Chopper carried Carina and Toko, with Kozuki Hiyori two steps ahead of them.
Kaido stood before them, roaring in a fit of rage as he surveyed the surroundings.
Suddenly, the light and shadows flickered beside Chopper, and a figure appeared.
Near the execution ground, everyone's eyes converged on that spot in an instant.
Many people trembled, their eyes filled with horror.
"The Jinghai Army Fleet Admiral, Luo Chen!"
By this day, Luo Chen's fame and appearance were known to everyone under heaven.
Why did these many pirates who once dominated the seas huddle in Wano Country, submissively serving under Kaido and Charlotte Linlin?
It was precisely to evade the purge led by the Jinghai Army under Luo Chen's command.
Now that Luo Chen had appeared in Wano Country, standing right before their eyes, their hearts were shaken to the core.
Of course, the reason Shiki, Doflamingo, and the others had gathered in the Flower Capital was because someone had recently reported seeing a figure suspected to be Luo Chen on its streets.
That was why Kaido and Charlotte Linlin had been on high alert, mobilizing their entire forces to blockade the Flower Capital.
In contrast to the horror and anxiety felt by the Beasts Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates, the distant Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji were overjoyed.
With Luo Chen appearing here, it was self-evident who had just stopped Kaido's spiked club.
Usopp was so excited he nearly burst into tears, laughing uncontrollably: "Hahahaha, great! We're not going to die!"
Just moments ago, surrounded by two Four Emperors crews, multiple Great Pirates, and over a hundred thousand enemies, he truly felt that today was the end.
But now that Luo Chen had appeared, Usopp instantly saw the hope of survival.
As the Jinghai Army Fleet Admiral who once easily suppressed twelve Admirals by himself, there was no need to doubt Luo Chen's strength.
Even if the enemies were two Four Emperors, Usopp believed the victor would undoubtedly be Luo Chen.
Closest to Luo Chen, Chopper's dark, shiny deer eyes shimmered with tears.
Carina looked at Luo Chen with a face full of pleasant surprise.
That was a terrifying close call.
She thought she was going to be crushed into meat paste by Kaido's club, just like Kin'emon and Momonosuke.
Kozuki Hiyori also turned her head, her gaze dazed for a moment.
She hadn't even seen how Luo Chen appeared.
Furthermore, could this person win?
Could one person defeat so many enemies?
Or had Luo Chen brought the soldiers of the Jinghai Army with him?
Kozuki Hiyori glanced around but found no trace of the Jinghai Army, and a hint of worry surfaced in the depths of her eyes.
"Let go of me!" Kaido's bell-sized eyes glared over in fury.
Luo Chen curved his finger and made a flicking motion toward the air.
The repulsive force of Shinra Tensei erupted from his fingertip, slamming into Kaido.
In an instant, Kaido's nearly ten-meter-tall body flew out like a cannonball, smashing through rows of houses and crashing into the distant ruins.
Luo Chen raised his hand with a beckoning gesture, and Kozuki Hiyori's body lifted into the air, landing gently onto Chopper's back.
Kozuki Hiyori's red lips parted slightly, her face filled with astonishment.
She looked blankly toward the distant ruins.
Kaido... was just blown away like that?
Luo Chen seemed to have only flicked his finger, right?
Is this really a Four Emperors?
He's so weak he looks like an actor... Kozuki Hiyori's heart was filled with immense wonder, and her beautiful eyes couldn't help but turn toward Luo Chen.
At this moment, Luo Chen's attention was mostly focused on the tens of thousands of pirates surrounding them.
He raised his hand and made a grabbing motion, drawing a pirate from the Beasts Pirates through the air.
"You—what do you want to do?!" This pirate from the Beasts Pirates put on a brave front, his eyes filled with panic.
Even their Governor, Kaido, had been flicked away by Luo Chen's finger.
Now that he had been caught, he couldn't break free from the restraint of that mysterious power at all; his life and death were entirely up to Luo Chen's whim.
Luo Chen did not speak, suddenly increasing the gravity around the man.
