According to the system's explanation, the amount of Prestige Points each person could contribute to Lin Xuan varied, depending on their individual strength.
These marines, being far superior in overall quality compared to most people on the Sabaody Archipelago, naturally contributed much more—each of them offered nearly ten points of Prestige Points!
So, with a thousand marines, Lin Xuan earned nearly ten thousand Prestige Points in one go—a result he found quite satisfying.
Watching the marines bowing and scraping before him, Lin Xuan spoke leisurely to Uchiha Madara, his tone filled with mockery.
"Madara, look at this bunch. They risk their lives for those idiot Celestial Dragon, yet still have to endure insults and threats without reason. Hahaha! Isn't that just hilarious?"
Madara nodded, equally amused. "Indeed. I didn't expect such absurdity to exist in this world."
Hearing those words, Lieutenant Colonel Blackbeard and the others could only feel more humiliated and depressed inside.
But before the Celestial Dragon, none of them dared show even a hint of defiance—only silent rage buried deep within.
Madara glanced at them teasingly and said, "You want us to release these Celestial Dragons? Well, that's not impossible."
Lieutenant Colonel Blackbeard's eyes lit up. He immediately barked, "What are your terms?"
Madara's lips curved into a faint smile. "Simple. You just have to defeat me."
"Defeat you?" Blackbeard frowned. "You mean… a one-on-one duel?"
Even as he asked, a flicker of relief flashed through his heart.
If it were a duel, no matter the outcome, they could at least stall for time until Admiral Kizaru arrived—then everything would resolve itself.
But Madara shook his head slowly. "Doesn't matter if it's one-on-one or all of you at once. As long as you can defeat me, we'll release those worthless Celestial Dragons."
Blackbeard and his subordinates looked at one another, faint glimmers of hope appearing on their faces.
Feigning calm, Blackbeard turned to Lin Xuan. "Is that your agreement as well?"
At that moment, Lin Xuan was busy reasserting his Genjutsus control over the three Celestial Dragon, testing out his Sharingan abilities in the process.
Hearing the question, he waved a hand casually. "No problem. But if you underestimate Madara, the consequences might be… quite tragic."
Blackbeard dismissed the warning with a smirk.
In his eyes, Madara was nothing more than someone relying on a Devil Fruit to act tough. If he were truly that powerful, the seas would've already heard his name!
And since his men were all elite marines, how could they possibly lose to one man?
Seeing their renewed confidence, Lin Xuan shook his head slightly and gave them a pitying look.
"Poor marines… Do you actually think you can defeat Lord Madara? You have no idea what this Battlefield Rose is capable of."
Just as Lin Xuan expected, Lieutenant Colonel Blackbeard first sent three of his strongest men forward to face Madara.
They were indeed formidable—one of them, a major, could even wield Armament Haki.
Unfortunately, their combined strength was still far too weak. Within mere moments, all three were utterly crushed by Madara.
Gritting his teeth, Blackbeard sent seven more, ten in total, to surround Madara in a coordinated assault.
Yet, the result was no different. The ten of them couldn't even graze Madara's clothing. He hadn't used a single ninjutsu—just pure physical might—and he overwhelmed them completely.
By now, Blackbeard finally grasped the terrifying reality of Madara's power. Cold sweat gathered on his brow.
He no longer dared to dream of victory—only of buying time.
But Madara was already growing impatient. "Tch. Is there really no one among you worth fighting? Fine—come at me, all of you!"
Even after witnessing his earlier display, the marines were enraged by his arrogance.
"Don't you look down on us!"
"Bastard! We're marines!"
"Everyone—attack! Let's teach him a lesson!"
Shouting battle cries, hundreds of marines surged toward Madara like a tidal wave!
And then, the scene Lin Xuan remembered from the world of Naruto unfolded before his eyes.
Madara snorted coldly, stepped forward, and in that instant became a tiger among sheep—tearing through the marines like a storm!
Wherever he passed, it didn't matter if they used swordsmanship, Rokushiki techniques, or Devil Fruit powers—each and every one of them was forced to "dance" to his rhythm, sent flying one after another!
In less than a minute, hundreds of marines lay sprawled across the street, groaning in pain.
Lin Xuan still wasn't satisfied. He turned toward the several hundred more marines blocking the far end of the street and called out cheerfully,
"Hey, how about you guys? Wanna give it a try? Who knows, maybe you'll be the ones to beat him!"
Those marines only stared back with expressions that clearly said, Do we look stupid to you?
They were completely terrified—who would dare charge in now, just to "dance" alongside their comrades?
But at that very moment—
Whoosh!
A sharp sound of air being cut came from behind Lin Xuan!
A marine had been lurking in a nearby alley, waiting for his chance—and now, he finally struck!
Gripping a long blade, he slashed straight toward Lin Xuan's head!
From the same alley, three more marines darted out—their goal wasn't Lin Xuan, but the rescue of Saint Rosward and his family!
Seeing this, the other marines' eyes lit up with desperate hope.
We must succeed!
If they could kill Lin Xuan and rescue the Celestial Dragon, they might just redeem themselves!
Madara noticed the ambush but made no move to intervene.
He was curious—he wanted to see how strong Lin Xuan really was.
As for Lin Xuan, facing the incoming blade, he didn't panic—instead, a faint smile appeared on his face.
In the next instant, his figure vanished from under the attacker's blade!
"What—?!"
The marine froze, eyes wide.
Then, a voice came from right behind him—Lin Xuan's voice.
"Looks like I haven't shown off enough lately… did you really think I'd be that easy to kill?"
Lin Xuan had already appeared behind him—instantaneously!
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