Chapter 256: Chapter 256: Rescue
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At that moment, Shanks and Mihawk had already seized the opportunity and were lunging toward Arashi.
"Teach!" The powerful gravity was pulling Arashi's body, but he was laughing heartily.
"You are the biggest obstacle to me winning this war!" Hearing these words, Marshall D. Teach felt no joy at all; he even shuddered.
Killing with kindness! This was killing with kindness! To be targeted so intently by the world's most invincible powerhouse was undoubtedly a tragedy.
Marshall D. Teach was even lamenting how unfair fate was to him. Arashi's feet were uncontrollably pulled by the immense force, slowly but surely dragging him toward Blackbeard.
At that moment, from his left and right, two figures swung their longswords at him.
"Mihawk, Shanks!" Arashi roared, suddenly lifting his feet and stomping on the ground. The earth shook violently.
With that stomp, his legs were buried up to his knees in the ground. Using this force, Arashi stabilized his body and shot out his left and right hands.
"Divine Departure!" "Night Slash!" The two swung their swords.
The long swords collided with his palms. A shocking scene occurred that shocked the world.
To block the longswords of two world-class swordsmen with his bare flesh, he had withstood it.
The pupils of both Hawk-Eye Mihawk and Red-Haired Shanks contracted violently at that moment, unable to believe what they were seeing.
A slash that could easily cut through mountains and seas was now stopped dead in the opponent's palm.
"Drip!"
A drop of blood fell to the ground. Arashi grinned, clearly feeling a sliver of pain. On his chest and abdomen, the gash from the earlier slash was still bleeding.
Suddenly. Arashi pushed with all his might. The two stumbled, and they were pulled, sword and all, crashing into the ground with a deafening boom.
Then, he swung his right foot, kicking the ground open and sending dust flying.
"BOOM!"
That kick landed squarely on the abdomen of Mihawk, who had reacted quickly and was already getting up.
The latter's face changed drastically, and he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood as his body slammed heavily onto the ground, skidding for over a thousand meters.
Immediately after, Arashi twisted his waist and swung a punch at Shanks to his side.
"BANG!"
The void vibrated, and vast ripples radiated outward. Looking up at the sky, the clouds were in turmoil.
"The World Strongest!" Arashi murmured. His body swayed, dodging a longsword that came from the side. Then, he turned and clashed blades with the attacker.
"BOOM!"
The ground trembled, and the aftershock of the clashing slashes spread out in all directions, radiating across the entire island of Onigashima.
Arashi didn't pause for a moment. Almost instantly, he threw another punch, clashing fists with the attacking Saint Saturn.
"BOOM!"
The air shook. The aftershocks of the continuous collisions overlapped and exploded outwards at that moment.
Then, from over a thousand meters away, another massive slash, sharp and powerful, shot straight toward Arashi.
Unable to dodge, the latter opened his mouth, and a black vortex swallowed the slash. A breath later, Arashi opened his mouth and spat the slash back out.
Mihawk raised his sword to block the attack, but the aftershock dispersed, raining down on various parts of Onigashima. The great battle raged on continuously.
Arashi was surrounded in the center, fighting fiercely with the world's top powerhouses.
Gradually, as the light from the central battlefield continued to erupt, people began to notice something terrible.
"Onigashima is shaking more and more violently! The ground, there are so many cracks in the ground!"
"Oh my god! Look at the sky, the land!" Trembling voices echoed across the battlefield.
When the Marines and pirates saw the state of the dome above and the ground below, their expressions changed drastically.
"The sky, the land. They've both been shattered!! Run!! Onigashima is going to collapse!"
"CRACK!" The sky was shattering. The overcast heavens, at this moment, broke into several pieces, appearing before everyone's eyes in an orderly fashion.
This scene was breathtaking and instilled a form ofless terror in people's hearts. On the ground, one crack after another rapidly appeared beneath everyone's feet.
Some were caught off guard, falling with blood-curdling screams. Every minor aftershock from the battle at the center was a disaster they could not withstand.
Every beam of light, every slash, inflicted immense damage on the surrounding people. Onigashima was collapsing.
Under the relentless battle of the few at its center, it likely wouldn't last much longer.
The aftershocks of this peak showdown were not something a mere island like Onigashima could endure.
"What do we do? If this battle continues, Onigashima will break apart! Oh god, everyone on the island will die!" Terrified screams rang out.
