Ch. 441Admitting Defeat in Person

Jin An defeated Kaido and marked him with a power that let him cross any distance to reach Kaido. Back on the warship, Kaido admitted his defeat, and Jin An ordered Jinbe and Kuzan to return to headquarters.

  • Kaido secretly attacked Jin An with his poisoned tail, but Jin An caught it and stopped him.
  • Jin An marked Kaido and demonstrated that he could reach any distance to the mark, leaving Kaido unable to continue fighting.
  • Jinbe and Kuzan wondered why the clash had ended so quickly, while King and Queen worried about Kaido.
  • Jin An and Kaido emerged from the sea mist, and Kaido told his crew that Jin An had won.
  • Jin An returned to the warship and told Jinbe and Kuzan to head back to headquarters.

Ch. 442Kaido, Stripped of "Freedom"

Kaido accepted Jin An’s restrictions after losing their confrontation and headed to Wano Country with his crew. Aboard the warship, Jin An assured the Marines that Kaido was under control, earning their renewed trust and admiration.

  • Kaido told King, Queen, and the others that he had secretly joined Jin An and could not fight back because of the mark near his heart.
  • Kaido led his crew toward Wano Country, where they would develop and mine Sea-Prism Stone.
  • Kuzan and Jinbe questioned Jin An about letting Kaido go, and Jin An said he could restrain Kaido if necessary.
  • Jin An told the Marines that Kaido was under his control, prompting the crew to celebrate and praise their admiral.
  • Jin An told Jinbe that the Marines’ trust was their greatest responsibility, and Jinbe solemnly agreed.

Ch. 443The Greatest Asset

After returning from another encounter with Kaido, Jin An spoke with Sengoku about the Marines’ shortage of manpower and the burdens of leadership. Sengoku resolved to seek aid in Mary Geoise, while Jin An decided he preferred the freedom of being an Admiral to the responsibilities of Fleet Admiral.

  • Sengoku apologized to Jin An for the lack of scouts and manpower after Jin An’s encounter with Kaido.
  • Sengoku watched Jin An leave, then decided to travel to Mary Geoise to request more support from the World Government.
  • Jin An reflected on the pressure Sengoku faced as Fleet Admiral and reconsidered his own ambition to take the position.
  • Jin An concluded that being an Admiral suited him better and focused on using his power rather than pursuing authority.

Ch. 444The Failure of a Plan

Sengoku learned that the Five Elders had refused to fund the war and demanded the Marines cover its costs, leaving Headquarters short on resources. Jin An offered to go to the front lines, but Sengoku urged him to stay and revealed he had rejected a deal that would have confined Jin An in Mary Geoise; the war preparations continued under growing pressure.

  • Sengoku and Tsuru discussed the Five Elders' refusal to compensate the Marines for the war and the strain it placed on Headquarters.
  • Sengoku lamented that the Marines lacked the resources to minimize battlefield losses, while Tsuru urged him to keep going and protect the soldiers.
  • Jin An entered and asked whether Sengoku needed him to go to the front lines.
  • Sengoku explained that he had refused the World Government's offer to fund the war in exchange for keeping Jin An in Mary Geoise as a guardian of the Holy Land.
  • Jin An reassured Sengoku that he would not be trapped and left after Sengoku thanked him.

Ch. 445Sudden Mission

Jin An was redirected to Mary Geoise after Blackbeard attacked the Holy Land, while the Marines there fought without support from the Five Elders or God's Knights. The chapter left Steel Bone Kong and the exhausted Marines facing Blackbeard's devastating attack as Jin An's warship approached.

  • Sengoku told Jin An that Blackbeard had stormed the Holy Land and ordered him to provide support, so Jin An set course for Mary Geoise with his team.
  • Kuzan and Shanks discussed the danger of Blackbeard's attack as Mary Geoise came into view.
  • Blackbeard's forces ravaged Mary Geoise while Steel Bone Kong and the exhausted Marines received no reinforcements from the Five Elders or God's Knights.
  • Blackbeard taunted Steel Bone Kong and the Marines as they held their positions despite believing they had been abandoned.
  • Blackbeard launched a powerful punch at Steel Bone Kong, sending a massive shockwave toward him and the Marines.

