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

Clusters of shadows, forming thorns, swell between the giant trees that serve as pillars, creating an impenetrable net of sharp thorns.

The shells fired by the naval ship's giant cannons were all intercepted before they reached the pillar. The roar of the explosions was followed by the surging flames, and the still sturdy figure of the giant tree was gradually revealed amidst the billowing smoke.

"Failed?"

Using the shredder to smash the water jets Tiger flung at him, Zephyr looked solemnly at the giant tree shrouded in darkness in the distance.

"Now we can only hope for the final insurance policy!"

Vice Admiral Tsuru used his ability to wash away the death energy carried in Kuina's sword technique, and with a gust of wind, kicked her away, retreating back to Zephyr's side.

The surrounding naval officers and winged soldiers clashed, and the two strongest naval forces entered into a war of attrition with evenly matched forces.

On the other side, outside a hospital in the Yang Realm.

Borsalino followed the guidance of his Observation Haki and arrived here, stopping in front of the gate.

"Sigh, what's going on down there now?"

He glanced helplessly behind him and found that the sea behind him was completely frozen, cutting off the navy's retreat route.

Borsalino knew that his time was running out!

With a swift movement, he used Moonwalk to fly towards one of the wards.

After confirming that Bonnie was hiding and playing inside, she raised her hand to cover her face.

Ras below timely deactivated the power of the Year-Year Fruit, and Borsalino in mid-air immediately returned to his tall stature.

"!!!"

Ginny, who was in the ward, sensed the chilling murderous intent and turned around abruptly.

The pale purple pupils reflected the yellow figure draped in a coat of justice outside the window.

Having worked in intelligence within the Revolutionary Army for many years, she immediately recognized the perpetrator: "Admiral Kizaru of the Marine Headquarters?"

Without hesitation, Ginny rushed forward, grabbed her daughter, and ran away.

"Hey, ma'am, could you please move aside? After all, you're... not within the mission's scope!"

A voice, languid and unreliable, accompanied by the sound of breaking hospital windows and walls, burst into the ward.

"Don't even think about it, you government lackeys. I won't let you harm my daughter before I die!"

Ginny, in her escape, completely disregarded the tearing wounds on her body and simply used her body to hide little Bonnie in her arms.

"Well, there's nothing we can do about that then."

Kizaru never dared to remove his hand from his face, though his voice trembled slightly.

The next instant, a menacing light emanating from the World Government shone brightly in this peaceful hospital.

Chapter 318 Everyone has their own chance to shine.

Cracks appeared on the hospital walls, and within the shimmering light, scorching particles exuded a chilling killing intent.

"Flashy bastard, don't hurt my mom!" Bonnie shouted in her childish voice.

Kizaru did not answer, and the sharp Ame-no-Murakumo sword thrust forward with a roar.

Just as the dazzling laser was about to pierce Bonney and her mother, a blazing, golden spear, crackling with lightning, suddenly pierced through the gap, colliding with Kizaru's laser sword and producing a crisp sound.

Clang! ! !

Lightning shattered the laser beam, and the gilded spear swept across, cutting Kizaru into pieces that scattered across the ground.

The gust of air caused Ginny to lose her footing and fall down the hospital corridor, hitting her head on the wall and losing consciousness. Bonnie also slipped from her grasp as a result.

"Hahaha, isn't it too rude of you to act violently on God's territory, you monkey!!!" With his long earlobes twitching and his body crackling with blue lightning, Enel raised his head and arrogantly looked down at Kizaru before him.

"How terrifying~" Kizaru on the ground rolled his eyes, and Enel's image was reflected in his pupils. "Bounty of 660 million Berries, Thor Enel, may I ask, how did you find me?"

"Hmph, I could smell the stench of your lackeys from twenty nautical miles away!" Enel pinched his nose with his free hand and stuck out his tongue, making a disgusted gesture.

"Observation Haki at this distance? That was a real miscalculation~"

Kizaru's body began to gradually disintegrate into light particles, directly bypassing Enel and lunging towards Bonney behind him. "But for the sake of military funds, we're doing the same thing, giving it our all!!!"