Both Marines and pirates were thrown into a panic.
"RUMBLE!"
A brilliant light flashed, and a great wind swept over everyone's heads. Onigashima shook violently.
During this tremor, parts of the ground rose to become mountains, while other areas collapsed and split open, forming deep abysses.
It was as if the island were experiencing tens of thousands of years of geological change in a matter of moments.
This was merely the result of the aftershocks from the battle between the world's top powerhouses.
While marveling at the terrifying strength of these fighters, the lower-ranking Marines and pirates also contemplated their survival.
"If this continues, we're all dead! What should we do? Quick, retreat from Onigashima! The island is about to collapse! Only by getting off Onigashima do we have a chance to live."
"But what about our captains? This battlefield on Onigashima is no longer one we can set foot on! Even these powerful individuals are not enough for them to stretch their limbs."
"In this war, instead of worrying about them, we should be more worried about ourselves!" the ordinary pirates said with trembling voices. Just then.
"BOOM!"
An explosion erupted from the central battlefield, and a mushroom cloud bloomed. It was immediately followed by a howling gale that, even from a thousand meters away, was strong enough to send people flying.
Then, with a series of cracking sounds, a dense web of fissures appeared all over Onigashima.
"AHHHHHH!"
Both Marines and pirates screamed at this moment. The massive, dense cracks caused them to plummet downwards. It was, without a doubt, a catastrophe.
Onigashima had been shattered, and it was difficult for ordinary people to survive on its fractured surface.
"Hey, hey, hey! What are you all standing around for? Evacuate Onigashima now!" A deep, solemn voice suddenly rang out, spreading across the entire island.
"It's Admiral Aokiji!"
"Admiral Aokiji has given the order for us to retreat from Onigashima!"
"Quick, I've wanted to leave this damned place for a while now! The battle between the Fleet Admiral and our enemies is not something we can get involved in!"
"Retreat, quickly!" Instantly, excited shouts echoed from all over Onigashima.
Being able to escape the center of this battlefield and fight battles suited to their level was undoubtedly what every low-ranking person wished for.
Otherwise, they wouldn't even be able to withstand the aftershocks of the great figures' battle.
"All pirates, evacuate Onigashima! From this moment on, this battlefield no longer belongs to us!" Katakuri's voice also rang out at this time, echoing above the pirates' heads.
"Beasts Pirates, pull out of Onigashima!" King ordered. The high-ranking officers on both sides had given their commands and instructions.
While the forces on both sides breathed a sigh of relief, they also tacitly gathered their troops and quickly retreated toward the outer edges of the island.
"RUMBLE!"
Lightning flashed densely and ominously overhead, and the wind howled ceaselessly. The gloomy sky looked like the apocalypse had arrived.
"Where should we go? We've left Onigashima, but the war isn't over! We still have to fight the Marines!"
"Captain Kaido and Big Mom haven't been seen for a long time either. Could it be that our two captains have already?"
At this moment, the pirates' hearts were filled with confusion. In this duel at the pinnacle of the world, their captains were the first to be taken out of the fight, having not shown themselves since the battle intensified.
Big Mom had been blasted into the distant sea and vanished, while Kaido was suppressed beneath a mountain, not even a shadow of him visible.
This was undoubtedly a fatal blow to both pirate crews. The defeat of their leaders was an immense setback for them. Suddenly. "Ice Age!!" A low voice rang out.
Immediately, the temperature in the air dropped by several degrees, and snowflakes began to drift down over Onigashima.
Then, the pirates who had just retreated to the edge of the island saw the sea in front of them freeze over at an incredible speed.
"The sea has been frozen! It was Admiral Aokiji!"
"A new battlefield?" Seeing this, both sides naturally understood the implications.
Large numbers of personnel began to leap off Onigashima and land on the ice, where they once again engaged in battle.
The five Admirals and their respective opponents also tacitly moved away from Onigashima, leaving that battlefield behind.
Gradually, Onigashima became empty.
"CRACKLE!"
A bolt of lightning ten thousand meters long descended from the sky, streaking toward the central battlefield and creating a stunning backdrop.
This scene was breathtaking, something many would remember for a lifetime. The golden lightning snaked down like a roaring flood dragon.
Suddenly, a thick arm shot up. It grabbed the head of the flood dragon and then slammed it violently forward.
