Double-transformation: I, Sakura Haruno! Will crush the pirates!

The ruthless domineering aura emanated from the will of the two kings, causing the sea to tremble and surge with violent waves. The dark clouds in the sky were torn apart and swept away by the clash of their tyrannical wills.

The bright moon shone down, illuminating Sakura and Garp's figures, both beaming with pride.

"Didn't you... encounter it?" Lieutenant General Tsuru's expression turned serious.

As a veteran powerhouse with many years of experience and the head of the Navy's General Staff, she could naturally recognize the power used by the two people clashing before her—a power that only the strongest on the high seas could wield.

"Damn it, has it gotten this strong?" Zephyr's gaze swept over the many Marine soldiers behind him who had lost consciousness due to the residual power of the clash of Conqueror's Haki, and a wave of sorrow washed over him.

She's only in her twenties, yet she already possesses this level of power. Considering that the strength of most powerful individuals begins to decline in their sixties, Sakura Haruno will maintain absolute dominance over the sea for at least another thirty years.

Even judging from the growth curves of past pirates, she hasn't reached the peak of individual strength at the age of forty!

"All ships, listen up! Anyone still conscious, move the warship toward the island and prepare for landing!" Zefa roared, leaping from his warship.

His right arm, equipped with the Navy Headquarters' latest technology, began to spin. The internal compressor sucked in the surrounding air and violently ejected it through the vents on his back, propelling Zephyr's fist to smash hard into the thorns that Sakura had set up.

boom!

A violent explosion rang out, tearing a gap in the massive thorn wall that surrounded the entire island's coastline. Naval warships seized the opportunity to swarm towards the breach and invade the island's interior.

"So they really can't stop the strong?" Sakura sighed softly as she watched the Navy begin to invade the island.

"You still have the mind to care about others? Once they get arrested, you'll be next!"

Garp's aged but resilient voice boomed in the void, piercing through the air in an instant. Sakura's vision was now filled with a fist, and nothing else could be seen!

"Hahaha, old man, don't underestimate my companions!"

Sakura was not afraid. White flames ignited on her body, and she met Garp's iron fist with a domineering aura.

boom! boom! boom!

The expansion of fists created shockwaves. Sakura was no longer the weak pirate who had to run for her life under Garp's iron fists, but a pirate emperor who could face him head-on.

The two monsters roared with ferocious power, and the sky was filled with a domineering silver light, along with a deep, rumbling sound like muffled thunder. Pure will surged like a waterfall, raging and devouring everything.

As destruction and storms spread, the entire sky seemed to become a forbidden zone, where weaker marines or winged warriors didn't even have the right to look them in the eye.

"Ginny, Bonnie, you two hide here!" In the hospital room of the mortal realm, Xiong comforted his wife and daughter, then threw back the covers and stood up. "I have to go help them!"

Xiong understood that the war taking place on this island was started because of his family, so the kind-hearted man would never cower behind others and comfortably pass the trouble to his friends!

"Nobita... be careful!" Ginny bit her lip. "If necessary, have Sakura hand us over!"

"Go, Daddy! Beat all the bad guys away!" Little Bonnie hugged the bear, just as sensibly as ever.

The bear embraced the two of them, saying, "I will definitely protect you!"

After saying that, he slapped his paw, which was covered in flesh, on his body, and the bear's figure disappeared instantly.

The next instant, a tall Bakania warrior appeared on the battlefield, his raised right hand gathering a huge and dazzling air bomb.

"I absolutely—will not allow you to hurt my beloved!!!"

A massive bear paw crashed down from the sky, accompanied by a father's roar, and a violent and surging shockwave erupted as the paw collided with the ground.

Like an eternally erupting volcano, it blew away all the naval officers who stood in its way of expansion.

"Oh no! Quickly gather behind me!"

Zefa shouted loudly, raised his Seastone arm, aimed it at the direction of the impact, and punched out.

The naval officers who were able to react quickly gathered behind Zephyr, while the soldiers who had barely managed to withstand Conqueror's Haki were helplessly thrown into the sea and left in despair.

"Bartholomew Bear, you have destroyed the government's cutting-edge technology island and are attempting to destroy humanity's future. Your crimes are unforgivable. Today, I will arrest you in the name of justice!" Zepha roared as well.

