"Damn it! Fight back! Don't let them get close!"
The official in charge barked orders in fury.
Yet as the Rocks Pirates drew closer, they still felt fear welling up from deep within.
There were simply too many ships in the Rocks Pirates' fleet.
Thousands of meters overhead, Shiki the Golden Lion floated in the sky, using his ability to control the white clouds and conceal everything below.
The observers on the Red Line could not see what was happening in God Valley.
But the sound of explosions alerted those atop the ten-thousand-meter-high Red Line, making them realize something had gone wrong in God Valley.
The Rocks Pirates had yet to show themselves, an unusual absence that had already raised suspicions.
It was easy to deduce their true target.
"Kill them all!"
"Take everything!"
Pirate battleships landed one after another. There was no exchange of threats before battle; the moment the two sides met, they fought like mortal enemies.
Pirates flooded onto God's Island under the leadership of their many officers.
An army of two hundred thousand pirates utterly overwhelmed the island's defensive forces.
But this was an island inhabited by the World Government.
The many guards, agents, and Celestial Dragons' bodyguards were all formidable fighters, and for a short time, they actually held back the Rocks Pirates' assault.
But only for a moment.
The hastily assembled defensive line was far too fragile.
Once the Rocks Pirates' core officers joined the fight, they tore that line full of holes.
The Rocks Pirates had arrived so suddenly that the World Government had no time to prepare a response.
God Valley's defenses were far from weak, but against the terrifying might of the Rocks Pirates, they could not hold out for long.
"Hurry up and bring those invaders to me in chains!"