York's advance speed was the fastest among everyone.
Although the others had also chased up immediately, York was rushing for time, and the holy light he released was only intended to clear the obstacles in front of him.
Some Marines who had dived into cover upon seeing the Rocks Pirates were not affected by his ability.
After York passed and when Golden Lion, Whitebeard, and the others arrived, these Marines rushed out from cover, becoming stumbling blocks for the group.
Plus, the Marine reinforcements were actually quite timely.
Marines from a distance who hadn't been illuminated by the holy light rushed over continuously.
This created a huge gap between Rocks and York, who charged down first, and the group behind them.
"Bastards!! Don't stop me from saving Shakky!!"
Golden Lion activated his fruit ability in anger, reshaping the earth into massive lion heads that swallowed countless Marines.
"Bastard Shiki! Do you want to kill Shakky?!"
Silver Axe cursed loudly, splitting the earth lion created by Golden Lion in half with an axe.
Golden Lion looked sheepish upon hearing this, and Whitebeard also temporarily put away thoughts of using his fruit ability.
Their fruit abilities were too destructive; it would be terrible if they accidentally hurt Shakky.
Moreover, they didn't know Shakky's exact location and could only roughly judge the position of the island's center to charge inwards, gradually deviating from York's route.
*Alice! Teach! Where are you?!*
Rocks advanced rapidly along the route York had cleared, constantly observing left and right, his Observation Haki fully active.
He knew his wife and child were definitely not in the island's center.
As the hunted, they would surely run and hide with all their might, so the possibility of them being on the island's periphery was actually greater.
However, precisely because they were hiding and running with all their might, it made it difficult for Rocks to sense their location with Observation Haki; this search could only rely on visual judgment.
Back to York.
His advance could truly be described as unstoppable.
With holy light clearing the way, any Marine who had a wife or girlfriend didn't even have the ability to stand straight in front of him.
Those Marine officers capable of breaking his ability with Haki didn't seem to be on this island either.
So York was truly unstoppable, becoming the first to charge into the Grand Canyon.
"Ah~~"
"Mmph~~"
"Kimochi~~"
Marines coming to block him fell in batches, and terrified Celestial Dragons also collapsed in groups.
Before they could evacuate, York had already arrived.
"St... Stop him... Kimochi~~"
York passed by a Celestial Dragon.
He didn't kill this Celestial Dragon.
Not because he didn't want to, but because he was racing against time.
Getting the Devil Fruits first was more important!
Advancing all the way, York successfully spotted a plaza in the middle section of the Grand Canyon.
The plaza was semi-circular, hugging the cliff wall on one side of the canyon.
In the center of the semi-circular plaza was a high platform, on which nine pillars were distributed in a ring, each holding a small treasure chest.
"Devil Fruits! But why are there nine?!"
York was startled, then his gaze turned solemn, and his steps halted.
The reason was simple.
He not only saw the nine Devil Fruits on the podium but also saw a group of people who had just gathered, dressed completely differently from ordinary Celestial Dragons and Marines.
"The God's Knights?"
For the first time, York felt that rushing too fast wasn't entirely advantageous.
"Pirates?! How are they this fast?!"
At the same time York discovered the God's Knights, they naturally discovered York too.
They were also surprised that York had charged here so quickly.
"Mmph!"
Holy white light bloomed from York, and many of the God's Knights let out muffled groans.
Even the Supreme Commander of the God's Knights, Garling, was no exception.
A playful smile appeared on the solemn-faced York.
"Are all the male members affected by my ability? Seems the female members maintain their integrity better!"
Currently, there were seven members of the God's Knights appearing before York, visually resembling the future Seven Warlords of the Sea.
The leader had a crescent moon hairstyle—Figarland Garling. York originally thought he had red hair, but it turned out to be blonde.
Two female members stood on his sides: one tall with a cool temperament, the other cute wearing a mushroom hat.
York had seen these two female characters in the manga in his previous life.
There was also a grim reaper-styled one wearing a horned helmet, whom he had also seen in the manga.
Besides them, the one with the gas mask and the one with the afro hair that York knew of were not here.
Replacing them were three completely unfamiliar new faces.
A blonde man with a bitter face and a cross-shaped beard on his chin.
A woman with a tall stature of over 5 meters, sharp teeth, sunglasses, large breasts, a thin waist, and a pert bottom, likely possessing Fish-Man blood.
And the last one, over 6 meters tall, broad and burly, appearing completely in Zoan hybrid form.
York had seen none of these three in the manga in his previous life.
But seeing that all the male members among them were affected by his ability, the pressure eased significantly.
*I thought all God's Knights members had Admiral-level strength; seems I misunderstood...*
This couldn't be helped; who asked the God's Knights' reputation to be so loud before York transmigrated?
"Report!! The Roger Pirates discovered on the West Coast!!"
Before the two sides who discovered each other could act, a new report arrived.
"Roger Pirates after Rocks?"
Garling's face darkened. He broke York's ability with Haki and took out a Den Den Mushi to command: "Marines go protect the Celestial Dragons! Leave the pirates to the God's Knights!!"
However, his order wasn't sent out at all.
Because the Den Den Mushi he just took out was illuminated by the holy light and immersed in pleasure, completely unable to perform the communication task.
"Damn it! Useless thing!!"
Irritable, Garling smashed the Den Den Mushi to the ground, killing it.
He slowly drew the long sword from his waist, fierce killing intent blooming instantly.
"Deal with this pirate in front of us first! Then we go support other battlefields!!"
"Understood!!"
The God's Knights members responded.
Garling stepped forward to charge, initiating the attack.
Wielding the long sword, he slashed horizontally with lightning speed.
"Not even using Conqueror's Infusion! I'm truly being underestimated!!"
*Zzzzt!!*
Black-red lightning erupted from York. His fist was first wrapped in flowing Armament Haki, then black-red Conqueror's Haki.
"Fist Bone! Crushing Fist!!"
Right foot stomping heavily, earth cracking, power rising from the ground—a straight punch.
Terrifying shockwaves exploded. Charging Garling's face changed drastically instantly.
"Nani?!"
With a cry of alarm, he was swallowed by the shockwave, flying back as fast as he came.
*Rumble...*
The shockwave roared through the valley. All God's Knights members looked astonished.
Several male members who failed to use Haki to break York's ability were blasted away on the spot.
The female members resisted with difficulty but were also in a sorry state.
"How is this possible..."
"He's actually this strong..."
The shockwave swept past them, rushing into the canyon on the other side of the plaza. Countless Celestial Dragons and Marines were blown away together.
After landing, countless died miserably.
*Crack! Crack!*
Sounds of cracking knuckles rang from the dust. York walked out step by step.
"Is that all? The legendary God's Knights?!"
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