"Hold the line! Everyone, hold the damn line!"
"The Whitebeard Pirates are here! Reinforcements, charge!"
"Dammit, why are there so many dragons?!" a Marine screamed, his eyes wide with pure terror.
The sudden appearance of the nine colossal beasts had completely shattered their expectations, turning an already brutal battle into an unpredictable nightmare.
"Pacifistas, attack!"
"This is terrifying! What are those golden lights flying everywhere?!"
"They look familiar... Are those… lasers? Like Admiral Kizaru's?"
The fresh wave of Marine reinforcements stopped dead in their tracks, utterly stunned.
The overwhelming sight of nine dragons diving from the sky threw them into complete disarray.
Who in their right mind had ever seen so many dragons at once?
Weren't Devil Fruits supposed to be one of a kind?
The sheer spectacle left them paralyzed, their eyes glued to the massive figures descending from the heavens.
Sentomaru was just as dumbfounded by the scene, but his knowledge ran far deeper than that of an ordinary soldier.
Having worked alongside Dr. Vegapunk on Egghead, he was intimately familiar with Devil Fruit replication technology.
Vegapunk hadn't just successfully copied abilities for the Seraphim; he was constantly refining the process.
"Son of a bitch," Sentomaru cursed under his breath.
He knew that if the Seraphim project wasn't still in the experimental phase, these pirates wouldn't dare to be so arrogant.
Shaking off the thought, he hardened his resolve and began directing the Pacifista around him.
"All units, prepare to attack!"
Following his command, the group of Pacifistas, all perfect cyborg replicas of Bartholomew Kuma, sprang into action.
The laser cannons in their mouths began to charge, and beams of dazzling golden light converged, humming with destructive energy.
As the light intensified, so did the power behind it, escalating to an unimaginable level.
Suddenly, the lethal beams shot violently into the sky in a deafening explosion of light.
Volleys of laser fire erupted like a relentless barrage, tearing through the air as they hit the enormous dragons, which did nothing to them.
"Lasers? What the fuck are they thinking?!"
"Hahaha, watch my Boro Breath!"
"They want wind? I'll give 'em Bad Wind!"
"Super Boro Breath, coming right up!"
"..."
The nine colossal dragons opened their massive jaws in unison.
Their chests and bellies began to glow a menacing, molten red, writhing as if an inferno was building within them.
Scorching flames and violent winds converged at an astonishing speed, forming unprecedented spheres of raw energy.
Then, with a thunderous BOOM that shattered the silence, all nine attacks erupted at once.
The scene was transformed into a spectacular, apocalyptic light show.
The two tremendous forces collided mid-air in a cataclysmic explosion.
A massive pillar of fire and wind surged upward, completely swallowing the once-powerful laser beams and dismantling them with ease.
The entire process was unbelievably fast, lasting barely a few seconds.
The remaining energy from the dragons' attacks—scorching winds and torrents of fire—continued their downward path, launching a new wave of fierce assaults on the targets below.
"Oh no!" Sentomaru's face went pale.
He realized the situation was far worse than he had anticipated.
After ordering the Pacifistas to continue firing, he didn't hesitate for a second, using Geppo to leap away and escape the blast zone.
The moment he moved, the attacks arrived.
A dazzling pillar of fire, resembling a gigantic flaming tornado, instantly struck the unprepared Pacifistas.
The flames consumed everything, heating the surrounding air to unbearable temperatures.
Countless green crescent-shaped wind blades followed closely behind, slicing through the battlefield like enormous reapers of death.
The continuous explosions shook the entire island of Marineford.
The Pacifistas, marvels of modern science, lasted only moments before they began to melt, then detonate in a chain reaction of fiery explosions.
In an instant, half of the hundred machines were reduced to scrap.
The air filled with thick smoke and the acrid smell of burning metal.
"Hahaha! What kind of trash are these things? Pathetic!"
"Nothing beats the Azure Dragon! We can take down these big guys with a single breath!"
As they spoke, several more blinding beams streaked across the sky—the last desperate barrage from the remaining Pacifistas.
The lasers struck the dragons' vulnerable bellies and tails, causing violent tremors that shook them in mid-air.
This sudden counterattack infuriated everyone.
"These bastards are so damn annoying!" Squard roared angrily from atop his green dragon.
"Watch me blow them all to hell!"
With those words, he took a deep breath and unleashed another intensely green Boro Breath.
The flames, burning with immense destructive power, wiped out the remaining Pacifistas in a single, overwhelming blast, rendering them completely useless.
The air was thick with the smell of scorched metal.
Squard was about to gather his breath to continue his assault on the Marine Vice Admirals when Jozu's voice cut him off.
"Hold on. I'll handle this one."
The others turned their attention to Jozu, their eyes flickering with surprise.
Someone murmured, "What? Is Jozu making a move?"
Ron also glanced over with a look of genuine surprise on his face.
Jozu had been pestering him for months, asking for guidance on the principles of light and refraction almost every single day.
He had told him all the theory he knew, but how Jozu would actually apply that knowledge in a fight was anyone's guess.
"All that studying... all those headaches," Jozu said quietly to himself, a faint smile playing on his lips as he stepped forward.
"Time to see if the knowledge finally pays off."
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