"We are the real overlords of this seas!" Kaido smiled arrogantly.
His subordinates looked on with excitement.
The pirates were now supremely confident.
They knew their Seraphim possessed the power of Devil Fruits, giving them an absolute advantage in what would be the main combat force of this war.
"Hey! You lifeless machines! Don't bother resisting! You don't have the strength to compete with us!"
"Our Seraphim are the real weapons of war! Don't embarrass yourselves with those little toys of yours!"
"Hurry up and surrender, before you have to tuck your tails and run back to the Red Line!"
Countless pirates jeered, convinced of the outcome.
"Marines, you won't be able to escape so easily this time," Kaido roared confidently, his huge dragon eyes filled with contempt.
Redfield sinister sneer and Big Mom's piercing laughter echoed across the battlefield.
At this time, Akainu forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, looking at everything with a gloomy expression.
He didn't know what gave these pirates such confidence, but he knew the coming Seraphim war must be fought.
The enemy was already spitting in their faces; they had no room to back down.
This battle had to be won, not just to preserve Dr. Leon's reputation, but to maintain the very majesty of the Marines upon the sea.
"Don't think that you are the only ones who know how to conduct scientific research," Akainu roared, the raging anger in his heart seeming to burn everything before him.
"When it comes to Seraphim, you trash pirates are nothing more than begging dogs, imitating Dr. Leon's technology! Do you really think you created this miracle?!"
"Module One, activate! Wipe out all life forms except for marked targets! Seraphim, let's go!"
Following Akainu's loud shout, countless Marine Seraphim, with their dark skin and white wings, stepped on the air and sprinted forward.
At the same time, Kaido roared, "Kill the Marines!"
The next moment, at the forefront of the battlefield, countless Seraphim with nearly identical appearances fought fiercely.
Kaido himself tensed his body and, with a mighty roar, shattered the ruins of the Marine branch beneath him.
He transformed into a giant blue dragon that covered the sky, setting off terrifying wind blades as he attacked the Marine position.
After a glance, Akainu also transformed into a Yamata no Orochi wreathed in magma and shot straight toward the giant dragon in the air.
The real war had begun.
The battle was divided into two fronts.
At one end was the confrontation between the Seraphim—a direct collision of the scientific and technological prowess of both sides.
This was, in effect, a battle between the pirate science team of Caesar, Judge, and Queen, and the singular genius of Dr. Leon.
On the other side of the battlefield was a confrontation between the top-tier powerhouses who had consumed three Devil Fruits.
Akainu, Kizaru, and Aokiji for the Marines; Kaido, Big Mom, and Redfield for the pirates.
The battle between them would be simpler and more direct.
Once someone lost, it would be like losing half the war.
...
At this time, Leon, who was far away in Mariejois, suddenly sneezed.
After wiping his nose casually, he muttered, "Strange, someone must be thinking about me... It doesn't matter. The most urgent thing is this new technology." He turned his attention back to the electronic screen in front of him, where a complex code hovered.
....
Just as Kaido threw his dragon tail directly in front of Akainu, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
'Damn, what's with this situation?!' he muttered in his heart, immediately discovering an abnormality on the battlefield.
The other powerful fighters also set their sights on the front line where the Seraphim were fiercely clashing.
At that moment, the Marine Seraphim, each engraved with a "PX" designation, were simultaneously displaying the power of two Devil Fruit abilities.
"No! How is this possible?!" Kaido threw his dragon claws forward with a livid face, his mind reeling.
"How is it possible for your Seraphim to carry the power of two Devil Fruits?!"
At the same time, the three Marine Admirals also sensed the abnormality.
Akainu transformed into the huge Yamata no Orochi and punched Kaido who was momentarily distracted.
The punch landed hard, and Kaido's face churned in severe pain.
Kaido roared, staring at Akainu with gloomy eyes.
He couldn't believe what was happening.
How could the speed of the Marines' technological explosion have reached such a terrifying level?
In just a few days, they had not only developed the technology for Seraphim to be equipped with Devil Fruit but had also achieved another leap forward, successfully allowing them to carry two devil fruit power without exploding.
He knew that for the scientists on his own team, this was a difficult problem that would take at least a month to overcome.
The other side had only one genius, Leon.
How could it be possible for him to reach this level so quickly?
While Kaido was momentarily stunned, the Marine Seraphim launched an all-out attack.
Showing off their strongest abilities, they beat the pirates' single-fruit Seraphim to the ground.
