The moment the four Five Elders descended.
Their gazes simultaneously fell upon Saint Saturn, who was kneeling in a pool of blood.
Saint Saturn was covered in blood; the knife wounds on his chest and back had almost sliced him in two.
Five spider legs lay scattered on the ice, the severed ends still twitching slightly.
The most shocking thing was the huge laceration on his abdomen.
That was the wound left by Roy when he ripped the spider's legs off by the roots; through the wound, you could see the internal organs in the abdomen still wriggling slightly.
" Saint Saturn!" Jupiter Saint Shepherd Ju Peter's pupils contracted sharply.
He was the first to rush out.
The shockwaves from his feet caused the ice to collapse, and he hurtled towards Roy like a golden cannonball.
"Get out of my way!" Saint Shepherd Ju Peter punched Roy.
Roy didn't try to catch it head-on.
His body vanished from its original spot and reappeared a dozen meters behind Saint Saturn.
It wasn't that he was afraid of Jupiter Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, but rather that he only had one thing to do now—to kill Saint Saturn.
The Black Turn has been cracked, and Saint Saturn is severely injured and on the ground. This opportunity is once in a lifetime and must not be missed.
Saint Shepherd Ju Peter missed his target, and quickly crouched down, placing his hand on Saint Saturn's chest.
He wanted the black mist to surge in his palm, hoping to seal the wound of Saint Saturn.
But the moment his hand touched the wound, his expression changed.
Roy's Conqueror's Haki lingered in Saint Saturn's wounds; the tiny, dark red arcs of electricity seemed to be alive, constantly eroding the wounds and hindering his healing.
"Help me—seal the wound!" roared the other three of the Five Elders of the Saint Shepherd Ju Peter.
Mercury Saint Warcury, Mars Saint Mars, Venus Saint Nusjuro rushed over at the same time.
But before they could get close to Saint Saturn, two figures blocked their way.
Bullet single-handedly left the entire Holy Knights behind.
At this moment, he was covered in other people's blood, and the white tiger's fur was mottled from being burned by flames and poisonous fog.
But his eyes burned with a fighting spirit more intense than ever before.
"Want to go back?"
Bullet grinned, revealing a mouthful of sharp fangs.
"You have to ask Lao Tzu first."
Hawk Eyes remained silent.
He simply held the Black Blade Yoru horizontally in front of him, his golden eyes calmly looking at the two Five Elders before him.
The sword intent was concentrated to its extreme around him, so much so that even the moisture in the air was forced to stay away.
Meanwhile, Roy had reappeared directly above Saint Saturn.
Saint Saturn knelt in a pool of blood, his hands bracing against the ice, gasping for breath.
Blood was still flowing from his chest, his internal organs were exposed to the air, and each breath was accompanied by a painful groan.
He heard Saint Shepherd Ju Peter calling him, and saw Bullet and Hawk Eyes blocking the way for Warcury and Mars, but he couldn't care less about that now.
He just wanted to live.
Live through today.
As long as you're alive today, with the resources of the Five Elders, any injury can be slowly healed.
Spider legs can regenerate, and the Black Turn mark can be re-engraved, as long as they can survive and return.
Then he saw Roy.
Roy reappeared before him, the Black Blade Shusui held in his right hand.
With a single horizontal slash, Jupiter Saint Shepherd Ju Peter was instantly blasted away.
" Saint Saturn."
Roy's voice was calm, without sarcasm or smugness, only the composure of someone who had completed an experiment and reached a conclusion.
" The Black Turn has been cracked."
The four Five Elders were stopped by Mihawk and Bullet. "No one can save you."
Saint Saturn's lips trembled violently.
He wanted to say something--
Threats, pleas for mercy, even curses—it doesn't matter.
But his throat seemed to be blocked, and he couldn't utter a single word.
"As one of the Five Elders, you are a worthy opponent."
Roy slowly raised the Shusui Blade, its tip aimed at Saint Saturn's heart.
"But that's where it ends."
On Shusui's blade, black and red Inazuma Conqueror's Haki, condensed once more.
This time, Saint Saturn had no defenses.
His cane lay to the side, his Haki exhausted, his spider legs severed, and his Black Turn vanished. Three fatal wounds on his body had rendered him completely incapable of movement.
He could only watch helplessly as Roy's blade came down.
A knife pierced his heart.
The blade pierced through Saint Saturn's chest, through his heart, and exited from his back.
Saint Saturn's body trembled violently, his mouth opened, and a large mouthful of black blood gushed out, splashing onto Shusui's blade, onto Roy's clothes, and onto the ice beneath his feet.
Roy did not immediately draw his sword. His Conqueror's Haki surged into Saint Saturn's body along the blade.
The tissues surrounding the heart were completely destroyed to ensure that no accidents would occur.
Roy then drew his Shusui, Qiu Shui, and with a flick of his wrist, the blood droplets on the blade traced a long arc on the ice.
Saint Saturn's consciousness was beginning to fade, his pupils were gradually dilating, but he was not dead yet.
The regenerative power of the Awakening Mythical Zoan allowed the pierced heart to still beat weakly, like a machine that had lost its signal but was still running on inertia.
Roy didn't give him time to slowly die.
Shusui's blade slashed out horizontally.
One stroke and he was beheaded.
Saint Saturn's head flew up.
That wrinkled face finally froze on one expression—
Fear, resentment, disbelief.
His two withered lips were slightly parted, as if he still wanted to say something, but he would never be able to say it.
The head somersaulted twice in the air before landing at Saint Shepherd Ju Peter's feet, rolling once before coming to a stop.
Saint Saturn's headless body swayed twice before collapsing to the ground with a thud.
Black blood gushed from the severed neck, forming a huge dark fan-shaped pattern on the ice.
The body twitched twice and then remained still.
The entire battlefield fell silent for a moment.
Not only the Navy and the Five Elders, but even the members of Hachinosu who were fighting stopped what they were doing and looked at the fallen corpse.
One of the Five Elders, Lucy Saint Saturn, Celestial Dragons has lived for over eight hundred years.
One of the World Government's highest power holders, an old monster with the dual trump cards of the Gyuki Form and the Black Turn Domination —is dead.
Roy stabbed him through the heart with one blow, then beheaded him with another.
Clean and efficient, without any unnecessary delays.
Saint Shepherd Ju Peter looked down at Saint Saturn's head, which had rolled to his feet.
His outstretched hand froze in mid-air—the hand that was meant to seal Saint Saturn's wound was now covered in black blood gushing from Saint Saturn's severed neck.
His face was expressionless, revealing only a complex emotion that even he himself could not describe.
" Saint Saturn..."
Roy straightened up and shook off the remaining black blood on Shusui Dao's body.
He glanced down at Saint Saturn's headless corpse, then at the still-dripping head in Saint Shepherd Ju Peter.
Then he hoisted Shusui onto his shoulder, raised his head, and looked at the remaining four Five Elders.
He can no longer hear.
Roy's voice wasn't loud, but in the suddenly quiet battlefield, everyone could hear it clearly.
Who's next?