War-The Battle of Divine Descent! The Showdown Between the Dark Bird and the Celestial Dragon!

The air in the N-7 waters froze. The arrival of the Holy Knights plunged the once-clamorous battlefield into deathly silence. The pitch-black warship was like the abyss itself, swallowing the surrounding light and sound. Only the monotonous slap of waves against the ice underscored the suffocating silence.

Saint Figarland Shamrock stood at the bow, his gaze sweeping across the battlefield like an icy blade. The saber named Cerberus at his waist had yet to leave its sheath, but it already radiated a heart-pounding pressure. Behind him, four members of the Holy Knights stood as still as statues, their gazes piercing the shadows of their cloaks and fixing on Hua Country's generals.

"You Marines truly are utterly incompetent." Saint Shamrock's voice was flat, yet it reached everyone's ears clearly. "You cannot even deal with a mere small nation in the West Blue. You have utterly disgraced the World Government's dignity. We, the Holy Knights, will now uphold it ourselves."

Guan Yu opened his phoenix eyes a fraction, the Green Dragon Crescent Blade trailing along the ground behind him. "Lapdogs of the World Government dare speak of dignity?"

Almost simultaneously, terrifying Conqueror's Haki erupted from both men! Dark-red and green-gold lightning collided violently in the air. The sky split apart, and the dark clouds formed a massive vortex centered on the two men! Weaker Marines and Hua Country sailors collapsed in swathes, and even the ice began to crack!

"Insolent!" Saint Shamrock finally drew his sword-the saber named Cerberus had been imbued with the power of the Mythical Zoan Cerberus Fruit! Cerberus sliced through the air with a piercing shriek, like the roar of a three-headed hellhound! Saint Shamrock instantly summoned a three-headed dog named Cerberus. The dog was enormous and bore the dark flame clouds characteristic of an awakened Zoan Devil