I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

They never expected that Sieg would say such a thing.

Face? Give Sieg some face?

Teach, who was on the verge of semi-consciousness and receiving treatment, suddenly opened his eyes.

"It has appeared! The power of the Face Fruit, surpassing even the Dark-Dark Fruit..."

Teach once didn't believe in the existence of the Angel Fruit, but with a living example like the Golden Lion right before their eyes, people had no choice but to believe it.

Could it be that composite fruits like the Face Fruit or the Roasted Gluten Fruit are real?

No one speaks.

A brief, eerie silence fell over the battlefield, and no one responded.

Seeing the stunned reaction of everyone, Sieg was almost completely overwhelmed by anxiety and fear.

Hurry up!

Barrett should still be alive! If this drags on, I'm going to die!

Sieg couldn't help but urge them on:

"Speak. Who agrees? Who disagrees?"

Sig stood with his sword in hand above the ruins of Impel Down, his voice echoing across the battlefield.

Whitebeard and Golden Lion glanced at the trembling sword in Higuma's hand, then looked at the commotion in the corner of the ruins.

Original origin...

"Is Sieg also considering sparing Barrett's life so that he can train to become stronger and then challenge him again?"

Whitebeard suddenly realized something.

"Judging from Sieg's tone, is he going to draw his sword and become our enemy if we don't agree? Heh..."

Whitebeard nodded first, glanced at Teach who was receiving emergency treatment, and decided to give Sigurd a way out:

"It's time to end this. My goal has been achieved."

"Speaking of which, Golden Lion, you've achieved your goal, haven't you?"

The golden lion's expression stiffened slightly.

If he could, he would certainly like to continue fighting and finish the job in one fell swoop, but if even Whitebeard has agreed...

Golden Lion stretched out his hands, pointing his left hand at the Ironclad Pirate Ship and the Moby Dick. With a flick of his wrist, the ships instantly took to the air.

His other hand transformed into a large expanse of white clouds, which lifted up the pirates who were unable to board the ship, allowing them to quickly ascend into the air.

Chapter 554 The Old Era Returns

The power of the Float-Float Fruit allows one to control inanimate objects to defy gravity and rise into the air, but it is ineffective against anyone other than the user.

The Cloud-Cloud Fruit allows the user to lift pirates directly from the clouds and send them into the sky, but unlike the Float-Float Fruit, it cannot ignore gravity and is not as flexible.

When Shiki made his move, he used the powers of both the Float-Float Fruit and the Cloud-Cloud Fruit to send all the pirates into the sky.

With the abilities of these two Devil Fruits, Shiki could have led the pirates away as soon as he broke through Impel Down, but he simply didn't want to.

"Don't even think about escaping! Meteor Volcano!"

Akainu clenched his fists again and kept spewing molten lava fists into the sky, but then Whitebeard, who was already being lifted up by the clouds, also slammed his fists into the air beside him.

The air shattered and collapsed once more, and the invisible shockwave caused those giant molten lava fists to explode rapidly.

"Damn it... Whitebeard still has energy left, just what kind of monster is he?"

Akainu's face was cold, and he clenched his fists.

Meanwhile, Sig caught up with Shiki's cloud. The Emperor Engine finally stopped, and Sig looked down at Sengoku, Akainu, and the others on the ground from the cloud. Suddenly, a thought struck him.

Every time Sengoku transforms into the form of a Buddha, he usually takes off his upper garment first, and at this moment he is also bare-chested with his strong and powerful upper body.

Akainu was in a similar situation, except that his clothes were torn in large sections after being attacked by Whitebeard and others.

Akainu was even more robust and imposing than Sengoku, with well-developed muscles and many tattoos on his body. His right arm was adorned with a sword, while his left chest and elbow were decorated with roses and cherry blossoms.

Without clothes on, Akainu looks more like a tattooed yakuza boss than a Marine Admiral.

A thought struck Sieg, and he produced a camera, taking pictures of Sengoku and Akainu with their bare upper bodies.

And at this moment.

The commotion in the ruins of Impel Down grew louder and louder until finally a huge figure leaped up from the rubble.

