Just then, the other two members of the Five Elders who had been waiting for an opportunity, Saint Jaygarcia Saturn and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, made their move simultaneously!
Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, in his Sandworm Form, instantly burrowed into the ground and vanished.
The next moment, the ground beneath Raiver's feet exploded.
That Chrysanthemum-shaped Abyss Maw, with its terrifying suction and sharp mouthparts, burst forth from underground.
On the other side, Saint Jaygarcia Saturn was in his Ushi-oni Form.
His eight spider legs pushed off forcefully, and his massive body displayed astonishing agility as it leaped into the air.
Several sharp spider legs, their tips glistening with a purplish-black deadly poison, viciously stabbed from the side toward Raiver, who was currently locked in a struggle with Saint Nusjuro!
The two had formed a deadly pincer attack, vowing to execute Raiver on the spot—the man who had repeatedly brought immense trouble to the World Government!
Raiver's eyes narrowed, and he was just about to activate his Devil Fruit Ability to phase his body and dodge—
"Might Country—!!"
An immense Sword Qi, wreathed in lightning and Conqueror's Haki, tore through the air and slashed toward the Sandworm that had just emerged from the ground!
Pfft—!!
The massive Sandworm was sliced in two at the waist by this sudden attack.
At the same time, on the other side—
Rocks's figure appeared beside Raiver as if by teleportation, drawing his sword and slashing.
A jet-black slash, though launched later, arrived first, striking the several spider legs that Saint Jaygarcia Saturn had thrust forward!
Clang! Crack—!
The incomparably hard, poison-laced spider legs shattered like rotten wood before the slash from Rocks's terrifying power!
Saint Jaygarcia Saturn in his Ushi-oni Form let out a pained roar, and his body was sent flying by the immense force of the slash, crashing violently into the outer wall of Pangaea Castle.
BOOM—!!!
A massive gap, dozens of meters in diameter, was smashed into the sturdy white castle wall, and broken bricks buried the Ushi-oni's figure.
With just a single blow, Rocks had heavily wounded Saint Jaygarcia Saturn!
"Mamamamama... Raiver, my boy, it seems these old geezers have their sights set on your life."
Charlotte Linlin, standing on Thundercloud Zeus and wielding Emperor Sword Napoleon, laughed mockingly.
Raiver, who was clashing Haki with Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro, sneered, "In their eyes, I'm probably the main culprit who deserves to be sliced into a thousand pieces. After all, without my Space Gate, a hundred thousand pirates couldn't have entered Mary Geoise so easily."
Before his words had even faded, a sharp glint flashed in Raiver's eyes!
He suddenly exerted force with both hands, and the Black Dragon Blade he gripped let out a clear dragon's cry!
The Ryuo and Conqueror's Haki coiling around the blade instantly boiled and fused, transforming into a ferocious, pitch-black energy dragon.
The black dragon roared and detached from the blade, biting down viciously on the First Generation Ghost Cutter in Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro's hands!
"Black Dragon Destruction—!!"
The violent impact traveled through the blade, pushing Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro's centaur-like form back uncontrollably, step by step.
Seizing the moment when his opponent was fully occupied resisting the black dragon's impact and his stance was unstable—
Raiver's figure flashed and vanished from his spot.
The next second, he appeared directly above Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro's head.
"Almighty Push."
BOOM—!!!
A torrent of repulsive force slammed into Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro like a barrier.
At almost the same instant, the black dragon formed from Sword Qi coordinated with the repulsive force, its head ramming downward violently!
Under the combined force of this dual terrifying impact—
Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro was sent hurtling toward the plaza below at an astonishing speed, as if struck head-on by a meteor!
RUMBLE—!
A massive, deep crater was smashed into the plaza ground.
Meanwhile, in the sky.
Golden Lion Shiki and Saint Marcus Mars, two figures like a pair of shooting stars, were frantically clashing and fighting in mid-air.
"Jihahahaha... You damn feather-brain! Take this!"
Before Golden Lion's wild laughter had faded, crimson-black arcs of Conqueror's Haki erupted from his body, dancing like frenzied serpents.
He infused both Advanced Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki Coating into his twin swords, Cherry Ten and Withered Tree.
"Thousand Valley Cut—!!!"
Golden Lion swung his twin swords as fast as lightning, his arms a blur as he instantly unleashed hundreds, even thousands, of tangible golden Sword Qi slashes.
Each slash trailed crimson-black lightning, weaving a devastating net in the air that howled toward Saint Marcus Mars!
Saint Marcus Mars, transformed into his Itsumade Form, spread his massive, flaming wings.
The scorching flames in his throat churned and boiled, letting out a low rumble.
"Heavenly Flames—!!!"
A violent pillar of fire, over ten meters in diameter, spewed forth, rushing toward the sky-full of golden sword rain, intending to melt and vaporize it all with a force that could incinerate all creation.
Just as the pillar of fire and the sword rain were about to collide, a cunning golden glint flashed in Shiki's eyes!
He suddenly activated his Float-Float Fruit ability!
The golden slashes that had already been fired, as if given life, abruptly and bizarrely changed direction in mid-air.
They scattered, carving countless arcs from above, below, left, and right.
In an instant, the hundreds and thousands of golden lights formed a 360-degree, inescapable, three-dimensional encirclement, pouring down on the firebird at the center.
Although Saint Marcus Mars's flame jet was fierce, it only extinguished the portion of Sword Qi that attacked from the front.
The remaining slashes rained down like a golden storm from all directions.
Swish! Swish! Swish—!!!
Countless slashes pierced through the protective layer of fire, cutting deep into the massive flaming body.
"Ugh—!!!"
Saint Marcus Mars let out a shrill, pained cry.
Under the relentless bombardment of "Thousand Valley Cut," his enormous body was covered in wounds. He finally couldn't hold on any longer and plummeted toward the ground.
BOOM—!!!
Where he fell, a massive crater over a hundred meters in diameter was smashed into the ground, its edges flowing with molten rock and billowing with thick smoke.
At almost the same time, on the ground battlefield, the fight between Whitebeard and Saint Topman Warcury also reached its conclusion.
Whitebeard gripped Cloud Cutter with both hands, infusing his peak Conqueror's Haki and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's White Haze Shockwave simultaneously onto the edge of the Supreme Grade Sharp Blade.
Saint Topman Warcury, transformed into his Boar Fengxi Form, pawed the ground with his four hooves, lowered his head, and charged forward, intending to smash Whitebeard into a pulp.
"Well met!"
A sharp light exploded in Whitebeard's eyes. He stepped forward to charge, meeting the giant boar's rush, and leaped into the air, bringing his blade down with the force to split a mountain!
BANG! CRACK CRACK—
The instant the blade edge collided with the tusks, crimson-black Haki exploded, splashing wildly in all directions.
At the same time, the white cracks of the Tremor Wave spread rapidly from the point of impact like a spiderweb through space, emitting a crisp, sharp sound like shattering glass.
The sky, the earth, the very air seemed to have become a fragile mirror, with countless white cracks blooming across its surface.
"Urrggghhh—!!!"
The Boar Fengxi let out a roar of extreme agony.