Both start in hell: but their talents are multiplied a hundredfold.

Shen Jue landed back on the deck and signaled the scouts to leave for the time being.

Then, he grabbed Luffy by the neck and flashed back onto the Pluton battleship.

The moment he put Luffy down, Luffy darted out like a gust of wind, his nose twitching twice, and followed the aroma of roasted meat and desserts as he rushed into the Pluto battleship.

"This guy..." Shen Jue shook his head helplessly. When he turned around, Ace and Sabo had already arrived from different directions.

Ace arrived as flames the moment he heard the news, while Sabo flew over from the Revolutionary Army flagship, using Moonwalk and the ship's deck.

The three brothers reunite on the bow deck of the Pluto warship.

"Where's Luffy?" Ace looked around, his voice full of impatience.

"They ran towards the cafeteria," Shen Jue said, pointing towards the cabin.

Sabo chuckled: "Still the same old story, the first thing you do when you meet is look for food."

"When did Brother Shen Jue meet him?" Ace asked.

"He just jumped out of a barrel of wine," Shen Jue sighed.

"He was all alone; he said he drifted here."

Ace paused for a moment, then his eyebrows furrowed.

"That idiot! Sabo, didn't you leave the ship for him?"

Sabo rubbed his temples: "I did leave the ship behind."

"But do you think Luffy would honestly recruit sailors and sail over? He might do something stupid again."

Shen Jue suddenly remembered Luffy's words, "I am Shen Jue's younger brother," and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Let's go check on him; he's probably already eating."

When the three arrived at the restaurant on the Pluto battleship, which was comparable to a manor, Luffy was already sitting at the table, attacking with both hands.

He held a large piece of roast meat in his left hand, scooped up pudding in his right, and had half a loaf of bread stuffed in his mouth, his cheeks puffed out like balls.

There was enough food to feed a small squad in front of him, and more than a dozen plates were already empty next to him.

The chefs stood by, dumbfounded, watching the boy stuff food into his mouth at an extraordinary speed.

"Luffy!" Ace strode over and punched Luffy on the head.

Luffy's head slammed down, then bounced back, mumbling, "What are you doing, Ace?!"

"Huh? What are you doing on Brother Shen Jue's boat?"

"Who told you to climb into a barrel and drift in the ocean all by yourself!" Ace glared at him angrily.

"Do you know how dangerous this is?"

"If you hadn't run into our fleet, you would have been eaten by sea kings long ago!"

"I fell asleep in the bucket..." Luffy muttered as he chewed.

"When I woke up, the bucket had already drifted this way."

"Asleep?" Ace raised his fist again in anger.

"Alright, alright," Sabo said with a smile, stopping Ace. "It's good that we arrived safely."

Shen Jue stood aside, watching her three younger brothers making a ruckus, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously curved up.

He pulled out a chair, sat down, and casually picked up a piece of bread.

"Brother Shen Jue!" Luffy's eyes lit up as he came closer.

"You've become a marshal! That's amazing! Just as I expected!"

"You know I've become a marshal?" Shen Jue raised an eyebrow.

"Of course! News of you is everywhere on the sea!" Luffy excitedly waved his chicken leg.

"So I told the crew to head towards the new navy! But they wouldn't come any closer, so I just climbed into a barrel and floated over!"

Sabo covered his forehead.

"Those people are probably going crazy right now."

"I've already had someone contact them," Shen Jue said. "It's alright."

"Brother Shen Jue, are we going to take down the World Government this time?" Luffy suddenly became serious, his eyes under his straw hat staring straight at Shen Jue.

Shen Jue nodded and said, "This is the final battle."

"Then I'll help you!" Luffy shouted.

"I'm going to become the Pirate King, but the World Government definitely won't allow it! So, I'll just have to defeat them first!"

This guy actually yelled at the new Fleet Admiral that he wanted to become the Pirate King?!

The chefs standing nearby were stunned when they heard Luffy's words.

Strangely enough, the new Fleet Admiral Shen Jue actually smiled?

"I've mistakenly entered the imperial palace..."

