How can I become the Pirate King if you don’t work hard?.

Chapter 270 The Golden Lion Strikes
into the night.

Below the mayor's building in Water Seven City.

A tall fire rose.

The civilians excitedly threw everything they could find into the container, venting their pent-up despair.

The flames, accompanied by cheers, burned ever brighter and higher, mirroring the emotions of everyone present.

"The pirates around Water Seven have been embroiled in a civil war over the Pluton blueprints. This disaster is finally coming to an end."

"Thank goodness...it's really great, I'm still alive..."

"According to the guards, it will all be over in a few more days at most."

"woo woo woo woo……"

Sobbing, screaming, cheering...

The various sounds intertwined, accompanied by the flickering firelight, venting the long-suppressed despair in everyone's hearts, and now everything seemed to have come to an end.

Aokiji and T-Bone, sitting to the side, looked at the murky wine in their glasses and couldn't help but smile with relief.

Gu~!

A sip of the sour and astringent ale went down my throat.

T-Bone let out a long breath, and the pressure that had been building up in his heart was released at this moment:
"In that case, even Sakazuki has no reason to continue his attack."

"The pirates are embroiled in civil war, the Buster Call is about to end, Water Seven will eventually be reborn, and all of this is thanks to that man."

Aokiji naturally knew who T-Bone was referring to, but at this moment, what he was recalling in his mind was T-Bone's earlier question:

"So……"

"Do you now think they're marines or pirates?!"

T-Bone was taken aback, then fell silent.

He turned to look at the cheering crowd around him, and the answer in his heart became clearer.

If he originally only had some doubts...

So Aokiji's ambiguous attitude, and the actions of Gawain and his group that were completely opposite to the Navy's, yet ultimately aligned with the will held by T-Bone, had already given him the answer.

After counting the breaths.

The corner of his mouth curled up in a T-shape:

"Does it matter whether someone is a marine or a pirate?!"

"Ah la~"

Qingzhi smiled slightly:
"unimportant."

“As Professor Zefa said, what determines whether you are righteous is not the clothes you wear or the flags flying on your ship, but the heart beating in your chest.”

"They are undoubtedly a group of righteous... Marines!"

"Hahahahahaha..."

The two exchanged a glance, and everything was understood without a word.

The fire in the center was burning even brighter, illuminating the surrounding area almost as if it were daytime.

The biting wind made the flames flicker.

Aokiji's gaze sharpened slightly, a strange unease creeping over him, and the smile on his face vanished at that moment.

"Something's wrong!"

"We've overlooked something, something truly terrifying is about to—!!!"

Aokiji suddenly raised his head.

As far as the eye can see.

The clouds that had been gathered high in the sky suddenly dispersed.

The moonlight shone down.

Several floating islands hang high in the sky, like swords hanging over Water Seven.

"This is... a floating island?!"

T-Bone, also realizing something was wrong, grabbed the sword at his waist, but only felt like he couldn't breathe.

"An attack?!"

"Even at a time like this, someone still intends to make a move against Water Seven?!"

"Why?!"

"Just a massacre?!"

T-Bone's question went unanswered. He instinctively turned to look at Aokiji beside him, only to see an extremely shocked face!
"Hey, hey, is it true?!"

"In my memory, there is only one man who can do this."

"Now we're in big trouble!"

Cold sweat trickled down Aokiji's forehead as memories of fighting alongside Garp were awakened.

The Golden Lion's strength is beyond doubt; he was the man who had driven Roger to the brink of despair several times!
Even more deadly is Shiki's ability, which is almost unbeatable in naval battles, even more so than Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

Without the slightest hesitation, Aokiji immediately let out a furious roar:
"withdraw!"

"Evacuate to the basement of the mayor's building!"

"quick!"

call--!
The wind between heaven and earth suddenly became noisy at this moment.

The flames burning in the center of the crowd danced wildly in the wind, even setting the hair of those who came near the fire ablaze.

The joy on everyone's faces froze completely in that instant, and they retreated in a panic, like a flock of startled sheep.

Despair, wails, trampling on each other...

Everything that had just happened now seemed like an illusion, and it seemed that only despair awaited this city ahead.

But Aokiji's hint came a step too late.

Two figures exuding a violent aura stood side by side in the sky, looking down at everything in Water City.

"So weak..."