"BOOM!"
Amid thunder and lightning, the giant flood dragon crashed into Saint Garling. The latter grunted, his crescent-moon-shaped hair standing on end from the electricity.
Then, his body was sent flying by the lightning, crashing into a mountain peak three to four thousand meters away.
With a loud boom, the mountain collapsed. At the same time, Arashi let go, turned, and swung his sword.
"CLANG!"
The longsword collided with the blades in the hands of Shanks and Mihawk, creating a blinding shower of sparks.
The impact ripple spread outwards, kicking up sand and dust, and the ground instantly caved in.
"Zehahahahaha! What an insane battle!" Marshall D. Teach roared, charging forward with his fists swinging.
His left hand was shrouded in darkness, while his right hand held a small cannonball.
"100x Cannonball!!"
As he ran, he flicked his finger. In an instant, the cannonball swelled. In the blink of an eye, it grew to nearly a thousand meters in size, so large that it blotted out the sun and sky.
"What?" This scene greatly surprised even Shanks and Mihawk, who were in the middle of their joint attack.
"Zehahahaha, surprised? My development of the More-More Fruit is even greater than its previous owner's!"
"Now, my amplification limit has reached nearly a thousand times!" Marshall D. Teach laughed excitedly. Seeing the looks on everyone's faces, he felt immensely proud and smug.
Yes, a thousand times! It was an incredibly exaggerated number, one that could elevate his power to an unimaginable level.
If he combined it with the power of his Dark-Dark Fruit. Marshall D. Teach grinned again, and the black vortex in his left hand suddenly pulled with great force.
"Dark Water!"
"VMMM!"
The void itself seemed to ripple with a straight, beam-like distortion, with its target at the other end.
It was Arashi. Almost instantly, Arashi, who had just blocked the joint attack from Shanks and Mihawk, felt a massive pulling force envelop his entire body.
In an instant, his body was ripped from the ground and sent flying rapidly toward Marshall D. Teach's location.
"You were still hiding your strength?" Arashi's face turned grim. Darkness in the left hand, a giant cannonball in the right; it was a perfect combination.
Blackbeard, who was accustomed to feigning weakness, was incredibly insidious. In the blink of an eye, the thousand-fold amplified black cannonball was already right in front of an airborne Arashi.
The next second. His body slammed violently into the cannonball. "BOOM!" An incredibly dazzling fireball erupted, shooting straight into the clouds.
A giant mushroom cloud bloomed, rapidly expanding to a height of several hundred meters.
A massive blast wave, with them at its center, swept outwards in all directions, eventually engulfing the entire island.
The crimson flames turned the entire sky a burning red, and the high temperature seemed capable of incinerating everything.
Shanks and Mihawk, who were closest, had their expressions change drastically in an instant as their figures flashed away.
Saint Garling raised his right hand to shield his face, his eyes filled with horror as he watched the massive explosion. Saint Saturn's pupils contracted, his eyes reflecting the immense fireball.
Many years ago, Byrnndi World was known as the World Destroyer, and he was considered a major threat and terrorist by the World Government.
The fundamental reason for this was his ability to amplify cannonballs a hundred times.
At this moment, the power Marshall D. Teach wielded surpassed even Byrnndi World's. "The number of dangerous individuals just keeps growing!"
Saint Saturn sighed to himself. He had not underestimated Marshall D. Teach; otherwise, he would not have invited him to fight Arashi together.
But as the battle reached this point, he couldn't help but take him even more seriously.
Recalling this battle from the beginning until now, although Blackbeard had been on the weaker side for most of the time, even acting timidly and without the dignity of a top-tier fighter, he had never truly been afraid.
Clearly, the man had been deliberately hiding his strength.
"VMMMMMM!"
The wind howled, and the sky above Onigashima distorted. Arashi's figure was completely enveloped by the massive mushroom cloud, twisting and disappearing from sight.
At the same time. In Onigashima's dilapidated prison. Rob Lucci led a team of Marines, running in quickly.
When he saw Garp, Sengoku, Tsuru, and his former comrades, his grave and tense expression immediately eased.
"Vice Admiral Garp, I've come to rescue you!" Lucci said it was a rare occurrence personally.
The white dove on his shoulder flapped its wings, also seeming quite cheerful. "Lucci, my boy?" Garp said in surprise. "What's the situation outside?"
