"This power… it seems something unexpected has happened on the Mary Geoise battlefield. Could the World Government truly have the master of that so-called Empty Throne behind them?"
Dragon couldn't help but think this after sensing the terrifying power that erupted once again from Mary Geoise.
When he and Nox met and talked, Nox had implicitly revealed that the World Government might have a World King who had lived for eight hundred years.
At first, he thought this was impossible, but with the powerful and unfamiliar Haoshoku Haki that erupted earlier, coupled with the current surge of power, it seemed that the World King might indeed exist.
"Since Nox knows that World King exists, and he still dares to attack the World Government, it means he possesses a secret weapon capable of dealing with that World King, or perhaps his own strength is sufficient to confront that so-called World King!"
"And what I need to do now is stop the Army, or even defeat the Army, and then unite with the Pirate Alliance to defeat the World Government!"
Dragon thought.
"To be distracted while fighting me, how foolish!"
Army Marshal Finn Harris saw Dragon's momentary lapse in concentration and seized the opening. With a surge of immense Busoshoku Haki concentrated in his fist, he mercilessly punched towards Dragon's head.
"Your fist is too weak, far inferior to my old man's!!"
However, even though Dragon was distracted for a moment and exposed an opening, his strength surpassed Harris's. With a flick of his wrist, his hands transformed into Dragon claws and easily grasped Harris's fist.
"Dragon Claw Fist: Tear!"
Dragon's other hand suddenly struck towards Harris's lower body.
"Not good!"
This sudden punch startled Harris, who quickly used his other fist to block. However, he immediately felt an extremely powerful tearing force on his fist, causing immense pain throughout his entire hand, and his entire body was sent flying backward as a result.
"Dragon Claw Fist: Wind Shadow!"
The moment Harris was sent flying, Dragon's figure, wrapped in a hurricane, instantly appeared behind Harris. His pair of Dragon claws mercilessly grabbed towards the back of Harris's head.
"Moonwalk: Burst Charge!"
Feeling a fatal threat approaching from behind before he had even landed, Harris frantically used Moonwalk to adjust his body.
"Tear!!!"
Even with his body twisted instantly, Harris still couldn't completely evade the Dragon claw's attack. Although the fatal spot was avoided, his back was torn open by the pair of Dragon claws, revealing white bones.
"You are destined to die by my hand, but the time has to be moved up, otherwise I might miss the final scene of the war!"
Dragon said coldly.
As someone determined to change the World, even though his mission this time was to stop the Army, he still wanted to witness the moment the World Government was overthrown.
Even if he couldn't personally change the World, he wanted to witness that historical moment with his own eyes.
This was his confidence in Nox, and also a testament to his own ideals!
For that moment, he had to defeat the Army!
Mary Geoise:
"Hahahaha, the Golden Lion has fallen! Our World Government's King, Lord Imu, is invincible! You Pirates are destined to fail!"
Anton Corrado, the user of the Logia Hurricane Devil Fruit, laughed heartily.
Since the start of the battle, he had been completely suppressed by Bullet. Even his most boasted speed and stealth techniques were firmly suppressed by Bullet's gravity.
Now that the battle situation had finally started to tilt towards the World Government's victory, Anton naturally wanted to mock Bullet thoroughly and boost his own morale in the process.
"Hmph, a mere Imu is nothing more than a candle stuck on your World Government's throne in front of our Captain. Our Captain's sword can easily cut him down!"
Bullet scoffed contemptuously. He had absolute faith in Nox's strength. No one in this World was Nox's match, not even the so-called World King who had lived for eight hundred years.
Some people are like that; in just a few years, they can surpass what others take decades to achieve. And he believed that in just a few decades, Nox could surpass Imu, who had lived for eight hundred years.
In Bullet's view, Nox was just such a person. Eight hundred years was nothing; even if Imu were given a thousand years, he would still be surpassed by Nox, who had only lived for a few decades. There was no doubt about it!
