Ten seconds flashed by.
Across the vast battlefield, the oppressive dead silence was like an invisible giant hand slapping the Five Elders squarely across the face.
Whether among Marine Headquarters or the pirates, everyone wore indifferent expressions, as if they were watching a joke.
No matter how thick-skinned Hoya and the others were, their faces still twitched.
"Good, very good! You dare look down on us Five Elders? Then keep savoring what true despair is!" Hoya was the first to lose his patience and roar. "Sengoku, the reason our World Government intends to discard your Marine Headquarters is because we have already found a replacement."
"We possess endless Devil Fruits, as well as powerful means of modifying humans."
"Let you natives witness the supreme modified human legion Lord Imu has brought forth!"
Modified humans?
Hearing this, Kaido, who had remained perched in the air without making a move, immediately darkened to the extreme.
As one of the Four Emperors, a being hailed as the strongest creature across land, sea, and air—
Kaido had considered that one day, he might truly be slain.
But he had never imagined that after being killed, he would be resurrected and turned into a puppet.
To him, this was an utter humiliation, no different from desecrating a corpse.
Especially when he sensed the gazes, intentional or otherwise, falling upon him from all around.
Even Kaido, a scheming villain with such thick skin, felt unable to save face, and his expression could not help but twitch.
"God Tree, bring out our strongest modified human legion. Let them see what real despair is." Elam stepped forward first, slamming the cane in his hand heavily against the ground.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In an instant, the earth erupted with thunderous rumbles.
As the rock layers churned, enormous roots and