Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

"Ha ha ha ha……"

However, his words made everyone laugh. Why did the Destroyer hate the Whitebeard Pirates? It was because Reina almost killed them.

"Don't worry, First Mate, we know how powerful Venerable Extinction is!"

"That's right, to put it bluntly, our mission this time is patrol, not combat, right!"

The captains began to speak.

“That’s right!” Reina nodded and said, “Izang and Harta, you two will come with me to the Second Front. You will also be part of the mobile force. If a signal flare appears anywhere, you must notify me immediately and head towards the destination. Understand?!”

“Understood!” Harta and Izang nodded in response.

The two missed Whitebeard's wave, so they could only accompany Reina on the second front line to do defensive work.

"Frank, I'm leaving Xuan Yue Island to you! After we leave, Xuan Yue Island will activate its second-level defense mode. Be careful of any ships that appear near the sea area. Although the extraterrestrial visitors' target is most likely the World Government, we can't rule out the possibility that they might also come to cause trouble! If there is any danger, have the Doctor activate the underwater mode, understand?" Reina said to Frank.

"Don't worry, First Mate, I'll go to the lab to inform Dr. Assie after you depart!" Frank nodded and replied.

Back in the lab, Vegapunk is now a key researcher, while Dr. Asie has become much more relaxed, as many of his ideas can be quickly completed with Vegapunk's help, which saves him a lot of time.

As for Judge, he is no longer in the lab. He went to the front lines last time and has not returned. He is currently assisting Whitebeard with the defense.

That's why Frank suggested going to Dr. Assie, because Dr. Assie had the authority to make any decisions should anything happen.

With Frank and Dr. Asie on Xuan Yue Island, Reina felt quite at ease. Although the island lacked high-end combat power, Xuan Yue Island was already very strong, even though its defense system was not yet fully completed.

Chapter 1271 Elite Guards

Just as Reina finished assigning tasks and was about to get up to make final preparations, the conference room door was opened.

“Uncle Reina! Let me go with you!” Olga said in a deep voice, standing at the door.

“Olga, I’m not going there to play around. Don’t mess around. Stay on Crescent Moon Island!” Reina said, frowning.

Olga shook her head upon hearing this and said, "Uncle Reina, I overheard outside that our mission this time is to patrol the sea. I can bring some sea lizards with me. With their help, it will be better than ordinary ships!"

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement. The captains here all knew about Olga's sea lizard. Apart from its limited carrying capacity and single-person operation, the sea lizard was indeed superior to ships for patrolling the sea.

Especially since their mission this time only required them to locate the enemy, not to defeat them.

After thinking for a moment, Reina nodded and said, "You can go if you want, but first you must get Dr. Assie's approval. Second, if the doctor allows you to go, then you must follow my instructions along the way and not stray too far from me!"

“No problem, I’ll go find that idiot father right now!” Olga nodded and replied.

Soon, when Reina was ready, Olga had already convinced Dr. Assie to go out with Reina, and Olga also brought along a very excited Perona.

"I'm telling you two little devils, if you cause any trouble, I'll definitely send you back, and even if the Doctor pleads on your behalf, it won't work!" Reina said to the two of them with a stern face before they set off.

"Don't worry!" Olga waved her hand dismissively and said, "Even if you sent us to the front lines, we wouldn't go!"

After receiving Olga's promise, Reina led his troops toward the second front line and immediately arranged for personnel to patrol the buildings upon arrival.

On the other side, the Revolutionary Army, the Marine Corps, the Straw Hat Pirates, and the Red-Haired Pirates also dispatched large forces to begin deployment.

Even Katakuri and Kaido, after receiving the news, began sending people to patrol around their territories.

The entire Beihai seemed to come alive.

Meanwhile, on the central island, the Destroyer and the Guardian, now in different bodies, seemed to be waiting for something outside the pillar of light.

"Hoo~" Venerable Extinction took a deep breath and said to Venerable Master beside him, "Thank you for this!"

"Don't thank me. You provided all the resources yourself. I was just explaining the situation here. You already know this world very well and the enemy very well. If I replaced you with another Venerable, it wouldn't be very useful!" Venerable Yu shook his head and said.

"No matter what, I will remember this favor and repay it handsomely in the future!" Venerable Extinction said firmly.

Last time, he was tricked by Reina, which resulted in his body being almost completely destroyed.

On their home planet, there are more than just the two of them who possess Venerable-level combat power; there are even beings stronger than Venerables.

