Not only the World Government, but the Marines also entered combat readiness at the same moment.
Sengoku and Tsuru, standing beside Kong, almost simultaneously assumed their fighting stances.
However, Makoto did not give them more time to prepare.
The grey-black arms of Susanoo suddenly deformed. Bones reorganized, twisted, extended… in an instant, both arms transformed into two massive chainsaws, spinning at high speed, emitting a piercing whine.
Vroom—
Susanoo swung violently.
A 360-degree omnidirectional flying slash exploded from Makoto at its center, sweeping in all directions.
This single slash covered everyone in Grove 66.
The Marines in front, the World Government' agents, even the pirates and bounty hunters in the back who hadn't managed to escape… all were caught within this slash.
Wherever the flying slash passed, the air was torn, the ground was plowed up, and gravel and dust were sucked into it, forming a grey-black death storm.
"Shockwave!" Sengoku roared. His body suddenly erupted with dazzling golden light.
Human-Human Fruit, Model: Daibutsu.
Within the golden light, Sengoku's body rapidly expanded, transforming into a small giant.
He pushed both arms forward, his palms erupting with golden shockwaves that collided head-on with Makoto's flying slash.
Boom—
The clash of the two forces caused a deafening explosion.
Sengoku gritted his teeth, his feet sinking deep into the ground as he was pushed back several meters by the flying slash.
His arms trembled wildly, veins bulging on his forehead, but he ultimately managed to block the attack.
"Such power..." Sengoku muttered to himself, his eyes full of caution.
On the other side of the battlefield, Nusjuro also swung the Shodai Kitetsu.
But his approach was completely different from Sengoku's.
A flash of sword light, and the flying slash precisely sliced a gap in the attack coming towards him, allowing it to accurately avoid his body.
He did not protect his subordinates.
The World Government' agents standing behind him were mercilessly swallowed by the overflow of sword energy.
Some were bisected, some were sliced to pieces, some turned into mincemeat before they could even scream.
Nusjuro didn't even glance at them.
The screams of the agents rose and fell, echoing across the entire battlefield.
But the worst off were the pirates and bounty hunters in the back who had come to gawk.
They had originally just come to see a good show, and if they were lucky, maybe score some benefits for themselves.
No one had expected this 'good show' to turn into a massacre. Even less did anyone expect that dark-haired kid to be so unhinged… indiscriminately killing everyone with his first strike.
The sword energy swept through.
Grove 66 instantly turned into a hell on earth.
Blood gushed from countless corpses like fountains, converging into streams that meandering flowed across the land.
The lawn was completely stained red.
Severed limbs and broken arms were scattered everywhere. Some remains were still twitching, some heads had wide-open eyes, dying with unresolved grievances.
Blood flowed over the feet of Yu, Beam, and the Four Gay Bros.
The red liquid shimmered eerily in the sunlight.
Inside the prison cart, the Roger Pirates' faces were pale.
They had fought with Makoto's group before and naturally knew the purpose of this man's indiscriminate slash just now.
This slash appeared to be indiscriminate slaughter, but in reality—
"Here it comes." Roger said quietly, as expected.
Under the Roger Pirates' watchful eyes, Yu, Beam, and the Four Gay Bros all showed ecstatic expressions.
Excitement.
Extreme excitement.
They took deep breaths, their nostrils greedily inhaling the coppery scent of blood permeating the air. The light in their eyes became fanatic and insane.
"Go!" Yu moved first.
His figure shot forward like an arrow, charging straight towards the Marines' camp.
Beam followed closely behind. The Four Gay Bros also let out a series of strange laughs, dispersing and assaulting in different directions.
Beam's body deformed in mid-air… his upper half transformed into a giant shark form. A dense array of sharp teeth gleamed coldly in his huge maw.
He charged with his mouth open, biting directly at the nearest group of Marine soldiers.
"Aaaaah—" Amidst the screams, a Marine soldier was swallowed in one gulp.
"Zoan-type ability users?"
Seeing Beam's upper-body shark transformation and the extreme expansion, anthropomorphic beast forms of the Four Gay Bros, the Marines and the giants led by Harald changed their expressions slightly.
But soon, their expressions returned to calm.
