The natural system started off strong, but the navy finally reached its peak!

Izanbaron V. Nassjuro Sei, holding the first generation Kitetsu in his arms, slowly stood up. His usually calm face was now covered with a terrifying layer of frost.

He didn't look at his three colleagues; his sharp, hawk-like eyes were fixed on Sengoku, his tone so cold it seemed to freeze the air, every word carrying undeniable weight.

"enough."

"Sengoku, we agree to your previous request."

"Make Gern stop."

"Let's leave it at that!"

Upon hearing this, Marcus Mazsan, Shepard X. Petersan, and Topman Worchley Santos, who were standing nearby, were slightly taken aback, but their lips moved as they ultimately refuted him.

With the formidable enemy to the north still at large and renewed conflict to the south, and the situation in Satan Saint unclear, this is the only option to cut losses.

Silence means consent.

Upon hearing this word of compromise, the Warring States period felt as refreshed as drinking a glass of ice water on a sweltering summer day.

He now finally understands what happened at Marine Fendoux back then.

Why did Marshal Steelbone make that face when he heard 'compromise'? It really felt amazing!!!

At the same time, Nasujiro Sei didn't pause and immediately issued a clear command, his voice resolute:

"Sengoku, you and I will immediately head north to see Gern Reginald Sigmar!"

He then turned to Marcus Mazsan: "Immediately order the CP0 forces blocking Gern at the front to retreat across the board as soon as they are safe, abandon the northern defense line, and rush back to reinforce the southern side of the Land of the Gods!"

At all costs, the slave revolt must be completely quelled! And all rioting slaves must be executed without exception!

Once the order was given, Nasujuro no longer hesitated, and didn't even bother to check if Sengoku was following.

Gripping the hilt of the first generation Kitetsu, he walked with heavy, rapid steps straight out of the Hall of Power.

He chose to personally confront the strongest spear of the navy, capable of suppressing Satan Saint, while entrusting the task of quelling the internal chaos to CP0.

This is currently the only solution that can address both crises simultaneously.

Sengoku's eyes flickered as he watched Nasujuro's resolute retreating figure.

He glanced at the other three Elders, whose faces were extremely ugly, and a barely perceptible smile appeared on his lips, but he quickly suppressed it.

He straightened his seagull hat, said nothing more, and followed Nassuro Sei.

He has already obtained the bargaining chips.

Now, he needs to make sure that Gern doesn't really cause an unmanageable mess.

The doors to the Hall of Power closed behind the two men, leaving only the other three of the Five Elders behind.

This is the second time the World Government has had to compromise because of the Navy!

.........

north

Gern hovered in mid-air, coldly looking down at the Niu Gui struggling in the "Skyquake Star Ring," his body constantly being obliterated and regenerated, yet clearly weakening.

A cold smile curved his lips as he prepared to add another layer of star rings, completely suppressing the troublesome body of Satan Saint.

But, in that very instant!

A terrifying killing intent, extremely sharp and cold, seemingly capable of severing the life force of all things, swept in from the distant sky without warning!

The target was precisely Gern's neck!

Gern's pupils suddenly contracted; his fighting instincts outpaced his thinking!

"Shake Flash!" His body instantly transformed into countless vibrating particles and vanished from the spot!

Almost at the same moment he disappeared

"Sizzle!!!"

A massive, extremely condensed, arc-shaped slash, its color a deep black.

Like a ghostly claw tearing through the sky, it sliced ​​across silently yet incredibly fast!

It wasn't aimed at Gern, but at the "Skyquake Star Ring" that was crushing the Oni!

That powerful star ring, strong enough to suppress even mythical beasts, paled in comparison to this dark slash.

It was easily split in two like fragile glass, its structure collapsed instantly, turning into chaotic, vibrating particles that scattered everywhere and vanished with a roar!

After cleaving through the star ring, the slash did not diminish in momentum at all; in fact, it became even more ferocious, directly striking the spot where Gern had just reassembled and reappeared!

Just as Gern's figure solidified, the fatal slash was already upon him!

The sharp edge stung his skin.

“This kind of slash…” Gern’s eyes instantly became extremely serious. Faced with this attack that could threaten his life, he dared not be negligent in the slightest.

His right hand gripped the hilt of the black sword, Bahuang, tightly at his waist.

With a "whoosh," something strange happened! The dark red patterns that had been winding like veins on the black blade...

At this moment, it seemed to come alive, frantically absorbing the Conqueror's Haki surging forth from Gern, its color deepening rapidly.

In the end, it completely turned into a deep, ominous purplish-black!

The entire blade emitted a dark, all-consuming light!

"Ha!" Gern exhaled and suddenly drew his sword, slashing upwards!

"Heavenly Tremor - Dark Cut!"

The moment the Black Blade Eight Desolations was swung out, a vortex of purplish-black domineering energy that distorted space suddenly erupted in front of the blade!

Accompanied by a piercing buzzing sound, as if the cries of thousands of wronged souls were wailing, a purplish-black torrent of destruction, which combined extreme vibrational power with top-level domineering entanglement, fiercely met the dark slash!

There were no earth-shattering explosions.

There was only one tooth-grinding "ripping" sound, as if space itself was being torn apart!

At the point where the two ultimate slashes collided, space seemed to collapse for a moment, and light was completely distorted and annihilated!

The next moment, the purplish-black torrent unleashed by Gern actually cleaved the dark slash in two!

The two massive halves that had been severed grazed past Gren's body, flying to the left and right, and slammed into the ground and the remaining buildings in the distance behind him.

"Crack! Crack!" To everyone's horror, the two cleaved pieces did not explode, but instead erupted with extremely cold sword energy.

In an instant, it freezes and petrifies everything it touches, then quietly annihilates it into the finest dust!

