Space twisted into a vortex.
Luo Chen's clone stepped out of it, appearing in front of the white-suited man.
"Iron Body!"
The white-suited CP0 man roared, his entire body turning as black as iron.
He had just been wounded by a sword strike, and Luo Chen had crossed hundreds of meters, stepping out of another dimension. He had no time to activate his fruit ability.
Now, facing the black blade slashing at him again, he could only defend passively.
This Iron Body, enhanced by Armament Haki, was completely different from that used by ordinary CP agents.
The strike only managed to send the white-suited man staggering back several steps.
However, it seemed to have aggravated his previous injury. Blood gushed from the sword wound on his chest, instantly staining a large patch of his white suit red.
The white-suited man cast a desperate, pleading look toward the Gorosei and Akainu.
Luo Chen was pressing his attack fiercely, giving him no time to use his space-locking ability.
If they didn't help, he was going to die.
His left arm was already severed, the sword wound on his chest was deep, and his internal organs were damaged to varying degrees.
He absolutely could not survive five more strikes.
Luo Chen's clone was just as aware of his condition and was determined to kill this white-suited CP0 agent at all costs.
Behind him, the sound of something tearing through the air approached.
Luo Chen's clone "saw" it with his Observation Haki—it was a golden laser beam.
He turned his head and saw Kizaru, already on his feet, his injuries seemingly fully healed.
In Doberman's hand was a tiny, blonde girl.
She was only about the size of Doberman's palm.
The elf-like girl's head was being squeezed by Doberman, so hard that tears of pain streamed from her eyes and dripped onto Aokiji.
The moment the tears touched Aokiji, his injuries, inside and out, healed instantly.
Luo Chen's clone's eyes flickered.
That tiny, blonde girl must be the princess of the Tontatta tribe from Dressrosa.
The user of the Heal-Heal Fruit.
She could heal a person's injuries very quickly.
She had even reattached Aokiji's half-severed left wrist, restoring it to perfect condition.
"So they had this prepared," Luo Chen's clone muttered to himself.
The two Marine Admirals' injuries were healed.
The three Admirals were gathered once more.
As his mind raced, he tilted his head and dodged.
Kizaru's laser grazed past his ear and slammed into the trunk of the No. 1 Yarukiman Mangrove.
The massive trunk exploded, snapping in the middle, and crashed heavily to the ground.
Kizaru had bought a single moment.
The white-suited CP0 man seized the opportunity to activate his fruit ability. A hundred golden chains appeared in his hand, spreading out into the void in all directions.
Luo Chen's clone clearly sensed the surrounding space become "heavy."
Or, more accurately, "dense."
It was as if he had gone from being in seawater to a semi-solid, gelatinous substance.
Trying to use Kamui or Flying Thunder God Jutsu now would require far more effort, and their activation would be abnormally slow.
"I let him use his ability after all."
Luo Chen's clone's heart sank.
Once he lost his teleportation, his threat level would drop dramatically.
Facing a siege by the Gorosei and the three Admirals, he would be a sitting duck.
Saint Saturn, Akainu, and the others looked slightly more relaxed.
With Luo Chen's spatial teleportation countered, this battle was theirs to win.
The white-suited man also let out a secret, relieved sigh.
As long as the spatial teleportation was restricted, his movements would have to follow a physical path.
He could now predict Luo Chen's movements and dodge accordingly.
It was impossible for the man to ambush and kill him now.
The dark clouds in the sky grew heavier. Black lightning, as thick as trees, struck the island's ground near the auction house.
Earth and rock scattered, and the ground cracked.
Kid, Law, Bonney, and the other Supernovas looked extremely grave.
Unease filled their eyes.
The air was too oppressive.
Last time, a magic circle like this had summoned one of the Gorosei, Saint Saturn.
Now, what would the other five magic circles on the ground summon?
Hundreds of lightning bolts struck around the magic circles.
The roars of different beasts, chilling to the soul, echoed in their ears.
Rayleigh took a deep breath. "They're here."
