One Piece: Trainers on the Straw Hat Pirates

And those who shared the same expression were a group of Supernovas and Chopper, among others.

"Huh?" Luffy chuckled, his face falling, then nodded to Usopp in realization. "You mean that giant spider!?"

"That's right!"

"That guy is the Five Elders that Crimson mentioned! What a pity, I really wanted to fight them..."

"Huh? Why do you all look so pale?!"

With his hands behind his head, Luffy glanced at Usopp with some confusion, but then, being oblivious, he also noticed the changes in the expressions of the others.

"I don't know either..." Usopp's teeth chattered, his eyes rapidly expanding and contracting as if he had witnessed something terrifying.

"It must be the power of that Five Elders!"

Just then, Crimson, who was focused on escaping, suddenly turned around, looked at Usopp and the others, and explained:

“Jaigolusia Satan Saint, the World Government’s God of Scientific Defense, possesses the ability to transform into a Mythical Zoan type, Ushioni.”

"One of his powers, the Fierce Eye, is to inflict a powerful mental shock on anyone who meets his gaze; in severe cases, it can even cause their skulls to explode and die!!!"

"what!?"

Usopp and the others, who were initially just feeling a little dizzy, turned even paler after hearing Red's explanation.

At the same time, they were also secretly relieved. Fortunately, they had only accidentally made eye contact with Satan Saint, and the crimson mental barrier had blocked the power of the fierce eye...

Otherwise, they might have just been on the verge of death.

However, at that moment, the sky, which had just begun to brighten with the dawn, suddenly turned a deep red, like the glow of a setting sun.

Robin, who was still organizing the Poneglyphs, seemed to sense something, suddenly raised her head, and then her expression changed instantly.

"Crimson!" Robin exclaimed immediately, "A creature resembling one of the Five Elders is chasing us!?"

"Um?!"

Robin's words immediately sent a shiver down the spines of everyone inside the mental barrier.

Everyone immediately turned their heads and looked at the sky diagonally behind them.

Suddenly, a blinding black bolt of lightning burst forth from the thick clouds. The lightning, like a serpent, swept across the sky, and like a black net, it rapidly expanded in all directions, as if to envelop the entire world.

"Intruders! You can't escape!!!"

A golden beak suddenly pierced through the thunder-filled clouds, revealing a pair of eerie and menacing sharp eyes.

bake!!!

The giant bird suddenly opened its massive mouth and spewed out a fireball that was orange-yellow like the sun at its center, with red flames swirling around its edges, which shot downwards!

"They are the Five Elders who can transform into the Mythical Beast species, Itsumade!"

"His abilities are fire and lightning, as well as extremely fast flight speed."

Red instinctively gave out the information he knew.

Nami, who was standing nearby, immediately asked:

"Flight speed!? Could he possibly catch up with us!?"

"Of course not!"

Even while on the run, Crimson quickly gave his answer.

After all, no matter how fast they fly, how could they possibly compare to their method of traveling across space?

But the next moment, Crimson frowned slightly.

"but……"

He took another moment to turn back and glance at the fireball that was hurtling toward them but being pulled further and further away.

Although Crimson has absolute confidence in its speed of spatial movement.

But if their destination is clear, it means there will always be a moment when they stop.

Given the terrifying speed of the demon bird Itsumade, it's not impossible that they might catch up with them.

And once the Five Elders arrive at Sabaody Archipelago with them... and then they activate that strange summoning magic circle...

The Straw Hat crew and the Supernovas are now in a difficult position.

"No, we can't let him keep chasing us!"

Crimson suddenly spoke up.

In an instant, Zoro and Sanji, who also knew about the Five Elders, clearly realized something, and the same worry as Red appeared in their minds.

Sanji turned around abruptly, his eyes flashing:

"That's right, the situation could get even worse if things continue like this!"

"Should we stop him here!?"

Clang!

A sharp blade suddenly appeared.

Zoro smiled, exuding confidence and nonchalance.

