Settsetse! The Pirate Nemesis

Immediately afterwards, Judge's deep voice echoed across the entire sea through the loudspeaker: "Ring the bell once!!! Push the lever, insert the crystal, start the piston and pump!"

In an instant, dozens of ceremonial ships began to move in perfect coordination, like gears!

321. The Five Elders enter.

"The bell tolls twice! Alchemy vessel activated, reactor ignited, lower limb gyroscope stabilized!!!"

The heavy tolling of bells echoed across the sea, and as the bells rang, the workers solemnly carried out their tasks one after another. Pistons and pumps operated intensely, and the highly activated Hextech Crystal energy was successfully injected into the turbine alchemy tank, the heart of the Azure Wolf mech, through the pipelines.

Finally, Judge's gaze suddenly sharpened, and he roared, "The Great Bell tolls three times! Praise be to the God of All Machines!!!"

As the final bell rang, the main camera on the head of the Azure Wolf mech, which had been in standby mode, suddenly burst into a dazzling light. Immediately afterwards, all the bandages and chains on its mounting frame loosened, and the thirty-meter-tall mech descended vertically towards the sea.

But just as the mech was about to touch the water, several thick streams of high-temperature air suddenly erupted from the feet, wrists, and propellers on the back of the Wolf Mech.

It landed steadily on the water's surface. Although it was in the deep sea, the water level only covered the multi-angle hydraulic power distributor at the ankle of the Azure Wolf mech.

This is the runic technology inside the Azure Wolf Mech—under the influence of the Enlightenment Runes, the originally loose water surface has formed a stable mechanical constraint structure. Combined with the Azure Wolf Mech's own runic mobility, it can move freely not only on water but also in volcanic lava!

Inside the cockpit, Robin's eyes flashed. Having completed the neural bridge connection, her gaze, through the psychoskeleton, merged with the entire Azure Wolf mech into one. Then, as Robin took a step in the cockpit, the entire Azure Wolf mech assumed a galloping posture.

boom!!!!

Huge splashes of water erupted on the sea surface, and massive propulsion wings spewed out intense heat that caused the sea to evaporate continuously. Before the horrified eyes of the World Government soldiers aboard the warship, the Blue Wolf mech began its rapid ascent towards the World Government's camp.

The distance of several dozen nautical miles was covered in less than a dozen seconds thanks to the propulsion wings. To the World Government soldiers, each step the Wolf Mech took created enormous waves. It swept past warships, and even the commander's most desperate orders were to no avail.

Rumble—!!!

Under the impact of the Azure Wolf mech, the originally impregnable naval branch was smashed open, creating a huge breach. It's worth noting that the West Blue naval branch, as the World Government's only remaining stronghold in the West Blue, boasts walls even stronger than those of the G5 branch. Yet, against the Azure Wolf mech, this level of hardness felt no different from tofu!

With a whoosh, the annihilation units deployed, revealing numerous missile bays on the shoulders and back of the Azure Wolf mechs. Missiles shot out, leaving trails of fiery propulsion in the air; in mere moments, the entire naval branch was engulfed in flames.

With energy output maximized, and gazing at the enormous enemy before him—not a living being—the pacifist's synthetic muscles bulged continuously, and then, like a wild beast, it charged fiercely toward the Azure Wolf mech.

Although fearless, the impact felt more like an ant trying to shake a tree. The Azure Wolf mech, situated amidst the chaos, appeared completely unaffected. Broken parts littered the ground in its wake. And with the Azure Wolf mech's rampage, the naval branch's coastal defense facilities were reduced to ruins in an instant.

With the support of rear firepower, the World Government's vanguard forces, which were already in a state of retreat, instantly collapsed out of control. Lacking any fighting spirit, they simply dropped their weapons, squatted on the deck, and crouched down, covering their heads in defensive positions.

The fearless vanguard legion in Demacia did not launch a further attack. Instead, they exchanged glances and, using their individual thrusters on their backs, quickly used warships as springboards to rush towards the distant naval branch.

In response, the World Government's true elite forces emerged one by one from the fortress, and in an instant, all sorts of materials—rocks, flames, cannonballs, giant logs, and the like—fell from the sky one after another.

