Laser beams bombarded the crowds of prisoners, and screams of agony rose one after another.
The Warlord-class Seraphim engaged the lesser pirates, while the Seraphim Overlord directly attacked Kaido, Big Mom, Bullet, and Redfield.
"Not good! This monster is catching up!" Kaido's face darkened.
The four of them exchanged a look and, with a tacit understanding, immediately turned to face their pursuer.
"Attack together!" they roared, all four attacking at once.
The Overlord neither dodged nor evaded.
It simply met their attacks with its own fists, neutralizing their powerful techniques while continuing to advance rapidly.
In a flash, it was before them, raising its fist high.
Like a dazzling sun, it struck with terrifying power.
"DEFEND!" Kaido roared.
Big Mom, Bullet, and Redfield joined forces to resist it.
They knew that if they didn't unite now, they would never escape this place alive.
Even in his half-dragon form, Kaido was sent stumbling back, blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.
Bullet's Armament and Conqueror's Haki-infused armor shattered under the force of the blow, and his whole body shook.
Big Mom gripped Napoleon with both hands, her form trembling.
Redfield, in his vampire form, was covered in his own blood, having clearly overused his power.
The combined strength of the four legendary powerhouses barely managed to withstand a single attack from the Overlord.
"Puh..." Big Mom stumbled and fell, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
Her vision darkened, and she nearly passed out.
"Mother!" Katakuri, who had been fighting one of the other Seraphim, had been watching this exchange.
Seeing his mother fall, his face filled with extreme anxiety.
The power of the Mochi-Mochi Fruit and the Diamond-Diamond Fruit erupted from his body simultaneously.
He enveloped the Seraphim in front of him in mochi, then hardened it into diamond and instantly crushed it.
After doing this, he rushed toward Big Mom.
"Quickly, help mama!" Katakuri said in a low voice as Cracker arrived to help.
"Everyone, retreat!" he roared.
He turned his head to look at his siblings, who were either still fighting or had been captured, but ultimately, he had to turn and leave, carrying Big Mom as he flew towards a distant mirror.
Kaido and the others also rushed to escape.
"Where do you think you're going?" Leon ordered.
"Overlord, stop them!"
The Overlord's figure flashed like a meteor, leaving only an afterimage in its place.
In an instant, it appeared in front of Katakuri.
Of all the fleeing powerhouses, the injured Big Mom was the slowest, making her the primary target.
"Oh no!"
When Katakuri saw the Overlord standing before him, his heart sank.
He knew they couldn't escape.
He and his mother would likely die here.
The Overlord threw a direct punch, carrying with it an endless, scorching aura.
It's over, Katakuri thought, his pupils contracting.
He was powerless to dodge.
Even though he could see the future, the opponent's speed far exceeded his ability to react.
In the face of absolute strength, his Observation Haki was useless.
He could only watch helplessly, feeling nothing but despair.
However, with a crackling sound, the gust of wind from the punch rushed past his face, stinging his skin... but the blow never landed.
The immense aura around the Overlord dissipated instantly.
"Huh?" Katakuri was stunned.
Big Mom, on his back, wore an equally baffled expression.
What happened? Why did it stop?
But in the next second, Katakuri reacted and quickly fled.
He didn't know what had happened, but escaping from here was the most important thing.
At that moment, Leon's face had become extremely ugly.
He gritted his teeth, "Damn it! Out of energy!"
Before coming here, the Overlord had been fully charged, but he hadn't expected its energy consumption to be so immense.
The battle had been short but incredibly intense.
"Seraphim, bring the Overlord back immediately!"
It seems the energy reserves still need to be improved, he thought with silent determination.
It's useless if it has such a short operational time.
In the distance, the pirates and criminals noticed the Overlord had stopped moving.
"Hahaha! That thing seems to have run out of energy!"
"Great! Let's escape!"
"Wait! Now that its ultimate weapon is down, can't we go back and attack the kid?"
A few of the major criminals rushed back, intending to kill Leon, but without an Emperor-level threat to worry about, they were quickly repelled by his Seraphim guards.
They turned and continued to flee in a panic.
Magellan stood quietly beside Leon, his heart still stirring with huge waves of shock.
The Overlord was a terrifying existence that even four Yonko-level figures could not resist.
In the end, the rampaging pirate alliance had fled like defeated dogs.
'Such a terrifying invention' he thought, his eyes full of deep reverence as he looked at the eight-year-old boy.
'Dr. Leon is amazing.'
"Seraphim," Leon ordered, "throw the survivors back into their cells. Pile up the dead and hand them over to Warden Magellan. And pay attention to personal hygiene."
He then turned to Magellan, who smiled with deep respect.
"Dr. Leon..."
"Warden Magellan," Leon smiled kindly.
"Warden?" Magellan heard this and smiled bitterly. "Such a disaster happened in Impel Down under my watch. Countless prisoners escaped. Although most were killed or recaptured, I still seriously failed in my duty. You don't need to call me 'Warden' anymore."
He looked resigned.
"This time, it was truly thanks to you. If you hadn't brought the Overlord, the consequences would have been unimaginable."
And he was right.
Without Leon, the world would have faced an unprecedented disaster.
"Hehe, Warden Magellan, you don't need to blame yourself," Leon said. "The invaders this time were too strong. Two Emperors, their custom Seraphim, and two other legendary prisoners—what force in the world could have resisted that? You've done well enough. Besides, with the Overlord, capturing the rest of them is just a matter of time."
Hearing this, Magellan nodded firmly.
Yes, he thought.
With a weapon that powerful, who in the world could resist it?
"Okay," Leon smiled. "I'll go up and take a look at the war. If help is needed, I'll let the Overlord take action."
*****
On a deserted island...
Kaido, Big Mom, and the others walked out of a mirror.
Behind them were Bullet, Redfield and the tattered remnants of their crews.
"Phew... we finally escaped," Perospero said, his face trembling.
"Yeah, that was really dangerous this time. We almost stayed there forever," Cracker added, his expression grim.
They had lost many of their strongest fighters.
Both crews had their top commanders, but a huge number of their officers had been killed or captured.
A trace of fear lingered in the hearts of even Kaido and Big Mom.
"The Seraphim Overlord invented by Leon is truly a monster," Big Mom said, slumping to the ground.
Hearing this, Kaido's face turned ugly, and he couldn't help but grit his teeth.
The usually arrogant Bullet also fell silent.
He had spent years in prison improving himself, vowing to surpass his former captain, Roger.
But when he had just come out of his cell, he already receive such a heavy blow.
Redfield sighed.
He had thought that after he got out, he and the others could do something big, but who knew such a terrifying existence was waiting for them?
Listening to them, Judge, Queen, and Caesar were equally heavy-hearted.
They had thought that by working together and obtaining the lineage factors of Bullet and Redfield, catching up to Leon would be no problem.
But in the next second, Leon had appeared with the Overlord and beaten them to pieces.
They had no confidence they could ever invent such a powerful machine.
"Is the gap between us and that kid really this big?" Queen asked hoarsely.
Caesar was silent for a long time, then nodded.
"Yes. The gap between us and him is just too big."
At that moment, the genius who had refused to admit inferiority even to Vegapunk now admitted it publicly.
Vegapunk, I might have had a chance of catching up to, Caesar thought.
But this Leon... even if I used my whole life, I could never catch up to him.
And he's only eight years old!
A depressing silence fell over the group of legendary pirates.
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