Chapter 96 The Five Elders Gather in a Strange Event!
Chapter 96 The Five Elders Gather in a Strange Event!
With the addition of Kong's iron fist, the balance of power on the battlefield shifted visibly to the advantage of the navy.
The tide of battle seems to be turning back into the navy's hands.
However, Nika Luffy's almost monstrous Nika Sun God ability, along with the Conqueror's Haki that constantly emanated from him, subtly suppressed Akainu Satan.
Add to that two white-bearded guys and a peak Rayleigh.
This terrifying combat power forcefully reversed the navy's advantage once again!
The battle has once again reached a stalemate!
The Holy Land, Mary Geoise.
Inside the room, the remaining four of the Five Elders stared intently at the giant video Den Den Mushi, their faces so grim they could drip water.
"What is that guy, Satan Saint, up to?"
"A mere straw-hat kid has driven us to this point!"
"We can't wait any longer." The most burly old man, with long white curly hair, slammed his hand on the table. "Nika's power must be erased! This is the only chance in eight hundred years."
"Contact Saint Satan and activate the teleportation array; we'll go there ourselves!"
. . . . . .
Marineford.
Satan Saint's enormous spider body suddenly lurched, and for the first time, a violent tremor appeared on his expressionless old face.
"Satan Saint, activate the teleportation array; we need to go there."
He suddenly looked up, his gaze sweeping over everyone else and landing precisely on Akainu and Kong.
"Sakazuki! Sora! Hold them off for me!"
The voice wasn't loud, but it carried an unquestionable command.
Akainu and Kong were both taken aback.
Hold them off?
Before the two could react, the ominous black aura emanating from Satan Saint erupted once again like a volcanic eruption!
Black arcs of electricity surged wildly, more violently than ever before!
At this moment, everyone in Marineford froze in their tracks.
Everyone, whether navy or pirates, stared in horror at the monster in the center of the battlefield.
hum!hum!hum!hum!
Four low, almost simultaneous hums sounded.
Behind Saint Satan, in full view of everyone, four black magic circles, exactly the same as those he had when he arrived, appeared out of thin air!
At the center of each magic circle swirls a bottomless, pitch-black vortex, seemingly connected to the eighteen levels of hell.
An oppressive feeling, four times more terrifying than when the Holy One of Satan descended, instantly enveloped the entire island!
"What...what is that?!" a naval rear admiral screamed in terror.
"Just like when Saint Satan descended! Could it be...?"
A moment later, the black light dissipated.
Four figures stood silently in the center of the magic circle.
A bald swordsman dressed in samurai attire, wielding the first generation Kitetsu sword.
A handsome man in a suit with blond hair.
A tall, thin man, as thin as a bamboo pole, with a long, bushy mustache. And the tallest, most imposing old man with a map-like scar on his forehead.
The supreme power of the world government!
The Five Elders.
Everyone is here!
At this moment, for the first time in history, everyone was present!
"The...the five...the five elder stars...they're all...all of them are here?"
A naval soldier's weapon clattered to the ground, his legs buckled, and he collapsed to his knees.
"Oh my God! It's God! Our God has descended!"
"We've got it! We've got it!"
After a brief silence, the navy erupted in a deafening celebration and shouts!
This was a scene they never dared to dream of! The Five Elders, the pinnacle of the World Government, had mobilized their entire force to wipe out a single pirate!
What glory this is! This is a sign of certain victory!
In that instant, the morale of the navy soared to an unprecedented peak!
"The purge begins."
Holding the first generation Kitetsu, the Five Elders' Venus, Izambaron V. Nassjuro Sei spoke coldly.
Before he could finish speaking, his body began to contort.
A black mist enveloped him, and when the mist dissipated, what appeared in his place was a huge warhorse made of bones, riding on chilling flames!
Horse bone!
"For the sake of world order!"
The tall, thin Five Elders, Shepard X Peter Saint, had his neck stretched infinitely long, and his body transformed into a terrifying sand worm coiled on the earth!
"Nika must be eliminated!"
Marcus Marssan, one of the Five Elders with blond hair, spread his arms and transformed into a gigantic, soul-piercing bird, taking flight into the sky!
Itsumade!
"This is the government's will!"
Finally, Topman Vochuli, one of the Five Elders with a scar on his forehead, swelled up and transformed into a giant wild boar with protruding tusks and a ferocious aura!
