Aramaki firmly protected the black pentagram token beneath him, rapidly injecting his life force into it, even using his own life essence.
'I'll risk it. At worst, I'll just absorb a few more pirates later.'
As Aramaki continued his output, the leaves of the great tree he had formed turned withered and yellow, the branches disintegrated into powder and drifted into the air, and even he himself was revealed in his true form.
His originally rosy complexion became withered until, with his very last breath, the charging finally ended.
He lay on the ground, gasping for air: 'Huff, huff, this should be enough credit for me now, right?'
Thunder rumbled in the sky, and a bolt of lightning gathered in the clouds, locking directly onto the completely defenseless Aramaki.
Sensing the danger, Aramaki immediately turned his head to look at Hera, who was fighting Big Mom: 'What are you doing? The Gorosei are about to arrive. Why don't you have your crew protect me?'
A voice suddenly came from behind him: 'Easy, easy. How about this? You enter my City of Devouring Time, and I'll protect you. How does that sound?'
His shadow suddenly shifted, eventually forming the appearance of a Little Hera, and several black lines emerged from the shadow, firmly binding him to the ground, unable to move.
Accompanied by the arrival of Kaido's 'Thunder', Aramaki was directly dragged into the City of Devouring Time by the Little Hera in the shadow, and his figure disappeared.
Kaido, having just arrived, glanced at the scorched marks on the ground: 'Is he that weak? He couldn't even withstand one 'Thunder'.'
Hera felt the energy coming from Aramaki and curled her lips:'Sigh, I thought it would be a big meal, but he exhausted himself to nothing. This is boring.'
'However, having a Logia Forest-Forest Fruit is not bad either. This Logia fruit can be considered a top-tier fruit. I'll see if Brother Sabo is interested later.'
Although Aramaki died, the black pentagram magic circle he protected was not affected. The token gradually split into five, and the pitch-black light radiated an ominous aura.
Bullet's fists smashed toward the five summoning circles in the sky, causing them to shake, but it failed to affect the formation of the summoning circles.
Hera sensed the energy contained in the summoner and complained: 'These five old guys are quite shameless. Clearly, summoning one first and then the others would require less energy.'
'They insisted on summoning all five at once, and as a result, they drained Aramaki dry.'
Kaido's club swung toward Hera. Hera first parried Big Mom's Emperor Sword, then turned around, and 'saikū' blocked Kaido's attack.
She herself followed this force and disengaged from the battlefield. The City of Devouring Time wrapped around her body extended several chains, and by the way, pulled out the members of the Argo who were in a stalemate and the members of the Straw Hat.
The muzzle of 'Forging Sky' gathered light, and after a few shots of 'Aquarius Bullet', the green light healed their injuries.
Subsequently, Hera took out a few bottles of freshly squeezed life energy and poured them into the Straw Hat members.
Watching Luffy, who was gradually deflating and finally returning to his normal form, Hera asked: 'What do you say? Do you feel anything?'
Luffy scratched his head: 'Bullet is really too strong, especially his Armament Haki, which is exceptionally powerful. I really want to learn a bit.'
Hera rolled her eyes at Luffy: 'I'm not talking about that. Do you feel anything? Like that feeling of freedom, liberation, that kind of feeling.'
Luffy shook his head: 'No, what do you mean by all this?'
Hera sighed:'Sigh, it seems it's still not working right now.'
Then she began to ponder whether she should let Luffy take a couple of hits from Kaido's 'Thunder Bagua' to test it out.
The five pitch-black pentagram formations in the sky gradually unfolded, and five phantom figures emerged within them.
Sensing this aura, Shanks brought the Red Hair Pirates and was also rushing here: 'Fortunately, I left an undercover agent at the Pirate Expo this time. I didn't expect the treasure to be that thing.'
It turned out to be Buggy. The moment he realized what was in the treasure chest, he immediately notified Shanks and told him to hurry over.
As one of the former members of the Pirate King's crew, Buggy knew better how much of a stir this thing would cause. Just based on Bullet alone, he could not stop it.
Shanks shook his head and said: 'It's really worrying. Why does it feel like ever since Luffy went to sea, the ocean, which originally had almost no waves, often has incidents?'
'Now even the Four Emperors have gathered several times, right? This was unimaginable before. Even the Four Emperors have started to unite in pairs.'
Beckman bit his cigar and said: 'This sea is getting lively. Luffy and Hera, the two of them, will continuously stir up waves.'
Shanks muttered to himself: 'Is this the future you saw, Captain Roger?'
After receiving Buggy's message, Shanks knew that the Celestial Dragons were very likely to intervene, so he specifically called Ace and asked him to help resolve this dispute together.
Hearing that Hera and Luffy were also there, Ace immediately led his Spade Pirates and rushed toward Hera's direction.
The World Government's actions did not just stop at sending the Gorosei; they also issued orders to Sengoku.
Kizaru, who had high mobility, had already started acting a step ahead. The yellow flash streaked across the sky, moving at extreme speed toward Delta Island, where the Pirate Expo was being held.
On the other side, Kuzan's bicycle was pulling a sled behind it, and he was pedaling so fast on the sea that it was almost sparking.
Garp, sitting behind Kuzan, loudly urged Kuzan: 'Faster, faster! The World Government has already started moving, so we need to hurry over too. Hera is waiting for us.'
That anxious expression looked as if he wished he had a whip in his hand to lash the Kuzan in front of him.
Kuzan shook his head helplessly, Armament Haki spread to the bicycle between his legs, dyeing the entire bicycle black.
'Hera will be fine. Her mobility is the strongest among us. Is there really anyone on the side of the World Government and the pirates who can stop her?'
Garp's face turned livid: 'You don't know, back then at God Valley...'
Then, as if thinking of something, he didn't continue.
Kuzan felt Garp's anxious heart. The old man behind him was like a volcano about to erupt, and his entire aura was constantly rising.
Feeling the Haoshoku about to erupt from behind, Kuzan pedaled the bicycle even faster, thinking to himself: 'If I had known, I would have asked Vegapunk to modify my bicycle.'
The strong from the Marines, pirates, and the World Government were all moved by this one small eternal pose, and they all rushed toward this place.
The wind gradually picked up. Ain was the first to discover the change in the wind. The person who made countless kings afraid, had also arrived at this battlefield.
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