Garp and the others had just rescued Admiral Aokiba when they saw the flying fleet already departing, leaving only a shadow behind.
Aokiba's head was splitting with pain. This terrifying sensation of his soul being torn apart left even him, a Mythical Zoan user, at a loss. However, the abilities of his twin-winged unicorn holy horse provided strong resistance to soul damage—it would only take about half a day to recover!
"Braille, Garp, Zephyr... pick a ship that's still operational and head to God Valley first to provide support. I'll handle things here!"
Admiral Aokiba said with a pale face. He didn't have much fighting strength left for the battle right now, so he could only send these naval elites ahead to rendezvous with Devo and the others!
"Aye, sir!!"
Braille, Garp, and the others didn't dawdle. They didn't even help rescue the injured marines who had fallen into the water. Instead, they selected a relatively intact naval warship and hurried toward God Valley, though the damaged ship's speed was inevitably much slower!
The flying fleet had gained a few more pirate ships. Golden Lion Shiki had brought along the ships from these affiliated pirate crews to add a bit more strength for the assault on God Valley!
"Captain Brook! This is the Navy Vice Admiral I captured! Soon enough, I'll have enough merit points to exchange for that Devil Fruit!"
Byrnndi World grinned widely. To capture this Navy Vice Admiral alive, he'd lost a few teeth, and now his speech was a bit leaky, but he was thrilled!
This operation of fishing in troubled waters had been a huge success. After the four major combatants shattered the Navy fleet's formation, he'd seized the opportunity to snag a lone Navy Vice Admiral. Rallying his entire crew, they finally captured him alive!
"Yo ho ho, I'll keep it reserved for you!"
Brook laughed. After all, Byrnndi World's brother Byojack was also under Brook's command, controlled by the Seven Star Sword. Now that World was so eager to complete missions, Brook was very satisfied!
He was way better than that Golden Great Pirate Woonan, who was lazy and inconsistent!
"Jihahaha~ Finally, I get to see the Celestial Dragons!!"
Golden Lion Shiki laughed loudly, immediately drawing several newcomers to the bow. Beasts like Kaido, Kozuki Oden, Fisher Tiger—these youngsters' eyes were filled with longing!
Right now, all they could think was: Kill Celestial Dragons, awaken Conqueror's Haki!!!
Whether they could awaken it in this lifetime depended on this turning point today. After all, the chance to attack the Celestial Dragons' lair was something that came once every few centuries!
The four of the Lunarian had already gripped their weapons tightly. The opportunity for revenge against the Celestial Dragons had arrived. Though it wasn't an assault on the divine kingdom atop the Red Line, they were already content!
Killing even one Celestial Dragon would make it worth it!
Redfield also clenched his fists. He'd waited for this day for a long time. Killing just one Celestial Dragon wasn't enough to quell his rage and hatred!
He needed more Celestial Dragon blood to wash away his family's grudge!
"Yo ho ho~ Everyone, let's go wild today!"
Brook shouted with a big laugh. Since they'd come this far, there was no need to hold back. Once they entered the God Valley battlefield, sniper Silva's reconnaissance mission would shift to the Holy Land Mary Geoise!
Brook was still very wary of the Celestial Dragons' 'national treasure.' This thing was suspected to be the Ancient Weapon Uranus, an aerial weapon capable of destroying an entire island in one strike!
The Lulusia Kingdom had been obliterated in a single hit by that 'national treasure' controlled by Imu. That terrifying energy beam covered the entire island, flattening it in an instant!
If that thing showed up at God Valley for indiscriminate attacks, Brook would immediately grab his people and run. And if the World Government tried to use it to threaten his territory afterward, he'd head straight to Wano Country and pull out the Pluton.
Worst case, everyone enters an era of mutual nuclear annihilation in a world war!
Though he didn't know why Joy Boy, who possessed Pluton and Poseidon eight hundred years ago, lost to the Twenty Kings, the three Ancient Weapons were on par. It shouldn't be a case where ten or eight Plutons couldn't beat one Uranus!
Moreover, with the Float-Float Fruit and Wind-Wind Fruit enhancements, the Pluton battleship wouldn't necessarily lag behind Uranus in mobility!
"Woo ha!!"
The pirates in the flying fleet went wild. Legend had it that God Valley was dozens of times more prosperous than the Sabaody Archipelago, with gold everywhere. Robbing God Valley would make the whole crew rich!
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God Valley Battlefield!
Countless pirates and marines were shedding blood—this was a war with no retreat!
Skal had one arm dangling limply, having lost most of his combat ability, while one God's Knight had already been torn in half alive by Rocks. Now, another God's Knight and Admiral Devo were continuing the fight against Rocks!
However, the situation had completely tilted toward the Rocks Pirates. Rocks tearing a God's Knight apart alive had boosted the Rocks Pirates' morale tremendously. These villains and bandits could already see victory in sight!
On the Navy's side, Admiral Aokiba's forces had been intercepted by the Hell Pirates, and reinforcements from Navy Headquarters weren't arriving quickly enough. God Valley was now in dire straits!
These Celestial Dragons hadn't expected Rocks' combat power to be so ferocious—facing a siege from two admiral-level experts and still managing to counter-kill one. Was this the true strength of the New World's king?!
"Damn D clan! I knew we should have eradicated these pests completely!!"
A middle-aged Celestial Dragon said in fury. He'd opposed recruiting the D clan into the Navy before—they should have stuck to the old rules: see one, kill one, wipe out their families entirely!
Otherwise, every era would produce a troublesome great pirate from the D clan, opposing the gods everywhere. Now this Rocks was even more outrageous, killing his way right to their divine outpost.
"Enough talk, hurry and pack up. Let's head back to Mary Geoise first!"
Seeing that God Valley seemed on the verge of falling, some wiser elderly Celestial Dragons were already preparing to evacuate!
"We, the noble gods, being scared into fleeing by some pirates? If word gets out, what dignity will we have left!"
A young Celestial Dragon who believed in the sacred inviolability of Celestial Dragon dignity shouted loudly. It had always been the lowly commoners kneeling before them—when had they ever needed to flee in panic!
"Has that old fool Kurotaka arrived yet? I want to strip this Navy Fleet Admiral of his position—he's utterly useless!"
A Celestial Dragon from the Rosward family shouted with red eyes. Rosward had died earlier, and these Navy fools still couldn't handle Brook, watching helplessly as Brook's Hell Pirates grew!
Today, they were even being attacked at their doorstep by big pirates like Rocks—what a complete failure!
Not only had intelligence failed, unable to get timely reports on Rocks and Brook's plans, but even after spotting the two overlords' traces, reinforcements were too slow!
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