However, although these beasts couldn't do anything to a master like Smoker, they were not something others could easily handle.
"Roar!!"
A white-furred gorilla's giant fist tore through the air, smashing down fiercely at a rear admiral.
Bang!!
Countless cracks appeared on the ground. The rear admiral was instantly smashed into a meat patty.
Faced with the bite of a scarlet giant serpent, a vice admiral crossed his fists at his waist and tensed his whole body's muscles.
"Armament: Tekkai!!"
Ding!!
The sharp snake fangs bit into his shoulder but couldn't pierce his flesh. However, the next moment, this vice admiral's pupils constricted in shock.
A small cannon barrel was revealed in the giant serpent's mouth. An explosive flame spewed out fiercely, instantly engulfing his entire person!
Zing—!
A few flashes of sword light, and the scarlet giant serpent was cut into several pieces and fell.
Gion lightly tapped the ground and charged out again. She shouted a reminder without turning her head:
"Everyone, be careful! Don't forget that these beasts have been modified!"
"Yes, sir!"
"Understood!"
The officers replied a few times.
The burned vice admiral gritted his teeth, propping himself up on one knee on the ground. He glared at the beast group and cursed fiercely:
"Damn it! You beasts! Watch me slaughter you!"
Boom!! Boom!! Boom!!
Sword lights and blade shadows continuously streaked. A hundred or so officers and hundreds of mechanical undead beasts clashed fiercely.
This incomparably brutal scene further aroused the spirits of all the soldiers. The sound of cannon fire was incessant, and cannonballs poured into the beast group.
The defensive line composed of hundreds of undead beasts was being eaten away bit by bit. With this momentum of a bloody battle, the Marines also became more and more valiant, continuously advancing the battle line.
At this rate, the coast would probably be breached soon.
Above the cloud layer, Reiner looked down at the battlefield. Broken blades and halberds were stuck everywhere, and blood had dyed the earth crimson. It was no exaggeration to say that the entire coastline was littered with corpses.
Although the undead could be 'revived' by his ability, Reiner did not intend to do so.
To throw hundreds of massive beast undead into the battlefield at once put a great strain on his stamina. Repairing the undead was even more so.
The effect of any method was always best the first time. After the other party had found a way to deal with it, using it again would be greatly discounted. It was a bit of a loss to consume a large amount of stamina to revive the undead.
Reiner let the undead below gradually become a tool to consume the other's forces. When the Marines had charged into the island, he naturally had other means waiting for them.
"The main force of the Marines will soon be landing in full. Let's go. We'll go to the lower layer and wait to welcome our guests."
Reiner smiled faintly. As he spoke, he pressed the communicator in his ear again.
"Vegapunk, we're going down. Kizaru has probably already infiltrated the research institute. You be careful."
"I know. Straw Hat just woke up. I'll have Shaka take him to ride the vacuum rocket down. The research institute is about to activate the frontier dome."
"Good. And adjust the climate on the way. A rainstorm to cool down the Marines."
"A rainstorm? Got it. Leave it to me."
In the laboratory, Vegapunk nodded in response and then immediately began to operate on the control panel.
The island had an island-wide air conditioning system that could freely adjust the surrounding weather.
Egghead, which already had a tropical climate, only needed to have its temperature rapidly lowered to quickly bring about a fierce rainstorm.
With Nami's current strength, combined with a rainstorm, she could instantly transform it into a natural disaster.
After ending the call, Reiner nodded at Nami and the others beside him and said with a smile:
"Luffy is awake. He's on his way down."
"Really!"
"Luffy!"
"That's great!"
Hearing this news, the few of them became excited.
Franky grinned and said:
"In a full-scale war like this, it always feels like something is missing without the captain. There's no time to lose. Let's hurry up and go."
Reiner summoned his falcon, and the group quickly left the cloud island and flew downwards.
Then, a light screen rose from the outer layer of the cloud that supported the eggshell-shaped research layer.
A row of jumping numbers was displayed on the light screen. That represented the charging of the frontier dome, which soon reached one hundred percent.
This energy barrier not only had an exaggerated defense but also possessed an extremely powerful offensive performance. Once it was forcibly hit, one would suffer the rebound damage of a laser beam.
Besides Kizaru, who could transform into the same particle form as the barrier, it was almost impossible to break through the defense of the frontier dome by normal means.
Seeing this scene from above, Akainu frowned slightly.
The frontier dome couldn't stop Kizaru, but the Straw Hat crew had directly left the research institute. Had they not discovered Kizaru's movements?
Or did they have some trick up their sleeve, confident that Kizaru couldn't easily take down Vegapunk?
Although Akainu was known for his great strength and iron-fisted methods, his combat mind was also not weak. All the changes on the battlefield were under his attention.
Soon, he thought of an important weapon in the other's possession—
The Seraphim!
According to the intelligence, S-Hawk, S-Snake, and S-Shark were in the research institute. And at present, the person with the highest control authority over the Seraphim on the island was Vegapunk.
