Chapter 402: Chapter 402: The Battle Escalates, Powerhouses Enter the Field
Chapter 402: The Battle Escalates, Powerhouses Enter the Field
Fine, slanting rain, cold against the face. Droplets of water mixed with sweat slid down their necks. Countless Marines, braving the light rain, charged forward against the wind.
Through the rain screen, they could already see a dozen or so figures standing on a tall building in the distance. One by one, the Marines hurriedly used their communicators to call.
"Straw Hat crew spotted in the west district!!"
"The target has appeared! Requesting support!!"
"Be careful of an enemy attack!!"
A sudden loud shout tensed everyone’s nerves. They stopped in their tracks, their expressions tense as they looked around.
"In the sky!!"
With a reminder, everyone whipped their heads up and looked. They saw in the sky, several figures were scattered and descending!
The Whitebeard undead’s two feet were imbued with the power of vibration. His cape fluttered behind him, and his entire person, like a white comet, smashed onto the street!
"Quake Stomp!!"
Bang!!
The earth was like a smooth mirror that had been violently smashed. Countless cracks spread out from him as the center.
Immediately after, the earth beneath their feet began to tremble violently as if a beast had awakened.
Rumble!!
The ground cracked, and the sky shook. A terrifying earthquake suddenly erupted. The tall buildings on both sides began to collapse, smashing towards the Marines crowded in the street!
Bang!!
"Ah—!!"
Bang!!
"Quick, run!!"
Amidst one wail after another, countless Marines fled frantically, continuously dodging the falling buildings and rocks.
On the other side, the Blackbeard undead stood at the end of the street with its legs spread. A large amount of black mist rolled out, and like a tide, it turned the entire street into a black river.
"Kurouzu!!"
The black mist spread out and surged into the streets and alleys. All the buildings it touched were twisted and deformed by the gravitational pull.
"What is this thing!"
"We’re going to sink!"
"Someone, help me!!"
The soldiers who had stepped into the black mist looked on with terror, struggling fiercely. Their two feet were as if they had sunk into a quagmire and could not be pulled out. Their bodies slowly sank into the endless darkness.
"Don’t think about saving people!"
"Everyone, get off the ground!!"
Onigumo leaped onto a tall building and roared at those below. Soon, those who could use Moonwalk all soared into the air and jumped to the nearby tall buildings.
As for the soldiers who had already fallen into the black mist below, they could only watch in despair as their bodies were slowly swallowed by the darkness.
The Marines who had escaped the fate of being swallowed by the darkness had not yet had time to rejoice when a thick and huge dragon’s tail swiftly swept over!
"Be careful!!"
Hiyama shouted anxiously and quickly jumped from the building he was on. However, the others were not so lucky.
Bang!! Bang!! Bang!!
The undead azure dragon, with one sweep of its tail, broke and collapsed one tall building after another.
A large number of soldiers who had lost their balance fell along with countless giant rocks, landing in the street that had been swallowed by darkness.
A few lucky ones used the surrounding falling rocks to steady themselves and used Moonwalk again to avoid the fate of falling.
However, this did not mean they had escaped.
The azure dragon opened its ferocious, giant mouth. Between its two rows of sharp, ferocious teeth, a ball of fire, compressed to its limit and containing explosive energy, slowly rotated.
The fireball exuded a terrifying aura. Even the two vice admirals, Onigumo and Hiyama, were shocked.
"Boro Breath!!"
The azure dragon roared fiercely, and a scorching red, magma-like pillar of ultra-high-temperature fire spewed out swiftly, blasting straight at the Marines in the air!
Boom!! Boom!! Boom!!
As the azure dragon swung its head and swept, that terrifyingly powerful pillar of fire tore through space, sweeping across the land from left to right and causing a series of violent explosions!
Bang!!
Bang!!
Two figures were sent flying backward at high speed, crashing through buildings a hundred meters away.
Dust and rubble flew.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Hiyama lay in the ruins with a grave expression, clutching his chest as he coughed up blood.
At his side, Onigumo was also covered in burns, wisps of green smoke rising from various parts of his skin.
The two of them, who had used Armament Haki to defend, were both heavily injured. As for the other dozens of officers of commander rank, they were almost all wiped out by this one blow.
"How ridiculously strong. Even as an undead, he has such strength..."
Hiyama’s eyes were grave. He couldn’t imagine how strong Reiner, who had defeated Kaido, would be.
The azure dragon soared and raged in the streets. Every time it swung its body, it could cause great destruction.
The Whitebeard undead was even simpler and cruder, punching out with its fists. Each blow carried a terrifying energy that vibrated out, destroying and tearing apart all buildings. Countless soldiers and rubble were sent flying everywhere.
Even a vice admiral had no power to resist such a force.
"Shadow Revolution!!"
