"Crap. It's Marine Admiral Jovian, the man who displayed overwhelming combat power during the Summit War…"
Sabo felt immense pressure as he looked at Jovian's smiling face.
"What are you so nervous about? It's not like I'm some demon."
Jovian floated in the sky with his hands behind his back. The head he had removed had already been tossed into the sea, while from beginning to end, he looked at the others with a smile, polite and refined.
"Miss, I don't think you're suited to appearing on a battlefield."
Jovian narrowed his eyes and picked out his next target.
"Hm?"
Belo Betty, who had a half-burned cigarette in her mouth, heard Jovian's voice and her expression changed abruptly. The next second, before she could react, Jovian had already appeared in front of her.
"Run! Dragon Claw!"
Sabo had been keeping an eye on Belo Betty the whole time. The instant she was targeted by Jovian, he moved. However…
"Boom!"
A terrifying force of gravity instantly fell onto Sabo's body. The moment that overwhelming gravity pressed heavily against his shoulders, the terrifying pressure directly forced a mouthful of blood up from his throat.
"Cough, cough…"
"Damn it…"
Sabo wanted to say something, but the immense pressure left him unable to breathe for a moment.
"Oh my…"
"Young man of the Revolutionary Army, what are you in such a hurry for?"
"Could it be that you thought you were certain to succeed?"
"If you could succeed so easily, where would that leave my dignity as a Marine admiral?"
"Am I wrong, young man?"
Fujitora Issho held his katana as he spoke to Sabo, who had been crushed beneath his enormous gravity.
"Huff, huff…"
"So this is the Marines' justice?"
Sabo knelt on one knee on the ice as he looked at Fujitora Issho and asked.
"This is not only the will of the Marines, it is also the will of the World Government, and the will of countless affiliated nations. So I apologize, young man."
Issho felt a wave of regret toward Sabo. He firmly gripped his katana, then suddenly swung it heavily toward the sky.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The next second, enormous meteors broke through the atmosphere one after another, crashing down toward Sabo and the others.
"Sizzle, sizzle…"
At the same time, Jovian's heat vision had just sliced the giant Morley in half.
"Hm…"
As blood sprayed everywhere, Jovian also noticed the meteors in the sky.
"I'll leave this place to you, Issho…"
Jovian glanced at the meteors, then threw the unconscious Belo Betty in his hand over to Tokikake. Of course, it was not because Jovian had taken a liking to Belo Betty. He simply thought she had good taste in clothing, so he planned to spare her life and send her to Impel Down.
"Boom!"
As Jovian spoke, a sonic boom erupted from his body, and he flew toward the Revolutionary Army's warships.
At that moment, on the sea not far from Wano Country, the Revolutionary Army and Marine warships were continuously exchanging fire.
"Fire! Fire!"
One cannonball after another tore through the sky and shot toward Jovian. However, Jovian, protected by his biological force field, stood in place without moving and easily blocked these useless attacks.
His eyes shone with a hot, candle-like glow.
"Sizzle, sizzle…"
They turned into the deadliest scythe of death, sweeping across warship after warship and directly cutting the Revolutionary Army's vessels in half.
"Ah!"
Screams continuously rang out from the warships.
"It's the admiral!"
"The admiral has made his move!"
The Marines watching Jovian attack shouted one after another, cheering for their admiral.
"At this rate, we're definitely going to lose…"
"Where are the army commanders? Why haven't they come out yet?"
"Damn it…"
In the eyes of the Revolutionary Army fighters, who had dedicated themselves to revolution, Jovian was now an invincible god. No one could stop his advance. Anyone who dared to stand in his way was burned to ash by that merciless heat vision.
That was what Jovian, the newly appointed Marine admiral, looked like in the eyes of the Revolutionary Army and pirates, a man like the most terrifying nightmare.
"Sizzle, sizzle…"
Red light filled the sky. Beneath that terrifying red glow, amid the sea that had turned into an ocean of flames, a blue firebird suddenly spread the wings on its back, flapped them, and flew into the sky, heading straight for Jovian.
"Ah…"
"So it's you."
Jovian recognized that firebird. The firebird was naturally Marco the Phoenix, a remnant of the Whitebeard Pirates and commander of the Whitebeard Pirates' 1st Division.
"I didn't expect us to meet again, Pirate Hunter…"
Marco blocked Jovian's heat vision, arrived in front of Jovian, and threw a punch.