If they had left three Seraphim to protect Vegapunk, then the actions of the Straw Hat crew were understandable.
Akainu thought to himself.
He glanced at the situation on the island's front. Although slow, the advance of the battle line was still smooth. With the continuous harvesting of the undead giant beasts, the speed of the advance was gradually increasing.
"The coastal defensive line is about to be breached! All troops, prepare for a landing operation! Have the Seraphim act."
Akainu summoned a messenger and ordered.
Besides the three Seraphim in the research institute, the remaining S-Flamingo, S-Croc, and S-Bat were in the hands of the Marines.
Compared to ordinary Pacifistas, the Seraphim were special. They needed to be given orders in person to be effective.
As long as someone restrained Sentomaru, there was no need to worry about the Seraphim's commands being overridden. With Kizaru on Vegapunk's side, he didn't need to worry either.
After taking down Vegapunk, Kizaru, as the head of the Marine science department, could take over the three Seraphim.
And S-Bear...
Akainu raised his hand and called a soldier, ordering:
"Contact CP0. Have them bring the Seraphim over."
"Yes, sir!"
The Marine saluted and then retreated.
Akainu's gaze gradually became deep.
At that time, with seven Seraphim in hand at the same time, the Straw Hat crew would be even more powerless to resist.
This was the most ideal development. For these 'strongest weapons' standing at the pinnacle of technology, he already had a preliminary plan in his heart.
As for whether Kizaru could take down Vegapunk, Akainu was not worried at all.
Kizaru's strength was beyond doubt. Not just him, but even Sengoku and Tsuru would not doubt this point.
"It seems to be cooling down. Is a rainstorm coming..."
Tsuru's face was calm as she murmured, looking up slightly at the sky.
At some unknown point, the originally clear sky had quietly changed. A few thin dark clouds had appeared, covering the sun and making the sky gray.
With a drop of rain falling on her wrinkled face, a continuous light rain began to fall from the sky.
Vice Admiral Tsuru frowned slightly, her thoughts gradually becoming deep, as if she were also covered by a layer of dark clouds.
Although they had a huge advantage in this war, she invisibly felt that it was slowly turning, just like the storm that was quietly brewing in the sky.
Soon, the warships docked one after another, and the fierce slaughter on the front line of the coast also gradually subsided a little.
Under the valiant battle of countless soldiers who had paid a tragic price, the ferocious undead beasts were almost all gone. A huge gap had been torn in the defensive line, leaving only a dozen or twenty extremely strong giant beasts.
A white-furred, immensely strong gorilla; a long-armed bear with black and white stripes, combining speed and agility; a giant octopus whose several tentacles danced like a rainstorm of fists, and so on.
Even the vice admirals would find it a bit tricky to deal with them.
Just then, three dark figures, as swift as lightning, flew into the battlefield with their wings spread.
"Shadow Revolution!!"
A black shadow streaked across the ground and drilled into the shadow of a long-armed bear, then twisted into a black, circular shape.
Strangely, the body of the long-armed bear also twisted along with it. Its bones and joints 'cracked', and it was directly turned into a round ball of flesh.
"Gyehehehe!"
A tall, child-like figure landed, grinning to reveal two rows of sharp teeth.
"It's S-Bat!"
"The Seraphim are here!!"
"And S-Croc and S-Flamingo!"
Seeing the newcomers, the Marines' expressions all became excited.
After the abolition of the Warlords, the main force for subjugating these famous pirates on the seas was the Seraphim.
Many of the Marines had personally witnessed their strength. The appearance of the Seraphim undoubtedly gave everyone a lot of confidence.
S-Croc flew to the front of the white-furred gorilla and swung his arm upwards.
"Desert Spada!!"
Hiss—!!
The sand on the ground quickly condensed into a blade. The high-frequency vibrating sand blade instantly cut the gorilla in half at the waist!
"Overheat!!"
Countless thin threads coiled into a thick line and shot out from his palm. S-Flamingo's lips curled into a sneer, and he whipped out the thread.
Slap!!
The whistling, air-breaking thread was as sharp as a blade. It easily tore through the earth and cut the giant octopus in two.
Retracting the thread, S-Flamingo sat on an invisible thin thread, crossing his legs and letting out a teasing laugh:
"Fuffuffuffuffu~. I've found an interesting toy."
He extended his hand and moved his fingertips, shooting out several parasite threads and beginning to control the giant beasts to fight each other.
The three Seraphim were dispatched at the same time, quickly harvesting the remaining few undead giant beasts.
"They've finally made a move."
After finishing off a beast, Smoker heard the commotion and looked back, unable to help but sigh:
"How exaggerated. They're so young, yet they're already displaying strength that is not in the least bit inferior to their original bodies. It's hard to imagine how far they can grow in the future."
"Those beasts have all been dealt with!"
"All hands on deck! Quickly occupy the elevator passage!"
"Hurry up! Surround the town!"
From the docked warships, a large number of Marines quickly jumped out under the command of their leaders, converging into a white wave and surging onto the island.
