Boom!
The entire Golden City slowly crumbled into pieces before Tesoro's despairing eyes!
"My Golden City!!!"
A tragic cry rang out. Tesoro watched the scene, enraged but daring not to speak. The strong winds generated by the clash of those two powerhouses even stung his face.
Who was he supposed to complain to about this?
The clash between the two powerhouses had directly shattered his Golden City, which he had painstakingly built!
In just one minute, the golden dream was shattered!
"It's all Doflamingo's fault!"
"If that guy had clearly told me how terrifying Esdeath was, why would I have provoked her for a mere pittance!"
The furious Tesoro, unable to find anyone else to blame, could only pin it on Doflamingo.
Little did he know, Esdeath had been coming for him all along, so it couldn't be blamed on Doflamingo.
Unfortunately, Tesoro had no sanity left at the moment and pushed all the responsibility onto Doflamingo.
Someone had to compensate for the Golden City!
And besides Doflamingo, who else possessed the financial means to handle such a massive sum?
There's no way Marine Esdeath could come up with that much, right?
Four Emperors Shanks?
Even if he had it, he wouldn't dare ask for it!
"Truly astonishing!"
Issho controlled his gravity, barely managing to keep the land beneath his feet together. Although he couldn't see, he could clearly feel the energy impact generated by the explosion.
He felt it perfectly clear!
"What powerful strength, this terrifying coldness, even Aokiji can't compare!"
Despite using Captain Roger's technique, Shanks still didn't feel he had the upper hand; a terrifying chill raged within his body.
"Red Hair Shanks, truly lives up to his reputation!"
Esdeath also felt immense pressure. Although it wasn't the monstrous strength she faced when confronting Whitebeard.
But!
The man before her was only inferior to Whitebeard in destructive power and physique.
Perhaps among the Four Emperors, Red Hair was the most balanced and formidable one!
He had no Devil Fruit, only unmatched Haki, exceptional physical combat skills, and sharp, exposed swordsmanship!
Boom!
Boom boom!
Another violent energy explosion occurred, once again transforming into terrifying energy that swept outwards.
Both figures retreated simultaneously. Esdeath disengaged her Bankai state, and Shanks put away his Gryphon.
"Uta, let's go."
Then, the two exchanged a glance, and Red Hair took Uta's hand, disappearing from Esdeath's sight.
"Father, did you win?"
"Of course! Hahaha!"
Shanks ruffled Uta's hair; his daughter was just too adorable!
"Lady Esdeath!"
Several women also walked over, looking at Esdeath with concern.
"Lady Esdeath!"
Issho, leaning on his cane, also approached Esdeath and expressed his concern.
After all, he would be working under Esdeath in the future, and this Esdeath was quite to his liking.
"Don't worry, I'm fine."
Esdeath waved her hand, indicating she was fine.
In the collision just now.
Who won or lost between the two?
Neither, it was a draw!
Looking back at the somewhat distraught Tesoro, Esdeath indicated that she didn't want this either.
Who would have thought that just one move from the two of them would wipe out Golden City? This...
Young man, good luck to you!
Esdeath naturally had to leave as well.
The one left to clean up the mess was naturally Gion and her Marines.
And Tesoro took advantage of Gion cleaning up the mess to escape in the chaos.
His goal was clear!
Dressrosa!
"Joker!"
...
After two days of sailing, Esdeath finally found the legendary Pure Gold.
As for that chain maniac who killed a thousand enemies but harmed himself by twelve hundred, she simply threw him into the nearest Navy Base.
Esdeath didn't pay attention to that little girl either, or rather, not a little girl, but an old woman?
After all, she was seemingly over two hundred years old already. This plot should be left for Luffy to trigger; Esdeath had no interest in it.
It's worth mentioning that Esdeath once again made headlines in the world news!
This time it was simple: she stopped the Four Emperors from destroying Golden City, but intelligent people or those present knew.
The matter was much simpler than that; the two just didn't see eye to eye and exchanged a move, and then there was nothing more...!
They just passed out...
"Is this Pure Gold?"
"The thing Celestial Dragons dream of?"
Esdeath toyed with the egg-sized piece of gold in her hand. It didn't seem any different from ordinary gold.
If ordinary gold looked luxurious and could blind people's eyes with sufficient purity and light,
then Pure Gold, simply held in one's hand, radiated a dazzling light that made it hard to open one's eyes.
"This thing probably doesn't need to be swallowed, right?"
The material was very smooth, and its effect seemed to be activated simply by holding it.
"Then…"
A small, sharp ice scalpel appeared in Esdeath's hand.
Then, with one cut, a small piece of the egg-sized Pure Gold was instantly sliced off.
"Ice Ring!"
Cold air surged in Esdeath's hand, and an ice ring slowly appeared on her ring finger.
She picked up the smaller piece of Pure Gold from the table and placed it on the ice ring.
"Perfect!"
Although she didn't feel any increase in power or other mysterious effects, it was well-known that anime didn't follow logic!
"I need to make a few more, but not out of ice."
Rings made at extremely low temperatures could naturally rival steel, but they could still melt, and the cold air emanating from the ring would also harm the wearer.
"Then let's make them into Pure Gold rings?"
"Emm, I'll make an earring for Hancock to replace her original one."
"Tashigi, Ain, Sadi, Domino, Hina, Hancock, Shirahoshi, and Carina—I'll make these first, and there'll be enough for more later."
It's well-known that gold's ductility is exaggerated, but Pure Gold couldn't be given to others, so she had to do it herself.
This matter isn't urgent. Shanks and Whitebeard have boosted my reputation again. Let's see if there are any good things in the shop.
"System, refresh the System Shop."
"Ding! Do you wish to spend five thousand reputation points to refresh the System Shop?"
"Confirm!"
"Ding! Refresh successful. Host, please check it yourself!"
Immediately after, Esdeath opened the System Shop.
Last time it gave her a small surprise. She wondered if there would be one this time?
First page.
Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!
Reputation points: 10,000!
Well, as expected, an enhanced version of the Great Fireball appeared.
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