This strange bird was enormous. It had a bird's head, wings, and claws, but its body was that of a snake, somewhat resembling the Itsumade from Japanese mythology.
Black smoke-clouds coiled around its body as it flew toward Rowan and the others at a speed almost impossible to see with the naked eye.
Before the creature itself arrived, its attack came first.
It opened its mouth and spat out a scorching flame, as if it intended to burn Rowan and his group to ash.
It was somewhat similar to Kaido's Boro Breath.
This guy was none other than Saint Marcus Mars of the Five Elders.
Anyone who had watched One Piece knew that all five of the Five Elders were Mythical Zoans.
And all of them were awakened Mythical Zoans, each one more powerful than the last.
"I'll handle this!"
Seeing that the Five Elders had finally appeared, Kaido grew excited to the extreme. He controlled the fierce winds and blew away all the flames descending from the sky.
Then he shot toward the Itsumade with a whoosh.
As he flew, Kaido's form continued shrinking, changing from his beast form into his hybrid form. The kanabo in his hand smashed toward the enemy like a cannonball.
Thunder Bagua: Air Quake!!
A white spherical coating appeared around Kaido's kanabo and slammed viciously into the strange bird's body.
The immense impact mixed with an unbelievable tremor blasted the strange bird away with a bang.
Just from the sound, one could tell it hurt.
So what if he was one of the Five Elders?
So what if he was a Mythical Zoan?
Could he compare to his Azure Dragon Fruit and Tremor-Tremor Fruit?
What bullshit Five Elder? Come die for me.
Kaido went completely wild and chased after him with his kanabo. Today, he was going to beat up one of the Five Elders before the entire world and let everyone see his might.
After the strange bird transformed from Saint Marcus Mars was blasted away, it opened its mouth and spat out a large mouthful of blood.
The impact of Thunder Bagua combined with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's vibrations was indeed somewhat excessive. Even a Mythical Zoan with astonishing defense like him could not endure it for a moment.
But it didn't matter. After all, he had an immortal body personally bestowed by Lord Imu.
This minor injury counted for nothing. Instead, it stirred up an unprecedented rage within him.
Insolent.
Absolutely insolent.
These pirates were utterly lawless. They had no idea what reverence meant.
Today, he had to make sure these people came here and never left. He would use their deaths to forge the dignity of the Holy Land Mary Geoise and the Celestial Dragons.
Boom!
In the next second, Saint Marcus Mars, who had recovered himself, charged at Kaido without hesitation.
The two clashed again.
Then Saint Marcus Mars was blown away once more.
There was nothing he could do. Kaido had originally been one of the Four Emperors, possessing terrifying strength. Now he had also mastered the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and every strike carried its power.
The two powers stacked together were not something Saint Marcus Mars could resist.
Every time the two collided, he would be blasted away.
Like a ball, Kaido knocked him back and forth, smashing through one magnificent building after another.
Saint Marcus Mars was furious, roaring, ferocious, unwilling…
But the result did not change in the slightest.
If not for his immortal body, Kaido would have already heavily injured him.
Left with no choice, Saint Marcus Mars could only roar, "Come help me!!!"
Along with his voice, the ground split open with a thunderous crash.
A gigantic sandworm burrowed out from underground and opened its mouth to bite down at Rowan, trying to devour him.
But before it could get close to Rowan—
Hashirama Senju punched the sandworm's body.
His fist was wrapped in Conqueror's Haki, combined with his own monstrous strength and the power granted by the Strong-Strong Fruit.
This made Hashirama's punch powerful beyond measure.
The force of this punch slammed into the sandworm's body. With an explosive boom, half of the sandworm's body was blown apart.
Blood and organs shot out.
The giant sandworm collapsed onto the ground with a thud.
This scene shocked every viewer, and it utterly stunned those who knew the inside story.
For example, Sengoku.
He knew that the sandworm was actually Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, one of the Five Elders.
But he truly had not expected that someone could blow apart one of the Five Elders with a single punch.
Wasn't this a little too exaggerated?
But at that moment, something even more exaggerated happened. The sandworm that had been blown apart actually recovered at visible speed. In the blink of an eye, it revived.
This left many people stunned.
It could survive that?
How the hell was this any different from immortality?
Whitebeard frowned slightly. Were all the Five Elders this absurd?
Hashirama Senju was not surprised. He had already watched One Piece and knew the Five Elders' trump cards.
But he was not afraid.
After all, it was merely immortality. It was not as if they couldn't be sealed.
A streak of eyeshadow appeared at the corners of Hashirama's eyes, and he instantly entered Sage Mode.
He clapped his hands together, producing a crisp sound. The entire Holy Land Mary Geoise shook violently.
Immediately after, a three-hundred-meter-tall statue of Thousand-Armed Kannon grew from the ground.
Hashirama stood atop the Thousand-Armed Kannon's head, looking down at the recovered sandworm from above.
Wood Release: Sage Art: Top Transformed Buddha.
Seeing the towering Thousand-Armed Kannon statue, Saint Shepherd Ju Peter could not help cursing inwardly.
