Crack!
The sharp spider spear stopped at Sakura's chest, unable to advance another inch.
Layer upon layer of icy armor shattered, peeling away bit by bit from Sakura's body.
"Armor of ice? Quite clever with your tricks!"
Saturn leaned on his cane. More venomous spikes rose into the air, then froze in place.
Because before him, Sakura had raised her arm at some point.
Cupped in those pale small hands was a small cluster of flame, burning, burning wildly within the ice crystals!!
Simultaneously mastering both cold and heat, the essence of thermal energy bloomed with radiance in her palm.
High-pressure and low-pressure air currents rotated back and forth. A massive thermal circulation was constrained within a broad, heavy sword.
Sakura gripped the hilt with both hands. The color shining in her beautiful emerald-green eyes seemed to be asking, 'Are you ready?'
"Not good..."
Saturn's pupils contracted. His muscles bulged, distorting the flame patterns. All six spider limbs bent simultaneously, preparing to leap backward.
However... his vision suddenly went black.
The last thing he saw was a giant sword rapidly enlarging in his pupils, approaching, approaching, approaching, until it blotted out his entire vision.
'Old man, times have changed, eat my... Thermodynamics Sword!!!'
Yeet!
The great sword fell, and Saturn's head exploded violently!
Just then, the Holy Land's guards, having received the order from the highest authority, arrived at Mary Geoise's commercial street.
The scene before them made these Holy Land's guards turn pale.
The girl holding the giant sword had blown the head off the tall beast. Blood spilled down following the rising flames. The massive body swayed and crashed to the ground.
"Saint Saturn!!!"
Amidst the cries of grief, blood and fragments steamed. From Saturn's severed neck, bone and flesh rapidly sprayed out, completing regeneration in an instant.
"Don't panic! Aim and fire at that one!"
The Warrior God of Science and Defense, possessing military experience, issued commands methodically, directing the Holy Land's guards against the enemy.
"Tch, you immortal monsters are really troublesome!"
Sakura, having landed on the ground, tilted her head. The rising crimson flames dyed her cherry-pink hair a fiery red.
The bullets fired by the Holy Land's guards all melted upon approaching her.
Suddenly, the red glow of Observation Haki flashed in her eyes. She wanted to dodge, but it was already too late.
A bullet pierced through the barrier composed of heat, embedding itself into Sakura's shoulder, leaving a bloody hole.
"Cough!"
Sakura coughed up a mouthful of blood, feeling as if all the strength in her body had been drained. She fell to one knee.
"Hah, a Devil Fruit User! If I hadn't let you hit me, do you think you would have had this chance?"
Seeing his strategy succeed, the smug Saturn alternated his six limbs, pushing his massive body forward until he stood before Sakura.
"Ah, such dirty tactics. I almost forgot you're a political creature!"
As she spoke, a surge of emerald-green energy emerged from the girl's fingers. Without hesitation, she stabbed it into her own wound.
"What?! Didn't I seal your ability?!"
Under Saturn's astonished gaze, Sakura dug out the bullet embedded deep in her bone. A Seastone Bullet, stained with blood, rolled onto the ground.
Immediately, frost and flames once again enveloped the entire area.
Sharp ice spears stabbed up from the ground, completely impaling Saturn's monstrous body, hoisting it up!
But under the continuous supply of blue flames, he rapidly regenerated, snapping the ice crystals and repairing his body.
"Hmph, losing stamina and blood like this, how long can you keep fighting?!"
Saturn raised his venomous spikes. With his ability activated, clusters of intangible, transparent piercing attacks showered towards Sakura.
Countless sharp venomous spikes crisscrossed, extending from the earth and the sky, constructing a dangerous forest of poisonous thorns.
"I can fight for ten more days!"
Drip!
Thick blood was flung from her fingertips. On Sakura's lowered right arm, the wound torn open by the bullet had vanished. Beneath the Ninja Attire stained crimson, undamaged skin was revealed.
The raised Thermodynamics Sword slashed out a swirling storm, clashing with the oncoming venomous spikes with a metallic ring.
"Self-healing ability? Those traitors left us quite an excellent test subject after all!"
