Although Belo Betty was instantly beheaded by Ian with lightning speed, the Foosha Village villagers, who were influenced by the Inspire-Inspire Fruit Ability, did not immediately recover.
Instead, they were filled with unprecedented courage due to Ian's command, launching a charge first and swarming towards the Marine soldiers guarding the surroundings.
However, even if their potential was unleashed by the Inspire-Inspire Fruit Ability and they displayed a fearless courage, they were still unarmed.
The moment they rushed towards the Marine soldiers, the Marine soldiers, who had raised their guns immediately upon Ian's command, decisively pulled their triggers.
"Bang bang bang—"
In an instant, a volley of gunfire erupted, and over a dozen Foosha Village villagers at the forefront immediately fell.
Even so, it did not stop the Foosha Village villagers from pressing forward, one after another.
"!!!!!"
Even Dragon had not expected the situation to escalate to an uncontrollable point in an instant.
The current situation was completely beyond his control.
Although he possessed a lot of intelligence on Ian and knew that Ian was not weak, he still didn't expect Ian to instantly kill Belo Betty with one move.
Belo Betty was the East Army Members' captain of the Revolutionary Army; putting aside the Inspire-Inspire Fruit Ability, Belo Betty's own strength was not to be underestimated, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to become the East Army Members' captain.
It was clear that the Holy Land had concealed the extremely important information about Ian's strength, and Ian's actions in the Holy Land had misled intelligence personnel, making the intelligence personnel lurking in the shadows mistakenly believe that Ian was no different from other Celestial Dragons who acted wantonly relying on their Celestial Dragons identity.
Furthermore, Ian's extremely high status in the Holy Land caused almost all intelligence personnel to focus their attention on investigating his true background, thereby overlooking that this Young Master of the Nerona Family, who held the greatest power in the Holy Land, was a deeply hidden expert.
Of course, none of that was important.
The reason why the situation suddenly deteriorated to this extent was ultimately due to Belo Betty's actions.
Dragon's initial plan was to meet with Ian, use himself as bait to attract Ian's attention, while Belo Betty led the East Army Members to quickly evacuate the Foosha Village villagers.
When Belo Betty stepped forward and spoke disrespectfully to Ian, his first reaction was to stop her.
But then he thought, letting Belo Betty provoke Ian with her words, and then he would use his own ability to transfer the Foosha Village villagers as quickly as possible, would achieve the same result.
However, the plan couldn't keep up with the changes.
He not only underestimated Ian's terrifying strength but also didn't expect Belo Betty to suddenly unleash her Inspire-Inspire Fruit Ability to influence the Foosha Village villagers.
After seeing the Foosha Village villagers continuously fall amidst the dense gunfire, Dragon didn't hesitate for a moment and immediately took a step forward.
The moment his foot landed, a powerful energy immediately spread out from him, instantly forming a hurricane that swept towards the Marine soldiers at an astonishing speed.
Immediately, wherever the hurricane passed, the Marine soldiers guarding the surroundings were all overturned and sent flying backward.
"Now!"
"Avenge the captain!"
"Charge!"
The ten East Army Members who followed Belo Betty seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, almost simultaneously flashing out, clearly aiming to kill Ian.
"Ants!"
Gunko, who had been guarding Ian's side, flashed a hint of disdain in her eyes.
Her Arrow-Arrow Fruit Ability was simultaneously and silently activated.
Amidst the fluttering bandages, the ten East Army Members who had just rushed to kill Ian were entangled and constricted by the rapidly shooting bandages, and then one by one, they were hoisted high into the air.
The worsening situation left Garp, who had traversed the Grand Line for decades, completely stiff on the spot.
Especially when he saw more than ten Foosha Village villagers, influenced by the Inspire-Inspire Fruit Ability, rush towards the Marine soldiers and fall in an instant, and among them was Woop, the village chief with whom he shared drinks every time he returned to Foosha Village, this legendary Vice Admiral who had dedicated all his youth and passion to the cause of Marine justice could no longer hold back.
His eyes silently welled up, and his iron fist clenched.
The next second, he abruptly stood up and roared at Dragon, who had sent all the Marine soldiers flying: "Dragon, are these the subordinates you've brought out? Using Devil Fruit abilities to influence the Foosha Village villagers! Your purpose in coming here is to rescue the Foosha Village villagers, not to turn them into rioters to participate in battle!"
Before his words finished, Garp, ignoring his injuries, decisively took a step forward, and terrifying Conqueror's Haki was released.
In an instant, the black and red Conqueror's Haki, like burning flames, shot straight into the sky, causing the surrounding void to constantly emit low-frequency vibrations.
"Dragon, why don't you surrender quickly!"
"Swoosh—"
Amidst the roar, Garp, with his iron fist imbued with Conqueror's Haki, didn't hesitate.
He leaped forward and rushed in front of Dragon, his fist, carrying terrifying power, simultaneously smashing heavily towards Dragon.
"Dad!"
Facing Garp's sudden iron fist attack, Dragon, who had just sent the Marine soldiers flying and was about to use his own ability to transfer the Foosha Village villagers, immediately became anxious and said in a deep voice: "Are you trying to be my enemy?"
Although he said so, he did not confront Garp head-on, but decisively transformed into a hurricane and disappeared from the spot.
"Dragon, where can you escape to?!"
Gunko, who had instantly killed the ten East Army Members, seemed to have anticipated Dragon's intention, appearing a step ahead at Dragon's transfer location.
As her voice rang out, a powerful and overbearing aura immediately spread out from beneath her feet!
Buzz buzz buzz—
A series of dizzying low-frequency vibrations once again appeared in the void.
Immediately after, a five-pointed star magic circle, radiating terrifying power, appeared out of thin air in front of Gunko.
Before Dragon and Garp could react, lightning suddenly flashed within the spontaneously appearing five-pointed star magic circle.
Black lightning descended from the sky, instantly connecting heaven and earth, and suffocating aura fluctuations spread out from the magic circle in waves.
Amidst the raging black lightning and under the shroud of terrifying airwaves, figures emerged one after another from the magic circle.
"This is—"
Looking at the suddenly appearing five-pointed star magic circle and the figures continuously emerging from the black lightning, Dragon, who had just dodged Garp's iron fist attack, immediately broke out in a few drops of sweat, and then his face turned pale as he widened his eyes, "God's Knights!"
"So it's the revolutionary army leader!"
"It truly is a case of searching high and low only to find it effortlessly!"
The first figure to be teleported from the magic circle did not pause at all, stepping out of the formation with his head held high and chest out.
It was Shepherd Somaz, a member of the God's Knights from the Shepherd Family, a Thorn Man who had eaten the Thorn-Thorn Fruit.
No sooner had Somaz's voice faded than another voice came from the magic circle.
"As expected of the Young Master, he has forced out Dragon, who has been a headache for the Gorosei for many years, as soon as he left the Holy Land!"
"God's Knights Limosif Kilingom reporting for duty!"
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