There are quite a few super-powerful individuals at the pinnacle of the world.
The world has different names for these super-powerful individuals.
For example, the four Emperors of the Sea who rule the strongest sea, the New World, are called the Four Emperors by the world.
For example, the three Admirals who represent the highest fighting force of Marine Headquarters, as well as the Fleet Admiral who is above the three Admirals, and the Marine Hero who symbolizes the banner of the Marines.
For example, the unknown civilian masters whose strength is like that of monsters.
For example, the strongest shield of the Celestial Dragons within CP0.
And for another example, the leader of the Revolutionary Army, and so on...
Besides the above, there are also super monsters imprisoned in the great undersea prison, Impel Down.
On this great sea, the number of people with top-tier combat power is in the double digits.
Among them, a few, or even a small double-digit number of super-powerful individuals, belong to Mary Geoise, which has ruled the world for eight hundred years.
But these super-powerful individuals are all in high positions, like the great weapon of a Buster Call.
Although he was hailed as the strongest shield of the Celestial Dragons, it was clearly not Saint Charlos's strongest shield.
The pain Karl had once inflicted had been more or less forgotten.
In addition, the news of Karl's group returning to the Sabaody Archipelago last year was also treated by Sengoku as if he hadn't heard it.
After nearly two years, the Celestial Dragons had long forgotten the fear brought by the God-Slayer.
Including Saint Charlos, whose father and sister were killed here.
So, when Saint Charlos went down to the Sabaody Archipelago to play, the higher-ups did not arrange for powerful protection for him, only some ordinary superhumans who had mastered a few of the Six Powers.
Therefore...
When Saint Charlos looked up at the sky.
The guards beside him didn't even have time to react.
A pillar of lightning, at the speed of lightning, instantly engulfed Saint Charlos, as well as the slave beneath him and the guards beside him.
Boom——!
Along with a loud bang.
The pedestrians on the street, and the pirates hiding in the shops, all widened their eyes, staring at that giant pillar of lightning.
When the pillar of light transformed into countless electric arcs and slowly dissipated.
A bottomless giant pit was immediately presented on the street.
"..."
Just like that year, the civilian street of Grove 31 fell into a deathly silence.
A minute later, a roar broke the silent atmosphere.
"Run!!!"
"Dragon Knight Karl killed a Celestial Dragon again!"
"Get off this island quickly, a Marine Admiral is coming soon!"
"The battle between an overlord of the seas and a Marine Admiral will definitely destroy this island! I don't want to die, run quickly!"
".........."
As if re-enacting the scene from that year.
Pedestrians and pirates, as well as the hyenas in this area, fled the civilian street in terror, scrambling to be the first to leave.
Many people who had experienced this once before still wished they could grow a pair of wings to escape this island at the fastest possible speed.
Watching the frantically fleeing people, Yamato and Shirahoshi, who were encountering this situation for the first time, were both confused and at a loss.
"Nami, are we not running?"
Yamato subconsciously pulled out her spiked club and asked Nami beside her, "The guy Karl just killed, was he a strong person?"
"Not a strong person, but a guy who can command strong people."
Nami shook her head and looked at Shirahoshi, "It seems we can't go to the amusement park. Shirahoshi, you don't mind, do you?"
"It's okay..."
Shirahoshi quickly shook her head, her face full of worry, "Will I be a burden to Lord Karl?"
"Don't worry, it's not the first time Karl has killed a guy like that."
Nami had an indifferent look on her face, then, as if she had thought of something, she said urgently, "We can't fight those people, it's best not to fight them."
"Let's go back and meet up with Karl first, then control the galleon to fly over the Red Line, and then get it coated in the New World to go to Fish-Man Island."
After finishing, Nami and the girls headed back the way they came.
At this moment...
Karl, who had just killed Saint Charlos, was also sighing repeatedly.
"What a pitiful unlucky bastard, to run into them in such a large archipelago!"
Karl, whose Observation Haki could cover a large island, and whose range had expanded again after completing his third evolution, had actually discovered Saint Charlos's existence long ago.
But at that time, Nami and the girls were in Grove 30, while Saint Charlos's group was in Grove 32.
Karl had thought that if Saint Charlos didn't run into Nami, he would spare his life.
But unexpectedly, the other party had provided an assist!
That's right, an assist!
Karl had given Saint Charlos a chance.
As long as he didn't run into Nami and the girls, he could live.
If he did run into them, Karl would kill him, not just beat him half to death like he did with those hyenas.
Because Karl wanted to use his life to accomplish two goals.
One was to completely tie Shirahoshi to his ship, having Neptune request that he take her away. This way, not only could Ryugu Kingdom avoid Mary Geoise's retaliation, but Shirahoshi's safety would also be guaranteed.
The second was to lure out a super-powerful individual from the Marines or Mary Geoise to see what level his strength had reached after completing his third evolution.
Before challenging the overlords of the seas and snatching the throne of the World's Strongest Man.
Let's use a Marine Admiral, or the strongest shield of the Celestial Dragons, as a whetstone!
And so...
After Nami and the girls returned, Karl rejected Nami's suggestion to flee.
Looking at the girls before him, Karl grinned and said, "To prevent Mary Geoise from sending out a special ability user who can counter the Float-Float Fruit, Nami, you take Robin and Shirahoshi to the White-White Sea, 10,000 meters above, and wait for me first."
"Yamato will stay and fight with me."
"I have a premonition that Marine Headquarters and Mary Geoise, who have intelligence on the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, will not just send one Marine Admiral."
"...Alright, then be careful!"
"Lord Karl, you must be safe!"
Except for Shirahoshi, who had a worried and self-blaming look on her face, Nami and Robin, who were very familiar with Karl's strength, nodded.
Then, they hugged Karl one after another, leaving him with a word of caution.
Nami then took Robin, Nojiko, and a teary-eyed Shirahoshi, and controlled the large three-masted galleon to soar into the sky.
Karl and an excited Yamato stood by the pier, waiting for the enemy's arrival.
While Karl was meeting up with Nami and the girls.
Marine Headquarters, upon receiving the news that a Celestial Dragon had been killed, reacted just as Karl had predicted.
They dispatched a full two super-powerful individuals.
One was a Marine Admiral, and the other, a reluctant figure with a legendary record of achievements—the Marine Hero.
A grand battle of four super-powerful individuals was about to unfold on the world's largest archipelago.
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