"Who would be next?"
"This era really is hell for pirates!"
The trembling voice cast a shadow over the pirates' hearts, making them shudder.
Kaido's departure meant the course of the war was already becoming somewhat clear.
"Are the Marines going to win?"
Someone murmured, his face filled with terror.
They could not imagine what fate awaited them if the Marines won in the end.
Suddenly.
"BOOM!!"
A deafening explosion rang out from the ice where Onigashima had fallen. Ripples spread outward, and fierce winds whipped everyone's clothes.
"It's not over yet!"
"The battle is still going!!"
A pirate shouted excitedly.
The war was indeed not over, but its outcome would soon be decided.
Surrounded by four opponents, Xia Le dodged repeatedly, turning both his hands and feet into his sharpest weapons as he clashed with them again and again.
Saturn, Garling, Shanks, and Mihawk.
These were the four men he now faced head-on. The fighting had resumed the instant the massive explosion ended.
The enormous explosion caused by the four shells had brought Onigashima down, but it had not injured Saturn or Garling.
Saturn appeared to have used a technique resembling a Teleportation Array to evade the explosion, though its aftermath had still wounded him.
His once immaculate, distinguished robes, which had exuded wealth, were now in tatters.
Garling was in an even sorrier state, with blast wounds all over his body. He was only still fighting through sheer determination.
"This is the final act of the war!"
Xia Le grinned.
He threw a punch into Saturn's nose, sending blood streaming from it as Saturn grunted and flew backward.
Immediately afterward, he kicked Garling in the abdomen, sending him flying as well.
"Pampered nobles don't seem very comfortable with this kind of brutal, intense fighting!"
Xia Le taunted them.