"Originally, I didn't want to end the battle so quickly, but unfortunately, your mouth is too foul. I've decided to tear it apart right now!"
As he spoke, Bullet's muscles instantly swelled, and at the same time, a black-purple mist swirled around him – a sign of Devil Fruit Awakening!
"Not good!!!"
Seeing Bullet's aura surge instantly, Anton instinctively felt a strong sense of threat.
Without any hesitation, Anton immediately transformed into a hurricane and frantically rushed into the distance, away from Bullet. The current Bullet was too terrifying; he felt that if he didn't leave quickly, he would definitely die!
Especially since he knew the awakened forms of many Devil Fruits, he clearly understood that Bullet's Devil Fruit had awakened now!
That was the Awakening of a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit. Even before Bullet used his Awakened power, he had already been suppressing him.
Now that Bullet was using the power of his Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit Awakening, his strength would definitely increase significantly, and his Logia Hurricane Fruit had not yet reached the Awakening stage. He definitely couldn't defeat Bullet, and if he wasn't careful, he would die by Bullet's hand.
"Thinking of running now? It's already too late!"
Bullet's mouth split into a wide grin, revealing most of his teeth with a chuckle. Instantly, his entire body shot out like a laser, catching up to the fleeing Anton in a flash.
"This speed, it's too fast!"
Anton's pupils constricted as he watched Bullet catching up. This speed was at least twice as fast as before; it was simply incredible!
Just as Anton was wary of Bullet's fist, Bullet, who had caught up to Anton, didn't immediately attack with a punch. Instead, he unleashed the full extent of the gravity power within his body!
The hundred-times gravity field that originally enveloped a five-hundred-meter radius around Bullet instantly contracted to within a one-hundred-meter radius.
The gravity field was a spherical area with a diameter of one hundred meters. Within this range, the gravity directly increased to two hundred times!
Furthermore, the direction of gravity was not vertically downward but converged towards the center point of the spherical gravity field.
"Gravity Black Hole!!!"
Bullet roared, and immediately the hundred-meter spherical gravity field contracted further. As the gravity field continuously shrank, the gravity kept increasing, and an indescribable oppressive force continuously converged towards the center point.
Within the black hole, air was compressed and drawn out, space was distorted and shattered, and the entire sky couldn't bear the burden, showing countless cracks.
From the outside, this gravity field looked like a black hole hanging in the air. The black hole had an incredibly powerful attraction, constantly drawing and attracting all surrounding matter towards it.
But the moment some surrounding rocks and debris were attracted and entered the black hole, they were pulverized by the powerful gravity and distorted space within the black hole.
"Damn it, what in the world is this thing!"
Anton, who was inside the Gravity Black Hole, immediately felt the gravitational pressure on him increase several times over. In the air, in addition to the gravitational pressure, there was also invisible spatial distortion and shattering force. If he weren't a Logia Devil Fruit user, his body would probably have been forcibly suppressed by the unbearable pressure, unable to even move.
"Hurricane Limitless Blade!!"
Anton frantically channeled all his power to unleash his strongest attack. As long as he could tear open a gap in this Gravity Black Hole, he could seize the opportunity to break free!
"Crack!!!"
However, just as the Hurricane Limitless Blade was unleashed, Bullet appeared in front of Anton with extreme speed and easily shattered it with a single punch!
"Besides the Captain, once you fall in here, no one can escape my Gravity Black Hole!!"
Bullet said confidently.
In just the blink of an eye, the diameter of the entire Gravity Black Hole was compressed to ninety meters, and the gravity increased to two hundred and twenty times!
"Just die here obediently. At least you'll leave a corpse. If you wait until the Gravity Black Hole truly forms, you'll probably be nothing but a pile of flesh, not even bones will remain!"
Bullet took advantage of the moment when the Gravity Black Hole intensified and Anton's body was unstable, and punched Anton.
Anton's body was severely suppressed by the Gravity Black Hole at this moment. Even a Hurricane Fruit user couldn't evade Bullet's fist.
"Bang!!!"
