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Chapter 624: Turning Sky Islanders into the Angel Race!
The battle between 'Nine-Tailed White Fox' Hong Lian and 'Admiral Akainu' Sakazuki could certainly be called an epic war.
Not only was it the former's most exhilarating battle since fighting the Supreme Imperial Arm controlled by the First Emperor a thousand years ago, but it was also the latter's first full-power engagement since the World Government opened the Star Gate.
The two sides fought from afternoon until night, and then from night until day.
Then the Sunset once again watched this 'Divine Battle' that had collapsed Snow Mountain, cracked Frozen Earth, turned Magma into River, and made Wind and Snow rage like tigers. It seemed as though it would overturn the entire Heaven and Earth before disappearing into the violently shaking Horizon, taking all the Radiance with it.
Night and Starlight descended once more.
However, the Battlefield was not lacking in Radiance because of this.
The large amounts of Magma that had been continuously erupting from the Snow Mountain, which had turned into Volcanoes at some point, formed Magma Lake flowing freely across the Earth, while also causing Hikari to surge into the Sky throughout the entire Zone around Sakazuki.
In the northern Zone.
From the tips of Hong Lian's wildly rampaging Fox Eyes and Fox Tails, streaks of brilliant Blue Light shot out, dyeing the night sky and Starlight above its head with a touch of enchanting deep blue.
At the same time, the Frost and Wind and Snow it spat out also carried this strange blue Flowing Light.
However, it would quickly dissipate within a few minutes after landing, turning into extremely ordinary Ice and Snow.
Sakazuki had long since noticed the strangeness of these peculiar Blue Light.
When Hong Lian's Fox Tails, carrying this Blue Light, first struck his Magma Body after Element Transformation, he discovered that they produced an effect similar to Armament Haki, touching a Physical Entity.
This caused him to suffer a slight disadvantage not long after they first engaged in Combat.
It was only when Sakazuki began to prioritize using Observation Haki's Future Sight Ability to preemptively split the attacked Position and avoid damage, or occasionally using Armament Haki Emission to block the Fox Tail's impact from a distance, that he was able to noticeably suppress this Great Fox, which claimed to be a Deity and was extremely ferocious, as he was doing now.
However, this also made Sakazuki realize a very important Matter.
That is, within the Myriad Worlds, there also exists Special Energy that, like Haki, can counter Element Transformation and strike the Main Body of a Logia User.
He kept this discovery deep in his Heart, thinking that after dealing with this Great Fox, he would Report it to the Commander so that the Whole Army would take it seriously. This was especially true for the Logia Ability User and the Mid-to-High Ranking Officers who possessed Haki Strength.
Meanwhile, Sakazuki's Combat, which had already raged for nearly three days and whose duration was still unknown, also received a high degree of attention from the Higher-ups of various Department on the Sea Star Mainland.
This was because it was the first time they had encountered such a powerful Otherworldly Being.
Within the Room of Authority in Holy Land Marie Geoise.
Saint Topman Warcury asked Saint Jaygarcia Saturn, who was sitting beside him, in a deep voice, "Does this Great Fox have Admiral Level Combat Power?"
"Yes."
Saint Jaygarcia Saturn glanced at the three Gaze directed at him and nodded with an Expressionless face.
As for Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, being one of the only two people present with Combat Power, he didn't need to ask Saint Jaygarcia Saturn anything. Then he heard the latter explain in a deep voice.
"Sakazuki's Strength as an Army General is well-deserved. This Great Fox being able to fight him to this extent also has Admiral Level Combat Power. However, exactly how Strong it is will depend on the Result of their Combat."
Saint Topman Warcury and the other three nodded thoughtfully.
A moment later.
Saint Marcus Mars, with his two exaggeratedly long legs, put his hands in his Pocket. He looked at the Nine-Tailed White Fox and the 'Three-Headed Hellhound' still fiercely fighting on the Virtual Screen with a face full of emotion.
"This should be the Super Dangerous Beast that Lord Imu mentioned in his Intelligence."
"Since this Great Fox has Admiral Level Combat Power, it's likely that other Super Dangerous Beast also have Admiral Level Combat Power. Looking at it this way, the Imperial Arms World is unexpectedly Strong!"
Saint Jaygarcia Saturn nodded in agreement.