Seeing this, without waiting any longer, Enel, who was in the air on the Proverb battleship, tied his headband, held the golden staff, and jumped down with a bracelet on his wrist that isolated the magic-suppressing stone field.

He paused just before reaching the sea surface, then charged towards the Celestial Dragons' army of Devil Fruit users at lightning speed. Without consciously suppressing his power, and in fact, with the help of the Hextech Thunder Drum on his back, Enel's lightning unleashed nearly five times its normal destructive power in that instant.

Wherever he passed, the air was filled with the stench of ionization. Even within a ten-meter radius of Enel, leaping arcs of electricity raged across the sea. Enel's Observation Haki activated, expanding the arcs, which had been pulsating for a century, to a radius of several hundred meters—and this was with precision in mind. Keep in mind, in the original story alone, Enel could directly foresee the Cloud Island beyond the Island of God!

Under Enel's manipulation, the weapons or materials that were originally falling from the sky towards the Demacian soldiers were instantly disintegrated into black ash by the dense electric grid before they even made contact with their bodies.

With a flash of lightning, most of the projectiles that had previously covered the entire sky were instantly wiped out. Wherever they passed, it was as if an invisible eraser had rubbed them into insignificant black ash.

The next moment, Enel grabbed the Celestial Dragon guard by the throat and slammed him heavily to the ground.

At the same time, a buzzing sound filled the sky as dozens of meteorites, controlled by Fujitora, plummeted from the heavens. The already overburdened and crumbling city walls were instantly blasted apart. Demacian soldiers, in groups of three, raced after the Azure Wolf mech, their explosive guns firing incessantly. Even the pacifist's alloy body would lose its balance upon being hit, falling to the ground. Before it could even stand up, the chainsword viciously ripped open its chest, shattering its internal power engine.

However, at that moment, a force field emanated from the World Government's fortress and spread outwards. Accompanied by invisible energy, everything within the force field seemed to slow down, even time itself.

Immediately afterwards, the Five Elders, dressed in pure white and wielding longswords, swiftly drew their swords. Before Erken, who was charging forward, could even react, they pierced the weak point under his armor with their swords. With a flick of their blades, Erken's shoulder was sent flying into the air, accompanied by a spray of blood!

The Five Elders, enter!

322·Im

With murderous intent in his eyes, the Five Elders of Sword Dao snorted coldly as he looked at the crowd in front of him. He then threw off the long white robe wrapped around his body, revealing his gaunt upper body covered with scars.

Erken's gaze turned serious upon this—at least for this period of time, the swordsmanship of the Five Elders of the Longsword was renowned even in the entire world. Moreover, the weapon in their hands was undoubtedly one of the legendary Twelve Supreme Crafts.

While he was pondering, the life support system inside the Dauntless Vanguard Armor also detected that Erken was in a critical state. Immediately, small mechanical arms extended from his back, spraying medicine and local anesthesia to quickly treat him.

With the technological level of the City of Arms, reattaching severed limbs is no problem at all. In fact, even if he lost an arm, with Erken's experience, he would be qualified to be fitted with a state-of-the-art Hextech prosthetic limb.

Before Erken could even do anything further, Zephyr appeared before Erken with a superhero-like landing, his arms blazing with blue-green flames, wearing a navy coat emblazoned with the word "Justice" but styled entirely like the Armor City navy. His gaze was solemn.

"Leave this guy to me, you go and treat his injuries."

As they spoke, not only Zephyr, but also Fujitora and the others quickly entered the battlefield from the side. Fujitora, in particular, was wearing a bracelet that could isolate the anti-magic stone field. After arriving above the fortress, he casually waved his hand, and a large number of anti-magic stone fragments and anti-magic stone statues fell from the sky.

The moment these enormous statues crashed to the ground, the protective barrier that had been surrounding the World Government fortress shattered instantly, or rather, its energy was drained by the statues.

Seeing this, the Five Elders of the Sword also revealed a grim expression. Although none of the Five Elders were useless cowards who only survived by relying on their Devil Fruit abilities, one thing was certain: there were at least three Devil Fruit users among them…

The Five Elders consist of five people. Apart from those specializing in swordsmanship and physical combat, the remaining three are respectively a Paramecia type, a Logia type, and a Zoan type Mythical Beast type.

