"Hmph! King, you go too!" Kaido ordered.
"Yes!"
"Mamamama! Katakuri, you all help as well!"
With the commands from Kaido and Big Mom, the top officers of their two great pirate crews rushed out.
On one side were the Beast Pirates' All-Stars—King, Queen, and Jack—along with the Flying Six.
On the other were the ministers of the Big Mom Pirates, led by Katakuri, Cracker and the other Commanders.
All of them had mastered their own dual-fruit abilities.
King transformed into a massive Pteranodon, and then his body swelled to a gigantic size.
Each turn was an extremely terrifying attack.
"Marines, take a look at my new fruit: the power of the Giant-Giant Fruit!"
"And me!" Queen was not to be outdone. "Look at the ability of my latest creation, the Germ-Germ Fruit! Hahaha!"
The Brachiosaurus opened its mouth wide, and countless highly toxic bacterial spores burst out like fireworks, exploding among the Marine ranks and causing bursts of wailing.
Jack the Drought followed closely behind
"Elephant-Elephant Fruit, Ancient Model: Mammoth! And the Iron-Iron Fruit!"
His body turned into a huge mammoth, and at the same time, his body became solid steel, glowing red-hot.
He rampaged toward the Marine lines, unstoppable.
The Flying Six also showed off their own second fruit abilities, their strength now on a completely different level.
On the other side, Katakuri, his entire body transformed into diamond-hard mochi, used his powerful Observation Haki to lead his fellow ministers deep into the Marine headquarters.
Beside him, the ground turned into an endless swamp from which countless biscuit soldiers emerged.
"Hahahaha!" Cracker laughed. "The Swamp-Swamp Fruit! It not only gives me an elemental body but also lets me store an army of biscuit soldiers. It suits me so well!"
The two massive forces of pirates rushed forward like a terrifying tide.
"Vice Admirals! Stop them!" Sengoku's expression turned ugly as he hastily gave the command.
"YES!"
Immediately, a group of Vice Admirals from headquarters, led by Momousagi and Chaton, all stepped forward.
They were all powerful warriors who had taken the Monster Cells and raised their strength to the Admiral level.
Momousagi took the initiative to meet Katakuri, while Chaton engaged King.
The other Vice Admirals each found their respective opponents, desperately trying to prevent them from slaughtering the regular Marine soldiers.
For a time, the two sides fought back and forth.
"Gurararara... Marines!" Whitebeard's voice boomed across the battlefield.
"I'm asking for the last time: as long as you release Luffy, Ace, and Vista, we, the Whitebeard and Red Hair Pirates, will retreat from this war! This is our promise to you. What do you think?"
In his opinion, the Marines already had their hands full dealing with Kaido and Big Mom.
If his own alliance joined the fray, the result would be a one-sided slaughter.
"That's right, Sengoku," Shanks added. "As long as you let them go, we'll leave immediately."
"Hmph..." Sengoku sneered.
"You want us to release those three vicious criminals? What a joke!" His words were firm, leaving no room for negotiation.
The Marines were the representatives of justice.
To release prisoners in this situation would be a sign of weakness, and the majesty they fought to uphold would be shattered.
"That is something I will never allow!"
"So it's impossible?" Both Whitebeard and Shanks's expressions turned grim.
"Then... there is only one outcome from this war!" Whitebeard's face darkened, a flash of anger in his eyes as he spoke in a deep voice.
"Everyone, give it your all!"
"YES!"
Suddenly, the many commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates, led by Marco, along with the numerous pirates of the Red Hair Pirates, all surged forward.
"Now!"
Seeing the final wave of pirates dispatched, Sengoku's face suddenly lit up.
"This is it! All Marines, release your Conqueror's Haki!"
As his voice fell, a lot of Marine soldiers paused in unison, the power within their bodies surging.
An instant later, a wave of Conqueror's Haki so massive it was like a stormy sea swept over the battlefield, crashing towards the million-strong pirate army.
A substantial, physical pressure washed over them.
The millions of pirates felt as if they had been plunged into an ice cellar, an unbelievable force attacking their very minds.
Thump... Thump...
Immediately, the sound of bodies falling to the ground echoed one after another.
Of the millions of pirates, 70 to 80 percent of them instantly blacked out and fainted.
"H-how is this possible?! Such a large-scale use of Conqueror's Haki..." Marco's face was pale, as if he had seen a ghost.
King, Queen, and Jack were equally astonished, their bodies trembling.
This was a suppression that came from the qualities of a king, and it was coming from the Marine army.
"Impossible!"
At the same time, Whitebeard, Shanks, Kaido, Big Mom, and the other top-tier fighters like Bullet, Redfield and the Golden Lion all looked on, their pupils vibrating as if from an earthquake.
'The Marines... how did they grant the Conquerors haki to their soldiers?!' they thought, a chill running down their spines.
"This... this is Conqueror's Haki?!"
The faces of countless people who witnessed this were filled with shock.
Someone trembled and exclaimed.
"Impossible!"
They looked at the big screen.
Where there had been millions of pirates, in an instant, 70 to 80 percent of them had fallen.
