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

It wasn't an illusion, not an echo, but something real coming from the edge of the battlefield.

From the depths of that withered, aged body, it began to thunder once again, growing stronger and faster!

"They're back...they're back!!!"

Luffy roared to the sky, and having eaten his fill, he seemed to be infused with boundless vitality!

He pounded his chest frantically with both hands.

Dark red, domineering-colored lightning erupted uncontrollably!

White steam suddenly burst forth!

Snow-white hair and eyebrows instantly regenerated!

The skin gleamed with the unique sheen of rubber, accompanied by the joyous and uplifting heartbeat of the liberation drums.

Luffy's feet left the ground, and he floated in mid-air.

The rubbery body twisted lightly as if unbound by gravity, its eyes squinting into crescent moons with a smile.

Fifth Gear - Nika Form, back in full power!

"Wow!! It really makes a difference when you're full!!"

Dorry and Brogy witnessed Luffy's Gear 5 Nika's transformation firsthand.

The two giant captains stared at each other with their large, round eyes wide open.

They both saw in each other's eyes the shock that had finally been witnessed after so many years!

“Dongli!” Brogy’s voice trembled slightly with excitement.

“Broki!” Dorry nodded emphatically, the veins bulging on his hand gripping his weapon.

"It's...it's exactly the same as the one in the mural!!!"

The two took a deep breath, mustered all their strength, and roared in unison, creating a deafening roar.

"It's the sun god—!!!!!"

They had heard and longed for the image of Nika, the "sun god" who brought laughter and liberation, countless times in the ancient murals and legends of Elbaf.

And at this moment, that posture appeared so vividly and energetically before their eyes!

This is not only Luffy's return, but also the embodiment of the "prophecy" and "hope" that the giants have been waiting for for hundreds of years!

The greatest significance of the Giant Warrior Pirates' journey has been perfectly realized!

"Hahaha!! Straw Hat Boy! Let's fight side by side!" Dorry laughed heartily, pointing his longsword at the center of the battlefield.

"Crack! Crack! Crack! Smash all these eyesores (insects/birds)!" Brogy brandished his giant axe, his fighting spirit soaring!

"Then... let's make a huge scene!!!"

........

"I can't eat the weird old man's food for free! And I definitely can't give away the giant uncle's meat for free!!"

Luffy's fists clenched so tightly they cracked, white steam swirling around his Ryuo Haki, emitting a hissing sound.

"And that dark-skinned, pointy-headed bastard... how dare he ambush me when I'm starving?!"

"Hey—!! You weird old man!!!"

Luffy turned his head and shouted with all his might towards Guern in the center of the battle.

"I'll help you—I'll blow those bastards—all of them flying!!!"

Before the words were even finished!

Luffy stretched his arms back to their limit, the rubber bands taut and buzzing deafeningly, and then—bang!

The arms rebounded suddenly at a speed that was difficult to detect with the naked eye!

He transformed into a shooting star trailing a white flame, instantly tearing through the air and crashing into the core battlefield!

Dorry and Brogy followed closely behind with earth-shaking strides!

Dongli struck first, taking the bait that had just emerged from the ground again.

The sandworm (Pete Saint) that was trying to ambush it was grabbed tightly in the middle!

"Get out here, you bastard!!!" Dongli roared, pulling the hundreds-of-meters-long sand worm out of the ground!

Like swinging a giant whip, it was swung around and smashed hard against the mountainside!

Meanwhile, Brogy set his sights on Itsumade (Mazsei), who was flapping around in the air.

With his legs slightly bent, he suddenly leaped up, instantly surpassing the height of Mazsan, who was flying at low altitude!

"Get down there, you bastards!!!" Brogy stretched out his hands in the air.

He grabbed Mazsan’s tattered wing and neck, and using the force of gravity and his own strength, he slammed the giant bird into the ground!

A giant versus a behemoth, a perfect match!

Two legendary giants, upon joining the battlefield

So they used the most primitive and violent methods

In an instant, it suppressed and severely injured the two remaining Five Elders!

This greatly relieved the pressure on Gern's flanks!

The moment Luffy landed, his rubber feet made contact with the ground.

The ground within a ten-meter radius was shaken into a resilient rubber mat, and the smoke and dust exploded in a ring!

He half-squatted on the ground, slowly raised his head, and beneath his snow-white hair, his eyes stared intently at his target.

Blackbeard is still locked in a fierce battle with Gorn!

"Hehe, you were first..."

