Chapter 408: Chapter 408: The Worthless Five Elders
Chapter 408: The Worthless Five Elders
"Five of them..."
"They’re all exuding a disgusting stench."
Reiner looked up slightly at the distance. Sensing these few presences, he instantly reacted to the identity of the newcomers.
Besides the Five Elders or the God’s Knights, no one else could suddenly appear here.
In a square in the center of the city, one after another, dark purple light patterns were drawn on the ground, forming a mysterious pattern.
The moment several teleportation circles were formed, a large amount of purple mist gushed out from them. In each cloud of mist, there was a dark silhouette, vaguely revealed from the formation.
Rumble!
With a clap of thunder, lightning illuminated the dim sky for an instant, and the several silhouettes in the mist became clear.
A giant, half-human spider with eight long purple legs supporting its body, and a pair of bull’s horns on its head—the Warrior God of Science and Defense, Saint Jaygarcia Saturn!
A giant, strange bird of prey with black wings spread wide, its long beak lined with a row of sharp teeth, as if it could tear even steel—the Warrior God of the Environment, Saint Marcus Mars!
A new, ferocious warthog with an extraordinarily large head, four long, curved tusks protruding from its mouth, and its rough skin covered in spots—Saint Topman Warcury!
A fat sand worm with a thick, long body that seemed to be stacked in circles, its bloody maw wide open—the Warrior God of Agriculture, Saint Ju Peter!
The upper body was a human in a white robe, holding a longsword. The lower body was a skeleton warhorse constructed from stark white bones—the Warrior God of Finance, Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro!
The five monsters all had one thing in common: a black cloud of smoke was wrapped around their backs, a characteristic unique to awakened Zoan users.
All five members of the Five Elders had landed in their monster forms!
"Is that...?"
"The... the Five Elders?"
The nearby Marine generals’ mouths were slightly agape, their faces filled with disbelief and shock, not daring to speak loudly.
The five people who stood at the highest point of the Celestial Dragons, with the power of the world concentrated in their hands, had actually appeared in such a form.
Standing on a tall building, Sengoku’s face was grave as he looked at the descending figures in the distance.
No wonder those below the rank of general were forbidden to look. Even he had never heard of such a secret.
"The frontier dome is open..."
Saint Saturn stood with his cane, looked up at the island cloud above, and summoned:
"CP0."
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Several figures quickly appeared in response.
"Yes."
"Greetings, my lords."
"Please give your orders, Lord Saturn."
Kaku and the others knelt on one knee, respectfully lowering their heads.
Saint Saturn shifted his gaze and looked down, his voice low as he spoke:
"You still haven’t taken down Vegapunk? Tell me the situation in the research layer now."
"Yes. Admiral Kizaru has already gone to capture him, but he was blocked by the former admiral, Aokiji, and the three Seraphim in the research institute."
"You said Kuzan?"
"How is he here?"
Kaku’s words made the Five Elders all puzzled. They frowned and looked at each other.
Saint Saturn turned his head back, and in a low voice, he continued to speak to CP0:
"Blueno’s ability can pass through the frontier dome, right? You will go with me to the research institute. I will personally take over the authority of the Seraphim. You will go and kill Vegapunk and all his satellites."
As the pinnacle product of scientific weaponry, the highest priority authority of the Seraphim was naturally in the hands of the Five Elders. But the command had to be given in person to be effective.
Once he had taken over the Seraphim, the battle between Aokiji and Kizaru would also quickly end.
"Yes, sir!"
Kaku and his group nodded in response. Blueno stood up and waved his hand in the air, creating a space door.
"Then we will go and deal with Ni... Straw Hat."
"And his companions."
"Not a single one will be spared."
The other members, Saint Nusjuro and the others, spoke one after another, their gazes shifting to the battlefield in the distance.
Akainu, Garp, the Seraphim are all there. And Black Snake Reiner...
"...Hmm?"
"Where’s Straw Hat?"
After scanning the area, the Five Elders frowned.
The most important target, the one they had specifically come for, was gone?
Just as the few were puzzled, an explosive roar descended from the sky!
"—Saint Saturn!!!"
What!
A giant black shadow covered the land. The Five Elders’ eyes widened in shock.
Saint Saturn, who had just taken a step and was preparing to walk into the space door, paused. He felt the overwhelming anger and powerful Haki rushing straight for him, and he whipped his head up to look.
A pure white figure was diving down at high speed, its giant arm behind it reaching into the dark clouds!
Seeing this, the faces of all five of the Five Elders changed in shock.
"Straw Hat!!"
"I’ve been wanting to beat you up for a long time, Saint Saturn!"
"Gomu Gomu no!!"
A terrifying red light shone in Luffy’s two eyes, making his smiling face look incomparably ferocious.
Rumble!!
A hole was torn in the thick cloud layer, and Luffy grabbed a violent bolt of lightning from the dark clouds!
