Chapter 292: Resurrection

Although the Sea Kings did not cause damage to Wano Country, with the leading giant Sea Kings approaching, the so-called natural barriers of Wano Country itself completely vanished.

Aside from Hancock, who launched an attack at the first opportunity, Shirahoshi, Momousagi, Nami, Vivi, Mikita, Tina, and the others also stepped on the giant Sea Kings, ignored the natural barriers of Wano Country, and entered Wano Country directly.

Behind these officers were the merfolk, female Marines, and female Amazons, whose minimum strength was that of a Marine Vice Admiral; this group of women charged onto the land of Wano Country like tigers into a flock of sheep.

Because there was no need to sail upstream against the great waterfall, the scope of the offensive naturally expanded significantly; Hancock's Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability directly triggered a tsunami in the inland sea of Wano Country, turning the defensive lines originally formed by a large number of pirates upside down.

"You really don't leave any room for mercy; you truly live up to being the Pirate Empress!"

Accompanied by a dashing voice, the Red Hair Shanks and his pirate crew blocked Hancock head-on; both the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and the Love-Love Fruit could be called grunt-killers and power-level detectors. Aside from the Red Hair Pirates, who were known as an iron wall and had consistent strength, any single pirate crew facing Hancock would likely have only three or five members left after a single encounter.

"It's you guy again!"

A look of disgust appeared on Hancock's face:

"You are as persistent as a dog-skin plaster; this time, I will definitely turn you and your pirate crew into stone!"

"Mellow Mellow Mellow!"

A pink light flashed rapidly; Shanks's expression changed. Of course, he himself did not care about Hancock's Love-Love Fruit, but his crew members might not be the same. Even the so-called Iron Wall Pirates were not without people who would hold them back.

A terrifyingly immense Conqueror's Haki erupted instantly; pitch-black lightning collided with the pink light. Although both were intangible, they produced an earth-shaking effect in an instant, and even the seawater was shaken by it.

"……You blocked Mellow Mellow Mellow with Haki…… You guy, you really have given me a big surprise!"

A trace of surprise finally appeared on Hancock's face. Although Haki counters Devil Fruit Abilities, that refers to using one's own overwhelming Haki to become immune to Devil Fruit Abilities. Blocking a rule-based Devil Fruit Ability directly with Haki like this had already exceeded Hancock's understanding of Haki.

However, among the Four Emperors, Shanks was also known for his Haki cultivation and could be called the person with the strongest Haki in the world. Being able to do such a thing, while surprising to Hancock, also felt vaguely within reason.

"Don't gather together, watch out for her Devil Fruit Ability, find a way to surround and attack……"

Before Shanks could finish assigning tasks, he heard Hancock opposite him let out a cold sneer: "Are you joking? Do you think you have many people?!"

"Right now, in terms of the overall situation, we have the advantage! Attack!"

Right behind Hancock, Nami, dozens of Amazon warriors, the Snow-Snow Fruit user Monet, the Weapon-Weapon Fruit user Baby5, and dozens of maids from Dressrosa also charged out.

Monet and Baby5 both possessed good Devil Fruits, and after being strengthened by Uchiha Feiyu, they possessed strength roughly at the level of a First Mate of an Emperor. As for Nami, it went without saying; as the first person to follow Uchiha Feiyu, and with the power of three Devil Fruits, she was not inferior to Hancock in the slightest.

"Hancock, you guy…… don't order me around so brazenly!"

Nami said coldly, the lightning in her hand constrained by electromagnetism, turning into a terrifying plasma thunderball that smashed directly toward the opposite side.

A blinding pillar of light rose from the sea surface, and the entire inland sea of Wano Country began to boil. A moment later, the light vanished, revealing Shanks, who was holding a long sword and panting heavily.

"The Rumble-Rumble Fruit, it truly is a nearly invincible Logia Devil Fruit; its power is abnormally strong……"

The relaxed look on Shanks's face had vanished completely; even he felt very strained while facing the combined attack of Hancock and Nami.

Fortunately, there were many powerhouses among the Red Hair Pirates, and his deputy, Benn Beckman, was even more renowned and not much weaker than Shanks, so he moved to meet Nami at the first opportunity.

The Red Hair Pirates also engaged that group of women without hesitation; both sides began a fierce battle, and the fighting escalated rapidly in a short time.

