The area near the execution ground had been swept clean, with only a few scattered individuals still left standing.
Katakuri, Doflamingo, and the others looked toward Luo Chen, their expressions extremely grave. They all knew Luo Chen was powerful, but seeing it with their own eyes still subjected them to an immense amount of pressure. Tens of thousands of pirates had been wiped out in an instant, and furthermore, Luo Chen appeared to have exerted no effort at all. This sense of oppression made them hold their breath as they stared intently at the battlefield.
Luffy, Zoro, and their companions breathed a sigh of relief. Carina and the others were safe for the time being.
Kozuki Hiyori looked around blankly. Those were tens of thousands of aggressive pirates, yet in the blink of an eye, they had all been swept away, lying on the ground in painful groans. Was Jinghai Army Fleet Admiral Luo Chen really this strong?!
"Continue!" Kaido shouted in a deep voice.
Shiki floated in the air and waved both hands. Over a hundred massive warships surged toward Luo Chen, covering the sky and blotting out the sun. Shadows loomed over Luo Chen's face. He raised his head slightly, looking at the hundred warships with a hint of interest in his eyes. Perhaps he could play a real-life version of shooting mosquitoes with lasers.
With a thought, his Tenseigan activated.
Indigo energy covered Luo Chen's body, condensing into a robe. His eyes turned a pale blue, and twelve pitch-black Truth-Seeking Balls revolved around him. Luo Chen raised a single palm, aiming at the hundred warships in the sky. Near his palm, indigo energy rapidly gathered, condensing into indigo energy spheres the size of walnuts.
Sensing this, Shiki's eyelids jumped wildly. He had an ominous premonition and immediately shouted, "Quick! Jump down!"
As the words left his mouth, the indigo energy spheres near Luo Chen's palm shot out at high speed. Hundreds of indigo energy spheres drew cyan trails through the air as they charged toward the massive ships.
The members of the Beasts Pirates on the ships reacted quickly. The moment Shiki shouted, they began jumping off the vessels. However, with nearly a thousand people on each ship, there were always those who couldn't jump in time.
In less than a heartbeat, the indigo energy spheres Luo Chen fired struck the warships. Huge balls of fire appeared mid-air, engulfing the hundred-plus vessels. The terrified expressions on the faces of the Beasts Pirates members on deck were swallowed by the brilliant flames, vanishing in the explosions.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of dense, deafening explosions rang out. Massive fireballs enveloped the warships, connecting into a high-temperature, crimson sea of fire in the sky. The sky above the execution ground was dyed a vivid red, like a sunset.
Many figures covered in flames screamed as they fell from the sea of fire, falling as densely as dumplings into a pot. They eventually slammed into the ground, wailing in agony, rolling and struggling until they lost their breath.
On the ground, over thirty thousand members of the Beasts Pirates survived because they had jumped from the ships in time. At this moment, they had no time to feel lucky. Above their heads, a massive amount of ship wreckage wrapped in flames was raining down like a dense downpour.
The Tobi Roppo and several high-ranking officers of the Beasts Pirates stepped forward one after another, shattering the ship wreckage to protect the rest. However, with over thirty thousand people crowding the streets and rooftops near the execution ground, some were still struck by debris, their faces covered in blood.
Shiki in the air, the surviving Tobi Roppo, Kaido in the distance... the faces of these pirates were unsightly to the extreme. In the blink of an eye, seventy percent of the army of over a hundred thousand Zoan Devil Fruit users had been killed or injured. Only about thirty thousand remained.
And Luo Chen, from beginning to end, had remained composed. His aura was steady, showing no signs of fatigue.
"I heard you all joined forces just to deal with me?" In the center of the battlefield, Luo Chen couldn't help but laugh, his tone carrying a hint of mockery.
