Chapter 126: The Paramount War is the Decisive Battle (6) — The Great Battle Against the Five Elders
This strange bird was gargantuan in size. It possessed the head, wings, and talons of a bird, but the body of a snake, looking remarkably similar to the Itsumade from Japanese mythology.
Wrapped in clouds of black smoke, it streaked toward Yumesaki's group at a speed that was difficult for the naked eye to track.
Even before its physical form arrived, its attack reached them first.
Opening its beak, it spat out a torrent of intense, searing flames, as if intent on reducing Yumesaki's entire party to ash.
The technique bore a striking resemblance to Kaido's Blast Breath.
This individual was none other than Saint Marcus Mars of the Five Elders.
Anyone who had read One Piece knew that every member of the Five Elders was a Mythical Zoan user.
Furthermore, they were all Awakened Mythical Zoans, each possessing truly extraordinary power.
"I'll handle this one!"
Seeing the Five Elders finally make their move, Kaido felt a surge of excitement. He manipulated fierce winds to snuff out the flames raining down from the sky.
His entire body lunged toward the Itsumade.
As he charged, Kaido's massive frame began to shrink, shifting from his full beast form into his hybrid man-beast form. The Kanabo mace in his hand swung forward like a cannonball.
Thunder Bagua: Quake!!
A white protective sphere manifested around Kaido's Kanabo as it slammed violently into the strange bird's body.
The massive force of the impact, laced with unbelievable vibrations, sent the strange bird flying with a deafening crash.
Just from the sound alone, one could tell it was incredibly painful.
What was the big deal with the Five Elders? What did their Mythical Zoans matter?
Could they really stand against his Azure Dragon Fruit combined with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit?
The Five Elders are a joke. Just die already.
Kaido unleashed his wild nature, gripping his Kanabo and chasing after his opponent. Today, he wanted to pummel the Five Elders in front of the entire world, making sure everyone bore witness to his sheer dominance.
After Saint Marcus Mars's avian form was sent tumbling, he opened his mouth and spat out a massive amount of blood.
The impact of the Thunder Bagua, augmented by the vibrational power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, had truly pushed the limits. Even a Mythical Zoan user with a staggering defense like his couldn't withstand it, if only for a moment.
But it didn't matter; he possessed an immortal body granted directly by Lord Imu.
A minor wound like this meant nothing; instead, it triggered an unprecedented fury within him.
Insolence. Utter insolence. This group of pirates was truly lawless and had no concept of respect.
Today, he would ensure this group never returned, using their deaths to rebuild the dignity of the Holy Land Mary Geoise and the prestige of the Celestial Dragons.
Rumble!
A second later, Saint Marcus Mars recovered his senses and immediately lunged at Kaido without hesitation.
The two sides clashed once more.
Then, Saint Marcus Mars was sent flying again.
There was no other choice. Kaido was already an Emperor of the Sea with monstrous strength, and now that he wielded the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, every single strike carried the power of a quake.
The two forces stacked together were not something Saint Marcus Mars could easily oppose.
Every time they collided, he was repelled.
Like a ball, he was batted back and forth by Kaido, crashing through one luxury building after another.
Saint Marcus Mars was furious, roaring with savage indignation... but the final outcome remained unchanged.
If not for his immortal body, he would have been gravely injured by Kaido long ago.
Driven into a corner, Saint Marcus Mars could only shout: "Hurry, come help me!!!"
Along with his voice, the ground exploded open.
A giant sandstorm worm emerged from beneath the earth, its mouth agape as it lunged toward Yumesaki, intending to swallow him whole.
However, it didn't even get the chance to get close.
Senju Hashirama slammed a single fist into the sand worm's body.
It was a punch coated in Conqueror's Haki, combined with his own monstrous physical strength and the power granted by the Strong-Strong Fruit.
It made Hashirama's punch so powerful it was essentially at the absolute peak of physical force.
The fist struck the sand worm's body with the sound of a massive explosion, and half of the creature's body was instantly blown apart.
Blood and organs sprayed everywhere.
The giant sand worm crashed to the ground with a heavy thud.
The scene shocked the entire audience, and it was even more jarring for those with insider information.
Like Sengoku, for instance.
He knew that the sand worm was actually one of the Five Elders, Saint Shepherd Ju Peter.
But he truly hadn't expected someone to be able to pulverize one of the Five Elders with just a single punch.
It was simply too much.
Yet, at that moment, an even more absurd event occurred. The pulverized sand worm began to regenerate at a speed visible to the naked eye, returning to life in an instant.
This left many people stunned. It could even come back from that? How was this any different from having an immortal body?
Whitebeard narrowed his eyes. Were all the Five Elders this nonsensical?
Senju Hashirama was not surprised; he had already read One Piece and knew the Five Elders' trump cards.
But he felt no fear. This was merely an immortal body; it didn't mean it couldn't be sealed.
Shadows appeared around Hashirama's eyes as he instantly entered Sage Mode.
He clapped his hands together with a sharp, echoing crack, causing the entirety of the Holy Land Mary Geoise to tremble violently.
Immediately afterward, a thousand-armed Buddha statue, three hundred meters tall, sprouted from the earth.
Senju Hashirama stood atop the head of the statue, looking down at the recovered sand worm from a great height.