Ch. 446Enemies Who Lay Down Their Weapons

Jin An arrived at Mary Geoise and turned the battle against Blackbeard’s forces, joining Steel Bone Kong while Shanks and Kuzan led the Marines. As the pirates began surrendering, Kuzan ordered the Marines to kill them, and they pressed on with the slaughter.

  • Blackbeard’s pirates overwhelmed the Marines until Jin An arrived and knocked out many attackers with his Conqueror’s Haki.
  • Jin An joined Steel Bone Kong in attacking Blackbeard, while Shanks and Kuzan led the Marines against the remaining pirates.
  • Jin An and Steel Bone Kong forced Blackbeard backward as the Marines gained the upper hand.
  • Several pirates surrendered, but Shanks warned that surrender would not erase their responsibility.
  • Kuzan ordered the Marines to kill the surrendering pirates, and they continued their advance.

Ch. 447Tearing Off the Mask

Jin An was about to kill Blackbeard when the Five Elders and God's Knights appeared, revealing that the World Government had been conspiring with him. Jin An rejected their attempt to protect Blackbeard and challenged the Five Elders, leaving the battlefield on the brink of a clash.

  • Jin An and Steel Bone Kong overwhelmed Blackbeard, but Blackbeard warned that his agreement with the Five Elders would be void if he died.
  • The Five Elders and God's Knights arrived, and Jin An accused Saint Shepherd Ju Peter of participating in the scheme.
  • Steel Bone Kong realized the Marines and the war had been used as pawns, but Saint Shepherd Ju Peter ordered him to stop attacking Blackbeard.
  • Jin An attacked Blackbeard with Haki, and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter intervened to block the assault as the Five Elders confronted Jin An.
  • Jin An declared that he cared only about killing Blackbeard and challenged the Five Elders to fight, while Jaygarcia Saturn Saint called him a threat to the world's balance.

Ch. 448High-Sounding Rhetoric

Jin An rejected the Five Elders’ demand that he preserve their order, and the battlefield erupted as they moved against him. When the Marines were ordered to execute him, Steel Bone Kong stood in his defense, but Jin An stepped forward alone and unleashed overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki against the Five Elders.

  • Jin An denounced the Celestial Dragons’ so-called balance and challenged the Five Elders to fight him.
  • Saint Saturn ordered the attack, and Jin An clashed with the Five Elders’ forces while Blackbeard mobilized his subordinates.
  • Saint Marcus Mars sentenced Jin An to death, and Steel Bone Kong refused to step aside when Saint Topman Warcury threatened him.
  • Jin An moved in front of Steel Bone Kong and said he would bear the conflict himself.
  • Jin An released powerful Conqueror’s Haki that drove back the guards, and the Five Elders resolved to attack.

Ch. 449Apprehension, the Horn

Jin An charged into the Holy Land and devastated its guards as the Five Elders ordered him killed. His strength inspired the Marines and Steel Bone Kong, and he pressed deeper into the battlefield with his resolve to fight for freedom unwavering.

  • The Five Elders agreed that Jin An threatened their authority and ordered an attack under Lord Imu's instructions.
  • Jin An charged through the Holy Land guards, overwhelming them with his attacks.
  • The Marines watched Jin An's advance in shock, and their admiration and confidence in him grew.
  • Steel Bone Kong witnessed Jin An's power and recognized how strongly it affected the Marines.
  • Jin An declared he would not stop and charged deeper into the Holy Land.

Ch. 450Fear Spreads

Jin An overwhelmed the Holy Land guards with his attacks and invisible Haki, leaving them terrified and unable to fight back. He said he wanted to intimidate them rather than kill them, while the guards broke down and sank to their knees beneath his pressure.