Therefore, the Venerable Extinction, who had already been eliminated, was not qualified to stay in this world. It was only because the Venerable Yu pleaded on his behalf that the Venerable Extinction was given the opportunity to stay. However, he had to pay for the resources to rebuild his body himself.

"You should think about how to do this operation better! If you fail again this time, I think you should understand the consequences without me having to tell you!" the Venerable said softly.

"Don't worry, there will definitely be no problems this time!" The Venerable Extinction's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he said, "When the time comes, as long as we destroy the World Tree of this world, the Lord will descend. Once the Lord descends, this world will no longer be able to stop us!"

“Don’t be careless. Those guys aren’t so easy to deal with. Didn’t you encounter a powerful figure when you went to the World Tree last time?” the Venerable said, frowning.

The Extinction Venerable nodded and said, "That guy is indeed very strong, but I always feel something is strange. He is somewhat similar to the elite guardians of our home planet! But under normal circumstances, given the development of this world, elite guardians shouldn't exist!"

"Guardian Elite?" The Venerable One was taken aback and said in surprise, "Are you sure you're not mistaken? Even on our home planet, there are only three Guardian Elite at the moment. If Guardian Elite has really been born in this world, then it's impossible that they only have this level of strength!"

The Venerable One nodded and said, "That's why I didn't report it to our home planet! I'll take a look when I go there this time, and if it really is an elite guard..."

“If it really is an elite guard, then even if you fail to complete the mission, I don’t think the master will blame you. On the contrary, the master will be even happier that you were able to discover this secret! But... if there really is an elite guard, then we have missed the best opportunity to turn the tide!” The Venerable Master sighed and said.

If there are indeed guardian elites in this world, then the possibility of them destroying the World Tree is very small. If they cannot destroy the World Tree, they cannot launch a large-scale attack on this planet. They can only rely on gradually eroding the planet's fortune.

However, because they didn't expand aggressively at the beginning, they missed the best opportunity to expand. Now they are trapped here by the world's powerful figures and have basically lost the possibility of continuing to expand.

This is why they risked attacking the World Tree.

"Wait a minute..." Just then, the Venerable Master suddenly thought of a problem and said to the Venerable Extinction, "If there really are elite guardians in this world... then they will definitely notice that we are attacking the World Tree so openly!"

The Extinction Venerable was taken aback. He had always thought it was a misjudgment on his part, so he hadn't considered this possibility. Now that they had used the spatial artifact to pinpoint the location of the World Tree, the elite guards would surely realize that the World Tree was being locked by some kind of energy.

Even if the elite guards don't notice, the World Tree will definitely ask them for help.

In other words, their actions are very likely already known to the other side.

"There's no other way now. We applied for a spatial artifact from the Lord. If we don't act, we can't bear the Lord's wrath!" Venerable Extinction gritted his teeth and said, "Besides, even if it really is an elite guard, it's just a low-level guard. I'll hold him off while the accompanying titled individuals attack the World Tree! As long as the World Tree is destroyed and the Lord and his people descend, I don't believe they can withstand it!"

Chapter 1272 On the Eve of the Great Battle

While Reina was directing the captains of the Whitebeard Pirates to set up defenses on the second front-line island, he felt that he had overlooked something, which caused him to be somewhat absent-minded for the past two days.

"Lord Reina, are you alright?" Perona had been by Reina's side the whole time, and she was the first to notice that something was wrong with him.

"It's nothing!" Reina shook his head and said with a wry smile, "I feel like I've forgotten something!"

"Huh? Is it something important?" Perona asked curiously.

"I don't know either! Never mind, the most important thing right now is dealing with the extraterrestrial visitors. Let's deal with the immediate situation first!" Reina didn't know what the matter was either, so he had no choice but to put it aside for the time being.

However, being uneasy before a major battle is not a good sign, so Reina not only had the pirates patrol at all times, but also summoned Liuliu and the Surveillance Eagle. One roamed around the seabed, and the other patrolled around the sky, just to not give the enemy any chance.

But no matter how much Reina prepared his defenses or how he tried to fill in the gaps, that feeling in his heart still lingered.

This made him very unhappy, especially when news came from the front that the extraterrestrials seemed to be gathering forces. Reina knew that he didn't have much time left.

"What exactly did I forget?" After patrolling the area that day, Reina felt an even stronger, inexplicable feeling in his heart.

