Golden Lion

Not only the pirates around them, but even the Marines were terrified by the scene before their eyes.

Sakazuki was only a colonel, yet he had instantly killed Dirty Beard Andre!

Dirty Beard Andre's bounty was as high as 300 million Berries!

"Strike while the iron is hot and take them all down!"

At that moment, Onigumo swung his twin swords, cutting down several people in succession before shouting loudly.

Dogman wore a ferocious grin.

Nearly a thousand Marines rapidly advanced.

Victor smoked a cigar on the deck. As he watched the rapidly advancing Marines, a cold glint flashed through his eyes.

Tonight was destined to be a bloody battle.

However, all of this was meaningful.

Light looked toward Victor. He had no idea what Victor was thinking.

But Senior Victor could never be wrong!

All he had to do was follow Senior Victor!

"Tonight's opportunity will vanish in the blink of an eye. Everyone must give it their all."

Victor knew the abilities of Golden Lion's Devil Fruit.

He should have made more comprehensive plans and deployed more troops.

However, if he made too much commotion, he might alarm the World Government.

The World Government had no interest in capturing Golden Lion for the time being.

It was just like how the World Government clearly had the ability to wipe out any force in the world, yet deliberately allowed them to operate.

"Yes." Light straightened his body.

The sounds of shouting and killing from the harbor reached the buildings on the island.

Golden Lion stood up impatiently. "What's going on?"

Dr. Indigo answered, "It seems the Marines have attacked."

"The Marines? Are they looking for death?" Golden Lion said disdainfully. Then he asked, "How many people came? Is Garp here?"

Soon, a man answered Golden Lion. "Boss, the Marines only brought ten warships this time."

"Ten warships?" Golden Lion could not help laughing when he heard this. "With so few people, I can deal with them all by myself."

"Boss, let me go. I'll show them who the master of the New World is!"

"Boss, I'll cut Sengoku's head off for you!"

"Boss, let me go instead."

Golden Lion's subordinates all wore savage expressions. One glance at their appearances was enough to tell that they were a ruthless bunch.

These were the elites under Golden Lion, powerful enough to confront the Roger Pirates head-on.

And all of them believed that the Marines' commander was Sengoku!

"Garp, Sengoku, this time I'll make sure you die here!"

Golden Lion clenched his fists and grinned. "Men, give these Marines a proper welcome."

"Oh!"

The pirates under Golden Lion shouted in unison.

In most cases, pirates would not choose to clash head-on with the Marines.

The main reason was that pirate ships' cannons were inferior to those of the Marines in number, caliber, and accuracy.

After all, pirates had never received professional training.

However, in the New World, most pirates dared to go head-to-head with the Marines.

This was something left behind from the era of Rocks.

At that moment.

Shells whistled down onto the island, blasting apart the island's buildings and sending soil and rubble several meters into the air.

The pirates' counterattack also began.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

From the fortress-like buildings on the island, shells flew toward the sea.

The shells struck the warships, hitting their decks. Splinters flew everywhere, and fires broke out as well.

At the same time.

Bullets whizzed past their scalps, making their teeth chatter.

If they were new recruits, they would most likely curl up in some shell crater, terrified enough to wet their pants!

"Keep charging! Don't be afraid of death!"

"Triple the death compensation!"

At that moment, the sergeants shouted loudly, continuing to charge forward.

Triple death compensation was the treatment offered to today's suicide squad.

Sakazuki, Onigumo, and Dogman heard this as well.

Triple death compensation? How had they not known about it?

"Quickly, move faster! Carry the wounded down!"

The medics shouted from the rear while applying pressure to stop the wounded Marines' bleeding.

Golden Lion had mobilized all his forces, intending to annihilate the Marines on the beach.

"Senior, the suicide squad's casualties have exceeded one-third."

At that moment, Light came behind Victor and reported to him.

Victor had drawn the Blue Sea Society's most elite troops.

As a result, in less than an hour of fighting, their casualties had already exceeded one-third.

Victor's expression remained calm. "Prepare the second assault echelon!"

"Yes!" Following Victor's orders, Light continued firing signal flares into the air.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The second round of signal flares exploded in the sky.

Eric, Kennard, and the others led nearly 3,000 Marines in a charge toward the beach.

"Drive them all into the sea!"

"Kill them!"

Although the Marines' suicide squad feared no death, as they watched more and more Marines die, the pirates grew even more excited and bloodthirsty.

However, this was exactly Victor's objective.

Use the suicide squad as bait!

Although it was cruel, it was highly effective. It could stir up the ferocity of both sides in the battle.

"Damn it!"

"Why are there more and more of them?!"

Onigumo's body was already wounded in several places.

Dogman's condition was just as bad.

The Flying Pirates' strength truly could not be underestimated.

At that moment, a man swung a Naginata and hacked down viciously.

Onigumo raised his sword to block.

After that strike, the web between Onigumo's thumb and index finger split open from gripping his sword.

Just as the man was about to hack at Onigumo again, Connor and the others swarmed over, sending dozens of blades slashing toward him.

The Naginata in the man's hands blocked dozens of swords.

"Ah hahahahaha~~~"

The man laughed loudly, his face twisted into a savage expression.

The man had a highly distinctive face. It was cone-shaped, like a bamboo shoot, and his hands and feet were extremely long.

He was a hybrid of the Longarm Tribe and the Longleg Tribe.

His name was Blake. He had a bounty of 440 million Berries and was the captain of Ship 11.

Before joining the Flying Pirates, he had already been a notorious pirate in his own right.

"Today, I can finally kill to my heart's content!"

Blake swung the Naginata in his hands. With a single slash, the attack sent nearly a hundred Marines flying.

"The third assault echelon will land on the island in ten minutes!" Victor continued issuing orders.

Light acknowledged him and waited ten minutes before firing the signal flares.

"All right, I'll leave this place to you." After Victor finished speaking, he stepped on the air with Geppo and arrived high above.

At that moment, pirates began returning one after another to report to Golden Lion.

One of them even had burn marks on his body.

"Boss, Ship 15 is finished. Everyone, including the captain, was killed by a Navy Colonel!"

Golden Lion frowned when he heard this. Who was it?

Someone had actually killed the captains of three ships in succession!

Just then, a short, stocky captain not far from Golden Lion suddenly raised a sniper rifle and aimed at the sky.

He was the captain of Ship 5, named Doron. He had possessed Observation Haki since birth.

As Doron pulled the trigger,

the bullet flew into the sky.

"Tempest Kick: Crescent Moon Sky Charge!"

In the air, Victor kicked downward, sending out a milky-white, crescent-shaped slash.

The slash struck the bullet, cutting it apart before continuing toward Doron.

At that moment, Golden Lion suddenly drew his sword.

"Wave Slash!"