Orochimaru directly pulled down a sky island nearest to the Red Line. Of course, this time he didn't pick the biggest one.
But such a big island was far more terrifying than Marine's Chakra cannon bombardment.
Normal mass impacts can't compare to Chakra cannon blasts with their high energy, but sky islands aren't ordinary mass.
Any sky island has Dragon Vein power. Dragon Vein power itself is a type of high energy. Plus, this one was near the Red Line, so it had more power than a regular sky island.
Of course, that's what Orochimaru thought at first. Sky islands near the Red Line should have different features.
But when the island came down, and the red will from the depressing sky settled down with it, Orochimaru realized something was wrong.
"Shanks!!"
"So that's it...Shanks, that guy, I underestimated the so-called Four Emperors."
In that moment, Orochimaru completely understood.
Shanks' spirit couldn't be just that small. He never saw the World Government as an enemy. In his eyes, the entire ninja world wasn't his enemy. Or rather, the entire ninja world was his enemy.
Whether it was the World Government or pirates like them...
With unmatched spirit, he put everyone on the chessboard.
The World Government wanted a piece of this great era, but Shanks never cared. But if the World Government wanted in, they had to pay the price.
The World Government's heavenly land will started to shrink the red will, but that shrinking will would be purer. In the final battle on the Red Line, that will would appear.
The first "Hero's Descent" in the new era was when Shanks fought the ninja world's strong people in the East Blue. That battle broke the chains of common people and mixed the will of the pirate era with the ambitions of those wanting a new era, the great pirates.
This war would be another "Hero's Descent."
The concentrated red will would come down on everyone on the battlefield, on all the strong people fighting for the new era.
This kind of will doesn't care which side you're on. It cares what your heart truly wants.
This was the World Government's war to rise up, but it was also the second war to choose the seeds of strong people for the great era.
Under the World Government's call, almost half of the ninja world's young people went to the Red Line and joined the war. In this clash of wills, the great era opened a second time.
"If that's the case, then let me see just how great your spirit is, Shanks!!"
Marine didn't dare to take Orochimaru's attack head-on. More importantly, they couldn't handle it.
"Bee!!"
Raikage A's voice came. Killer Bee woke up from his daze.
Marine warships were being moved away quickly. Tsuchikage Onoki flew into the sky. Some power users from Iwagakure Village also flew up, trying to slow the island's fall.
On the island, Killer Bee felt the same strong and terrible force he felt when facing Shanks...
That kind of all-powerful spirit.
The huge sky island was like a tall mountain. That man was the only one standing on top, and they didn't even have the courage to climb it.
"Gyuki!!"
Killer Bee roared. His body changed into the huge "Gyuki" form. Eight arms grabbed all the natural energy around him and used it to push himself into the sky.
There was wind noise tearing at his ears. Lightning flashed, and it rained hard, but all the sounds faded away.
Black flames quietly burned around Bee in his "Gyuki" form. Twisted veins appeared on his body. The twisted muscles on his body were like mountains.
That mountain, he, Killer Bee, had the right to climb it!!
"Boom!!"
Killer Bee crashed into the island. A powerful natural energy burst out in the sky. The whole island shook, but its speed didn't decrease.
"I!!"
"Am not that weak!!"
Eight arms grabbed the natural energy tightly. Invisible natural energy connected to the sky. The collapsing area in the sky grew bigger. White marks appeared in the sky. Natural energy was torn apart, and within the white, a light red will appeared.
Killer Bee was still holding on.
At that moment, a power user from Iwagakure Village touched the island.
"Reduce weight by a hundred times."
"Air wall."
"Reduce gravity."
"..."
"Earth Release: Super Lightened Boulder Jutsu!"
All the power users from Iwagakure Village appeared, doing their best to stop the island from falling. Onoki also used his ninjutsu.
But the instant everyone touched the island, they felt something different.
All powers used on the island worked only a tenth as well. It only slowed the island's fall a little.
Behind Orochimaru, among the chaotic pirate groups, some became quiet. They watched the island falling from the sky.
A pirate was swallowed by the sea. In the instant the seawater entered his ears, all outside sound disappeared. Only the sound of the sea remained.
The sea was full of ship pieces. A pirate flag on a broken mast was burning. The sky was also churning. Lightning and wind sounds could never reach his ears through the seawater.
The seawater entered his body, colder than the sea wind.