"Lord Reina... what's wrong with you?" Olga and Perona had been by Reina's side these past few days, and they noticed that Reina seemed to be getting more and more anxious, which made them nervous as well.

"Phew~ It's nothing. Help me contact Brulee. I need to know about the other factions recently!" Reina shook his head, took a deep breath, and said.

"Ok!"

The two turned and left to contact Brûlée.

"Olga, what exactly did Lord Reina discover? Why is this happening?" Perona asked, puzzled, as she came out of Reina's room.

“I don’t know either! But I asked Captain Izo, and he said that Reina never does this before a battle. Maybe this time will be different!” Olga said, frowning.

"What should we do then? Lord Reina's agitated state is not a good sign!" Perona said with some concern.

"Don't worry! He's Reina, he'll handle it!" Olga said with a smile.

Just as everyone was worried about Reina's condition, the extraterrestrial visitors finally launched an unprecedented offensive, and all forces in the North Sea were attacked by the extraterrestrial visitors.

However, precisely because the attack range was so large, the number of powerful figures at each location was not large, and even the Venerable Extinction and the Venerable Regulator did not appear.

If the World Government had notified them, Reina certainly wouldn't have been worried; such an attack wouldn't have been enough to break through their defenses. However, after learning the true purpose of the extraterrestrial visitors from the Five Elders, all the major powers began patrolling the North Blue in order to prevent the elite team of extraterrestrial visitors from penetrating their defenses.

"Their attacks are completely pointless!" Ichiji said softly, floating in the air on the front lines of the Whitebeard Pirates' battle.

"Didn't Dad say before? Their goal isn't to take our territory at all, it's just to send their elite squad to break through our defenses!" Reiju said with a light laugh.

“Even so, we must make them pay a heavy price!” Ichi said expressionlessly.

“That’s right! I can already feel my blood boiling!” Yuji licked his lips and said impatiently.

"You lot, behave yourselves. Don't cause any trouble before the captain gives the order!" Judge, holding a long spear and wearing a mask, replied with a hint of helplessness from behind them.

"Father, rest assured, we will strictly follow the captain's orders!" Ichi said without turning his head.

Judge nodded, indicating that he understood.

He knew his own children very well; once he gave them an order, they would never disobey.

However, after recently interacting with Ichi and the others, Judge felt that his sons seemed to have changed. He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but they were definitely different from before. Reiju, on the other hand, was still the same as before, except that her strength had increased a lot.

As far as he knew, all of this was caused by the power of destiny. The power of destiny has the effect of enhancing strength, but it is invisible and intangible. If you don't pay attention, you won't feel it at all.

Looking at his three sons, Judge felt a pang of regret. Such powerful luck was of no use to them.

Meanwhile, on the Straw Hat Pirates' front lines.

Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji are relentlessly reaping the lives of the extraterrestrial visitors. Even though the enemy's forces are superior to theirs, the three of them have managed to turn the tide of the battle.

"Luffy, is Jinbe alright? He doesn't have many troops!" Zoro called out to Luffy when he found an opportunity.

“No problem, I believe in him!” Luffy replied earnestly.

Sanji, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, chuckled and said, "We don't have many troops left that we haven't deployed yet. Among the Four Emperors, we probably have the fewest troops!"

"So what if we're fewer? We're still one of the Four Emperors' pirate crews!" Zoro said calmly.

The Straw Hat crew doesn't have many troops here because they also need to send people to patrol the surrounding seas. After Robin and Jinbe returned from Mary Geoise, they not only told Luffy what the World Government had said, but also shared Reina's analysis with their crew.

As the most politically astute princess, Vivi immediately understood what the other party meant and knew that the World Government's target was not them, but the elite team of extraterrestrial visitors.

Therefore, when deploying troops, she dispersed more forces to find the extraterrestrial visitors. Even if she lost one or two small islands, it wouldn't matter much, because she knew that as long as she found the other side's elite team, the World Government would definitely compensate them.

However, Luffy and his crew, who had already arrived on the battlefield, would not retreat easily. So, under their fierce attack, even though they were outnumbered, they still managed to gain the upper hand.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the number of strong opponents is not large. If there were strong opponents who could restrain them, then without the advantage in troop strength, they might only have one option left: to retreat.

Apart from the Straw Hat crew's predicament due to insufficient manpower, the other forces were not in much trouble. They all sealed off their respective territories and sea areas according to their previous agreements.

Chapter 1273 Preparations of Each Family