All the chefs present instantly had the illusion of witnessing the dark side of the new navy.

"You're thinking too simply." Ace tapped the plate.

"This is no ordinary enemy."

"I know! There are some really strong guys, right?" Luffy grinned, showing no sign of fear whatsoever.

"Then they need me even more! I've become incredibly strong now!"

Sabo laughed: "It seems our little brother has learned a lot."

"Of course!"

Luffy began to recount his adventures in the first half of the Grand Line.

Unlike the original storyline, Luffy at this stage does not encounter his Straw Hat Pirates crewmates from the original story.

He spent a considerable amount of time with some crew members who did not appear in the original work.

Shen Jue, Ace, and Sabo sat around him, occasionally chiming in with a few words.

For a fleeting moment, they felt as if they had returned to their childhood.

They trained hard in Windmill Town, looking forward to setting sail.

The light outside the window had quietly changed from pitch black to deep blue.

Dawn is approaching.

Shen Jue suddenly put down the bread in her hand.

He sensed the unusual energy fluctuations and looked out the restaurant's porthole.

An unsettling atmosphere was lingering in the air, like a fine string being plucked, producing a silent tremor.

The air in the restaurant seemed to freeze for a moment.

"You guys continue eating." Shen Jue stood up.

I'm going out for a bit.

Ace and Sabo exchanged a glance and simultaneously put down their cutlery.

"Brother Shen Jue, what happened?" Ace asked.

"Something's here," Shen Jue replied calmly, pushing open the restaurant door.

On deck, the new navy's commanders had already sensed something was amiss.

Vegapunk's voice blared urgently through the broadcast system:

"Attention all personnel! A massive energy reaction has been detected in the upper atmosphere!"

"The energy level is rapidly increasing!"

Shen Jue walked to the bow of the ship and looked up at the sky.

The sky was turning from indigo to pitch black, and within that gradient of colors, an extremely thick black ray of light was falling from a great height.

The ray of light appeared exceptionally faint in the pre-dawn sky, but Shen Jue's Observation Haki had already detected the destructive energy it contained.

"Here it comes," he said softly.

Xiaotian appeared silently beside him, his face slightly raised from under his bamboo hat.

"I went to see it," Xiaotian said in a low voice.

"The Five Elders have activated Uranus, the Heavenly King."

Shen Jue didn't speak, but continued to gaze at the sky.

"That missile, launched from Mary Geoise, has already entered the upper atmosphere," Xiaotian said slowly.

"It is expected to hit the surrounding sea area soon."

"Can you stop them?" Shen Jue asked.

"Yes." Xiaotian nodded.

"But there will be more to come. This one is a test, but also a declaration of war."

"Faced with Pluton's attack, the World Government must completely destroy Pluton before we get close."

Xiaotian took half a step back and stood behind Shen Jue.

The alarms on the deck had already resounded throughout the entire Hades warship.

"All personnel, prepare for battle!"

"Air defense system activated!"

"Everyone off deck! Repeat, off deck!"

Amidst the chaotic footsteps, Shen Jue remained standing in the same spot.

His gaze remained fixed on the sky.

Until that ray of light fully emerged from the dark sky.

It was a jet-black beam of light, falling vertically from the end of the sky, like a spear of judgment cast down by a god.

Around the beam of light, the atmosphere was torn apart and burned, emitting a piercing shriek.

The sea began to heave violently, and the waves were pressed into huge depressions before the beam of light even arrived.

Shen Jue took a step forward.

He looked up at the beam of light that was getting closer and closer.

Black beams of light tore through the sky, carrying an oppressive feeling that seemed otherworldly, as if the sky itself was collapsing.

The shrieking sound produced after the atmosphere was burned through was so sharp it hurt the eardrums, and even the deck began to vibrate and hum with the resonance.

"What is this?"

Luffy followed Shen Jue to the deck and stared blankly up at the horizon.

The black beam of light that descended from the sky made him feel a kind of primal tremor for the first time.

That was a destructive force far exceeding that of an individual, or even the scale of an island.