Akainu also jumped down from the bow and stepped onto the coast. His "Justice" coat swayed in the wind behind him as he slowly walked into the island.
And at this moment, a huge commotion suddenly came from the sky.
Boom!!
The outer wall of the research institute violently exploded, and smoke and gunpowder mixed with firelight rushed out. Kizaru's figure flew out from the black, thick smoke.
The scattered golden points of light quickly gathered together, converging into Kizaru's body, which floated in mid-air.
"What's going on!"
Akainu whipped his head around and looked, his expression a little surprised.
Could three Seraphim have repelled Kizaru?
In the sky, Kizaru floated in the air, scratching his head. His expression was a little troubled.
"Yare, yare. This is not good."
"It's unexpected to see you here. This is even more surprising than you joining Blackbeard."
Looking at the figures of the Seraphim and Aokiji walking out of the dust and smoke, a hint of seriousness finally appeared in Kizaru's sunglasses-covered eyes. His tone was teasing as he said:
"I say... you didn't join Straw Hat, did you, Kuzan..."
"Not really. It has nothing to do with the Straw Hat crew. I'm just doing what I want to do."
Aokiji replied faintly, a cold, white freezing air continuously emanating from his body.
"Is that so..."
Kizaru stared at Aokiji, his gaze slowly sweeping over the interior of the research institute, and at the same time, he said nonchalantly:
"It's really a pain to have to fight you. Why don't you come over to our side, Kuzan? Just hand over Vegapunk. It's simple, right?"
"Don't be ridiculous. I don't want to get involved in your war with the Straw Hat crew, but that doesn't mean I'll stand on your side."
Aokiji waved his hand and released more cold air, which quickly condensed into ice in his palm. He shouted:
"I'm not a Marine Admiral anymore, Borsalino!"
"Ice Saber!!"
Bang!
Aokiji sank into a half-squat, and with a push of his legs, his entire person shot out like a cannonball.
"You're making things difficult for me. At least be considerate of this old one, Kuzan."
Kizaru sighed, then crossed his hands, and from his light-emitting palms, he drew out a golden lightsaber to meet the attack.
"Ama no Murakumo!"
Clang!!
The ice blade and the lightsaber collided, and a circular shockwave was sent out. Aokiji and Kizaru exerted force at the same time, in a stalemate.
"Since it's so difficult, why don't you consider quitting the Marines like me?"
"Don't say 'quitting' so righteously, Kuzan. Even as a salaryman, this old one is very dedicated."
Clang!!
Kizaru swung his sword and sent the ice blade flying, separating from Aokiji. His gaze drifted, and he once again probed into the research institute.
"Do you think the Marines still have justice? And, don't look around when you're fighting!"
Aokiji's shouted as he swung his sword. The ice blade swept horizontally, cutting Kizaru in two at the waist.
However, what came out was not blood, but golden points of light from his elementalized body.
The two halves of the light bypassed Aokiji and converged into one. He had no intention of continuing the fight.
"The weight of the word 'justice' is far heavier than what can be said with just words, you brat."
Swish—!
Kizaru left behind a light and airy voice and continued to fly rapidly into the research institute.
"Don't even think about running!!"
Aokiji whipped around and looked back, raising his palm and making a grasping motion in the empty air.
"Ice Mirror!!"
The cold air remaining on the broken wall quickly surged, condensing into a smooth, mirror-like hard ice that sealed the hole.
The beam of light crashed into it without making any sound, and was instead instantly reflected and bounced out.
Kizaru re-formed his body, unable to help but frown slightly.
"A mirror made of ice? I can't believe you thought of such a move."
"We've worked together for decades. I know your abilities well, Kizaru."
Aokiji slowly exhaled a long, cold breath, and countless smooth ice prisms condensed and floated around him.
At the same time, in the future city with its towering skyscrapers below.
Led by the three Seraphim and the Marine vice admirals, a large number of Marines poured in.
A light rain fell from the sky, and with a gentle blow of the wind, it swayed like silver threads. Countless hurried footsteps splashed on the clean streets.
Reiner and the others stood on the top of a modern-style tall building, looking down at the Marines rushing in from all directions.
"Only seeing them up close do you realize how terrifyingly numerous they are."
Usopp's throat bobbed, and his voice trembled a little.
"Isn't the disparity in forces a bit too great? Hey, are you sure this is okay, Reiner?"
"Ah. The disparity in forces is too great. This battle is really desperate."
Reiner's voice was light in response. He raised his hand, and dozens of void rifts slowly opened above his head.
Whitebeard, Kaido, Sukuna, Big Mom, Frieren, Blackbeard... several top-tier undead were summoned.
Even if they were taken out individually, each of them possessed the ability to face an admiral head-on.
Then, War Demon, Gun Demon, Bullet, Magellan, Marco, Katakuri, and a dozen or so other powerhouse undead appeared one after another.
A corner of Reiner's mouth lifted as he looked down at the continuously surging Marines with a teasing expression.
"Of course, the desperation I'm talking about is for them."
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