Pirates rampaged through the wide streets, storming into palaces one after another.
Whenever they encountered hiding Celestial Dragons, they dragged them out for public execution.
One Celestial Dragon knelt on the ground, pleading, "Don't kill this Saint... this Saint can give you money... lots of money..."
The reply was a cold blade.
"Money? Once I kill you, all your wealth will be mine."
The head rolled away. The pirate grabbed the large gold chain around his neck and stuffed it into his pocket.
Scenes like this played out in every corner of Mary Geoise.
...
In the central square before Pangaea Castle, pirates surged out from the Space Gate like a tide, gathering into a crowd of over a thousand in the blink of an eye.
"Kill—!!"
"Charge inside—!!"
They roared, brandishing all kinds of weapons as they madly rushed toward Pangaea Castle.
At that moment, a figure shot out from Pangaea Castle—Saint Topman Warcury!
Saint Topman Warcury's face was expressionless, his cold eyes fixed on the charging pirates.
The next moment—
Crackle! Crackle! Crackle!
Dark red lightning erupted from his body, coiling around him, leaping and exploding.
The pirates at the forefront felt their breath catch, a primal fear born from biological instinct shooting up their spines to the tops of their heads.
But something even more terrifying was yet to come.
Saint Topman Warcury's body began to swell rapidly.
In the blink of an eye, he transformed into a giant wild boar dozens of meters tall.
Zoan-Mythical Creature Type - Fengxi Form!
Full Beast Transformation!
"Wh-what is that?!"
The pirates at the front halted in terror.
"A wild boar?! How can it be so big?!"
The next moment, the Fengxi boar slowly lowered its head, its crimson pupils sweeping over the thousand pirates before it.
Then, it opened its bloody maw.
"Roar—!!!"
Conqueror's Haki Roar!
The sonic wave spread in a fan shape, visibly distorting the air wherever it passed.
And bearing the brunt of it were those thousand pirates.
The pirates in the first row, the moment the sonic wave struck them, rolled their eyes back, foamed at the mouth, and collapsed rigidly.
The second row, the third row... like dominoes, pirates fell unconscious in droves, their weapons clattering to the ground as their bodies went limp.
In just a few seconds.
A thousand fierce pirates were all knocked out.
Even the squad leader, "Skull-Crusher" Barton, was instantly rendered unconscious by the Fengxi boar's Conqueror's Haki Roar.
It should be noted that the captains under the Rocks Pirates, even the weakest, possessed strength equivalent to a bounty of several hundred million Belly.
The Fengxi boar's crimson pupils turned toward the Space Gate, which was still continuously spewing forth pirates.
This gate was the key to the enemy's invasion. Destroying it would cut off their reinforcements.
It raised its massive right forehoof.
"Fall back quickly! That boar is huge—!!"
The pirates pouring out from the Space Gate looked up and saw the enormous hoof, retreating in terror back onto the deck.
Boom—!!!
The giant hoof slammed down. The entire square ground, as if struck by a meteor, instantly collapsed and cracked, forming a crater dozens of meters in diameter.
However, what made Saint Warcury narrow his gaze was—that Space Gate remained completely intact on the ground despite such an impact.
The portal seemed to exist in another dimension; the hoof passed through it without causing any damage.
The pirates behind the gate stared in terror at the scene, then burst into relieved laughter.
"Hahahaha! Useless! That monster's attack did nothing to the portal!"
"Long live Officer Raiver Sky!!"
"Let's just switch to another gate and get out!"
Just then—
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Four more figures shot out from Pangaea Castle, landing on the plaza and completing their beastly transformations.
They were the other four of the Five Elders.
Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro, in Horse Bone Form.
His upper body retained human form, but his lower body had transformed into a skeletal structure of pale horse bones, with ghostly blue flames burning at the joints.
He held the Supreme Grade Sharp Blade "First Generation Ghost Cutter," its blade radiating an aura of ice and resentment.
Saint Marcus Mars, in Itsumade Form.
He had transformed into a giant flaming avian with a human face, bird wings, and a serpentine body, with a wingspan exceeding forty meters.
Saint Jaygarcia Saturn, in Ushi-oni Form.
His lower body was a massive spider abdomen while his upper body remained humanoid, though his head had transformed into that of an ox.
Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, in Sandworm Form.
Nothing much to introduce.
As they appeared, the Five Elders' Observation Haki Perception enveloped all of Mary Geoise.
They "saw"—
In the Celestial Dragon residential area.
Pirates stormed into palaces, dragging out hiding Celestial Dragons for public execution.
One Celestial Dragon was pressed against a fountain's edge as a pirate's blade sliced across his neck, blood dyeing the fountain water red.
At the World Government headquarters, eight thousand pirates clashed fiercely with CP Units and the Garrison.
At the Red Line elevator, Marine reinforcements were ascending in batches via bubble elevators.
But at this rate, by the time all reinforcements arrived, the battle would long be over.
Meanwhile, in various corners of Mary Geoise, the God's Knights had been deployed.
In the Celestial Dragon residential area, God's Knights Commander Saint Garling took the lead.
He held a rapier in his hand.
His sword gleamed like lightning, each thrust precisely piercing a pirate's throat.
Wherever he passed, pirates fell like harvested wheat—over a hundred slain in moments.
A pirate officer roared as he charged at Saint Garling, swinging a spiked club imbued with Armament Haki.
Without even turning, Saint Garling reversed his grip and struck.
A flash of sword light—the club split in two, and a bloody hole appeared in the officer's forehead.
The pirate officer's eyes widened as he slowly collapsed, dead without even seeing how that thrust was executed.
Codenamed "Gunko" was a rather short girl.
Her hands tucked inside her sleeves, she merely lifted her right hand slightly as dozens of pirates rushed toward her.
From her sleeve, countless sharp arrows shot out like a storm!
These weren't physical arrows but creations of her Paramecia Type Arrow-Arrow Fruit ability.
In an instant, all dozens of charging pirates turned into pincushions, collapsing dead.
Elsewhere, a masked man wielding dual blades charged into the enemy ranks.
His sword technique was bizarre and unpredictable, his blade arcs like spinning full moons—wherever he went, flesh and blood flew.
The weakest members of the God's Knights possessed at least the strength of Marine Vice Admirals, and coupled with their immortal bodies, they were even more formidable.
However—
Even the God's Knights cannot cover all fronts.
Pirates have infiltrated every corner of the Holy Land like locusts.