"Am I dreaming right now?!"
"Someone can actually control the sea and summon such terrifying tides?!"
"Is this some kind of Devil Fruit power? No, wait… Devil Fruit users are supposed to be weak against seawater!"
"No, I remember that Uchiha Madara once said what they use isn't Devil Fruit powers, but ninjutsu!"
"Impossible! Is ninjutsu actually real?!"
All across the world, countless shocked voices rang out. The scene unfolding live had stunned everyone watching, and the debates were endless.
Despite discussing it at length, people couldn't agree on whether Lin Xuan and his companions were using Devil Fruit abilities or some mysterious form of ninjutsu.
But one thing was certain: the Marines were in big trouble now!
Sure enough, the live broadcast quickly showed the devastating state of the Marine fleet.
The once orderly formation was now in complete disarray under a thick mist. Ships had been smashed apart and scattered. The mighty Navy was now in full retreat, with many falling into the sea.
The previously frozen surface of the ocean had been shattered by the enormous tidal wave, leaving behind a massive waterway over a hundred meters wide. Not only had the ice been broken, but the passage created was now completely unobstructed.
The sea was still turbulent, and the Marine commanders were struggling to regroup their forces.
But as the waters began to calm and the mist cleared, another jaw-dropping scene appeared—one that left both the Marines and countless viewers around the world completely stunned.
Lin Xuan and his team were standing directly on the surface of the sea.
Their ship had been destroyed earlier during the battle with Akainu and the others. So logically, once the ice melted, they should have had no place to stand.
Yet here they were, standing calmly atop the ocean like it was solid ground.
"How is this possible?!"
Even Sengoku was dumbfounded, and Garp and the others beside him were equally shocked.
If it were just one person walking on water, they might've chalked it up to some unique power. But a group of people doing it? That defied everything they understood about the world!
Meanwhile, Lin Xuan had already gained a massive amount of prestige points from the event.
The colossal Water Style technique, followed by the surreal display of standing on the sea, completely shattered the beliefs of millions around the globe.
In an instant, Lin Xuan gained 100 million prestige points!
He glanced at his system account and found that his total had returned to over 220 million.
In other words, all the expenses of using Reanimation to summon so many powerful shinobi had been earned back in one go.
His mood was sky-high.
Noticing the stunned faces of Sengoku and the others, Lin Xuan suddenly had an idea. He turned to Hashirama and said, "Hashirama, build us a wooden ship."
"Wood Style!"
Without hesitation, Hashirama raised a hand, and a majestic ship formed on the water's surface.
In truth, everyone on Lin Xuan's team—including Madara and Lin Xuan himself—could walk on water with ease, so the ship wasn't necessary.
However, Lin Xuan had to consider Conis, who had just joined them, as well as Felix, who was busy live-streaming, and the reporters and pirates who couldn't use ninjutsu.
They could've flown everyone across the sea directly, but his team was preparing for battle, and no one had time to babysit.
Plus, Lin Xuan intended to earn more prestige points during the approach to the island. Giving the Marines another chance to react made perfect sense.
Once the ship was ready, Lin Xuan brought Conis and Kaguya onto it. Felix, still bound by Kaguya's long hair, remained unconscious but otherwise unchanged.
The rest of their group joined them on the ship.
Then, Lin Xuan brought out three Celestial Dragons he had captured and locked in his system's prison.
Those three had been captured during his trip to Skypiea and thrown into the system's jail, where he had completely forgotten about them—until now.
He was initially worried—could he still gain prestige points from Celestial Dragons?
But the moment he took them out, the answer was obvious.
"They really dared to do it! They caught Celestial Dragons... and actually put collars on them?!"
The three Celestial Dragons hadn't died in prison—since the system would have alerted him—but they might have been on the brink of collapse.
Oddly enough, when Lin Xuan pulled them out, they looked exactly the same as when he first locked them away.
It made him wonder if time inside the system's prison was frozen.
Still, he had no time to think about that now.
With the sudden creation of a ship on the ocean and the appearance of the three Celestial Dragons, both the Marines and global audiences snapped out of their stunned silence.
"L-Look! Aren't those the Celestial Dragons who went missing?"
"Yes! They're the ones from the Sabaody Archipelago. I saw them once from afar!"
"My god... they really captured Celestial Dragons. The Navy said it was just a rumor!"
Suddenly, all around the world—among Marines, pirates, and ordinary citizens—cries of disbelief rang out again.
And once more, Lin Xuan was flooded with prestige points—nearly 70 million this time.
Looking at his account balance surpassing 2.9 billion, Lin Xuan grinned.
"Looks like getting to 10 billion prestige points won't be so hard after all."
Then he shouted to the ninja powerhouses around him:
"Let's go ashore! We're going to Sabaody Archipelago to publicly execute these three Celestial Dragons!"
With those words, the Marines, the people of the world, and pirates alike were once again thrown into utter shock—faces filled with disbelief and awe.
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