A Mere Puppet

Crocodile and Jax were both sent flying by the shockwave. When everything finally settled, the Goddess of the Heavens retracted her delicate hand, leaving a massive handprint on the ground that looked grim and terrifying.

"Captain!"

The pirates shielded their eyes with their hands. As the dust cleared, they all looked anxiously toward the center of the battle.

Currently, the pirates in other Red Tree areas were watching from afar as the Goddess of the Heavens in the sky approached. It was truly too impactful.

"A Giant?"

Jax stood up from the rubble, gazing upward with eyes full of cold light. The opponent was ten times his size. His own 5-meter height was already considered giant, but compared to this golden woman, he was like a mere speck.

Even ordinary Giants weren't this tall!

"Stupid woman, do you know who I am!"

Jax's face contorted with ferocity. He could feel the pressure.

On a distant rooftop, Chaos sat in a chair, drinking coffee. He raised his left hand and gently pressed down!

The Goddess of the Heavens raised her right hand again, pressing down and tearing through the air.

"You're asking for death!"

Jax roared in fury. His 5-meter tall body suddenly swelled, his shirt tearing as scales appeared all over him. In an instant, he transformed into his human Triceratops form. His broad chest revealed ten abdominal muscles, and a thick tail slammed onto the ground, instantly cracking the earth within a thirty-meter radius.

This time, he didn't dodge. Instead, he gripped his dragon claws, imbued them with Armament Haki, and with a roar, smashed them toward the golden palm.

The size difference between them was immense, yet Jax exuded an extremely ferocious aura.

"The Captain has used his ability!"

"Zoan: Ancient Zoan - Triceratops Form."

"This golden woman is just big. The Captain hasn't failed to kill Giants before. He's even killed Sea Kings larger than this."

The pirates had great confidence in Jax. Fifty meters looked huge, but compared to Sea Kings, it was like an ant.

RUMBLE!!!

The entire ground exploded. Dragon claws and palms collided, sending shockwaves spreading in all directions. Huge cracks emerged, and even chunks of the earth's crust were lifted.

Jax gritted his teeth, his feet sinking deep into the ground. Clearly, this palm strike was no easy feat.

"Get lost!"

Jax clenched his left dragon claw, covered it with Armament Haki, and smashed it at the golden palm. This force actually made the Goddess of the Heavens stagger back a step.

As dirt and rocks exploded, Jax launched himself up, appearing before the Goddess of the Heavens. His right claw shot out like a missile at close range.

A deafening metallic sound rang out. The Goddess of the Heavens' slender fifty-meter body was sent flying, her body arching backward as she retreated over thirty meters. When she steadied herself, a fist print appeared on her breathtakingly beautiful face.

"Is this... is this a pirate with a bounty of 330 million?"

"Too, too strong."

All the pirates were stunned, shocked by Jax's strength.

Such a massive body, and he was sent flying with a single punch.

But what came next was even more shocking.

Because the Goddess of the Heavens' sunken face healed instantly, her beauty still captivating and divinely inviolable.

And as the Goddess of the Heavens raised her delicate hand, the enormous golden halo behind her flew to her head. With a clang of metal, it rapidly transformed into ten-meter-long swords, spears, sabers, and halberds, forming dense rows.

Jax, who had landed, his face changed drastically. Before he could act, she pointed her delicate hand downward. Instantly, the heavens and earth cracked. Giant weapons of all kinds roared, descending like a golden meteor shower that covered the sky.

"Quick, run!"

"Get away!"

Some pirates who were spectating turned pale and quickly retreated.

Even Crocodile, his face covered in blood, retreated with a look of shock.

But he didn't leave entirely, continuing to watch from a safe distance.

BOOM BOOM!!!

The entire area was bombarded, like a missile strike. Stones and dirt exploded and splashed. Red trees snapped, causing widespread smoke. Jax moved close to the ground amidst the chaos. Behind him, giant weapons were embedded in the ground, leaving behind craters over ten meters in diameter.

"Savage Dragon Charge!"

From the rolling dust, Jax once again launched himself up. This time, he aimed for the Goddess of the Heavens' delicate feet.

"Die!"

Infinite power gathered in his fist. Jax smashed it into the giant knee, and with a loud cracking sound, that section of her lower leg broke off and flew away.

"Run!"

Where the golden lower leg fell, a large group of pirates screamed in terror. The sunlight overhead was blocked.

As the golden lower leg hit the ground and rolled, an entire street of buildings was reduced to rubble. Among the debris, over ten people were found dead, their blood splattered.

"You're not real."

Jax's face was grim. If this woman were a Giant, her broken leg wouldn't have bled. Looking at the gap, it was clearly still gold.

So this fifty-meter-tall guy is just a puppet.

Someone is controlling it.

In response to Jax's question, the Goddess of the Heavens raised her right palm and slapped him.

Whoosh~

The speed was too fast, not even an afterimage could be seen.

Jax was like a volleyball being hit, blood seeping from the corner of his mouth, his face contorted in pain. As trees snapped and fell, Jax tumbled and smashed onto the ground, eventually creating a massive gully and lying in the ruins at the end, unable to stop spitting blood.

"Gold! It's all gold."

"This isn't flesh and blood."

"Could this be a puppet?"

"I'm taking this piece of lower leg."

"Nobody try to stop me."

At the golden lower leg, the pirates around were all red-eyed.

This single golden lower leg was worth at least five billion Belly.

Moreover, the golden material was clearly refined, without a single impurity, smooth and with a deep color. Five billion Belly was likely the minimum price.

But before the pirates could start fighting, the golden lower leg flew skyward and reconnected to the Goddess of the Heavens.

At this, almost all greedy eyes turned to the Goddess of the Heavens.

This was a mountain of gold!

Within reach.

Even the Marines stationed at levels 60 to 69 were attracted, led by a Vice Admiral.

Clang clang clang.

The eighteen weapons that had previously burrowed into the ground flew out, half forming several golden chains, while the other half remained as they were, shooting like arrows towards Jax.

Jax rapidly escaped the large pit. Aside from spitting blood and looking a bit disheveled, he wasn't seriously injured.

Neither his aura nor anything else had weakened.

Zoan, an Ancient Zoan, was now showing itself.

Compared to Lion King Gappa, Zebra Killer, and Camel Tepieru, who fought Chaos in Demon Valley Town, they were not on the same level at all.

The entire area exploded again and again. Jax could only dodge quickly or punch away the incoming weapons, doing his best to prevent the golden chains from binding him.

"Vice Admiral, that's the captain of the Flying Pirates' 20th Fleet, Dragon Horn Jax, with a bounty of 330 million."

The Marines arriving from a distance all looked at the fifty-meter-tall Goddess of the Heavens in the air with shock. They could see it from their base, but watching it from such close proximity now was a different, world-shattering experience.

Perfect, divine, untouchable!

"Flying Pirates? And a fleet captain!"

The Vice Admiral frowned subconsciously. The Flying Pirates were a colossal entity