The pirate from the Beasts Pirates let out a painful roar, his skin tearing across his body as blood splattered out.
In the next moment, he instinctively activated his Zoan Devil Fruit ability.
His body began to swell, brown fur grew over his skin, and in the blink of an eye, he turned into a massive brown bear.
The brown bear's eyes were blood-red, emitting a violent and ferocious light, seemingly having lost all human reason.
Luo Chen's eyes showed a hint of reflection as he muttered to himself: "The aura of the SMILE is much more violent than normal Devil Fruits.
The users lose their sanity after transforming.
However, their strength is significantly boosted, comparable to a Marine Rear Admiral..."
After coming into close contact with these SMILE users, Luo Chen sensed something was wrong.
The power of the Devil Fruits within these members of the Beasts Pirates was extremely restless, appearing to be beyond the host's control.
It was completely different from those who consumed natural Devil Fruits out in the world.
"The SMILE... the users trade their sanity upon transformation for the strength of a Marine Rear Admiral."
"This is the first time I've seen this."
Luo Chen mused internally.
He remembered that in the original plot, the SMILE users under Kaido's command still retained their sanity after transforming.
Now, things had changed.
The strength of the users had also become much greater.
The ten thousand pirates on the ground and the hundred thousand Zoan users in the sky would likely all reach the level of a Marine Rear Admiral upon transformation.
Over a hundred thousand Marine Rear Admirals... this was a force that even the original Marines could never hope to match.
Luo Chen's gaze swept across the many pirates.
His eyes lingered particularly on Shiki and Doflamingo.
These mutated Zoan users under Kaido were undoubtedly connected to those two.
"Kill him for me! Move!"
In the distant ruins, Kaido stood up, his face covered in dust and grime as he roared his command.
Hearing their Governor's words, the ten thousand pirates surrounding Luo Chen hesitated for a brief moment, but led by a few loyalists, they swarmed forward all at once.
The battle cries of over ten thousand pirates made the buildings and the ground of the Flower Capital tremble.
Wielding swords, spears, axes, and hammers, they were like a black ocean, surging toward Luo Chen at the center.
In the distant sky, Shiki stared down with a wary gaze.
Luo Chen's strength had completely exceeded his and Kaido's expectations.
Even Kaido could now only order his subordinates to go to their deaths to exhaust Luo Chen's stamina.
He controlled the hundred or so giant ships floating in the sky, ready to deploy more troops at any moment.
If ten thousand SMILE users couldn't handle Luo Chen.
Then they would use thirty thousand, fifty thousand, or even a hundred thousand!
Even if it were a hundred thousand pigs for Luo Chen to slaughter, he would still be exhausted to the point of collapse, with his blade's edge dulled and curled.
The killing intent erupting from the ten thousand pirates turned the faces of Carina and Kozuki Hiyori pale.
Luo Chen, however, remained calm and composed as he raised his palm.
"Shinra Tensei!"
Another strike of Shinra Tensei.
Roughly ten percent of the repulsive force centered on him and erupted toward the surroundings.
The pirates at the very front who made contact with the force immediately cried out in pain, coughing up blood as their bodies were sent flying backward.
Their companions behind them were quick to react, immediately reaching out to catch them.
But that repulsive force was incomparably powerful.
Row after row of Beasts Pirates were sent flying rapidly toward the rear.
Many pirates transformed into their hybrid forms, barely maintaining their sanity as they reached out to resist the pushing force and their companions.
For a moment, the black torrent formed by the ten thousand pirates came to a standstill.
Seeing this, Luo Chen increased the repulsive force of Shinra Tensei from ten percent to twenty percent.
In an instant, men and horses were overturned, screams filled the air, and numerous weapons were knocked out of hands, flying into the sky.
Those pirates at the back who were struggling to resist could no longer hold on; they were slammed by their companions in front until they spat blood, crashing into the distance.
The ten thousand pirates were sent flying at least a hundred meters, falling haphazardly to the ground in a chorus of painful groans.
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