Wasn't this fucking cheating?
Who could possibly fight such a giant monster?
"Take this!"
At that moment, Hashirama's voice fell.
And falling along with it were countless fists.
Every fist of the Thousand-Armed Kannon was wrapped in Conqueror's Haki, smashing down at Saint Shepherd Ju Peter with world-destroying force.
Saint Shepherd Ju Peter was furious, wild, and counterattacked—
Then he was smashed into meat paste.
There was nothing he could do.
The current Hashirama Senju was simply that strong.
Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!
At the same time, after Tobirama Senju saw Saint Shepherd Ju Peter turned into meat paste, he opened his mouth and spat out a ball of fire, intending to burn Saint Shepherd Ju Peter's corpse into ash.
He wanted to see whether Saint Shepherd Ju Peter could still return from death like that.
Facts proved that, yes, he fucking could.
Within the flames, Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, who had been smashed into meat paste, recovered bit by bit in an astonishing manner.
Even if his body was charred, it didn't matter.
Seeing this, an unprecedented light appeared in Orochimaru's eyes.
This kind of immortal body was simply wonderful.
He wished he could capture all five Elders and properly study their bodies.
Clip-clop, clip-clop…
At that moment, a burst of urgent hoofbeats sounded.
A half-human, half-horse monster charged over, black smoke-clouds coiling around his body. It was Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro of the Five Elders.
Following closely behind was a massive warthog with four tusks and spotted skin, also wrapped in black smoke-clouds.
Saint Topman Warcury.
Last came Saint Saturn, whose upper body was human and lower body was that of a spider.
At this point, all Five Elders had appeared.
The fastest among them was undoubtedly the centaur-like Saint Nusjuro. He moved as fast as lightning, holding the supreme-grade blade Shodai Kitetsu, the blade wrapped in Conqueror's Haki.
He slashed a freezing sword strike toward Rowan. Wherever it passed, the temperature dropped rapidly, and snowflakes drifted through the air.
But before this freezing slash could get close to Rowan, it was blocked.
A pitch-black slash flew out and smashed viciously into the freezing strike.
After the two forces remained deadlocked for a moment, the freezing slash was shattered.
A green-haired man stood in Saint Nusjuro's path.
The moment Saint Nusjuro saw this man, his pupils contracted violently.
"Impossible. Shimotsuki Ryuma, how can you still be alive?"
Several hundred years ago, the World Government had invaded Wano, only to be repelled by Wano's Shimotsuki Ryuma.
That battle made everyone know that Wano had samurai.
It also made the lofty Five Elders remember this Dragon-Slaying Samurai.
But at that time, the Five Elders had not cared. No matter how powerful the Dragon-Slaying Samurai was, he was still mortal flesh. He could not withstand the flow of time, and in the end, he would turn into a handful of yellow soil.
But now, hundreds of years later, Shimotsuki Ryuma, who should have died long ago, was once again standing before him.
This made Saint Nusjuro find it unbelievable.
Shimotsuki Ryuma did not speak. He only swung his blade.
Overwhelming slashes sealed off every escape route Saint Nusjuro had. Saint Nusjuro had no choice but to wield Shodai Kitetsu and clash against Ryuma's Shusui.
Clear clangs rang out endlessly, rising one after another.
In clash after clash, Saint Nusjuro was forced back again and again.
He felt that Shimotsuki Ryuma's strength was absurdly great. Every attack was as heavy as a mountain. Despite being a Mythical Zoan, he was actually losing to Shimotsuki Ryuma in raw strength.
This was simply humiliating.
While the two were locked in battle, the warthog transformed from Saint Topman Warcury had already been stopped by Issho.
Gravity Blade: Raging Tiger!
In an instant, terrifying gravity descended with a crash and pressed down on Saint Topman Warcury.
Even the warthog with astonishing strength was forced flat onto the ground at that moment.
The earth shattered instantly.
Saint Topman Warcury let out an angry wail and tried to stand up under the terrifying gravity.
But in the next second, one of his legs was severed by a sharp sword aura.
Issho was not only a user of the Press-Press Fruit, but also a genuine great swordsman.
Of course, this injury was nothing to a Five Elder with an immortal body. At most, it counted as a superficial wound.
What truly troubled Saint Topman Warcury was that terrifying gravity.
If he could not break free of this gravity, then in battle, it would be like dancing while wearing heavy shackles.
He would be completely unable to fight the enemy with his full strength.
At the same time, Charlotte Linlin laughed "mamama." Seeing that everyone around her had found prey, she charged without hesitation toward the final Five Elder.
The half-human, half-spider Saint Saturn.
Emperor Sword: Broken Blade!
Charlotte Linlin opened with a big move, going straight for the kill without a word. There was no need to hold back against the Five Elders, because holding back would only make her die faster.
"Insolent!"
Saint Saturn roared. His massive spider leg instantly met Charlotte Linlin's attack.
With a muffled boom, an invisible shockwave swept in every direction like a collapsing mountain and surging tsunami.