Grand Line, New World.
Elbaf front.
Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled in the sky, while countless shipwrecks drifted across the sea.
"Spare, spare me!!!"
The pirate rolled his eyes from suffocation.
"Oh? You know how to beg for mercy now? Where did all that arrogance you had when you first came here go?"
Bang!
He crushed the pirate's head in his hand, spraying red and white matter everywhere.
With his other hand, he wiped the blood splattered across his face.
The scarred Burgess, now with two more streaks of crimson across his face, looked especially savage and terrifying.
Splash!!
As Burgess wiped the blood from his face, the corpse fell into the sea, dyeing a patch of water red.
Yet at that moment, not a single living creature dared approach these waters, where the smoke and explosions had yet to fade.
News that the Blackbeard Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates possessed three red Poneglyph Road Pointers had spread across the seas, and countless overconfident fools had drawn their swords against the two Yonko.
Thus, war began.
The sounds of gunfire and slaughter had never ceased in these waters.
Sea beasts and fish, sensitive to danger, began migrating away. All that remained was an empty sea and a battlefield shrouded in smoke.
Although Blackbeard and Big Mom possessed extraordinary strength, against the backdrop of world destruction, One Piece—the treasure that could save the world and rule it—held an equally extraordinary allure.
Greed often clouded people's minds.
Thus, an endless stream of people, each harboring their own intentions, crossed the sea by ship and rushed toward the headquarters of the Blackbeard Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates.
They desperately hoped to obtain the correct red Poneglyph Road Pointers.
Therefore, during this period, the Blackbeard Pirates and the Bigbang Pirates had faced