It was not just the Red Hair Pirates; the Charlotte Pirates and the Beasts Pirates also exhausted their full strength. With the influx of a large number of female powerhouses, the entire inland sea of Wano Country was almost turned into a chaotic mess. Terrifying energy erupted continuously, causing the inland sea to surge with waves, and the sea level even dropped by three or four meters.

Shirahoshi faced Charlotte Linlin once again, but this time she had the help of Princess Vivi, a dual-fruit user, so she was not at a disadvantage during the fight. Momousagi faced Kaido again; this time, both had transformed into half-beast states, which instead allowed Momousagi to exert more of her strength.

Compared to Kaido, although Momousagi's Devil Fruit ability had been developed to be more powerful with the help of the Future Unborn Sutra and Faith Power, she was actually completely unaccustomed to fighting in dragon form. In this aspect, Kaido, who had eaten the Azure Dragon Fruit for decades, was more familiar with it.

However, when transforming into the half-beast form, Momousagi's original accumulation as a Great Swordsman could be fully exerted, and her Power Level was more than one or two times stronger than in dragon form.

Although the strongest form for a Zoan Devil Fruit user is the half-beast form, which possesses human flexibility and beastly toughness—even Kaido is much stronger in his half-dragon form than in his dragon state—relatively speaking, Momousagi exerted even greater strength, completely leveling the disadvantage she had initially.

As for the officers of the Four Emperors' pirate crews, they also faced elites like Tina and Mikita, and both sides were fighting fiercely.

Although the fighting in Wano Country was so intense that people's brains were turning into dog brains, Uchiha Feiyu sat very relaxed on a giant Sea King, having no intention of making a move.

It was mainly because his side was not at a disadvantage, so Uchiha Feiyu simply let them train. The Nether Bone Banner in his hand was currently still continuously absorbing the souls and Qi and Blood of the dead, growing stronger all the while.

"The battle situation is becoming more and more intense……"

Uchiha Feiyu sighed with emotion, casually intercepting a soul. Endless blood energy filled the soul, and in an instant, a physical body was formed. The resurrected Marine girl rolled over, raised her head, and looked blank:

"Sir…… I am…… I remember, didn't I die?"

"You died, and then you were resurrected by me; it's that simple."

Uchiha Feiyu said indifferently. For those with greater strength, death is more blurred; this blurriness is not only for the person themselves but also for others.

For ordinary people, as long as the physical body suffers a fatal injury, it is certain death. But for certain powerhouses, even a grave injury that would be ten deaths for an ordinary person is just a minor wound. And for a figure of the Immortal Demon level like Uchiha Feiyu, as long as the soul has not been damaged, resurrection is not a difficult matter.

If it were in certain high-end Immortal cultivation worlds, with Uchiha Feiyu's cultivation, resurrecting others would be a bit difficult. Not to mention professional figures who manage life and death like the Black and White Impermanence or the Hell reincarnation cycle, even if they were resurrected, their potential would likely be mostly wasted.

After all…… the human bodies capable of cultivation in certain worlds are very precise, and Uchiha Feiyu could not manufacture such bodies with infinite potential.

However, there was no need to consider so much in the One Piece World. The creatures of this world are relatively crude, belonging to the type that is "big, dumb, and thick," and there is no sophisticated cultivation system. Manufacturing such bodies was still very easy for Uchiha Feiyu.

The resurrected Marine girl soon came to her senses. She first clenched her fists; this physical body was not the slightest bit different from her previous one. Whether it was strength or reaction ability, there was no difference at all, and it might even be healthier and more vibrant—after all, it was a fresh body without any wear and tear.

Black Haki appeared in the girl's hands; even the use of Haki was completely unimpeded. The girl finally accepted the reality that she had been resurrected from death.

A cold wind blew, and feeling chilly all over, the Marine girl lowered her head, only to discover that she, having just been resurrected, was now stark naked. However, she did not scream much—there was only Uchiha Feiyu here, a man with whom she had already had an intimate relationship, and the rest were all women, so she naturally did not care.

"Go change your clothes! If you want to fight, you can continue to fight, or you can rest for a day."

Hearing Uchiha Feiyu's instruction, the Marine girl saluted and ran directly into the palace to change her clothes.

