The Coming Battle

"The World Government has really made a move? Although it was somewhat expected, I still feel a little restless."

It's excitement.

This is what many people think.

The World Government is like a mountain weighing down on everyone's heads, and this mountain is now teetering on the brink of collapse.

The negative impact of this event was foreseeable, but the World Government still did it.

They are confident they can minimize the impact.

Even now, they remain arrogant and unaware of who their true enemy is.

Is it just pirates and a few rebels? No, it's the whole world.

Because of this, the operation was exposed prematurely, resulting not only in less than expected gains but also in significant losses.

Operations targeting certain objectives have failed, and the World Government must spend considerable effort eliminating these individuals and forces.

The so-called influence, driven by many forces, has been known to countless people, exceeding their expectations. They are also powerless to control all of this; many things have already gone beyond their control.

The World Government represents the superstructure, in which the support of Affiliated Nation and the vast majority of nobles is crucial.

And now, we are gradually losing these.

The chaotic situation also prevented the World Government from having complete control over everything as it used to, and its main focus was on the Golden Sea Battle.

Even the Red Line, controlled by the World Government, is in some chaos, with severe losses to the army and the World Government's actions.

The World Government is the center of the world's wealth. Many nobles and those associated with the World Government have moved to the Red Line to enjoy a life of luxury and rule over one-tenth of the world's population on the Red Line together with the Celestial Dragons.

Many of them were targeted by the World Government and harvested like weeds, causing huge unrest, and very few escaped.

Some people who received advance warning simply paid to save their lives, but after that, they didn't dare stay in the World Government long and planned to leave and go to the sea.

They took a large amount of wealth with them when they left.

If the Red Line was once a legendary paradise, it is now a dangerous place.

The Revolutionary Army is also secretly pushing things to plunge the Red Line into chaos. The Red Line is a huge kingdom, the largest kingdom in the world, and also the region that has suffered the most severe and direct persecution from the Celestial Dragons.

Most of them were not ordinary civilians, but slaves of the Celestial Dragons. After all, they were descendants of slaves and had been oppressed by the Celestial Dragons for generations.

Not to mention how good or wealthy their lives were, just being able to barely survive was considered good enough.

Celestial Dragons would occasionally come to parade and select slaves, but these were mostly ordinary people.

The high-quality slaves that the Celestial Dragons desire can only be found on the sea—powerful, strong, and of various races. This is why the slave trade is so prosperous, because the Celestial Dragons occupy the pinnacle of power in this world.

Under the oppression of the World Government, it was difficult for any strong individuals to emerge to resist. They were constantly oppressed for eight hundred years, and their resentment deepened until now.

This place provided fertile ground for the development of the Revolutionary Army.

The Revolutionary Army was not established overnight. It took more than ten years of secret development from nothing to being noticed by the World Government. It has only grown rapidly and become stronger in recent years.

The Revolutionary Army had already laid out plans on the Red Line, hoping to cause trouble for the World Government in secret. Naturally, they wouldn't let this opportunity pass them by.

It's worth mentioning that the World Government has already reached its limit in sending out so many CP0 agents, which has drawn opposition from the Celestial Dragons. This is because the primary mission of CP0 is to protect the Celestial Dragons, and many CP0 agents are dedicated to protecting Celestial Dragons.

It's important to know that CP0 is known as "the Celestial Dragons' strongest shield."

CP0 is also divided into two factions: the Celestial Dragons and the Gorosei. Although they are all Celestial Dragons, there are differences between Celestial Dragons.

Teach was pleased to receive this news, as it meant that CP0 wouldn't be able to deploy all its forces, and a large portion of their strength would have to remain in the Holy Land to protect the Celestial Dragons.

The combined power of CP0 at full strength is truly terrifying and unimaginable.

In the stalemate of the war, the allied forces held the upper hand, continuously pushing the battle lines and the battlefield toward Gaya Island, utilizing Kuzan's ability to freeze the sea.

However, due to the pirates' tenacious resistance, this speed was extremely slow.

In particular, the ice of Kuzan was constantly being destroyed. No matter how fierce the firepower or how powerful the artillery was, in just one round, it not only caused huge casualties to the coalition forces, but also shattered the ice surface into pieces.