"Am I going to die like this?"
"It's...too bad. I can only go this far."
"But it's not bad, either. It's better than being a fisherman in a small village for the rest of my life..."
His vision blurred.
The huge island fell from the sky. It was a move from their captain, Orochimaru, known as the "strongest creature."
He was a resourceful and spirited pirate. His only loss was to the man who started the new era.
Before leaving the small fishing village, he never thought he could see such a person, to be on the same ship as him.
Even the noble masters never looked at them.
The nobles always lived behind high walls, but the new era broke those walls.
He had no interest in the noble masters behind the walls. He just wanted to see the new era that broke the walls. He wanted to see it one more time before dying, just one more look at this new era.
Seawater entered his lungs, causing pain. His body began to sink.
He saw white marks tearing the sky, the natural energy Killer Bee tore to stop the island from falling.
He saw air walls breaking in the sky. It was the traces of the air walls made by the power users from Iwagakure Village being broken by the island.
In his dim vision, the entire island seemed to stop for a moment. Then, the island seemed to turn red...
A hint of red appeared within the white marks from the torn natural energy. In the instant the island stopped, balls of red fell from the island like shooting stars.
Those red "shooting stars" flew through the sky and fell into the sea.
"Is it a dream?"
His body was too heavy. His eyes were too heavy. His heavy body turned over in the seawater. His vision fell into darkness, the abyss of the sea.
"Even if it's a dream, this era...is real. This era, is real. It's not a dream."
"It's not a fleeting shooting star!!"
For some reason, he didn't want to give up. He didn't want to sink to the bottom of the sea like this. This bottomless sea couldn't hold this great era, and it couldn't hold him.
"Puh!!"
A mouthful of seawater and blood came out of his chest. His eyes widened. He twisted his extremely heavy body and turned over.
A force came from somewhere. His once-cold body moved. His skinny hands climbed up, desperately pulling the seawater down.
His gaze was fixed on the sky, watching the sky. The bloodshot in his eyes made it hard to tell if the red was the sky or his eyes.
But...he didn't want to give up. He finally came this far. How could he give up like this?
In the churning cold seawater, a hand reached out and grabbed a piece of wood floating on the surface.
Then, a thin body was pulled out of the sea by that hand.
"Hah!!"
Fresh, salty air filled his mouth, stinging his lungs. The pain was good news to him.
"He's alive!"
He opened his eyes. A dark figure hung above him. It was one of the pirate group's leaders, "Spider Demon" Kidomaru.
"Are you still alive?"
"I'm still alive!"
Hearing the other's words, Kidomaru pulled him out. He swayed a few times and sent him to a ship that hadn't been sunk yet.
There were many people like this in the sea, climbing up from under the sunk pirate ships.
The pirates who were able to get here were not easy people to mess with. They definitely had the power to carry the will of the new era.
Kidomaru sent these people to the ship and looked into the distance. The island had already fallen. When it fell, it created a huge wave.
But for everyone, that level of wave wasn't a threat.
As for what happened to the Marine side, Kidomaru didn't know. He didn't see much red will appear on the Marine side.
This war was a fight between two sides with different choices.
When the high wall of the era broke, some chose to go to the top of the era, and some chose to go to the bottom.
There was no right or wrong, because both the new era and the old era belonged to this world.
Kidomaru opened his arms, six blades facing the wave.
When that will came down, he was also blessed by the will of the new era.
He, who was once a ninja, had become a great pirate who could stand on his own, a great pirate who could cut through the mental power in the "Chakra cannon blast" with his blades.
Kidomaru didn't know how strong he was, but he was no longer the Kidomaru he once was. He didn't keep trying to compete with Kimimaro, because as he grew up, he had turned his eyes to Shanks.
His swordsmanship wasn't strong, but his sword was ready to be swung at Shanks from the beginning. A blade pointed at Shanks didn't need to be fancy, but it needed to be sharp enough.
"Spider Demon. Six-Blade Style. Awakening!"
Kidomaru whispered. The six samurai swords in his hands began to spin. The seawater around him also swirled.
"Cut!"
With a quiet sigh, all the sea foam broke. It was evenly cut. Six rays of sword light merged into one as they spun. In the distance, a huge blade of light hundreds of meters long cut through the waves.
The big wave broke. Seawater fell from the sky. A huge gap appeared in the ring-shaped wave. On the other side of the gap, an island sat on the sea.
