One Piece: Surrounded at Marineford? Just kidding!

Chapter 382: The Three Lawless Brothers!

This happened too fast.

It was so sudden.

The tense killing intent in the air suddenly vanished.

Looking at the three reckless figures, Long's serious expression faded considerably.

That's Luffy.

That's Sabo.

Another one is... Roger's son.

After a moment of blank stare, the dragon finally shook its head and let out a soft sigh.

"Three lawless brats."

He said he felt helpless.

But in the dragon's eyes, there was an undisguised pride.

These are his son and his disciples.

"Hahahaha!"

A burst of wild laughter broke the deathly silence.

Roger stroked his mustache, slapped his thigh, and laughed so hard he almost fell over. He looked at Luffy's strange appearance, enveloped in white smoke, and then his gaze was fixed on the freckled youth with flames on his back.

"These three lads bear a resemblance to me when I was young!"

Roger laughed heartily, the famous sword "Ace" in his hand humming with excitement at the sight before him.

"I love this kind of reckless arrogance! It's totally my style!"

Rocks, standing beside Roger, reacted differently.

This former maritime overlord's eyes held only violence and disdain. He swept his gaze over the three charging figures, a cruel smile playing on his lips.

"Hmph, you reckless brat."

"Those idiots who have no ability yet rush to their deaths won't survive more than three days at sea. Don't blame anyone for not saving them when they die."

In his view, the weak have no right to live.

They have no right to steal the limelight from the strong.

"Gurarararara!"

Edward Newgate, the white-bearded man, slammed his Murakumogiri sword heavily to the ground. He watched Ace's burning figure, his eyes not scrutinizing, but with the gentle tenderness of an old father watching his son return.

That was his son.

His proudest son.

"Lox, you bastard, you never say anything nice!"

The white-bearded man laughed loudly, his dormant passion boiling once more.

"We can't let those three little ones outdo us! Let's go for it!!"

Red-haired Shanks gripped Griffin tightly, his gaze following Luffy's figure, filled with relief and excitement.

"That's exactly what I was thinking!"

But for the Five Elders, this was a humiliation.

Naked humiliation.

They are the highest authorities in the World Government, gods who have lived for eight hundred years. It's one thing to face legends like Roger and Rocks, but how dare three young men be the first to throw a punch at them?

Even if that Luffy is Nika Luffy!

Contempt.

blasphemy.

The Holy Law Warrior, who had transformed into the giant boar "Fengxi," blazed with fury from his beastly eyes. His enormous tusks ripped through the air, and his four hooves stomped wildly, causing the entire island of Egherd to tremble.

"roar--!!!"

The roar, as if it were a physical entity, smashed through the surrounding ruins.

"Three arrogant brats who don't know their own limitations! Are they looking for death?!"

"Since you're in such a hurry to be reborn, then so be it!"

Poison dripped from the hideous, monstrous face of Satan, corroding the ground.

The Five Elders' imposing aura was enough to crush one's spirit.

The three people at the very front did not slow down at all.

On the contrary, their fighting spirit was even stronger.

"I don't care who you are!"

Luffy charged ahead, letting out a strange cry in the air as his body stretched and twisted at will, seemingly boneless. White smoke swirled around him, and his heartbeat was like a war drum.

Boom!Boom!Boom!

The drums of liberation resounded across the battlefield.

Luffy bit his thumb hard, blowing air into his bones, and his arm instantly swelled to the size of a giant. Dark Conqueror's Haki, like magma, coiled around his fist, surging with red and black lightning.

"As long as we defeat you, we've won!"

Luffy roared, his massive fist, carrying immense wind pressure, slammed into Satan Saint's ugly spider head.

"Gum-Gum - The Giant's Spear!!"

At the same time, Ace transformed into a streak of fire.

He leaped high into the air, arms outstretched, embracing the sun. He frantically drew heat from the surrounding air, countless flames gathering above his head, compressing, collapsing, and finally forming a blazing fireball like a miniature sun.

The firelight illuminated the entire battlefield.

The frozen soil sizzled as it was baked.

The flames in Ace's eyes burned with the fury of protection, aimed directly at the strange bird in the sky—the environmental war god, Marcus Mazsa.

"Great Flame Ring - Flame Emperor!!"

On the ground, Saab lowered his center of gravity.

He formed claws with his hands, his fingertips stained obsidian with dark Armament Haki. He sensed the pulse of the earth, searching for the core point.

Facing the withered horse exuding the chilling aura of the underworld—the financial war god Nassuro Sei—Sabo did not back down.

"I will crush the Celestial Dragons' rule!"

Sabo slammed his claws into the ground, unleashing a terrifying burst of power. Layers of hard frozen soil cracked, and rocks transformed into roaring earth dragons, surging upwards towards Bone Horse, imbued with Armament Haki.

"Dragon's Breath!!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three loud explosions occurred almost simultaneously.

fist.

fireball.

Earth dragon.

