A gentle breeze drifted through the sky above Bagran Island.
Sunlight streamed down, illuminating the devastated ground below. Viewed from above, the island was riddled with cracks and deep craters, already torn apart.
Dust drifted through the air, revealing the scene below.
His robes in tatters, River stood there quietly, his powerful, streamlined physique exposed. The formidable aura around him had long since faded.
Along the coast, waves lapped against the beach, washing over the bodies of two powerful fighters whose features were no longer recognizable, then swiftly receded into the sea with their crimson blood.
Silence. At that moment, Bagran Island lay utterly still, without a sound.
"Hah, hah, hah, hah!"
Occasionally, tense, guarded breaths broke the silence-the only sounds made by the surviving pirates hiding nearby.
Fear, awe, confusion, and worry filled their hearts. Their eyes trembled as they stared at the figure in the center of the battlefield.
Suddenly, that figure turned around. His smiling face came into view, making them all shudder.
"He... he's looking this way!"
At that moment, River was the most terrifying demon imaginable in the eyes of both the Kaido Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates.
He had single-handedly defeated their two captains, Kaido and Big Mom, fighting together. Such strength placed him at the pinnacle of the world, with no one left capable of opposing him.
Such a feat was unprecedented!
"He defeated Dark King Rayleigh, then Whitebeard, and now he's defeated Captain Kaido and Captain Big Mom!"
"With that record, River is the most terrifying man in the world!"
"Damn, who in this world can still stand against him?"
"Even our captains have fallen. What's going to happen to us now?"
The pirates' eyes flickered, their hearts sinking.
Their captains' defeat would inevitably mean the collapse of their crews. When