Carlo's entire body was blown into the air, and his trajectory happened to be the direction Nox was diving down from.
"He calculated it!"
At this moment, Carlo finally understood what that strange smile on Nox's face earlier represented, and why Nox's entire body was covered in Busoshoku Haki.
It turned out that the explosion was designed by the opponent in advance, just for this moment.
At this time, Carlo looked at Nox, who was within reach, and wanted to flap his dragon wings to dodge, but his dragon wings were blasted down to just bones, making it difficult to even move them.
He wanted to raise his hands and cover them with Busoshoku Haki to block Nox's sword, but his hands were also reduced to bones, unable to even mobilize Busoshoku Haki.
"Die!!"
Nox held Futsu no Mitama in his left hand and Seven Star Sword in his right, simultaneously plunging them into Carlo's heart and throat.
The next moment, the violent impact of the explosion swept over, sending Nox's body flying out as well.
"What's going on!!!"
The sudden violent explosion not only incapacitated Carlo and led to his death by Nox, but Garp, Golden Lion, Zephyr, and John, who were near the explosion range, were also blown away by the aftershock of the explosion.
One-fifth of the entire Sando Island was blown away as a result.
Such a violent explosion caused everyone except Sengoku, Kong, and Jenore, who were Siege Brandon, to stop involuntarily and look at the center of the explosion.
That was the sky above the center of Nox's battle with Carlo, and they also knew that Nox wanted to defeat Carlo before Brandon was defeated.
"Could this explosion be something Nox designed in advance to trap and kill his opponent!"
A chilling guess instantly surged in their minds. Combined with Nox's previous actions and the impossibility of Carlo having planted the explosives beforehand, this guess is very likely true.
If that's true, did Nox succeed? Is Carlo dead?
This was what everyone present wanted to know at this moment.
And they didn't have to wait long to find out, as they saw Nox grabbing a physical object and diving down from the sky.
He casually unleashed a thousand-meter-long slash with the Seven Star Sword, forcing Sengoku to retreat from the group Siege Brandon.
"Hahaha, Marines, you set up an ambush to capture us, but why wouldn't we want to kill you!"
Nox threw Carlo's corpse down and burst into laughter.
"Damn Nox!!!"
Seeing this scene, the Marine side was all furious.
Their plan was to capture Brandon, but now, before Brandon was captured, the CP0 Vice Chief Carlo, a top combatant, was killed first.
This made Sengoku, Kong, and Jenore feel burning shame on their faces.
The three of them were Siege one Brandon and hadn't taken him down yet, while Nox had already killed one of their top combatants.
Even though Carlo's strength was slightly weaker than an Army General, ranking him last among these individuals, this still made Sengoku and the others feel humiliated!
With Nox's powerful entry, unleashing powerful slashes, he not only forced Sengoku back but also forced Kong back.
After all, even Sengoku and the others didn't dare to block Nox's slashes with their bodies.
"Gyahahaha, let's go!"
Seeing the turn of events, Golden Lion, after forcing Garp back, used his ability to lift a massive rock hundreds of square meters in size.
Seeing this, the others also forced their opponents back and flew onto the rock, even Brandon was no exception.
In the blink of an eye, all seven Pirates, including Nox, withdrew from the island!
"Hahaha, this is just a lesson this time. The New World is our Pirate territory!"
"Next time you dare to enter the New World, be prepared to be killed!"
Nox looked at the eight individuals below whose faces were so gloomy they could drip water, and laughed heartily, laughing with great satisfaction.
He hadn't expected that the explosion he set up in advance could help him kill a CP0 Deputy Chief.
After all, if Carlo hadn't insisted on holding him back, leading to his body being severely injured to that extent, the explosion wouldn't have been able to injure Carlo so severely, ultimately giving Nox the opportunity to kill him.
If Carlo had been willing to escape in advance, with the power of his Ancient Zoan Pteranodon, Nox truly wasn't confident he could keep the opponent there.
It was a pity that the guy stubbornly refused to escape, and in the end, he didn't even have the chance to escape.
"Gyahahaha, that's well said. Don't think that after Rocks' death, you Marines can interfere in the New World!"
"Even if Rocks is dead, we are still here, you Marines shouldn't think about meddling in the New World!"
"The New World is my Golden Lion's territory. In the future, my Flying Pirates will surpass the Rocks Pirates and become the overlord of the New World, becoming the overlord of the World!"