Wood Release: Sage Art: True Several Thousand Hands.
Saint Shepherd Ju Peter looked up at the towering Buddha statue and, at that moment, couldn't help but curse. Wasn't this just cheating?
Who could possibly fight a gargantuan thing like that?
"Take this!"
As Hashirama's voice fell, so did an uncountable number of fists.
Every single hand of the Thousand-Armed Buddha was coated in Conqueror's Haki, descending with a world-crushing force that hammered Saint Shepherd Ju Peter relentlessly.
Saint Shepherd Ju Peter was furious, acting wildly and trying to retaliate, but he was quickly smashed into meat paste.
There was no other way around it; the current Hashirama was simply that strong.
Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!
At the same time, Tobirama saw that Ju Peter had been reduced to minced meat. He opened his mouth and exhaled a torrent of fire, intending to burn the remains to ash.
He wanted to see if the Elder could still return to life after being completely incinerated.
As it turned out, he could.
Amidst the flames, the minced meat that was once Ju Peter began to pull itself back together, bit by bit, in a shocking display of resilience.
Even if his body was charred to a crisp, it didn't matter.
Orochimaru watched this scene, an unprecedented glint appearing in his pupils.
This kind of immortal body was truly magnificent.
He desperately wanted to capture all of the Five Elders to research their bodies thoroughly.
Ttap ttap ttap...
Just then, the sound of rapid hoofbeats echoed.
A monstrous half-man, half-horse figure charged toward them, his body shrouded in black smoke. This was Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro of the Five Elders.
Following behind him was a giant wild boar with four tusks and spots on its body, also wreathed in black smoke.
Saint Topman Warcury.
Finally, there was Saint Saturn, who had the upper body of a human and the lower body of a spider.
With this, all members of the Five Elders had appeared.
The one running the fastest was undoubtedly the centaur-like Saint Nusjuro. His movement was as fast as a lightning bolt. He gripped the Supreme Grade Shodai Kitetsu, with Conqueror's Haki coating the blade.
He launched an icy slash toward Yumesaki. Everywhere the slash passed, the temperature plummeted, and snowflakes began to drift through the air.
But before the icy slash could reach Yumesaki, it was intercepted.
A black shockwave of energy flew out, clashing violently with the ice.
After the two forces held each other in a brief struggle, the icy slash shattered into fragments.
A green-haired man stood in Saint Nusjuro's path.
When Saint Nusjuro saw this man, his pupils constricted sharply.
"Impossible... Shimotsuki Ryuma? How could you still be alive?"
Several hundred years ago, the World Government had invaded Wano Country, only to be driven back by Shimotsuki Ryuma.
That battle had let everyone know that Wano Country possessed Samurai.
It also made the high-ranking Five Elders remember this Dragon-Slaying Samurai.
But at that time, the Five Elders didn't care much. No matter how strong the Dragon-Slaying Samurai was, he was just a human. He wouldn't be able to withstand the flow of time and would eventually become a handful of dust.
Yet now, after hundreds of years had passed, the Shimotsuki Ryuma who should have been long dead stood before them once again.
This made Saint Nusjuro feel that reality had become nonsensical.
Shimotsuki Ryuma did not speak; he simply swung his blade.
Slashes that covered the sky blocked all of Saint Nusjuro's exits. Saint Nusjuro was forced to swing his Shodai Kitetsu to clash with Ryuma's Shusui.
The sharp sound of clashing metal rang out continuously.
In the repeated collisions, Saint Nusjuro found himself pushed back again and again.
He felt that Ryuma's strength was absurdly massive; every strike felt as heavy as a mountain. Even as a Mythical Zoan user, he was actually losing in terms of raw power against Shimotsuki Ryuma.
It was an utter humiliation.
As those two fought fiercely, Saint Topman Warcury in his boar form was intercepted by Issho.
Gravity Blade: Raging Tiger!
Instantly, a terrifying pressure descended, pinning Saint Topman Warcury's body down.
Even a wild boar with such monstrous strength was forced to the ground at that moment.
The surface of the earth crumbled instantly.
Saint Topman Warcury let out a roar of rage, trying to stand up amidst the crushing gravity.
But a second later, one of his legs was severed by a sharp energy blade.
Issho was not just a user of the Press-Press Fruit; he was a true Great Swordsman.
Of course, for a member of the Five Elders with an immortal body, this kind of wound meant nothing—at most, it was just a surface injury. What made things difficult for Warcury was that suffocating gravity.
If he couldn't break free from this pressure, he was essentially dancing in heavy shackles during the battle.
He couldn't fight at his full potential at all.
At the same time, Charlotte Linlin burst into loud laughter. Seeing everyone around her had found their prey, she charged toward the last member of the Five Elders without hesitation.
Saint Saturn, the half-man, half-spider.
Napoleon Sword: Cognac!
Charlotte Linlin went straight for her ultimate move from the start, launching a lethal strike without a word. There was no need to hold back against the Five Elders, because holding back would only lead to a swifter death.
"Insolent!" Saint Saturn roared, his massive spider legs instantly blocking Linlin's attack.
A dull thud exploded.
An invisible shockwave swept out in all directions like a collapsing mountain or a tsunami.
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