"The 'Divine Dragon' of Shenhe Island Nation, the 'Water Dragon' whose location in the Great Sea is unknown, and 'Flying Dragon' Bulat, who can adapt to any Environment and evolve its Body functions."
"There's also 'Tyrant Dragon' Destarugul, who may already be Deceased and is controlled by the Imperial Arms 'Corpse Army'. Besides these, there is also a Supreme Imperial Arm of the Imperial Royal Family."
"So, the Imperial Arms World might have at least five existences comparable to our side's Admiral Level Combat Power!"
However, just as he finished speaking, Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, who had been silent, seemed to disagree and shook his head, saying, "The Precognitive Intelligence granted by Lord Imu clearly stated that the Strength of these Super Dangerous Beast also has obvious differences in Strength."
"For example, that 'Destarugul', if it was easily killed by the people of The Empire and turned into a so-called Corpse Puppet, it indicates that its own Strength wasn't very Strong."
Saint Jaygarcia Saturn wasn't angered by being contradicted, merely nodding calmly.
"Regardless, we need to take this Imperial Arms World seriously."
Saint Jaygarcia Saturn then said with a serious Expression, "This Old Man will have the Command Department send Garp and Kizaru, who are still on the Homeland, over later. Adding Aokiji, who is staying in the Titan World..."
"This way, including Kaido, who will recover soon, and Bullet, who has initially reached Admiral Level Combat Power, we will have six Admiral Level Combat Power in the Imperial Arms World."
At this point, Saint Topman Warcury looked at him and asked, "What about Crocodile and Aramaki?"
"Crocodile is currently stationed on the Canberra Continent in the Titan World, responsible for managing the various Military Affairs there. He seems to have a lot of Talent in this area and enjoys doing this kind of Matter."
Saint Jaygarcia Saturn recalled the various Report previously submitted by the Command Department.
"Aramaki has been staying at the Army Headquarters on the Homeland cultivating Martial Arts and Haki ever since he was defeated by Kaido in the Summit War. It's said that he has also become friends with the Marines' new Admiral Candidate, 'Fujitora'."
"I see."
Saint Topman Warcury nodded, then asked again.
"What about the Lunarian Clansmen Kaido brought to the Air Force Headquarters? His Strength seems pretty good too. Didn't you say before that he also has the potential to become an Admiral?"
But the person who answered him was Saint Marcus Mars.
"King, he was previously invited by Dr. Fritz to the Biochemical Research Institute in Impel Down."
"What?"
Saint Topman Warcury looked at the other person in surprise. "He agreed? Shouldn't he be very averse to places that conduct Experiment?"
"Dr. Fritz reached a Promise with him, offering the Condition of Manufacturing a female Lunarian so King could gradually restore the Lunarian Population through normal Reproduction, in exchange for being able to regularly extract Cells for Experiment."
Saint Marcus Mars said with a Smile.
"Oh—"
The other four suddenly understood.
They were going to give King a wife of his own race. This wasn't strange, after all, even King must hope to revive the Lunarian race, right?
Saint Jaygarcia Saturn asked curiously, "So what does the Biochemical Research Institute plan to do with his Cells?"
"Hmm..."
Saint Marcus Mars pondered for a moment with a strange Expression.
"Director Fritz's Report to me said that they want to develop something that can make people grow a pair of wings that can truly fly, for example, turning Sky Islanders into true Angel..."
Saint Jaygarcia Saturn asked, "Why not just Clone Lunarian Warrior directly?"
"They said they could, but they hope even more to see Angel with Pure White Wings appear in the Sky of the World. It's said that they even received strong Support from Vegapunk."
Saint Marcus Mars spread his palms helplessly.
"These guys..."
Saint Jaygarcia Saturn immediately pulled a long face. "Spending so much of our Funding and Resources on such reckless nonsense?"
"But Lord Imu contacted me the day before yesterday and said he also wanted to see the sight of Sky Islanders turning into the Angel Race..."
"Uh—"
Saint Jaygarcia Saturn's Expression froze, then he switched Expressions at the Speed of Light, nodding repeatedly and showing a happy Smile.
"White-winged Angel, that's indeed quite good. Do you still need Funding over there? This Old Man can provide some Military Budget Support!"