Golden Lion also laughed heartily, a laugh that made the eight people below Garp grit their teeth.
At this point, they could only accept their defeat. Even though they had eight people, they were still unable to stop the other seven.
Originally, among their nine people, Carlo was the most skilled in aerial combat and possessed the power of flight.
Now that Carlo was dead, trying to catch up to Golden Lion using Moonwalk was simply wishful thinking!
"Damn Nox, we were tricked by him!"
Sengoku said through clenched teeth. If it had been another hour, no, half an hour, they could have taken down Brandon. But precisely at this moment, something went wrong.
They never expected Nox to have buried so many explosives here.
"The plan failed. Notify the warships in the distance, let's go back first."
Kong said, suppressing his anger.
When he failed to capture Nox back then, he thought that Nox would become a huge hidden danger for the Marine in the future.
But he didn't expect Nox to grow so fast. Just now, Nox's slash was actually able to cut through the Busoshoku Haki defense of his fist!
Even though he had heard Garp say it, experiencing it firsthand was another matter.
"Yohohoho, Nox, thanks to you this time. If it weren't for you, we would have suffered a great loss this time."
John said, looking at Nox with a grin.
They all thought they were going to fail this time, but they didn't expect such a dramatic reversal in the end.
Not to mention the Marine side being startled, even their allies were shocked by Nox's act of burying explosives.
This kind of underhanded tactic is usually useless.
After all, at their level, they are very sensitive to danger, but Nox chose a time when the opponent couldn't evade even if they sensed danger to detonate the explosives, crippling the already heavily injured opponent.
"Heh, it's just a piece of cake. I don't like fighting unprepared battles, and I prefer to leave myself a way out."
Nox lit a cigarette, took a deep puff, exhaled rings of smoke, and said calmly.
Hearing Nox's words, the others fell silent for a moment.
They were indeed a bit arrogant this time, thinking that seven of them combined would be invincible.
But they forgot the terrifying foundation of the World Government. If it weren't for Nox this time, they would have capsized in the gutter.
Especially Brandon, he almost really died this time!
Nox's words also woke them up, and they learned another trick.
You must plan before acting, and you must leave yourself a way out, so you don't end up destroying yourself.
"Gyahahaha, anyway, this alliance was successful. I hope we can cooperate again next time!"
After taking everyone to another island town, Golden Lion laughed heartily and left directly.
They are currently in an alliance, but as they occupy the seven Allied Nations in the New World, there isn't much territory left in the New World.
It won't be long before they finish digesting their territory and start attacking the surrounding areas.
At that time, the people here will also change from allies to opponents and enemies.
"Hahaha, everyone, I'm leaving too. See you again!"
Nox extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand, waved dismissively, and also left here.
"My goodness, the World Government member states have actually decreased by seven, what on earth is going on?"
"Seven great pirates simultaneously plundering seven Allied Nations, is the Rocks Pirates going to revive again?"
"Shocking: The Fleet Admiral and the Army Marshal made their moves simultaneously, yet were still unable to take down the great pirates of the New World. Is this the incompetence of the Marine, or the strength of the Pirates?"
"The title of World's Greatest Swordsman is true to its name, Limitless Great Swordsman, after killing an Army General, has once again killed a top expert. His sword is the strongest sword in the World!"
"..."
The day after the Allied Nations were plundered by the great Pirate Crew, the headlines all over the World were dominated by the news of the New World Allied Nations being plundered.
A storm was brewing across the entire World, as if the fear of being dominated by the Rocks Pirates had returned once again.
This made the entire World uneasy.
Those were World Government member states, and now seven of them were suddenly occupied by Pirates. Moreover, the Marine and the World Government launched an attack on the Pirates, even with two Fleet Admirals mobilized, the operation still failed.
This simply made people all over the World extremely disappointed in the World Government.
Especially the last headline praising Nox, there was also some pushing from Shakky involved.
Holy Land Mary Geoise:
"Damn it, I didn't expect that a nine-on-seven battle would still fail!"
Scientific Defense Warrior God Saturn Saint looked at the report submitted by Kong, furious.
Regardless of the process, the fact is they failed.
Initially, they, the Gorosei, guessed that seven great pirates had allied to ambush the Marine, which is why they dispatched both the Fleet Admiral and the Army Marshal.
They wanted to seize this opportunity to capture one of the great pirates back, thereby appeasing the Allied Nations.
However, they didn't expect that a battle with such a clear disparity would still fail.