The golden lion's eyes were indifferent as he looked down at the crowd of people below, as if he were looking at a group of ants.

Such a powerful being would reside high in the heavens, looking down upon all living beings like a god.

"Then let's say hello!"

"Men, let the hunt begin!"

The sound fell to the ground.

The floating island high in the sky suddenly became restless.

Countless enormous, blood-red IQ beasts leaped down from the floating islands, raining down upon Water Seven.

boom!
boom!
boom!
……

A continuous roar echoed all around, and dust filled the air, obscuring everyone's vision.

Only towering, ferocious beast shadows appeared and disappeared in the smoke and dust.

"What is that?!"

One of the guards swallowed hard, feeling a chill run down his spine. Driven by his biological fear, he even instinctively wanted to abandon everything and run away.

But when his gaze fell upon the panicked crowd behind him, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

If I run away... what about them?!

laugh!
He slashed his arm, using the pain to overcome his fear, and once again mustered the courage to face the monster in the distant smoke and dust. But his pupils contracted sharply in the next instant:

"What kind of monster is this?!"

A giant claw emerged from the dust and smoke, and with a gentle wave, it stirred up a gust of air, dispersing the surrounding dust.

A giant black bear, over twenty meters tall with long arms, stood silently in the distance, its eyes bloodshot, its posture ferocious and menacing!
What horrified the guards even more was that behind the giant bear were countless other beasts of similar or even larger size!
"escape!"

"Run away!"

"I--!"

boom!
With a single swipe of its paw, the giant bear crushed the guard, along with his courage and cowardice, into a pile of mud.

Its nose twitched slightly as it sensed the bloody smell emanating from its palm, and its emotions became increasingly agitated and restless.

"Roar!"

The giant bear roared and then charged madly towards the crowd in the distance, slaughtering them indiscriminately.

But the attack on Water Seven wasn't limited to the giant bear alone; swarms of colossal beasts surged in from all directions, eager to feast. The entire city was instantly plunged into unprecedented chaos!
Even if it was just a test, the crisis triggered by Golden Lion was far more threatening than the countless pirate attacks on cities before!
"Is this what they call an IQ monster?!"

The old woman looked down at the enormous beast below, which was comparable to a giant and extremely ferocious, a beast that even ordinary naval officers would find difficult to subdue. A hint of greed flashed in her eyes.

Such a behemoth already possesses the power to rival ordinary giants.

The number of giant beasts living on the Golden Lion's floating island is probably close to five figures.

This power is even enough to help him take a big bite out of the New World with the current strength of the Four Emperors. It can be said that as long as Shiki wants, there can be a fifth emperor in the New World.

What he lacks is simply a number of high-end combat personnel who can serve as his deputy.

"For sale?!"

"We'll talk about this after this is over."

Golden Lion raised his hand to remove the cigar from his mouth, a hint of smugness in his eyes.

But this smugness turned into astonishment in the next instant:

"That guy is... the kid who used to follow Garp around?!"

The older woman followed the golden lion's gaze and looked down.

Then a slender figure appeared, his hands pressed on the ground, and the freezing air spread, instantly turning the approaching beasts into ice sculptures.

Furthermore, a towering ice wall, tens of meters high, rises from the ground, keeping countless ferocious beasts at bay.

"This is... Aokiji?!"

The older woman immediately recognized the man's identity:
"Don't underestimate that guy."

"Twenty years have passed. Zephyr has retired, Sengoku has been promoted to Fleet Admiral, and the kid who used to follow Garp around has become the successor to the position of Admiral."

"There are even rumors that the three admirals of this era may be the strongest admirals in history!"

"And he was one of them!"

“Huh?!”

The golden lion raised an eyebrow, his eyes revealing a hint of eagerness.

Just as he was about to make his move, he noticed several figures rushing towards him from a distance.

The leader had wings on his back, and his aura surged, faintly drawing out crimson lightning in the void.

It was Gao Wen and his team who rushed to the rescue after receiving the alarm!

The golden lion instantly shifted its target, leaping towards Gawain:

"I'll leave Aokiji to you. I'll go try out tonight's main course!"

"Are you kidding me?"

That guy is mine!

The woman was furious and was about to give chase when several ice spikes shot past him, her face instantly turning icy cold.
"Even a Marine Admiral should know what the title of the Four Emperors represents on this sea!"

"Since you are looking for death, then I will help you!"

