"What are you standing around for!"
Flying Squirrel saw the two sides at a standstill and shouted, "The fleet above can't be dealt with for now. Use this chance to push forward and eradicate the remaining pirates!"
"Understood!"
"Charge!"
Led by Doberman and Strawberry, the elite Vice Admirals of the Navy drew their Weapons and charged forward.
But not far ahead, they were blocked by a similarly towering group of figures.
Leading them was Yamakaji, heading a gang of rebel Navy officers.
Since the truth of the North Sea massacre was revealed, a total of sixteen Vice Admirals from Navy Headquarters have left, either joining the Endgame or the Neo Navy.
Now, all lined up in their large cloaks, regardless of their numbers or combat power, their presence was no weaker than the Navy Headquarters' side.
"What an irony, Flying Squirrel, Doberman."
Yamakaji, with a cigar in his mouth, blocked his former comrades, "Once we fought side by side, now we must meet as adversaries in battle."
"Spare the talk!"
Doberman said sternly, "Since you've chosen to betray, don't pretend here! Today, we'll represent justice and completely purge you traitors!"
"Still trying to turn things around at this point."
Yamakaji furrowed his brow, shook his head, and sighed, "It's really hopeless, but this should make things easier. Everyone, it seems we need not consider our old comrade ties. Let's give our all!"
"Exactly what I wanted!"
Doberman shouted fiercely.
Clang!
Both sides simultaneously unsheathed their swords. Dozens of Vice-Admiral-level combatants clashed with swords and blades flashing, igniting intense sparks!
It also announced that the war had entered its white-hot phase!
Navy and rebel commanders, Kizaru and Aokiji, Seven Warlords of the Sea and Seraphim, Endgame members and Peacekeepers...
Screams, explosions, the clash of blades, agonizing cries... rising and falling in chaotic tumult!
Meanwhile, above this chaotic battlefield.
Holy Land Mary Geoise.
Inside the city, it was still peaceful and serene.
"What a wonderful taste, Brother Biers."
On the luxurious and spacious terrace, a young girl in an elegant dress lifted a porcelain cup gracefully, sipped lightly, and then smiled at the blonde youth opposite her:
"Young and beautiful, and can make such good coffee—there aren't many like this. Where did you find her, brother?"
"Seems to be a royal member of a small country in the East Sea. I forgot the specifics."
The blonde youth named Saint Biers leisurely sipped his coffee and said:
"What, do you want one, Aurelie? Simple matter, next time we go to the East Sea, I can ask the royal family there to provide a couple more."
"Brother, you're so humorous."
Aurelie Palace pouted, "Isn't there a rumor about a madman named Shano targeting our World Nobility? The elders in the family won't even let us leave the Holy Land, so how can we go to the East Sea?"
"Don't worry, soon."
Saint Biers elegantly crossed his legs and smiled, "News has already come from the family: after today, Endgame will be completely erased from the sea, and our lockdown order will be lifted. We can go wherever we please just like before."
"We can leave the Holy Land after today?"
Aurelie Palace's eyes widened in surprise. She put down her coffee cup, intending to ask for more details, but suddenly a shadow enveloped the entire terrace.
Eh?
What's this...
She instinctively looked up in confusion, and her pupils shrank instantly.
The opposite Saint Biers noticed and frowned, looked up as well, and instantly his face turned pale... wait a minute, did I see that correctly?
"Protect us!"
Saint Biers shouted fiercely towards the outside of the terrace, "Someone protect us!"
However.
It was already too late.
A group of guards wearing white uniforms, upon hearing the commotion, rushed out from inside the house only to be dumbstruck by what they saw...
Boom!!!
A massive warship fell from the sky, crushing the entire terrace, and the two World Nobility members were directly flattened into pulp!
This, what is going on?
The guards stood there dumbfounded, the scene before them was so far beyond their imagination that their minds went blank.
And during this stunned moment.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
More and more warships descended from the sky, like an unstoppable storm, relentlessly crashing within the city of Mary Geoise!
Every time these warships landed, a strange black and red stream of Qi would appear below them.
The black and red streams of air served as cushions, dissipating the impact force, allowing the battleship to land safely.
