As the execution and Sakazuki's declaration of war concluded.
The live broadcast screen then switched to the Sabaody Archipelago, engulfed in raging flames.
This signaled that the war, which concerned the future of the world, had reached its most critical juncture.
Everyone watching was filled with excitement, their eyes fixed on the Sabaody Archipelago consumed by inferno in the broadcast.
As if the roaring flames represented the current Navy, burning away all darkness.
They all eagerly awaited the arrival of that moment...
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New World, New Marineford.
In the Fleet Admiral's office.
Barette, with his arms crossed, leaned back on the sofa and closed his eyes to rest.
Sengoku, who had been teleported there by Carol, stood by the window, gazing at the current Navy headquarters with a hint of daze.
The Navy was at an unprecedented peak, and Sengoku even doubted if the World Government could withstand it. However, that was no longer his concern...
After this war, he planned to step down...
Carol walked to the door and opened it. Sakazuki, having finished his declaration of war, returned and entered the room, speaking directly,
"How is Sote?"
Carol nodded,
"It's done. He's on his way back with his men."
Sakazuki gave a light 'hmph',
"Where has 'that guy's' fleet reached?"
Carol replied,
"They are crossing the Calm Belt. They should reach the designated location the day after tomorrow."
Sakazuki nodded slightly,
"When we deal with Heil Nok later, go and pick up Sote. Send them to Egghead Island."
Carol smiled,
"Understood."
The order was mundane. Sengoku, who had turned back, did not realize that these few words would decide the fate of Garp's son and grandson...
Barette, over there, stood up and walked over, standing beside Carol.
Sakazuki continued,
"Send out the order."
"Following the previous plan, initiate a full-scale encirclement and annihilation, crushing those pirates within the New World blockade."
"Also, inform Garp, Borsalino, and Aramaki to stand by, ready for battle at any moment."
"Now..."
Sakazuki's tone was cold and devoid of emotion,
"Let's deal with the first one..."
Sengoku, from the window, also walked over. Carol took out a locator made by Vegapunk, which displayed the real-time locations of the Four Emperors obtained from the invaded Den Den Mushi...
The four placed their hands on each other. Carol took a deep breath and activated his ability.
Swish—
They vanished from headquarters...
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New World, Unknown Sea.
A scorching heat and a strong smell of sulfur permeated the entire world, stretching as far as the eye could see.
The dark clouds and volcanic ash in the sky blocked the sunlight, casting a dimness everywhere.
It was as if this place was not the mortal world, but hell...
After Sakazuki detonated the New World, such scenes were everywhere. Lost in this, even Heil Nok, driven to madness by rage, could not escape.
The destruction of the islands rendered the Eternal Pose useless. The only way now was to choose a direction and keep moving forward until an island was found.
Tricked again by Sakazuki, the Four Emperor, stripped of his last dignity and reputation, had become a laughingstock.
Nothing mattered now. No one would abide by any rules; they just wanted to kill Marines, as many as possible...
Not only was the Navy launching a full-scale attack, but Charlotte Linlin and Kaido were also deploying all their forces for a counteroffensive.
And in this hellish landscape.
Heil Nok's lower body turned to steam, and he moved in one direction. He had been wrong many times; surely one direction would be right...
But he had no more chances...
Swish—
Four figures suddenly appeared a few hundred meters ahead of his charge.
Heil Nok, flying at full speed, felt his pupils constrict. A sense of mortal danger shot up from the crown of his head. He abruptly stopped his momentum, his body rapidly elementalizing.
Barette, from a distance, sneered and multiplied his speed by a hundredfold.
Almost as soon as Heil Nok elementalized, Barette appeared beside him, instantly entering his awakened mode, transforming into a blue demon nearly a hundred meters tall.
His arms, dozens of meters long, were imbued with a dense, fused demonic energy concentrated in his palms, resembling two massive energy spheres.
He clasped his hands together at Heil Nok in the center, the cloud of demonic energy, infused with all three types of Haki, clamping down on this area and forcibly interrupting Heil Nok's elementalization.
This forced him to condense his physical form.
Before he could figure out how to escape.
On the other side, Sengoku, equally shocked by Barette's form, showed no hesitation.
He directly transformed into a hundred-meter-tall Great Buddha, appearing opposite Barette with a few stomps, condensing a shockwave in his hand.
Standing in mid-air, he also aimed his shockwave at Heil Nok, who was being suppressed by the dense blue demonic energy.
Seen from afar.
Two giants, hundreds of meters tall, faced each other.
One was azure all over, with a demonic face, surrounded by flickering shadows of demonic energy.
The other, a Great Buddha of majestic and compassionate golden form, with golden light radiating and flowing around him.
It looked like two opposing mythical giants, yet they were jointly suppressing one person.
Their palms faced each other, and on the swirling blue and gold energy sphere, sparks of Conqueror's Haki lightning flickered.
Dense demonic energy compressed and filled the area within a hundred-meter radius of Heil Nok, preventing him from elementalizing.
The golden shockwave that the Great Buddha Sengoku sent in further squeezed Heil Nok, making his face contort in pain, unable to move.
Even his berserk Conqueror's Haki.
Under their combined suppression, it was almost useless, having no effect whatsoever.
Sakazuki, watching from a distance, looked at the scene indifferently and said to Carol beside him,
"Go and pick up Sote."
Carol smiled,
"Understood."
Swish—
He vanished instantly.
Then, Sakazuki's right arm turned into magma, emitting thick black smoke.
Heil Nok, still suppressed, grimaced and looked up with difficulty. The sense of impending death made his cerebral cortex tingle as he looked towards the source of the crisis:
"Sa! Ka! Zuki!!!"
His hatred was filled with gritted teeth, and a hint of fear...
It was the primal fear of biological beings facing death...
No one could escape it...
From afar.
Sakazuki's magma-infused arm condensed, and his indifferent voice spoke,
"Meigou."
A crimson light tore through the dim sky.
*Thwack—*
The sound of flesh being pierced echoed.
The energy sphere composed of demonic energy and shockwaves was directly pierced by the magma.
Heil Nok in the center had his chest impaled, his heart sliced away by more than half, beating weakly...
Sakazuki slowly withdrew his hand, and the magma on his arm reformed into his arm. He indifferently watched Heil Nok's rapidly weakening aura.
Heil Nok still could not believe it.
He had never imagined that he would die so easily, so powerlessly...
Just like that... just like that...
Heil Nok used his last ounce of strength, his suppressed body, lifting its head with difficulty and trembling, then became completely still...
I'm not reconciled...
His aura vanished. With all resistance lost, his compressed body began to collapse and explode.
Sengoku withdrew the shockwave from his palm, and he returned to his normal state.
Barette also reverted to his normal mode, extending his left hand to grab Heil Nok's head and swatting at the body below his neck with his right hand.
*Crack—*!!!!!!!!
Heil Nok's body dissolved into a bloody mist and was annihilated...