The land on either side of Gern instantly transformed into a desolate, frozen wasteland, creating an eerie contrast with the location where he stood in the center.

(The freezing effect is due to Nasujuro's Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit ability.)

Gern slowly sheathed his sword, turned his head slightly, and cast a cold gaze toward the direction from which the slash had come.

Not far away, a huge figure had appeared at some unknown time.

It was clear that Izambaron V. Nassshuro was no longer in human form!

His lower body had completely transformed into a tall, ferocious skeletal horse torso, its four hard bone hooves shattering the ground, surrounded by ominous black mist and the unique flames of awakening.

The upper body, however, retains its human form, with bulging muscles.

His entire body transformed into a majestic and terrifying centaur form!

Thick, inky black flames of awakening coiled and rose around him as if they were alive, emanating a sense of oppression that sent shivers down one's spine.

He gripped the scabbard of the first generation Kitetsu tightly with one hand, while the other hand held the hilt firmly, maintaining a posture as if he had just finished an iaido slash or was about to draw it again.

Although the eerie blade was partially sheathed, it still emitted chilling black arcs of electricity.

He stood there atop the slightly higher ruins, his inhumanly cold eyes looking down at Gern.

There was no emotion in his eyes, only pure indifference and murderous intent, as if he were looking at an inanimate object, as he stared at Gern!

The confrontation between the two is shown in the following image!!!

Izanbaron V. Nassshurang Seihe Gern

Chapter 336 Misunderstanding

On the battlefield, Gern squinted as he sized up Izanbaron V. Nassjuro, who had transformed into a centaur skeleton, his body wreathed in awakened black flames, exuding an overwhelming aura.

At the same time, a sense of understanding and relief flashed through his mind.

"So that's how it is... The slash that cut through the star ring and forced me to deal with it with all my might was not something he casually swung out in his normal form."

Is it a combined attack from the human-beast form and the First Generation Kitetsu?

"If that's just his usual level..." Guern thought to himself, "then I'm afraid we really have to consider a temporary retreat today."

Gern wasn't a mindless battle maniac; given the unfavorable situation, his own safety was his top priority.

But now that he had confirmed that his opponent was using this human-beast form to unleash the full power of his attack, Gern was relieved.

So, he smiled slightly and said in a calm tone with a hint of approval, "That last strike... was not bad."

Nasshoulang Saint Na's inhumanly cold eyes locked onto Gern, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with his assessment, but instead speaking in a deep voice.

“'It'...now it seems to belong entirely to you, Gern Reginald Sigmar.”

"It?" Upon hearing this, Gern chuckled and casually raised the black sword Bahuang in his hand, the blade emitting a clear hum.

"It simply made the best choice." Gern's tone was filled with absolute confidence.

Immediately, he twisted his wrist, and the tip of the knife shot up, pointing straight at Nasujuro Sei opposite him.

"So... I wonder, compared to your demonic sword 'First Generation Onikiri,' which is stronger, my correctly chosen 'Eight Desolations'?"

However, faced with Gern's provocative challenge, Nassuro Sei only let out a low, cold snort.

The next moment, to Gern's slightly surprised gaze, the terrifying centaur skeleton knight form around Nassuro Saint vanished like a phantom, and the thick awakened black flames quickly receded into his body.

Almost in the blink of an eye, he reverted to his normal human form, short and thin, holding the first generation Kitetsu.

He didn't respond to Guern's words, seemingly having no intention of making another move immediately after that thunderous interception.

As Gern was feeling slightly surprised and puzzled by Nasujiro's sudden withdrawal from battle form, his gaze swept past the other man.

Just then, they saw two people walking quickly towards them from a distance.

It was none other than the Marshal, and beside him was Ginny, who had been successfully rescued!

The three people's eyes met briefly in the air, and they instantly reached a tacit understanding without words.

[According to the plan, the moment they see each other... it's time to end this.]

Gern understood immediately, and his face instantly and perfectly displayed a mixture of resentment and anger.

Seemingly oblivious to Sengoku's arrival, or perhaps utterly unconcerned, he roared, "Five Elders! Is this your attitude?! Then don't blame me!"

Before he finished speaking, he clenched his left hand tightly, and the highly compressed vibrating particles instantly formed a dazzling white energy circle, which he smashed into the air in front of him without hesitation!

"Airquake!!"

"boom!!!"

The atmosphere roared as if it could no longer withstand the pressure, and terrifying invisible shockwaves surged forward like a tsunami, heading straight for Nasujuro Sei, who had just regained his human form, and the area behind him!

This attack was powerful enough to tear the earth apart, but the killing intent it contained was cleverly controlled at a level of "demonstration" rather than "fighting for one's life".

"Gern! Stop!" Just as the shockwave was about to erupt, Sengoku's majestic roar exploded like thunder.

"This is a sacred place; how dare you be so insolent!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Sengoku's massive body was instantly enveloped in dazzling golden light—Buddha-Buddha Fruit, Great Buddha Form!

Sengoku, transformed into a golden Buddha, appeared in front of the shockwave as if by teleportation. His enormous golden right palm contained a gentle yet incredibly powerful force, which he thrust forward with force!

"Shockwave!"

"Whoosh!!" A huge, semi-transparent golden shockwave crashed into the air-shaking force emitted by Gern!

Two potentially world-destroying energies collided violently, but did not explode immediately.

Instead, a brief stalemate formed in the void, emitting a distorted sound that made one's teeth ache.

The dissipated energy further flattened the already shattered ground! Radiant light and surging air currents created a truly terrifying scene!

Gern then adopted a "bloodthirsty" look and roared at Sengoku, "Marshal Sengoku! You're going to stop me too?!"