Two years ago, killing a hundred thousand pirates with strength comparable to a Marine Rear Admiral would indeed have cost him a fair amount of stamina. But now, his physical body was strong enough to withstand the forces of spatial tearing. His stamina was so abundant and vast that it was enough to slice the moon dozens of times over. A hundred thousand Rear Admirals could truly be wiped out with a flip of his hand.
As his voice fell, Luo Chen's palm brushed through the void. Indigo energy spheres condensed—tens of thousands of them. The entire sky above his head was filled with these indigo spheres. The power emitted by each sphere was enough to easily kill someone at the level of a Marine Vice Admiral.
Kaido could no longer sit still. If he didn't act now, the foundation he had built up over two years would be completely wiped out by Luo Chen. Moreover, Luo Chen showed no sign of exhaustion; even after condensing tens of thousands of energy spheres, his aura had not weakened at all. The "cannon fodder" plan was a complete failure.
His legs shattered the ground as he prepared to rush out and stop Luo Chen. But in the next second, a massive and heavy force pressed down on his shoulders. Caught off guard, Kaido's knees smashed into the ground, sending large cracks spiderwebbing through the earth around him.
"Stay put," Luo Chen said indifferently.
In the sky, tens of thousands of indigo energy spheres flew out, covering the heavens like a blue rainstorm. Each energy sphere locked onto a single pirate from the Beasts Pirates.
It's over! That was the final thought of all the Beasts Pirates members. They clearly knew that a single indigo energy sphere was enough to kill them.
Rumble—!
The remaining thirty thousand-plus Beasts Pirates were completely consumed by flames. The sky-covering indigo energy spheres shattered their bodies, and the powerful energy destroyed all traces of life.
The Flower Capital vibrated violently. Luo Chen had intentionally controlled the energy overflow of the attack; otherwise, under the explosion of tens of thousands of indigo energy spheres, the Flower Capital would have certainly been reduced to ashes. The intense firelight dyed the sky above the Flower Capital red.
The faces of Charlotte Linlin, Shiki, Doflamingo, Edward Weevil, and the other pirates were illuminated a bright red. They stared blankly at the sea of fire before them, their hearts gradually sinking to the bottom. In their Observation Haki perception, the life auras of over thirty thousand people were popping like bubbles in rapid succession.
If these thirty thousand died as well, it meant the foundation they had spent over two years accumulating was entirely squandered. They wanted to help, but it was too late. Besides, the last person who tried to stop Luo Chen was currently kneeling on the ground...
Charlotte Linlin glared at Kaido and barked angrily, "What are you doing? Letting a brat suppress you?"
Kaido's half-dragon, half-human face turned flush-red as he exerted every ounce of his strength. He simply could not break free from the heavy pressure on his shoulders. Charlotte Linlin's disappointment only served to enrage him further.
"Damn it! Damn it!" Kaido roared repeatedly, his bones creaking and groaning as they reached the brink of shattering.
As he struggled, the sea of fire near the execution ground dissipated. The last remaining thirty thousand-plus members of the Beasts Pirates were gone, leaving not even bones behind. The nearby ground was scorched black.
Kozuki Hiyori stared at the scene before her, stunned. She had now witnessed Luo Chen's strength with her own eyes. Over a hundred thousand pirates had been turned to ash in two or three moves, with not a single survivor. However, when she realized that the remains of Momonosuke and Kin'emon had also vanished in the fire, Hiyori felt a wave of sorrow. She had survived, but her brother Momonosuke, whom she had only just reunited with, and the retainer Kin'emon, were dead.
Chopper, still in his reindeer form, stood by Luo Chen's leg, baring his white teeth and smiling happily at Kaido. "We aren't afraid of you anymore, big dragon man."
Taunted by him, Kaido nearly coughed up blood, the killing intent in his eyes thickening. That damn reindeer was acting bold just because of who he was standing next to.
Luo Chen smiled, his gaze sweeping over Charlotte Linlin, Shiki, Kaido, and the other pirates.
"Looking at you, it doesn't seem like you'll yield easily."
"In that case, why don't you die once first."
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