Sengoku, however, asked with a tense expression. He couldn't help but be nervous. The commotion outside was too immense.
The aftershocks alone had shattered the inside of the prison, and the pirates guarding it had fled in terror.
Moreover, by his judgment, with such immense destructive power, even Onigashima itself couldn't hold up.
"Fleet Admiral Arashi is in a great battle with them!" Lucci said quickly.
The men behind him efficiently opened the prison gate and then used keys to unlock the shackles of everyone.
"Them?" Tsuru asked, her expression growing solemn.
"Let's talk outside. Onigashima is about to collapse, and you are all heavily injured. We need to leave this place as soon as possible," Lucci said in a low voice.
"Alright!" Sengoku nodded. The group quickly followed. They also knew that now was not the time for conversation.
Koby and the others were helped up by their comrades, and they all dashed. Soon, they discovered that.
Almost everything on Onigashima was in ruins. Kaido's base, the giant skull structure, had its entire cranium blown off, as if a sword had cleanly sliced it.
Along the way, the bodies of the prison guards were piled up. They had been dealt with by Lucci. In just a short while, the view before them suddenly opened up.
But in that instant, everyone's expression changed. "What is that?!" Koby pointed in shock toward the central battlefield in front of them.
A giant mushroom cloud was blooming there, with crimson flames covering the entire sky. A violent gale howled toward them, so strong that it almost made them lose their footing.
"That is where Fleet Admiral Arashi is fighting them!" Lucci said through gritted teeth. He didn't know the detailed situation of that battlefield either.
His mission was to rescue Vice Admiral Garp's group; he was not privy to other matters. He only knew that before entering Kaido's territory.
Fleet Admiral Arashi was engaged in a fierce battle with others. "Boy, just how many people are fighting Arashi!" Garp asked in a deep voice.
Rob Lucci's face was grim. He didn't turn back, simply leading the way. The others followed, and after a quick glance at the center of the battlefield, they hurried to keep up.
They knew very well that in their current state, they would be of no use in this war. After a long moment, Lucci finally spoke slowly.
What he uttered was a series of names. "Kaido of the Beasts." "Big Mom." "Marshall D. Teach." "Red-Haired Shanks, Hawk-Eye Mihawk." "And, one of the Five Elders, Saint Saturn, along with the leader of the God's Knights, Saint Garling Figarland."
"As for the other world-renowned powerhouses, they are being held off by the former Seven Warlords, now Marine Vice Admirals: Doflamingo, Bartholomew Kuma, Empress Boa Hancock, and others."
His tone was steady, but everyone's face changed at that moment. "What?! Those five old geezers have also joined this war?"
Sengoku said in shock, unable to stop himself from looking back toward the giant mushroom cloud at the center of the battlefield.
"Only one, Saint Jaygarcia Saturn! He possesses terrifying power and descended in a form never seen before," Lucci said gravely.
"Only one?" Sengoku's expression shifted slightly.
He had a faint, bad premonition. Even more than a decade ago, in the operation against Arashi, all five of the Elders had appeared together. But this time, there was only one.
"Those bastards, they have the nerve to gang up on Arashi!" Garp roared, his body abruptly stopping. Sengoku and the others quickly turned around.
"What are you doing? To support Arashi, of course! How can he possibly fight so many guys all by himself?" Garp yelled.
"In your current state, you will only be a burden to Arashi," Sengoku's face darkened as he shouted.
"Actually, in this battle, Fleet Admiral Arashi has also demonstrated power far exceeding what he showed during the War at Marineford."
"Kaido of the Beasts and Big Mom have already been defeated and have left the field and as for the rest of them."
Lucci took a deep breath, his eyes fixed on the towering flames before them, a glint of reverence shining within.
"I believe he will defeat them one by one!" Yes, even an island-sweeping explosion couldn't possibly do anything to Fleet Admiral Arashi.
Because. That man was the World's Strongest! A hot wind swept over from the center of the battlefield, causing everyone's clothes to flutter and their hair to be blown back.
Feeling this scorching blast wave, Garp's expression remained incredibly grave. But in the end, he endured it and turned his head away.
"Let's move out!" With a loud shout, Garp clenched his fists and headed along a specific route.
A special operations team was stationed there by the Marines, with food, medicine, and other supplies specifically tailored for their use.
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