One Piece: The user of the Nen-Nen Fruit, who overturned the sea.

Three men clad in golden armor, wearing divine crowns, and enveloped in supreme Conqueror's Haki.

They appeared out of thin air in front of the secret passage entrance.

The armor is engraved with the Celestial Dragon's crest—it belongs to the Knights of God!

The Celestial Dragons' direct bodyguards, the World Government's hidden top-tier combat force, each with the strength of an admiral candidate!

"Unauthorized liberation of slaves, desecration of sacred sites... Death!"

The leader spoke coldly, his voice like frozen iron, and golden domineering aura condensed into flames, blasting towards Tiger, Dragon, and Raven.

Tiger's expression changed drastically. He unleashed his full power in Fishman Karate, but was forced to retreat repeatedly by the opponent's domineering aura, spitting out blood.

The dragon and the crow joined forces to resist, but they were also suppressed by the combined strength of the three and were forced to retreat steadily.

The secret passage was completely sealed off, trapping thousands of slaves in the alleyways, leaving them in dire straits.

"It's over... It's the Knights of God!" Tiger's heart sank, and despair filled his eyes.

At this critical moment, three figures rushed over.

Roy, Barrett, and Tesoro arrived at the battlefield. A cold glint flashed in Roy's dark eyes, and his psychic power erupted.

"Barrett, stop them!"

"Hahaha! Well done!"

Barrett transformed into a white tiger beastman, his giant claws gathering ferocious power as he pounced on the Knights of God.

The three members of the Knights of God stood like golden demons at the entrance of the secret passage.

His body was surrounded by a golden, domineering aura that burned like flames, and every breath he exuded carried a crushing pressure.

They are the sharpest blades in the hands of the Celestial Dragons, now drawn to annihilate all invaders and slaves.

The leader raised his hand and swung it, his golden aura condensing into a giant axe, which cleaved towards Tiger's head. The axe wind tore through the air, its power terrifying.

Tiger's pupils contracted sharply, and he unleashed the Fishman Karate Secret Technique: Martial Arts with all his might, the force of which collided violently with the giant axe like waves.

boom--!

Tiger flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing into the wall, spurting blood, his bones shattered, and he could never stand up again.

"Tiger!"

The dragon roared and activated the Wind-Wind Fruit at full power, forming a huge wind wall to protect the slave.

The crow's black mist transformed into countless sharp blades that shot towards the enemy, but were easily deflected by the opponent's domineering barrier.

The three pressed forward relentlessly, their golden aura compressing and trapping Roy and his group in the alleyway.

The entrance to the secret passage was so close, yet it seemed as insurmountable as an insurmountable chasm.

Thousands of slaves huddled behind, their eyes filled with fear—the freedom they had just gained was about to crumble.

"Even ants dare to defy the will of God?"

The knight on the right sneered, conjuring a golden spear in his hand and shooting it towards the densest part of the crowd.

Wherever the light spear passed, the air burned and distorted; this strike would surely leave corpses strewn across the land.

"Stop!" Roy roared, unleashing his full psychic power to create an invisible barrier in front of the spear of light.

boom--!

The barrier shattered instantly, but its remaining energy was also completely depleted.

Roy knew that with just the five of them, they would not be able to break through the siege of the three Divine Knights in a short time.

The longer it drags on, the worse the situation will be for everyone once the main naval force arrives.

At the critical moment, Roy no longer hesitated, and an ultimate telekinetic signal shot into the sky.

Soaring straight into the sky—that was the final signal of the agreement made with Kaido:

The Azure Dragon descends, breaking the deadlock and escaping!

The moment the signal was sent, the clouds over the red earth churned violently, like boiling water.

A deafening dragon roar erupted from the depths of the clouds, its sound piercing the heavens and earth.

The earthquake shook all the buildings in Mary Geoise, and the Celestial Dragons hiding in the basement collapsed to the ground, too afraid to even breathe.

Immediately afterwards, a colossal azure dragon, obscuring the sky and the sun, broke through the clouds and swooped down!