The Kagebōshi, taking advantage of the chaotic battle, drilled into the black shadow under the Blackbeard undead’s feet, pinning the main body in place through the shadow.
Then, S-Bat controlled the black shadow to condense a sharp spear and drill out from the ground.
"Kage-zukushi!!" (Shadow Spike Spear!!)
Hiss!
The Blackbeard undead, unable to move, was pierced by the sharp spear. However, he didn’t care at all and directly raised his hand to aim at S-Bat, the black mist in his palm swirling.
"Kurouzu!!"
The powerful suction made his palm turn into a black hole. Under the pull of this force, S-Bat’s body flew out uncontrollably.
"My power...?!"
The moment his shoulder was grabbed in the hand, S-Bat’s eyes widened in shock. He found that no matter how his ’green blood’ boiled, he could not use his ability.
He hurriedly raised his hand to gather a laser, a golden light blooming. However, the Blackbeard undead’s brutal fist had already smashed down.
Bang!!
Before the laser could be released, S-Bat was viciously pierced in the face by a punch. His entire body, like a cannonball, was sent flying backward at high speed, and finally crashed heavily into a food vending machine.
In another place.
The Frieren undead stood on top of a tall building, waving its staff. The bricks and stones on the ground shattered, and countless tree roots, a meter in diameter, drilled out.
Bang!! Bang!! Bang!!
The thick tree roots, like tentacles, went on a rampage in the streets. All the large and small buildings in their path were violently pierced, and their undiminished momentum stabbed into the charging crowd.
The Marines’ charge was instantly disintegrated. Hundreds of dry tree roots covered the entire street, crisscrossing between the shattered tall buildings.
With another wave of Frieren’s staff, a burst of explosive flames erupted, rapidly spreading along the countless tree roots, and in the blink of an eye, turning the area of several hundred meters into a fiery hell!
"Sector 6 requests support!!"
"Where are the Seraphim!!"
"We can’t do it! There are too many! Three Seraphim are not enough to deal with them!"
"Damn it!"
Vice Admiral Momonga gritted his teeth and looked at the mage undead standing on the tall building.
With a wave of his hand, it was a sea of fire, a sky of thunder, a sandstorm... all sorts of super-large-area, powerful moves came one after another.
Never mind defeating him, they couldn’t even get close.
Before Momonga and the others could think of a countermeasure, his peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of a giant shadow attacking.
"Poison Dragon!!"
A purple giant dragon’s body was dripping with viscous poison. It opened its fangs and bit down fiercely.
"Soru!!"
Momonga’s two feet tapped the ground in an instant, and his figure flashed and disappeared from his spot.
Boom!!
The poison dragon’s attack missed and slammed into the ground, splashing a large amount of highly corrosive poison, which made the surrounding buildings sizzle and smoke.
The poison dragon raised its head and opened its mouth. The Magellan undead’s figure jumped out of the poison dragon’s mouth, puffed out its cheeks, and spat a poison ball at the countless re-formed figures a dozen meters away.
"Doku Fugu!!" (Poison Pufferfish!!)
Puff! Puff! Puff!
"This is bad!"
One poison ball after another shot over. Momonga, who had just steadied his feet, was shocked. It was already too late to dodge.
At the critical moment, a figure flew over from the side. Doberman swung his two swords, sending out flying slashes that cut the poison balls in mid-air.
The crisis was averted. Before the two could relax, a dazzling electric light flashed above their heads!
"Ara-raigeki!!" (Wild Thunder Bite!!)
Boom!!!
A ferocious thunder dragon, several meters in diameter, descended from the sky. It struck the ground, and a dense web of electric arcs sizzled and flashed, instantly engulfing the two’s bodies!
"Vice Admiral Momonga!!"
"Lord Doberman!!"
The nearby Marines cried out in alarm. Besides being worried, they also couldn’t help but feel a deep sense of despair.
Whether it was individual strength or the number of powerhouses, the undead showed a crushing posture.
Even the vice admirals, and even the Seraphim, were having a hard time resisting. In front of these undead, they were even more like cannon fodder.
"Can we really win... this war..."
A soldier clutched his bleeding shoulder, one arm hanging limply, clearly his bone had been broken. His heart was ashen as he looked around with a dazed expression.
The landing battle on the coastline just now was already tragic enough. He hadn’t expected that that was just the beginning of the war. After setting foot on this island, the real hell had just begun.
A sky covered in wild thunder, a land covered in raging flames.
The entire city was filled with wails and screams. Every minute, every second, countless comrades were sacrificed in despair, either falling into the deep chasms that had opened up in the ground, or being crushed by falling giant rocks.
Some people had even just charged onto the island and had been hit by an attack from an unknown source before they had even had a chance to fire a single shot at the enemy.
The soldier subconsciously took a step back. It was unclear if it was out of fear or being overwhelmed. His thighs began to tremble uncontrollably.
