The live stream instantly swelled with hundreds of millions of viewers:
"Mama, I'm scared!!!"
"This oppressive feeling is suffocating even through the screen!"
"The Marine has hit a steel plate..."
The most ironic part was that all the accounts that were frantically spamming "Marine will win" fell silent, leaving only screens full of "Kaido is awesome" and "The Four Emperors are terrifying."
Meanwhile, the official Marine live stream, which claimed it would "broadcast the extermination of Uta," saw its viewership instantly drop to zero.
"Bro... brothers..." The streamer swallowed hard, "How about we... retreat first?"
But his crew members were all frozen in place, because Kaido in the frame suddenly raised his spiked club, revealing a predatory smile towards the remaining Marine forces.
Amidst a sea of flames, Kaido's figure slowly emerged from the raging inferno.
His appearance carried an invisible yet powerful deterrent, and in an instant, the entire battlefield seemed to have been paused by an unseen hand.
The soldiers who were fiercely fighting all stopped their actions in unison, as if compelled by some mysterious force.
The swords raised high, ready to strike, hung suspended in mid-air, as if time had frozen at that moment;
The roaring cannons also suddenly fell silent, no longer spewing deadly ammunition, leaving only faint gunpowder smoke slowly drifting in the air;
Even the usually unrestrained and whistling sea breeze seemed to be intimidated by this powerful aura, becoming still and motionless.
And the entire Marine camp began to fluctuate violently.
The soldiers' eyes were filled with terror, and their bodies trembled uncontrollably.
The soldiers in the front row, their inner fear causing them to lose their usual composure, unconsciously began to retreat.
Due to their chaotic footsteps in their panic, people would occasionally step on weapons their comrades had accidentally dropped on the ground, emitting a grating "creak" that sounded particularly harsh in the eerily silent battlefield.
As for the Vice Admirals, their situation was even more dire.
One Vice Admiral, whose chest was still emitting wisps of smoke, had a once neat and dignified uniform now tattered and incomplete from the flames, with charred fragments clinging tightly to his festering skin, a sight that was unbearable.
His right hand had suffered severe injuries, with three fingers twisted at an extremely strange angle, yet he seemed to feel no pain, his eyes fixed on Kaido's direction, revealing determination and resolve.
He tried to draw the saber at his waist, preparing to fight Kaido to the death, but his hand, trembling violently from his injury, would not obey, every effort seeming so difficult.
Most alarming were the CP0 agents, known for their coldness.
Their iconic white masks were still on their faces, but cold sweat could be clearly seen seeping from the edges of the masks; one of them's black glove was twitching uncontrollably, his knuckles making soft "crackling" sounds;
Another remained frozen in a drawing-sword posture, the pupils reflected in the blade shrunk to pinprick size.
When the camera zoomed in, their rapid, slightly echoing gasps could be heard from beneath their masks, like cornered beasts.
Akainu's magma fist hung in mid-air, the rate at which lava dripped noticeably slowed.
He grimly looked towards the concert hall, where the elite troops originally tasked with capturing Uta were now reduced to a hundred-meter-diameter lava lake, with a few unvaporized weapon remnants floating on its surface.
Kizaru's sunglasses reflected the firelight, his usual casual smirk long gone, and the spreading chill beneath Aokiji's ice skates unnaturally halted.
"Kaido..." Akainu squeezed the name through his teeth, his magma-like pupils trembling slightly; he was all too aware of the lethality of this variable.
The battle, originally evenly matched with the Red Hair Pirates, was completely imbalanced by the addition of this monster...
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