Nixon felt as if he had stumbled into a nightmare.
If this wasn't a nightmare, how could he possibly be seeing the scene before him?
Screams, wails, and chilling shouts echoed from all directions.
No matter which way he looked, all he could see was destruction and ruin.
Earth-shattering explosions, slash attacks that tore through everything, and surging, relentless waves.
Why?
Why am I here, witnessing this?
Nixon's body trembled uncontrollably.
He was a pirate with a bounty exceeding one hundred million, already considered a rare and formidable figure in the first half of the Grand Line.
Like all the other pirates who had come here, he believed that the Beasts Pirates' blockade of the New World was sheer arrogance, an act that challenged all the pirates of Paradise.
So, like everyone else, he intended to give the Beasts Pirates a lesson.
But he had never expected that the Beasts Pirates' top executives hadn't even made a move, and not even Jinbei, stationed at Fish-Man Island, had intervened.
Just the appearance of a few "kids" was enough to bring this massive pirate fleet to the brink of collapse.
Look, just look at what kinds of monsters these kids really are!
A girl transformed into a humanoid big cat wielded a long sword, and each swing sent out a white whirlpool of seawater, unstoppable by any pirate ship.
There were also a boy and a girl who had become dragon humans.
They leaped from ship to ship, and within seconds of entering a vessel, the ship would explode entirely.
Even more terrifying was a blond-haired boy.
Even in the depths of the sea, his speed was so incredible that Nixon couldn't see him clearly with the naked eye!
He was like a black lightning bolt, darting back and forth through the fleet. Wherever he passed, every bubble in the water was obliterated, and the ships were instantly crushed by the sea.
The most terrifying were the green-haired boy and the black-haired boy.
The green-haired boy was a fearsome master swordsman.
Even though Nixon wasn't skilled in swordsmanship, he had sailed the Grand Line for years and was familiar with swordsmen.
But he had never seen a being who could, with a single swing, cut through a dozen pirate ships at once!
The speed of the slashes, the sheer coverage—it was impossible to dodge.
This boy was terrifying enough, yet there was another—black-haired, transformed into a pink-scaled dragon boy—whose performance was just as extraordinary.
This boy seemed to possess the powers of a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit, releasing massive wind blades with every motion.
Though his power was slightly below that of the green-haired boy, the sheer number of his attacks was overwhelming.
Ship after ship was split in half by his strikes.
Monsters… what kind of monsters were these? They were merely teenagers, yet their strength was beyond comprehension.
Nixon sat dumbfounded on the deck, staring ahead in sheer terror.
This was the Beasts Pirates?
The pirate crew that dominated the entire New World, led by the man revered as an Emperor?
Just by sending a few nameless kids, they wielded a force so terrifying it could paralyze hearts with fear?
Among the dozens of pirate crews gathered here, more than fifteen captains had bounties over 100 million!
Among them, three were true monsters with bounties exceeding 300 million!
Yet in front of these kids, they couldn't even fight back.
They were being slaughtered without resistance.
"Shh!"
Nixon saw a massive wind blade rushing toward him.
There was no time to react—the protective bubbles covering the ship were ripped apart instantly.
Then, the surging seawater pressed down in an instant.
If there was a next life, perhaps he should avoid crossing paths with the Beasts Pirates.
That thought flashed through his mind just as he was swallowed by the ocean.
"I thought there were more,"
Ace swam through the deep sea, surrounded by clouds of fire. He didn't need to exert any effort—his flames carried him effortlessly.
He swung his hands, releasing wave after wave of colossal wind blades, destroying surrounding pirate ships. The boy muttered, "And this is all they have?"
How long had it even been?
These pirate ships were already reduced to wreckage.
But that was to be expected.
After all, these pirates were facing people like them.
"Ha!"
Ulti bellowed, swinging her yellow, rounded-headed spiked club, smashing through a pirate ship in one strike.
Not far away, her younger brother, Page One, was equally unwilling to fall behind.
"Storm Kick!"
With a single strike of his leg, two pirate ships along the path were sliced clean in half.
For these two siblings, already lacking long-range attacks, this was impressive enough. Sanji, Zoro, and Kuina didn't even need to be mentioned.
Among the two swordsmen, Zoro and Kuina, long-range, wide-area attacks were the least of their worries.
Sanji's speed was also astonishing, more than enough to make up for any gaps in this regard.
"This is far more boring than I imagined," Ace sighed.
He had expected a thrilling battle, but instead, it was so one-sided.
From the rear,
"Ahahaha, much smoother than I imagined,"
Kuzan watched the battle unfolding in the sea ahead through the screen in front of him.
The specially designed camera captured the distant fight with crystal clarity.
"No wonder Lord Ian sent them here,"
Jinbei remarked sincerely. "Those kids have really grown up to this level."
"Especially…"
He paused for a moment.
"Ace, Zoro, and Sanji—these three boys' strength is ridiculously overwhelming," Kuzan continued. "Kuina is strong as well, but compared to them, there's still a noticeable gap."
All three of these kids had the potential to become top-tier warriors.
Especially Ace.
Not only did he possess same Devil Fruit ability as Kaido, he had even awakened the Conqueror's Haki.
He was already the strongest among the youngsters, and imagining how far he could grow in the future was truly beyond comprehension.
However.
The Beasts Pirates were already incredibly powerful. Once these young fighters grew to their peak, it would be even more unimaginable.
Were they truly going to conquer the world?
Kuzan thought to himself.
As the two of them marveled from the back, the boys and girls ahead had almost cleared the battlefield.
The pirates with the highest bounties—just over 300 million—looked utterly pathetic in front of them.
Even the weakest, Page One, could make those guys feel despair.
At this moment, all the pirate ships had been destroyed, and all the pirates floated lifeless in the cold, deep sea.
But it was at this moment.
Ahead, beyond the massive underwater chasm—the true depths of the ocean—the water suddenly began to stir.
"Huh?"
Ace frowned. "Careful! Something's coming!"
From the distant dark waters, enormous creatures suddenly appeared.
"Sea Kings?"
Sanji was stunned. "So many Sea Kings?"
A total of seven Sea Kings swam over from the distance.
"Perfect timing!"
Ulti's fighting spirit instantly surged. "Just when I was feeling like it wasn't enough fun!"
However, just as the boys and girls prepared for battle, the Sea Kings acted as if they didn't even notice them. They swam past without hesitation.
Directly toward the depths of the cavern, in the direction of Fish-Man Island.
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