Just Zoans.
Not a particularly rare ability.
These guys' aura was indeed not weak, but to say they posed a major threat...
"Although I have no grudge against you." Harald muttered to himself, his right hand slowly gripping the sword at his waist.
"But for the sake of Elbaf... sorry."
Before the words faded, Harald drew his sword.
In that instant, the world changed color.
The massive sword was as light as a feather in Harald's hand. He held it with one hand and swung a vertical slash from top to bottom.
The flying slash poured down like a tsunami.
The power of this slash was in no way inferior to the full-force strike of Makoto's Susanoo just now.
In terms of attack range, it was even superior.
After all, this man was a monster who could go forty-sixty with Rocks… and maybe even fifty-fifty on a good day.
Harald's sword fell.
Yu's expression changed. He crossed his arms in front of him.
Boom!
The violent flying slash crushed him.
Yu's arms shattered like glass, flesh and blood flying everywhere, revealing the broken bones beneath.
His entire body was sent flying backwards by the powerful impact, heavily crashing into a Yarukiman Mangrove tree behind him.
A person-shaped indentation was left on the trunk, with cracks spreading outwards.
Beam and the Four Gay Bros fared even worse.
Their strength was inherently inferior to Yu's, and they had no power to resist Harald's flying slash.
Their bodies were torn, crushed, pressed into mincemeat… along with their strange cries, they turned into scattered pieces of flesh in the pools of blood.
"Impressive." Sengoku, in his Daibutsu form, couldn't help but remark as he watched.
Tsuru stood behind him, thoughtfully watching Harald.
She had also heard about the Giant King's desire to make Elbaf a member nation of the World Government.
Most Marines, including Garp, supported this… after all, there were already many giants serving in the Marines. If Elbaf became a member nation, it would definitely be a good thing for the Marines.
However, the World Government had been stringing Harald along.
Using this as leverage, they ordered Harald to do this and that, making him work for them, yet always refused to fulfill their promise.
Tsuru had a bad feeling.
Although it was true that what one can't get they always want, stringing him along for too long...
Trouble was bound to happen.
Even a cornered dog will jump over the wall. The same goes for a simp.
"Now, it's just you left." Nusjuro looked coldly at Makoto, slowly raising the Shodai Kitetsu in his hand.
Bang!
A gunshot rang out.
Harald's Observation Haki had sensed the danger in advance.
He instinctively raised his sword to block. The bullet accurately hit the blade, producing a shower of sparks.
He looked down.
Yu, whose hands had been crushed by his flying slash just now, had somehow jumped down from the mangrove tree.
His arms were completely healed, and he was smirking at Harald, smoke still curling from the gun barrel in his forehead.
"What?" Sengoku and the others were also startled.
'He regenerated that quickly?'
But even more shocking things were yet to come.
Boom—
The Gorilla Devil, whose size was no less than Sengoku's Daibutsu form, rose from the ground.
His entire body was covered in thick black fur, his muscles knotted, his eyes bloodshot, emitting a suffocating pressure.
The Gorilla Devil charged out, grabbing Sengoku's neck in an instant. The huge impact pinned Sengoku to the ground.
Crash!
The ground was smashed into a large crater.
Before Sengoku could react, the Gorilla Devil's tongue had already whipped out.
"Slurp~ Want to play, baby?"
"Haaaaaa—"
The Dolphin Devil opened his huge maw filled with fangs, emitting a piercing sonic attack.
The sound waves spread outwards as visible ripples. Countless Marine soldiers clutched their ears in pain. Some fell to the ground, blood streaming from their seven orifices.
Some even, to escape the pain, didn't hesitate to stab their own ears with daggers to deafen themselves.
"Beautiful lady, please die!!"
The Rabbit Devil, the smallest of the Four Gay Bros, explosively leaped into the air.
He soared, his body turning into a blur, kicking straight towards Tsuru in a posture resembling a flying kick.
"Resurrected?!"
Both the Marines and the World Government changed their expressions dramatically.
They had clearly seen… just moments ago, under that terrifying slash from Harald, these Zoan-type ability users had been smashed into mincemeat!
'How... how did they suddenly come back to life?'