"Boom!!"
High in the sky, lightning and light collided once again!
The sea began to churn, and the giant warships swayed, yet not a single Marine showed any fear or panic!
As Marine Soldier stationed in the New World with Admiral Akainu, they had seen too many storms!
Most of the clashes between the Marine and the Four Emperors involved Admiral Akainu.
Akainu looked up at the sky, then casually flicked his cloak of Justice.
"Doberman, lead the Marine to the island!"
Akainu transformed into a mass of magma and blasted towards Sabaody Archipelago; as for Luffy, he didn't even spare him a glance!
"Yes!" Vice Admiral Doberman, his subordinate, raised his hand in a salute.
(Note: Akainu's subordinate is not explicitly stated, this is a private setting, anyway Akainu will be sealed in the office later!)
..."This... what exactly is this!!"
The pirates in the lawless zone scattered in panic, lava falling, causing death or injury!
The entire lawless zone was covered in magma!
"Ah! What's going on??" Urouge, the Sky Island man, pushed off the giant rock on him, looking around in confusion!
All he saw were ruins and corpses, while Supernovas Drake and Hawkins had disappeared.
"Hoo-hoo—!"
Urouge breathed heavily, a desperate yearning for life!
"Never mind, the fortunate thing is... I'm still alive! Admirals are truly not to be provoked!!"
Just then, a crimson meteor crashed down heavily!
"Bang!!"
Akainu emerged from the crater, looking at the stunned Urouge!
His eyes were cold as iron, his voice as biting as ice and snow!
His entire right arm had transformed into scorching magma.
"Pluton Hound!!"
...Above Sabaody, Luffy and Kizaru began a speed contest!
Black and gold chased each other.
He dodged Kizaru's Light Speed Kick, throwing a punch that went straight through, not even touching a physical body!
Turning around, their legs met, air swirled, they separated, then instantly crossed paths again!
"Monkey-kun, Sakazuki has already landed on the island! Why don't you surrender, ...and make my job a little easier!"
Kizaru's hand was still in his pocket, as if glued there.
Looking at the still playful Kizaru, Luffy's eyes were grave, his heart already in despair!
Awakened Glint-Glint Fruit + peak Observation Haki was truly unsolvable!!
...At the Sabaody Archipelago fountain,
"Drip! Drip!"
Magma dripped continuously from Akainu's right hand; behind him, Urouge lay with a large hole in his chest, lifeless!
The Supernova with a bounty of 108 million berries couldn't even withstand one move from Akainu.
Akainu didn't even know who he was before he died.
"Still not coming out??"
Akainu stared at a corner ahead.
"Oh my, really, can't even a grand Admiral tolerate a retired old man??"
Silver hair loosely draped over his shoulders, his eyes, though etched with the furrows of time, were sharp as an eagle's, and a nonchalant smile played on his lips.
This man, wearing flip-flops, dressed in white cloth, and wielding a silver longsword, was none other than "Dark King" Rayleigh!
"Hmph! The moment you became a pirate, the world had no place for you!"
Akainu leaped out like a magma beast unleashed from its cage, his magma fist, imbued with terrifying high temperatures, roared with fierce light as it struck.
A crimson hue, symbolizing hell and destruction, rapidly magnified in Rayleigh's pupils.
Without hesitation, Rayleigh drew the longsword in his hand, and dark red lightning erupted, causing the heavens and earth to change color and a fierce wind to rise!
Beams of dark red lightning compressed and coiled around the sword blade.
The longsword in his hand hummed!
"Pluton Hound!!"
"Divine Avoidance!!"
Fist and sword collided, and a powerful gale blew across their faces.
Sword intent was chilling, lightning raged, and magma was violent!
A furious shockwave of air spread out from the two of them, sweeping everything in its path.
The ground, architectural debris, soil, boulders, shattered corpses... were all lifted into the air.
Wave after wave of air, surging outwards.
"Bang!!"
A violent Haoshoku tore through the magma, heavily striking Akainu's body!
