Excitement, fear, tension...
That was how people across the seas reacted when they saw the latest news...
They had long known that Rainbow Country, founded by Ye Mu under the name Flame Emperor, was vigorous and exceptionally forceful.
Over the past twenty years, any overt or covert action the World Government took against Rainbow Country had been met with fierce retaliation. Therefore, Rainbow Country's silence in the face of the World Government's massive offensive over the past half month was clearly abnormal.
And now, Rainbow Country's retaliation had arrived, and its methods were as intense as ever.
If the World Government wanted to eradicate Rainbow Country's forces in the East Blue, West Blue, South Blue, and the first half of the Grand Line, then Rainbow Country would simply declare that it was taking the South Blue from the World Government.
This fierce response reminded everyone of twenty years ago.
Twenty years ago, Rainbow Country had taken the North Blue from the World Government. Was the South Blue about to be lost as well?!
In just one day, twenty-four warships departed from Rusukaina Island, Rainbow Country's military base in the center of the Calm Belt in the South Blue, beside Amazon Lily. They split into three groups and arrived before the Sorbet Kingdom, Bliss Kingdom, and Cindor Kingdom.
They encountered no resistance whatsoever. Instead, they were warmly welcomed. Faced with warships parked on their doorsteps, the nobles of those three kingdoms chose to surrender, withdraw from the World Government, and join Rainbow Country's Rainbow Alliance. The people offered no resistance either, instead lining the streets to welcome them.
This was undoubtedly a tremendous blow to the World Government's morale.
In the eight hundred years since the World Government's founding, nations had only ever fought desperately to join it. This was the