Chapter 143
Entering the island, the Aitrias Pirates crew were shocked to discover gems scattered in the craters.
"Wow! So many gems!"
Looking at the gems emitting brilliant light, the eyes of Vilin's crew instantly widened.
Shakky was the fastest, already picking up a head-sized gem and hugging it to her chest.
Seeing this, Vilin could only smile helplessly.
"Family! If you like them, go pick them up!" "These are all war spoils of our Aitrias family!"
Hearing Vilin's words, all the crew members' eyes lit up as they started searching.
Among them, only a few people didn't move.
Vilin looked at Annie and asked:
"You don't like them?"
Seeing Vilin look at her, a gentle smile immediately appeared on Annie's pretty face.
"Hehe!" "Don't I already have you?"
"Tsk~"
Seeing this, Vilin had no choice but to collect all the gems scattered on the ground together with Annie.
Just as Vilin successfully took Gem Island, fierce battles also erupted on several other battlefields.
On one island, thousands of pirates led by Rocks were continuously assaulting Novalia Island.
"Hahahahaha! Hahahahaha!" "Little ones, open fire for me!"
With Rocks' command, hundreds of cannons immediately poured firepower toward the port's defense line.
Hundreds of cannonballs rained down on the port's steel fortresses, splashing sparks everywhere.
Rocks held a monocular telescope, carefully observing the enemy's firepower deployment and constantly directing the siege battle.
At the center of Novalia Island, Iron Wall Pirates 6th Division Captain Blom was looking at the war report in his hand.
Blom wore a dark green down coat, with rock-hard muscles exposed on his chest, and dark green leg guards on his legs. His dark green short hair stood upright, and he wore black sunglasses on his square face, looking very steady.
Blom felt heartache looking at the string of bright red ammunition consumption figures marked on the war report.
"As expected of the pirate fleet personally led by Rocks — their equipment is very advanced!"
"Pass my order — do your utmost to consume the enemy's equipment and manpower."
"Yes, Lord Blom."
After seeing the messenger leave, Blom took a bottle of wine and poured it into his mouth.
On one island, Shiki was swinging his great swords, cutting all the incoming cannonballs in the air into two pieces.
From time to time, he would also swing a hundred-meter-long golden slash, destroying heavily defended firepower points.
Shiki's subordinates saw him charging through the battlefield like a real lion, and fanatic light appeared in their eyes.
"Jie hahahahaha!" "Little ones, charge for me! Take this island!" "We can't fall behind the others!"
With the Golden Lion's words spreading, all the pirates' eyes instantly turned red as they launched a charge toward the island, advancing wave after wave.
Even if they were hit by cannonballs, they showed no fear.
Looking at the effect of his Devil Fruit ability, a satisfied smile appeared on Shiki's face.
He had finally discovered the true power of this fruit.
First was the King's Command.
The Golden Lion's ability could inspire his side's morale. It made those who submitted to him fearless of death and fall into a frenzied state.
This was also why his subordinates were so fearless of death.
Deep on the island, a pirate holding a monocular telescope saw the Golden Lion Pirates' offensive become so fierce that even he felt his heart pounding in fear.
This pirate holding the telescope was the Iron Wall Pirates' 8th Division Captain.
Seeing his deployed positions rapidly falling, he had already prepared to escape directly if he couldn't hold on.
Because he knew he was definitely not a match for Golden Lion Shiki.
After all, the other party was a Great Swordsman.
On one island, watching his subordinates die one by one in the enemy's cannon fire, Edward Newgate's eyes were filled with anger.
Although he didn't particularly like these people, he had been living day and night with this group of pirates for three or four years.
Seeing them die so tragically, Edward Newgate couldn't help exploding.
"Barkin, get back a bit first!"
Hearing Newgate's words, Barkin immediately jumped down from Newgate's shoulder.
Seeing Barkin retreat, Newgate then raised Cloud-Cutting in his hand and casually swung, slicing more than ten incoming cannonballs into pieces.
Shock Wave!
As Edward Newgate began charging power, a white transparent sphere emitting powerful tremor force quickly condensed on the blade.
As Cloud-Cutting swept horizontally, the sphere slowly rushed toward a hard steel fortress.
As the shock wave approached, the surrounding space distorted under this powerful tremor force.
The hard steel fortress instantly began cracking layer by layer like a shattered mirror under Newgate's attack.
The pirates hiding inside were instantly crushed into fragments by the powerful tearing force.
The Iron Wall Pirates' 10th Division Captain Kramer, standing on the highest fortress watching, shivered when he saw Newgate's terrifying combat power.
Even the black top hat on his head bent downward.
While the executives of the Rocks Pirates were attacking the Iron Wall Pirates' territory, New World, Steel Island.
Blite was looking at the defense deployment map spread behind him with a dark face.
At this moment he had already received messages from Blom, Pick, Kramer, and Baruk — the outermost islands deployed by the Iron Wall Pirates had already been captured by the Rocks Pirates.
Several other islands were also in a precarious state.
Seeing the enemy's offensive so swift, Blite also felt some worry.
He picked up the Den Den Mushi on the table and directly dialed Ubel.
Soon, his Den Den Mushi was picked up by the other party.
"Hello?"
Hearing Ubel's voice, after a full minute of silence, Blite finally lowered his voice and said:
"Ubel! The Rocks Pirates have already launched an attack on me!" "My first defense line has been broken!"
Hearing Blite's voice, Ubel also fell into silence.
The atmosphere between the two instantly became oppressive.
"Blite! It's not that I don't want to support you!" "But the Navy has already started moving." "Steel Bone Kong has brought a large number of Navy forces into the Navy's G-34 Branch." "Plus the Roger Pirates keep causing trouble!"
"I don't have more energy to support you either."
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