Luffy, Zoro, and the others looked at him, instinctively asking, "What's here?"
"The Gorosei and the God's Knights." Rayleigh's voice was heavy, his expression extremely serious.
Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp's faces changed.
'Gorosei? As in, the rest of the Gorosei?'
'There are four more as terrifying as Saturn?'
'The God's Knights... they had seen them at Marineford.
A few people who had faced Luo Chen's island-sized meteorite and hadn't been smashed. They were mysterious and unsettling.
Rayleigh said in a low voice, "The God's Knights, the Gorosei... their strength isn't far off from a Marine Admiral's."
"Luo Chen is in danger in this fight."
In his judgment, the Gorosei and God's Knights, fighting one-on-one, were slightly weaker than the three Marine Admirals.
But not by much.
And the strengths of the Gorosei and God's Knights varied.
The strongest among them were not necessarily weaker than an Admiral.
"RUMBLE—"
The dark clouds roiled, and the roars of beasts and thunder were deafening.
Black smoke billowed from the five magic circles, and a terrifying, bone-chilling aura spread out.
As five of the thickest black lightning bolts struck the five magic circles...
...numerous figures appeared.
Inside four of the magic circles were four enormous monsters.
A massive skeletal horse, as if from hell, with a mane of black, flaming clouds around its neck.
A giant sandworm tens of meters high, its massive maw bristling with hard teeth.
A wild boar the size of a small mountain, with four tusks, its body and tusks covered in spots.
A hybrid monster with the head, wings, and claws of a bird, and the body of a snake—Itsumade.
The four giant monsters stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the Ushi-Oni-formed Saint Saturn, like five mountain peaks. Their aura was as heavy as a mountain, seeming to lower the island's atmospheric pressure.
Kid, Law, Bonney, and the others, their faces grim, gasped for breath.
The pressure from those five monsters was too strong.
It was hard to imagine that these five monsters, straight from the world's nightmares, were the World Government's highest authority, the Gorosei.
Beside the five monsters, in the fifth magic circle, figures flickered.
Four more normal-sized humans appeared.
A girl in a cloak, wrapped in bandages.
A disheveled old man with long, golden hair.
A man with the body of a human and the head of a kirin.
And a red-haired man wearing a mask.
The four exchanged a glance with the Gorosei, but did not bow.
This scene alone made Kid, Law, and the others' eyes twitch.
These four, who looked like normal humans, must be the God's Knights that the Dark King Rayleigh mentioned.
But their equal attitude showed that their status and strength were no less than the Gorosei's.
"Why are there so many monsters..." Trafalgar Law muttered, his face pale.
Every single one of them could easily slaughter his entire Heart Pirates.
The three Marine Admirals, four God's Knights, and the Gorosei...
'How could twelve of these monsters appear at once?!'
Eustass Kid was silent.
He looked around.
A hundred Marines and a dozen Pacifistas formed an encirclement.
The Gorosei and the three Admirals were also casting occasional glances at them.
'We can't escape.'
If they tried to flee, they would likely draw an attack from an Admiral or a Gorosei.
The Dark King, Rayleigh, could stop one, but not a dozen.
Jewelry Bonney gritted her teeth. "Straw-man, are we still 'safe' now?"
Before her, every single enemy was so strong she could barely breathe; she felt like she was suffocating.
Even if the Fifth Emperor, Luo Chen, and the Dark King, Rayleigh, were the World Government's enemies...
...it was impossible to win against twelve powerhouses of the same level.
She really wanted to ask where that "Good Omen" from his divination had come from.
It had all been for nothing.
Hawkins, too, fell silent.
He also doubted his own divination.
He had never doubted it before, but today, he truly couldn't see any way to escape.
The Marines and the Gorosei had no intention of letting them go.
They just hadn't attacked them yet because they were focused on dealing with Luo Chen.
Once Luo Chen was defeated, they would be next.
The Ushi-Oni-formed Saint Saturn said coldly, "Luo Chen, you have nowhere to run. Your only option is to surrender."
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