Chapter 114: I've Come to Bargain
[Let me handle this.]
Nusjuro's black blade was still swinging, but he changed the direction of his swing. He didn't attack Nereus; instead, he unleashed his slash towards the wave of blood.
The flying slash was laced with a bone-chilling coldness. Wherever the slash passed, the blood was entirely frozen into ice.
But this was not enough. The river of blood was still flowing, and this blood inherently possessed a near-boiling temperature.
The newly frozen blood was quickly melted by the boiling blood wave from behind. After merging into the new tide of blood, it continued to surge forward.
"Don't be so polite. A gift I prepared with such difficulty—how can you refuse to accept it?"
Nereus had already arrived beside Nusjuro and threw a punch towards that bald head.
A certain purple bald guy once said, "You should have gone for the head". But for special cases like the Five Elders, it seemed hitting anywhere was the same.
The punch coated in Conqueror's Haki shattered Nusjuro's head. But even so, Nusjuro didn't change his movements.
He neither defended nor counterattacked. Before the headless body fell, it still unleashed several chilling slashes toward the sea of blood ahead.
Although it didn't completely freeze the sea of blood, it slowed down its churning speed.
At the same time, Mars, soaring in the sky, suddenly dove downwards and spewed a stream of scorching flames towards the surging sea of blood.
In this era, Zoan users could play with fire, and it was fire with various special effects at that.
Without a Devil Fruit, racial talents could also play with fire, and with even stronger control.
If neither of these were available, rubbing hands together could also create fire.
Mars wanted to use flames to evaporate this blood, while Nusjuro wanted to freeze this sea of blood. In a sense, their ideas couldn't be said to be wrong.
But when these two things happen at the same time...
"You guys really cooperate with such tacit understanding."
Due to the intensity of the Conqueror's Haki, Nusjuro's head hadn't finished regenerating yet, otherwise, his expression would definitely be spectacular.
"Roar!"
At this time, Ju Peter also made his move. The massive body of the Sandworm excavated a deep trench on the Red Line.
Then, accompanied by a bizarre hiss, the Sandworm's mouth opened wide, and a terrifying suction force emanated from it. The sea of blood, temporarily blocked by the trench, all surged towards the Sandworm's mouth under the influence of this suction.
[Beautifully done!]
Warcury's own ability didn't play much of a role at this moment; he could only use Haki to act as a human wall there.
Boom!
However, just as his praise reached Ju Peter's ears, his massive Sandworm body suddenly exploded.
"Eating things indiscriminately is not good. My river of blood is not that easy to drink."
The wave formed by the sea of blood was stopped, but with the explosion of Ju Peter's body, the splattering blood acted like bombs, causing a new round of destruction.
Seemingly worried that the attacks would affect the area behind them, Saturn and Warcury chose to block the subsequent attacks with their bodies.
"You clearly destroyed half the city yourselves, yet you desperately protect the remaining half. What exactly is in there?"
"You don't need to know such things. Dead men don't need to know too many secrets."
Nusjuro's head finished regenerating, and he immediately attacked Nereus. He wouldn't give Nereus another chance to launch a blood wave attack towards that side.
However, this also confirmed another thing for Nereus. The Five Elders thought Nereus didn't know about Imu, but in fact, Nereus was very clear about Imu. Although he didn't understand the mechanics, he could call out the full name.
But Nereus had no interest in shouting Imu's name. Since the other party thought he didn't know, he would just pretend he didn't know.
Keeping cards hidden always has value. Just like the externally released river of blood right now; it wasn't the complete River of Death.
The undead army within the River of Death had not been released. What was externally released was merely the surging blood.
Therefore, it was only a river of blood, not the River of Death.
[Don't waste words with him, kill him!]
The way Nereus took out Ju Peter was through the river of blood the opponent proactively swallowed. There was no power of Conqueror's Haki on it, so Ju Peter's recovery was very fast.
Seeing that Ju Peter's ability could effectively block Nereus, the Five Elders made a new arrangement: Ju Peter would block the rear, while the other four began to besiege Nereus.
[A guy who repeatedly provokes the Government's authority—if we let him escape, where will we put our face?]
While Nusjuro slashed continuously, Saturn also spat out several explosive poison orbs from a distance. Mars's flames didn't hinder Nusjuro this time; the attacks of the three exploded on Nereus simultaneously.
And Warcury followed closely, crashing his massive body into Nereus, his huge tusks seemingly wanting to skewer the opponent.
"In the long course of history, you are indeed the strongest of the Fish-man race."
"But ignorant as you are, you are challenging an existence you absolutely cannot match."
After clashing dozens of times, the bodies of the Five Elders had been shattered who knows how many times. Although their recovery speed was gradually slowing down, their lives were still not in danger.
A few times Nereus almost reached the remaining castle, but they stopped him in time.
In the eyes of the Five Elders, Nereus was becoming weaker. At this time, Nereus had begun to reduce the Haki used for defense and put more Haki into offense.
Boom!
Nereus shattered half of Warcury's head with a punch, while he himself was pierced by Warcury's tusks. His life aura began to show signs of dissipating.
"But a body like yours does have value for research..."
Slash!
Before Saturn could finish his words, a blood sword suddenly cleaved him in half. The Nereus with the mangled body just now had dissipated into the River of Death, replaced by another Nereus whose aura had returned to its peak.
"Immortality abilities are indeed hard to deal with. Trying to kill you guys is really difficult. But unfortunately, I am also... 'immortal'."
Looking at Nereus, who resurrected in his peak form, the Five Elders fell silent simultaneously. They finally realized a problem.
Nereus couldn't kill them, but if this continued, they couldn't kill the opponent either.
On the contrary, their self-healing time was gradually being prolonged. Without resting for a while, it couldn't be recovered.
If Nereus found an opening and disturbed Imu...
"You guy... what exactly do you want to do?!"
Having lived for so many years, Saturn considered himself very knowledgeable about this world, but he couldn't see through what Nereus was thinking at all.
"Hmm? Did I not say? I've come to bargain. Maybe you guys are too old, so you didn't hear it."
"..."
Everyone present was certain that Nereus had never said this sentence. But even if Nereus had said it from the start, they wouldn't have listened anyway.
"Did you think we would just... Tell us what your terms are..."
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