Chapter 372: Right now, this place is my divine kingdom
At this time, Kaido clearly also noticed the actions of the three opponents in front of him—the attacking intent of the three had noticeably weakened, and instead, their movements began to intentionally or unintentionally approach Charlotte Island.
"Is there another plan... naive!"
Seeing this, Kaido snorted out a breath of pitch-black smoke.
"This island will definitely be destroyed today—I don't have the habit of going back on my words."
Just as mentioned before.
Although Yamato believed that attacking Totto Land this time was Kaido's idea—after all, it made sense logically and emotionally. For Kaido, testing the waters on Totto Land after obtaining a special weapon like the "Pillar of the Abyss" was the best choice.
But the fact was not so.
Only Kaido himself knew.
Although he indeed intended to start a "war", his original first choice was actually "Red Hair"—he had never been someone to fear an opponent's strength. On the contrary, the stronger the opponent, the better.
And the reason he chose to attack Totto Land today was merely because this was the request of his cooperative partner, the World Government.
And just as Kaido said at this moment—although he didn't know how Totto Land had offended the World Government, he was not someone who went back on his words.
At least until this world was dragged into the flames of war as he wished, he didn't plan to tear off all pretenses with the World Government.
So quickly, Kaido's massive pitch-black dragon body roared and flew, chasing after the three.
And at the same time...
Squelch!
Above the sea battlefield, Katakuri once again struck down an enemy attempting to board the ship and fight with his trident.
After another period of time, the situation of the war was clearly worse—not long ago, even the second line of defense south of the main island of Charlotte Island had been declared lost, and the situation of the war was quite bad.
"This can't go on..."
Katakuri's gaze looked towards the core battlefield in the distance, his Observation Haki sensing the auras of those few people, his brows furrowed tightly.
His Observation Haki told him that Mama and the helpers from The Zodiac were currently at a disadvantage, just like them.
So, the choices before him right now were actually only two.
First, lead the Charlotte Family and the commoners of Totto Land to immediately break out of the encirclement, completely abandoning the Totto Land sea area.
Although during the process of breaking out, they would inevitably suffer considerable losses, Katakuri was confident that they could successfully break out without Kaido himself blocking them.
Of course, as a price, his Mama and the helpers from The Zodiac would fall into a siege.
Second, continue to hold on and fight.
But currently, he couldn't see the hope of victory.
But exactly when Katakuri fell into thought in his heart.
"!!!"
The next moment, his expression changed slightly.
Because through the perception of Observation Haki, he could sense that Mama was transmitting some information to him through Haki.
And that information caused Katakuri's pupils to contract abruptly—clearly, this information was extremely astonishing even to him.
"..."
But after only a moment of hesitation, Katakuri's eyes became firm.
He immediately took out the "Commander Transponder Snail" used to contact the members of the Charlotte Family from his pocket, and dialed it immediately.
And after the Transponder Snail connected, he issued the command without hesitation.
"Smoothie, Brother Perospero, issue commands to the others separately—everyone retreat to the third line of defense of the main island immediately."
"Third line of defense!?" *2
Hearing this, Smoothie and Perospero also collectively let out exclamations of surprise.
They had naturally also noticed the current situation of the battlefield, so they were not surprised by Katakuri contacting them.
But their previous judgment was actually the same as Katakuri's, both believing that at this kind of time, they should either break out or fight to the death, and there shouldn't be a third option.
"Brother Katakuri, if we retreat to the third line of defense, once the Beasts complete the 'island encirclement', we'll almost be unable to break out!"
Smoothie couldn't help but say at this moment.
She naturally knew that the so-called "third line of defense" was actually a defense line established based on the main island of Charlotte Island and the Homies in the nearby sea area—the source of its existence was because the entire "Charlotte Island" itself was formed by gluing together several islands of the former Totto Land, so some special "defensive fortifications" were intentionally set up near the island from the very beginning of its establishment.
Under normal circumstances, this line of defense was the most impenetrable iron wall, ensuring that no matter how fierce the war outside was, the commoners of Totto Land could be guaranteed a certain degree of safety.