Anton blocked Bullet's fist with his hands in front of him. Immediately, he felt as if his hand bones were about to break from that punch!
Enduring the urge to spit out the blood rising in his chest, Anton used the force of Bullet's fist to frantically fly in another direction.
But when he flew to the other side, he found that the incredibly powerful gravity at the center was preventing him from flying out of the Gravity Black Hole's range. Even with the force from Bullet's fist, he couldn't fly out of the Gravity Black Hole's range.
However, at this moment, the Gravity Black Hole's range contracted again to a diameter of eighty meters, and the gravity increased to two hundred and forty times.
"Pfft!!!"
Instantly, the blood Anton had been suppressing could no longer be held back and gushed out of his mouth. The moment the blood was sprayed out, it was immediately compressed by the Gravity Black Hole's gravity, turning into blood droplets that rapidly flew towards the center of the Gravity Black Hole and merged with the crushed rocks and dust.
"A true black hole can't even escape light, let alone you, who are just a gust of wind!"
Inside the Gravity Black Hole, Bullet was not suppressed in the slightest; on the contrary, he was like a fish in water. He took advantage of the moment Anton spat blood and appeared before Anton again, punching him in the head.
"Ah!!!!"
Instantly, Anton was sent flying again, his head bleeding from all seven orifices, and his brain felt as if it had been severely concussed.
Being suppressed by such intense gravity was already extremely uncomfortable, let alone facing a strong opponent like Bullet.
Instantly, Anton was like a broken sandbag, being relentlessly beaten by Bullet with punch after punch inside the Gravity Black Hole.
"No!!!"
Just as the Gravity Black Hole contracted again to a diameter of sixty meters and the gravity increased to two hundred and sixty times, Anton's severely injured body could no longer withstand the gravitational pressure.
Instantly, the brain injury inflicted by Bullet could no longer be suppressed and was directly crushed by the gravity. He became like an idiot.
"Just die obediently!!"
Bullet didn't care if Anton was pretending to be stupid or truly stupid. He mobilized the power of the entire Gravity Black Hole and unleashed a full-powered punch on Anton's head.
"Bang!!!"
Anton's skull was instantly shattered by Bullet, and all signs of life completely disappeared from him.
"I told you before, wouldn't it have been better to just die obediently? Why wait until this point!"
After Anton died, his physical body, without the support of his Devil Fruit and Haki, was completely crushed by the Gravity Black Hole and fully integrated with the debris.
"Deactivate!!!"
Watching Anton die, Bullet breathed a sigh of relief, and then he immediately deactivated the power of the Gravity Black Hole completely.
The power of the Gravity Black Hole was terrifying, but the consumption was also terrifying. Each time the Gravity Black Hole contracted, it further consumed his stamina.
Even though he had Awakened, maintaining a Gravity Black Hole with a diameter of fifty meters would only last him less than an hour with his current stamina!
The moment Bullet deactivated the Gravity Black Hole, an object about a dozen centimeters in diameter but extremely heavy fell from the sky.
That was Anton's corpse combined with many things that had been swallowed by the Gravity Black Hole earlier, compressed into a ball by two hundred and sixty times the gravity. One can imagine how dense this object was!
"World King Imu, huh? I really want to meet him, but unfortunately, he's the Captain's opponent!"
Bullet looked up at the figure in the sky, his fighting spirit boiling, but he suppressed it.
He knew how strong Nox's power was because he had been easily defeated by Nox even when using his Awakened power.
And without strength greater than Nox's, he was not qualified to challenge the opponent Nox had chosen. This was the self-awareness of a weaker person!
"What? Anton was actually killed by Bullet? What a waste!"
The entire Mary Geoise battlefield was huge and chaotic, and those who were originally somewhat close to Bullet's battlefield discovered that Anton had been killed single-handedly by Bullet in such a short time. This was undoubtedly adding insult to injury for the top powerhouses on the World Government's side!
However, at this point, both the World Government and the Pirate Alliance had reached a life-or-death situation, and no one fled because of this.