The world trembled

In addition, a number of Marine Vice Admirals, including Yamakaji, had been present at the time.

Bullet, Roy, and Red unleashed powerful Conqueror's Haki, knocking nine thousand Marines unconscious.

Another thousand Marines were killed in the interception battle.

With that, seven criminals, including Roy, Bullet, and Red, officially escaped Impel Down and entered the first half of the Grand Line.

Compared with the newspapers' lavish coverage of the heroic performances of Roy and the other criminals, the Marines were not entirely without achievements.

Marine Admiral candidate Chaton fought two great pirates, Crescent Moon Hunter and Big Barrel, and won.

Fighting two great pirates alone, he lived up to his title as an Admiral candidate.

Next came Sengoku's achievements.

After Roy instantly killed two Giant Vice Admirals, Sengoku launched a shock wave from a distance.

Roy was forced to take it head-on and ultimately escaped with a severed hand.

After Roy fled, Sengoku's eyes turned bloodshot, and he easily killed the two great pirates Corrupt King and World in an instant to vent his anger.

But anyone could see that this was merely the Marines desperately trying to save face, another self-deceiving joke.

Yet before everyone could finish digesting this shocking news, two more battle reports arrived.

The first concerned the Revolutionary Army's overthrow of the Kingdom of Phil.

The Phil Royal Family had been overthrown, and the Kingdom of Phil had been completely liberated.

Sabo, the Revolutionary Army commander who took part in the battle, was immensely powerful and could be called an unparalleled genius.

However, Marine Admiral Kizaru and Admiral Momousagi arrived afterward, and a fierce battle erupted between the two sides.

The battle report showed that Marine Admiral Kizaru had won an overwhelming victory.

Revolutionary Army commanders Sabo, Karasu, and the giant Morley were defeated.

The three Revolutionary Army commanders joined forces against Kizaru, but as one of the three top Marine fighters, Kizaru easily defeated all three single-handedly.

However, Kuma of the Shichibukai appeared and used his Devil Fruit ability to send four people flying.

By then, the fate of two Revolutionary Army commanders and two Military District Commanders remained unknown.

Nearly fifty of their Revolutionary Army subordinates were captured by Marine Admiral Kizaru.

The final battle report concerned Revolutionary Army leader Dragon's battle in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise.

The Revolutionary Army leader lived up to his reputation as the world's most heinous criminal, single-handedly unleashing a major battle in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise.

He fought Marine Admiral Sakazuki and three other members of the Holy Knights alone.

In the end, Dragon proved no match for Sakazuki and fled wounded.

When all three major battle reports spread, the various powers across the Four Seas and the New World could not help drawing sharp breaths, as though even the carbon dioxide in the air had grown a layer thicker.

Everyone's first reaction was disbelief, even incredulity.

"Hey, hey, hey, that can't be possible, right? Impel Down fell, and all the criminals escaped? Even Fleet Admiral Sengoku personally leading the force couldn't stop them? What kind of joke is this? This has to be fake news, right?"

"Impossible! How could the Revolutionary Army dare overthrow an Affiliated Nation? How could they dare go to war with Marine Admirals and the World Government? These battle reports are definitely fake. I don't believe them!"

After all, every single one of these incidents would have been enough to shock the world in the past, yet three had erupted all at once this year.

Were they really going to tear a hole in the sky?

In fact, many people had long anticipated that the Revolutionary Army would attack Affiliated Nations and go to war with the Marines and the World Government.

After all, this was a force that had only been organized in recent years, flying the banner of revolution and attempting to overthrow the World Government, which had existed for eight hundred years.

It was bound to challenge the World Government.

Although the two sides had only had minor clashes in the past, everyone had expected an inevitable battle.

But no one had expected two major battles to erupt within just a few years.

And both involved Marine Admirals, Revolutionary Army commanders, and even its leader.

Although the Revolutionary Army lost both battles, the fighting strength it displayed had become known to all sides.

