Just then, Wayne, who was on screen, suddenly stopped on the roof of a palace that he had just ransacked.
Wayne looked around, his gaze sweeping over the Holy Land Mariejois, which was about to welcome dawn, and the corners of his mouth curved upward.
He didn't look at the camera and said to his only viewer, "Shiki, it's about to begin. Are you ready?"
In Impel Down, Shiki, who heard this, widened his eyes. Could it be that something big was about to happen?
Yes, Wayne had almost finished looting; his personal storage space was now full of gold and jewels, and in addition, there were five Devil Fruits of unknown type and two famous swords of uncertain grade.
No matter what, this plundering trip was definitely fruitful. It was just a pity that in order to avoid being discovered, he hadn't gone to the core area much. Wayne was sure there were more good things there.
But it was too late, because...
"Woooooo!"
A piercing alarm blared through the air, instantly awakening the entire Holy Land.
Inside a luxurious bedroom, Saint Saturn suddenly sat up from his sleeping couch, his facial wrinkles twisted in anger, and an angry glint appeared in his eyes: "Damn it, who dares to disturb the Holy Land!"
Saint Saturn rushed out of the mansion, and when he looked up at the sky, even he, who had weathered many storms, couldn't help but have his pupils suddenly contract to pinpoints.
"What?!"
A massive, sky-covering crimson giant rock was tearing through the clouds and falling towards the core area of Mariejois.
Once it fell, it would be enough to completely turn this area, which symbolized world power, into ruins!
"Stop that meteor! At all costs!" Saint Saturn's roar echoed deep into the minds of every Gorosei member.
The next second, five terrifying auras erupted from the core area of Mariejois.
Saint Saturn transformed on the spot into a giant Ox-Spider Demon with black fur and legs like steel needles, and roared as he was the first to charge into the sky.
Saint Nusjuro transformed into a giant skeletal horse with hooves burning with ghostly blue flames and followed closely.
Saint Ju Peter's body twisted and swelled, transforming into a humongous sand worm, and sprang into the sky.
Saint Warcury's body surged, turning into a giant wild boar with outward-curving tusks, its hooves thundering as it stomped through the air.
Saint Mars transformed into an Itsumade, a snake-like and bird-like creature with wings that nearly blotted out the sky, and shrieked as he flapped his wings and soared high.
Five colossal beasts, with fearless attitudes, met the giant rock head-on. Shockwaves, corrosive poisonous mist, and energy beams... five powerful attacks shot forward simultaneously.
It was the Gorosei's Beast Forms! (T/N: Image in paragraph comment)
Boom!!!
The crimson giant rock, less than a thousand meters above the ground, was shattered and disintegrated by these five combined, ultimate attacks, it's ashes scattering to all corners of Mariejois.
With the crisis in Mariejois temporarily resolved, the Gorosei's gazes instantly locked onto a black dot suspended high in the sky.
"Arrogant scoundrel! Who are you? How dare you attack the Holy Land!"
Wayne showed no fear; instead, he smiled, revealing a bright and cheerful boy-next-door smile: "Wade, you can call me Wade. As for why I attacked this place..."
"It's because I'm bored, so I decided to kill a few Celestial Dragons to add some excitement to my dull life."
"You damn lunatic!" "You're courting death!"
The Gorosei were completely enraged. Just as they were about to gather their power to blast Wayne apart, Wayne whispered, "Lion's Threat: Imperial Earth Bind!"
Rumble!!!
Centered on the area below Wayne, nearly half of Mariejois's land began to writhe and deform under Wayne's control. Countless buildings, Celestial Dragons, guards, and unfortunate slaves were all kneaded together, forming and solidifying into several ferocious, roaring lion heads.
They were as large as mountains, their fangs and sharp teeth visible to all. Each lion's head let out a deafening roar, and began rushing towards the Gorosei.
The Gorosei's eyes turned bloodshot, and they had no choice but to abandon their plan to attack Wayne, scattering and fleeing.
Boom! Thud! Crash!!!
However, their evasion could not save the city beneath them. The magnificent palaces, the spacious squares, the buildings symbolizing supreme power... everything, at this moment, was reduced to rubble!
...Even the Gorosei, who had lived for a long time and were well-traveled, were deeply shaken by the hellish scene before their eyes.
"This ability... the Float-Float Fruit? Golden Lion's ability?" Saint Nusjuro's hoarse voice carried disbelief.
"That's impossible! That bastard Golden Lion Shiki is clearly locked up in Impel Down! How could his ability..." Saint Warcury let out a growl.
Saint Saturn stared intently at Wayne in the sky. If he were to fight this damned Wayne here, no matter the outcome, Mariejois would be finished!
"Damn it! We can't fight here; if we keep fighting, Mariejois will be completely destroyed!" Saint Saturn shouted sternly to the others, being the first to transform back into his human form, trying to bait Wayne to leave the skies above Mariejois.
The others, except for Saint Mars, who had transformed into an Itsumade, all transformed back into human form, encircling Wayne and forcing him to retreat from Mariejois and head towards the Red Line.
At the same time, a middle-aged man with moon-like golden hair climbed out of a pile of dirt in Mariejois, holding a saber.
"Damn it! Is that Golden Lion Shiki?" Saint Figarling Garling, the leader of the God's Knights, patted the dust off his body and gripped the long sword in his hand.
"He dare's to attack the Holy Land, unforgivable!"
His powerful body and explosive strength transformed him into a golden afterimage, speeding towards the Red Line at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye.
At the same time, Impel Down's Infinite Hell.
"Jiehahahahaha, that's it, that's it, this is what I wanted Jiehahaha!!!" Shiki laughed very happily, knowing that Wayne had used his own ability, his signature move, to destroy Mariejois.
Roughly speaking, didn't this mean that he, Golden Lion Shiki, had destroyed Mariejois?
At this moment, Shiki was incredibly glad that he had made a deal with that kid; otherwise, even if he escaped from Impel Down, he wouldn't have had the courage to attack Mariejois.
This kid is quite the character!
Above the Red Line.
Five figures surrounded Wayne. Wayne had been trying to go back and continue destroying Mariejois, but these five old geezers, with two attacking and three blocking, simply wouldn't give him any chance to.
"How dare you destroy the Holy Land? I'll make sure you die here today!" The wild boar that Saint Warcury transformed into let out a roar and charged towards Wayne.
"Die!" Saint Saturn's enormous body erupted with unimaginable speed, his huge, hard as steel bull's head fiercely ramming into Wayne.
Wayne's eyes showed no panic; he tightly gripped the katana he had plundered from the Celestial Dragons. Immediately after, a black-red aura that made even the Gorosei's bodies tremble exploded from Wayne's body!
"Such powerful conquerors haki!!" "Where did this kid even come from?" "Be careful!"
Amidst the exclamations of the blocking trio, black and red lightning wrapped around the blade, and the silver-white blade instantly turned pitch black.
"Divine Departure!"