The crushing arm, equipped with seastone, shattered the shockwave from the ability and surged upwards, crashing towards the still-healing bear.

"Political persecution is political persecution. Don't use justice to glorify yourself." A young and clear voice rang out, and the swordswoman's figure, stained with Armament Haki, pierced into the center of the battlefield with her twin swords.

With her chakra boiling, lightning crackled around her sword as she swung it at Zephyr's seastone mechanical arm.

when!

A crisp popping sound echoed through the sky.

Centered on Kuina, a vast, bottomless chasm stretched into the distance.

All the factory sites along the way were split in two, and even the gap in the thorn wall in the distance was widened again, with residual arcs of electricity swirling on the wounds of the thorns, preventing them from regenerating.

"Ah, no good..." The unlucky kendo girl froze in shock.

"Death Sword O Frost Moon Kuina!" Zephyr sensed the sharp and domineering aura emanating from the opponent's sword and subconsciously uttered Kuina's title.

"What a naughty child. After following the Spider Lily for so long, he's definitely different from when he was in Shimotsuki Village in the East Blue?" A detached voice rang out, and Tsuru, who had used his Devil Fruit ability to erase his presence, spoke.

"You!" Kuina's Observation Haki alerted her to the opponent's intention to attack, but the opponent's hand was already on Kuina's back.

Caught off guard, the girl didn't have time to withdraw the domineering aura she had been clashing with Zephyr to defend against the crane's attack.

"Then, become a good child!" Tsuru infused the Wash-Wash Fruit power into Kuina's body, and it began to thin inch by inch.

"Hey, hey, ambushing young people like this isn't the kind of example that seniors should set!" A hoarse voice of a fishman rang out from the omnipresent sea clouds on the island.

Zephyr and Tsuru's eyes flashed with a rainbow of Observation Haki at the same time, but it was too late for them to back down.

"Fishman Karate - Sea Heart - Sea Cloud Over-the-Shoulder Throw!"

Fisher Tiger roared, and all the sea clouds that had been spreading beneath the Sun Island gathered together, forming a solid current that rushed toward Tsuru, Zephyr, and Kuina.

The many fish-men living within the clouds, which resembled the sea, revealed a sinister smile.

Then, under the attack of their leader, they rushed into the sea and began to attack the hulls of the surrounding warships.

"That despicable old man! How could he use such a vile and underhanded method!" Kuina roared angrily as she recovered from her clothes. The lightning on her body wove a net of lightning with the help of water molecules dissipating in the air.

Fisher Tiger had also arrived, unleashing a vortex from his hand and coordinating with Kuina to unleash a combined ninjutsu.

—Combined Ninja Taijutsu: Storm Stream!

Seeing the spiraling, expanding electrified water flow, Zephyr and Tsuru's expressions turned serious, and they each began to retreat to avoid the attack.

Above the sky, Sakura retracted her Observation Haki and smiled at Garp in front of her, "How about it? My partners are all very capable, aren't they!"

"Hmph, then let this old man drag you into Impel Down, the effect will be the same!" Garp clenched his fist again, and crimson Haki lightning shook the sky.

Sakura sidestepped the Cloud Reaper, bracing herself for the impact. "Is that so? Under the weight of this justice, how much of Garp's strength will he be able to unleash?"

"Mind your own business, you brat!"

Chapter 317 A menacing glint hidden among the crowd!

The roar of the sea was constant.

The island was shaking because of these two forces, and the waves were raging as a result.

The two men swung their fists and swords faster and faster, even though they both knew that a direct confrontation would be time-consuming and exhausting.

But as seekers on the path of dominance, they are all in a situation where there is no way to retreat.

Either advance triumphantly after victory, or stagnate after defeat; even defeat is better than cowardly fleeing from the front lines.

Thus began a long contest of will, strength, and endurance.

"How terrifying~, they look like two monsters~"

Looking at the dark and red lightning raging in the sky, a boy in a school officer's uniform pushed up his sunglasses.

The young boy fondly remembers his youthful body, altered by the power of the Year-Year Fruit, and his own experience as a recruit.

If only there wasn't that officer behind them constantly urging them to move forward.

What an annoying hawk.

Why couldn't he have a more ambiguous superior?

Oh, perhaps it's precisely because he's so ambiguous that there are so few factions belonging to him within the Navy.