"I told you, call me admiral."
Jovian's fist was wrapped in Haki, and faintly, thunder could be heard roaring around it.
With a bang, his fist struck Marco hard on the head.
"Whoosh!"
Marco was instantly sent flying and fell into the sea.
"Glug, glug…"
As Marco sank into the ocean and felt his strength leave him, terror surged through him. Jovian's punch just now had felt even stronger than the fist of Iron Fist Garp. It was too terrifying.
"Looks like we've arrived, Weevil! Go!"
Just as Jovian had knocked Marco into the deep sea, a Marine warship sped rapidly toward Wano Country. That Marine warship ignored all the attempts from other ships to stop it. Like a horse that had broken free of its reins, it charged straight toward Wano Country's cliffside dam.
"That is…"
"Report, the people on that warship aren't ours! It's Whitebeard Jr., Weevil! This is bad!"
A sharp-eyed Marine noticed the people on the warship and loudly notified the other warships through a Den Den Mushi.
"Fire! Fire!"
"We have to shoot down that warship!"
"This is the Marines' domain, not the domain of some insignificant pirate. Make him feel fear!"
After hearing that, a Marine immediately gave the order to fire. One bullet after another shot toward the warship.
"Ah! Don't get in my way!"
On the deck of the warship, Weevil held a huge naginata in his hands. He swung it continuously, and a cyclone rose around him as its center. Weevil roared loudly, using the massive whirlwind created by the rotation of his naginata to block the bullets from the others and protect his warship.
"Sizzle, sizzle!"
However, just as Weevil was paying attention to the bullets in front of him, a scorching beam of vision descended from the sky and directly sliced the warship in half.
"Boom!"
With an explosive roar, the warship instantly blew apart.
"…"
Amid the flames filling the sky, a figure leaped out and landed on another Marine warship.
That figure was extremely tall and powerfully built. On that figure's back clung a tiny old woman, glaring angrily at everyone aboard the Marine warship.
"Wipe them all out, Weevil!"
The old woman grabbed her son's shoulders with both hands and gave him an order.
"Oh!"
Having received the order, Weevil nodded, gripped his naginata, and advanced toward the Marines step by step.
"Fire!"
"Pew, pew, pew, pew…"
Countless bullets shot out from gun barrels, one after another, all firing toward Weevil. However, Weevil remained very calm. He held his naginata and gently swung it, knocking every bullet down one by one.
"Whew…"
"That guy's pretty strong."
In the sky, Jovian leisurely smoked a cigar as he watched Weevil bully ordinary soldiers, then lightly loosened his joints.
"Bang!"
Immediately afterward, a cracking sound rang out from the sky. Jovian's figure had already vanished. In an instant, he arrived in front of Weevil and punched out.
"Mom…"
Unable to withstand that absolute power, Weevil was directly punched into the sky.
"Sizzle, sizzle…"
While Weevil was unstable in midair and unable to steady his direction, Jovian fired a beam of heat vision that directly cut off the head of the Rocks Pirates remnant on Weevil's shoulder.
As blood sprayed, Weevil and his mother, Miss Bakkin, happily said farewell to each other.
"No! Mom…"
Weevil steadied himself and returned to the warship. He looked behind him at Miss Bakkin, who had vanished and fallen into the sea, tears filling his eyes.
"Sizzle, sizzle…"
Just as Weevil was searching the sea for Bakkin, a beam of heat vision directly pierced through his lung.
"Pfft…"
In an instant, large mouthfuls of blood flowed from Weevil's mouth.
"No, I have to find her…"
Weevil held the wound in his lung and jumped into the sea. It was unclear whether he had truly gone to save his already-dead mother, whether he had taken the opportunity to escape, or whether he had gone to do something else.
"Sizzle, sizzle…"
Watching Weevil leave, Jovian began using his heat vision to clean up the rest of the trash.
"Ah!"
Shrill screams tore across the sea. One Revolutionary Army fighter after another died in these waters, and the blood flowing from their bodies dyed the entire sea red.
"Looks like I should make my own plans as well…"
Seeing people constantly dying, a man in a black cloak aboard an unmanned warship shook his head and prepared to leave. He knew the current situation was very unfavorable to him. Now was not the time to fight the Marines to the bitter end.
"Boom…"
Just as the man was preparing to leave directly, he suddenly sensed a huge shadow blocking his path. Feeling the shadow that blotted out the sunlight, the man raised his head and looked up.