"Ridiculous! Using other people's lives to exchange for your own interests, you Marines are not much different from us pirates, are you?" Enel's figure blurred and faded, his outline causing a surge of lightning in the corridor.

Almost at the speed of light, he reappeared behind Kizaru. The spear in his hand was imbued with Armament Haki.

prick!

Pale, golden, and purplish-black light overlapped and converged, piercing straight towards Kizaru and pinning him to the ground.

Unfortunately, even at the puncture site, faint golden particles of light still emanated.

Seeing this, Enel did a few somersaults in the air and retreated to Bonney's side, saying, "Get out of here quickly, don't get in the way."

"No, this guy hurt Dad and Mom, I must..." In a fit of rage, Bonney picked up a piece of rubble and hurled it at Kizaru.

But the pebble passed through the light particles that floated into the sky and reassembled, and fell to the ground with a clanging sound.

"Ugh, this is such a hassle. That's why I hate taking care of kids!"

Enel clicked his tongue impatiently, muttering complaints that he must have been out of his mind to accept that bastard captain's arrangement to nurse the child.

As he spoke, he raised his hand, clenched his fist, and slammed it down on Bonnie's little head.

"Don't be so arrogant, little brat. That guy over there is a monster that even I, a god, have to fight hard against. What can you possibly do in your current weak and powerless state?"

"I...I..." Bonnie's eyes reddened as she was scolded, and tears welled up in her eyes.

Ignoring Bonney's feelings, Enel sent a small burst of electricity through his fingertips, piercing Ginny's body and performing a defibrillation, forcibly waking her from her coma.

"Woman, take your daughter and get out of here right now!"

"Uh... yeah? I understand!"

After a brief moment of confusion, Ginny scanned her surroundings, assessed the situation, and decisively picked up Bonnie again and fled.

Little Bonnie, held in someone's arms, bit her lip and looked at Enel's back, when suddenly she heard Enel's voice echoing in her ears.

"Kid, everyone has their chance to shine. Just wait patiently, your time will surely come!"

“Yes! I understand, Billy Billy’s big brother!” Bonnie nodded emphatically, burying her tearful face in her mother’s arms.

As Enel watched Ginny and her mother leave, a pink slug crawled up onto his shoulder.

"Hey~, Enel is so cool!"

The voice that came from her mouth was not that of the Slug Sage, but rather Sakura's teasing and playful tone: "Remember to make a lot of noise later, I'm afraid the giants below won't be able to hear us."

"Long-winded!"

Enel angrily grabbed the slug and stuffed it into his pocket, then raised his Thunder Spear to meet Kizaru's slashing attack.

boom--! ! !

Light and thunder raged and surged across the sky of the mortal realm.

The tremendous noise and the aftershocks of the battle carried into the underworld below, finally causing the massive combatants who had been waiting for their chance to shine to open their eyes.

laugh!

The leading ancient giant, Tomd, spewed two plumes of white mist from his nostrils, his eyes filled with fighting spirit.

"Gentlemen!" His gaze swept over the dozens of ancient giants and nearly a hundred ordinary giants before him, and he said, "This is our first battle since joining that lord's command. Under the witness of the god of Elbaf, we must not betray their trust!"

"Oh!"

The giants, carrying swords, spears, axes, and other weapons commensurate with their size, filed out of their villages.

Boom, boom, boom, boom...

The naval soldiers who had stormed into the island suddenly noticed that the snow on the surrounding vegetation had fallen to the ground, and the earth began to tremble rhythmically.

A meticulous soldier swept a clean patch of ground in the snow and lay down to listen intently.

Suddenly realizing something, the soldier's face paled, and he hurriedly scrambled to his feet, shouting to everyone, "Retreat! There's a beast tide!!!"

The surrounding officers looked at the soldier, who was "eager to make a name for himself," with amusement.

Are you kidding me? How could there be a beast tide in such a freezing place?

However, the officers in charge of leading the team soon regretted it, because hundreds of huge figures broke through the wind and snow and came to them.

