"Maggots should die a maggot's death."
Beltz's voice was cold and heartless; rather than a declaration, it was more like tolling the funeral bell for the 'Holy Land.'
The surrounding air howled frantically, making sounds of overwhelmed oppression before condensing behind him, making the black hole hotter and deeper, emitting a mysterious and destructive aura.
Under the traction generated by this wind, and the suction of the black hole created by extreme compression, exquisite sculptures on the streets were uprooted, and precious trees in the courtyards bent and snapped!
The solid white marble ground nearby let out an ear-piercing cracking sound, peeling away and rising in large chunks, pulled toward the "Black Sun." The moment they approached, they were ground and vaporized by the invisible high temperature, leaving not even a trace of smoke or dust.
Magnificent fountains, gilded railings, gemstone-encrusted lampposts... the creations symbolizing privilege and luxury in Mary Geoise became firewood cast into the furnace of nothingness.
The houses and pavilions, built with the blood and sweat of countless slaves, were like buildings made of toy blocks; under this suction, they began to disintegrate and were continuously absorbed!
"No! My palace—!" A Celestial Dragon, who had just been dragged to a relatively safe area by a servant, watched helplessly as his residence was torn apart and sucked into that darkness, letting out a shrill scream.
But even more terrifying was the Black Sun's harvesting of life.
The Celestial Dragon who had just wailed thought he had reached safety, but in the next moment, he was dragged toward it. The people beside him couldn't even pull him back; they were flown over along with him!
More of them, those Celestial Dragons wearing bloated spacesuits and riding slaves, were now tumbling through the air like a pile of ridiculous trash!
An irresistible force clamped onto their entire bodies, lifting their feet off the ground, as they flew toward death in a state of utter terror!
Their bodies made hair-raising sounds under the dual tearing of high temperature and gravity. Combined with their terrified screams, their bodies and voices eventually vanished into the 'Black Sun,' utterly annihilated!
In the blink of an eye, large numbers of these "underachievers" who called themselves gods were killed or wounded!
Hundreds of guards and Navy soldiers were also taken, becoming nourishment for the Black Sun to grow stronger.
Their armor distorted during flight, and their bodies made hair-raising sounds under the dual tearing of heat and gravity before sinking into the 'Black Sun,' vanishing silently.
Behind Beltz, the black hole formed by the extremely compressed and ignited air pulsated slowly, giving anyone who even glanced at it a skin-crawling sensation!
It wasn't a simple matter of color; it was more like an absolute void left after light and space itself had been swallowed!
Black Sun, now officially formed!
Vroom—!
A low hum, as if space itself was moaning, rang out!
At the edge of the 'Black Sun,' light curved and broke in a bizarre fashion; at its core, distorted and blackened spots of light flashed occasionally, subsequently emitting devastating high temperatures.
Beltz held a black blade in his right hand, walking slowly through the ruined streets of Mary Geoise, like a Death bringing despair walking among men!
The Black Sun hovered behind him like the eye of a world-ending beast from myth, gazing coldly at this 'Holy Land' about to be overturned.
Cries, curses, alarms, the sound of collapsing structures... all sounds seemed to be filtered through a thick curtain of water, blurred and distant.
Wherever he passed, streets were plowed open, buildings were swallowed, leaving behind a broad, ink-stained trail of destruction.
In the distance, Celestial Dragons wailed and screamed, running back frantically, while those guards no longer thought of attacking Beltz, focusing instead on escorting the Celestial Dragons away.
But how could their speed possibly be faster than Beltz's?
Though Beltz seemed to be walking slowly through death and darkness, his speed was not slow. With every step forward, Celestial Dragons further ahead were pulled into the radiation field of the Black Sun!
The Holy Land Mary Geoise, standing at the summit of the world, though it had been attacked before, when had it ever faced such massive casualties?
Most of the world's powerhouses wouldn't specifically target the Celestial Dragons.
