After the Marine and the Seven Warlords were enhanced by Imu's Domi Reversi, they displayed even greater strength, turning the tide of battle and firmly suppressing the Revolutionary Army and the Red Hair Pirates.
The bodies of those Marine Vice Admirals expanded to twice their original size. Fangs grew from the corners of their mouths, and pitch-black demonic wings spread from their backs.
Initially, Issho had been able to hold his own against Ryokugyu, perhaps even having a slight advantage.
His Press-Press Fruit ability had significantly hampered the wooden form of Ryokugyu.
However, after Ryokugyu entered the Domi Reversi state, the situation completely reversed.
Ryokugyu's body expanded once more, from dozens of meters to nearly a hundred meters tall, like a moving mountain.
His eyes turned white, and black mist and ferocious barbs grew on his vines.
"Gravity Blade: Tiger!"
Issho roared, swinging his sword. A gravity wave in the shape of a tiger lunged at Ryokugyu.
Ryokugyu didn't dodge. He let the wave hit him.
Boom—!
A massive crater exploded in the ground, sending rubble flying, smoke billowing.
But Ryokugyu didn't move an inch.
His body just swayed slightly, then continued walking toward Issho.
"This level... is useless against me now."
The next instant, Ryokugyu's arm transformed into countless vines, sweeping toward Issho from all directions.
Issho was forced back step by step, constantly swinging his sword to cut the vines.
But the vines were endless. Cut one, and even more came flooding in.
Cold sweat dripped down the blind Army Commander's face, veins bulging on his forehead.
"This... doesn't look good..."
Red Hair Shanks made an immediate decision. He forced back the several Marine Vice Admirals before him with a single slash and shouted to everyone, "There's no need to fight them to the death! Our only goal is to rescue Luffy! Once we save Luffy, we retreat!"
With that, Shanks gripped his sword with both hands, pushing his Conqueror's Haki to its limit.
Dark red lightning crackled along the blade.
All his momentum focused on the tip of his sword.
"Divine Departure—!"
He slashed.
A dark red sword beam, like a roaring dragon, tore through the air and swept forward.
The ground was gouged deep.
The Marine Vice Admirals, enhanced by Domi Reversi, were hit by the sword beam and sent flying backward, like leaves scattered by a strong wind, crashing heavily to the ground and kicking up clouds of dust.
"So strong..."
Doberman climbed up from the ground. There was a deep cut on his chest... black mist seeped from the wound, the flesh at the gash squirming as it tried to heal.
But it was much slower than before.
Conqueror's Haki coating caused far more damage to Imu's contract than ordinary attacks.
Seizing this opportunity, Sabo called out to the rear, "Smoker-san! We're counting on you!"
Smoker, who had been at the rear, now charged forward.
On the palms of his hands were pink paw pads, like a bear's.
Sabo quickly explained, "We'll create an opportunity for Smoker-san! When the time comes, use your Paw-Paw Fruit's ability to send someone to the execution platform and save Luffy!"
Smoker squeezed his paw-padded palms and nodded. "Leave it to me."
Watching Smoker's paw-padded hands on the Visual Den Den Mushi screen, Makoto couldn't help but laugh.
He had been curious earlier about who in the Revolutionary Army had eaten the Paw-Paw Fruit after that unlucky bastard Kuma was gone.
But no matter how he thought about it, he never expected it would be Smoker.
He felt Smoker's tough-guy image didn't quite match the Paw-Paw Fruit.
Still, it had to be said, the Paw-Paw Fruit's ability was really convenient.
As long as Smoker could touch Luffy with his hand, he could immediately use the fruit's power to send him away.
But the key problem was that the Marine certainly wouldn't give them that chance.
Sengoku immediately ordered, "Full defense! Absolutely do not let the Revolutionary Army and Red Hair Pirates advance another step!"
Instantly, the battle grew even more brutal.
Belo Betty used her ability of the Pump-Pump Fruit to continuously boost her side's morale.
She waved her large flag as the passionate drumbeats echoed across the battlefield. Red light spread from the banner, covering every one of her allies.
The soldiers' eyes grew bright, their bodies filled with strength.
It had to be said, this kind of Devil Fruit ability was incredibly effective in a large-scale battle like this.
If anyone else had to face so many experts enhanced by Domi Reversi, they would probably have lost their will to fight long ago.
However, boosting morale was not enough to close the gap in strength.
Squelch—!
A sharp red blade beam pierced Karasu's chest.