"Hey, this is way too much," he muttered.

Sabo and Ace had also arrived on the deck.

"Luffy!" Sabo grabbed Luffy's arm. "Don't stand here!"

"Wait!" Luffy broke free for a moment, his eyes fixed on the sky.

"Brother Shen Jue, are you going to block that thing by yourself?"

Sabo looked up.

The beam of light was less than a kilometer away from the Hades warship.

From this distance, it almost fills the entire sky, as if a hole has been torn in the sky and all the darkness is pouring in.

"What is this?" Sabo's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Ancient weapons!" Ace squeezed out the words through gritted teeth.

"This is definitely the ancient weapon that Dr. Vegapunk mentioned!"

"If this thing really lands, this entire sea area is doomed!"

Ace sensed a destructive energy far beyond his imagination.

His Flame-Flame Fruit makes him exceptionally sensitive to "heat" and "energy," and at this moment, every flame within him is restless, fearful, and screaming.

The energy contained in that black pillar of light was enough to evaporate the entire Hades warship and the surrounding sea.

"This power!" Ace clenched his fist.

"How did they manage to locate Hades?!"

He recalled Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit, which, when activated at full power, could cause tsunamis and shatter islands.

That is a power capable of destroying the world.

But compared to this thing in front of me, it's not even in the same league.

"This thing can destroy everything here?" Luffy opened his mouth, his face full of shock.

"Such a massive fleet?"

His body unconsciously wanted to get into battle mode, but the cold sweat on his skin told him that his instincts were sounding the alarm.

If that thing falls, you'll die.

It's not just about dying yourself.

Brother Shen Jue, Ace, Sabo, and everyone on this ship will die.

The instant this thought flashed through his mind, Luffy did something he never expected.

He took a step forward.

"Luffy!" Ace and Sabo grabbed him at the same time.

"Let me go! I need to help Brother Shen Jue!" Luffy struggled and shouted.

"What can you do!" Ace roared.

"I don't know!" Luffy shouted back, his voice carrying a childish arrogance.

"But we can't just leave Brother Shen Jue alone!"

"Just watch."

A calm voice came from ahead.

The three brothers were stunned at the same time.

Shen Jue stood at the very front of the bow, with his back to them.

The marshal's cloak remained completely still, as calm as still water.

This reminded the three brothers of the time when their eldest brother, Shen Jue, seemed to have cleaved the dark clouds in the sky with his sword in Windmill Town.

"Do you believe me?" Shen Jue asked.

His voice wasn't loud, but it drowned out the shrill scream of the beam of light tearing through the sky, reaching the ears of the three brothers clearly.

"I believe!" Luffy was the first to shout.

Sabo nodded, while Ace lowered his head and grinned, "Is that even a question?"

"Then we'll just watch from here."

Shen Jue raised his head and looked at the black beam of light that was already very close.

"How strong is your brother now?"

The moment he finished speaking, Shen Jue raised his hand.

It was just a slight lift.

He stood there, raised his right hand, spread his fingers, and aimed at the black beam of light descending from the sky.

Then, the void solidified.

The earth-shattering black beam of light suddenly stopped hundreds of meters away from the Hades warship.

It was like a monster being choked by an invisible giant hand, struggling wildly in front of Shen Jue's palm.

The Yuan Magnetic Rotation suddenly exerted its power, and even the Heavenly King's attack was transformed into a toy in Shen Jue's hand at the atomic level.

The surface of the beam of light began to twist violently, and the energy that should have continued downward was abruptly cut off, accumulating, compressing, and deforming at the point of stagnation.

"Ace." Sabo's voice was a little tense.

"What's wrong?" Ace stared intently at the sky, his hands unconsciously clenching into fists.

"Did you see that...?"

"Nonsense, I'm not blind."

"I do not understand."

boom!

Shen Jue gently tightened his fingers.

Starting from the bottom, the black beam of light seemed to be crushed inch by inch by an invisible giant hand.

The fragments spread outwards, turning into concentric black ripples, like crushed stars.

