108: Section 108

But Su Ming's true body wasn't dead yet.

With a Mathematical Channel interference range of over three hundred li, what's wrong with a little remote support for some artificial healing?

"Cack-cack-cackle!—Come on, you old geezer, let the two of us brothers keep going!"

He sighed.

Kizaru looked completely deflated.

"Young people today have no martial ethics!"

"Aokiji! Akainu! Why aren't you two bastards here yet!"

Just then.

Swish!—A ripple spread through space, and another Su Ming stepped out from within.

The moment he appeared, he couldn't help but complain:

"The Slacker Admiral? Well, I'm not surprised this guy was the first to arrive, but really, having to have the true body step in just to fight Kizaru? You're way too trashy!"

"Nonsense!" The first clone was incredibly aggrieved and retorted on the spot:

"This old geezer is clearly strong, but he likes to play the pig to eat the tiger; it's not like you don't know that!"

The veins on Kizaru's forehead twitched uncontrollably again, and he was on the verge of losing his temper. They were gossiping about him right to his face… Young people have no manners!

However... there was bad news...

These two Ghost Kings, Omar, in front of him were, in all likelihood, not his true body!

That being the case... what about the last one?

Could it be... that one isn't real either!

Kizaru was caught in an internal conflict, but the two clones weren't in a rush. Their only mission was to delay the Navy's support units as much as possible.

Kizaru wanted to stall for time until the other Admirals arrived, and the clones were more than happy to cooperate.

However... they certainly wouldn't choose to remain silent when it came to gossiping about others.

"How's it going on your end?"

"How else could it be? A bunch of human-trafficking scum; grinding their bones into dust is obviously the most appropriate course of action."

"No, that's not what I meant. I'm thinking... you're carrying Shusui, one of the 21 Great Grade Swords, and it took you this long to deal with a few small-time trash? How do you have the nerve to gossip about Ge Men?"

"But I didn't have the true body step in!"

"Damn! Are you never going to stop?!"

"But the true body didn't personally step in!"

"Fuck! What's the difference?!"

Kizaru's expression grew increasingly dark. These nasty brats, have they already decided to act like he doesn't exist?

Just as he was about to unleash a Yasakani no Magatama to clear the ground and assert his presence, it happened.

Boom!—A deafening roar came from the Red Line behind him...

No! It must have come from Mary Geoise!

Rumble!—A series of even louder explosions merged into one. With his back to the Red Line, Kizaru's expression froze. Most of the sky had been stained a deep orange-red by the light of the explosions!

No... surely not!

"Hey! You brats, you... don't tell me..."

Kizaru panicked a little. If that were really the case, he could forget about taking any vacations for a long time!

Su Ming No. 1 grinned and pointed behind Kizaru:

"That's exactly right!"

Su Ming No. 2 let out an identical, nasty chuckle and shrugged:

"The reputation of the Navy's three Admirals is so illustrious; if we didn't pin you down, it wouldn't be easy for the true body to make a move, would it."

Upon hearing this, he couldn't care less about being ambushed.

Kizaru immediately turned around to look. As expected, explosions were rocking the direction of Mary Geoise!

A great river of turbid flow descended from the sky, lifting the famous midnight rose, and brazenly invaded the sacred grounds. At the bow of the ship, streams of water were shooting out crazily!

Every time a water stream streaked across the sky, a cloud of turbid mist would rise within the sacred grounds. Screams and wails were everywhere, but even more common were the unlucky ones who were corroded into scattered bones right where they stood!

It wasn't over!

From the bow, black dots the size of sesame seeds shot out like rain hitting banana leaves, heading in all directions of Mary Geoise.

Kizaru saw them clearly. Those sesame-sized things were actually giant bombs!

Ten-meter-diameter bombs disguised as toys, but that didn't change the fact that they were bombs.

The rumbling explosions merged into one, and fire shot into the sky within the sacred grounds. Where was the luxury, the majesty, and the air of inaccessibility to mortals that it usually had?

"You..." Kizaru didn't even know what to say.

Astonished by the Ghost King's audacity? He certainly should be!

Before this, no one had ever been this gutsy!

If he remembered correctly, the only person on the midnight rose was the Ghost King, Omar!

To dare to assault Mary Geoise all by himself—it actually made Kizaru admire the guy a little...

But the next instant, Kizaru felt a sudden palpitation.

It was as if some massive catastrophe was about to descend!

Following that sense of crisis, Kizaru stiffly shifted his gaze toward the waters surrounding the Sabaody Archipelago...

There... Akainu and Aokiji were each aboard a flagship, leading a large number of warships as they arrived!

Not good!—The moment his pupils contracted violently!

The sky!—It's over!—

On the outskirts of the Sabaody Archipelago, a super fireball as incandescent as a star slowly rose!

Chapter 124: Nuclear Explosion and Mushroom Cloud

The two clones, with their backs to the sea, looked at each other and smiled, then pulled out sunglasses and put them on.

Then, in one fluid motion, they covered their ears and crouched down!

Suddenly!

The sky! It lit up!—

That light.

It was a brightness forced out from the void!

It was the infinite light blooming from atomic fission, a brightness that instantly overwhelmed the daylight, dyeing the world a stark, pale white!

Kizaru's eyes felt sore, and he hurriedly raised his hands to cover them.

But the scorching light still filtered through his fingers, rendering his retinas a stark white.

What made Kizaru's heart tremble even more were the lingering halos that refused to fade from his retinas!

That fireball!

That rising ball of light... was a mere few nautical miles away from the fleet!

The next instant.

The world trembled violently.

It wasn't just a vibration; it was as if the entire world had been clutched by a giant hand.

Then, it was tossed into the air!

The sea surface suddenly rose, and strong winds churned a tsunami that swept outward.

Rumble!—A mountain range of seawater nearly a hundred meters high surged up!

In the center of the mountain range!

The high-intensity fireball expanded with a boom!

In the blink of an eye, it filled the entire field of vision—white, yellow, orange, red, rolling and expanding outward in layers.

The edges twisted and boiled; the air and seawater were scorched until they distorted and evaporated, and the warships nearby melted like candles...

Just then!

Aokiji finally reacted, raising his hand and pressing down into the void!

"Ice Age!"

Solid ice suddenly expanded, and the extreme low temperature collided violently with the high temperature of the explosion.

In an instant, it diluted and covered Aokiji's own roar and Akainu's bellow!

The mushroom cloud rose from the ground like a demon!

At the base was violent fire and mist, the middle section was as thick as a pillar of heaven, and the top exploded into a huge canopy, shooting straight into the clouds and blocking out the sun.

At the edges of the mushroom cloud, dark red and bright purple flowed alternately, like an unhealing wound torn into the heavens and earth.

The shockwave swept in all directions!

On the periphery of the nuclear blast zone, the warships were the first to disintegrate.

But before that, all the Navy officers and soldiers whose Iron Body mastery wasn't up to par had their bodies blown away, leaving behind nothing but human-shaped shadows!

Fortunately, Aokiji's response was extremely timely.

With one move of Ice Age, he froze the sea and erected an ice wall hundreds of meters thick to block it!