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"The war has begun."

As if hearing the mockery in Kizaru's words, the red-haired pirate's eyes turned stern. "This is different from what we agreed on."

His terrifying Conqueror's Haki moved from passive to active, pressing down on Kizaru until the Admiral was forced to break out in a cold sweat and raise his hands in surrender.

"I don't know what kind of deals you have with those high-ranking officials. I'm just a Marine who does what's required of him."

As he said that, Kizaru changed from his cowering attitude under the Conqueror's Haki and calmly looked toward the battlefield. His eyes showed coldness behind his sunglasses. "But don't think it's okay for them to bring Marine heads to participate in any carnival. That's the attitude of the government and Marines."

"Well, let's not talk about that for now. Even though your purpose for coming here this time isn't the same as ours, we have a common enemy."

Kizaru's presence returned to its usual relaxed state. After giving this reminder, he turned into light particles and disappeared from the red-haired crew's ship.

"What's next, Shanks?" Benn Beckman said, lighting a cigar.

"According to the original plan. After all, that guy Akainu is in command over there."

After the red-haired captain gave his order, he suddenly laughed. "And those guys in the Marines seem to have gotten something wrong. We're here this time to compete for that ONE PIECE!"

"The scum of the sea has no need to live."

Seeing the start of the war, Akainu, who is the top Marine today, shouted angrily.

His arms and clothes turned into flowing magma in an instant. He immediately raised his arms toward the sky in the direction of Water Star Island, and then a large number of fist-shaped magma bombs fired toward the air one after another.

"Meteor Volcano!"

Countless magma bombs expanded rapidly as they flew high into the sky, then directly merged into the clouds, dyeing the originally pitch-black sky a fiery red color.

A few seconds later, countless fist-shaped magma bombs broke through the clouds like a meteor shower and fell toward Water Star Island.

After a while...

The clouds in the sky suddenly spread outward, as if some huge monster was pushing the clouds away.

Soon this giant revealed its true form - a massive meteorite wrapped in flames pushed through the clouds and fell toward Water Star Island.

More precisely, it was aimed at the ships docked at the port.

BOOM!

A huge roar echoed around the island's edge.

The meteorite hit the ships in the harbor.

All at once—

Centered on where the meteorite fell, a terrifying explosion occurred.

The surging shockwave, mixed with large amounts of black smoke from the magma igniting the trees, covered the island in an instant.

"Meteorite! It's a magma meteorite! Akainu's attack!"

"Hey, hey, are you kidding me? These guys are this ruthless right from the start..."

"Damn! That guy's target isn't us! It's the supplies on our ships!"

Many pirates and criminal forces looked up at the huge meteorite that dyed the sky red. Especially when it sank ships one by one with direct, accurate hits after landing, they couldn't help but yell.

"Those Marine bastards really want to trap us here!"

"To survive! I can only fight! Might as well go for ONE PIECE while we're at it!"

"Qaqaqaqa! Since you won't spare our lives, then come and fight! Marines!"

"Use Marine heads to tell them that this is a pirate's paradise! A pirate's paradise! This is the New World!"

This is the bloody reality of the New World. With ice and lava from their respective sides opening up the battlefield, countless pirates screamed like desperate men and rushed toward the Marines one after another.

Among them, the crazy pirate crew led by Kaido charged to the front.

The Marines who came here had already made their belief and determination to win clear.

"Let's go!"

"Kill the scum of the sea!"

"For justice! For peace!"

"Follow me!"

Many Marines rushed toward Water Star Island under the leadership of Marine generals.

Soon, the Marines with tight formation collided with the pirates who had loose formation and no coordination at all.

In just a moment, the brave pirates were overwhelmed by the blue and white waves of Marine uniforms.

The sounds of fighting, screams, weapon clashes, and explosions echoed over the battlefield.

With advantages in numbers and training, the Marines quickly killed most of the pirates.

But those who came here were all the elite of the New World's criminal forces. Naturally, some Marine formations were quickly slaughtered when they got separated.

It was so brutal that someone fell onto the ice almost every second, causing the ice to quickly turn into a scene of blood.

And this situation started getting worse over time.

First of all, the new generation of Pacifista weapons and Seraphim began landing on the battlefield.

Known as the strongest human weapons by the World Government and Marines, they soon began slaughtering everyone on the battlefield.

Whoosh!

A series of extremely deadly light beams kept shooting at the exhausted pirates.

Under the laser bombardment, there were piles of torn limbs everywhere.

And then there was the group of animal-type agents created by artificial Devil Fruits called SMILE, playing a role far superior to Kaido's crew of Zoan users.

The situation began to turn one-sided as the Marines gradually revealed their trump cards.

Under the world's live broadcast, countless people witnessed everything. Although the war cruelly claimed countless lives, it was nothing more than an ordinary thing in this world.

Even though some people felt their hearts race and couldn't bear to watch the atmosphere of this fight, more were celebrating and cheering when they witnessed the righteous side gaining the upper hand.

"Damn! This laser cannon can't even be defended against with Haki! When did the World Government get these monsters?!"

"Where are the weapons and combat power of the Sky Kingdom? Damn it, they're using us as pawns and watching us die right now!"

Unlike the people who were just watching the live broadcast, the pirates experiencing this terrible situation couldn't help but show despair and resentment.

Previously, they had sworn to make the Marines pay the price, saying they would compete for the position of the Great Treasure. But facing the terrifying Marine strength far beyond their expectations, they felt as helpless as pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

Just at this moment...

A horn sound echoed through the sky.

Immediately after, a rumbling sound rang out, and the frozen ice surface in the distance broke open under this noise!

It was as if a path forward had been directly cut by some huge attack.

Under everyone's eyes, dozens of massive warships as large as a hundred meters appeared on the sea level.

And on the ships, there were giants holding giant axes and long swords, screaming loudly.

"That... that's Elbaf's giants!"