With a tight grip of his giant fist, the thick bolt of lightning seemed to shatter and scatter, coiling around his fist!
"—Thunder!!"
"—God!!"
"—Gun!!!"
A great wind arose between heaven and earth! With Luffy’s angry roar, the giant fist, flashing with a dazzling electric light, smashed down with the terrifying force of a thunderbolt!
The pupils of the Five Elders constricted violently. Reflected in them was only a fist, larger than a football field, falling like a meteor.
There was no way to dodge!
Bang!!
The giant lightning fist smashed into his face. Saint Saturn spat out a mouthful of blood, his head was smashed into his neck, and his body was pressed down section by section, turning into a meat patty.
Finally, all five members of the Five Elders who had just descended were smashed into the earth by this terrifying, anger-filled giant fist!
Boom!!!
A powerful wind pressure blasted out, tearing apart the surrounding buildings and sending the green trees flying into the sky, roots and all.
The earth caved in and shook violently, and one giant abyss after another spread out. The Haki, in the form of dark red lightning, raged, as if the entire island would fall apart in the next second.
"The F-Five Elders..."
This scene made everyone who was watching from nearby so shocked their mouths hung agape. Even Vice Admiral Hiyama’s usually squinting eyes widened.
Are they... still alive...?
Sengoku’s face was pale as he stared at the Five Elders under the giant fist, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.
To be killed the moment they came out... how am I supposed to explain this when I get back?
No, will there even be a World Government to go back to?
The highest power has died on the battlefield. Can this giant force that has stood for 800 years still be maintained?
Sengoku thought of countless things in an instant. He couldn’t imagine what this sea would become if the World Government collapsed...
He stiffly twisted his neck, his gaze slowly shifting to Garp. He found that Garp was also staring blankly in place, his eyes wide in shock.
This grandson of yours is really...!
Sengoku clenched his fists, closed his eyes, and his whole body trembled with anger. For a moment, he couldn’t even think of a word to curse him with.
Swish—
Slap!
Luffy flew down from the sky, retracted his arm, and landed on a rooftop. The flame cloud on his shoulders gradually dissipated, and his flying hair also faded from white.
The fierce battle had already consumed a large amount of his stamina. Now, after this one punch with all his strength and Haki, he finally couldn’t maintain his Fifth Gear form and returned to his original state.
The earth was filled with smoke and dust. The surroundings were deathly quiet, as if everyone had forgotten the battle and was just standing there in a daze.
"Luffy!"
A loud shout made Luffy turn his head. It was Usopp and Chopper, who leaped over several rooftops and came over.
Not far away, a mech also flew over. Franky’s figure jumped out from the opened cockpit in its chest.
"Hey, are you alright, Luffy!"
Franky asked with concern:
"What’s going on? That form of yours just now?!"
"That? That was Gear Five. Hee hee hee, it’s strong, right?"
Luffy said with a silly smile, rubbing the back of his head.
Usopp’s eyes lit up.
"Gear Five?! You’ve learned a new move?"
"That’s right. I call it Nika Form."
"Nika?"
Chopper had a look of awe on his face.
"Ah."
Luffy smiled and nodded.
Just as Reiner had guessed, he had awakened while watching Kuma’s memories, in a state of unconsciousness.
He didn’t know why, but it was as if a divine intervention had made him feel he should call it that name.
"I see. Let’s put that aside for now. Who were those monsters just now?"
Usopp remembered and hurriedly turned his head to look down.
The devastated earth had been blasted with a giant deep pit. Countless buildings had been smashed to pieces and were pressed down in the deep pit. Smoke and dust filled the air.
"Them? Emmm..."
Luffy looked up and rubbed the back of his head. He thought for a moment, recalling Kuma’s memories, and said with an uncertain tone:
"They seem to be called the Five Elders, some kind of Celestial Dragon. I heard about them in Kuma’s memories."
"Celestial Dragons..."
Usopp’s expression was grave. He was puzzled as to why Celestial Dragons would appear here.
"Eh?"
Suddenly, Franky, at the side, seemed to have reacted to something. His expression was stunned, and he looked at Luffy.
"You said those were the Five Elders?"
"Mm-ah. What’s wrong?"
"—Pfft!!"
Franky spat out a mouthful of water. His two eyes widened and popped out of their sockets, and his jaw dropped to the ground in shock.
"You beat up the Five Elders!!"
"Ah. Can’t I beat them?"
Luffy scratched his head, a look of bewilderment on his face.
Chopper and Usopp also couldn’t understand. Franky was usually fearless.
"What’s wrong, Franky?"
"Although killing a Celestial Dragon is indeed very serious, but... ahem, ahem, but Reiner and Zoro have done it before."
"I..."
This isn’t a matter of whether you can beat them or not!
Franky’s mouth was agape, but he didn’t know how to explain it to them.
If the Five Elders die here, a single misstep could lead to the collapse of the massive organization of the World Government, and the world would fall into chaos!
