The Dark King drew his sword to block the golden light, his Conqueror's Haki splitting the sky and shaking the battlefield!

On the coast of 1st GR, the Straw Hat Pirates had been driven into a corner.

Three PX Series Pacifistas surrounded them like three steel behemoths. Lasers fired constantly from their mouths, each blasting a crater several meters deep into the ground. Even with Gear Second activated, Luffy's repeated Jet Pistols left only shallow dents in their steel bodies, unable to break through their defenses at all.

Zoro was covered in wounds. The injuries he had taken on for Luffy at Thriller Bark had yet to heal, and now even his sword hand was trembling. Yet he still gritted his teeth and stood at the front, all three swords drawn, staring fixedly at the Pacifista before him. Even giving everything he had, he could barely evade the lasers, let alone inflict any substantial damage on this steel monster.

Sanji's Diable Jambe struck the Pacifista's steel body again and again, the deafening clang of collisions ringing out without pause. Yet he still could not break its defenses. Instead, a laser grazed his shoulder, and blood instantly stained his shirt red.

"Damn it! What the hell are these tin monsters?!" Luffy panted, steam rising constantly from his skin in Gear Second, his eyes filled with anxiety. He could feel an utterly terrifying presence approaching at incredible speed. It was more than ten times stronger than Lucci's, making every hair on his body stand on end.

Just then, a beam of golden light descended from the sky and landed steadily behind the Pacifistas. Kizaru slowly straightened up, a lazy smile curling his lips as he looked at the battered Straw Hat Pirates.

"Oh my, oh my, I finally found you, Straw Hat captain. You sent a Celestial Dragon flying and still hoped to leave the Sabaody Archipelago in peace? Things don't work out