But this was not enough to make either side stop.
The grudges between them ran too deep.
Since the prison break, Red-Haired Shanks had repeatedly declared that those relics of the old era should never show themselves again.
Now he was even blocking their route to the New World.
For an ambitious pirate crew, this was no less hateful than having their fathers murdered or their wives stolen.
There had therefore never been any room for reconciliation between the two sides. All that remained was a fight to the death.
By this point, the death toll on each side had nearly reached a hundred.
This also left the crewmates fighting desperately against the Red Hair Pirates utterly shocked.
"Impossible! They're just some criminals, pirates who haven't even entered the New World! How could they trade casualties with us one for one?!"
"I don't believe it! How could they take one of us down for every one of them?! We're pirates of the New World!"
But however hard they found it to believe, the pirates of the Surprise Force Pirates kept roaring and fighting, unafraid of death.
"Heh, are the Four Emperors Pirates really that amazing? Maybe you fought your way through countless pirates, but we fought our way out of one Marine encirclement after another. Who wins is still anyone's guess!"
Bang! Bang!
Another massive clash erupted, both sides fighting to their limits.
Perhaps the Four Emperors Pirates were indeed powerful, but how could the criminals who had escaped Impel Down be pushovers?
Every one of them had survived being hunted by Vice Admirals or even Admirals.
Now, even the forces of the Four Emperors could forget about taking them down quickly.
And that was not all.
The battles pitting Yasopp and Lucky Roux against Siro and Mel had also