The fragments flickered in the twilight before finally dissipating into the air, along with the destructive energy, and were completely annihilated.

It was as if the attack that had just been capable of destroying everything was nothing more than a snowflake falling into the palm of one's hand.

"You're kidding, right?" Luffy's mouth gaped open, looking as if he'd been struck by lightning.

Sabo's Adam's apple bobbed, but he couldn't say a word.

Ace subconsciously touched the back of his head and gasped.

They knew Shen Jue was very strong.

So powerful that even Whitebeard was impressed, so powerful that even sea monsters bowed down to him.

But they had never felt this intensity so directly before.

That was a power beyond their comprehension.

The older brother who grew up with them has now reached a position where they have to look up, look up again and again until their necks ache, but they still can't see him.

"So strong!" Luffy's eyes lit up, as if he had seen the most amazing performance in the world.

"This thing was crushed by one hand?" Aisgan chuckled.

"I don't even know what it is," Sabo muttered.

Shen Jue lowered his right hand and slowly turned around.

The first rays of dawn fell directly on him.

"Now you know."

He looked at his three younger brothers with his usual smile on his face.

"You're still a long way from standing by my side."

Luffy was the first to object: "I won't let Brother Shen Jue keep pulling ahead of me!"

"Then become stronger," Shen Jue said.

"They're strong enough to face something like this."

Shen Jue pointed to the sky.

"So strong that it can pull the world's king down."

Before the words were even finished, a second and third black beam of light simultaneously lit up in the sky.

Two beams of black light almost covered the entire sky, falling towards the Hades warship from different angles.

"Not again!" Sabo's pupils dilated in shock.

Ace instinctively turned into flames and rushed forward, but Shen Jue raised his left hand and stopped them.

"Stay where you are."

Shen Jue's voice remained calm, but this time, his body slowly rose into the air.

He activated the Phantom Breath Technique: Gravity Manipulation, and his entire body floated upwards as if it had escaped gravity.

He used his hands to lift his hair, and the marshal's cloak was stretched straight by the wind.

"Ace, Sabo."

He gave the order with his back to them.

"Take Luffy back to the restaurant."

"Wait a few seconds."

"Brother Shen Jue!" Luffy was still calling out.

Sabo gritted his teeth, grabbed Luffy, and retreated with Ace.

They had just retreated to the entrance when they heard Shen Jue's voice from above.

"This gift is truly exceptional."

"But that's all."

The sky cracked open.

To be precise, the two black beams of light were simultaneously torn apart by an even greater force.

It turned into specks of light and disappeared.

The clouds over the entire sea area vanished into nothingness under Shen Jue's power.

In the distance, on the fleet surrounding the Hades warship.

Countless people looked up at the scene that had turned the world upside down, speechless with shock.

Meanwhile, the revolutionary army's dragon stood at the bow of the ship, his hands gripping the railing tightly, his eyes burning with intensity.

"The outcome of this war," he said softly.

"Perhaps it was already destined at this moment."

Above the Hades warship, Shen Jue stood still, a faint smile on his face.

"Is this the Heavenly King's full power?"

He looked up, watching the energy fluctuations gradually dissipate.

"Weapons from eight hundred years ago."

"Don't embarrass yourself in the face of the coming new era."

Shen Jue landed back on the deck.

The moment his feet touched the bow of the ship, the surrounding air suddenly changed.

It was an extremely soft fragrance, carrying the scent of sea breeze and the shimmering light of pearls, that wafted towards me without warning.

Immediately afterwards, a huge figure emerged from the other side of the deck, moving at a speed that far exceeded her usual appearance.

"Lord Shen Jue!"

The cries and shouts arrived almost simultaneously.

Princess Shirahoshi, one of the largest new naval members on the Hades battleship, was rushing towards Shen Jue with tears streaming down her face.

She was much taller than Shen Jue, and Shen Jue instinctively assumed a welcoming posture as she ran towards him.

Before Shen Jue could even speak, Bai Xing bent down and pulled Shen Jue into her arms.

To be precise, he pressed Shen Jue against his chest.