(End of Chapter)
The battle between 'Nine-Tailed White Fox' Hong Lian and 'Admiral Akainu' Sakazuki could certainly be called an epic war.
Not only was it the former's most exhilarating battle since fighting the Supreme Imperial Arm controlled by the First Emperor a thousand years ago, but it was also the latter's first full-power engagement since the World Government opened the Star Gate.
The two sides fought from afternoon until night, and then from night until day.
Then the Sunset once again watched this 'Divine Battle' that had collapsed Snow Mountain, cracked Frozen Earth, turned Magma into River, and made Wind and Snow rage like tigers. It seemed as though it would overturn the entire Heaven and Earth before disappearing into the violently shaking Horizon, taking all the Radiance with it.
Night and Starlight descended once more.
However, the Battlefield was not lacking in Radiance because of this.
The large amounts of Magma that had been continuously erupting from the Snow Mountain, which had turned into Volcanoes at some point, formed Magma Lake flowing freely across the Earth, while also causing Hikari to surge into the Sky throughout the entire Zone around Sakazuki.
In the northern Zone.
From the tips of Hong Lian's wildly rampaging Fox Eyes and Fox Tails, streaks of brilliant Blue Light shot out, dyeing the night sky and Starlight above its head with a touch of enchanting deep blue.
At the same time, the Frost and Wind and Snow it spat out also carried this strange blue Flowing Light.
However, it would quickly dissipate within a few minutes after landing, turning into extremely ordinary Ice and Snow.
Sakazuki had long since noticed the strangeness of these peculiar Blue Light.
When Hong Lian's Fox Tails, carrying this Blue Light, first struck his Magma Body after Element Transformation, he discovered that they produced an effect similar to Armament Haki, touching a Physical Entity.
This caused him to suffer a slight disadvantage not long after they first engaged in Combat.
It was only when Sakazuki began to prioritize using Observation Haki's Future Sight Ability to preemptively split the attacked Position and avoid damage, or occasionally using Armament Haki Emission to block the Fox Tail's impact from a distance, that he was able to noticeably suppress this Great Fox, which claimed to be a Deity and was extremely ferocious, as he was doing now.
However, this also made Sakazuki realize a very important Matter.
That is, within the Myriad Worlds, there also exists Special Energy that, like Haki, can counter Element Transformation and strike the Main Body of a Logia User.
He kept this discovery deep in his Heart, thinking that after dealing with this Great Fox, he would Report it to the Commander so that the Whole Army would take it seriously. This was especially true for the Logia Ability User and the Mid-to-High Ranking Officers who possessed Haki Strength.
Meanwhile, Sakazuki's Combat, which had already raged for nearly three days and whose duration was still unknown, also received a high degree of attention from the Higher-ups of various Department on the Sea Star Mainland.
This was because it was the first time they had encountered such a powerful Otherworldly Being.
Within the Room of Authority in Holy Land Marie Geoise.
Saint Topman Warcury asked Saint Jaygarcia Saturn, who was sitting beside him, in a deep voice, "Does this Great Fox have Admiral Level Combat Power?"
"Yes."
Saint Jaygarcia Saturn glanced at the three Gaze directed at him and nodded with an Expressionless face.
As for Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, being one of the only two people present with Combat Power, he didn't need to ask Saint Jaygarcia Saturn anything. Then he heard the latter explain in a deep voice.
"Sakazuki's Strength as an Army General is well-deserved. This Great Fox being able to fight him to this extent also has Admiral Level Combat Power. However, exactly how Strong it is will depend on the Result of their Combat."
Saint Topman Warcury and the other three nodded thoughtfully.
A moment later.
Saint Marcus Mars, with his two exaggeratedly long legs, put his hands in his Pocket. He looked at the Nine-Tailed White Fox and the 'Three-Headed Hellhound' still fiercely fighting on the Virtual Screen with a face full of emotion.
"This should be the Super Dangerous Beast that Lord Imu mentioned in his Intelligence."
"Since this Great Fox has Admiral Level Combat Power, it's likely that other Super Dangerous Beast also have Admiral Level Combat Power. Looking at it this way, the Imperial Arms World is unexpectedly Strong!"
Saint Jaygarcia Saturn nodded in agreement.
