Lingling's Battle

Morgans was now filled with a love for journalism, and he naively believed that journalists had to preserve the truth in the news!

Milim nodded. Rather than slapping Morgans to death as he had imagined, she nodded in wholehearted approval.

"News is supposed to tell the truth. Little pigeon, you're pretty good. I'll remember you." Milim smiled approvingly, then flew down toward the island below.

"Come visit Many Countries sometime. Oh, and make sure you take good pictures of me."

"Y-yes, yes." Morgans wiped the cold sweat from his brow and let out a deep breath. He had never expected to survive. Even he did not know where he had found the courage to refuse Milim's invitation.

Looking down at the island below, which no longer resembled its original form in the slightest, Morgans shuddered and immediately flapped his wings, fleeing the area!

By then, Milim had arrived beside Bullet. Bullet was tightly clutching a broken plank, his entire body already at its limit.

Only his faintly blinking eyes proved that Bullet was still alive.

When he saw Milim truly standing before him, Bullet painfully opened his mouth. "Teach... me... to become stronger!" After saying that, Bullet could no longer hold on. His eyes closed, and he passed out.

"Looks like I picked up another talent this time. Linlin will definitely praise me." Milim lifted Bullet with one hand, wrapped his entire body in magic power, and finally turned into a shooting star as she left the ruined island.

After returning to Many Countries first and finding that Linlin had not returned yet, she tossed Bullet to El and flew in Linlin's direction.

On the other side, Linlin had also arrived where the three countries had gathered their forces.

Even combined, the forces of those three countries did not amount to as many as War Without End Country alone, and their soldiers were all worthless rabble!

With just a burst of Conqueror's Haki, Charlotte Linling had knocked out ninety percent of them. The remaining soldiers were equally powerless before Charlotte Linling.

Moreover, no matter what attacks landed on Charlotte Linling, they could not harm her in the slightest.

But at that moment, an aged figure appeared behind Charlotte Linling at some unknown point. Sensing him with Observation Haki, Charlotte Linling immediately swung Chaos in a backhand slash, colliding with the blade wielded by the aged figure.

A powerful shockwave burst forth from the collision of the two weapons, and Linlin's already serious gaze became even more focused.

This guy isn't like the trash I defeated before. His strength definitely isn't much weaker than mine!

Though she thought so, her movements did not pause in the slightest. Chaos, coated in Armament Haki, clashed with the old man's blade again and again.

Then, the old man suddenly disengaged from the battle and retreated into the distance, ceasing his attacks. However, his aged hand was trembling slightly.

"Charlotte Linling, king of Many Countries!"

"Allow this old man to introduce himself. I am the swordsmanship instructor of the Rothschild Kingdom, and I also bear the title of Great Swordsman."

"So it was you who came here. Then that means Destructive Tyrant Milia has gone to War Without End Country!"

Linlin looked calmly at the old man. "What are you trying to say?"

The old man shook his head. "Nothing. It's just a pity that such a young and outstanding king as you must die here alongside an old man like me."

"You mean you can kill me?" Linlin revealed a disdainful smile. Trying to kill her, someone with the Phoenix Fruit and Iron Skin, was simply a fool's dream.

The old man looked calmly at Linlin. "Of course, I do not have that ability. But I am not the only one here. Many Countries has drawn the attention of many people, and we are far from the only ones hostile toward it."

"Everyone, stop hiding and come out already." As the old man spoke, the ground beneath their feet suddenly split apart, and a burly middle-aged man emerged from underground.

Several explosions rang out in the sky. A man with an afro hairstyle, explosions continuously detonating beneath his feet to propel him through the air, finally descended between the two.

"King Linlin, you should surrender as soon as possible. I'm Bomb Man, the man who ate the Explosion Fruit. It would be such a shame if I blew up that beautiful face of yours." The afro spoke in a frivolous tone.

The burly middle-aged man spoke calmly. "Bomb Man, stop doing useless things. We need to take her down quickly. War Without End Country has no high-end combat power, so it will not last long under Milim."

Bomb Man curled his lips disdainfully. "You really are as boring as ever."

"Looks like you think you've got me in the bag." Linlin gripped Chaos tightly. She truly had not expected three powerful enemies to suddenly emerge from among these three weak countries.

Perhaps these three did not belong to those countries at all. After all, the three countries were not the only ones who wanted Many Countries to disappear.

"Whether we can take you down or not, let's find out." An iron ball appeared in Bomb Man's hand, and he violently hurled it at Linlin.

Linlin neither dodged nor evaded, slashing at the iron ball. The instant the blade touched the ball, a violent explosion erupted.

Bomb Man smiled disdainfully. "I already told you, I'm Bomb Man, the man who ate the Explosion Fruit. You actually faced my attack head-on, and without even using Armament Haki to defend yourself."

"Watch out!" The Middle-aged Strong Man's pupils contracted as a thick earthen wall suddenly rose up. Linlin's blade instantly cleaved through the wall, coming within a hair's breadth of striking Bomb Man.

Bomb Man was equally horrified. "What kind of monstrous body is this? She took my explosion head-on without Armament Haki reinforcement and came away completely unscathed."

"Everyone, it seems we're in for a tough battle." The old man lowered his eyes, though a sharp glint faintly shone within them.

The three moved at once. Dirt continuously covered the Middle-aged Strong Man's body until he transformed directly into a massive earthen giant!

A crazed smile appeared on Bomb Man's face. Riding the force of explosions, he flew into the air, continuously pulling out all sorts of objects from his body and hurling them wildly at Charlotte Linling, while the Great Swordsman Old Man kept swinging his blade.

Under their combined assault, attack after attack struck Charlotte Linling.

However, those attacks inflicted negligible damage on Charlotte Linling, while Charlotte Linling found it difficult to pose a serious threat to the three of them as well.

Charlotte Linling observed the three while considering her options.

Given the current situation, the easiest one to take out is Bomb Man in the sky. That guy is incredibly arrogant and the most likely to let his guard down. Besides, none of them know that I'm also a Devil Fruit user.

Seeing Charlotte Linling remain on the defensive, the three unconsciously relaxed somewhat. Linlin had been using Observation Haki to lock onto Bomb Man the entire time.

The instant Bomb Man hurled another bomb, Linlin moved. Both her hands immediately transformed into wings covered in azure feathers.

She shot into the air in an instant. Bomb Man had just tried to dodge when he realized that his body could not react in time, and Charlotte Linling seized him with one claw.

"Damn it!" Bomb Man immediately tried to blow himself up to escape Linlin's grasp.

But in the next instant, under Bomb Man's disbelieving gaze, Linlin plunged straight into the sea. The moment he fell into the water, Bomb Man went limp all over, utterly unable to resist.

Bomb Man stared at Charlotte Linling in disbelief. She actually dared to enter the sea with him—did this woman not even care about her own life just to kill him?

Charlotte Linling felt no weakness at all. With a single claw strike, she pierced straight through Bomb Man's chest.