"Hey! Blackbeard! Look this way!!"

Luffy laughed loudly, and his rubber arm instantly stretched to its limit!

"Varied……?!"

Blackbeard was fully focused on dealing with Gern when he was caught off guard and his movements faltered.

He instinctively tried to distract himself, but Guern wouldn't let this fleeting opening slip by.

"Distracted?" A cold glint flashed in Gern's eyes.

The rhythm that had been held back by Blackbeard's desperate fighting style was forcibly broken by Luffy's domineering and unreasonable entry!

So he decisively twisted his right wrist, which was gripping the knife, and used his Haki to forcefully pull himself and Blackbeard apart by a sliver of space!

At the same time, he punched the ground beneath his feet!

The force of the earthquake has penetrated deep into the ground!

Without warning, the ground beneath Blackbeard's feet suddenly rose up!

It wasn't shattering or collapsing, but rather the entire piece of land was like the back of a giant beast, violently lifting its unbalanced body upwards!

Blackbeard felt dizzy and his whole body was lifted off the ground uncontrollably!

"Huh?!"

Blackbeard's feet left the ground, and his body floated upwards uncontrollably, leaving his front wide open!

It's now!

Luffy spotted the direction and suddenly released his grip.

"Rubber White Gun!!!"

Luffy and Goun's teamwork is almost instinctive and perfectly in sync!

But Blackbeard is insane now!

"Hahaha, don't even think about it!!!"

Blackbeard pulled out all the stops, forcefully twisting his waist to hastily meet Luffy's fist, which was gathering shockwaves!

The rubber gun and the shockwave collided violently!

The shockwave exploded in a spherical shape, instantly clearing away the surrounding smoke, dust, and debris!

The white steam on Luffy's fist was shaken and scattered.

But he grinned and refused to back down an inch!

Blackbeard groaned, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth again.

Especially right now....

Gern appeared directly above his backward trajectory!

He gripped the sword with both hands, the blades pointing downwards, aimed directly at Blackbeard's wide-open chest!

"Earthquake - Falling Star!!!"

The knife fell like a meteor, stabbing straight down!

It moved so fast that it left only a twisted, purplish-black line in the air!

"Pfft!!!"

The tip of the blade, a third of its length, tore a gash in the all-consuming darkness, and the blade's momentum continued downwards.

"Ughhhhh!!!"

Blackbeard let out a bloodcurdling scream, as the tip of his knife grazed the edge of his collarbone.

It kicked up a cloud of scalding blood mist and finally embedded itself deeply into the ground below his left shoulder.

He was pinned to the ground at an angle, like a specimen!

Excruciating pain! Double the pain! It pierced a nerve.

Blackbeard's vision went black, and he almost fainted. All his frenzied momentum came to a halt!

"It's not over yet!!" Luffy followed closely behind!

Using the recoil from the punches, he flipped backward, his hands suddenly extending in the air to wrap around Blackbeard's ankles, which were hanging limply after being pinned down!

"Rubber, rubber..."

Luffy's core muscles exploded with power, causing the muscles in his legs, which were wrapped around Blackbeard's ankles, to bulge and white steam to surge forth!

Using himself as the axis, he grabbed Blackbeard and began to spin wildly in the air!

Blackbeard was swung around like a tattered sack, spinning wildly. His wounds were torn open, and blood gushed out with the spinning motion, drawing a tragic bloody arc in the air!

"Big windmill!!!"

"Get out of here!!"

Blackbeard drew a messy parabola and crashed straight into the deformed monstrous unicorn (Im) who had been watching coldly from behind!

Giants arrive to help, Luffy is fully recovered, the Five Elders are instantly overwhelmed, and Blackbeard is thrown at them like a cannonball.

All of this happened so fast and so unexpectedly!

Especially for Im, who had been sitting on the sidelines, thinking he had everything under control and only needed to wait for the right moment to reap the rewards!

But what truly shook it to its core and threw it into disarray was never anyone else.

It was Gern!!!

Especially at the very moment when Blackbeard was thrown away and Luffy joined the battle.

The pressure on Gern, who had been relentlessly battling and wearing down Blackbeard, suddenly eased!

At this moment, this man, because of his previous failed breakthrough...

He's accumulated a lot of killing intent now!

"Boom!!!"

The black sword "Eight Desolations" that Gern had been holding had its "sparks" reignited on its blade, suddenly becoming several times more intense.

Once the pressure eases, his murderous intent is unleashed!