Seal the boar!
Ox-demon, Horsebone, Sandworm, Itsumade, and Fengxi!
Together with the five powerful demons from before, they gathered here with a terrifying aura capable of sinking the world!
In the center of the battlefield.
The two Luffy figures had somehow merged into one, standing side by side, facing the five monsters before them, each with a different form but exuding an aura of world-destroying power.
"Straw Hat Boy"
Among the Five Elders, "Horse Bone," Mercury Topman Vochuli Saint spoke, his voice like the grinding of dry bones, cold and piercing.
"Today, you will surely perish here."
The words had barely left his mouth when a figure appeared.
Enveloped in raging flames, it instantly blocked the two Luffys.
It's Ace!
"Fire Fist Ace," Mercury's voice was completely flat, "Do you still want to die?"
"Leave now, we have no interest in you today."
Ace grinned, his white teeth gleaming with unwavering determination in the flames.
"Luffy is my younger brother."
"If you want to touch him, you'll have to step over my dead body first!"
"Well said!"
"Gurala la la la..."
Two mountain-like figures landed on Luffy's left and right sides at the same time, with two huge naginatas resting on the ground.
They have two white beards!
The Five Elders turned their gaze to them.
This time it was Venus who spoke, his voice carrying a hint of persuasion.
"Whitebeard, let's discuss this."
"As long as you retreat with your pirate crew right now and stop interfering with our killing of Luffy, you can not only take Portgas D. Ace away unharmed, but the Navy will not stop you."
"Furthermore, we can guarantee that the World Government will permanently lift the arrest warrant for Portgas D. Ace."
"That's not all," he emphasized, "we can even carve out a portion of the New World Navy's territory for your Whitebeard Pirates."
"How about it? Think about it?"
silence.
Everyone looked at the two white-bearded men.
This offer is too tempting.
Not only could he save his son, but he would also gain a huge territory; it was like a windfall.
"Gurala la la la..."
The white-bearded man, who was at the peak of his life, was the first to laugh.
"Sounds tempting, doesn't it? Like me right now?"
Another slightly aged-looking man with a white beard also grinned.
"Yes, it does look tempting."
Suddenly, their smiles vanished, and their eyes sharpened like knives. "But don't forget!"
"But you high and mighty fools, don't forget!"
The two white-bearded men roared in the same voice, their voices echoing through the heavens and earth.
"I'm a white-bearded old man!"
Boom—!
Two identical Conqueror's Hakis, originating from the same source, erupted simultaneously from the two white-bearded men like two invisible shockwaves!
Black lightning tore through the sky, and the entire space of Marineford was violently distorted under this terrifying will!
Countless naval soldiers foamed at the mouth and collapsed to the ground in droves!
"That damned white-bearded man! He's completely unreasonable!" Venus Mars roared.
"You lot, don't forget about this old man."
A lazy voice rang out.
At his peak, Rayleigh, holding a longsword, leisurely walked to Luffy's other side and stood still.
"And me!"
Zoro appeared, his aura much weaker, clearly having just gone through a great battle, but all three swords were still intact, and his eyes remained as sharp as an eagle's.
No one knows when, but his duel with Hawkeye had ended, and the world's greatest swordsman had long since disappeared from the battlefield.
"We're here too!"
We can't be left out!
The words fell.
A blue flame of the phoenix shot into the sky!
Marco!
Countless sword lights danced and bloomed like flower petals!
Vista!
Diamond Joz.
All the remaining captains of the Whitebeard Pirates, along with all the pirates behind them, gathered together in a dense, dark mass, standing firmly behind Luffy, Ace, and Whitebeard!
They provided their answer through their actions!
"you……"
The Five Elders, Venus, and Massan were trembling with rage, their eyes bloodshot on the massive boar head.
"Are they all courting death?!"
The terrifying killing intent made the air almost freeze.
At this tense moment, when a great battle was about to break out.
A slightly mocking young voice came abruptly from high above.
"That's not how you say it."
"Why can't it be you who are courting death?"
Everyone, including the Five Elders, suddenly looked up at the sky.
A figure, seemingly out of nowhere, was quietly hovering beneath the clouds, looking down over the entire battlefield.
Chenye!
He grinned, revealing a set of white teeth.
"Gentlemen, we've been fighting for so long."
"Don't forget about me!"
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