No one had expected Dragon to possess the strength to fight two Admiral-level opponents at once.

Such fighting strength was enough to confront any Emperor-level pirate crew head-on.

But what shocked all sides most was still the fall of Impel Down, the Chief Warden's death in battle, and the unknown fates of Marine Admiral Kuzan and Navy Hero Garp.

After all, Kuzan and Garp were both among Marine Headquarters' strongest fighters, keeping the seas in check and striking fear into countless pirates.

Yet now, the fates of two of their strongest fighters were unknown at the same time.

What kind of joke was this?

Especially Garp. This Navy Hero had actually been captured. It was simply brutal and humiliating.

Countless people began examining the newspapers in their hands, their gazes falling on the three most prominent figures on the page: Roy, Douglas Bullet, and Patrick Redfield.

Roy occupied the center, his hair slicked back and his expression indifferent and arrogant.

People had never imagined that such a young man would possess the strength to bring down Impel Down and defeat Garp.

Why had they never heard of such a figure before?

Bullet and Red being powerful was still understandable.

Although their reputations had gradually faded, pirates of the older generation still shuddered at the mention of them.

They were truly great pirates who rivaled the Four Emperors, so such fighting strength was nothing strange.

But what about Roy?

He looked barely over twenty.

How could someone so young possess the strength to defeat Garp?

Even with the battle reports before their eyes, people still found it hard to believe.

But they had to believe it, whether they wanted to or not.

This news came from News King Big News Morgans and carried immense authority.

More importantly, if the battle reports were false, why had Marine Headquarters and the World Government both remained silent?

That was tantamount to tacit acknowledgment.

Beyond their shock, this also left many people faintly expectant.

"How high do you think someone like this will be worth? Could his bounty rival the Four Emperors'?"

"This man defeated Garp as soon as he appeared. Is he a pirate, or does he belong to some other faction?"

If he was a pirate, wouldn't he charge into the New World and become a new member of the Five Emperors?

Or might he join the Shichibukai?

Of course, these were all merely guesses, with no solid evidence yet.

But these speculations had already reached the ears of the Four Emperors in the New World.

As they read the battle reports in their hands, they were equally shocked and solemn.

Defeating Garp and Zephyr in succession alone was enough to shake the world.

In the end, the Whitebeard Pirates were the first to issue an arrogant declaration.

"Gurarara! Anyone who wants to challenge the Whitebeard Pirates, come on! I'll show you who really calls the shots in the New World!"

Even the Beasts Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates, whose relationship was delicate, issued wild boasts one after another.

Their gist was: a bunch of old men and a brat had just come out of Impel Down, and they thought beating Garp meant they could cause trouble in the New World?

If they had the guts, they could come. They would be waiting.

The last of the Four Emperors, Shanks, looked grim and likewise sent out a message.

"You relics of the old era, don't come making trouble in the New World. Couldn't you just stay in Impel Down? Do you have to come disrupt the New World's order?"

After the news spread, rumors emerged that the Red Hair Pirates had already gathered their forces and headed for the entrance to the New World.

They seemed to be preparing to intercept Roy, Red, Bullet, and the other fugitives as they entered the New World.

With three of the Four Emperors making their positions clear, coupled with Shanks's obvious displeasure, the various powers in the New World were both shocked and expectant.

"Hahaha, I knew it. The Four Emperors of the New World would never accept criminals like Roy.

"After all, those in the same trade are rivals. Once they arrive, the balance of the New World really will be broken!"

Everyone understood that powerful fighters like Roy, Bullet, and Red would enter the New World sooner or later.

And their arrival would inevitably shatter the current order dominated by the Four Emperors, sparking fierce conflicts over territory and supremacy.

But no one had expected this conflict to arrive ahead of time.

This left all sides even more shocked at the situation that would unfold after Roy and the others entered the New World.

In addition, this news also prompted the Shichibukai to take action.

Rumor had it that Knight of the Sea Jinbe of Fish-Man Island had already led a Fish-Man army toward Whitebeard's territory.