Akainu sheathed his sword, expressionless, watching the body of Revolutionary Army's officer, Karasu, slowly fall.
Blood gushed from the wound, staining his white uniform.
Karasu's eyes were still open, his pupils already faded, a bitter arc frozen at the corner of his mouth.
"Karasu!"
Lindbergh roared, raising his freeze gun, aiming at Akainu.
But before his finger could pull the trigger, a blade was thrust through his heart from behind.
Onigumo.
The hawkish Marine Vice Admiral, wielding six swords, one in each hand, expressionlessly withdrew his blade.
Lindbergh's body went limp and fell. The freeze gun in his hand dropped to the ground with a clatter.
Seeing her comrades killed, Yukino's lips pressed white.
At the same time, she looked with some resentment at the young man on the execution platform.
All the Revolutionary Army's achievements over so many years, destroyed for the sake of just one kid.
Yukino was furious.
She didn't even want to imagine how Makoto would laugh at her when he saw this.
But Yukino was overthinking it.
Makoto wasn't laughing at her at all. Given her strength, she had already done remarkably well.
Just then, Robin came to Makoto's side, pressing her mature, beautiful body against him.
Her arm slid over his shoulder, and she practically hung on him, the soft touch of her chest transmitted through the thin fabric.
"Daddy, when are we making our move?"
Her voice was charming and lazy, carrying a hint of coquettishness.
After the pleasures of this recent period, Robin also knew that Makoto would definitely intervene in this war.
And now, the Marine and the World Government had firmly taken the upper hand.
Robin, who shared an irreconcilable hatred with the World Government, absolutely did not want to see them happy.
Hancock, who had been pushed aside, looked very displeased. If Makoto weren't there, she would have turned this presumptuous woman to stone.
Watching Robin acting seductively in Makoto's arms, Yu signaled with his eyes to Beam, Ace, and the others and wisely withdrew from the venue.
With no other men present, Robin's actions grew bolder.
She reached for Makoto's zipper, tied her hair back in a ponytail, and began to service him.
From the back row, Kotonoha, Yui, and the others could vaguely see her head moving up and down.
While doing so, she looked up at Makoto with those deep eyes and gave him a coquettish glance.
"Daddy, I want to go quickly~"
Her voice was soft and sweet, carrying a hint of pleading.
Hiyori's eyes nearly popped out beside her.
'Were you trying to steal my father?'
When Kalifa heard this, her expression completely changed.
Though Makoto hadn't yet stated his position, through Robin's words, she could clearly determine that Makoto was preparing to intervene in the war, and his target was directly aimed at the World Government.
But just as Kalifa was thinking of finding an opportunity to pass this message back to the Five Elders—
Makoto hooked his finger at her, signaling her to come over.
Kalifa swallowed her saliva.
She knew that at this moment, she couldn't think about those things.
She could only bend down, remove her black stockings, and slowly lower herself onto him.
…
The Summit War continued.
The main forces of the Revolutionary Army and Red Hair Pirates kept fighting through blood and enemies, creating opportunities for Smoker.
Sabo swung his Haki-coated water pipe, charging back and forth through the crowd.
Zoro wielded his three-sword style, but he was still very green, not yet having mastered flying slashes.
Yasopp fired multiple shots, each bullet precisely piercing the chest of a Marine soldier.
Beckman raised his pistol and fired a shot into the air. The bullet exploded mid-air, scattering into countless tiny fragments that rained down like a storm, taking down a group of Marine soldiers.
Smoker kept looking for openings, using his Paw-Paw Fruit's teleportation ability to try to send people to the execution platform.
However, the Marine was well-prepared, even setting up a dragnet in the air.
The giants among the Vice Admirals stood in the center of the plaza, swinging their giant swords to swat down the incoming 'paw-print flight balls'.
Doflamingo, forced to sign the contract and unable to slack off, stood guard in the sky.
He flicked his fingers slightly, and transparent threads wove together like a spiderweb in the air, slicing the flight balls to pieces.
Moria also summoned shadow bats, creating a warning line in the air.
Those bats' eyes glowed red as they lunged to bite any target they detected.
Even with the ability of the Paw-Paw Fruit, forcing a breakthrough from the air was no simple task.
Sengoku checked his pocket watch.
Less than an hour remained until the execution.
When the time came, they would publicly execute Luffy before the entire world and declare this war a victory for the Marine.
Then, Sengoku glanced at Garp sitting directly below the execution platform.
"Garp."
"If you have any inappropriate intentions at this point, I will absolutely not let you off."