Tengai Shinsei!

Roughly half an hour passed before the silhouette of a warship appeared on the distant sea.

Ye Yang gazed at the warship, a faint smile curling his lips. "Finally here?"

As he spoke, he glanced at Akainu and Kizaru, who still lay unconscious nearby.

Fortunately, both were still breathing.

Otherwise, handing Sengoku two corpses would probably drive him mad with rage.

Before long, the warship reached the harbor.

Sengoku and Garp stood on deck with solemn expressions, their eyes filled with coldness as they watched Ye Yang smiling a short distance away.

This time, only one warship had come.

For one thing, Sengoku wanted to demonstrate his "sincerity." For another, he knew that in an Admiral-level battle, however many warships and Marines he sent would only serve as cannon fodder.

With three Vice Admirals following behind them, Sengoku and Garp strode up to Ye Yang carrying a silver case and stopped before him.

"I brought the ransom. I hope you'll keep your word."

Sengoku tossed the silver case at Ye Yang's feet and asked coldly, "Where are Sakazuki and Borsalino?"

Ye Yang leisurely picked up the case and smiled faintly. "No hurry, no hurry. I have to be careful when doing business with you Marines. Once I confirm the ransom is correct, you'll see them right away."

Crack, crack, crack!

Sengoku's eyes blazed with fury. Seeing him in person was even more infuriating than speaking over the Den Den Mushi.

Ye Yang's constant pushing was nearly exhausting his patience.

As though he hadn't noticed Sengoku's dark expression, Ye Yang opened the case. Seeing six Devil Fruits and a bankbook card inside, he immediately closed it again, clapped his hands, and called out.

Clap, clap.

"Wu'er, return them to Fleet Admiral Sengoku and the others."

No sooner had he finished speaking than two figures suddenly flew out from behind him, crashing heavily at Sengoku's feet and sliding a short distance. They were the unconscious Akainu and Kizaru.

Sengoku lowered his gaze. Seeing their wretched condition, particularly Akainu's missing arm, his eyes filled with fury. Through gritted teeth, he said in a low voice, "Vice Admiral Weasel, Vice Admiral Yamakaji, take Sakazuki and Borsalino aboard the warship for treatment."

"Yes, Fleet Admiral." The two Vice Admirals behind him nodded and stepped forward, crouching down to lift one man each before turning and using Shave to rush toward the warship in the harbor.

Holding the case, Ye Yang smiled faintly. "Now that our transaction is complete, we'll be leaving... Goodbye, Fleet Admiral Sengoku."

With that, he turned to leave.

Seeing this, Sengoku could no longer contain the rage he had been holding back. His body suddenly expanded, radiating golden light, and in an instant, he transformed into a Golden Great Buddha. He raised his right palm, an invisible shock wave gathering within it.

"You think you can trample on the Marines' justice and simply leave? I'll subdue you and your accomplice myself and lock you both in Impel Down!"

"Shock wave!"

With a furious roar, he thrust his palm toward Ye Yang!

Whoosh!

Just then, a dark green ray suddenly shot out from behind Ye Yang, passing around him and streaking straight toward Sengoku.

Sengoku's pupils contracted. He swung his right palm away from Ye Yang and to the right, colliding with the dark green ray and triggering an explosion!

Boom!

Smoke and dust spread, and the blast left a moderately sized crater in the ground.

Sengoku stood in the center of the crater, completely unharmed, but his expression was ugly. "Damn it! Is your accomplice hiding in the shadows, launching sneak attacks?!"

Ye Yang stopped and turned to look at Sengoku with a faint smile. "You Marines really don't like keeping your word."

Sengoku's face turned livid as he said coldly, "That depends on who we're dealing with. Criminals like you don't deserve to talk about good faith with the Marines!"

"Is that so? Fine, then." Ye Yang shook his head and said calmly, "You just attacked me. Now let me give you something in return!"

With that, his black eyes spun, transforming into the blood-red Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. Looking at Sengoku and the others, he spoke coldly.

"Susanoo!"

Boom!

Visible blue Chakra spilled out, surging continuously around Ye Yang.

Then, beneath everyone's shocked gazes, a massive giant hundreds of meters tall, its surface blazing with blue flames, slowly rose to its feet like a demonic god!

The Vice Admiral who had remained stared at the blue giant towering into the clouds and couldn't help crying out, "What kind of monster is that?!"

"I've never seen this ability before..." Sengoku's gaze was grave. "A physical body with blue flames covering its surface... A Mythical Zoan?"

"Probably." Garp stood beside Sengoku, his gaze serious as he said in a low voice, "And judging by the pressure it's giving off, this is probably an awakened ability. Its power should be at the level of the Four Emperors, too. It's no wonder Sakazuki and the others were defeated."

"This is going to be troublesome..."

Sengoku's expression darkened. Against someone with the strength of the Four Emperors, there was probably no chance of stopping him with just the three of them.

Standing inside Susanoo, Ye Yang began forming hand seals, stopping again in an instant as he looked down at Sengoku and the other two with cold eyes.

"Marines, accept this generous gift I've prepared for you!"

"Tengai Shinsei!"

As his words fell, a sudden whistling came from the sky.

Then, beneath the shocked, disbelieving gazes of Sengoku and the other two.

A meteor hundreds of meters across broke through the clouds and came into everyone's view!

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