This is a massive steel alloy monster, tens of meters tall, roughly humanoid in shape, with tank-like tracks for its lower body, and a bright red number "9" written on its chest.

"West-------G---------"

"You are indeed strong, but our battle is not over yet, and I will not lose!"

The steel alloy monster roared to the sky, its howl echoing across the battlefield.

This startled the navy, which was preparing to pursue Golden Lion and his men.

"That must be Barrett!"

"He's not dead yet! What kind of monster is this...?"

Sig glanced down and was startled.

Barrett is really piloting a Gundam now.

To be precise, Barrett had merged with her own submarine, the Catapult, and become a submariner.

"Quick! Chase after Barrett!"

"We can't catch up with Higuma and Whitebeard. But surely we can handle Barrett?"

"Let's go together!"

Akainu let out a low growl and took the lead, using Moonwalk to fly towards Barrett in the direction of the Impel Down ruins.

Barrett glanced at Akainu and the other approaching Marines and sneered.

The steel submarine man's lower body rapidly transformed, changing from steel tracks into human-like legs. Then, it stomped on the ground, causing the ground to crack and collapse, creating a small crater. Subsequently, the steel monster, tens of meters tall, soared into the air.

Barrett extended a hand, from which a cannon barrel emerged, and fired a shot at the approaching Akainu and his men.

As the cannon fired, Barrett also leaped onto the ground. Her giant steel fist, enveloped in Armament Haki, suddenly expanded and slammed into the glacial ground.

This punch caused the ground to tremble again, and the glacier beneath their feet cracked and collapsed, creating a hole from which surging seawater gushed out.

The submarine man transformed again, reverting to his original submarine form, and plunged beneath the surface of the sea, starting his engine and quickly moving away.

With lightning speed, Akainu and the others had just detonated an oncoming cannonball when they discovered that Barrett had already submerged into the sea.

"Barrett!"

Akainu gritted his teeth and roared at the departing submarine:

"You crave an opponent? We, the Navy, will be your opponent!"

"Hahahahahahaha...you?" Barrett's arrogant laughter echoed from below the sea.

"Your navy doesn't need to worry about me, I've already found my opponent!"

Despite having just been defeated by Sieg, Barrett felt no sense of defeat at all. Instead, she felt incredibly refreshed, and her fighting spirit was stronger than ever before.

"Sieg certainly didn't disappoint me."

"Fortunately, I was hiding in the control room on the first basement level of Impel Down the whole time. Sieg only destroyed the above-ground part of Impel Down, and I wasn't affected by the attack..."

Barrett's lips curled into a smile.

Finally... finally, this moment has arrived!

I've finally tasted the bitterness of defeat!

This is not opportunism, but a fair and square confrontation of strength!

How powerful! How enviable!

Neither his Armament Haki, honed to perfection after 11 years of training in Impel Down, nor his Fusion Fruit power, which had reached the awakened state and whose single strike was comparable to a natural disaster, could defeat Higuma!

This long-lost sense of defeat made Barret laugh wildly, but it also made her recall the time she spent with Roger's pirate crew.

At that time, he was a novice, only 15 years old, but even Rayleigh, the right-hand man of the Pirate King, could only fight him to a standstill.

But Barrett challenged Roger countless times, yet never succeeded...

"Sig!"

"Just wait, I will become stronger, much stronger! Strong enough to crush any obstacle in my path!"

"Our battle is not over yet!"

"I will eventually surpass you and Roger, and become the true strongest in the world!"

Inside the submarine catapult, Barrett let out a spirited roar, his eyes burning with fierce determination.

High in the sky.

The golden lion looked down at the submarine that was rapidly cutting through the waves and leaving, and suddenly realized something.

"I see. Barrett isn't completely brainless after all."

"I was wondering why he dared to declare war on us... Turns out he doesn't need the power of my Float-Float Fruit to leave this Calm Belt."

"Then it's time for us to leave."

Golden Lion turned around, looked at Sig, Whitebeard, and the other Impel Down prisoners, and a smile unconsciously appeared on his lips.

He knew that from this moment on...

The times have changed.

The glorious old era, the magnificent old era in which he fought against Whitebeard, Roger, and others, will make a comeback and return to the world!

"Let's go, to Water Seven as agreed!"

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