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Waves surged, and black clouds swept across.
The previously clear sky was now once again covered in darkness.
At the Reverse Mountain coastal battlefield, four massive black lightning bolts shot straight into the sky - they looked more like black smoke than lightning.
"What is that?!"
On the sea, the warships of both sides rocked violently in the waves. The Marines grabbed onto everything around them to steady themselves, looking at Reverse Mountain in horror.
Even the Admirals and officers were frightened by the bizarre changes, cold sweat breaking out as an indescribable unease welled up in their hearts.
It was as if the world was about to end!
"It's the exact same phenomenon that appeared when Saint Nusjuro landed!"
Due to the great distance and the terrain changes caused by the Admirals' battle, the specific situation on the shore could not be seen clearly, but many smart officers figured out the truth through the phenomenon.
All of the Five Elders had descended!
In the center of the battlefield, black smoke billowed.
Saint Nusjuro was at the center, with four massive magic circles appearing on either side. The black smoke was emerging from these magic circles.
Black mud surged from the magic circles, quickly forming into colossal monsters. They appeared as a worm, a wild boar, a spider, and a flying bird.
And Saint Nusjuro's transformed bone horse!
But the five monsters were not ordinary beasts - they were mutated individuals, in other words, Mythical Zoans.
Gyuki - Saint Jaygarcia Saturn!
Sandworm - Saint Shepherd Ju Peter!
Fengxi - Saint Topman Warcury!
Itsumade - Saint Marcus Mars!
Bakotsu - Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro!
The highest authority in the world, the Five Elders!
All of them in their Mythical Zoan Awakened form!
"Is that Groudon?"
"First time seeing him, he's indeed as ferocious as the rumors say!"
"We must eliminate him here!"
The Five Elders stared at Daichi. The moment they failed to stop the live broadcast, their objective changed.
That was to kill Daichi!
As long as Daichi was eliminated, the Hoenn Government, without its shrewd leader, would soon be completely devoured by the World Government.
They were not afraid of Daichi's immense power - Roger, Whitebeard, Kaido. Powerful individuals emerge in every era, and no one can stop that.
Compared to power, they feared Daichi's extraordinary wisdom more. No one in eight hundred years had achieved such a feat.
"What a chaotic dance of demons!"
Daichi faced the Five Elders, his entire body's blood surging. The scene before him had only appeared in his predictions, and now it was reality.
Kuzan still had to guard against two Admirals and couldn't help. The strength of the others made it difficult to intervene in this battle - he could only rely on himself.
A situation with almost no chance of victory!
"Here they come!"
The wild boar moved first, opening its massive mouth and roaring at Daichi, covering him in black lightning and shockwaves!
"Roar!"
A Conqueror's Haki roar!
"So heavy!"
Daichi resisted the shockwave, his body slowly sliding backward, his claws plowing two deep furrows in the ground.
The opponent's roar, aside from its powerful impact, caused him no real harm, but it greatly restricted his movements.
The rest of the Five Elders immediately launched their attacks.
"Puff! Puff! Puff!"
Saint Saturn spat out several poison balls. Aided by the wild boar's shockwave, the poison balls' flight speed surged to their limit.
Saint Nusjuro rushed to Daichi's left, swinging his sword to unleash a massive flying slash!
The sandworm burrowed into the ground.
Saint Marcus Mars flew into the air, flapping his wings to send out countless wind blades.
Facing attacks from all directions, the ground around Daichi vibrated, and pillars of rock rose from the earth, protecting him at the center.
"Boom!"
A skull-shaped mushroom cloud rose!
Clearly, the Five Elders had figured out Daichi's abilities and did not use fire-based powers.
Even Saint Warcury's poison balls, when they exploded, released highly toxic green flames - inhaling them would cause poisoning.
As the mushroom cloud gradually faded, Daichi was curled up like a hedgehog in the center of the explosion, his red shell emitting a metallic shine.
Iron Defense!
He endured it!
The next moment, the ground cracked!
The sandworm emerged from underground, its massive mouth opened to its limit, biting Daichi, who had turned into a sphere, seemingly trying to swallow him.
But Daichi's equally enormous Groudon body, in its defensive stance, directly blocked the sandworm's huge mouth, and the spikes on his body pierced the sandworm's mouth full of holes!
The sandworm, in pain, bit Daichi and flung him toward the wild boar. The wild boar's four massive tusks had, at some point, transformed into sharp blades, and it charged at Daichi!
"Clang!"
Blades struck shell, sparks flew!
Saint Marcus Mars, in the air, immediately flapped his wings and swooped down, his incredibly sharp beak tearing through the air, piercing toward Daichi like a spear!
"Crackle!"
Black lightning scattered everywhere!
"Cough!"
Inside the sphere, Daichi coughed up large mouthfuls of blood!
His hard shell had not cracked, but the impact from the enemy's attacks still penetrated his body.
Especially the true damage effect of Conqueror's Haki.
The abilities of these five old men were all top-tier Mythical Zoans, in their awakened state, and all of them possessed Conqueror's Haki.
Their full configuration was maxed out, in no way inferior to the Yonko.
Their only drawback was probably their pampered lifestyle leading to a decline in combat awareness, not comparable to Kaido or peak Whitebeard, but definitely on par with Big Mom, who relied on her natural talent.
Facing the five-person encirclement, he found it difficult to even find an opportunity to counterattack!
"Aooo!"
Daichi roared, his spikes growing an extra section, piercing the sandworm's head. Then, his body spun rapidly, tearing the sandworm apart while deflecting the wild boar's tusks and Saint Marcus Mars's beak!
The next second, his spinning body burrowed into the earth!
"He's trying to escape!"
Seeing the huge pit in the ground, the Five Elders' expressions changed at the same time. With all of them having descended, if Daichi escaped, they wouldn't be able to explain it to Imu!
They also hadn't expected Groudon to have the ability to burrow!
"Don't even think about it!"
Saint Nusjuro's veins bulged all over his body as he swung Shodai Kitetsu at the earth, his fierce slash splitting the ground in two, and the accompanying cold air covered the crack with a layer of ice!
The power of ice!
However, there was no sign of Daichi within the cracked earth!
"He's still here!"
Through Observation Haki, Daichi had not left the battlefield and was still hiding underground, but his exact location could not be pinpointed through the earth.
"Saint Peter!"
Among them, only Saint Peter, transformed into a sandworm, could move freely underground. Among the others, Saint Warcury's wild boar could also dig, but its efficiency was far less than Saint Peter.
Saint Peter's head had regenerated, and he unhesitatingly burrowed into the ground, chasing Daichi's aura.
The earth continuously trembled, with mounds of soil rising occasionally, clearly showing that the two giant beasts were battling underground.
"Crack!"
The sound of the ground cracking drew the Five Elders' attention. The next moment, Saint Peter's massive sandworm body pushed through the earth, and flew into the sky.
A rock pillar flowing with magma was impaled through the middle of his body, and amidst a dazzling light, Saint Peter was torn in half by a violent explosion.
At the same time, the ground around the battlefield slowly rose, forming small volcanoes, and then magma erupted!
The Five Elders' expressions gradually turned grim.
Not only was the opponent not escaping, but he intended to fight them to the very end!