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Chapter 349 Mighty Armor - Susanoo Cloud Dragon!

Although I felt somewhat doubtful and uncertain.

However, with a formidable enemy at hand, the Five Elders had no time to consider anything else.

At that moment, Mars and Saturn were the first to stand up. One used the "Itsumade" fruit to transform into the Mythical Zoan type "Garuda Bird" and charged towards Esdeath. The other used the "Ushioni Fruit" to transform into a terrifying monster with a body as big as a small mountain and an appearance like an eight-legged spider, blocking the others from view.

next second.

The forest of swords and spears made of ice collided with Saturn's body.

Most of them were blocked by his tough, iron-like skin, while a small portion pierced through his skin, like sharp swords stuck in his body, turning this Satan Saint into a hedgehog.

Meanwhile, Mars Maz Saint collided with Esdeath's Ice Throne, tumbling over and unleashing massive amounts of flames from his mouth and wings in an attempt to melt the ice.

"A new Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit?"

"That's all there is to it!!"

Esdeath snorted coldly, enveloped her entire body in "Conqueror's Haki," and with a "Divine Footwork: White Serpent Drive," kicked Spark back onto the high platform, before landing on it herself.

—This move was learned from Yamato.

As Esdeath landed, the Five Elders revealed their battle forms, surrounding her in the guise of Ushioni, Sandworm, Fengxi, and Magu. At that moment, Esdeath condensed a massive amount of ice around herself, forming a nearly twenty-meter-tall "Ice Demon," and hurled her fist forward.

There was no probing phase.

The battle between the two sides was fierce from the very beginning.

Esdeath's strength was already above that of the Four Emperors. During her time on the "Blue Planet," she spent three to five hours almost every day in the "Gravity Training Room," and repeatedly sparred with Yamato, Master Roshi, Kami, and others. Her strength was now far beyond what it used to be.

When she's at full power, almost none of the Five Elders can withstand two punches from her.

but……

The most powerful ability of Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits is their regenerative ability.

Even with their heads smashed and bodies cut to pieces, the Five Elders could recover in a very short time and continue fighting. In addition, it was a five-on-one siege, so although they were badly beaten, they continued to fight despite repeated defeats and showed no signs of losing their fighting ability.

At this time.

The entire plaza in front of the naval city was in complete chaos. Fighting was taking place in every corner.

Uchiha Hikaru, suspended in mid-air, found himself somewhat idle.

She formed a hand seal and casually released several shadow clones, which fell in all directions to help Tanjiro and the others below relieve the pressure.

The main body remained in mid-air, observing the surrounding movements.

Well...

After she and Esdeath left the main battlefield and clashed with the Five Elders, the combined forces of the Dimensional Revolution, the Whitebeard Pirates, and the remnants of the Roger Pirates began to gradually fall into a disadvantageous position.

no way.

The difference in numbers between the two sides is simply too great.

At the high end, they're fine. Whether it's Whitebeard against Akainu, Yamato against Sengoku, or Rayleigh against Moria, they all have a clear advantage. They can even find time during battle to occasionally unleash a few large-area AOE attacks into the crowd around them, helping to relieve some of the pressure on their teammates.

However, the situation is different for mid-to-low-end combat capabilities.

Whether it's Marco and Diamond Jozu, the Whitebeard Pirates' leaders, or Brand and his crew who come to their aid, as well as the Straw Hat Pirates, they all basically have to deal with two or three opponents who are at the same level or slightly lower than themselves.

This disparity in numbers became even more pronounced after the "Knights of God" and CP0 joined the fray.

As a result, even Minato Namikaze and Ace, who had just been rescued, had to return to the battlefield to stop the "Knights of God's" attack.

It wasn't until more than a dozen of Uchiha Hikaru's shadow clones joined the battle that this slightly unfavorable situation was finally reversed.

Although those shadow clones only possessed a fraction of Uchiha Hikaru's chakra, each one was equipped with the Five Elements Release techniques, as well as ocular abilities like Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu. Furthermore, their regenerative abilities were identical to the original body's, and they also possessed the three types of Haki they had trained in the "Gravity Training Room" during this period...

