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Chapter 301 It's all Kuzan's fault!

New World Port, Mary Geoise.

This place has now been completely occupied by the navy, but it is clear that all means of accessing the Red Line, such as elevators, cable cars, and staircases, have long been destroyed by Mary Geoise.

At this moment, Bane and the others stood in front of the rock wall of the Red Line.

Looking at the large amount of rubble piled up at the bottom of the rock wall not far away, Bane asked curiously, "Is that the elevator ruins that were demolished by Mary Geoise?"

"No." Ain, who had already analyzed the situation here, shook his head and said, "That's something Mary Geoise used to prevent us from reaching the Red Line. Every hour, a lot of demolished house ruins fall from the sky. At first, they killed and injured many of our soldiers who were trying to reopen the road here."

"They're here." As Bane heard this, he looked up at the sky and sure enough, a huge pile of dismantled earth, stones, timber, and other miscellaneous things fell from the sky and crashed onto the ruins with a rumble.

It wasn't a particularly clever move, but it was certainly effective in preventing the navy from reaching Mary Geoise.

"Mary Geoise is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack. Located on the Red Line, without a suitable solution, even a large army cannot get on it," Zeffa said, clicking his tongue in amazement as he stood beside Bane.

As soon as he finished speaking, Kuzan stepped forward first, saying calmly, "It's obviously impossible to build an elevator here that can quickly transport an army to Mary Geoise. The enemy above won't give us that chance either. We'll have to rely on footpaths."

After a slight pause, Kuzan raised his hand, and a sharp, chilling aura burst forth from his fingertips, spreading along the ground towards the towering rock wall.

"Frozen Time Capsule," Kuzan whispered.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the biting ice rapidly solidified, forming a 'Z'-shaped staircase beneath Mary Geoise, following the Red Line, leading directly to Mary Geoise.

After completing the sequence of actions, Kuzan casually exhaled a breath of icy air and said, "Now there's a passage, isn't there?"

Seeing this, Bane hesitated slightly before waving his hand and saying, "Send a squadron of naval personnel to give it a try."

Soon, under Webber's command, a group of naval soldiers quickly arrived at the frozen stairs and began climbing them towards the Red Line. However, after only a few steps, they seemed to slip and lose their footing. The captain at the head of the group fell first, tumbling down the stairs and immediately knocking down the entire group behind him. The entire group of naval soldiers tumbled haphazardly down the frozen stairs.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but turn their attention to Kuzan.

Kuzan looked somewhat embarrassed. Seeing everyone staring at him, he said, a little annoyed, "What are you doing? My power is freezing, what can I do? Wear spiked boots..."

"Let alone where we're going to find tens of thousands of spiked anti-slip shoes, even if we did find them, it might not be enough to support tens of thousands of soldiers climbing up smoothly. It's only a few meters. If someone falls from a height, it could trigger a chain reaction, and the casualties would be heavy." Zefa said, glaring at Kuzan, "Don't give me any bad advice."

Sakazuki, standing to the side, sneered, "Useless fellow."

As soon as he finished speaking, a scorching aura suddenly erupted from beneath Sakazuki's feet. This aura surged and spread from beneath the ground, reaching the frozen path that Kuzan had just created at an extremely fast speed, before bursting through the ground and exploding upwards.

The scorching hot magma quickly covered and evaporated the frozen path on the red earth, spreading upwards and solidifying into a magma path that led directly to Mary Geoise.

Looking at the scorching lava path, everyone stared at Sakazuki in utter bewilderment.

"You don't mean you want everyone to climb up this scalding lava, do you?" Bane asked in surprise.

"This is more than just scalding hot! Are you a devil? You've paved such a hellish road? If ten thousand people rush up it, a hundred of them would be lucky to reach Mary Geoise alive, and the rest will all be burned to ashes!" Kuzan, as if he had found a scapegoat, immediately launched into a tirade.

Sakazuki scoffed, "Have you forgotten who carried you out of that hell in Punk Hazard?"

Kuzan? ???

"Let's stick to the facts, why do you keep bringing this up?" Kuzan said, looking annoyed.

"I like it," Sakazuki said with a cold laugh.

After making a sarcastic remark to Kuzan, Sakazuki said matter-of-factly, "The troops gathered here are the elite of our navy. They only need to cover their feet with Haki to trample this lava tunnel."

"After going up there, you were completely exhausted and were slaughtered like lambs by Mary Geoise, right?" Kuzan retorted to Sakazuki.

"Have you forgotten, back in Punk Hazard?" Sakazuki glanced at Kuzan again and began to mutter.

"That's enough, can I shut up?" Kuzan said immediately, looking annoyed.

"You know what, the Sakazuki path is actually more useful than the Kuzan path," Zeff suddenly said, his eyes lighting up. "If the lava cools down, it becomes a usable staircase, doesn't it?"

"Sakazuki, cool down the lava," Bane said, his eyes lighting up.

Sakazuki paused for a moment, then said somewhat awkwardly, "You want me to heat the magma? I can do that with ease. But you want me to cool it down? That's a bit much. Why don't you wait a bit? Without my energy supply, it will cool down in a few days."