But under the current circumstances, retreating to the third line of defense could indeed stabilize the situation in a short time.
But once the Beasts Pirates were allowed to complete the island encirclement, then they would be completely unable to break out.
"..."
Compared to Smoothie, Perospero fell silent at this moment.
Being older, and simultaneously acting as the "strategist", he clearly understood Katakuri better.
So he knew very well that Katakuri was not someone who would choose to hold fast and wait for death under such circumstances—to be precise, what he, who could "foresee the future", liked to do most was to prevent trouble before it happened.
There could only be one person who could make Katakuri make this decision completely contrary to his personality.
"Is it Mama?"
"Hm?"
Thus, in a very short time, Kaido noticed the abnormal movements of the Charlotte Family below.
A large number of Homies and ships began to gather towards the main island of Charlotte Island.
And it wasn't just the ships and the members of the Charlotte Family.
"What exactly..."
At this moment, Kaido also felt a bit of gloominess rising in his heart out of thin air.
Thus, he immediately stopped the action of spewing demolition gusts and blast breath to attack Linlin and the others.
"No matter what you're planning to do, I just have to stop it!"
Amidst the booming sound of breaking wind, he roared lowly like this, and with a turn of his massive pitch-black dragon body, he headed towards the main island of Charlotte Island.
Clearly, his sense of smell for war was extremely sharp, and he adhered to one principle—war is war.
In war, as long as victory can be achieved, all methods and processes are permitted.
Just like Kozuki Oden back then—the final defeat of that swordsman regarded as an opponent by Kaido was actually quite "shameless".
He originally had the chance to win, but because Kurozumi Higurashi—the previous Mane-Mane Fruit ability user—transformed into Momonosuke, causing him to become careless during the battle, he was ultimately defeated by Kaido.
To be honest, that was a victory Kaido loathed, and he got angry because of it, personally killing Kurozumi Higurashi afterwards.
But, a victory is a victory.
To obtain it at all costs and by all means, that was the "reasoning" Kaido adhered to.
So right now, Kaido chose to turn without hesitation, heading towards Charlotte Island.
He would use his blast breath and demolition gusts to completely destroy that island and kill everyone on it—no matter what plan Linlin and the others had hidden on that island, it could only fall through in the end.
But clearly.
Kaido, who was currently speeding rapidly towards Charlotte Island, didn't notice.
At the same time he made his choice, the movements of Linlin and the other two also abruptly stopped.
But right now, there was no sign of panic on their faces.
"As expected, it's just as Miss Linlin said..."
Issho said thoughtfully.
"This guy Kaido really hasn't changed at all over so many years!"
And Linlin was fuming right now.
As the "senior" who had the closest relationship with Kaido in the Rocks Pirates back in the day, even though she was no longer the Linlin from back then, she still understood Kaido extremely well.
So the choice Kaido made at this moment was actually within their plans.
"Let's begin."
At this moment, Kuma looked at Kaido, who was continuously approaching the main island of Charlotte, and said in a low voice.
As his words fell, he didn't hesitate to tear the sleeve of his right arm.
At the same time, Issho and Linlin also responded, and then similarly made identical movements, lifting the sleeves of their respective right arms.
And on the right arms of the three, at this moment, it could be clearly seen—a mark resembling an engraving of stars was engraved on it, and it was currently radiating a burning light.
That was exactly...
[Star Mark].
And accompanied by the three revealing the "Star Marks".
Countless starlight also began to spread towards the distance from within the marks.
At the same time...
VMMM!
Kaido, who was speeding towards Charlotte Island, saw.
That entire island in front of him, and even the seawater surrounding the island, similarly had starlight sprinkling down.
One after another, previously unseen lines began to spread across the entire sea area, forming the pattern of a magic circle in just a moment.
[Star Magic Circle]
"This... this is..."
Kaido's pupils contracted abruptly, already realizing something was wrong.
After allying with the Government, he also agreed to the Government's request and carved an "Abyssal Magic Circle" inside Onigashima.
So he naturally knew the effect of this kind of formation, which could teleport certain things from a distance into the range of the formation.