Basically, it's equivalent to a dozen or so powerful individuals, ranging from Shichibukai to Yonko vice-captains, joining the battle.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was "an army of one".

Just as Uchiha Hikaru was standing with his arms crossed, surveying the entire situation from above.

A subtle warning suddenly struck her.

"Um?"

Uchiha Hikaru frowned slightly, turned her head sharply, and glanced in a certain direction as if sensing something. At the edge of her vision, she saw a person shrouded in a black cloak standing in a hidden corner, looking up at her.

Eyes facing each other.

Before Uchiha Hikaru could even confirm whether the other party was indeed the elusive "Lord Im"...

Then they saw the man raise his right hand and make a decapitation gesture.

"?"

In just that one instant.

Uchiha Hikaru caught a faint glimmer of starlight and appeared not far from the person.

It was as if someone had simply lit a match.

next moment……

That tiny glimmer of light expanded at an extremely fast speed, and in just an instant, it transformed into more than a dozen pillars of light that pierced through the heavens and earth, forming the shape of a giant beam of light that engulfed Uchiha Hikaru's figure!

Whoosh—!

Everyone present paused their fighting for a moment and turned to look at the sky above.

Under the gaze of thousands of eyes, the "lightsaber" stretched for nearly a hundred meters wide and over ten kilometers long in an extremely short time, extending from the Holy Land of Mary Geoise all the way to above the stratosphere. All people and buildings in the path of this "lightsaber" were instantly crushed into dust, and the clouds were also directly dispersed.

At the tip of the "lightsaber," a giant sphere of light formed, melting everything around it with temperatures exceeding ten thousand degrees, creating a spherical region of absolute vacuum! Even the sun appeared temporarily dimmed under this dazzling light.

"...Hikaru!"

Bulma, who was on the "Blue Planet," jumped up from her seat and looked up at the sky with Erii and Naruto next to her, her faces full of tension.

Esdeath, who was on the high platform, suddenly swung her ice and snow greatsword, slashing two of the Five Elders away with one stroke. Then she grabbed one of the Five Elders with each hand and slammed them to the ground. She then took a moment to look up at the sky and frowned slightly.

But soon.

Esdeath was relieved: "The 'qi' hasn't weakened, so we should be fine... Hey, can you five still keep dancing? This kind of battle is anything but enjoyable!"

……

The "lightsaber" high in the sky existed for almost a minute.

It gradually transformed into particles and dissipated into the surrounding air little by little.

At this time.

A slender, purplish-blue shadow, resembling a long snake, gradually appeared in the sky in everyone's sight.

"That is..."

"He's still alive?!"

Everyone, both inside and outside the battlefield, especially Sengoku and Garp, who had personally experienced the "God Valley Incident" years ago, stared in astonishment at the scene above them, their hearts trembling.

This is not the first time Lord Im has made a move.

More than thirty years ago, he had displayed a similar technique, erasing the island where "God's Valley" was located from the world map with a single strike. That astonishing scene was unforgettable for Sengoku and the others; they simply couldn't imagine anyone who could withstand it.

If anyone can survive such an offensive, then...

"Is she really still human...?"

Sengoku swallowed hard, feeling fear for the first time in his decades as naval admiral.

……

Nearly 10,000 meters in the sky.

A seven- or eight-meter-long, graceful dragon was slowly unfurling its body. Its azure scales were covered by a deep red skeletal shell. The shell around its head was particularly sturdy and intact, revealing a black-clad, black-haired girl standing inside, arms crossed, coldly gazing down.

—Armored Susanoo Cloud Dragon!!

Originally, Uchiha Hikaru planned to travel directly to another world to avoid the attack.

However, at the last moment, she changed her mind and prepared to take the hit head-on, to personally experience just how strong the pinnacle of the pirate world really was.

To this end, she pushed the power of her Mangekyou Sharingan to its limit, directly activating her Susanoo to its complete form, and at the same time summoned the East Sea Cloud Dragon, fusing it with her Susanoo.

Although it was the first time trying it, the principle of "Armor" is not complicated. Even if it cannot be 100% perfect, it is still no problem to combine two layers of defense to achieve an effect greater than one plus one.

