From Mary Geoise, the figure wreathed in white flames seemed to teleport into the sky, overlapping with the sun.
Then came...
Thump-!
Thump-!!
Thump-!!!!!
A rhythmic heartbeat rang out like the beat of a drum.
The drums of liberation resounded across heaven and earth!!!!
Below, the Revolutionary Army soldiers and Mary Geoise's defenders locked in chaotic combat went blank, inexplicably wanting to drop their weapons and celebrate.
Weapons clattered to the ground, one after another...
The sight left the Five Elders seething, their eyes fixed on the figure in the sky. There was no mistake! No mistake! It was him!!!
Those burning white flames, that drumbeat that bewitched the heart-it was the enemy of the "Gods," the warrior of liberation, Nika!!!!!
A savage aura erupted from the sword-wielding Elder, and the burly Elder beside him was no different.
"Kill him!!!!"
A furious blast of air swept outward. With a slight bend of their knees, they shot into the sky, brimming with boundless killing intent, moving even faster than the Holy Knights who had already launched themselves upward.
The Five Elders' sudden eruption stunned Kong, Garp, and the others for an instant.
But Garp did not hesitate. He stepped forward and roared:
"Sengoku!!!"
Boom-
The ground for nearly a hundred meters around his feet fractured like a spiderweb as he instantly appeared in the sky. Sengoku charged after him, while Dragon turned into a gale and rushed toward Luffy.
As one of the world's strongest hand-to-hand fighters, Garp was the first to reach the space beneath Luffy, despite starting a beat late.
Facing the dazzling slash hurtling toward him, he coated his entire body in Armament Haki and charged straight into it. He took the furious, full-strength slash head-on, blood spraying from his chest, then swung his right arm in a