The remaining number was only around 200,000.
More than 800,000 pirates had fallen unconscious in a single moment.
The resulting visual impact was unparalleled.
The world trembled, and then, a massive cheer erupted.
"The Marines are amazing!"
"Hahahaha! I didn't expect the Marines to have such a trick up their sleeve!"
"Great! Now we have the advantage in numbers! We can win this battle!"
"Marines, you must defeat them and win the final victory!"
They all cried out, incredibly excited.
"Marines... I really underestimated you," Whitebeard said, his expression grim.
This one move alone had decimated their numbers, instantly reversing their greatest advantage.
How could he and the other Emperors not be outraged?
Most critically, they couldn't figure out how on earth the Marines had managed to grant the symbol of kingship, Conqueror's Haki, to so many of their soldiers.
'Could it be the Memory Bread?' Kaido and Big Mom thought, looking at each other.
It was the only possibility.
They had heard it could copy skills, but they had never imagined it could even copy Conqueror's Haki.
"Mamamama... it was indeed beyond our expectations," Big Mom said.
"But because of this, we have to defeat them all the more!"
The speed of the Marines' development was terrifying.
"Kill the Marines and capture Leon!" Kaido's voice was like thunder.
Seeing that the number of people on their side had plummeted, he felt no panic, only rage.
After all, those who were knocked out were the weakest.
The ones who would truly determine the outcome of this war were the top-tier powerhouses like them.
"Well, well, my children, kill them! Kill all the Marines!"
Greed appeared in Big Mom's eyes.
If they destroyed the Marines, then Leon and all the technological products he developed could be theirs.
"All Marines, don't be careless! Advance!" Sengoku knew that although 800,000 pirates had been knocked out, the remaining 200,000 were all elite, powerful warriors.
He was not happy at all and gave the order with a stone-cold face.
"KILL!"
The Marine soldiers, however, were different.
Seeing the number of opponents drop sharply, their morale suddenly soared.
With a loud cry, they charged forward, and the two camps collided.
At the same time, the top commanders of the pirate alliances—led by King, Katakuri, Marco, and Benn Beckman—all took action.
The Beast Pirates' All-Stars and the Tobi Roppo; the Big Mom Pirates' Sweet Commanders and ministers; the Whitebeard Pirates' division commanders; and the Red Hair Pirates' core cadres all led their respective crews into the fray.
The battlefield became a chaotic melee of powerful individuals.
Vice Admiral Momousagi engaged Katakuri, while Chaton faced King the Conflagration.
Vice Admiral Momonga took on Benn Beckman, but Marco was intercepted by a surprising opponent: Smoker.
As a rising star of the new generation of Marines, Smoker now not only possessed his original Logia-type Smoke-Smoke Fruit but had also gained the power of the Mythical Zoan Dog-Dog Fruit, Model: Okuchi-no-Makami.
He had replicated Haki and the Six Powers via Memory Bread and enhanced his physical power to a level close to an Admiral's with a Monster Cell.
He transformed into a massive cloud of smoke, then took on his divine wolf form, spouting endless cold air and fought Marco to a standstill.
Queen, Jack, Cracker were entangled by a Buster Call-level force of five Vice Admirals, including Onigumo and Yamakaji.
Diamond Jozu, Lucky Roo, and Yasopp, as well as Mihawk and Kuma, were intercepted by the five Admiral-class Seraphim.
Although the pirates were at a slight disadvantage, the Seraphim's inhuman characteristics meant they wouldn't be easily defeated.
The remaining 500 Warlord-class Seraphim met the charge of the other great pirates and commanders.
"Hehehehe... Marines, try my newest power!" Doflamingo smiled ferociously.
He shot out his strings, which were now completely transparent.
Under his attack, several Marine soldiers fell to the ground.
"Kishishishi... let's go!" Gecko Moria also attacked, endless shadows emerging from his body as snow began to fall heavily around him.
"This is the power of the Logia-type Snow-Snow Fruit! And Doflamingo, you actually obtained the ability of the Clear-Clear Fruit? That's the ability of my former subordinate!"
"Didn't you also get the Devil Fruit ability of my subordinate, Monet?" Doflamingo replied.
He wasn't stupid enough to reveal that he had obtained the fruit by hunting down Absalom.
"Kishishishi! Let's go! Kill all the Marines!" Moria roared, his hatred for the Marines pushing him to attack again and again.
"Stop it!" The Marine Captain, "Black Cage" Hina, using her second ability, the Cat-Cat Fruit, transformed into a swift feline and quickly locked down several shadow soldiers with her cage ability.
On the other side, the Empress Boa Hancock crossed her arms and countless stone legs grew out of the ground, sweeping across many Marines and instantly petrifying them.
It was the power of the Flower-Flower Fruit.
"Hahahaha, let's explode! Sandstorm!"
Not far away, Crocodile, combining the power of his Sand-Sand Fruit with the Bomb-Bomb Fruit, attacked with a hideous look on his face.
[Goddamn idk but the power level cant be measured anymore, Leon need a nuke to wipeout the pirates now!]
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