When Nami's trio arrived at the Gold King Hotel, Tesoro was already waiting personally at the entrance to greet them.
Stella stood beside him.
Without wasting time on pleasantries, the group hurried toward the hotel's basement.
They arrived at a basement room filled with screens projected by transponder snails.
Some of the monitors showed the situation in the outside world.
Tesoro frowned deeply and looked at Nami. "Do you need me to help?"
Nami stared at the screens and slowly shook her head.
Carina and Vivi's expressions were tense, appearing quite grave.
On the surveillance monitors, the sky outside was completely obscured by dark clouds, plunging the sea and Gran Tesoro into total darkness.
Within the thick layer of dark clouds above, dense arcs of dark purple electricity flickered.
Two massive, draconic silhouettes soared and collided within the clouds, occasionally letting out muffled, thunderous roars.
Judging from the dragon tails that occasionally poked through the cloud layer, one of the silhouettes was undoubtedly Kaido.
After the battle in Wano Country, both Kaido and Big Mom had been brought back by Luo Chen via Impure World Reincarnation to guard the waters of Totto Land.
"Are the enemies Imu and the Dark God?"
Vivi's eyes scanned across the various surveillance screens.
The dragon silhouette fighting Kaido inside the dark clouds was definitely an enemy.
So, where were the rest of the enemies?
At that moment, the golden giant ship beneath their feet shook violently, and the loud, rumbling sound of impacts echoed from all directions.
Tesoro's expression changed as he looked toward the transponder snails in the corner.
Those snails were responsible for monitoring the conditions beneath the sea around Gran Tesoro.
"How are there so many Sea Kings?!" Tesoro said in a low voice.
In the footage of the undersea situation, Gran Tesoro was completely surrounded by Sea Kings.
Each Sea King was hundreds of meters long, and they were currently crashing into the golden giant ship's hull and bottom in a frenzied rage.
Even inside the basement, Nami and the others were tossed about, unable to stand steady.
Carina said anxiously, "Is there anything we can do? The ship is going to capsize!"
Gran Tesoro was certainly massive, but there were hundreds, even thousands, of Sea Kings attacking.
They had already crowded the entire area beneath the golden giant ship.
The surrounding sea was filled with the massive forms of Sea Kings.
Tesoro used his gold to secure everyone in place. His face was grim; for the moment, he had no solution.
This many Sea Kings was not something he could deal with.
Suddenly, an even more intense vibration surged through the ship.
Nami turned pale, thinking the entire Gran Tesoro was about to flip over.
But soon, the vibration vanished.
She looked at the monitor showing the seabed.
She discovered that the Sea Kings were gradually moving further away from the hull.
As the controller of the giant golden ship, Tesoro's perception was more accurate. "Gran Tesoro is floating up."
His expression was somewhat astonished as he adjusted the angle of the surveillance footage.
In the sky, he saw a middle-aged man with wild, golden long hair.
He had twin swords strapped to his waist and a cigar hanging from the corner of his mouth. The cracks on his face clearly indicated he was also in a state of Impure World Reincarnation.
"Golden Lion Shiki." Tesoro recognized the man and breathed a sigh of relief.
More reinforcements had arrived.
If it weren't for Shiki's Float-Float Fruit ability allowing Gran Tesoro to levitate, those thousands of Sea Kings would have been impossible to handle.
*Buru buru buru...*
Nami pulled the chirping pink mini transponder snail from her pocket.
She connected the call, and Robin's fast-paced voice came through.
"Nami, stay inside Gran Tesoro and do not come out!"
"Imu and the Dark God are using the Ancient Weapons. I have already informed Luo Chen; he will arrive very soon!"
"The islands of Totto Land are also coming under attack... *Zzzt... Zzzt...*"
After only a few words, the transponder snail erupted with piercing static, as if the communication signal was being jammed.
Nami pursed her lips, took a deep breath, and put the snail away.
She suppressed her anxious feelings and cast her gaze back to the surrounding monitors.
Shiki stood high in the sky, keeping the giant golden ship Gran Tesoro floating far above the sea's surface.
Kaido was currently fighting a mysterious dragon silhouette within the dark clouds.
The aftershocks from the clash between the two powerful dragon-shaped creatures dispersed many of the dark clouds, revealing more figures.
Only then did Nami see that Charlotte Linlin was also by Kaido's side.
"It looks like they can't win?" Carina whispered.
At this moment, both Kaido and Charlotte Linlin were covered in charred marks and blood.
Two former Four Emperors were actually being forced into a disadvantageous position by a giant dragon monster with twin wings.
That winged giant dragon was pitch black all over, radiating a cold, hard luster like steel.
From its crimson pupils and its mouth, it could fire dark red laser beams at any moment.
The dark red lasers were extremely powerful; it took the combined efforts of Kaido and Charlotte Linlin just to shatter a single beam.
From the sky, Kaido's roar echoed: "Shiki, move Gran Tesoro away!"
"This stupid dragon isn't a normal creature! we're about to lose our grip on it!"
The steel-winged giant dragon's target seemed to be Gran Tesoro.
However, every time it looked toward Gran Tesoro and prepared to fire its lasers, it was intercepted by Kaido and Big Mom.
Shiki gave a loud shout, and the power of the Float-Float Fruit drove Gran Tesoro toward the core region of Totto Land.
Beneath the sea's surface, Sea Kings hundreds or even thousands of meters long occasionally lunged out, attempting to ram Gran Tesoro.
Fortunately, Shiki kept the golden giant ship moving fast enough to dodge them time and again.
Nami stared at the steel giant dragon on the monitor, her eyes solemn.
If nothing was amiss, that steel-winged giant dragon was one of the Ancient Weapons, Uranus.
As for those hundreds of rampaging Sea Kings, they were likely being controlled by the Ancient Weapon, Sea King Poseidon.
The existence of the Ancient Weapons was not a secret among the upper echelons of the Jinghai Army.
Nami understood the situation to some extent.
She scanned through the various surveillance screens, her brow furrowing slightly.
"Why is there no sign of Sea King Poseidon?"
"And where is the ancient battleship, Pluton?"
"Could it be attacking the Zhenhai Star Hub?"
Earlier, Robin said that the islands of Totto Land were under attack.
It was feared that this time, Imu and the Dark God's offensive covered the entirety of Totto Land's territory.
Gran Tesoro was located on the outskirts of Totto Land's waters.
Therefore, Nami was currently unaware of the situation on the inner islands.
"Nami, look there!" Vivi suddenly pointed at one of the surveillance screens.
Nami looked over, and her expression instantly changed.
In the distant sky, a pitch-black steel giant ship was floating.
Its size was not at all inferior to the ten-thousand-meter-class Gran Tesoro.
Furthermore, at the bow of that steel giant ship, hundreds of gun barrels were installed.
These barrels were clustered together, forming a massive firearm similar to a machine gun.
At that moment, the hundred gun barrels were spitting fire, pouring out one crimson laser bullet after another.
Countless laser bullets in the sky converged into a crimson rainbow, heading straight toward the Zhenhai Star Hub in the center of Totto Land.
Nami watched the location of the Zhenhai Star Hub nervously.
To her relief, before the crimson rainbow could reach the Zhenhai Star Hub, it was intercepted mid-flight.
It was difficult to see the exact details from the surveillance footage.
But the rainbow composed of crimson laser bullets was constantly exploding in the distant sky.
It seemed to be blocked by something, failing to break through the defensive line and hit the Zhenhai Star Hub.
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