Each of the three fruits is a treasure unparalleled in the entire ocean—but their abilities have been directly sealed by the magic-suppressing statue. Although they are still powerful without their fruit abilities, their true strength is reduced by at least 70%.

After all, most of their combat experience is based on the combination and application of fruits.

Sett simply stood on the Proverb warship, his gaze casual. He could vaguely sense that it was undoubtedly the so-called Im.

Even those who have never met Sett can get a general idea of ​​his personality just by reading the newspapers. A sure victory? A methodical development?

Don't be ridiculous. If Sett were really that kind of person, Kaido would still be enjoying himself in the New World with Charlotte Linlin, instead of being a mortician in Piltover.

As if sensing Sett's will, a violent gust of wind and a raging storm spread from the fortress outwards. Wherever it passed, dust and rock colossi were blasted away.

Then, a figure dressed in luxurious white robes appeared in people's sight.

“Im”.

Upon seeing that figure, Whitebeard, located in Armor City, stared intently at the screen, his gaze filled with solemnity.

In fact, not only Whitebeard, but also Shanks and the others, all stared wide-eyed upon seeing that legendary figure. Meanwhile, Zephyr and the others, feeling the immense pressure emanating from Im, wore expressions of suppressed unease.

A person's name is like a tree's shadow. Indeed, before this, Im rarely appeared before people; even Whitebeard had only vaguely heard some ancient stories about him. But the World Government had existed for five hundred years. Every day of those five hundred years represented Im's unbroken rule.

In comparison, even Whitebeard, the oldest of the Sea Emperors, only ruled for a little over thirty years if we're talking about true dominance.

Five hundred years later, even though Sett's power is widely recognized, many people still felt a chill when facing Im.

However, in the event of a siege, thanks to the effect of the anti-magic stone, even if it takes some effort, there won't be much loss or setback... The existence of Hextech and the anti-magic stone has already delivered a devastating blow to this world.

Unfortunately, Sett didn't think so.

Under Robin's despairing gaze, Sett had just placed one foot on the railing of the Proverb warship. Looking at Im, who stood quietly atop the fortress waiting for him, he didn't hesitate at all and jumped straight down from the height of six thousand meters.

Rumble,

The air crackled with a continuous whirring sound. Hearing the intense friction from the sky, those on the ground instinctively looked up. Then, *Boom!*

It wasn't a superhero-style kneeling descent, but rather a vicious slam into the ground like an iron pillar.

Without any buffer or pause, and given Sett's size, the impact of his landing was like a cannonball exploding. A crater over six meters wide was blasted into a ten-meter radius around Sett.

Hahaha~ Not bad~

Step by step, Sett emerged from the pit, his massive body exuding an overwhelming sense of oppression. In comparison, Im, standing only two meters tall, appeared as frail as a straw before Sett.

Looking around, Im sighed and said, "I thought you would pay a heavy price after going berserk... but I didn't expect you to have exceeded my expectations. Not only did you not suffer any damage, but you are even growing at an even more terrifying speed."

"I'm forced to nip you in the bud here!"

"Shut up, you motherfucker."

Hearing Im's boastful words, Sett curled his lip, then picked at his ear and said, "That's because I still want to have some fun. Otherwise, the anti-magic statues alone could kill those five old idiots under your command. Once they're dead, you'll be next!"

"..."

Hearing this, he fell silent. What happened to the promise of everyone carrying the sedan chair for him? Im felt that Sett was not playing by the rules.

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My cat got an upset stomach last night and I was busy taking him to the vet, so I didn't update... My new book, *The Glory of Shurima*, has already been uploaded. To be honest, towards the end I really lost the motivation to write... Plus, I can't stop updating during the new book's release period, so I only stopped yesterday.

323 Evolution Fruit

Without a word, the battle began.

With a blur of motion, the surrounding air momentarily stagnated. Then, Sett left a black trail in the air. By the time everyone reacted, they were already standing before the seemingly weak Im.

