Long before the war began, Lord Lynch had already instructed Kakashi: if the battle moved to the sea, he was to use the Earth Fruit to create solid ground for the fight.
Now was the time to act.
"Earth Style: Heaven Kingdom!"
Kakashi formed hand seals around the island and activated the power of the Earth Fruit. Huge chunks of land began to rise and spread out from the island, expanding its size rapidly.
In just a few minutes, the small island more than doubled in size.
"It's still not big enough," Lynch said.
He opened his mouth and exhaled a blast of freezing air. The cold hit the sea and instantly formed ice dozens of feet thick, spreading out fast.
In the blink of an eye, the area around the island had tripled, becoming nearly the size of Amazon Lily.
"Lynch, do you really think I only launched one island?" Kaido suddenly growled mid-fight.
"What do you mean?" Lynch asked, narrowing his eyes.
Just then, rustling sounds came from the woods on the island.
A wave of pirates stepped out five hundred Zoan-type Devil Fruit users, all with animal features.
They were Kaido's secret weapon: the artificial Devil Fruit army.
But that wasn't all.
Suddenly, several huge pits on the island began to tremble.
From deep within them, ten giant creatures over 60 meters tall crawled out Kaido's second trump card.
Number, people with Ancient Giant Bloodline
These beasts had the blood of ancient giants. They walked upright on two legs and were even taller than Little Oars from the Summit War.
With green skin, sharp fangs, and weapons like giant swords and clubs, they looked like demons from hell.
Each one had the power to crush a Vice Admiral.
Now, the true elite of the Beasts Pirates had arrived.
After Kaido's artificial Devil Fruit army and the ten ancient giants appeared, something strange happened in the forest.
The roots of giant trees suddenly pulled out of the ground. Faces and limbs appeared on their trunks they had come to life!
Not just trees, rocks, hills, vines, and plants all began to move and transform into living beings.
In total, about a thousand creatures had come alive.
This was the Homies Legion, the elite army of the Big Mom Pirates.
They were created using Big Mom's power to extract people's souls and transfer them into objects, bringing them to life.
The strongest Homies are the three that Big Mom created with her own soul, allowing her to even bring intangible things like fire and clouds to life.
When she uses the souls of others, she can only give life to physical things like stones, trees, or buildings.
The power of a Homie depends not only on what it's made from, but also on the strength of the soul inside it.
The thousand Homies on this battlefield were specially raised by Big Mom for this war.
Their combined power was enough to rival Kaido's artificial Devil Fruit army.
As soon as these three elite forces appeared, the Artificial Zoan army, the Ancient Giant, and the Homies, they quickly seized the best positions on the island, ready to wipe out anyone who landed.
Neither the tall Ancient giant nor the Homies could fight at sea, their size and nature made them unsuitable for ship combat.
But on land, they could fully unleash their strength.
At that moment, as Pirates strongest forces revealed themselves, a familiar sound rang in Lynch's mind:
The system prompt had returned.
[Ding! Detected that the Host is about to be attacked by both the Beasts Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates. A new mission has been unlocked.]
[Mission Option 1: Kneel and beg for mercy. Let Kaido and Big Mom spare you. Reward: A piece of poop.]
[Mission Option 2: Defeat both Yonko. Reward: Mythical Beast Blue Bird Fruit + 100 million faith points.]
[Mission Option 3: Defend the "Eternal West Blue" battlefield. Reward: Varies based on performance, better results earn better rewards.]
Kaido paused for a moment, and Lynch took the chance to think.
Option 1? Absolute trash.
There was no way he'd ever choose that. He wasn't some coward begging to be spared.
Option 2? Now that was tempting.
Defeating both Yonko would earn him a Mythical Blue Bird Fruit and 100 million faith points.
A hundred million!
That was the amount West Blue would normally generate over 20 years.
With that kind of faith, Lynch could instantly go from broke to rich. He could draw as many lottery rewards as he wanted. Any talent, any treasure, just pick.
And yet… he gave it up.
He chose Option 3 instead.
The moment he saw it, his heart trembled.
Why?
Because this mission worked differently, the rewards changed depending on how well he performed.
And since unlocking the system, this type of mission had only appeared once before.
That was back when he went to Mariejois to free the slaves
The final reward from that mission back then was the Mythical Beast Sun Candle Fruit and it had carried Lynch all the way to where he was today.
Now faced with a similar choice, Lynch didn't hesitate at all. He picked Option Three again.
"You brat, you've fallen into my trap," Kaido sneered, thinking Lynch was stunned. He puffed up proudly and mocked:
"You wanna ask why I slammed the island down when my own people were on it, right? Afraid they'd die?"
"Of course I was afraid but I knew you wouldn't just sit there and watch. You'd definitely do something to stop it."
"I only dropped the island to confuse you. And look, it worked Wororororo!" Kaido laughed loudly. He rarely used his brain, but when he did, it wasn't a joke.
Anyone who thought Kaido was just a mindless brute was the real fool.
Lynch smiled and floated calmly in mid-air, back in his original form.
"You're right. I didn't expect you, of all people, to play mind games."
"But don't get ahead of yourself. You think I don't have a trump card of my own?"
"Hah? Still bluffing? Come on now," Kaido scoffed.
"You West Blue people haven't been around that long."
He didn't believe Lynch.
The fact that West Blue, founded just 89 years ago, could already have such overwhelming military power and tech was already shocking.
Mechas, Sea Kings, flying weapons, battleships… and three Admiral-level fighters?
Kaido figured there was no way they had energy left to develop anything else.
Impossible. Absolutely impossible!
"Really? Let's see," Lynch replied with a casual smile.
On the battlefield below, the Ancient Giant, the Homitz Army, and the Artificial Devil Fruit Army used their size and strength to crush countless troops trying to approach the island.
"Ugh, so many flies,"
Erya, the 60-meter-tall giant, growled as he swung his mace, smashing hundreds of ordinary Marines into pieces.
"Annoying... just watch me!"
Kimi spat into her hand twice, then bent down and ripped a 200-meter-high mountain from the ground. She raised it high and threw it toward the West Blue warship.
The warship, unable to dodge, was destroyed in an instant.
Most of the thousand soldiers aboard were killed or wounded.
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TO BE CONTINUED
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