Roger!
At the critical moment, Roger actually caught up!
Sengoku noticed that Roger's sword was embedded with a Jewel of Four Souls' Fragment. This fragment boosted Roger's strength that could be said to be at the peak of perfection, so he managed to repel Aatrox's compressed air blade.
Of course, it was also thanks to Garp who had weakened it considerably.
At this moment, he was standing in front of Aatrox.
"Your name."
Seeing Roger appear, Aatrox's interest was finally piqued.
"Gol D. Roger..."
Roger announced his name loudly as he clenched Ace's hilt and imbued it with Haki.
"Not bad..." Aatrox seemed to be praising Roger, but then he suddenly changed his tone and said aggressively,
"It seems that you still have hope! Then, let me show you what darkness is!"
Countless tentacle-like threads suddenly appeared on his body, and in the blink of an eye, they devoured the bodies of the demon believers.
Roger saw with his own eyes that those threads instantly devoured the demon followers before returning to Aatrox!
Roger knew that they were No. 1's clansmen. They all were pretty strong, too. If they all worked together to resist Aatrox's power, even Aatrox would not be able to kill them easily.
However, at this moment, they seemed to have no intention to resist at all. They just let Aatrox devour their body, which was then transferred to Bullet's body. As a result, it caused changes to Bullet's body.
"Stop... Stop!"
Roger shouted. He swung his sword while imbuing it with Color of Supreme King Haki and Color of Arms Haki, sending a ferocious flying slash wave towards Aatrox.
He didn't know what Aatrox was planning, but he knew that he could not let Aatrox finish his transformation. Otherwise, they'd get nothing but bad news!
His all-out attack that seemed to be able to cut an island in two only left a small cut on Aatrox's body, and the cut was mended due to the power that he absorbed from the demon followers in the blink of an eye.
"What...is this?"
At the same time, Rayleigh and the rest of Roger Pirates had arrived. Looking at the changes on Aatrox's body at this moment, they felt a chill down their spine.
A terrifying scene occurred in the mountains. A bunch of people's body was absorbed into Aatrox's body through the threads, causing his body to become huge, becoming even more tenacious and terrifying!
He became taller, and the two scarlet wings on his back spread out. Now his size had matched the size of the large sword in his hand.
Moreover, at this moment, an even more ferocious and violent power was released from Aatrox's body.
He absorbed all of the demon followers, allowing his strength to finally reach perfection, making him closer to the true Darkin Blade Aatrox.
His body was as huge as a mountain, oozing madness, chaos, evil and resentment!
Rumble...
The sky seemed to be pressing down on the ground, and a heavy pressure descended on this world.
The mountains shook because of Aatrox as the devastating demonic power was emanated from Aatrox's body, causing the world to feel uneasy.
"This twisted body, this cruel corruption... Ah! I hate this body!"
However, Aatrox, who had become bigger and stronger, seemed to hate his own power. His words were filled with anger that could not be quenched.
He roared, and the sound waves destroyed everything in the surrounding!
"Look at this despicable body!"
He roared angrily, "Look at how disgusting I have become. I can't sustain my body without this dirty flesh!"
However, everyone present did not care about Aatrox's whining.
The power released from his body has almost reached a level of despair. That power far exceeds anything they have ever seen. It was not on the same level at all...
The difference was too great!
However, Aatrox was not satisfied yet. He said to these ant-like mortals in front of him with his hideous body,
"I can no longer enter my perfect form. However, this body should be enough to satisfy my killing intent."
"And like I said... no one can escape!"
Aatrox stretched out his hand, as if he was pulling something forward. In the next moment, the clouds in the distance suddenly gathered together.
Then, as if being pulled into this place, a figure suddenly emerged from the clouds. It was Shaji who had escaped earlier!
Shaji was forcefully dragged back to the battlefield from the black clouds. His entire body exuding a chill.
"Great Aatrox, I have no intention of going against you."
"All I ask is my master's talismans." Shaji said.
"Shendu? Hahaha!" "No one can stop me. No one can stop your death. I'll start with you, then this country, and then the whole world! I will cut everything until I become the god of demons!" Aatrox laughed.
"As long as I am still alive, the slaughter will not stop!"
Boom!
He suddenly swung his sword that gave off devastating impact at Roger.
Roger's eyes widened. He did not dodge, because he noticed that the sword was not aimed at him, or anyone.
This sword went past him, directly splitting the ground apart, leaving a huge ravine. No, it was not a ravine, but a true fracture!
The entire island was dragged into the ravine because of this. His sword destroyed everything along the way, and after cutting the entire island, it even cut the sea.
The surface of the sea was torn apart, just like the messenger of God splitting the sea. All the ships along the way were swallowed by the destruction...
A lot of pirates were rushing there only to get hit by Aatrox's flying slash wave! They completely disappeared from this world within a second!
And the flying slash wave kept going, and it didn't seem like it'd stop anytime soon!
It was only at this moment that Roger truly realized what kind of enemy this was...
A Monster!
Even if there were so many of them here, and even with their lineup, they might not be able to win!
Or rather...
There was a high chance of losing!