The movements of everyone on the battlefield all came to a halt, and they all looked, without prior agreement, toward the towering Gates of Justice.
Sengoku furrowed his brows.
"What's going on?!"
When the Whitebeard Pirates came to break into the execution ground, the main force had used coating to break through the defenses from underwater and arrive at the center of the battlefield.
As for the rest of their forces, they had broken in through the Gates of Justice.
Afterward, in order to prevent accidents from happening, Sengoku ordered his men to close the Gates of Justice and placed heavy troops to guard them.
The reason Whitebeard had resorted to strategy to open the Gates of Justice was because even he could not break in by force once those gates were shut.
The material used to build the Gates of Justice was even stronger than the Navy's encirclement wall.
Right now, Whitebeard couldn't even break open the encirclement wall, let alone the Gates of Justice.
But such sturdy Gates of Justice, in an instant, bulged up with several huge bumps.
Sengoku suddenly had a bad premonition.
"Ora!"
Crack!
The Gates of Justice were covered in cracks, and in the next second, they collapsed with a thunderous crash.
Unexpectedly, when all the rubble fell into the water, what came into view was not a grand enemy fleet, but a medium-sized warship, drifting slowly along with the sea current.
"Reinforcements? Or…"
The Marines were somewhat stunned.
It didn't make sense, if it were reinforcements, why destroy the Gates of Justice?
And to be able to destroy the Gates of Justice, just how strong was this person's power.
The collapse of the Gates of Justice was so earth-shaking that every Den Den Mushi transmitting the battle turned toward that side.
"It's the enemy!!!"
When Sengoku saw who it was, he also shouted out suddenly.
For Luffy, this battlefield was still a little too early. But for this man, it was just right.
'Kujo Jotaro!!!'
'A man who had once defeated a Marine Admiral!'
Sengoku's suspicions grew heavier.
"Why would he appear here? And what purpose does he have?"
Jotaro's face, through the Den Den Mushi, appeared on screens all across the world, and the uproar it caused could be imagined.
Through the government's announcements, Jotaro's name had long since become known across the world.
But people's understanding of his true strength was only through words, almost no one had personally witnessed him in battle.
"Is he really as strong as the rumors say?"
The spectators were extremely curious.
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[Holy Land Mary Geoise]
The Five Elders, who had been monitoring the battlefield, saw Jotaro appear, and their expressions turned extremely grim.
Between them and Jotaro, there was already no room left for compromise.
"Kill this man at all costs! We must not allow him to grow stronger!"
The Five Elders immediately contacted Sengoku.
"Get rid of them before the whole world's eyes!"
"Jotaro, Whitebeard, and that Roger's spawn, kill them all for me!"
"This battle must not be lost!"
Even if the Five Elders hadn't spoken, Sengoku would never have sat idly by.
This was his first time seeing Jotaro.
And those cold, merciless eyes were enough for him to never forget in his lifetime.
This man, he was even more terrifying than Gol D. Roger.
In Roger's eyes, at least one could still see a steadfast belief in "freedom."
But in Jotaro's eyes, he couldn't see even the tiniest shred of faith.
Those eyes were like an abyss, no light, and no end.
But he was wrong.
Jotaro was not without faith.
It was just that his faith had long since surpassed the scope of what Sengoku could comprehend.
And Jotaro's eyes were not without light.
It was just that this light was something he had never before seen in his life.
"Stop him! Don't let him enter the battlefield!"
Sengoku's order was quickly passed down to the officers.
In an instant, the massive warships on the outer layer closed in, surrounding Jotaro at the center.
"Does Jotaro only have one ship?"
Viewers watching the live broadcast began discussing the scene before them.
"Looks like it. Haven't you noticed? His wanted poster has always only had him alone."
"With his influence, it's impossible he has no companions."
"Fool! Do you think becoming a companion to this kind of pirate is something so easy?"
"Whatever the case, just the courage to go to this battlefield all alone makes me admire him. Truly worthy of being the first man of the new era!"
Until now, Jotaro hadn't revealed much of his true power, yet his influence had unknowingly risen even further.
In the future, if he were to establish a force on the level of the Four Emperors, countless people would definitely rush to join him.
"Don't let him advance any further!"
On the field were all elite Marines, strict in discipline. With just one command from their superior, countless cannons aimed at Jotaro at the same time.
Before the shells could even fire, Jotaro's eyes sharpened, and an overwhelming Conqueror's Haki surged out like a tidal wave, flooding the surroundings. In an instant, heaven and earth changed color, and countless men felt as if struck by lightning!
The noisy battlefield once again sank into silence.
"This is…" Sengoku's voice was trembling, "How can there be such terrifying Conqueror's… Haki in this world!!"
In the blink of an eye, thirty thousand elite Marines were wiped out.
These were no ordinary Marines, but elites gathered from all over the world.
The lowest rank among them was major.
Captains and below, sorry, they weren't even qualified to participate in this war.
Not even a single one of the Four Emperors could instantly annihilate thirty thousand troops here.
But Jotaro had done it.
And he had done it with nothing more than his Conqueror's Haki.
On the battlefield, whether it was Whitebeard's men or the Marines, their brains had all gone blank.
The one most shaken in his heart was Mihawk. He had witnessed Jotaro's Conqueror's Haki once in East Blue, back then, it was still immature.
But now, the Conqueror's Haki Jotaro released was enough to make even him feel a tremor.
In just a short time, what on earth had he gone through.
"Conqueror's Haki cannot be trained. Only when the user's spirit rises can the Haki be strengthened."
Mihawk's sharp eyes stared at Jotaro as he muttered to himself.
"In other words, since Alabasta, his spirit has undergone an earth-shaking change."
That was the only explanation he could think of.
And indeed, that was the truth.
The people of the Joestar family, whether man or woman, are born shouldering the destiny of kings.
They are natural leaders, existences fated by destiny to stand above all others.
However, most of the time, this power lies dormant deep within the bloodline.
Until one day, when crisis arrives, when despair draws near, and when awakening arises in their hearts, that power then awakens.
From the moment Jotaro resolved to destroy the World Government, he had already become a king.
This was not a choice, but destiny.
As long as he possessed such resolve,
Without crown, without subjects, he was still a king.
Unlike the World Government, which needed to deceive people's hearts to maintain its legitimacy as "king."
His kingship was not something created by others.
Rather, he himself was the very embodiment of "King".
And precisely because of this, his Conqueror's Haki, pouring out like heavenly thunder, was powerful enough to shake the heavens and earth.
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