The smoke of battle had yet to clear completely from Whole Cake Island when the alarms suddenly sounded in Dressrosa. Taking advantage of Chen Yu personally leading the campaign against Totto Land with the Empire's main forces, Blackbeard, Marshall D. Teach, had brought out every elite of the Blackbeard Pirates to launch a surprise attack on Dressrosa. His targets were the three Pluton Battleships docked in the harbor. He believed that as long as he seized Pluton, he could turn the situation around and stand against the Hua Empire as an equal.
But he had never imagined that Zhang Liao, an admiral of the Empire, had remained behind to guard Dressrosa.
Flames soared into the sky over Dressrosa's harbor.
Dozens of Blackbeard Pirates warships surrounded the harbor, their cannonballs raining down on the imperial defenders' positions. Wielding First Generation Kitetsu, Shiryu of the Rain led the elite pirates onto the docks, leaving corpses strewn everywhere he passed.
"Zehahaha!" Blackbeard stood at the bow of his flagship, laughing wildly. "That brat Chen Yu took his main forces off to fight Big Mom! Dressrosa's an empty city now! Charge! Seize the Pluton Battleships, and the entire sea will be ours!"
"In your dreams!"
A cold shout suddenly rang out from deep within the harbor.
A silver figure raced toward them like lightning, the Zacian Sacred Sword in his hand gleaming coldly. Clad in silver-gray armor, Zhang Liao unleashed the mountainlike pressure of a peak admiral. Wherever he passed, the invisible pressure sent every pirate flying.
"Zhang Liao?!" Blackbeard's smile froze instantly, a flicker of terror crossing his eyes. "What are you doing here?!"
"His Majesty anticipated that you would lash out in desperation, so he specifically left me here. I've been waiting for you." Zhang Liao spoke coldly and lightly swung the