Watching this, Kaido opened his bloodshot dragon eyes wide and roared, tearing at the air.
The Marines' victory deeply wounded the rebellious pirate's pride.
The next moment, Kaido slammed his dragon's tail down, knocking Akainu away before diving at full speed, heading straight for the group of advanced Marine Seraphim.
Kizaru and Aokiji immediately stepped forward to intercept him, but in an instant, Big Mom and Redfield appear in front of them, blocking their path.
They didn't know what Kaido was planning, but they knew it was necessary to hold back the two Admirals.
In mid-air, Akainu was already stepping on the air, heading straight for Kaido.
For this proud Admiral, being forced back by Kaido several times was a great embarrassment.
At this time, he no longer held back; the power of his three Devil Fruits exploded at the same time.
Magma spread to one end of the sky and condensed into eight huge serpent heads, which fell from above with unparalleled power, blasting towards Kaido.
Seeing Akainu coming, Kaido flicked his dragon's tail and simply swept down.
For a powerhouse like him, three Devil Fruits was a terrifying prospect and Akainu's mastery of his abilities was extraordinary.
But Kaido's purpose was not to fight a battle of life and death with Akainu.
What he had to do now was very simple: rush down and snatch away a Seraphim.
He had to bring back one of the dual-fruit Seraphim that Leon had developed.
For the pirate alliance, it would be equivalent to having the answer sheet to the exam right in front of them.
Although Kaido was loath to admit the horror of the Marines' top scientist, the reality was that the pirates could not catch up to him in terms of pure research and technology.
Even if their three scientists—Judge, Caesar, and Queen—were fully funded, they couldn't reach Leon's level.
But they were pirates who would do whatever it took to achieve their goals.
By sacrificing the lives of civilians and ordinary pirates, they could replicate Leon's technology at a lower cost.
It was precisely because of this unscrupulous ruthlessness that they could still stand against the Marines.
At this time, Akainu's attack fell, carrying supreme power straight toward Kaido, who tightened his body, clenched his teeth, and rushed toward the Seraphim below, enduring the Admiral's assault.
The two were constantly entangled in the air.
Numerous magma blasts and gale-force winds intertwined, and soon, Kaido was not much better off than he was before, nearly getting knocked into the sea.
But Akainu did not stop chasing.
Seeing this, Kaido didn't hesitate.
He broke away from his full beast form in an instant, turning into his strongest half-dragon form.
He clenched his fists, his body trembling violently, and he came straight at Akainu with his iron club.
Feeling the opponent's ultimate move coming, Akainu also gritted his teeth and transformed into his half-beast form, his eight serpent heads rushing toward his opponent.
*****
At the same time, in a top-secret laboratory on the Red Line.
A short boy looked at the reagent in his hand with a complicated expression.
"It still doesn't work... It's still a bit short. The Overlord Seraphim's resistance to the Devil Fruit factor isn't as strong as I'd hoped. It seems I'm still missing something crucial."
With a sigh, the door of the laboratory was pushed open.
Leon looked up and saw that Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Vice Admiral Garp had come over at some point.
"Hey, hey! Leon, look what I brought you! It's a super delicious rice cracker!"
At this time, Garp was also smiling.
"You can have it if you want."
Leon smile and after taking Garp's cracker, stuffed it directly into his mouth.
But before he swallowed it, a flash of light went off in his mind.
He suddenly had an inspiration and, without even caring to speak to Sengoku and Garp, he turned his head and rushed towards the experimental bench.
Garp and Sengoku, who had witnessed Leon's strange movements, didn't say much.
They walked slowly towards the bench.
They both knew that a genius like Leon could not be measured by common sense; it was very likely that he had just thought of a key scientific breakthrough.
The two of them, who only knew how to fight, couldn't help him with his research.
All they could do was keep the laboratory as quiet as possible so Leon could devote himself 100% to his experiments.
Although they couldn't understand the series of dense formulas on the screens, they recognized the Seraphim lying in the massive tank.
That was the pinnacle of Seraphim technology today—the one and only Overlord.
"Leon," Sengoku said with some concern, "is the Overlord Seraphim can't be easily injected with a second fruit?"
At this time, Leon did not respond to Sengoku but set his sights on the two tubes of Devil Fruit lineage factors in front of him.
He didn't know why he had a sudden idea, but now he had a completely new way of thinking about this research.
It meant he had a chance to break through the puzzles that had plagued him for days.
For him, who was dedicated to pursuing the pinnacle of technology, this was a completely irresistible temptation.
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