Because Lind had given instructions beforehand, Zhang Liang and the others aboard the ship did not disembark to fight the Marines.
The Marines' primary task was also to defend the base against the "illustrious" officers under Lind's command.
As long as the other side did not attack first, the Marines would not go looking for trouble.
And so, the subordinates on both sides quietly watched their two leaders fight in the middle, waiting for further orders.
Although Lind and Zephyr fought fiercely and gave it their all,
they both knew this was an act, albeit a very convincing one.
The strength they had displayed so far, and the intensity of their battle, were more than enough to satisfy Rocks and the World Government.
And so, the two fought from the ground into the sky, then from the sky back to the ground.
The shock waves from their attacks blasted out crater after crater.
Their strongest clash even produced a "sky-splitting" effect without any Conqueror's Haki involved.
The clouds above G-1 Base had been completely shattered by the shock waves of their battle.
Elsewhere, after Kong received news of Rocks's movements and informed the World Government,
the World Government took no drastic action.
With the Rocks Pirates as they were now, the World Government could not fully suppress them unless the Celestial Dragons personally intervened.
Its habitual willingness to compromise led the World Government to tacitly accept Rocks's rule over the New World.
It merely notified the royal families of several Affiliated Nations that Rocks was about to eliminate, telling them to evacuate in time.
In the royal palace of the Eirland Kingdom, in the middle reaches of the New World,
several members of its royal house, the Pande Family, were at a loss after receiving the World Government's message.
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