Im reacted unusually to this. His seemingly frail hand accurately blocked in front of him, but the moment he felt the impact, he instinctively frowned—it was so heavy.

Although he had anticipated Sett's power, Im was still deeply shocked by the power in Sett's hand when he actually touched it—without hesitation, Im instantly unleashed all his strength.

Im's seemingly frail body began to swell and mutate. In just a few dozen seconds, he transformed from a normal human into a giant over nine meters tall. Standing still, he was even a head taller than Sett.

More important than his height was Im's appearance—his original clothes were torn to shreds in an instant by bulging flesh, followed by the growth of a heavy chitinous armor on his skin. Before Sett could react, he raised his arm and threw a punch. The swing wasn't a simple swing of the arm like a human's, but rather a sudden, explosive strike, like a mantis shrimp's, with mutated joints bending.

The explosive force felt like it shattered space itself—depending on the species, the mantis shrimp possesses a pair of "hammers" within its body capable of striking at speeds of up to 60 kilometers per hour. When attacking prey, these hammers can be launched in a fraction of a second. Although only the size of a human finger, they can generate a terrifying force of sixty kilograms. The extremely high speed even produces sparks upon impact.

However, there's a catch: it's in the water. But similarly, Im isn't a mantis shrimp—his punch was delivered with lightning speed. Relying on his powerful Observation Haki, Sett dodged the attack the instant it was about to hit him. The explosive speed even caused the carapace on Im's arm to glow a scorching red. The heavy impact blasted through the air, creating a continuous shockwave that crashed onto the shore, instantly transforming into a raging hurricane that blasted everything in its path away.

Even the most fearless vanguard soldiers, clad in heavy armor, could only barely manage to stab their blades into the ground to ensure their center of gravity didn't waver unnecessarily.

Before Sett could react, another gust of wind swept in from below. The muscles of the charging leg bulged, striking Sett squarely in the ribcage. Almost simultaneously, Sett's ribs creaked under the strain. But Sett didn't flinch; on the contrary, he experienced unprecedented pleasure during the process.

It's been too long—even during his battles with Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, Sett only felt a slight tension at most. It was impossible for him to feel any sense of impending death—indeed, if Sett were to hold back completely, even two Sea Emperors, or even just one of them, would be enough to pose a deadly threat.

But if the decision has already been made to hold back, then what's the point of fighting? It's like emptying the ducts of the brain; not only is there no physical orgasm, but there's no intracranial orgasm either. All that's left is emptiness!

Under Im's incredulous gaze, Sett's eyes gleamed with excitement. Then, golden, powerful lightning enveloped his body, and tiny rays of light shot from his eyes like divine thunder.

Let's have some fun!!!

Before Im could react, Sett's hand viciously grabbed Im's calf. With a sudden burst of violence, the chitinous carapace on Im's calf cracked internally. Then, with a violent jerk, Sett tossed Im's leg into the air before slamming it down without hesitation!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

With a series of slams, Sett completely regained control of Im's center of gravity. But as soon as Im came to his senses, Sett felt a sharp pain in his palm. Looking closely, it was Im's calf—the chitinous carapace had not only become thicker, but had also grown sharp, rough bone spurs covered in barbs.

"This thing of yours is kind of interesting!!"

As she spoke, Seti grabbed Im's leg and threw him headlong toward the distant mountain peak without hesitation.

Rumble!!

The mountain peak was smashed apart by Im's body, creating a man-made landslide. Even after crashing into the mountain, Im's body showed no signs of stopping and continued to move backward. Upon closer inspection, in just a few dozen seconds, another pair of fleshy wings appeared behind Im.

At first, he wasn't quite able to control it smoothly, but after a few dozen seconds, Im quickly mastered the operation of the wings. Then, he turned his gaze to Sett, flying in like a meteor, his shoulder like a relentless battering sledgehammer. With a dull thud, he slammed into Sett's chest, transforming as he smashed through the fortress, creating a hole right through it!

He raised his arm and slammed his elbow down on Im's back, the heavy force combined with the sharp elbow crushing the fleshy wing connection on his spine. Im's center of gravity shifted, creating a gap between him and Sett.