

"Haoshoku Haki! Truly a great pirate who once fought against Garp and Roger!"

"It seems like Don Chinjao's strength hasn't dropped much, so this is going to be a good show today."

"Whether it's the old era's pirate Chinjao or the new era's Red Swordsman, this matchup is something to look forward to."

Chinjao suppressed his anger and looked at Apophis with icy eyes, "That brat Kanojao sought you out for a duel, and there's no one else to blame for being killed. However, those thousands of Happo Navy that you killed, if I don't avenge them, they won't even be able to rest in peace for their dead!"

Apophis tilted his head, his scarlet pupils not fluctuating at all.

When a man doubts himself, that is the beginning of his downfall!

If that wasn't obvious enough to apply to Crocodile and Moria, Chinjao is the perfect accompaniment to that statement.

From being strong enough to contend with Roger and Garp, reduced to the point where he couldn't even fight under Doflamingo, there was no greater disgrace among the so-called strongest men than him.

Judging from the fact that after being bullied by Garp, he neither dared to seek revenge on Garp nor Garp's son but only dared to target Garp's grandson, his courage and conviction had already been shattered, and failure was a perfectly normal thing.

While Chinjao is not as thoroughly degraded now as he was twenty-one years later, there's nothing to fear from Apophis, a man who has lost even his faith.

So, after seeing the calm indifference in Apophis's eyes without a hint of fear, Chinjao was out of anger, "Damn brat, what's that look in your eyes, is that you don't believe I'm going to put you ..."

"Are we done with the bullshit?" Apophis's icy voice cut it off.

"What?" Chinjao was a bit confused, and he hadn't finished his trash talk?

"Finish your bullshit, and you can go to hell!" Apophis's scarlet pupils flashed, and between body jumps, he struck a jump cut at the top of Chinjao's head.

"Bastard brat, you're just ... so ignorant!" Chinjao shuddered with rage to the point of trembling, a black sheen quickly creeping up on the smooth top of his head, leaping into the air and slamming his pitch-black iron head directly into Apophis' sword blade, "Eight Punch - Takuto!"

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

The moment the blade collided with the head, there was a golden sound of stone and gold. And Apophis was blasted into the air while Chinjao was blown to the ground.

At that moment, the scarlet swords fell from the sky, and it was clear that Apophis was in mid-air in time to adjust his form and blossom into a powerful cutting attack.

"Eight Punching Fists - Head Turn!"

Although Chinjao's strength had declined a lot, it still retained a lot of battle experience, and the moment it fell to the ground, it touched the ground with its head, spinning like a top, and the storm it stirred up even bounced off the chopper, causing a lot of spectators to suffer.

Chinjao used the storm's momentum to slam his hands into the ground, the recoil pushing him towards Apophis, who had yet to fall in mid-air.

Red Crescent!

Apophis condensed a sea of blood mist with powerful conviction. The blood mist was absorbed by the Seven Stars Sword, turning into red illusory armor over the blade, demonic and evil, looking somewhat similar to a state Apophis remembered called the Tailed Beast Chakra Mode.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The explosive force struck all around, venting waves of air that even blew away the island's fog, swirling up dirt that rained down, and hitting the human body with little more than the pain caused by some rubber bullets.

"Red Swordsman, Apophis!" Vista, who was blown away, spoke with endless scruples, "When he fought Kataz before, his terrifying didn't even use 30 percent of his strength!"

CP0, who was standing far away, was also whispering, "Chinjao sure has gotten old, fighting a fierce man like Apophis, and even thinking of covering up to test it, the momentum is completely suppressed ah! But this Red Swordsman, where in the world did he come? With this kind of great strength and stubborn mind, how could he left not even a trace of his past!"

The man with the sharp eyes of an eagle stood up on the tree and leaned against the trunk, "It's exciting to think that there are swordsmen on this island who are more powerful than Flower Sword Vista!"

At this moment, the dust cleared, and Chinjao's magnificent form was revealed, blood flowing from his oval head, sliding down his eyes, and mixing into his sweat.

"Hahaha, that's pretty old! When encountering an attack of this magnitude, the first reaction is not even to fight but to defend. I didn't expect that old man would still have such a day of shame." Don Chinjao touched his big, smooth head, the long-lost hot blood rushing to his heart, "But the next won't be so easy because I'm going to put up the name of the Happo Navy to defeat you!"

"I don't know what to say!" As usual, Apophis was not giving a damn and had no intention of putting on a sympathetic show with his opponent.