Chapter 468

Off the coast of Britannias.

Sabo stood at the ship’s bow, holding a Den Den Mushi, momentarily stunned:

“Mariejoa has been destroyed?!”

“That means the monster seated atop the world’s pinnacle might also have perished to an ancient weapon?!”

Even in the history he knew, only Gao Wen—a singular genius—had ever withstood an ancient weapon purely through physical strength, across all ages.

According to Sabo’s post-event analysis, Gao Wen’s ability to achieve such an impossible feat was largely tied to his power and the battlefield itself.

It was the Crimson Dragon’s ability, combined with the vast network of earth veins within Britannias, that forged this wonder.

In another battlefield, even Gao Wen himself might not have replicated it.

Such an impossible existence—having one in an entire era is already astonishing enough.

As for a second…

It’s nearly impossible!

“It must be.”

From the Den Den Mushi’s receiver, Dragon’s voice carried suppressed excitement.

Ever since learning that above the Five Elders lay a monarch seated upon the Void Throne, ruling the world for eight hundred years,

the pressure on the Revolutionary Army had surged, nearly suffocating them.

After all, the Marine Headquarters already boasted a host of General-Class warriors—far from easy to handle, let alone Mariejoa, whose hidden strength remained unknown.

Add to that a being who had lived eight hundred years, whose terror level was beyond comprehension.

It could be said that, if the World Government wished, it could effortlessly obliterate any force outside Britannias—including the Revolutionary Army.

But now, with the ancient weapon of Britannias detonating, everything has been destroyed, vaporized, annihilated.

If Sabo’s claim is true—that Gao Wen used some method to lift Britannias into the sky—then even if the world sinks, humanity still has hope of survival.

Excellent!

Truly excellent!

Let’s be honest—no wonder he’s the man burdened with the title of the world’s strongest.

His actions are methodical, his strikes measured, every step calculated with flawless precision—he’s always ahead of everyone else!

The Revolutionary Army members beside him also shed their earlier despair, reigniting hope within them—burning brighter than ever before!

“Now, even after the world sinks, we’ll have a foothold—and all commoners across the globe will have a future!”

“Bonnie~”

Dragon gently stroked Bonnie’s head, his thoughts filled only with awe for Gao Wen.

He had, of course, heard Begeponk’s evaluation of that man.

The power he displayed outwardly was merely the surface of his strength; what truly terrified was his near-precognitive insight and strategic calculation!

At this moment, both Bear, Dragon, and Ivankov felt the overwhelming power of this ability!

But.

Just as Dragon’s excitement swelled, a burst of static suddenly crackled through the Den Den Mushi’s receiver.

Dragon frowned and asked:

“What’s wrong?!”

“Sabo?!”

“Hello? Hello?!”

Dragon’s urgent questions received no reply; the Den Den Mushi in his hand slowly closed its eyes and retracted into its shell.

“Could it be…?”

“That something’s changed?!”

As he pondered,

Dragon’s pupils shrank slightly—he suddenly recalled the Five Elders who had appeared without warning in the Valley of the Gods over thirty years ago!

“Damn it!”

“I knew this wasn’t that simple—something new has happened!”

“That monster in Mariejoa… might not be dead!”

…

Off the coast of Britannias.

Sabo stared blankly at the Den Den Mushi curled up in its shell, trembling violently, momentarily lost.

As he wondered, the air around him suddenly grew heavy!

An invisible, mountain-like pressure—instinctively repulsive—surged like a tsunami, as if seeking to dye all of heaven and earth its own color: an unsettling black!

“Knight Gao Wen?!”

Sabo looked up at Britannias in the sky, his pupils contracting—he assumed Gao Wen had struck again.

But after careful sensing, he realized this was different!

Gao Wen’s aura, though equally powerful, was grand and majestic, utterly dominant—never this suffocating, hellish sensation!

“Is there another monster in this world equal to Gao Wen?!”

“Who is it?!”

“Attacking now…”

“No!”

“I can’t just stand here—I won’t let Britannias fall into the hands of those monsters!”

With this resolve, Sabo made his decision.

After warning his companions to stay safe, he leapt upward, his speed multiplying dozens of times in an instant—a meteor streaking toward the sky, toward Britannias!

Each time he neared exhaustion, Sabo pulled a coin from his pocket, tossed it, and activated the Momo Momo no Mi’s ability to multiply and enlarge it midair, using its momentum to propel himself higher.

Again and again—just as his supply of coins neared depletion—he finally set foot on Britannias’s mainland.

And there he saw the source of that unsettling aura!

Thick black smoke, nearly visible to the naked eye, drifted from Britannias’s interior!

Merely glancing at it triggered soul-deep terror—an instinctive urge to flee!

“What kind of monster is that?!”

“What has happened to Britannias?!”

Sabo pushed himself to his limit, but the source of the smoke lay hundreds of kilometers away—even with full use of the Momo Momo no Mi, it would take time to reach it!

“Faster!”

“Even faster!”

…

“Gao Wen!”

“I’ll kill you! Kill you! Kill you!”

Im’s furious roar echoed across the entire sky from within Britannias—he had suffered serious injuries from direct exposure to the ancient weapon’s blast.

Even though he barely escaped by activating his ability to teleport himself and his subordinates into Britannias, his losses were catastrophic.

More than half of his demonic giant army—considered part of his power to rule the world—had been utterly vaporized in the attack.

It was as if flesh had been torn from his own body!

How could he not rage? How could he possibly not rage? But where was Knight Gao Wen?!

Not only Im was puzzled—so too were the Five Elders and others he had teleported here.