Outside Udon, in the direction of the Flower Capital.
Ivankov, Carrot, and the others landed on the ground, gazing from afar at the cataclysmic battlefield ahead, their faces filled with mutual astonishment.
They saw towering tornadoes connecting heaven and earth spinning continuously over Udon's land, lifting countless rocks and soil from the ground.
Amid the endless storm, a strikingly conspicuous golden streak of light flickered rapidly through the skies.
Each time the golden streak came to a halt, a thunderous explosion would resound!
Gulp.
Lindbergh hugged the cannon in his arms, swallowing hard with difficulty.
His small eyes peered through the goggles, staring in terror at this apocalyptic scene.
The usually calm Karasu had completely lost his usual composure, his eyes filled with profound shock!
"Has Chief Dragon really been forced to such a desperate situation? Who is the enemy? Could it be..."
Karasu widened his eyes, searching for a certain figure within the sky-piercing storm!
Cold sweat continuously dripped from Robin's forehead, and her palms were sweating.
Somehow, there was a fear lingering here that originated from the depths of her soul.
"It must be him! It must be that man! Even Dragon can't defeat him! I must leave this place, yes, I need to find Luffy!"
Robin's face turned pale as she bit her lower lip, took a few steps back, and prepared to turn and leave.
Suddenly, Ivankov softly asked, "Robin, where are you going?"
Robin paused, her expression turning somewhat unpleasant.
"I... I want to leave Wano Country."
After hesitating for a moment, she still voiced the thoughts in her heart.
"Pluton has been found, and the red Poneglyph is also stored in that cavern. There's nothing left for me to do here now. I want to find Luffy!"
Robin spoke with determination, already quietly spreading her hands.
If the Revolutionary Army didn't want to let her leave, she would directly take action without holding back anymore.
"But... there might still be some aspects of operating Pluton that require someone proficient in ancient language to decipher."
Ivankov frowned.
Robin's expression changed, her voice gradually turning cold.
"I don't care! I must leave now! If you try to stop me, unless you kill me, I will never help the Revolutionary Army decipher phonegylph again!"
Karasu turned his head, his eyes carrying a cold gleam.
Ivankov quickly chuckled: "Hehe, Robin, what are you saying? We're family. No matter what, we would never force you to do anything you don't want to do. If you want to leave, you can go anytime. However, you'll probably need to find a ship first."
"Then I'll take my leave now. I wish you success in obtaining the ancient weapon Pluton soon."
Robin breathed a sigh of relief, took a deep look at the distant battlefield, then turned and left without looking back.
Karasu's face darkened as he stared at Robin's gradually receding figure, coldly saying.
"Iva, are we just letting her leave like this? The information about Pluton must not be leaked. This is crucial, it concerns the great cause of our Revolutionary Army."
Ivan sighed and waved his hand.
"Karasu, let it go! Robin is probably just missing Luffy, right? As long as she still cares about Luffy, we don't need to worry about her betraying us. After all, Luffy is Dragon's son."
"Womanly compassion!" Karasu snorted coldly and turned back to look at the battlefield.
"I suspect now that this suddenly appearing powerful enemy might very well have been brought here by Betty and Morley."
Ivankov's expression changed.
"Karasu! Don't speak nonsense! Betty and the others aren't that kind of people!"
Karasu shook his head, "Of course I know Betty isn't that kind of person. What I mean is, this person's arrival is so coincidental - it's likely because Betty and the others were soft-hearted and didn't follow our advice to eliminate all those people, which led to information being leaked!"
"Otherwise, I truly cannot imagine such a coincidence in this world. We just arrived in Wano Country, and the Beast God Pirates followed right after us. This simply doesn't make sense no matter how you look at it."
As he spoke, he suddenly saw Lindbergh stagger backward several steps, nearly collapsing to the ground.
His face turned pale as he pointed trembling toward the center of the storm, stammering.
"It's him! That terrifying man has come—Barbarossa Caesar, captain of the Beast God Pirates!"
Karasu and Ivan shuddered, their expressions darkening with intense gravity.
If it's that Caesar... can Dragon really defeat him?
Beside the three, Hiyori's eyes were already red-rimmed.
She clasped her hands over her chest, praying for Caesar.
....
Within the towering tornado pillar, Caesar's body blazed with crimson flames as he unleashed the Golden Bird's extreme speed, relentlessly pursuing Dragon, who had merged with the wind, bombarding him until Dragon was utterly disheveled.
Caesar's power was overwhelmingly immense, forcing Dragon to avoid direct confrontation at all costs.
He could only utilize the wind blades within the hurricane to inflict negligible damage on Caesar.
In contrast, Caesar was like a heavily armored tank, relying on his indestructible physique to charge recklessly through the whirling wind blades.
Even when occasional wind blades wrapped in Haki sliced into his body, spurting jets of blood, it only took a single breath for the wounds to heal completely.
The vitality granted by the Kunpeng Fruit was virtually boundless.
This transformed Caesar into a human perpetual motion machine, never worrying about exhausting his strength.
"Borororo! Dragon, stop running around like a coward! If you're a real man, face me head-on! This constant fleeing is unbecoming of a leader of a major faction, Borororo!"
Caesar once again punched aside countless dragon claws grasping from the raging winds, then thrust his hand forward to unleash a brilliant ball of lightning at Dragon.
Boom!
Countless gusts of wind converged, as numerous wind-blade dragon claws swept through the lightning, dispersing the energy bit by bit until it vanished.
Within the tempest, Dragon's figure flickered in and out of view, his expression grim.
He never expected that his awakened Wind-Wind Fruit's cutting destructive power, capable of defeating a Marine Admiral in a short time, would be so ineffective.
Against frauds like Ryokugyu, Dragon could defeat them effortlessly.
Ordinarily, when confronting the World Government's ground forces on land, the Army would always deploy two Admirals for defense whenever Dragon appeared.
A single Admiral would likely perish under Dragon's terrifying power.
Dragon's eyes shifted uncertainly before he suddenly spoke in a deep voice.
"Caesar, let's end this here. Continuing this fight benefits neither of us."
"Borororo! You mean it doesn't benefit you, right, Dragon? I'm perfectly fine!"
Caesar lightly flapped his wings, standing firm in the sky.
"Since you remain obstinate..."
The grid-like tattoo on Dragon's face gradually dissipated into black mist, followed by the spiderweb tattoo on his chest, which seemed erased by an invisible force, emitting wisps of black gas as it faded.
As if a seal had been broken, the next moment, an abyssal, profound dark power erupted from Dragon's body, plunging Caesar into an icy abyss!
Caesar's majestic frame shuddered abruptly, his eyes blazing with several feet of crimson flame as he stared at Dragon!
"Rocks' Destructive Power!"
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