Chapter 282

Some marines recognized that man.

Immediately after, a blinding flash landed on the plaza of Mary Geoise, coalescing into a human form.

He wore a hat, a long black coat, and black gloves; in his hand he held an iron rod, and he grinned at the Warring States before him with a dangerous curve: "Do you remember the time you attacked Luffy in Marineford? Admiral Sengoku."

Sengoku, transformed into a golden Buddha, stared at him coldly: "You think obtaining the Gura Gura no Mi makes you stronger than me? Don't get too cocky, kid! Where are Dragon and Luo En?"

Sabo pushed his hat up with his finger and smiled at Sengoku: "Don't worry—he'll appear when it's time."

A giant vice admiral swung his sword at him from behind.

Sabo instantly dissolved into photons and reappeared before the giant vice admiral, delivering a flash-kick that sent his massive body flying, crashing hard into a palace.

Sengoku's expression turned icy: "This isn't a place where you can act recklessly!"

A flicker of red flashed in his eyes as he unleashed a powerful Conqueror's Haki straight at Sabo!

Sabo, caught off guard, was stunned for a second.

Sengoku raised his golden Buddha palm and slammed it down at Sabo from above.

Sabo was about to be struck by the shockwave.

A massive figure appeared out of thin air before Sabo, raised a bear paw, and completely absorbed the shockwave.

Seeing that man.

Sengoku's expression grew even darker:

"Bartholomew… Xiong Zhang!"

With the appearance of Tyrant Xiong Zhang.

Then.

A violent wind began to rage across all of Mary Geoise.

Lightning flashed in the sky, dark clouds gathered, and wind, clouds, thunder, and lightning intertwined endlessly.

Boom—!

A thick bolt of lightning struck directly at the palace of Mary Geoise, targeting the Five Elders' location.

The CP0 commander narrowed his eyes, stomped his foot, activated the ultra-class Haki Step, and moved faster than lightning into the air; with his Armament Haki hardened, he punched forward and shattered the thick bolt of lightning above Mary Geoise.

Lightning blazed, arcs scattering everywhere.

The man with the white mask looked up, and on a fragment of floating island stood a cloaked man whose face bore tattoos.

"Monkey D. Dragon… has he finally appeared?"

The CP0 commander stared at Dragon, his eyes filled with gravity.

This most dangerous criminal in the world was extremely mysterious, his abilities unclear, still unknown to the World Government.

But these questions should all be answered today.

The CP0 commander, the man known as 【Zero】, stomped the air, unleashed his leg power, activated the ultra-class Moon Step, and in one step appeared before Dragon.

As his entire body hardened with Armament Haki, he activated the supreme-level Life Return, radiating waves of scorching heat, his aura surging violently.

"If I kill you all here, this sea will have no force left capable of shaking the World Government—this sea will know true peace!"

"Peace without justice or fairness is nothing but false peace," Dragon said calmly. "No one wants that kind of peace."

Zero and Dragon clashed atop the floating island fragment.

Dragon's abilities began to reveal themselves in the battle.

Paramecia, the Goro Goro no Mi.

And he had reached the level of Awakening.

Controlling storms, summoning dark clouds and rain, or generating lightning by creating thunderclouds—all were Dragon's powers!

Besides this Devil Fruit ability, Dragon was also proficient in taijutsu and all three types of Haki.

Dragon Claw Fist was what he taught Sabo.

In terms of strength, he surpassed even the Marine Admirals by a slight margin, nearing the level of a Yonko!

And Zero was merely at the Admiral level.

Below.

Tyrant Xiong Zhang and Sabo fought together against Admiral Sengoku.

Kaido clashed with Kuzan.

Ace was blasted away by Akainu's punch; just as Akainu was about to deliver the killing blow—

A slash descended from the sky, transforming into a blue giant dragon that roared and slammed into Akainu.

Akainu narrowed his eyes and punched forward.

Magma and sword qi collided!

The ground below instantly cracked open with fiery fissures!

"Arrow of Captivity"

A chilling, enchanting voice rang from the sky.

Countless pink arrows rained down from above, striking the Marine officers and soldiers on the plaza.

Those hit instantly began to petrify.

"Watch out!"

"It's the Pirate Empress Boa Hancock!"

"Don't let those arrows hit you!"

A Marine commodore shouted loudly.

But many soldiers still couldn't dodge in time and were struck, turning to stone; their petrified bodies began to crumble rapidly.

The commodore looked up at the sky, at the floating island fragment where Empress Hancock stood with Guina holding a long sword, and clenched his weapon tightly, teeth grinding.

"Damn!"

"Gravity Blade, Tiger!"

Tenghu opened his eyes, filled entirely with white, and swung his sword downward at the two women, sending a twisted blade of qi laced with gravity waves toward them.

Guina slashed out with her sword.

Empress Hancuk kicked with her Armament Haki-hardened foot!

Boom!

Three powerful forces crashed together violently.

"Fire Fist!"

Ace swung another punch at Akainu.

Akainu's eyes flashed with murderous intent: "Brat, you should have died during the Summit War—how dare you show your face now!"

He unleashed his murderous intent, launching a Magma Hound that pierced through Ace's Fire Fist, carrying Armament Haki and sharp murderous intent straight at Ace.

"In terms of ability alone, my magma far surpasses your flames!"

Ace's pupils shrank slightly.

At that moment.

Another figure, engulfed in blue flames, dove from high above, crossing its wings wreathed in blue immortal flame to block that devastating punch before Ace.

Immortal Bird Ma Erke, enters the battle!

……

While the great battle erupted in Mary Geoise.

On Luffy's side.

After Weibu and Rain Shili arrived, they brought considerable pressure.

Especially Weibu, who had obtained the Shake-Shake Fruit.

Thanks to his unreasonable special physique and the immense destructive power of the Shake-Shake Fruit.

He fought alone against Luffy, Zoro, Kid, Kira, Cavendish, and Hawkins—six opponents—and held absolute dominance!

Jinbei was held back by Rain Shili and could not go to help.

Weibu brought down a slash infused with trembling force, sending Luffy and the others flying.

His bulky, obese frame gripped the broadsword as he grinned foolishly at Luffy and the others: "I'm pretty awesome, right?"

"This guy..."

Kid, sweat dripping from his face, stared at him: "Where the hell did this monster come from?!"

Hawkins also looked grim: "Edward Weibu's abnormal strength and regenerative ability were already troublesome—never thought he'd get White Beard's Shake-Shake Fruit..."

Zoro, headband tied, both hands gripping his sword, a blade clenched between his teeth, bled from his forehead, his eyes like a beast's, locked fixedly on Weibu ahead.