Having witnessed the powerful role that artillery played on the battlefield, the number of artillery pieces on Gaya Island was increased from several hundred to two thousand.

This terrifying quantity was provided by various forces in the rear, along with a constant supply of artillery shells. The value of these cannons alone exceeded two billion Beli, not to mention the shells.

The unimaginable numbers inflicted terrible damage on the coalition forces. Smoke filled the air, artillery fire raged, and thousands of sparks flashed by, falling like meteors.

Each round brings a terrifying record of over a thousand deaths, and the number of injured is even greater.

"Fire!" Baccarat had appeared, sitting in the center of the cannons as the commander. With her long, slightly wavy, wine-red hair and slender arm, she waved her hand, a cigarette dangling from her mouth.

She appeared dashing and elegant, and instantly became a goddess to many pirates, and even viewers of the videos.

The terror of artillery was fully demonstrated in this war, but it required "money power."

With its immense power and long range, it was exactly what those kingdoms and certain powers coveted.

These are not ordinary cannons. While a typical cannon is worth 500,000 Beli, these cannons are made with even more advanced technology, each worth one million Beli.

Prices on the black market are soaring.

These are cannons produced in the West Blue. Due to the war, the demand for cannons increased greatly, and the cannon trade in the West Blue greatly improved, with orders coming from all over the world.

The thorns of death stretch endlessly, coiling around you with deadly energy and poison, hunting down your opponents like venomous snakes.

Loya was dressed like a cute young girl, sitting on a crooked thorn, swinging her legs, and holding a small umbrella.

But her power is terrifying; she is a butcher on the battlefield, especially in the Thorn Domain, where resilient thorns are hidden beneath the ice, ready to strike at any moment.

On the other side, Anne was hidden inside a bubble, floating in the air through it. This bubble possessed powerful defenses and was difficult to destroy.

Each seemingly harmless bubble contains a terrifying power within: thermal bubbles, electrical bubbles, and simple exploding bubbles.

There are also some bubbles that, once you come into contact with them, will make your entire body incredibly slippery, so slippery that you can't even stand up, let alone fight.

Anne released all sorts of bubbles and, taking advantage of her air superiority, suppressed her opponent.

Pito was still protecting Baccarat, unleashing an invisible Observation Haki that instilled fear in people. Without a certain level of strength and willpower, one could easily be scared to death and lose confidence in the fight.

Even if it manages to withstand the attack, its combat power will be weakened. Locking onto the charging enemies, the ghostly figure relentlessly reaps them with its Cat Claws.

The fog is spreading, turning the battlefield into a hunting ground. Lubite, working with others, unleashes greater power to eliminate his enemies.

A dazzling array of abilities are on display on the battlefield.

The coalition forces maintained their advantage, but at the cost of enormous casualties. The terror of artillery inflicted casualties on them, reaching as high as 30,000 a day.

This only includes casualties caused by artillery fire.

If it weren't for the deployment of a suicide squad, along with the efforts of some powerful individuals who risked injury to sabotage the pirates' cannons, the casualties would likely have been enormous.

In a protracted war, it is unimaginable for casualties to exceed 30,000 per day.

This put Kuzan in a difficult position, as he had to constantly expend energy to stabilize the battlefield while fighting, which made him lose his advantage in the battle against Gari.

In terms of destructive power, he is no stronger Gari, especially since Gari's ability can weaken his attacks. Furthermore, Gar's resistance to the Chill-Chill Fruit renders his elemental transformation ineffective.

The war became increasingly intense and turbulent, arousing anticipation. The massive scale of the war, the battles between the strong, and the immense destructive power revealed the cruelty of war without a doubt.

In the blink of an eye, the battle had lasted for more than two months. The allied forces were slowly advancing and were getting very close to Gaya Island.

Throughout the war, the army alone has already committed 800,000 troops. The Red Line has a million-strong army, actually 1.5 million, and now more than half of them have been deployed.

In addition, the navy has also suffered enormous losses, with nearly 100,000 troops deployed and very few remaining after the battle.

The allied forces now have a total strength of 200,000 men left, meaning that a full 700,000 have died in this protracted and crucial Golden Sea Battle.