"Zeus!"

The sound fell to the ground.

The thundercloud supporting the old woman twisted and deformed, instantly transforming into a giant lightning blade, which she grasped in her hand and then slashed heavily towards Aokiji!

"Singing Light Sword!"

The emperor's domineering offensive was imminent, and lightning almost filled everything in sight.

Aokiji showed no fear whatsoever; he had no way out now.

No.

With the commoners of Water Seven behind him, he wasn't without a way to retreat, but rather he couldn't retreat!

"If you're going to cause trouble, then let's make a complete upheaval!"

Aokiji completely abandoned the constraints of his identity, and even when fighting against an emperor, he showed no intention of backing down.

As the cold air surged, the moisture in the air quickly condensed and gathered, and then a huge ice bird with a wingspan of nearly 100 meters rapidly materialized from behind the blue pheasant.

The ice bird flapped its wings and crashed headlong into the incoming lightning.

"Pheasant-like cone!"

Lightning and ice converged in mid-air!
boom!
After the earth-shattering roar, countless plumes of steam rose up, obscuring everything in sight.

But this water vapor, which would be enough to confuse an ordinary person, meant nothing to the two who were proficient in Observation Haki.

A fierce battle is about to break out!
The lightning blade and the ice sword collided dozens of times in the air in an instant, and the force dissipated caused the ground beneath their feet to collapse, with cracks spreading for hundreds of meters.

"real or fake?!"

"Is that guy really that strong?"

Franky, who had just stepped onto the battlefield and struggled to repel an IQ beast, was speechless with shock as he looked at Aokiji and Big Mom fighting in the distance.

Barry, standing to the side, noticed a slight contraction in his pupils:
"Speaking of which, I feel like I've seen that face somewhere before..."

"and many more!"

"I remembered!"

"It's Aokiji!"

"Admiral Aokiji, one of the Navy's three top combat forces, is a legendary monster with the power to fight against the Four Emperors and even defeat them!"

"Is Mr. Lancelot really in the Navy?"

"We've misunderstood?!"

boom!
A praying mantis, no smaller than a giant bear, stood upright and swept through the air, its forelimbs, like giant swords, tearing the earth apart.

Franky and his companion quickly stopped talking and focused on dealing with their opponent, but they were still completely overwhelmed.

"What on earth is going on with these ferocious beasts?!"

"Such power is far beyond what we've encountered, even those pirates with bounties of tens of millions or even nearly a hundred million, and their numbers are terrifying."

Franky spat out a mouthful of saliva, his body feeling somewhat weak at this moment. His once proudly held-up pompadour drooped down, as if the bones had been removed from it.

"Oh no, we're running out of cola as an energy source!"

The sound fell to the ground.

A shadow loomed over Franky; it was the giant mantis that had just passed by, its sharp forelimbs slashing at Franky like a swift knife.

If this move hits, even with his cyborg body, he won't be able to withstand it!
"Franky!"

Barry gasped, as if he could almost see Franky dying right before his eyes.

But at this moment.

call--!
A sharp gust of wind swept through the air, leaving countless crisscrossing scratches on the earth.

Before Barry could even see who had made the move, the giant mantis that was attacking Franky was broken into several pieces in mid-air.

puff!
The foul-smelling bodily fluids splattered all over Franky, but a smile crept onto his lips at that moment:
“Are you here?!”

"You guys!"

"of course."

Gin, his body covered in bones, led the Gawain Pirates' crew into battle.

Flying bullets, soaring slashes, charging cheetahs, fiery kicks...

The powerful figures joined forces and instantly halted the beast's attack, buying time for the civilians to retreat.

"and many more!"

"Your bodies are too exhausted to continue fighting. Leave the rest to us."

Chopper looked at Franky and Barley and couldn't help but offer some advice.

between words.

Chopper's well-developed pectoral muscles trembled slightly, exuding an increasingly powerful aura.

He pinned an attacking giant ape-like beast to the ground, making it unable to move an inch despite its struggles.

Chopper then used his strength to twist and break the giant beast's spine.

The bizarre scene even made it difficult for Franky to distinguish who the enemy was for a moment.

He shook his head, banishing the absurd idea from his mind, and asked Chopper:

"Do you have any Coke?!"

"I am a cyborg, powered by cola. Just two bottles of cola are enough to restore my mobility!"

(End of this chapter)