That's Kaido's human-beast form, the Azure Dragon True Form!

The dragon's body is hundreds of meters long, its blue scales gleaming in the sunlight, its giant wings tearing through the clouds, its claws sharp as knives, its eyes blood-red, and its mouth brimming with the breath to destroy everything.

The oppressive aura of the King of Beasts swept across the entire holy land, and all battles and shouts came to an abrupt halt with this dragon's roar.

"Kaido! It's Kaido of the Beasts!"

"What is he doing here?!"

"Heat Breath!"

Kaido's roar resounded through the heavens and earth, and his dragon breath burst forth.

A pillar of orange-red flame pierced through the clouds and crashed fiercely toward the center of the holy land.

Wherever the dragon's breath passed, the air evaporated and the ground melted.

The Celestial Dragons who were being protected in the center of the Holy Land suffered heavy casualties instantly.

"Hehehehe! Who dares to stop my men!"

Kaido's dragon form circled above Mary Geoise, his dragon eyes surveying the land, his might overwhelming all directions.

"The Knights of God? They're nothing but dogs of the Celestial Dragons! They dare to bark at me like that!"

The three God Knights who were entangled with Roy and the others suddenly changed their expressions.

They exchanged a glance, and the leading member of the God's Knights immediately gave the order.

"Withdraw! Return to center! Prioritize protecting the Celestial Dragons!"

The three men no longer cared about chasing the slaves and returned to the manor to protect the trembling "descendants of the gods".

The evacuation route is now completely open, and no one can stop us now.

At the central plaza, Golden Lion and Red Earl received the evacuation signal and immediately broke away from Kizaru and Aokiji.

Golden Lion whipped up a shower of rubble to form a barrier, blocking Kizaru's light-speed kick, and soared into the sky.

"Hahaha! I'm not playing with you anymore!"

Count Red gracefully sidestepped Aokiji's freezing attack, swung his cane to force his opponent back, and vanished into the ruins in a flash, leaving only a single sentence behind.

"Until the day we meet again, Admiral."

Kizaru and Aokiji wanted to give chase, but were forced back again by Kaido's dragon breath, and could only watch helplessly as the two retreated.

The two generals were ashen-faced, but there was nothing they could do.

"Retreat! Assemble in all directions through the secret passages!"

Roy roared, helping the injured Tiger to his feet, while Barrett and Tesoro covered their retreat.

Dragons and crows led the slaves into a secret passage, and thousands surged in like a tide, evacuating towards the Sabaody Archipelago.

The looting group and the liberation group joined forces and rushed at full speed toward the secret passage on the Red Earth Continent.

Kaido hovered in the air, constantly spewing out dragon breath to hinder the pursuers from the Navy and CP0, buying time for the main force.

The figure of the Azure Dragon enveloped the retreating team like a guardian deity.

However, the crisis was not over.

At the entrance to the Red Earth, naval support forces have arrived.

Sengoku, wearing a marshal's coat, stood at the very front, with Zephyr close behind.

The Conqueror's Haki of the Sengoku period surged into the sky, colliding with Kaido's Beast King's Aura from a distance, causing the air to tremble.

"Roy! Shiki! Kaido! You pirates, don't even think about escaping!"

The roar of the Warring States period resounded throughout heaven and earth, and the aura of the Buddha form had already solidified.

"Move the entire army out, blockade the Red Earth Continent, and annihilate all the invaders!"

At the entrance to the secret passage, thousands of slaves had already entered.

"Roy! All the slaves have been evacuated! Let's go!"

The dragon's roar pierced through the black mist, and in his perception, the two naval admirals closely followed behind the Golden Lion and the Red Earl.

Further back, Sengoku and Zefu, two veteran generals, had already gathered their forces and were heading towards this place.

However, Roy had no intention of leaving just like that, firstly because the Golden Lion and the Red Earl had not yet arrived.

Secondly, Roy also planned to test what level of combat power he had reached after the bloodline fusion.

This time, the navy is the perfect whetstone.