Saturn leaped into the air. The venomous spikes once again shot through the air, his aged face utterly ferocious.
'Merely remnants from centuries ago, yet they still dared to challenge us now.'
'If they had clearly chosen a side back then, they would have long been buried in the dust of history, or become Celestial Dragons themselves.'
'It was precisely because they harbored this indecisiveness that they became complete losers in the great war of the past, clinging to life in the lower world like scraps.'
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Storms and thunder interwove upon the earth. The collision of venomous spikes and the storm sword was something no ordinary person could approach.
If the Holy Land's guards were not careful, they would be pierced by the spikes or severed by the slashes.
"Since you've already become ants of the lower world, why do you still want to resist us! Is it unwillingness?"
Saturn's shadow covered Sakura. His raised sharp claws stabbed out from all directions. The fierce assault wove into a giant net-
forcing the girl to constantly retreat.
"That's right, because of your foolish actions, the slaves who escaped... I will catch them one by one and have them personally perform the experiments on you!"
"Such an ending is absolutely fitting for ants like you! How foolish."
A completely inhuman face revealed a cunning expression, using words to enrage the opponent, to make them lose composure.
This way, they couldn't use Observation Haki for early warning.
'Just a few more hits from Seastone Bullets, and this excellent test subject would fall into my hands!'
"Is that so... No wonder this regret has lingered until now!"
Sakura coldly raised her hand, wiping the dust from her face, without the slightest wavering.
The incoming Seastone Bullets were clearly visible in her Observation Haki. She casually swayed her body using Kami-e to dodge.
Now she finally understood what the will dwelling within the fruit was regretting.
Probably failing to see the true nature of the temporary allied coalition army sooner, leading to the spread of a decayed order across the world-
poisoning countless lives for a long time!
"You... Especially you, who can so wantonly trample upon the dream I pursue, are absolutely unforgivable!!!"
The girl's originally emerald-green eyes were dyed purple by surging rage.
A clear will sounded from the deepest part of her soul, starting from fragmented echoes, gradually becoming an earth-shattering anthem.
The spirit of the conqueror manifested upon the earth. Dark lightning swept up storms compressed to their limits, constructing two giant swords!
'System, activate Heavenly Phenomenon Descent!'
[Yes, the Heavenly Phenomenon Descent released. Demon Blood has been activated!]
Boom!
The instant the system's voice sounded, the petite figure vanished within the flames. In its place was a massive silhouette with a majestic, mountain-like stature, a pure white horn growing on its forehead.
Saturn, her adversary, his turbid eyes reflected the figure of a giant.
The moment his eyes met those majestic pupils filled with starlight, he understood: An enemy of the gods had appeared!
"Damn it, damn traitors! What exactly have you created?!"
In a crazy roar, Satan overdrew his stored energy, forcibly amplifying his power, and charged madly towards the massive silhouette.
'Such a thing must not be allowed to exist, otherwise... the consequences would be endless!'
In the snap of a finger, innumerable venomous spikes distorted the void, carrying lethal potent poison as they whistled and spun, converging into a tide!
A Ninja's hand seal was formed. With a surge of Chakra, the giant shadow abruptly split into two.
"What?!"
Saturn was stunned. The endless venomous spikes paused for a moment.
But reacting quickly, he still unleashed his attack. The sound of piercing strikes colliding with solid flesh was incessant.
Yet it failed to make the colossal being before him retreat half a step. Instead, it made her fighting spirit grow even more intense!
"Immortal monster, you say? Then fly for me! Fly to the ends of the world!"
Both giants simultaneously raised their storm greatswords, slowly making a batting motion.
It was as if the massive beings took a deep breath… and then, frost, flames, monstrous strength, and boiling Chakra were poured into the greatswords without reservation.
The two storm greatswords swung slowly.
The moment their broad blades touched, the will to carve open the future converged upon them, forming an unprecedented, peerless massive impact, raging and flowing, covering everything.
Everything visible within the town of Mary Geoise was completely covered, ravaged and shattered into dust by the storm.
The great spear that once pierced the world in ages past manifested upon the earth with a roaring sound.
"The Spear of Elbaf: Ikoku Sovereignty!!"