Amid the sky-shaking roars, a slaughter, where the scales of power had completely tipped, began.
Newgate was the first to charge. He didn't even bother with any fancy moves, just concentrating the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit in his fists and punching at the sea ahead. "Gurararara! Sea Quake Barrage!" BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Three punches. Just three punches.
Three huge cracks were torn open in the sea surface ahead. The violent shockwaves crossed a thousand meters, like three invisible deep-sea behemoths, and slammed into the formation of the Marine fleet. The already battered warships were as fragile as paper toys before this world-destroying power. The keels of three escort ships were instantly shattered. With a sickening screech of twisting metal, they broke in two on the spot. Countless marines were swept into the cold seabed, their desperate wails echoing.
"Hold the line! Everyone, hold the line!" On the Marine flagship, Sengoku was furious. He transformed into a golden Buddha again, sending out shockwaves with his palms, trying to counter the terrifying vibrations. However, he was already at the end of his rope, while Newgate was full of energy. The golden Buddha light seemed so powerless before the pure white shockwaves. The mere aftershock made the flagship rock violently, as if it could fall apart at any moment.
"Sengoku, isn't your dinnertime due yet?" Newgate shouldered his naginata, a cat-and-mouse look of amusement on his face.
On the other side, Garp was also in a predicament he had rarely encountered in his life. Rocks's figure was like a phantom. He didn't fight him head-on, but used his elusive gravity ability to move freely on the battlefield. At times, he would appear above a warship, press down with one hand, and with "Black Hole," the warship would be pulled down into the sea as if by a giant, unseen hand. At other times, he would appear at the side of another warship, and with a repulsive force, he would send it crashing into its own allies, creating greater chaos.
"Bastard! Rocks! If you have the guts, fight me head-on!" Garp roared. His iron fists could shatter mountains, but he could never catch that slippery opponent.
"Fight?" Rocks's voice came from all directions, full of mockery. "I'm just cleaning up the trash, Garp. You and your fleet, in my eyes, are not even qualified to be my opponents right now."
Linlin had transformed into a pink natural disaster on the battlefield. She was full and happy. Prometheus and Zeus above her head had become unprecedentedly large and active. "Wahahaha! Ren's rice balls are so delicious! I feel like my body is full of power!" She urged Zeus to bring down a real thunderstorm on the Marine fleet. Countless thick bolts of lightning rained down, snapping the masts of the warships and charring their decks. Prometheus became a giant fire dragon, circling on the sea, swallowing the marines who had fallen into the water and the wreckage of the ships, creating a burning inferno.
Gatz and Silver had also found their own fun. Gatz jumped onto a cruiser and swung his giant anchor in a whirlwind, sending the marines on the deck flying like bowling pins. He even felt it wasn't enough. He directly tied two nearby warships together with his anchor chain, then roared and dragged them into each other, creating a sky-shaking boom.
Silver was like an elegant grim reaper. His figure flickered between the command towers of the various warships. When he struck, he would precisely destroy the helm or the communication equipment, completely disabling the warships and turning them into floating targets on the sea.
This was no longer a battle; it was a one-sided demolition job filled with dark humor. The morale of the Marine fleet completely collapsed in the face of the absolute power gap. "Monsters... they are all monsters..." "Run! We can't win!" Panic spread like a plague. Finally, a warship began to disregard orders and turn around, trying to escape this hell.
"No one is to retreat!" Sengoku roared. He sent out a golden Buddha palm, crushing a destroyer that was trying to escape, trying to stabilize his forces with an iron fist. However, it was futile.
"Wahahaha! Sengoku, don't struggle," Garp's laugh was filled with helplessness and a hint of bitterness. He gave up chasing Rocks and returned to the flagship. "If we continue fighting, we'll lose everything we have here." He looked at the demon-god-like figures in the distance, his expression complex. "These guys... are not something we can deal with right now."
Sengoku was silent. He looked at his ravaged fleet, at the soldiers whose eyes were filled with nothing but fear. For the first time, his iron heart felt powerless. He slowly deactivated his Great Buddha form, returning to his original state. His voice was hoarse as he gave the most humiliating order of his naval career through the Den Den Mushi. "All fleets... retreat."
"Trying to leave?" Rocks's figure appeared above their flagship. He looked down at the two highest powers of the Marines, his face full of undisguised sarcasm. "Did you ask me?"
"Rocks!" Garp looked up and roared at him. "We'll admit defeat this time! But don't forget, this is the Marines' territory! If you let us go today, we'll have another chance to fight in the future! If you push us too far, we'll just take you down with us, and you won't get off easy either!"
"Take me down with you?" Rocks looked as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world. "With you bunch of half-starved remnants?"
Just as Rocks was about to finish them off and completely annihilate the fleet, a calm voice once again came through the ship's broadcast. "Captain, that's enough." It was Ren. "We've finished resupplying our rum and steaks. The quality of the Marines' ingredients is indeed not bad. Also, the keel of the Azure Dragon has three new cracks from the battle just now. If we continue fighting, Dolum might really cry himself to death."
Hearing this, Rocks pouted. He glanced at the Azure Dragon below, which, although majestic, was indeed riddled with dents, and then at the terrified marines in the distance, who had lost all will to fight. He suddenly felt bored. "Alright," Rocks waved his hand, as if shooing away a swarm of annoying flies. "Scram. Go back and tell those old geezers at the World Government to wash their necks and wait. I'll be coming for them soon."
As if granted a pardon, the Marine fleet turned around in a panic and fled from the Maelstrom Sea that they would never forget for the rest of their lives at the fastest possible speed. A great sea battle that would go down in history had ended in an anticlimactic way that no one had expected. The Rocks Pirates, in the most flamboyant and domineering way, had declared their strength to the entire world.
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