At the forefront of the charge was an ancient giant who stood over fifty meters tall.

It's like a twenty-story office building suddenly growing legs and rushing towards you.

The first thought of a normal person would be, "Does this fall under traffic law or building law?"

"No, this isn't the time to worry about that! Retreat, retreat now!"

Recovering from the shock, the senior naval officers shouted orders, directing the remaining sailors to evade the giants' onslaught.

Meanwhile, on the edge of the coast, Zephyr and Tsuru, who were engaged in fierce fighting, became even more distressed after their overflowing Observation Haki detected the situation on the island.

"These are... the secrets the World Government hides beneath Punk Hazard?" Vice Admiral Tsuru recalled Sengoku's instructions before his departure.

The higher-ups originally hoped that the navy, having the capacity to deal with the remnants of the Bakania tribe, could help them clean up the mess.

However, given the current situation, let alone having any spare capacity, even self-preservation will likely become a luxury.

"Looking back now, it was so unnatural for Higanbana Haruno Sakura to attack Punk Hazard. She was after these old popsicles in the government facilities from the start!" Zephyr sighed.

It's a pity they found out too late; otherwise, they would have stopped her at all costs.

During their brief conversation, the giants stormed into the battlefield. To the winged race, this was a powerful ally, but to the navy, it was a nightmare.

The giants' massive axes and swords could easily send large groups of marines flying with a single swing, and their thick skin and armor rendered their guns and weapons completely ineffective against them.

“The enemy still has a lot of numbers and is a real nuisance.” Tomd stood on the ground, gazing into the distance, gripping his hammer tightly.

“Brother, use that one!” one of the ancient giants approached Tomd and offered his suggestion.

"Alright, after a century, let's show those bastards in the World Government our power once again!"

Dozens of ancient giants stood in pairs, each holding a weapon imbued with burning fighting spirit, the air subtly distorting under their immense and awe-inspiring presence.

The next moment, a deafening roar echoed throughout the entire island.

"The Spear of Elbaf - Overlord!"

Chapter 319 Destruction and Rebirth, Thunder and Flash

A domineering aura surged through the void, the solid ice on the sea shattered, and amidst billowing smoke, dozens of legendary spears, embodying the giants' hopes for the future, pulverized everything in their path.

"Haha, the giant's attack is coming! The final blow is about to land!"

Facing the shockwave that was almost as large as an island, Kuina, standing before Vice Admiral Tsuru, showed no fear, but rather an excited expression.

To dance between life and death and grow stronger—that is the path she found amidst the ever-present deathly aura and curse of the cursed sword, Muramasa.

For four whole years, she was constantly being honed by the pirate crew in terms of her swordsmanship, Haki, and chakra.

Although she is only eighteen years old, she is now truly deserving of the title of "Great Swordsman".

Kuina lowered her center of gravity, and her surging domineering aura merged with Muramasa's death aura, igniting a cluster of blue flames at the tips of her twin swords.

"The Tao has no beginning or end, but things have life and death... Therefore, the strongest sword seeks nothing external, but only takes death as its proof!!!"

Within the ultimate sword light, the will to die surged and flowed like burning silver light, forming this series of extremely contradictory sword moves after violently clashing with the biological instinct for survival.

—One-Sword Style O Extreme O Naroka!

The dazzling sword light shattered in mid-air, without a sound of wind or a glint of cold light.

Nothing at all.

Muramasa's sword rose and fell silently, seemingly an ordinary sword strike, yet it made Tsuru, her enemy, feel a deadly danger!

"This is it!" Under the frantic urging of his Observation Haki, Vice Admiral Tsuru pushed his abilities to their maximum.

It was faintly visible that the air around her had been cleansed, forming a solemn and radiant ring that protected her.

However... it didn't work!

For some reason, Lieutenant General Tsuru felt that everything was gradually fading away, with only the clear sound echoing in his ears.

The wind from afar carried the sound of swords, which at first was just a soft murmur, but then grew louder and louder, so loud that even other Observation Haki masters on the battlefield could not ignore such a sword sound.