  • Jin An attacked the Holy Land guards, whose fear steadily eroded their resolve.
  • Jin An approached the guards with a smile and taunted them by saying death would be quick and painless.
  • One guard broke down in despair, and others panicked, fled, or screamed for Jin An to stay back.
  • Jin An revealed that he wanted to spread fear through intimidation rather than slaughter the guards.
  • Jin An’s invisible Haki forced the guards to their knees, leaving them sobbing and unable to escape.

Ch. 451Show Your Worth

The Five Elders watched Jin An overwhelm the guards and frighten Blackbeard, realizing their plan could not expose Jin An’s strength. Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro offered to intervene if Blackbeard proved his worth, and Blackbeard turned to face the coming battle despite his fear.

  • Jin An advanced while the guards fell, prompting the Five Elders to acknowledge that they could not withstand him.
  • Blackbeard panicked and retreated as Jin An approached, while the Five Elders watched without offering help.
  • Steel Bone Kong recognized that Blackbeard had lost control of his fate in the conflict between the Navy and the World Government.
  • Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro told Blackbeard to show his worth and suggested he might intervene.
  • Blackbeard promised to prove himself and turned to face the approaching fight, still unsure he could survive.

Ch. 452Break Through the Encirclement

Kuzan and Shanks reached Jin An’s battlefield and confronted the Five Elders over their indifference to Marine casualties. As the Elders continued targeting Jin An, Shanks and Kuzan joined him in cutting through the Holy Land guards.

  • Kuzan, Shanks, and their forces defeated Blackbeard’s followers on the outer battlefield.
  • Kuzan and Shanks saw the Five Elders standing aloof while Marines died and challenged their claim to justice and order.
  • Jin An stepped between Kuzan and the Five Elders as he attacked the guards, and Kuzan recognized that the Elders were openly targeting him.
  • Shanks charged into the Holy Land guards to support Jin An.
  • Kuzan froze the guards with waves of frost as Shanks and Jin An pressed their assault.

Ch. 453Two Killing Gods

Kuzan and Shanks arrived as the Five Elders used the guards as expendable pawns, while Jin An turned his attention to Blackbeard. Jin An overwhelmed Blackbeard with two powerful punches, leaving him battered and unable to respond.

  • The guards panicked at the sight of Jin An, Kuzan, and Shanks, and Kuzan killed them without pity as the Five Elders watched.
  • Nusjuro ordered Blackbeard to act, and Blackbeard confronted Jin An while fearfully trying to hide his terror.
  • Jin An struck Blackbeard with a punch that sent him through stone walls and left him struggling to stand.
  • The Five Elders watched without helping Blackbeard, and Nusjuro scorned his poor showing.
  • Blackbeard tried to threaten Jin An and secretly prepared his Devil Fruit power, but Jin An vanished and punched him in the abdomen, hurling him into a distant wall.

Ch. 454Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro

Jin An confronted the Five Elders after defeating Blackbeard, rejecting their claims of control and daring them to fight. Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro attacked him with a sudden sword strike aimed at his chest.

  • Jin An sent Blackbeard crashing to the ground, then turned to face the Five Elders.
  • Jaygarcia Saturn Saint and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter mocked Jin An as a disobedient dog, while Jin An challenged the Five Elders to fight.
  • Saint Topman Warcury declared that the Five Elders controlled the world’s order, and Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro warned Jin An that he would witness his end.
  • Jin An brushed dust from his clothes and told the Five Elders to stop wasting words and try to kill him.
  • Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro vanished, drew his longsword, and lunged at Jin An’s chest.

Ch. 455Reckless Audacity

Jin An overwhelmed Blackbeard and Saint Izanbaron V. Nusjuro while Kuzan and Shanks cleared the remaining enemies. Jin An beheaded Nusjuro, leaving the Marines stunned and the Holy Land guards shaken as the battle continued.

