Chapter 77

With Queen's backing, Jack forced the Great Inferno to retreat step by step.

Akainu's expression truly changed again and again.

"Damn it! Just a mere pirate!"

Akainu was furious; how could he, the defender of absolute justice, be forced back by a mere pirate?

He unleashed his full strength and actually held back the combined assault of Jack and Queen!

"Truly the Admiral, the Navy's highest combat power."

King, who had been standing with arms crossed, lowered his arms and said with narrowed eyes:

"Then what if it's like this?"

His black wings on his back spread open; King soared into the air and arrived above Akainu's head.

Black dragon horns on King's forehead crackled with lightning arcs; a thick bolt of Lei Ting crashed down, striking Akainu squarely!

Boom, boom, boom!!

Violent explosions echoed across the fields; the entire coast of Dressrosa seemed about to be destroyed.

Waru and the other four Navy Headquarters Vice Admirals, along with the several hundred marines accompanying them, were all stunned.

This was the first time they had seen anyone capable of holding their own against Admiral Akainu!

And there were three of them at once!

The New World pirates who had been following behind the Navy warships, preparing to laugh at the Beasts Pirates, were now each as if they had seen a ghost.

"My eyes aren't playing tricks on me, are they?"

"Drought Jack bathing in magma? Plague Queen punching back Akainu? Fire Disaster King using Lei Ting to blast Akainu underground?!"

"This... this... this surely isn't a dream?"

The pirates' gaping mouths were wide enough to swallow several fists.

They were utterly shocked, utterly terrified.

The terrifying power of the Three Calamities had exceeded their imagination.

An older pirate sighed:

"Your eyes are fine; these are things truly happening before our very eyes."

"But do not be misled by the surface situation. The reason the Three Calamities have become so strong lies in the root cause: that Beasts Imperial Son-in-Law, Luo Xing!"

Everyone woke as from a dream, suddenly enlightened.

Yes, the most terrifying thing was not the Three Calamities, but Luo Xing, the fifth Sea Emperor with a bounty of two billion, who created such powerful beings as the Three Calamities!

"Beasts Pirates Imperial Son-in-Law Luo Xing; even if he is not in the Beasts Pirates, with his inventions and power, he could completely forge a force no less than a Four Emperors crew!"

"Fifth Emperor Luo Xing; one man can equal an entire Four Emperors crew!"

People whispered in shock.

If one Luo Xing equals an entire Four Emperors crew, that means the Beasts Pirates possess the combat power of two Four Emperors crews; how utterly terrifying is that?

Even the Whitebeard Pirates, universally acknowledged as the strongest, could absolutely not compare to the current Beasts Pirates!

The older pirate looked up at the sky and sighed deeply:

"In the future, this sea will likely be the era of the Whitebeard Pirates."

"The title of this era will likely shift from Whitebeard to Kaido of the Beasts, to the Fifth Emperor Luo Xing!"

Dressrosa coast.

The dust and smoke caused by Lei Ting slowly dispersed; the ground had been blasted into a large crater.

Akainu stood at the bottom of the crater, in a wretched state, his body stained with blood.

"Admiral!"

The marines wore expressions of panic and confusion.

This was the first time they had seen the mighty Admiral Akainu in such a wretched state.

"What are you shouting? I am not dead yet!"

Akainu roared low and jumped out of the large crater.

His face was covered with gloom and fury.

He looked up at King in the sky, then at Jack and Queen standing side by side.

Even he, Akainu, so proud, now had to admit the situation had become extremely tricky.

This time, he would very likely return defeated.

No, that cannot be; he is Sakazuki Akainu! The man destined to become Navy Fleet Admiral!

Yes, Akainu also had a dream.

The pirates' dream was to become Pirate King, but his, Akainu's, dream was to become Navy King!

This was an ambition he had set when he was very young.

But now, within the Navy, the voices supporting him were few.

Low-ranking Navy officers and soldiers, including Fleet Admiral Sengoku and others, all favored Aokiji to take over the Navy in the future.

Although Akainu said nothing openly, he had always cared deeply about this matter in his heart.

He actively killed pirates and undertook the most missions among the three Admirals; this was not without the intention of surpassing Aokiji.

Including this attack on Dressrosa, Akainu intended to complete it flawlessly to greatly increase his prestige within the Navy.

He simply never expected the enemy to be so tricky.

But to retreat because of this was absolutely impossible!

An extremely terrifying aura suddenly erupted from Akainu's body; scorching magma dyed the sky red.

The Marine Headquarters elite Vice Admiral Mouse's expression changed drastically.

"Admiral Akainu has gotten angry—he's going all out!"

Another Vice Admiral said in panic:

"Once the Admiral gets angry, I'm afraid the entire Dressrosa will be destroyed!"

As the world's top-tier combatants, each Admiral possesses the power to destroy an island or even a nation.

In the original story, the great battle between Akainu and Aokiji permanently altered the climate of Punk Hazard.

Mouse hurried forward, advising Akainu:

"Admiral sir, if you do this, I'm afraid the civilians on Dressrosa will all be in danger!"

Akainu's expression was stern, his tone cold-blooded:

"Didn't the Marines file a report before? The civilians of Dressrosa have all rebelled, supporting the Beasts Pirates while cursing the Marines and the World Government. Civilians like that deserve to die!"

Mouse froze in shock, undisguised terror flashing in his eyes.

Admiral Akainu doesn't even care about the lives of civilians?!

This actually isn't all that surprising—during the Ohara Incident over a decade ago, Akainu directly bombarded an evacuation ship carrying civilians.

In Akainu's eyes, there is only one absolute justice—standing with the Marines and the World Government!

Everything else is evil, and not worth pitying in death!

On the Beasts Pirates' side.

King's expression also shifted slightly as he said to Queen and Jack:

"We can't let Akainu destroy Dressrosa, or all of the Young Master's previous efforts will have been for nothing!"

"Stop holding back. You two, fuse together now and wipe out these Marines!"

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Luo Xing stared intently at the Den Den Mushi in front of him.

When King and the others went to Dressrosa, Luo Xing had them transmit the battle footage back in real time via Den Den Mushi.

Seeing that Jack could actually bathe in magma and clash head-on with Akainu, Luo Xing couldn't help clicking his tongue in amazement at Jack's defense.

That dimwit Jack has gotten even better at taking a beating.

Seeing again that the Three Calamities working together could faintly suppress Akainu, a satisfied smile unconsciously curled at the corner of Luo Xing's mouth.

Dragon-level monster cells amplify each user's strength differently depending on their physique and potential.

After all, the gap between dragon-level monsters themselves is enormous—can Bakuzan compare to Orochi?"

By Luo Xing's estimate, among the Three Calamities, King received the greatest amplification, faintly stepping through the threshold of Emperor-level.

Queen and Jack's amplification was next, reaching quasi-Four Emperor level—able to stand against the Four Emperors and Admirals.