Isolation

At this moment, the Neo Marines' fleet had successfully surrounded and completely annihilated most of the pirates' remaining ships.

The smoke of battle had already dispersed. Wreckage from sunken pirate ships floated across the sea while Neo Marine soldiers busily cleared the battlefield.

The air was thick with the smell of rust, and the seawater had been tinged a faint red, like a silent warning proclaiming the brutality and victory of this battle.

At the same time, however, a drastic change had taken place in another, more distant stretch of sea where the Marines were fighting.

"Crack, crack, crack!"

The deck beneath Sakazuki's feet suddenly trembled. Following a thunderous roar, the lightning-like stream of red magma in the sky struck a pirate ship attempting to break through the Marine blockade, instantly swallowing it in scorching magma.

A violent explosion rang out. The pirate ship turned to ash, and the flames above the sea bloomed like a fiery flower.

On the other side, Borsalino was also displaying speed no less than that of a god.

"Whoosh!"

A streak of golden light flashed across the sky and shot toward a pirate flagship attempting to counterattack.

The ship had not even reacted before it was struck dead-on by the golden beam, instantly blasted into pieces and reduced to ruins.

"Ha ha ha!"

Borsalino laughed from the side as he watched the pirate fleet gradually sink, his tone as casual as ever.

"They react as slowly as snails. It almost makes me feel bad for hitting them."

He stepped back from the golden radiance and leisurely wiped his glasses, clearly not the least bit surprised by the battle's outcome.

Unlike the powerful Pirate Coalition faced by the Neo Marines, the Marines' enemies seemed far more fragile.

Sakazuki's magma heat waves and Borsalino's light-speed reactions