Buzz!
The oppressive force of the Supreme King rapidly spread and struck as the thunder descended, causing a brief delay and opening for the Navy Vice Admiral.
Sometimes, a single flaw can last a lifetime.
"Extreme Thunder!"
Whoosh!
The thunder surged across the Navy Vice Admiral's neck, and in an instant, the Vice Admiral's head soared into the sky before blood could even spray out, falling in sync behind Lily.
"Thunder Net!"
As the black blade darted about, like bolts of lightning wandering through the crowd, it instantly covered the entire deck of the great battleship, enveloping the Navy members who were just rolling their eyes in shock from the Supreme King, too late to collapse or pass out.
Amid the flashing sword light, the lightning contracted towards the center, revealing Lily's sword-wielding figure.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
After a moment of stillness on the deck, either heads flew off or chests were split open, and along with the headless Navy Vice Admiral, a fountain of blood sprayed out.
Lily didn't even sheathe her sword. After cutting them down, she swiftly leaped away, her blade glancing over the deck.
"Flying Bird·Raid!"
The Haki unleashed through the blade, forming a crescent-shaped white slash, and with a bang, split the entire battleship in two. Though it didn't completely cleave it, this sudden split caused the bow and stern to lose balance, tilting up and exposing the Navy personnel in the ship's hold.
"Power Cannon Attack!"
Already at the bow, Renedia raised her Mechanical Hammer, fiercely twisting the hammer's handle. Under the kinetic surge, she fired a specially made cannonball, striking half of the ship's body as Lily leaped into the air.
Boom!
The explosion created a large hole in the bow, and the shockwave caused the ship to completely break apart, plunging into the sea.
"Moon Step!"
At that moment, using the Moon Step to step on air, Marika and the leaping Lily crossed paths, grabbing the cannonball-struck half of the ship's body. With an incredible display of strength, aided by the bouncing of the Moon Step, they lifted the enormous ship's body and slammed it towards the other half.
Bang!!
The other half of the great battleship was completely submerged into the seawater by this heavy blow, covered by the waves.
Renedia turned her Mechanical Hammer towards the remaining ordinary warship.
In mid-air, Lily and Marika also pounced towards the other two warships.
With the greatest threat gone, the remaining warship with a few hundred people was easily handled!
The strength of the high-ranking officer of the Disaster Pirates is not something that can be underestimated.
...
Half-day later.
G1 Navy Base.
"Hmm, I understand. In the future, don't act rashly concerning him; report in advance. This is already not a domain you can deal with."
Sengoku hung up the phone, holding his head in frustration, letting out a heavy sigh.
"Almost retired, and still here sighing?"
Tsuru entered from the door, glancing at the empty space behind Sengoku where 'Justice Reigning Over the World' should have been, but was now gone.
"I am still the Navy Fleet Admiral."
Sengoku looked up and said, "Intelligence just came in. The four warships monitoring 'Disaster' have sunk, and only a few Navy personnel survived."
"Disaster, huh..."
Tsuru pondered for a while and also sighed, "The sea is becoming more violent. Another pirate capable of killing the Heavenly Celestial Dragon has appeared, reminding me of twenty or thirty years ago."
"Nobody knows what the world will be like in the future."
Sengoku slowly looked outside, "Things on our side are quite intense too."
"Yeah..."
Tsuru also turned her head, looking at the vast, blue sea from above, "It's almost over. It's been a nine-day fight. Borsalino said... Kuzan might lose."
At the same time, in Wano Country.
A gigantic Cyan Dragon appeared amidst the clouds, descending towards Ghost Island.
Boom!
A massive impact exploded on the ground, kicking up dust and smoke.
A figure dressed entirely in black, even their face hidden, with flames encircling the back of his head, quickly approached the dust cloud, shouting, "Brother Kaido? What's happening?"
Since he returned, why crash to the ground?
From within the smoke and dust emerged Kaido, now in human form. Clutching his Wolf Fang Club, he held his head with one hand, "Tch, that guy even made landing difficult for me!"
"Brother Kaido?!"
The only visible eye of the person in black shrank significantly, exclaiming.
At this moment, on Kaido's chest, within the dried blood, there was an enormous wound occupying the center of his chest, as if it had exploded, presenting a blown-open injury.
"Ohohohoho! I just had a great fight with the Disaster. It was plenty exciting, didn't even know where he sent me flying, and now I've returned. But that kid is really strong!"
Kaido wiped at the wound covering half his chest, baring his fanged grin, "Left me with a permanent scar!"
Death Star, first floor banquet hall.
Sage sat on the throne, allowing the three leading female officers to take turns feeding him. The food no longer needed to be carefully prepared; it just needed to be cooked and edible.
As Sage continuously ate, white smoke rose from his body, gradually healing external wounds, allowing the extensive chest wounds to slowly close.
After Lily and the others destroyed the warship, they immediately brought Sage back to the banquet hall, first feeding him liquid food, then solid food. Even unconscious, having expended a lot of strength and Life Return energy, Sage still instinctively fed.
During the first hour of feeding, Sage awoke, but his injuries were too severe, and he was too exhausted to move.
Until now.
"Enough..."
Sage's fingers trembled, and his entire arm moved, stopping the three from feeding him further. He closed his eyes, letting the surrounding white smoke rise more fiercely. As his bones crackled, his posture straightened up somewhat.
"Whew..."
Sage exhaled a puff of white breath, reopening his eyes, "That's enough. I can move now."
"Sage, you..."
Lily stared in shock at Sage's chest.
Sage lowered his head, initially revealing a puzzled look, then grinned, fingering the front of his chest where the scars, like bullet holes, couldn't be healed even with Life Return...
The grin widened into a wicked smile, "That's quite something, left me with seven scars!"
Seven scars, from the chest all the way to the upper abdomen, exactly resembling his fighting style in the shape of the North Star Seven Stars.