"Lord Shen Jue! Are you alright?! That beam of light just now! Bai Xing was so scared!"

She cried so hard that tears streamed down her face, making a "plop plop" sound as they hit the deck.

Shen Jue's face was buried in something soft, and his voice came out in a muffled tone:

"Shirahoshi... I'm alright... Let go..."

"No! Bai Xing needs to confirm that Lord Shen Jue is really alright!"

Bai Xing cried even harder and hugged Shen Jue even tighter.

Shen Jue's marshal's cloak was all crumpled up, and he looked rather disheveled.

"Lord Shen Jue! When Bai Xing saw those black pillars of light in the sky, she really thought you would..."

"I'm fine." Shen Jue's voice remained calm, but it carried a hint of helplessness.

"So you should loosen your grip first."

"No! Let Shirahoshi confirm again!"

"You've already confirmed it."

In the distance, Ace, Sabo, and Luffy, who had returned, stared in disbelief at the scene.

"Uh," Ace opened his mouth, "is that the mermaid princess from Mermaid Island?"

"Wow, it's huge!" Luffy looked up, his eyes wide open.

Are all mermaids this huge?

"Luffy, shut up." Sabo adjusted his hat brim, a slightly embarrassed yet polite smile on his face.

"This is Brother Shen Jue's girlfriend."

Ace's lips twitched: "You could totally say she's Brother Shen Jue's fiancée or something."

Luffy muttered to himself, "Amazing, Brother Shen Jue can still talk even while being hugged by such a huge mermaid."

I told you to shut up.

Just then, a tall figure emerged from the other side of the deck.

Katakuri.

He originally came to report to Shen Jue on the fleet deployment.

His Observation Haki is always active, especially when a major battle is about to take place.

So, he stopped walking when he was still dozens of meters away.

The image was already in my mind.

He "saw" the awkward scene that would unfold when he walked over.

No, he didn't actually need to walk over, because the scene was right in front of him.

Bai Xing held Shen Jue tightly, while Marshal Shen Jue was buried in the princess's chest, with only his two hands still exposed, as if he had been swallowed up by some kind of giant cotton cloud.

Katakuri remained silent for a moment.

He closed his eyes and turned around.

"Sorry to bother you."

After saying that, he strode away without looking back.

He was several times faster than when he arrived, disappearing almost instantly on the other side of the deck.

"Mr. Katakuri?" Shirahoshi noticed someone had been there and turned her head with teary eyes.

"Huh? Why did you leave?"

Shen Jue finally pulled one hand out of Bai Xing's arms and pressed it against her forehead.

"Bai Xing, release your Lord Shen Jue first."

"But......"

"I'm having trouble breathing," Shen Jue confessed.

Sabo, however, was secretly thinking to himself from a short distance away, "Why does it seem like Brother Shen Jue is really enjoying himself?"

Bai Xing panicked and quickly let go of his hand: "I'm sorry! Brother Shen Jue! Bai Xing didn't mean to!"

Shen Jue landed and first straightened his disheveled collar.

He looked at Bai Xing's teary-eyed face, sighed, and gently patted her arm.

"It's okay. I know you're worried about me."

"Ugh~" Shirahoshi sobbed.

"But Shirahoshi, as I said, there's no one in this world who can threaten me yet."

"But Shirahoshi is still afraid." Shirahoshi lowered her head, her fingers twisting together.

"Brother Shen Jue is always at the forefront, and Bai Xing can't help at all here."

Shen Jue looked at Bai Xing, her expression softening slightly.

"Shirahoshi, the power you possess."

"It was my help that helped."

Bai Xing blinked and whispered, "I've already asked my friends, as Brother Shen Jue said, to wait for me in the waters near Mary Geoise."

That's right, the giant sea kings that are thousands of meters long, unique to the world of One Piece, are currently roaming Mary Geoise under the command of Poseidon Shirahoshi, one of the Ancient Weapons!

And in a more distant place.

Mary Geoise, among the flowers.

Im suddenly opened his eyes.

The withered edge of the huge petal in front of him seemed to have expanded even further.