  • Jin An pressed Blackbeard and Saint Izanbaron V. Nusjuro with relentless attacks while Kuzan and Shanks fought the remaining Blackbeard Pirates and Holy Land guards.
  • Steel Bone Kong watched the remaining Five Elders and prepared for a possible attack.
  • Jin An spotted an opening and beheaded Saint Izanbaron V. Nusjuro with a swift strike.
  • Blackbeard collapsed in terror, and Marines stared in disbelief at Nusjuro's death.
  • Holy Land guards lost their composure, with many falling to their knees or backing away in panic.

Ch. 456The Five Elders' Immortal Bodies

Jin An watched Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro recover after being decapitated, revealing the Five Elders’ seemingly immortal bodies. Jin An rejected their claim to invincibility and advanced again as the Marines rallied behind him.

  • Jin An saw Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro’s severed head reattach itself, undoing his supposedly fatal strike.
  • The Marines and guards recoiled in terror at Nusjuro’s regeneration, while Kuzan and Shanks resolved to keep fighting.
  • Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro dismissed Jin An as a mortal, and Jaygarcia Saturn Saint claimed that challenging the World Government was futile.
  • Jin An mocked the Five Elders’ immortality and stepped forward with his aura surging.
  • The Marines regained their resolve and gathered behind Jin An.

Ch. 457Charge into the Formation

Jin An fought the Five Elders and their forces at Mary Geoise, where God's Knights joined the battle and surrounded him. He wounded several knights but remained outnumbered as the fight continued.

  • Jin An recognized that the Marines were struggling against the guards and Blackbeard's remaining forces, and that a prolonged battle would exhaust his troops.
  • God's Knights attacked Jin An, and he met their charge with his blade before they surrounded him.
  • Jin An parried the knights' coordinated attacks and wounded several of them despite their fearless assault.
  • Jin An mocked a knight and overpowered his swords, then pressed his attack as the other knights rushed to help.
  • Jin An moved through the surrounding knights and severely wounded several more, leaving the battle unresolved.

Ch. 458Five Elders? Not Worthy of a Blow

Jin An killed Blackbeard with a swift strike, shocking God's Knights and enraging the Five Elders. After the remaining four Elders surrounded and attacked him, Jin An evaded their blows and appeared beside Saint Shepherd Ju Peter with his blade aimed at his throat.

  • Jin An stabbed Blackbeard through the heart and split his body in two before he could recover.
  • God's Knights and the Five Elders reacted with shock, fear, and anger at Blackbeard's death.
  • The remaining four Five Elders surrounded Jin An and launched coordinated blade and hand attacks.
  • Jin An vanished from their attacks and reappeared beside Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, slashing toward his throat.

Ch. 459You All Come at Once

Jin An effortlessly held off the Five Elders, dodging and countering their coordinated attacks while taunting them. Unable to defeat him in a stalemate, the Five Elders transformed into colossal forms, with Saint Topman Warcury becoming Fengxi.

  • Jin An invited the Five Elders to attack him together and calmly evaded their opening assault.
  • Jin An mocked the Five Elders as he dodged Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro and countered Saint Topman Warcury's sword strike.
  • Saint Marcus Mars attacked with Haki, but Jin An retreated beyond its reach and continued to control the battle.
  • Saint Shepherd Ju Peter urged the others to stop wasting time, and the Five Elders intensified their attacks without breaking Jin An's defense.
  • The Five Elders transformed amid black smoke and Flame Clouds, and Saint Topman Warcury became Fengxi.

Ch. 460Black Flame Clouds

Jin An faced the Five Elders’ demon-god forms alone, inspiring the watching Marines and rekindling their fighting spirit. As the battle continued, Shanks, Kuzan, and Steel Bone Kong rushed in to join him.

  • Jin An advanced against the Five Elders and evaded their attacks while striking at the weak points in their black-flame bodies.
  • The Marines watched Jin An’s fearless stand and began to believe he could not be a traitor.
  • Shanks and Kuzan saw the situation shift and flew toward Jin An’s battlefield.
  • Steel Bone Kong leaped toward the Five Elders, saying he wanted to test their immortal bodies.
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