"Hmph, in the end, I'm the one who has to help you." Kuzan, who had been silent, immediately jumped out again.

As soon as he finished speaking, another burst of chilling air erupted, spreading upwards along Sakazuki's lava and rapidly cooling the scalding magma. And you know what? It instantly transformed the lava into a walkable path.

"Let's try another team," Bane ordered, raising his hand as he saw the situation.

Webber immediately arranged for another team of naval soldiers to climb up the cooled, solidified lava path. Seeing the naval soldiers pass through smoothly, everyone's lips curled into expectant smiles.

As soon as they climbed to the turning point of the second level, the cooled lava suddenly made a cracking sound, and the next second, it collapsed and broke right under the feet of the naval soldiers. The squad of naval soldiers above was instantly thrown down and then covered by the frozen lava.

"Go and save them!" Bane immediately ordered.

However, he didn't sound anxious. After all, the height from which they fell wasn't particularly dangerous. These were elite naval personnel who all possessed the "Domineering Aura," so being hit wouldn't cause them any problems.

"Rapidly solidified magma is not strong. Even if it solidifies naturally at room temperature, it would probably be difficult to support the weight of tens of thousands of people," Bane said with a troubled expression.

"It seems I have no choice but to take action," Fubuki said arrogantly as she stepped out from behind Bane with a look that said, "You're all useless." "Let me use the power of the Sand-Sand Fruit to carve a wide and sturdy passage through the rock walls of the Red Line."

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

"Oh! That makes sense!" Bane and Zephyr exclaimed simultaneously with delight, "It's all thanks to you, the glory of the Naturals!"

The others also looked at Fubuki with anticipation, and just as Fubuki was about to make her move, Issho asked with a somewhat puzzled expression, "Actually, I was just about to ask, why do such a complicated thing? Why not just wait until the entire army has assembled at this port, and then I can simply upgrade this place?"

Yi Xiao's question was like a silent bomb, leaving everyone looking at each other in bewilderment, their expressions awkward, unsure of what to say.

After looking around for a moment, Bane quickly stepped forward to smooth things over, saying, "Well, the main problem is that we have too many troops, and this port might not be able to accommodate them all."

"If there's not enough room at the port, I'll stand on a warship. I can easily send warships flying, can't I?" Yi Xiao looked at Bane with a puzzled expression, his face seemingly saying, "What are you talking about?"

This made Bane even more embarrassed. He turned to Kuzan in the crowd and said, "Oh yeah, that's right. Kuzan made such a simple problem complicated. He suddenly conjured up an ice path out of nowhere, which led everyone astray!"

Kuzan, after being singled out by Bane, looked on incredulously and said, "You're so disloyal!"

But clearly, in this awkward moment, everyone is acting selfishly. Even Professor Zeffa says with a righteous expression, "That's right, it's all Kuzan's fault for disrupting our train of thought. Don't be so impulsive in the future!"

"I've been dragged down with him and lost face too, how despicable!" Sakazuki said, looking at him with a look of utter disappointment.

Kuzan? ???

Can't you people have any integrity?

Dragon chimed in, adding, "Actually, I wanted to say this a while ago, but I was afraid of overshadowing Kuzan. After our attack on Mary Geoise, our Revolutionary Army left a hidden passage inside the Red Line. Even without using Lord Issho's abilities, we have one readily available."

"Dorag, you..." Kuzan gritted his teeth and pointed at Dorag, his finger trembling.

Then everyone burst into laughter. Soon, Kuzan was also infected by the atmosphere and shook his head helplessly, laughing as well.

After this awkward farce ended, Bane's expression turned serious. "Gather our forces and prepare to have Yixiao send us all up there. They're probably already waiting for us. Now, follow the tactics discussed in the previous meeting, each of you do your job, and try to wipe out those scum on Mary Geoise in one fell swoop!"

Soon, a large number of naval vessels began to gather in the port. After the airborne warships were moved aside, more than a dozen warships were added to the fleet. By this time, the entire port was already quite crowded. The combat troops on those warships did not disembark but waited to be sent into the air by Yi Xiao.

Meanwhile, at the four corners of the port, Sakazuki, Kuzan, Fubuki, and Zoro, four powerful Logia-type Devil Fruit users, were also keeping a close eye on the situation in the sky.

The main force is now gathered here. If Mary Geoise were to suddenly unleash a Holy Mother's Flame, it would be quite a spectacle.

In the middle of the port area, Bane was also emitting black smoke, his expression solemn, ready to strike. If the energy unleashed by the four natural elemental powerhouses, led by Sakazuki, could not resist the Holy Mother's Flames, then he would have to make his move.

Theoretically speaking, the Dark-Dark Fruit should be able to absorb this kind of attack!

"Report, ready!" Rear Admiral Tina arrived at Bane's side and saluted.

Upon hearing this, Bane raised an eyebrow and said, "Smile, start!"

As Bane finished speaking, a purple energy halo instantly erupted from beneath Yixiao's feet, enveloping the port and the warships within it. After the ground trembled for a moment, it began to be lifted by gravity, rising towards Mary Geoise!

(End of this chapter)