Another half hour passed, and a soul with a familiar aura flew into the sky again. Uchiha Feiyu, holding the Nether Bone Banner, chuckled slightly and shook the banner surface again; that soul was resurrected as it condensed with a large amount of Qi and Blood.

Compared to the more than one hundred thousand pirates in Wano Country, Uchiha Feiyu only had less than a thousand female soldiers on his side, and with each having the strength of a Marine Vice Admiral as a baseline, the mortality rate was naturally very low. Uchiha Feiyu could completely carry out the resurrection work at a leisurely pace.

The sun on the horizon gradually set, and the giant Sea King palace had almost become a resurrection fountain. However, up to now, the number of female soldiers who had come to report back to Uchiha Feiyu was only a dozen or so.

And the souls absorbed by the Nether Bone Banner had already reached nearly ten thousand. Calculated by mortality rate, one female soldier could at least trade for seven or eight hundred pirates—and these were the highest quality, strongest pirates of the New World.

"The time is about right; let them come back!"

After planting the Nether Bone Banner in his hand, an incredibly terrifying aura suddenly erupted from Uchiha Feiyu's body. Pitch-black lightning instantly permeated the giant Sea King and spread to Wano Country, reaching far and wide.

The most terrifying thing was that this fierce Conqueror's Haki only conveyed a message of retreat to all the female soldiers on Uchiha Feiyu's side, yet when converted to all the pirates, it was filled with terrifying deterrence, making their limbs go weak and their faces fill with horror.

Only pirates at the level of Four Emperors' crew officers could face the shock of Conqueror's Haki without any negative reaction. Even so, their faces were full of surprise; they simply could not imagine how Uchiha Feiyu's Conqueror's Haki was cultivated.

The female soldiers began to retreat slowly, while the many pirates did not pursue. The three Four Emperors standing at the very front had serious expressions, and each of them was also wounded.

Even the strongest Four Emperors could not face two powerhouses of the same level. Whether it was the Red Hair Shanks or Charlotte Linlin, both had suffered significant losses in the battle just now. If it hadn't been for the help of their deputies Benn Beckman and Katakuri, perhaps both would have already been defeated.

Only Kaido and Momousagi had fought to a draw. Although he hadn't gained any advantage, he hadn't suffered any losses either. But in the current situation where the overall situation was at a disadvantage, since the opponent had given him a chance to catch his breath, he wasn't stubborn enough to continue fighting.

Not to mention that judging by the current situation, his side would likely be defeated if they kept fighting, the most important thing was that Uchiha Feiyu hadn't even made a move yet! If he were to be tactless and provoke this final boss into acting, even Kaido himself didn't think he could survive.

It wasn't until the very end, when all the female soldiers withdrew from Wano Country and returned to the giant Poseidon, that the remaining Pirates finally let out a long sigh of relief, and the three Four Emperors were no exception.

A moment later, Kaido looked at the new wounds on his body and spoke in a somewhat muffled voice: "We can't go on like this! Our strength is already inferior to the opponent's, and if we keep slowly wearing ourselves down like this, the ones who will end up dead are definitely us!"

Charlotte Linlin and Shanks remained silent, but they did not refute Kaido's words; the two of them were in a much more disheveled state than Kaido in this battle, and both of them still had quite a few wounds on their bodies.

"Then what exactly should we do? Break out from Wano Country? I don't want to run away in such a pathetic state. Besides, even if we do escape, it would be nothing more than a slow death."

After a long while, Charlotte Linlin said in a low voice, and Shanks shook his head: "We can't escape... There are more and more Sea Kings outside Wano Country, at least tens of thousands of them, and they have completely surrounded Wano Country; there is simply no possibility of leaving."

"And, just as Captain Charlotte said, running away in such a panic is not my style!"

"Red-haired brat, it seems you still have a bit of the aura of an Emperor of the Sea!"

Kaido hoisted his spiked club onto his shoulder and pulled a gourd from his waist, wanting to take a swig of wine, but when he brought the gourd to his lips, he discovered the wine had run dry—in the battle just now, Kaido had truly gone all out, and his drunkard mode had naturally been used long ago, so the wine was now all gone.

Pouring the last few drops of wine from the gourd into his mouth and tossing the gourd aside, a cunning expression appeared on Kaido's face: "Since that's the case, I have a plan that might be able to change the current situation..."

(End of this chapter)