Water 7 had a long-term cooperation with the World Government. He naturally understood the power structure of the World Government.
The Five Elders held the highest power in the world. Ordinary civilians had no access to this information, but anyone who did basically knew this open secret.
Franky wasn’t afraid of the Five Elders’ high power and influence. He was a lawless pirate. But the life and death of the Five Elders was not a trivial matter that could be lightly dismissed.
"This is a big problem. I can’t believe all of the Five Elders would descend..."
Franky slapped his forehead and sighed helplessly.
"Sigh~. Forget it. At this point, there’s no use saying these things. Let’s just repel the Marines first."
Slowly, the swirling smoke and dust below dissipated a little, gradually revealing the several figures lying within.
Kaku and the others in their white uniforms were lying scattered in the ruins, bleeding from their seven orifices, their eyes rolled back. It was clear they had lost consciousness.
As for the Five Elders...
Rumble, rumble...
Stones rolled down. A massive warthog with rough, thick skin propped itself up with its four legs and struggled to stand up, though it was swaying.
At the same time, it revealed the snake-bodied strange bird that it had been protecting under it, which was almost crushed into a meat patty.
A mound of earth rose from the ground, and a giant sand worm drilled out. It then opened its mouth and spat out a skeleton horse.
The last one, Saint Saturn, in his bull-headed, spider-legged form, like the legendary ushi-oni, had his eight spider legs broken, and a viscous purple liquid was gushing out. His head was covered in blood, and his pained face was on the verge of death.
Black flames burned on his body, and also on the massive warthog.
Two mysterious teleportation circles appeared on the ground. In the covering black flames, the two’s bodies gradually dissipated in place.
Although the other three were also covered in wounds, they were recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye under a strange power.
Luffy’s one punch was indeed exaggeratedly powerful, but to have two of them sent back right at the start... really...
What a bunch of worthless trash.
A corner of Reiner’s mouth twitched slightly, temporarily using this term as his evaluation of the Five Elders.
But...
The strange bird, which seemed to have been more seriously injured, was the one that had been crushed flat. But the one that had been teleported back was the warthog...
Reiner was lost in thought.
The effective damage to a normal living creature seemed to be useless on the Five Elders. No matter what kind of injury, they could rely on that strange power to recover quickly.
But the damage caused by Haki was still obvious.
Although the warthog was also heavily injured, it had been teleported back before the more seriously injured strange bird. It was probably because, like Saint Saturn, it had taken the full force of the Haki impact head-on.
Reiner glanced at the remaining three of the Five Elders again.
A black flame cloud was wrapped around their bodies. That was the characteristic of an awakened Zoan. Besides the sand worm, the horse skeleton and the snake-bodied, demon-faced bird were not ordinary creatures. They were most likely Mythical Zoans.
But a recovery ability that was almost comparable to a phoenix’s... that was clearly not something that could be achieved just by awakening a Zoan. It was probably achieved through some kind of contract with Imu.
Or perhaps, their animal forms were originally transformed from Imu’s ability?
Before he could think carefully, the three, the horse skeleton included, had already made their move. The sand worm opened its bloody maw and drilled into the ground.
"Blueno has lost consciousness. We’ll have to put the matter of the research institute aside."
The snake-god-like strange bird emitted a hoarse voice, spread its wings, and with a flap, it soared into the air in a chaotic wind.
"Now there is only one primary target..."
Saint Mars’s two pupils stared fiercely at Luffy, and he flew at him at high speed.
"Ah. Prioritize taking down Straw Hat!"
ZING—!
Saint Nusjuro’s eyes were grim. The skeleton horse leaped from the deep pit. He held the longsword, the Shodai Kitetsu, and the blade was unsheathed with a flash of cold light!
"They’re coming!"
"Quick, run!"
Luffy shouted anxiously. He, Franky, Usopp, and Chopper immediately scattered and jumped from the roof.
Bang!!
The building was pierced by the strange bird’s long, sharp beak. Rubble flew, and cracks spread along the wall. It soon began to collapse.
Luffy looked left and right in the air, preparing to choose a direction to flee.
That one punch just now had made him unable to enter Gear Five for a short time. He could only run first to buy some time to recover.
But at this moment, his Observation Haki sensed a crisis. Luffy’s face changed, and he whipped his head down to look.
Boom!!
The ground below was broken open into a cave, and a giant sand worm, with its large mouth open, burst out from the ground!
"Luffy!!"
Chopper and the others’ faces were pale with shock as they cried out.
"Teleport!"
Just as the giant sand worm was about to swallow Luffy, a figure appeared out of thin air, instantly in front of the sand worm!
"Without the enhancement of your ability, your immortality should also be ineffective, right?"
The suddenly appearing Reiner placed his hand on the sand worm’s forehead. A corner of his mouth lifted slightly, and an endless power of darkness gushed out.
"Kurouzu...!"
(End of Chapter)
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