To be on the safe side, Uchiha Hikari also added a layer of three-colored Haki to herself and activated the Blood Jade Barrier as well. Including the outer armored dragon, the "Dimensional Protective Suit" and "Cloud Dragon Inner Armor" she wore, and her own regenerative abilities, she had a total of six layers of protection.

It can be said that Im was given the highest level of respect.

Judging from the results...

Although there were some minor damages on the surface of the "Armor," and the skin of the East Sea Dragon also showed signs of being scratched and bleeding, it was at most a minor injury, the kind that could heal on its own without needing to eat Senzu Beans.

As for Uchiha Hikaru himself, at this moment, only his hair was slightly messed up by the wind, and he was basically unharmed.

Of course……

Those below couldn't see this scene.

Compared to the scale of the sky at an altitude of 10,000 meters, both Uchiha Hikaru, who was less than 1.6 meters tall, and the seven- or eight-meter-long East Blue Cloud Dragon were far too small. From the ground, they could only be seen as tiny black dots. Only Esdeath and Tanjiro, who was on the spaceship, were able to sense Uchiha Hikaru's situation by using "ki" because they had trained hard in the Dragon Ball world.

but……

For most people, whether or not they can clearly see a human figure high in the sky is no longer important.

Because of that earth-shattering attack, the fact that she didn't die or fall directly from the sky was already astonishing enough. The psychological impact of this on the surrounding marines was even greater than when Esdeath fought the Five Elders alone.

This can only be described as a "miracle"!

"...Is this the power of 'Heavenly King'?"

"Not bad, even slightly better than I expected."

Uchiha Hikaru nodded slightly.

Then, she sat down on the spot and touched the dragon scales beneath her: "You've been holding back for a long time, haven't you, Rayquaza? Don't rush, I'll let you come out and stretch your muscles... You took a hit from this guy, you have to get your revenge, right?"

As they were talking.

Uchiha Hikaru snapped his fingers and used his "ki" to remove the "enhanced mini bracelet" specially made by Bulma from the claw of the East Blue Cloud Dragon.

This moment.

It was as if the seal had been broken.

The East Sea Cloud Dragon opened its mouth and let out a long roar towards the distant sea of ​​clouds, its body growing longer as it faced the wind.

From its initial length of seven or eight meters, it grew to tens of meters, then hundreds and thousands... In less than half a minute, its enormous body, undulating like a mountain range, spread out in the sky above Mary Geoise, turning into an endless shadow that blotted out the sun.

Even a simple roll of its body could stir up the air currents in the high sky, creating a level twelve gale that swept in all directions. As the gray-white clouds collided with each other, they formed fine arcs of electricity, giving the green dragon scales a bluish-purple hue.

For a moment, everyone was speechless.

"That is..."

"What is that?!"

Sea kings?

There are indeed some enormous sea kings, reaching lengths of several thousand meters, but... this is in the sky!

Although there are rumors of a giant "Zunesha" on the Grand Line, it is just a legend, and there is only one. For most people, this giant Eastern dragon, which is nearly 10,000 meters long, is the largest creature they have ever seen since birth.

"Ugh~~~"

Under the watchful eyes of the navy, pirates, and reporters, the East Blue Cloud Dragon raised its head high and let out another long, drawn-out roar. This sound, accompanied by rolling lightning and thunder, tore through the clouds on either side, then swept outwards in the form of sonic waves.

In an instant, an indescribable sense of oppression formed in every corner of the air, making everyone's heart tremble.

—Dragon's Might!

Im also felt the oppressive force that came from above.

Honestly...

Before making this move, he had already overestimated the strength of the main members of the Dimensional Group as much as possible. Even after witnessing Esdeath's strength firsthand, he raised his expectations for Uchiha Hikaru even further.

Even so, he was still shocked by the "Witch of Light" who had once shattered the gates of the World Government. She was so strong!

And now...

Watching the East Sea Cloud Dragon stretch its body freely in the high sky, Im suddenly felt a sense of foreboding:

"What...is she going to do?!"

At this moment.

Uchiha Hikaru leaned forward slightly from above the head of the East Blue Cloud Dragon, poked his head out, and roughly determined his location.

"It should be...that direction, right?"

"The place where the Celestial Dragons live?"

(End of this chapter)