At the sight of this, everyone was incredulous, but their wariness grew even stronger.
Because Apophis's words indirectly proved that That Great Person truly existed!
They really couldn't imagine who could possess such power—someone capable of making a Four Emperor willingly sacrifice himself to keep his secret.
What they found even harder to accept was that the mysterious big shot's influence extended beyond Apophis alone. Even the Three Illusory Gods under him seemed to be that big shot's loyal believers.
They had no time to think any further, because the three men led by Wyper were already charging at Apophis with powerful attacks.
"Ah! What the hell is going on?" Luffy roared furiously and charged forward as well. "Forget it! Let's knock them all down first!"
"This feels like we've uncovered some incredible secret!" Sanji muttered, cutting off Urouge's charge with a powerful kick.
"This situation is so chaotic it's giving me a headache. Though, I haven't been human for a long time now, yohohoho!" Brook gave a strange laugh as he extended his cane sword and stopped Wyper.
As for the other pirates, they were left utterly bewildered. Logically speaking, they should have gone up to help with the fight.
But the problem was that their boss wanted to kill their boss's boss, while the enemy group was trying to stop him. So which side were they supposed to help?
Zoro once again stepped in front of Apophis. "Why do they insist on destroying your body? Could it be that there's some shameful secret beneath that mask of yours?"
"You don't want to know!" Apophis said in a deep voice. "It would be better for you if I died without leaving behind a trace!"
Zoro's brows furrowed slightly. It was a very strange feeling. He kept feeling as though