The Navy stationed in Sabaody had been completely disarmed by Kid's ability, leaving them to rely solely on hand-to-hand combat. But the difference in strength between the two sides was already immense, and without their weapons, the Navy stood no chance.
A Navy Lieutenant Colonel faced Kira in the open street. Within moments, his uniform was slashed and his body covered in deep cuts. Kid, standing behind with a cruel smile, raised an arm, drawing every metal weapon from the sky toward himself. The gathered weapons coalesced into a massive mechanical arm.
He roared,
"Kira, step aside! Let me crush this overconfident group of Navy!"
Kira immediately dashed forward, positioning himself in front of the Navy, while the remaining Pirates followed closely behind. The trapped soldiers had nowhere to flee as Kid's mechanical arm slammed down with unstoppable force.
Just as disaster seemed imminent, a dark vortex suddenly appeared above the Navy. Lloyd materialized from the swirling shadows. Without effort, he flicked a single finger, and Kid's colossal mechanical arm shattered into countless pieces.
Kid's eyes widened in shock.
"You are…" he began, but before he could finish, a powerful force pulled him into mid-air toward Lloyd.
Lloyd's expression remained cold and unreadable. With a single grip on Kid's neck, a dark vortex materialized in his hand. Every onlooker watched in stunned horror as Kid's body below the neck twisted 360 degrees with a dull, sickening thud. His head remained firmly in Lloyd's grasp as his body collapsed to the ground.
In one swift encounter, Kid, the second-highest bounty among the Supernovas, had been brutally executed by Lloyd.
Kira and the others stared in disbelief at the fallen Pirate. Kira, closest to Kid like a brother, let out a wail filled with grief and fury.
"Kid!!!"
He lunged toward the corpse, collapsing onto the ground and holding it in his arms.
From above, Lloyd's eyes remained indifferent. He lifted a finger lightly, and a sudden spray of blood arrows shot from the severed neck, striking the stunned Pirates behind. Splat. The arrows pierced multiple bodies, chaining the hapless Pirates together.
The assault continued. Kid's corpse became an unholy Gatling gun, firing volley after volley of blood arrows. Even if Kira attempted to aim the "muzzle," the arrows ignored him entirely, capable of piercing through the Navy and the remaining Pirates alike. By the time the blood dried completely, every member of Kid's crew had been riddled with holes, leaving Kira alone with the grotesque remains.
"This is… a nightmare…" Kira whispered, holding the shrunken corpse of his friend.
Before he could react further, a bolt of silver lightning shot from Lloyd's fingertip. Kira and Kid's remains were instantly reduced to ash.
From the moment Lloyd appeared, less than a minute had passed, and the entire Kid Pirates crew had been annihilated. The Navy, witnessing this from below, looked up in shock.
"That… that's Admiral Black Dragon!" one soldier stammered.
But Lloyd had already vanished, returning to the dark vortex and disappearing into the sky.
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Outside a civilian house, Hawkins stared at his divination cards with pale fear, his body trembling.
"Death rate… one hundred percent…" he murmured.
Snap. A massive black hand pressed down on his shoulder. Hawkins stiffly turned and met a pair of cold, golden eyes. Around him, all of his crew lay in pools of blood.
Lloyd spoke softly, almost casually,
"Your divinations are accurate."
Crack. Hawkins' head and a section of his spine were lifted into the air. His Straw-Straw Devil Fruit powers offered no protection.
Nearby, Capone Bege's cigar dropped to the ground with a clatter. His crew inside his body screamed in terror.
"There's no mistake, that's the First Admiral Black Dragon! It's really him!" one shouted.
Bege hissed sharply,
"Quiet!"
Turning, he tried to escape, unaware that Lloyd had already locked every Supernova on the Sabaody Archipelago with his unmatched Haki-enhanced senses.
Lloyd tossed Hawkins' lifeless head, now infused with Armament Haki, directly into Bege's chest. The massive head punctured his body like a horrifying projectile. Bege choked and coughed, blood foaming from his mouth, while over half the crew inside his body perished instantly.
Attempting to flee, the remaining crew were caught off guard as Hawkins' head exploded violently, sending a mist of blood throughout the alley. Lloyd calmly lit a cigarette from his pocket, took a slow drag, and vanished in a wisp of smoke.
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Area 30, Shopping Street.
The once-bustling street was now deserted. Word of the Celestial Dragons' deaths had spread, leaving civilians in terror rather than curiosity.
Urouge, the Mad Monk, sprinted through the empty street. Nearby, Apoo leapt from building to building like a monkey, racing alongside him. They arrived at the end of the street, only to find Lloyd waiting there.
Flicking the cigarette butt to the ground, Lloyd looked up at Urouge calmly.
"Too slow," he said softly.
Urouge clenched his fists instinctively, preparing to fight, but before he could react, Lloyd had already moved. A precise aerial kick struck Urouge's head.
Splat. Urouge's skull collapsed like a watermelon, his headless body kneeling limply on the ground.
Apoo, realizing he couldn't escape, activated his Devil Fruit powers, sending a sound wave attack at Lloyd. The deadly vibrations swept invisibly toward him.
Lloyd glanced over casually, lips slightly parted.
"Die."
The attack dissipated as Lloyd advanced. His Haki-infused presence left no room for survival, his hunt continued without hesitation, a terrifying storm that no Supernova could outrun.
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