Fighting near the shore, the island couldn't sink at all.
At that moment, Marine voices came from the other side of the gap.
"Go!"
"Kill them!!"
"Damn Marine!!"
The pirate ships rushed through the gap and headed towards the island.
Afraid of death? That didn't exist.
Why be a pirate if you're afraid of death? Why come to the New World?
They weren't Marine. They couldn't get paid or have the chance to become nobles. They were pirates!
At the same time, in the sky above the island, Orochimaru was fighting his opponents.
Killer Bee wasn't weak. The other Kages weren't weak either. As Kages of ninja villages, and as "Five Elders," it was very easy for them to get the method to train as a sage. The World Government wouldn't give them nothing.
The methods for sage training were also more complete here, unlike the Sacred Land's, which were so difficult.
Of course, the Infinity was also lower as a result, but low Infinity depended on the person. These people weren't weak.
Being able to be so strong without touching Sage Mode showed their talent. Talent was the most basic thing to become strong, and they had talent, mind, and effort!
With an iron-blooded Kumogakure based on military power, Raikage A's fighting spirit was absurdly strong.
In Kirigakure, Terumi Mei stood up when the building was about to fall. Her will and skills didn't need to be said.
Sunagakure Village and Iwagakure Village were similar. They were both in a time of no available talent. Onoki and Chiyo used their old bodies to hold up the entire village. Their will wasn't weak.
But above them was Orochimaru.
"Mind, spirit, talent, effort..."
"This era never lacks geniuses, so, you should all die!"
In the sky, Orochimaru raged. Killer Bee in the front was bitten by Orochimaru. Huge flames instantly covered Killer Bee's body.
The natural energy that covered his body allowed him break out of Orochimaru's trap. A huge tail created a ripple, scattering the lightning spear Raikage fired.
"Dust Release: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu!"
In the sky, Onoki finally took the chance to cast his strongest attack. An invisible, huge cube appeared and crushed Orochimaru.
Dust Release couldn't be seen with the naked eye, but Orochimaru's body wasn't an ordinary body. His eyes glowed white. He saw Onoki's attack and felt the threat it gave him.
But Orochimaru also saw the pirates who had landed on the island behind him, so, shrink back? How could he?
"Weak!"
"Too weak!!"
Orochimaru was incredibly arrogant. He took Onoki's attack head-on. At that moment, the natural energy on Orochimaru's body melted. The scales on his body were slowly torn off. A stinging pain came.
"Taking it head-on? You underestimate me too much, Orochimaru."
"You overestimate yourself too much, Onoki!!"
The aura on Orochimaru's body grew more savage and wild. With his dragon claw, he grabbed Onoki's attack. Blood flowed down Orochimaru's body.
But it was just a body wound. It had been a long time since he felt this kind of body pain, just pain from the body.
Orochimaru's twisted will leaked out with his body damage.
"Armament enhancement!!"
"Dragon Claw!"
Armament Haki, deep red Armament Haki!!
A breaking sound came. Onoki's attack was crushed by Orochimaru.
"Either, stop me, or, let them stop me!!"
Orochimaru looked at the Marine side with a fierce expression. To fight to the death. He wanted to see how these people would stop him!
The only thing he was good at was fighting to the death, because his Orochimaru's life was tougher than theirs, but did these people dare?
"Orochimaru!!"
Killer Bee charged again. He really dared!
From the start, Killer Bee had been fighting to the death.
Now, everyone had to fight to the death.
"Go!!"
Raikage bit his teeth and charged towards Orochimaru.
The others had no choice but to grit their teeth and follow, but just as Orochimaru thought, they didn't have the capital to fight to the death. They could only try to hold Orochimaru back.
But was it worth it for so many people to hold back one Orochimaru?
He didn't know, but for Orochimaru, it was worth it.
Because in the ninja world, only Shanks had the right to be surrounded. Without realizing it, he, Orochimaru, had also done that.
The only difference was that he was really getting beaten up when he was surrounded, while Shanks was beating a group of people.
But his men wouldn't think that way.
"Go!!"
"Take down those Marine!"
"Orochimaru is so strong!"
"Don't let the boss down!"
Seeing how strong their captain was, the pirates were also fearless, charging towards the Marine.
Orochimaru naturally saw this. At that moment, how did he compare to Shanks? He was worthy to be one of the Four Emperors!
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