As desperate and agonizing screams echoed around, Nusjuro, under everyone's watchful eyes, was reduced to shorter pieces and thinner rings within the tornado, before being rapidly obliterated!
His figure disappeared into the tornado in less than a breath after entering it, which was even more terrifying than entering a meat grinder!
When a person enters a meat grinder, at least some bits of meat and bones will remain. However, after Nusjuro entered the tornado created by Dragon, he disappeared in the blink of an eye. Only a few barely perceptible particles of powder drifted out of the tornado and flew around with the wind!
In that instant, you could hear a pin drop!
"Stop!!!"
Just as the battlefield remained silent, a roar filled with anger and resentment rang out, drawing everyone's attention!
Dragon was also drawn to the shout, which was clearly directed at him. As the person directly involved, he definitely had to see what was going on!
Then he saw dozens of vines and tree roots stabbing towards him. Dragon's eyes narrowed, knowing that they were coming to kill him. He could definitely hear the anger in that shout, and the two sides were definitely not on the same side!
The one who shouted and made the move was Ryokugyu. Just now, when Dragon was reminded by Vic and immediately attacked Nusjuro, the advance force of the Navy, realizing something was wrong, had already broken away from the main force and rushed to the edge of the battlefield!
They were stunned for a moment when they saw the disheveled state of the Five Elders, and by the time they tried to intervene, it was too late; Nusjuro had already been sucked into the tornado!
Then they were stunned again. They never thought that the Five Elders would die in the tornado. Of course, even if they had thought of it, it would have been useless. Even if they had tried, they couldn't have saved Nusjuro. The tornado mixed with Conqueror's Haki, with its abnormal rotation speed and the support of Conqueror's Haki, could deflect any kind of attack!
In fact, Dragon's method of injecting Conqueror's Haki into the tornado is similar to that of a meat grinder. However, a meat grinder usually only has a few blades, but in Dragon's tornado, there are more blades than the teeth in the mouth of the Death Worm!
Moreover, these blades are formed from Conqueror's Haki, making them virtually indestructible. Combined with the spinning speed inside the tornado, they are far beyond what an ordinary meat grinder can achieve!
Therefore, Nusjuro's body didn't even last a single breath. Moreover, because he was cut into dust by the blade formed from Conqueror's Haki, Nusjuro died instantly. Even his immortality was useless, and there was no need for Vic to take action again!
Immortality is inherently countered by high-level Conqueror's Haki, which suppresses their rebirth and resurrection. When Nusjuro was reduced to dust, his immortality was infinitely fragmented!
If it's suppressed by Conqueror's Haki, it can directly extinguish that extremely weak resurrection ability, and Nusjuro will naturally be dead beyond any doubt!
Of course, immortality doesn't necessarily require this method to completely eliminate them; it's just a relatively safe and clumsy approach. As long as your Conqueror's Haki is strong enough, you can kill the Five Elders by cutting them in half with a single stroke!
When Ryokugyu saw the Five Elders, whom he regarded as his master and longed for, being killed, he instinctively took action. The vines and roots were all grown by him using his powers!
Moreover, the place where it grows is very close to Dragon, and the vines and roots that rush out from the side shoot at Dragon's body like sharp arrows. This move is a direct attack to the face!
However, as mentioned before, as long as your attack causes air movement, then Dragon will passively enter a state of Future Sight!
So even if Ryokugyu didn't shout, his sneak attack was ineffective. The dense vines and roots were sliced through as if they were passing through a high-speed slicing machine when they came within half a meter of Dragon!
The vines and roots all turned into thin flakes and flew around until they stopped growing. The ground was already piled high with these flakes. Ryokugyu's sneak attack had been foiled!
Ryokugyu wanted to make another move, but was interrupted by the words of the Five Elders. Dragon and Sabo naturally stopped as well. With so many powerful Marines present, it was not advisable to act rashly. Even the Seraphim was eager to try, was stopped by Koala!
" Sakazuki! Why are you only arriving now? Do you know how much trouble you've caused?!"
With one of the Five Elders gone, the remaining three old men looked so pale they could drip water!
If they thought Kuma needed time to gather his strength to take down one of them, then Dragon's attack wouldn't have taken so long. What does that mean? It means all three of them are in danger!
Two of the Five Elders died today. Their immortality is no longer invincible. Naturally, fear will rise in their hearts. The longer they live, the more afraid they are of dying!
When fear arises, one inevitably wants to vent, but venting to the enemy is completely useless; no one will pay attention to him, and he might even be ridiculed.
Just then, the World Government's henchmen, the Marines, arrived. With such a perfect target for their anger, when else would they wait? Moreover, they could shift the blame for Saturn and Nusjuro's deaths onto the Marines' lateness. Mars the old scoundrel naturally didn't hesitate to do it, so Akainu was harassed as soon as he arrived at the battlefield!
" Saint Mars! This is not what we wanted to see either. After receiving the order, we rushed here as fast as we could, and they can all testify to that!"
If I were truly suspected of deliberately stalling for time, you may immediately remove me from my post as Fleet Admiral and imprison me in Impel Down!
Akainu's mindset has long since changed. Now that he has witnessed one of the Five Elders being killed, he has even more ulterior motives in mind!
There's also Saturn who hasn't shown up yet. Akainu guessed they were already taken care of before they arrived, otherwise the remaining three Five Elders wouldn't look so grim!
He had already seen the World Government's decline, so he spoke with neither servility nor arrogance, and he didn't care even if he was dismissed!
Besides, he really didn't deliberately delay; everything was executed at top speed, so even if there were people in the Navy who disagreed with him, they couldn't say anything!
" Aramaki! Is that so? Think carefully before you answer!"
Seeing Akainu's unwavering stance, Mars already knew the answer, but he was even angrier. Akainu was Celestial Dragons and one of the Five Elders, a man of extraordinary and noble status—how could he be wrong?
So what if I take my anger out on you, a Fleet Admiral? So what if I pin the blame on you? Just accept it obediently. How dare you defy your master? Don't you want to work anymore? Have you had enough of life? You think you can hold me back with just a few words? Give me a break!
Knowing that other Marines would most likely testify for Akainu, and that he needed the Marines as henchmen, they couldn't force the blame onto the Marines. The current situation was unfavorable to them; they needed the Marines' strength to deal with the Revolutionary Army!
But to expect the Celestial Dragons are high and mighty, to bow down? They have neither the habit nor the awareness to do so; after all, it has always been others who submit to them!
So Mars asked Ryokugyu, a loyal follower of the Celestial Dragons, and emphasized his point, hoping Ryokugyu would understand his meaning. He didn't care whether the Navy was truly without any negligence; he just had to find fault with the Navy!