Having consumed several bottles of healing potions and PP supplements, he not only recovered to his full strength before the battle with Amyra Palace, but his power was further enhanced due to the awakening of his Steel attribute.

At this moment, he really wanted to fight against the strong to test his newfound strength.

"Hehe~ Can we finally fight!?"

Luffy, who had spent the entire night dodging and weaving, grinned, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

If it weren't for Crimson's constant emphasis on prioritizing the overall situation and saving his companions' lives, he would have wanted to fight the Five Elders, whom Crimson had mentioned, back in the Flower Garden!

After listening to their conversation, Crimson pondered for a moment before nodding and saying:

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you!"

"Alright!" Luffy chuckled again, then his eyes suddenly turned serious. "Zoro, Sanji, let's go!"

"Oh~!"

The two people who were called immediately responded and then stood on either side of Luffy.

In an instant, the spiritual barrier spanning the void suddenly froze, stopping in mid-air.

The sudden turn of events caused the faces of the supernovas to tremble.

Law, who possessed more information than the other Supernovas, looked at the Straw Hat's three main fighters with a shocked expression, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"Hey, what do you want to do?"

"You wouldn't be..."

Law stretched out his hand, feeling the scorching heat descending from the sky, and hurriedly reached out to stop the Straw Hat Pirates' crazy idea.

Those are the Five Elders!!!

It's an existence that even the Four Emperors wouldn't dare to provoke easily!

The fact that Doflamingo, whom he considers his mortal enemy, didn't dare utter a single word in front of the Five Elders tells us...

As the five people with the highest power and status in the world government, just how terrifying is their strength?

Although Law considers the Straw Hat crew equally powerful, they can't possibly rival the Four Emperors.

Why provoke something like that when you can take advantage of this time difference to escape?!

however……

Before Law could finish speaking, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji were already standing on the edge of the mental barrier.

With a gentle wave of his hand, Crimson created a small opening above the barrier for the three of them to leave.

Upon seeing this, the faces of the other supernovas instantly turned even paler than when they confronted Satan.

However, Luffy and his two companions simply took a step and walked out of the mental barrier.

The blazing fireball slammed heat waves onto the three people's faces, making their clothes flutter like a gale.

Looking at the Five Elders swooping down behind the fireball, Luffy suddenly grinned:

"This feeling is so familiar!"

"It seems like we were in the same situation last time..."

"Last time?" Zoro quickly drew his three long swords, assuming the stance of the Three-Sword Style, then suddenly realized:

"You mean that time in the East China Sea!?"

Sanji, who lit his cigarette with his own flame, looked up, and the curled eyebrows above his glasses had somehow changed direction.

"Speaking of which...we entered the Grand Line after that."

"And after today, we'll be entering a new world. Could this have become some kind of ritual for us?!"

"Hehe, this feeling is pretty good!"

"No wonder Crimson always says that life needs a sense of ritual!"

Luffy suddenly pulled his straw hat off his head, revealing a pair of resolute eyes.

At that moment, his body suddenly surged and swayed like a mannequin being blown up during a store's festival.

A divine light of evolution shone around it.

In the blink of an eye, Luffy successfully entered his strongest form—Gear Fourth: Black God!

Sanji and Zoro, standing beside him, also radiated a light of evolution.

Sanji, who had not yet mastered the awakening of the Dragon attribute, transformed into the Flame Demon Armor form that had appeared in the previous Championship Tournament, just like Luffy.

Zoro, however, did not transform into a dragon as before.

Just as he had told Sanji before, since the Steel Awakening could affect his swordsmanship, the Ghost Awakening had awakened his demonic energy...

As the strongest Dragon type, it would be too ordinary to simply give him the body of a dragon from the Pokémon world!

So at this moment, Zoro took a different approach, not infusing his entire body with the dragon attribute as he usually did, but instead dividing the dragon attribute into three parts...

As usual, Yi Fen strengthened his body, giving him a pair of giant dragon wings that were fierce and domineering!