The number of deaths and injuries in these few months is several times that of the previous two years.

But the Golden Sea Battle was not over.

The pirates also suffered heavy losses, far fewer than the allied forces. The total number of pirates deployed was as high as 100,000, an astonishing number, and now only 30,000 remain.

Most of the Allied casualties were killed by the barrage of artillery fire, instantly swallowed up, with a continuous stream of shells providing support.

The so-called advantage relies more on the massive army of cannon fodder. Anyway, there are plenty of such cannon fodder on the Red Line. Being an army officer is a lucrative job on the Red Line, much better than being an ordinary civilian.

The World Government doesn't care about their lives at all.

In the past two months, both sides have suffered considerable losses in their high-end combat capabilities. After a long battle, Lieutenant Vice Admiral Juan was finally caught off guard by Shiryu and killed with a single blow.

It inflicted heavy losses on the army.

This enraged the two Army Admiral, Violent Bear and Vulture, who charged directly at Shiryu. Even Katakuri and King couldn't stop them, leading to a two-on-three battle.

Because a certain balance was maintained, the losses of high-end combat power were not significant on either side; the biggest loss was the sacrifice of Vice Admiral Juan.

The losses among the core fighting force were relatively large. They did not have the strength or survival skills of the strong, so even if they were defeated and their physical strength was severely depleted, they could still withdraw from the battlefield.

After all, the strong possess powerful vitality and have already reached a superhuman level, so they are not so easy to die.

Especially now that a certain balance has been maintained, with both sides facing opponents of roughly equal strength.

Therefore, mid-level combatants suffered greater casualties.

The terrifying war, the aura of the powerful—even with blood staining the sea, the sea Sea King were too terrified to emerge, trembling in fear.

Here, there is nothing but fighting. Once your stamina is restored, you fight again, which puts immense pressure on you. But this immense pressure also drives your growth.

Everyone is the same, especially those who are still growing, who unleash tremendous potential and have been tempered by the brutality of war.

Both Clemons and Enel have shown remarkable growth and are fully capable of standing on their own.

The great battle between Rediat and the White Ghost lasted for several months, with the black spheres in the sky and the Shadow Domain often lasting for several days at a time.

Explosions continued inside, and ghosts occasionally appeared and scattered outside.

Rediat was improving, constantly improving in battle, and White Ghost could clearly feel it. It was precisely because of this that he felt terrified.

The pressure from Rediat was gradually increasing, and he was improving his strength through fighting him.

This made him both amazed by Rediat's potential and somewhat humiliated, as he had actually become Rediat's tool for training.

However, their abilities are all very troublesome. For the opponent, although Rediat is afraid of the White Ghost's ghost, as long as he transforms into a shadow and hides in the Shadow Space, his abilities become ineffective against Rediat.

Moreover, his speed in moving as a shadow was sufficient to evade his ghost.

Extremely fast speed, powerful assassination techniques.

Ultimately, it became a clash between different domains.

Having gotten used to the White Ghost's fighting style, Rediat completely overwhelmed White Ghost with his abilities, which was his advantage.

White Ghost survives time and time again by using his Decoy Ghost to fight Rediat by trading his life for injury.

Over such a long period of time, Rediat has killed White Ghost countless times, and White Ghost's Stand, Ghost, is visibly decreasing in number.

The White Ghost's power was terrifying, and he also had some hidden methods, which severely injured Rediat several times, making his journey far from smooth.

Conversely, the pressure on the White Ghost is constantly increasing because the number of Decoy Ghost is limited and there aren't many left.

The repeated substitutions were starting to annoy Rediat, but the number of Decoy Ghost had dwindled to just over thirty.

For the Decoy Ghost to work, it must be placed outside, which is why Rediat can see it, and because of this, Rediat becomes more and more confident.

Although he was not going to live much longer to begin with, the White Ghost's fragile body was losing vitality rapidly after a long battle, and his lifespan was already limited.

Once he ran out of Decoy Ghost, Rediat was perfectly capable of killing him.

However, the war needs his strength, and if he dies before the war ends, it will definitely be a serious blow to the outcome of the war.