The pirates rampaged through the wide streets, storming into palace after palace.
Whenever they found Celestial Dragons in hiding, they dragged them out and executed them in public.
A Celestial Dragon knelt on the ground and begged, "Don't kill me... I can give you money... lots of money..."
His answer was a cold blade.
"Money? Once you're dead, all your wealth is mine."
His head rolled away. The pirate grabbed the heavy gold chain around his neck and stuffed it into his pocket.
Scenes like this played out in every corner of Mary Geoise.
In Central Plaza in front of Pangea Castle, pirates poured out of the Space Gate like a tide. In the blink of an eye, more than a thousand had gathered.
"Kill—!!"
"Charge in—!!"
They roared and brandished all kinds of weapons, charging madly toward Pangea Castle.
Just then, a figure shot out of Pangea Castle—Mercury Warcury!
Mercury Warcury's Saint stared coldly at the charging pirates, his face expressionless.
The next moment—
Crackle! Crackle! Crackle!
Dark red lightning burst from his body, coiling around him and leaping as it crackled.
The pirates at the very front struggled to breathe. A terror born of animal instinct shot up their spines and into their minds.
But something even more terrifying was yet to come.
Mercury Warcury's body began to swell at an astonishing rate.
In the blink of an eye, he transformed into a gigantic boar dozens of meters tall.
Zoan—Mythical Zoan: Fengxi form!
Full beast transformation!
"W-what is that?!"
The pirates at the front stopped in horror.
"A boar?! How can it be that big?!"
The next moment, the boar Fengxi slowly lowered its head, its scarlet eyes sweeping over the thousand-plus pirates before it.
Then it opened its enormous maw.
"ROAR—!!!"
Conqueror's Roar!
The sound waves