But the crux of the problem was, the formation appearing in this sea area right now almost completely surrounded the giant island "Charlotte Island", and even the nearby sea area was completely "enveloped" within it.
This not only proved that this formation had already been carved long before his attack, but it also meant—something massive was about to be teleported over!
And the fact was indeed so.
The next moment...
Rumble!
Kaido had already noticed the instantaneous change in the surrounding light.
The original lightning and moonlight in the sky were completely concealed at this moment.
Kaido instinctively raised his head, and then saw—above his head, in the sky above the massive range of influence of the formation.
An unbelievably massive island ship radiating starlight was cruising from the sky... crashing right towards him!
That was strikingly exactly the "Starlight Ark" that had gained a resounding reputation on the sea recently—the Aster!
Even Kaido's astonishingly large dragon body seemed as insignificant as a bug in front of that giant ship.
And right now, Kaido even saw—Charlotte Island, and the ships of the Charlotte Family members in the sea area near Charlotte Island, were slowly floating up amidst the starlight, flying towards the Aster.
In just a moment, the entire Charlotte Island, just like Fish-Man Island back then, completely merged with the Aster.
"!!!"
Thus, Kaido naturally understood what was going to happen next.
After Charlotte Island was merged, there were no longer any allied forces for the Aster in this sea area.
In other words...
This giant ship, almost the size of a continent, could finally... crash down without any scruples right now!
BOOM!
Just the massive pressure brought by that giant ship crashing down had already caused the air to emit the overwhelming sound of breaking wind.
The clouds shattered, the sea split apart, and the sky itself seemed to accompany that massive posture... plummeting downwards—towards the Beasts' fleet below!
And at the same time...
"Thud!" "Thud!" "Thud!"
The Drums of Liberation sounded.
Boundless Source Energy of Lineage Factor and endless starlight continuously gathered, instantly dispersing the Abyssal power that had originally shrouded the entire sea area.
"Our power has recovered!"
"That weapon of Kaido's failed?"
At this time, Linlin and the others also instantly felt—their abilities had actually returned to normal in this instant.
Even replacing it.
Across the entire sea area, there was only dense starlight drifting like mist.
"Hey! Our abilities..."
"Flee quickly! Change course quickly!"
"It's... it's too late, with this size and scale, there's no way we can escape!"
At the same time, the members of the Beasts Pirates also noticed one after another—on the contrary, their abilities seemed to be sealed at this moment and couldn't be used.
This situation, Kaido could naturally also perceive.
The pitch-black color on his body was fading, reverting to his original cyan dragon form.
And his gaze was staring intently at the massive island ship crashing down from above, as well as the faintly appearing figures on the island ship.
"As expected..."
And at the same time, at the very front of the Aster.
Sheep, wearing the Sheep mask, while guiding Linlin and the others back to the Aster, also looked at Kaido below.
"The so-called 'Pillar of the Abyss' should be a way ancient technology utilized the Source Energy of Lineage Factor—or rather, the technology of the Ancient Kingdom and those even more ancient nations that surpassed normalcy was essentially the utilization of the Source Energy of Lineage Factor."
For him, who now almost completely understood the secrets of the world, these things were not hard to guess.
The Source Energy of Lineage Factor is an omnipotent wishing machine—as long as the method of utilization is proper, then theoretically almost all "wishes" and "ideas" can be realized.
Including the Pillar of the Abyss, its essence was also the same.
[Discovered Source Energy of Lineage Factor Creation "Pillar of the Abyss"]
[Its essence is a small amount of Source Energy of Lineage Factor · Abyss · Restraint]
Completely alter the environment of the nearby sea area into an environment restrained by the Abyss, instantly weakening the enemies' abilities while simultaneously enhancing the abilities of one's own side.
But unfortunately—
"The essence of the Aster, and the 'Star Garden' connected to the Aster, is the gathering place of my 'Source Energy of Lineage Factor'."
Beneath the Sheep mask, Sheep said in a low voice.
"The place where this ship is, is my divine kingdom, belonging to my—'Room of Flowers'."
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