Even if they were to attack the World Government, they would strike at the Knights of God or the Five Elders. Who would care about these fat-headed, big-eared stupid pigs?
But Beltz was different. He didn't go directly to Mary Geoise [Pangea Castle]; he came straight to the district with the most Celestial Dragons to commit a total massacre!
These Celestial Dragons were used to being overbearing; death was their destined fate.
If they were to wait another few decades to die naturally, or be spared by some "Down's syndrome" individual claiming we should break the chains of hatred in our generation, wouldn't that be too unfair to those taken advantage of by the Celestial Dragons?!
"Who goes there?!"
Such actions would inevitably trigger a frantic retaliation from the Celestial Dragons!
Beltz knew this very well. Charging directly at Pangea Castle like Rocks to talk tough to Imu would draw focus, but it wouldn't drive the World Government insane.
Doing what he was doing now was like sitting on the World Government's head and taking a crap!
This was the ultimate humiliation for them!
After today, they would be completely at odds with Beltz until death!
They would hunt Beltz down like madmen!
But so what?
Would Beltz fear them now?
If they came, he would simply kill them!
Even if Imu moved, he could hide in Bleach world, so what was there to fear?
Beltz looked up, as he saw several powerful auras suddenly erupting ahead!
Those were auras of Conqueror's Haki!
Squelch!
The summit of the World Government, the highest authority in the world, the Five Elders had descended!
The Five Elders certainly wouldn't care about trivial matters normally.
Even if a Celestial Dragon was hit, it wouldn't disturb these five old things.
But now, Beltz hadn't just hit one or two Celestial Dragons; he was conducting a massacre in Mary Geoise!
The Five Elders couldn't sit idly by anymore!
As the highest-ranking Celestial Dragons, if they ignored such an event, how could they have the face to lead the World Government?
They were also among the few Celestial Dragons who possessed Conqueror's Haki, elites handpicked by Imu from Celestial Dragons of various eras!
"It's you again!"
A shout erupted from ahead. Saint Warcury of the Five Elders had already transformed into a massive Fengxi, a legendary beast!
He recognized Beltz instantly.
In fact, up until now, portraits of Beltz hadn't really been circulated.
They mainly originated from the Merah Naval Battle. Although those present were from Roger's crew, Navy surveillance ships had been on the outskirts the whole time.
Garp had learned about the situation on the battlefield through these surveillance ships.
Beltz's human portrait had officially fallen into the World Government's hands at that time.
But even without a portrait, Saint Warcury could recognize Beltz.
The death of Fleet Admiral Kong was a major event for the World Government.
They had seen the footage of the scene and the destruction caused by the Black Sun.
Therefore, after sensing this power of Beltz, they immediately thought of the small island swallowed by black flames.
They hadn't even gone to settle the score with Beltz yet, and this guy had actually come to their door, daring to commit such a treasonous act!
Simply outrageous!
Saint Warcury didn't much care about the deaths of ordinary Celestial Dragons. Just as Celestial Dragons viewed commoners as ants, in their eyes, ordinary Celestial Dragons were just a bunch of trash with privileges.
However, no matter what, they all shared the title of World Nobles as Celestial Dragons!
So they absolutely could not tolerate Beltz doing such a thing!
Almost immediately, the Five Elders were out in full force!
Since they were already in Mary Geoise, their real bodies were present; there was no need to use a deep-sea array [Summoning] to pull others over.
Thus, the high-end combat power of the Celestial Dragons arrived quickly!
Besides the Five Elders, there were the Knights of God!
Boom!
Fengxi's roar, like a tangible destructive light wave, blasted toward Beltz, but it only made Beltz's hair blow back, failing to make him take even a single step back!
The Conqueror's roar generated sinister black lightning, yet it seemed so minuscule under the power of the Black Sun!
"You've arrived just in time."
Beltz looked up. Five massive monsters had appeared before him.
Those five terrifying monsters blotted out the sun, larger than any house, like active mountains.
An extremely terrifying aura radiated from them; the overflowing Conqueror's Haki was startling.