"Forget it, let's just consider it a rare experience!"

The boy smiled and waved to his superior, then, carrying his gun, jumped from the deck of the warship onto the sandy island, and ventured into the heart of the island through a gap in the thorn wall.

His Observation Haki spread out instantly. Although his strength had declined somewhat due to reverting to his childhood form, his precise control over Haki still allowed him to cover the entire island.

"Hmm~, no? Not on this floor?"

The boy raised an eyebrow, his expression one of disbelief.

"Pol...uh uh uh!"

A man in a sergeant's uniform, panting heavily, caught up from behind, stopped in front of the boy, and saluted him.

However, before he could finish speaking, the young version of Borsalino in front of him covered his mouth.

"Hey, Ras, there are so many skilled Observation Haki users on this island, are you hoping I'll expose my identity?"

Borsalino, drawing out his words, gave the guy a disgruntled glare.

If it weren't for the fact that accessing the Year-Year Fruit's power requires the user to make contact, he wouldn't even want to meet the foolish surveillance agents sent by this world government.

"I'm sorry, sir!"

Ras bowed solemnly and stopped calling his name.

Borsalino waved his hand dismissively at the man in front of him, and began to miss the rigid boy who used to call him "Uncle" every day on Egg Point Island.

'Sigh, Sentomaru is still more interesting!'

The two stopped talking and quickly headed towards the island elevator that connected the two islands.

In the center of the battlefield outside the Thorn Wall, Zephyr and Tsuru saw that the troops arranged to cover the infiltrators had completed their landing, and also confirmed whether Borsalino's abilities were being unleashed on the island.

"Did it succeed?" Zephyr murmured, turning to look at Crane.

With excellent teamwork with her old comrades, Tsuru withdrew from the battlefield with Kuina and Tiger, took out a golden Den Den Mushi from her pocket, and pressed the button hard.

Woo——!

A long alarm sounded from the warships surrounding the island of Miriam, controlled by the automated technology developed by Vegapunk.

These warships automatically maneuvered to suitable positions with the ocean currents, adjusting their angles and directions. One green light after another lit up from the indicator instruments, analyzing and calculating the impact points of the shells.

Then the ship-borne giant cannons of the entire fleet rose, the anchors on the ships were lowered, and the conveyor belts for loading shells began to turn. They aimed at the giant tree supporting the Yang Realm, loaded the cannons, and fired!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! ...

At this moment, steel shells soared above the storm, overlooking the earth, tearing through the dark clouds, and dragging long trails of flame as they carried out a saturation bombardment on the entire island.

"Haha, is that another trick up your sleeve?"

Seeing the warship launch automatically without any human intervention, Sakura paused for a moment, then burst into laughter.

But Garp seized the opportunity and slammed a crimson lightning-infused iron fist into her face.

"There are many things you haven't considered. Go to Impel Down and learn about them slowly!"

Garp's muscles bulged, and he carried Sakura like a shooting star as they plummeted into the sea below.

Pfft!

A spray of water tens of meters high erupted, and the two figures were swallowed by the surging waves, the icy seawater constantly enveloping them.

Garp didn't care that his palms were being burned by the intense heat released by Sakura; he just held her neck tightly and waited quietly for her to lose the ability to resist.

"Humph!"

To Garp's surprise, Sakura, who had been submerged in the sea, turned her head and gave him a smile.

She grabbed Garp's arm with her right hand, and a blue sealing technique pattern instantly spread out from Sakura's arm.

Immediately afterwards, the extremely concentrated freezing air was released from the seal, causing the entire surging sea to freeze in an instant, turning into a pure white ice field!

The freezing air continued to spread, making the underworld, which was already covered with snow that never faded, even colder, and the biting wind blew from the sea to the giant tree in the center of the island.

The wind blew so hard that the little boat spirit sitting on the edge of the giant tree's branch felt a stinging pain on her cheek.

"Hey~, Sakura can really cause a ruckus!"

Leviathan stuffed all the senbei in her hand into her mouth and finished the hot tea before it froze. "This family really can't function without me~"

Inside the factory in the underworld, under the desperate gaze of a group of captured pirates.

A jet-black night sparrow abruptly spread its ferocious wings!

The darkness between the islands suddenly surged, erupting in the void with the will of the ability users to destroy everything.