At some unknown point, Jovian had actually hoisted an island over his shoulder and was chasing after the man.
"Since you came, don't leave, Red Count."
A cold voice rang beside Red Count's ear. Jovian stared fixedly at the man on the unmanned warship with his scarlet eyes and spoke coldly.
"Haha…"
"Damn it. I didn't expect there would still be someone who remembered me these days…"
With a quiet laugh, the man tossed the black cloak on his body aside. He stood with his hands behind his back and looked up at Jovian in the sky, displaying the presence of a true grandmaster. This man was none other than Red Count, Patrick Redfield, once a contemporary of Roger, Whitebeard, and Shiki on these seas.
"Hello, Red Count. Goodbye, Red Count."
As Jovian spoke, he threw the gigantic island he was carrying on his shoulder down toward Red Count.
"Heh. You're underestimating me too much. A method like this still won't be able to…"
Red Count was extremely calm. He seemed completely unconcerned by the massive island Jovian was throwing at him.
However, before Red Count could finish speaking, immense gravity fell onto his body. The enormous pressure left him unable to move.
The island, however, was accelerating, constantly drawing closer to him.
"Damn it!"
Red Count's expression changed. He reached out, intending to block the island.
"Sizzle…"
However, a red beam descended from the sky and flashed past, directly cutting off his arm.
"Hm?"
Red Count's eyes widened. Amid that faint trace of despair, his figure was swallowed by the island.
"Boom!"
A massive roar swallowed everything. The enormous island directly drove Red Count down into the sea.
"It's time to end this…"
Jovian loosened his body and arrived in front of Fujitora Issho.
In front of him was Sabo, already unconscious.
"Let's go up."
After binding Sabo in chains, the warship, led by Jovian, broke through the ice and advanced toward Wano Country.
On the deck…
Jovian stood at the very front. Behind him stood Issho and Tokikake. Further behind them were Vice Admiral Momonga, Vice Admiral Strawberry, who had been clashing with the Revolutionary Army's warships, as well as Vice Admiral Onigumo and Vice Admiral Doberman. They had all been sent by Sakazuki as reinforcements. At this moment, the vice admirals and admirals all stood behind Jovian and followed his lead.
As the warship arrived above the cliff, everyone saw the powerful fighters still engaged in fierce combat.
"End this battle."
Jovian stood on the warship and gave the order to the Marine officers behind him.
"Yes, sir!"
After receiving Jovian's command, the Marines all made their moves, beginning to harvest the last remaining remnants.
Dragon, who had been tangled up with Ryokugyu, suddenly felt a wave of pressure. He saw Fujitora Issho, eyes tightly closed, arrive near them at some unknown point.
"Then allow me to join as well, everyone…"
Issho smiled, and an immense gravitational wave gathered toward the blade in his hand.
"Gravity Blade, Raging Tiger!"
A gravitational wave so terrifying it could distort space, centered on the blade in Fujitora's hand, absorbed endless power as the sword howled toward Dragon.
"Damn it!"
This forced Dragon to split his focus and block Gravity Blade. But this was a battlefield of top-tier fighters. The moment Dragon moved to block Gravity Blade, countless vines from Ryokugyu immediately wrapped around him. Facing two Marine admirals at the same time, Dragon held out for several exchanges before finally dropping to one knee, blood continuously spilling from his mouth.
"Sizzle, sizzle…"
On the other side, a huge beam of red vision directly cut open the giant that Bullet had transformed into.
Because this was the power of the Gasha Gasha no Mi, Bullet, who served as the core, immediately spat out a large amount of blood.
"Yasakani no Magatama!"
Endless light bullets seized this opportunity and kept firing into Bullet's body, leaving him in unbearable pain.
"Whew…"
Aokiji also used his ice at the same time.
In an instant, Bullet's injuries worsened.
His stamina could no longer support maintaining his fusion, and he was instantly exposed in human form.
Standing in front of the utterly miserable Bullet were three Marine admirals whose clothes were only slightly dusty.
"Cough, cough…"
"If it were one-on-one, I definitely wouldn't lose…"
Bullet gnashed his teeth. He did not believe he had lost. He had merely been defeated by fate.
"Sizzle, sizzle…"
The fiery red vision gave Bullet no chance to keep talking and directly pierced his heart.
"Next comes the final act…"
Jovian loosened his neck, preparing to go and see how far Ace and Yamato's peak duel had progressed.
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