But the Heavenly Celestial Dragons who were struck didn't fare as well; their fate was no different from Saint Biers' siblings, dying on the spot.
It took just a few dozen seconds.
Hundreds of Heavenly Celestial Dragons had already met untimely deaths!
Only then did the guards react, exclaiming with pale faces.
"Oh no!"
"It's an enemy attack! An enemy attack!"
"An enemy has infiltrated Mary Geoise!"
The piercing alarms, cries for help from the Heavenly Celestial Dragons, burst into a cacophony, with fierce fires erupting in many places across the city.
The entire Holy Land was suddenly plunged into unprecedented chaos!
"Help!"
"Someone please save me!"
The usually elegant and composed World Nobility were now flailing like headless flies, fleeing in all directions.
Some were screaming as they ran home, others collapsed directly to the ground.
More were hysterically shouting the names of their guards, witnessing menacing figures charge down from the ships before receiving a response, trapping them completely...
In the northern corner, such a scene was unfolding.
"Wait... wait!"
Four extravagantly dressed Heavenly Celestial Dragons collapsed on the ground, nose and tears covering their faces, desperately kowtowing to the members of Endgame before them:
"We can give you money! Lots and lots of money!"
"Me too! I have countless treasures at home, as much Belly as you want! If you want beauties, I have twenty-six wives, they can all be yours!"
"Boo hoo hoo, spare us, we don't want to die..."
Slash!
The plea for mercy hadn't lasted long when a sharp blade swiped through the air.
"Hoo~"
Rain of Shiryu, with a cigar in his mouth, casually flicked the blood beads off the blade and watched three pig-like fat heads roll down, grinning as he exhaled a large puff of smoke.
It's so satisfying.
Since joining Endgame, he had adhered to the agreement with Lord Shano, refraining from random killings for nearly half a year.
Even on the battlefield, he had repeatedly suppressed the urge to slaughter the enemy.
But today.
Not only could he fulfill his long-held wish to personally behead the Heavenly Celestial Dragons.
He didn't have to hold back, able to completely unleash in this noble and prosperous Mary Geoise city! It's even more exhilarating than smoking the finest tobacco!
Because Lord Shano's instructions were simple, just two.
First, rescue as many slaves as possible, minimizing innocent casualties!
Second, make these high and mighty Heavenly Celestial Dragons feel the pain they have inflicted on the world over the past eight hundred years!
Eight hundred years, a full eight hundred years.
Eight hundred years of tyranny, eight hundred years of oppression, eight hundred years of blood debts.
Kneeling and begging for mercy, thinking it would earn forgiveness?
Bah, dream on!
Blood for a blood debt!
Now.
It's time for Endgame to represent the world and pay back this pack of swines!
"Simply revolting."
Beside him, Trafalgar Law, also prodded the last tear-stained face with the tip of his knife, speaking with a blank expression:
"Now that judgment day has arrived, you know how to beg for mercy, yet those slaves you tortured to death, those innocent people whose nations you obliterated... Did they ever have the chance to beg for mercy?"
"I beg you..."
The Heavenly Celestial Dragon, with the knife tip pressed to the throat, trembled as he pleaded, his thick lips quivering incessantly:
"Please understand, I, I come from a branch of the Donquixote Family, I'm not as cruel, rarely kill slaves, and rarely go to the Lower Realm to buy slaves. In decades, only a hundred or so commoners have died at my hands..."
He actually has the audacity to say that?
Some Combat Corps members nearby showed expressions of astonishment.
To think a butcher who killed hundreds of civilians is seen as a representation of kindness and generosity by these Heavenly Celestial Dragons?
Rain of Shiryu's eyes flashed with disgust, about to swing the blade to send this Heavenly Celestial Dragon to the underworld to join his three companions.
Yet Law stopped him with an outstretched hand.
"Hm?" Rain of Shiryu turned his head in surprise.
"This pack of beasts, not a single one is innocent, all deserve death."
Law stared coldly at the Heavenly Celestial Dragon, speaking:
"However, thanks to your words, I've changed my mind, rest assured, I won't let you die too quickly... ROOM!"