The arrival of the Great Pirate Era--
brought endless chaos to this world.
Pillage and slaughter.
Even if pirates praised freedom and embellished their dreams,
it could not change this cruel fact.
Fujitora lowered his head slightly. The gravity field he released pried open Tesoro's golden tide.
Ryokugyu had no time to thank his old friend of many years. He seized the opportunity and manipulated his abilities to launch a frenzied assault on Tesoro.
If Fujitora had not intervened in time, Ryokugyu would probably have been the one taking the beating now.
This was mainly because Maud's earlier attack had left him seriously wounded.
Otherwise, he would not have shown signs of decline so quickly when facing Tesoro.
All he could say was that Fujitora had extended a helping hand at exactly the right moment.
It had allowed him to turn the tables in the most dangerous situation and seize the chance to press his attack.
"It's good if I can take down even one of them..."
Ryokugyu drove his ability to its limits and unleashed his fiercest assault on Tesoro.
In his eyes, awakened Tesoro was one of the main forces in the enemy camp.
If he could eliminate Tesoro here, it would certainly ease some of the pressure of the battle.
But as an awakened ability user, how could Tesoro possibly let Ryokugyu have his way so easily?
"Golden God Fire!"
Suddenly, a wave of heat radiation burst through layer upon layer of wooden trunks.
The high-density energy rapidly expanded into scorching heat, burning the dense greenery into countless ashes.
Ryokugyu's eyes narrowed. Unwilling to give up this chance to attack, he created even more trees laden with greenery out of thin air.
However--
Just as the trees began growing at lightning speed, a golden carpet reached his