In Wano Country, Kibi and Udon were successively bombed. Without the support of the Daimyo, large sections of buildings collapsed with a roar amidst the explosions.
The land was riddled with holes, a scene of devastation. Countless bodies were instantly carbonized, and hills were shattered by explosions, leaving behind gaping, horrifying craters.
The streets were filled with people fleeing in panic. The heavy rain extinguished the flames, but acrid smoke still lingered in the alleys.
Samurai, who had spontaneously organized, rescued trapped civilians. The prisoners at the quarry rioted, surging towards the prison gates and wrestling with the guards!
Wald looked at the fleeing crowds below, laughed heartily, took a burning bomb shaped like a rugby ball from Caesar, and instantly magnified it a hundredfold, making it as large as half a battleship.
More than twenty pirate Captains paled at this. "You're kidding, Wald, you're not trying to—!"
"Tsk!" Wald sneered, glancing at the Captains. "Congratulations, you guessed right!"
Caesar's face turned ashen, his smile frozen. Several layers of chins appeared on his face, and he stammered, "Wald, this special incendiary bomb can instantly burn and vaporize buildings within a ten-meter radius. If you make it this big, it will blow away the entire town below!!!"
Wald laughed loudly and directly threw the incendiary bomb, nearly fifty meters long, down!
Like a sharp arrow piercing the sky, a transparent barrier formed at the front of the bomb due to air friction. The fleeing prisoners and samurai vaguely heard a rapid whooshing sound, and subconsciously looked up—
A giant, mountain-like black bomb was bearing down on them, instantly smashing into the ground!!
Boom!!!
A terrifying energy exploded outwards with a roar. High-concentration flames engulfed the earth and spread outwards, swallowing all sand, rocks, vegetation, buildings, and samurai!
A mushroom cloud of fire, a thousand meters high, appeared on the ground, like a dazzling sun!
The terrifying high temperature it emitted instantly ignited the forest a thousand meters away, engulfing the fleeing figures in the distance. Their flesh rotted at a visible speed, turning into stark white bones in their terror!!
The white bones carbonized and were pulverized by the continuously vibrating energy.
Buildings and facilities were also reduced to dust in an instant!!
Even the black battleship flying high in the sky was affected, immediately swaying violently. The Captains hurriedly ordered their subordinates to grip the railings tightly to avoid falling.
But the flame cloud surrounding the battleship was clearly shaking violently, with a subtle tendency to descend!
"Wald, look at what you've done!!!"
Many Captains glared angrily at Wald. If they fell from this height of nearly two thousand meters, most people would be splattered like meat paste.
Wald laughed heartily, completely unconcerned. Caesar next to him was scared senseless, his face devoid of color. He hurriedly shielded the incendiary bombs behind him, strictly forbidding Wald from approaching.
"You're no fun!"
Wald looked displeased, then said seriously, "Raise all the sails and jibs, prepare to land!!!"
Below, smoke billowed, and the towering mushroom cloud, composed of fine dust particles, lingered. More than twenty battleships descended at an angle, stopping exactly on the border between Udon and Flower Capital.
The mushroom cloud still stood on the ground behind them, and the sky-obscuring smoke and dust had already covered the Udon quarry and surrounding villages. Even without intentionally looking, one knew that no one could have survived such an explosion.
The Captains stared blankly at Wald, their faces etched with fear.
The magnification ability was simple and brutal, capable of destroying an ordinary island overseas when applied to external objects. He was a walking disaster!
"Don't just stand there, everyone!!!"
Wald spread out a map in his hand. "If I'm not mistaken, ahead is the Flower Capital, the capital of Wano Country. Now, it's time for you all to perform!"
The Captains looked at the city walls, like a long snake, the houses orderly, the roads crisscrossing, and cherry blossoms dancing.
The violent genes hidden deep within them reignited at this moment, and a strong desire for destruction burned in their eyes.
The Captains drew their weapons from their waists and yelled at their subordinates to charge forward!!!
Kuri Valley.
Abel transformed into his Hellhound human-beast form. The black longsword in his hand ignited with flames, turning into a fire dragon that pounced on Amatsuki Tenpura.
Amatsuki Tenpura's expression changed. Not daring to be careless, he spun his sword, unleashing slashes that cut the fire dragon in half.
In his ears, he heard the sounds of his subordinates clashing with pirates. These pirates fought like fearless fanatics, slashing at the samurai with their swords.
The pirates' faces were twisted, covered in bloodstains. Cut down by samurai, they quickly rose again like zombies, punching samurai down, then mounting them and smashing their faces with a flurry of blows.
"What kind of monsters are these!!!?"
The samurai were terrified. They had never seen anyone get cut multiple times and still stand up to fight as if nothing happened. Fear grew in their hearts, and many samurai staggered backward.
Then a scream came. Amatsuki Tenpura turned his head and saw Fūgetsu Omusubi's arm severed by Bullet.
Amatsuki Tenpura's heart sank. The tide of defeat was already apparent, and the pirates' momentum was rampant. Was this country truly going to fall into the hands of pirates?
"Where is Oden, where did Oden go?"
Amatsuki Tenpura dodged Abel's flame attacks while glancing at Hana no Hyogoro, who was fiercely fighting Hanafuda.
Hana no Hyogoro gritted his teeth, his sword rising and falling in fierce clashes with Hanafuda, sparking fire and transparent energy bursts.
"Oden went to Kuri Riverbank. He probably met a worthy opponent!"
Hyogoro's voice was hoarse. Ryuo Haki deflected Hanafuda's chain hammer along his sword.
"There's someone in this world who can fight Oden!?"
Amatsuki Tenpura was astonished. In his eyes, Kozuki Oden was the most outstanding samurai in the past century, a man capable of succeeding Kozuki Sukiyaki.
But now someone was telling him that Kozuki Oden was held up. How could this not alarm him?
"Don't get distracted!!!"
Abel raised his longsword. A terrifying energy converged at the tip of the sword, instantly forming an energy fireball with a diameter of five meters.
"Kaido is the strongest man in the world. No matter who it is, do you really think Kozuki Oden, as you call him, can stop Kaido? You narrow-minded samurai, die!"
The fireball above his head emitted boundless energy, illuminating Abel's face with shifting light and shadow.
Countless fiery Hellhounds spewed forth from the energy fireball, roaring and tearing towards Amatsuki Tenpura.
In this situation, Amatsuki Tenpura's scalp tingled. He hastily dodged, scurrying across the ground like a monkey. The earth was torn apart by the fiery Hellhounds, melting into charred, black holes.
"Quite good at escaping—"
Abel was slightly annoyed. The flames behind his head suddenly extinguished, and he shot out like a gust of wind, appearing before Amatsuki Tenpura in a blink of an eye. He swung his flaming longsword, aiming for Amatsuki Tenpura's neck!
"So fast!!!"
Amatsuki Tenpura was startled by Abel's speed. He hastily parried with his sword but was ultimately at a disadvantage.
Abel exhaled freezing air, instantly freezing Amatsuki Tenpura's sword-wielding hand. The flaming longsword flashed, and a head was sent flying high.
Blood sprayed into the sky, like a shower of brilliant cherry blossoms.
The moment his head hit the ground, Amatsuki Tenpura just happened to see Shimotsuki Ushimaru appear before Fūgetsu Omusubi, blocking Bullet's bone sword.