Maybe I should just run...
Maybe I can find a place to hide first, and wait until the battle is over...
Maybe when I come out, we will have already won.
The soldier’s pupils began to tremble. The more he thought like this, the more his heart was filled with fear.
"I should just hide..."
"Anyway, a guy like me won’t be of any use even if I stay..."
"Even the vice admirals have fallen!"
The soldier loudly tried to convince himself, his two eyes unable to hold back hot tears, his tightly pursed lips trembling nonstop.
Just as he was struggling, a tall figure suddenly loomed over him from behind.
The soldier’s heart jumped. The thought of his act of desertion being discovered made a wave of fear rise in his heart, a chill running down his spine as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
However, the next second, the soldier’s peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of a palm, which rested on his shoulder from behind and squeezed gently.
"You’ve done a good job. Fall back, young man. That’s not an opponent you can handle."
Garp’s voice was low as he spoke. He walked forward, his gaze fixed straight on the Frieren undead that was continuously wreaking havoc on the battlefield in the distance.
"V-V-Vice Admiral Garp."
The soldier was a little dazed, as if he hadn’t come back to his senses. But the other had already walked several meters away.
A corner of Garp’s mouth lifted into a white-toothed grin. He bent his knees and squatted down, his thigh muscles bulging and tensing as he pushed off with mighty force!
Bang!!
The ground was blasted into a deep pit, and Garp’s figure instantly disappeared!
"Don’t be so arrogant, you brat!"
"You think there’s no one in the Marines who can deal with you!!"
A loud voice suddenly rang out from the sky. The people on the ground all looked up, their gazes all drawn to the owner of this voice.
They saw a red comet streak across the sky, flashing with a dazzling light as it flew straight towards the location of Reiner and the others.
Garp grinned as he cocked his arm, his fist trailing a dense web of black lightning. A terrifying aura instantly erupted.
"Is that...!"
"Vice Admiral Garp!!"
Seeing the figure clearly, hope emanated from the eyes of the countless Marine soldiers.
Sensing this terrifying aura, Nami, Usopp, and the others’ eyes popped out.
"Take this old one’s fist, you brat!!"
Garp laughed with extreme arrogance. He erupted with Haki, which coiled around his fist, and from a distance of several hundred meters, he smashed down at Reiner with all his might!
"Galaxy Impact!!"
"Scatter!!"
Reiner roared, and with a mighty push of his legs, he flew straight up to meet Garp!
An azure flame covered his entire body. His flesh and blood burned away in the flames, revealing a pure white skeleton.
"Nuclear Explosion Fist: Annihilation Sun!!"
Bang!!
Reiner clenched his fists. A scorching white light radiated from his bone arms. His Haki erupted at full power and clashed with Garp’s fist!
The ultimate Haki and the violent power clashed in the most primitive way. A dazzling explosive light instantly lit up the entire sky.
Rumble!!!
A deafening sonic boom, like a clap of thunder on a flat ground, blasted out. A terrifying wave of air and impact swept across the land. Everything in its path was torn apart and sent flying!
The entire island shook violently, and the sea surged with giant waves.
"Run! Run!"
"We’re going to be affected!"
The soldiers who were a little closer were sent flying directly by this terrifying impact. Even Usopp, Chopper, and the others were no exception.
"Garp, that idiot...!"
Sengoku closed his eyes, a vein popping on his forehead.
He hasn’t done a single thing since he got on the ship. The one time he does make a move, it would have been better if he hadn’t.
"Forget it, forget it. At least he forced the other to recall his undead."
Tsuru shook her head and sighed.
When Reiner was in his strongest undead form, he needed to recall most of his undead to construct his body. Kizaru had already seen through this information in the battle with Kaido in Wano Country.
The best way to deal with those powerful undead was to attack the main body directly.
Although this was not a weakness, since the more undead he recalled, the stronger his main body would be, and the harder he would be to deal with. But at least it could save the lives of most of the soldiers.
These undead, which even the vice admirals had a hard time resisting, were simply too fatal for the ordinary soldiers.
Bang!!
Bang!!
In the sky, the light gradually dimmed. Reiner and Garp, who had clashed with their fists, were sent flying back, smashing into a park and a tall building, respectively.
A cold glint flashed in Sengoku’s glasses. He grabbed his collar and threw it to the sides, letting his shirt hang open at his waist, revealing a body of well-defined muscles.
Tsuru gave him a faint glance.
"Are you going up too?"
"Ah. To suppress him in this state... Garp alone is probably not enough."
Sengoku replied in a low voice. A majestic golden light bloomed from his body. His body swelled a circle and grew larger, and soon, he transformed into a golden Great Buddha with a wrathful, majestic look.
"Let’s let us two old guys put in one last effort for the Marines."
(End of Chapter)
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