"The 'Divine Dragon' of Shenhe Island Nation, the 'Water Dragon' whose location in the Great Sea is unknown, and 'Flying Dragon' Bulat, who can adapt to any Environment and evolve its Body functions."
"There's also 'Tyrant Dragon' Destarugul, who may already be Deceased and is controlled by the Imperial Arms 'Corpse Army'. Besides these, there is also a Supreme Imperial Arm of the Imperial Royal Family."
"So, the Imperial Arms World might have at least five existences comparable to our side's Admiral Level Combat Power!"
However, just as he finished speaking, Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, who had been silent, seemed to disagree and shook his head, saying, "The Precognitive Intelligence granted by Lord Imu clearly stated that the Strength of these Super Dangerous Beast also has obvious differences in Strength."
"For example, that 'Destarugul', if it was easily killed by the people of The Empire and turned into a so-called Corpse Puppet, it indicates that its own Strength wasn't very Strong."
Saint Jaygarcia Saturn wasn't angered by being contradicted, merely nodding calmly.
"Regardless, we need to take this Imperial Arms World seriously."
Saint Jaygarcia Saturn then said with a serious Expression, "This Old Man will have the Command Department send Garp and Kizaru, who are still on the Homeland, over later. Adding Aokiji, who is staying in the Titan World..."
"This way, including Kaido, who will recover soon, and Bullet, who has initially reached Admiral Level Combat Power, we will have six Admiral Level Combat Power in the Imperial Arms World."
At this point, Saint Topman Warcury looked at him and asked, "What about Crocodile and Aramaki?"
"Crocodile is currently stationed on the Canberra Continent in the Titan World, responsible for managing the various Military Affairs there. He seems to have a lot of Talent in this area and enjoys doing this kind of Matter."
Saint Jaygarcia Saturn recalled the various Report previously submitted by the Command Department.
"Aramaki has been staying at the Army Headquarters on the Homeland cultivating Martial Arts and Haki ever since he was defeated by Kaido in the Summit War. It's said that he has also become friends with the Marines' new Admiral Candidate, 'Fujitora'."
"I see."
Saint Topman Warcury nodded, then asked again.
"What about the Lunarian Clansmen Kaido brought to the Air Force Headquarters? His Strength seems pretty good too. Didn't you say before that he also has the potential to become an Admiral?"
But the person who answered him was Saint Marcus Mars.
"King, he was previously invited by Dr. Fritz to the Biochemical Research Institute in Impel Down."
"What?"
Saint Topman Warcury looked at the other person in surprise. "He agreed? Shouldn't he be very averse to places that conduct Experiment?"
"Dr. Fritz reached a Promise with him, offering the Condition of Manufacturing a female Lunarian so King could gradually restore the Lunarian Population through normal Reproduction, in exchange for being able to regularly extract Cells for Experiment."
Saint Marcus Mars said with a Smile.
"Oh—"
The other four suddenly understood.
They were going to give King a wife of his own race. This wasn't strange, after all, even King must hope to revive the Lunarian race, right?
Saint Jaygarcia Saturn asked curiously, "So what does the Biochemical Research Institute plan to do with his Cells?"
"Hmm..."
Saint Marcus Mars pondered for a moment with a strange Expression.
"Director Fritz's Report to me said that they want to develop something that can make people grow a pair of wings that can truly fly, for example, turning Sky Islanders into true Angel..."
Saint Jaygarcia Saturn asked, "Why not just Clone Lunarian Warrior directly?"
"They said they could, but they hope even more to see Angel with Pure White Wings appear in the Sky of the World. It's said that they even received strong Support from Vegapunk."
Saint Marcus Mars spread his palms helplessly.
"These guys..."
Saint Jaygarcia Saturn immediately pulled a long face. "Spending so much of our Funding and Resources on such reckless nonsense?"
"But Lord Imu contacted me the day before yesterday and said he also wanted to see the sight of Sky Islanders turning into the Angel Race..."
"Uh—"
Saint Jaygarcia Saturn's Expression froze, then he switched Expressions at the Speed of Light, nodding repeatedly and showing a happy Smile.
"White-winged Angel, that's indeed quite good. Do you still need Funding over there? This Old Man can provide some Military Budget Support!"
(End of Chapter)
