Ye Yu entered the Mystic Realm, but the Giants did not immediately act. A message chimed in.
"In cities with participants, there is an eight-minute preparation period. A safe zone will be established, transporting everyone except Ye Yu into it. If Ye Yu fails, everyone will be sent back to their original locations to face the Giants. As long as Ye Yu does not fail, the Giants cannot enter the safe zone."
This news brought immense relief to everyone in Taiyuan City. In just a short time, the other nine cities had already suffered devastating losses.
They were transported to a designated area, enclosed by a protective barrier. The city's 300,000 residents gathered there, but their relief was tinged with unease. The Giants were terrifying, and Ye Yu was just one person—could he really succeed?
If he failed, they too would have to face those monstrous Giants.
Nervously, they continued watching the live broadcast. While the Giants in Taiyuan City had yet to move, those in the other nine cities were still wreaking havoc.
Even Ye Yu observed the destruction.
With every step the Giants took, the earth trembled violently, as if mountains were shifting. Wherever they passed, towering buildings collapsed like fragile toy blocks.
The Giants' eyes gleamed with cold indifference as they surveyed the city. One raised its massive hand and slammed it down onto the city center.
A deafening explosion followed—dozens of skyscrapers were instantly reduced to rubble, dust and smoke blotting out the sky.
Countless lives were lost in the disaster. Screams, cries, and desperate pleas for help intertwined. Once-bustling streets were now unrecognizable, littered with debris, burning vehicles, and scattered corpses.
"Someone, save us!"
"We're just civilians—how can we fight back?"
"Even as ordinary people, there's no safety in this world!"
"Where are the Pirates? I'm rich—I'll pay ten million! No, a hundred million! A hundred million for each of you! Just protect me!"
...
But their pleas were futile. Everyone scattered, struggling to survive, hoping to endure the three hours until the Giants vanished.
Yet, the Giants' destruction was too swift. In just five minutes, a fifth of the city had already been obliterated.
The Pirates in the city realized that if things continued this way, death was inevitable.
"We can't go on like this."
"All the Pirates in this city need to unite."
"We have to fight back. Splitting up is useless—we'll just be picked off one by one. We must gather quickly."
...
Though they dreaded facing the terrifying Giants and had no desire to fight them, the Pirates knew they had no choice. To survive, they had to steel themselves and band together.
Soon, the Pirates assembled. Some had only stopped in the city for supplies, while others frequented its taverns and eateries. Though there were no top-tier Pirate Crews among them, they had no choice but to unite and resist.
Once gathered, one of the more formidable Pirates roared,
"Give it everything you've got! We all know sitting around means death—so hold nothing back!"
"Raaah!!"
The Pirates' morale surged. Not only were they fighting for survival, but the Giants' merciless slaughter had also ignited their fury.
Some Pirates transformed into various beasts, while most were Non-Ability Users—contract-bound to average-strength Pirates among their ranks. Armed with blades, guns, and cannons, they charged toward the Giants.
"Spread out! Surround and attack!"
Numerous Pirates rushed toward the feet of the Giants, brandishing their long swords and slashing out blade auras, while bullets and cannonballs rained down upon the Giants.
Bang! Bang! Bang...
Boom! Boom! Boom...
All manner of attacks landed on the Giants, filling the Pirates with hope—only for their expressions to twist in horror the next instant.
The Giants didn't even bother dodging. They simply let the attacks land on them, leaving not a single mark. To the Giants, these assaults were nothing more than mosquito bites, utterly ineffective.
Casually, the Giants lifted their feet and stomped down toward the Pirates.
The lead Pirate screamed, "Dodge, now!"
Boom!!
"Ahh!!"
The Pirates scattered in panic, but many couldn't escape in time. The feet were too massive, covering too wide an area. Amidst agonized shrieks, they were crushed into pulp under the Giants' colossal soles.
Some, bound by deep camaraderie or blood ties as siblings within the same Pirate Crew, watched their comrades or kin meet gruesome deaths. Their hearts swelled with rage and grief.
"Ahhh!! Damn you, Giant Exotic Beasts! Die!"
They charged recklessly at the Giants, leaping into the air—but the highest they could reach was the Giants' ankles. With all their might, they swung their swords, hoping to wound the ankles and bring the Giants down, immobilizing them temporarily.
Yet, with a sharp crack, their blades shattered upon impact with the Giants' ankles.
The Pirates' eyes widened in despair.
With a single kick from the Giants, many Pirates were sent flying, their bodies torn apart midair.
"It's no use—the gap is too vast!"
"Charging like this is just a faster way to die."
"There's no stopping them. The difference in power is insurmountable."
"A level-40 Giant Exotic Beast must have combat power equivalent to level 45!"
"I'm no prodigy. Even the current prodigies are only around level 25, and I'm just level 15. The Artificial Devil Fruit—it's not enough to bridge this gap."
"Run for your lives!"
...
The Pirates fled in disarray. The brief battle had made the disparity painfully clear. Even united, they couldn't buy time—just as all of humanity banding together could never hope to challenge the sun. Approaching it would only mean certain death.
This was precisely the case now.
The Giants grabbed two towering buildings, wrenching them apart with brute force. The structures collapsed instantly. Then, clutching fragments of the ruined buildings, the Giants crushed them in their fists before hurling the debris at the fleeing Pirates below.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh...
Massive chunks of rubble fell like rain, each one akin to a terrifying cannonball, too fast to evade.
"Ahhh!!"
"Get out of the way!"
Screams of agony and explosions filled the air as Pirates scrambling in every direction were struck down, their lives snuffed out. Countless buildings continued to crumble.
Realizing this method of destruction was far more efficient, the Giants relentlessly seized structures, crushed them, and hurled the wreckage.
Across all nine cities, the Giants wreaked havoc as if it were their sole mission. In no time, the once-thriving metropolises were reduced to unrecognizable ruins, their bustling streets now eerily silent.
All nine cities lay in utter ruin. Nearly everyone had perished—some buried beneath the rubble, others maimed and clinging to life by a thread.
Yet even those still breathing wouldn't survive for long. Death was inevitable.
The world fell into stunned silence, shaken to its core.
It was clear now: when time ran out, not a single soul would remain alive in those nine cities.
In Taiyuan City, the silence deepened, laced with terror. The nine Mystic Realm cities had become hellscapes of unimaginable horror. The devastation was too cruel to bear.
They all knew that without Ye Yu, they would be in the same situation now.
At this moment, eight minutes had passed, and the Giant standing in the sea a hundred meters away from Taiyuan City moved!
Ye Yu clenched his fists. The devastation of the nine cities had ignited fury in his heart—too many innocent civilians had died. Moreover, the Giant's power was truly terrifying. He understood that this would be the most perilous battle since the beginning of the anomalies.
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