Mutual Destruction?
"Gaban, you bastard!" Even though he already knew that Scopper Gaban had ingested all the Forbidden Medicine and was near death, Rayleigh was still furious when he saw him pinned in the void, helplessly groaning in pain. With a flash of his sword, he was about to force his way through the encirclement. "You two, get out of my way!"
"Senior Rayleigh, if I were you, you'd better think about how to escape." Crocodile calmly said, having conjured a desert on the sea surface, completely trapping Rayleigh.
"Otherwise, after the captain takes care of Scopper Gaban and Red Hair, it will be your turn to die." Enel was surrounded by thunder and lightning, as if Thor had descended.
"Another legend fallen?" Hawkeye sighed, suddenly feeling a sense of boredom with the battle before him, and sheathed the Black Blade Yoru behind his back.
"F-F-F-F-I thought you'd keep going." Doflamingo mocked, but inwardly he was terrified. "Scopper Gaban, after taking the Forbidden Medicine, and Red Hair teaming up, were no match for Nightmare. Is he really going to reach the pinnacle of this sea?"
"The battle that follows is pointless," Hawkeye said without turning his head.
"So strong! Is this Nightmare's true strength?" Katakuri was shocked, his expression becoming uncertain. "If the Four Emperors' power structure becomes Three Emperors, it might not be a good thing for us."
"That bastard actually defeated Red Hair..." Drought Jack roared angrily. Even though he was reckless, he could see that the current situation was extremely unfavorable for them.
Time seemed to stand still as the ancient blade pierced through Scopper Gaban's back. Blood flowed through the patterns, not dripping into the sky, but seeping into the blade and being greedily devoured.
"It seems my journey has come to an end." Scopper Gaban's eyes dimmed, his dark pupils losing their luster.
"From the moment you decided to be my enemy, your fate was sealed." Roy's eyes were cold and expressionless, as if the person pinned to the blade was nothing more than an insignificant individual.
"Cough cough... One Piece is real... It exists..." Scopper Gaban's aura grew weaker and weaker, his life force about to be extinguished. In his final moments, he seemed to be muttering to himself in a daze.
"What did you say?" Roy frowned. He could sense that Scopper Gaban wasn't lying. In other words, besides the demons that Kozuki Oden mentioned, Laugh Tale might also contain forces capable of turning the world upside down. Was it a case of danger and opportunity coexisting?
"One Piece is real!" Taking advantage of Roy's momentary lapse in concentration, Scopper Gaban suddenly charged forward towards the longsword, shouting at the top of his lungs.
"However, you'll never see that day. Come to hell with me!" Scopper Gaban, charging toward the longsword, disregarded his physical wounds and the searing heat in his soul, and embraced Roy with his blood-soaked body.
Realizing what was about to happen, the Red Hair's eyes widened in horror, and he roared in anguish, "No, stop!"
The battle on the sea stopped simultaneously as everyone looked up at the sun-like, burning figure in the sky. For a moment, the sea was eerily still, with only the sounds of breathing and heartbeats audible.
Everyone had different expressions. They didn't expect this reversal to be so comprehensive. Last time, Nightmare dragged Scopper Gaban into a self-destruction, but this time it was completely the other way around.
Look up and see, who can escape the wrath of Heaven?
However, some meticulous people thought even further ahead. Logically speaking, Nightmare, a monster who is good at manipulating people's minds, should not be completely unprepared, not to mention that the self-destruction move was his own doing. Even if Scopper Gaban used the information from the One Piece to influence Nightmare's mentality, they still felt that something was not right.
Of course, this didn't stop them from speculating with malicious intent. "Perhaps Nightmare was really too careless. The last mile is the hardest, and countless people fall short of success at the last step. It seems that we can add another one to the list of these people."
Doflamingo and the underground kings were filled with anxiety. If this operation failed, they might bear the bloody revenge of a Four Emperors pirate crew, which would be an unbearable pain for them.
However, Roy's top executives and Senior Executive remained unmoved, with a few even showing disdainful sneers, whether out of contempt for Scopper Gaban's overestimation of his abilities or mockery of the ugly ideas of others.
Some were overjoyed, some were terrified, and some were indifferent, painting a picture of the myriad aspects of human nature.
Even Scopper Gaban himself was in a daze, never expecting to succeed so easily. To avoid any unforeseen complications, the energy within his body quickly became active and restless, like a lava volcano about to erupt, already at the critical point.
However, at this very last moment, Scopper Gaban, who was holding Roy captive, sensed a familiar aura emanating from him—an aura etched into his memory, an aura that filled him with utter despair...
"Run!" Scopper Gaban screamed hysterically, but his voice was quickly drowned out by the endless waves of destruction.
"Boom!"
An aura of destruction rose, and a terrifying torrent of energy exploded in the sky, seemingly obscuring even the sun's rays. The raging aftershocks reached the sea, stirring up a massive tsunami, wave after wave, seemingly about to turn the entire ocean upside down.
The voice contained sorrow, despair, and confusion...
The people on the sea were all a bit confused, not understanding why Scopper Gaban would say such a thing before he died. Did he think that even his self-destruction would not be able to completely kill Nightmare?
However, no matter how strong Nightmare, it's impossible for it to remain unscathed from such a devastating suicidal attack. Once Nightmare is severely injured, Red Hair, who is closest to them, will be able to hold the future of this war in his hands. With just one more strike, the massive Phantom Sword Pirates could instantly fall apart, and even this huge Pirate Alliance could disintegrate in an instant. The crisis facing the Red Hair Pirates would also disappear without a trace.
Many people were swept into the sea by the Great Waves because they were distracted, and then never came back.
The seabed seemed to have become a den of monsters that devoured life, but no one noticed this. They were all waiting for the outcome at the center of the explosion, waiting for Red Hair to make his decision, and waiting to witness the final result of this Four Emperors War that had affected the entire New World seas.