Akainu's figure flew backward like a cannonball, crashing through several collapsed buildings before embedding himself deep into the ground, creating a large, radiating dust ripple.
"Boom!!"
Like a volcanic eruption, a large amount of crimson magma gushed out, instantly submerging the entire town!
Rayleigh dared not show the slightest carelessness; black Armament Haki covered his sword, the red light in his eyes flickered intensely, and the dark red Haoshoku surged.
"Silvers Rayleigh, the "Dark King", it seems the Headquarters still underestimated your strength!!"
Akainu's chest was marked with a sword cut, and powerful Haoshoku lightning continuously invaded his body.
He had initially thought that the elderly Rayleigh's combat power would significantly decline, but unexpectedly... there wasn't much difference from his peak!
"But, how much longer can you hold on??"
Akainu bathed in the magma.
A crimson figure, like a mad demon, charged at Rayleigh, his snow-white cloak instantly melting into boiling magma.
Terrifying high temperatures instantly rose, making the surrounding air distort.
"Dog Biting Crimson Lotus!!"
His entire arm erupted with surging magma flames, striking out fiercely.
A crimson magma giant dog opened its terrifying maw, like a blood-colored lotus, heading towards Rayleigh!
Looking at Akainu, who was completely undefended and acted like a mad dog, Rayleigh's eyes became extremely serious!
The dark red Haoshoku lightning compressed to its limit, and he swung his sword.
"Boom!!"
The external Armament Haki intertwined, and Haoshoku lightning appeared and disappeared in the void.
High-temperature magma splashed up, constantly scattering.
The two moved like phantoms, and explosive gales spread out.
"Boom!!"
Akainu seemed to feel no pain, attacking Rayleigh like a heavy tank.
Rayleigh retreated repeatedly, suffering greatly.
The sword imbued with Haoshoku inflicted wound after wound on Akainu's body.
But Akainu's fighting style was fierce and utterly wild; to seize an opportunity, to find a weakness, he would not hesitate to trade injuries, fighting like an emotionless beast... Time slowly passed as the two clashed!
...At the same time, the New World Marine Soldier directly under Akainu landed in the lawless zone!
"All forces, listen to my command! Any pirate who stubbornly resists will be killed without mercy!!"
Doberman drew his Marine standard longsword, and black Armament Haki flowed over it like water.
"Kill—!"
Thousands of Marine Soldier, voices like thunder, lined up neatly.
Each person exuded a fierce aura, with resolute eyes, and their sidearms and sabers were top-tier equipment!
They charged into the Sabaody lawless zone like an iron torrent, mighty and vast!
Instantly, smoke and dust filled the air.
The once arrogant pirates met their day of disaster!
...A rough pirate cut down a Marine Captain, laughing uproariously at the sky.
"Hahahaha, I am invincible! When I enter the New World, Admirals, Four Emperors, all will be trampled underfoot!"
"'ONE PIECE' is mine!!"
"Whoosh!!"
A man in a white cloak of Justice stepped through the air; the two crossed paths.
The pirate's head flew off, and blood spurted from his neck like a fountain.
The pirate's head rolled to the ground, still wearing a crazed smile! He never expected that he, with a bounty of over seventy million, would die so cleanly!
As for the Marine Captain, he didn't even glance at it, continuing his steps towards other areas!
...The Marine Soldier in the distance raised their guns and fired, a dense rain of bullets hitting the pirates' bodies.
Pirates fell row by row.
Even great pirates in Paradise with superhuman physiques fell under the dark longswords in the hands of the officers!
"Where are those Supernovas with bounties over 100 million??"
Doberman, with his scarred face, sharp eyes, and a cigar in his mouth, asked.
"Report, most of the Supernovas have already left Sabaody Archipelago! They've probably entered the New World!!"
"Tch!!"
Doberman took a deep drag from his cigar, exhaling like a dragon!
"They got lucky!! Form an encirclement! I want all these damn pirates to die here!!"
Doberman's words were astonishing.
All Marine Soldier began to act!!