When "Diamond" Jozu and his men emerged, they found the town engulfed in flames. Chaos reigned. Residents fled screaming and crying, while those too slow to escape were slashed across the back by the invading pirates and fell to the ground, their fates unknown.
Some residents bravely took up weapons to defend themselves, but with no fighting experience, they were easily cut down.
The ones fighting the invaders were the Ice Witch, Xuebai Zhipei, and her crew, who had come to help.
Their arrival had kept the pirates from taking the town, but even a crew under Whitebeard could hardly withstand more than a dozen pirate crews at once. Every one of them had suffered injuries. They were locked in a desperate fight, retreating as they fought.
At the sight, rage swelled in Jozu's chest like a mine whose fuse had just been pulled. He had never imagined these two-bit pirates would attack this place too, killing and destroying everything in sight!
Jozu roared, his fury erupting like a volcano. He clenched his left hand and charged the nearest invaders with his massive fist.
The pirates felt a fierce blast of air. Before they could even make out his figure, they were sent flying dozens of meters. They spat blood, slammed into the ground, and passed out with their eyes rolled back.
"Who's there?" Their companions had no idea what had happened. They watched warily as a figure emerged from the heart of the flames.
A huge, dark-skinned figure clad in armor came into view, his muscles bulging. Terror spread across the invaders' faces as they stared at him. "It's 'Diamond' Jozu, third division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates!"
The pirates who had been surrounding the Ice Witch and her crew stared in disbelief and fear. They had come to