Even Beltz marveled at their power.
But there was no fear in his eyes.
"Now is the moment of collapse."
Black Sun began to shrink!
True destruction descended!
Gravity, or rather, a destructive force far exceeding gravity, suddenly erupted.
This power was far beyond the previous gale and high heat!
The black hole, which was several meters in diameter, began to shrink after the Five Elders appeared. it shrank rapidly, turning into a small point in an instant.
When the Black Sun collapsed to its limit, the destructive power he had unleashed against Kong reappeared!
The black flames instantly surged out like a sea, spreading with a rumble, swallowing, destroying, and evaporating everything around!
"What?"
Neither the Five Elders nor the Knights of God expected Beltz's Black Sun to have this stage. They were all surprised, but they also felt no fear!
Because although Beltz's Black Sun was powerful and terrifying, it had one major flaw at its current stage!
It was not infused with Conqueror's Haki!
Any attack without Conqueror's Haki could do nothing to them!
Whether it was the Five Elders or the Knights of God, they were people who had signed a deep-sea or even higher-level contract with Imu; they possessed immortal bodies.
They could completely ignore attacks without Conqueror's Haki; they wouldn't even feel pain!
The Black Sun was vast, as if to destroy everything. After it spread to them, even Fengxi, who had the toughest skin, seemingly couldn't withstand this power. His body was immediately eaten away, as if melting!
But simultaneously with this destruction, their bodies began to regenerate!
"..."
Seeing their immortal bodies, Beltz couldn't help but frown slightly.
He had read the manga and knew that Conqueror's attacks could delay their immortality, but currently, aside from a certain Loki, no one else had been able to kill the Knights of God.
However, he hadn't expected the Black Sun to take them out in the first place.
Black Sun was just his way of declaring war and destroying the Holy Land.
Facing these guys with immortal bodies, he naturally had to use Conqueror's attacks!
"First Phase: Koudosotsu!"
Seeing the Celestial Dragons engulfed by the sea of fire, Beltz immediately gripped his blade with both hands and slashed toward them in the next instant!
Vicious Eye!
Amidst the burning black fire, Saint Saturn suddenly erupted with the power of the Vicious Eye. An invisible telekinetic force slammed directly into Beltz, causing his head to jerk back slightly as a thin trail of blood leaked from the corner of his mouth.
But his strike did not stop; his body wasn't even affected, as he continued his forward attack!
"Lowlife!"
But standing before the Five Elders were the members of the Knights of God. Among them, Sommers, holding a spiked club, saw Beltz about to attack the Five Elders. He jumped high, black fire still burning on him, looking like some evil monster.
Splat!
"Ah!"
The strike Beltz intended for Saturn was intercepted by Sommers with his own body. And this strike, radiating black-purple lightning, directly split Sommers's body in two!
Sommers's body separated into upper and lower halves, falling back into the black sea of fire. This time, he let out a cry of agony.
"Ah! It hurts! Is it Conqueror's?! This guy has Conqueror's!"
?!
The others immediately heightened their alertness. If Beltz didn't have Conqueror's, they wouldn't have cared no matter what. But now, after Sommers said this, Beltz became someone who could threaten them!
"So what if he has Conqueror's?"
Garling, the commander of the Knights of God, said with disdain: "His use of this power is clearly not proficient yet. Continue the attack with me!"
"Yeah, not proficient yet..."
Beltz's eyes narrowed slightly. He said softly: "However, it will become proficient next."
He truly could only infuse Conqueror's Haki into his attacks when using 'Koudosotsu.' It wasn't a constant method, but a specific move.
But...
Now that he had decided to go to war with the World Government, how could he only bring such limited means?
"Quincy: Vollständig!"
At this moment, Beltz actually used the Vollständig that he had never used before!
Boom!
In an instant, azure wings unfolded behind Beltz's dragon-human body!
Beltz's eyes emitted a cold light.
"You... are the first to witness my 'Power of God'!"