Three forces, representing the new era, bombarded the Five Elders without any fancy moves.

The Five Elders did not dodge.

Out of arrogance and overconfidence, they chose to resist.

Satan was struck in the face by the giant's spear, his massive bull-demon body jerking backward, several of his spider legs bending and breaking under the pressure.

Maz Saint was swallowed up by the Flame Emperor, and the strange bird's feathers were charred and curled in the raging fire, emitting a piercing cry.

Nasujuro was thrown over by the dragon's breath, his skeleton cracking and splintering in the shockwave, on the verge of falling apart.

"Hit!"

Usopp and Chopper shouted excitedly from afar.

The next second, everyone's smiles froze on their faces.

The smoke and dust cleared.

A chilling scene unfolded.

"Gurgle...gurgle..."

The sound of flesh and blood writhing.

Satan's sunken face instantly sprang back to its original shape within the black smoke, without leaving even a scratch. The severed spider legs grew back, even sharper than before.

Mazsan shook its wings in the flames, its charred feathers falling off and new ones gleaming with a metallic sheen, its eyes full of mockery.

Nasujiro's skeleton reformed in a cloud of black mist, the chill even more intense than before; the previous attack was merely a tickle.

"This...how is this possible..."

Ace's pupils contracted sharply, and cold sweat beaded on his forehead.

He used all his strength in that last attack.

"Foolish humans."

The massive boar head of the Sacred Vocuri slowly lowered, its voice like muffled thunder.

"Do you really think you can harm the gods in the slightest with the power of mortals?"

"The fun is over."

Satan's voice was cold and chilling, and his malicious eyes were fixed on Luffy.

"Since you are so ignorant of your own mortality, then I will bestow upon you despair."

The counterattack erupted instantly.

There was no warning whatsoever.

The Five Elders displayed terrifying speeds completely disproportionate to their enormous size.

"Be careful!"

The dragon's Observation Haki detected the danger and it loudly warned the dragon.

But it was too fast.

Satan Saint's sharp spider leg transformed into black lightning, piercing Luffy's heart like a siege spear. The tip of the leg flashed with a purple, poisonous light, a curse that meant instant death upon contact.

Maz Saint opened his beak, and a black and red wave of destructive light condensed in his mouth before being unleashed, locking onto Ace in mid-air. Wherever the light wave passed, space itself distorted.

Nasujuro's first generation Kitetsu drew a poignant arc, carrying a chilling aura that could freeze the soul, as it slashed towards Sabo's neck.

"Damn it!"

Luffy, relying on Nikka's absurd battle instincts, contorted his body in mid-air in a way that defied the laws of physics. His waist stretched like rubber, and his upper body folded at a bizarre ninety-degree angle.

laugh!

The poisoned spear grazed Luffy's ribs, sending a spray of blood flying. Although it avoided a fatal blow, the terrifying force of the attack still sent him flying. He bounced a few times on the ground, crashing into a boulder and grimacing as he clutched his wound.

"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Are this guy's legs made of iron?!"

Luffy dodged a fatal blow, but was forced to retreat.

But Sabo and Ace weren't so lucky; neither of them had Nika's abilities.

They were in the air, their old strength exhausted and their new strength yet to arise.

Nasujuro's speed was astonishing. Before the blade even arrived, the biting coldness had already slowed Sabo's movements, and his Observation Haki seemed to freeze for a moment.

That's a blind spot.

"There's no escaping it!"

Sabo's pupils dilated violently, and cold sweat soaked his back. He could only instinctively raise his arms, trying to use Armament Haki to withstand the attack.

But he knew he couldn't stop it.

This strike could sever his arm, or even his head.

On the other side, Ace in the air was in an even more desperate situation.

Mazsan's strange bird beam of light stalked him like a tracking missile, relentlessly pursuing him. With nowhere to gain leverage in mid-air, he could only watch helplessly as the destructive beam of light grew larger and larger in his vision.

That feeling of suffocation.

He recalled the moment he faced Akainu during the Marineford War.

Is this feeling again?

Powerless.

despair.

"Damn it! These five monsters...recover way too fast!"

Ace gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with resentment.

"Does this mean we're going to... stop here again?"

He is not afraid of death.

He was afraid that his incompetence would once again sadden his father and Luffy.

"Ace! Sabo!"

Luffy scrambled up from the ruins, screaming in terror as he tried to reach out to save them, but was stopped by Satan.

A cruel light gleamed in the eyes of the Five Elders.

In their eyes, these two brats would be two corpses in the next second.

This is the price of challenging divine authority.

"Die, remnants of the D clan."

Nassou-sei's cold pronouncement.

The blade was only an inch away from Sabo's neck.

The destructive beam was only half a meter away from Ace's chest.

Time seemed to stand still.

A shadow of despair loomed over the three of them.

however.

At this critical moment.

Just as Death was about to swing his scythe.

Two terrifying forces, like awakened behemoths, erupted from behind.