New World · Marine G1 Branch
Vice Admiral Tsuru suddenly looked up toward the Red Line, her heart racing.
This sudden wave of palpitations caused the unease in her heart to reach a peak.
Admiral Kong's strange behavior... Sengoku and Garp, it's possible... something really happened to them!
Meanwhile, Copper Skin General and Iron Hand Admiral received intelligence that the Giant Warrior Pirates had landed on Hachinosu.
The most worrying thing was that the Rocks Pirates and those giants suddenly vanished completely that night.
No one knew where this massive group of monsters had gone.
This caused some panic at the G1 Branch, which was only guarded by two Marine Admirals.
Two Marine Admirals along with a group of Vice Admirals and Rear Admirals simply couldn't stop the alliance between the Rocks Pirates and the Giant Race.
"All units on high alert!!"
"Send out all intelligence personnel; we must find out where the Rocks Pirates went!"
Copper Skin General and Iron Hand Admiral immediately put the G1 Fortress Marines into a state of war.
They were even more worried that the Rocks Pirates would head to the North Blue and West Blue to invade the Affiliated Kingdoms.
Faced with the Rocks Pirates and their Flying Fleet, Marineford could only watch helplessly.
Setting aside whether they could win, they simply couldn't catch up.
Fortunately, G1 Branch and Marineford are located on opposite sides of the Red Line, forming a pincer position with Holy Land Mary Geoise, allowing for quick support from the Gorosei and God's Knights.
Relatively speaking, it was still considered safe.
Furthermore, after the Red Soil Island incident, very few Celestial Dragons dared to travel down to the lower world anymore.
Even the number of Celestial Dragons going to the Sabaody Archipelago had dwindled.
If the Celestial Dragons still dared to roam around now, Marineford wouldn't even know how to split its forces to protect these World Nobles.
Especially since every Celestial Dragon possesses a golden transponder snail, which can summon a Marine Admiral for protection with a single press.
If these Celestial Dragons became the targets of the Rocks Pirates, no one would be able to protect them.
Not even the deployment of a Marine Admiral would suffice.
With the disappearance of the Rocks Pirates, the entire world grew tense.
Everyone feared they might be the Rocks Pirates' next target.
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On the rapidly advancing Gibeck's Sword.
"Fang Huo, you're being too cautious!"
"We were able to repel Imu and the Four Elders back at Red Soil Island, what are we still afraid of!"
Golden Lion Shiki couldn't understand; since Fang Huo still had the ancient robot, he should still be able to use that terrifying Conqueror's Haki.
So there was no reason to fear that so-called King of the World.
"If you're so brave, how about I let you fight Imu one-on-one next time?"
Fang Huo spoke indifferently. If he still had Joy Boy's Conquerors Haki Knot, he would certainly be acting extremely reckless.
Unfortunately, he had no more trump cards left; he had to be cautious.
Of course, Imu currently couldn't figure out Fang Huo's trump cards and hidden moves either.
That thousand-year-old immortal probably wouldn't dare to act rashly.
Unless Imu was willing to personally set out and stop using the consciousness descent trick.
An Imu who fought in person probably wouldn't be suppressed too much by Joy Boy's Haoshoku.
After all, Imu was also a thousand-year-old monster with top-tier Haoshoku.
"Tch!"
Golden Lion Shiki's eyes flickered, wanting to probe Fang Huo for the whereabouts of other ancient robots.
"Speaking of which, Elbaf has now become our ally!"
"Fang Huo, you should be able to reveal a bit of intelligence regarding Pluton."
Shiki's eyes darted around as he shifted the topic to another important matter.
Hearing Shiki mention it, Rocks also became interested and looked at Fang Huo expectantly.
"Let's talk about it after we handle the Great Hammer Corps matter."
Fang Huo raised an eyebrow. Now that the Rocks Pirates and the New World Alliance were established, they were indeed qualified to bring out the pluto battleship.
"wahaha! That's what you said! After we find the Great Hammer Corps, we'll go look for Pluton!"
Rocks laughed excitedly, already imagining the thrilling future of piloting the pluto battleship to blast Mary Geoise.
"The pluto battleship?"
Silver Axe Fierce, Ganzi, and the others all had eyes shining; they also wanted to witness the power of an Ancient Weapon.
Legend had it that the Three Ancient Weapons could destroy an island in a single strike.
But the powerhouses present—Newgate's Tremor-Tremor Fruit Ability, Fang Huo's summoned meteors and Raigo—all possessed the power to destroy islands as well.
Thinking about it that way, the Three Ancient Weapons didn't seem quite so terrifying after all.
"I hope the frozen giants of the Great Hammer Corps can still be revived."
Fang Huo muttered. Like Elder Yaruru, he didn't hold much hope regarding whether these frozen giants could be brought back to life.
On the contrary, Rocks believed even more firmly than the Giant King Harald that the Great Hammer Corps would reappear on the seas and become a sharp blade against the World Government.
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While the Rocks Pirates were rapidly charging toward Punk Hazard.
In Mary Geoise, Imu and the Four Elders watched intently as Kukulkan, Kong, and Buddha Sengoku ganged up on Iron Fist Garp.
In order to thoroughly force out Garp's potential, Imu did not take control of him so quickly.
He wanted this member of the D Clan to become the most powerful madman warrior through bonds and torture.
As for whether things would go out of hand or spiral out of control, He wasn't worried at all.
Just a member of the D Clan who had barely mastered Conquerors Haki Infusion!
"How can this be!! Sengoku, wake up!!"
"Damn this Immortality!"
Garp repeatedly exploded with full power to shatter the three, but they recovered rapidly every time.
What angered Garp most was that Sengoku's eyes had become as arrogant and cold as those of the Celestial Dragons, completely devoid of their former camaraderie and sense of justice.
"Imu, you bastard! Hurry up and release your control over Sengoku!"
Under the high-intensity siege of the three Immortal Knights, Garp was already panting heavily after fighting for half a day.
His Haoshoku was nearly depleted, and he could no longer even use the Conquerors Haki Infusion he had just mastered.
"Has he reached his limit!"
Imu looked at the nearly exhausted Garp, a hint of satisfaction appearing in His eyes.
Without the boost of His power or Immortality, this member of the D Clan could actually fight against three God's Knights of the deep sea contract for so long.
He could even grow stronger in the middle of a battle; this had exceeded Imu's expectations.
At that moment, Buddha Sengoku, whose will was being controlled, suddenly erupted with golden light amidst Garp's angry shouts, briefly breaking free from Imu's mental control.
"Run! Garp!"
"The Marine needs you! Tsuru needs you!"
Buddha Sengoku's eyes were full of tears as he forcibly took control of his body and sent Kong flying with a punch.
"Hmph! To think he could escape Mu's control!"
Imu hadn't expected the Great Buddha Ability to have the power to resist His contract; He immediately erupted with power and forcibly controlled Buddha Sengoku once more.
The potential of these two young Marine Vice Admirals was each greater than the last, even stronger than Fleet Admiral Kukulkan and Admiral Kong.
Imu was considering once more which fellow should be made to accept the abyss contract.
"Sengoku!!"
Iron Fist Garp thought Sengoku had regained his senses and shouted out in surprise and joy.
However, after Sengoku knocked Kong away, he was immediately controlled again and fired a Great Buddha Shockwave toward him.
Meanwhile, the Four Elders firmly blocked Garp's path of retreat!