On this side, there are five new Shichibukai, several subordinates, plus Kuro.

The opposing side: the entire Blackbeard Pirates.

At this moment, the situation suddenly came to a standstill on the vast sea.

"Shall we fight, Captain?" Van Augur leaned in and asked, "Your plan was guessed? Did anyone tip you off? Kuzan?"

"If it weren't for him, Kuzan wouldn't know about our movements."

Teach said something, then laughed, "Hehehe, there's no way to escape! Gambling always involves risk!"

His eyes suddenly turned ferocious: "Let's fight! Move the ship over there!"

Fighting Kuro on the open sea would be unwise; his power to control the sea is something to be feared.

"Get all G-3 personnel ready!"

Kuro then turned and flew back, issuing commands.

He shared the same thought as Teach: his abilities could be neutralized by the tremor, and besides, it wouldn't be fun if he were to fall off that tremor.

Whitebeard once used a shockwave to make him fall from the sky, and he didn't want to gamble on that probability. Besides, there aren't many people who can fight at full strength in the air, and they have quite a few Devil Fruit users on their side, so it's safer to fight on the ground.

"Cloth, call headquarters!"

As soon as he landed, Kuro said directly to Kro.

“We’ve already fought it.” Kuro reacted faster than Kuro, saying, “But the Navy has mobilized most of its forces to Alabasta and can’t spare any more. Admiral Sakazuki has come in person, but it will take some time.”

That will take more than just some time. It's quite a distance from headquarters to G-3, so even at the fastest speed, it will take about five days.

"Where is the old man?" Kuro asked.

"Wano Country," Kuro said. "Admiral Kizaru has personally gone to Wano Country to scout out the situation."

"Tsk!"

Kuro frowned. "What's the old man doing going to Wano Country at this time? Then we can't count on him anymore... Never mind, let's prepare for battle!"

boom!

The Blackbeard Pirates launched cannonballs directly from the large logs on both sides of their ship, blasting towards the fortress.

Kuro narrowed his eyes, flicked his finger, and the incoming cannonballs immediately stopped before being fired at the ships.

Bang!

In an instant, a tremor ran through the air, and the shell exploded in mid-air.

call out!

Just then, a fast-moving bullet shot straight at Kuro's forehead, flying like lightning.

Just then, an arrow darted past at lightning speed, striking the bullet and shattering it, causing it to fall to the ground along with the arrow.

Behind them, Kikyo drew her bow and aimed an arrow at Van Augur on the ship.

“An archer, huh? Not bad speed,” Van Augur murmured.

boom!

The ship crashed violently into the harbor flats of G-3 fortress with a loud bang.

"Hahaha!"

Blackbeard jumped down first, his five fingers turning into darkness, and as his body fell, he slammed heavily onto the ground.

"Dark acupoints!"

Darkness gradually spread from his hand to the entire G-3 fortress, and all the ships and debris he encountered sank at that moment.

"Hahaha, let's clean this up first!" Teach laughed loudly.

This technique can suck in any object, including people.

But this kind of thing won't work once it's off the ground!

Kuro reached out his hand, about to make the entire fortress fly up, dragging his naval subordinates into the air, when a loud shout rang out.

"Shield of Justice!!"

A white shield, as if descending from the sky, firmly blocked the encroaching darkness. The darkness tried to climb upwards, but it could not reach the shield made of white mist.

"Not an ability?" Teach was taken aback. The white shield of energy hadn't dissipated immediately upon encountering his darkness.

Within that white mist were a group of indistinct figures, swaying and twisting with the mist, resembling a white monster.

Within the white mist, Cass declared righteously, "No matter how twisted the darkness, as long as justice exists, it will never yield. Justice will not be swallowed by darkness! In the name of unwavering justice, we swear to protect Fortress G-3!"

"We are the shield!!!" All five thousand marines of G-3 Fortress, led by Cass, roared in unison.

“It’s [Giant Shield] Cass,” Lafitte said. “A very troublesome navy officer.”

"Lion bites!"

Kuro seized the opportunity and swung his sword, causing chaos to erupt around Teach.

Thump!

But in an instant, Teach punched to the side, and the air that hadn't yet formed a slash was blasted away by the punch.

"Hahaha, what a terrifying will!" Teach laughed twice and said, "Men, let's go!"

A large number of pirates jumped off the ships behind them, brandishing weapons and charging forward with ferocious expressions.

Teach has no time to waste on this cassette.

He had a total of eleven ships of pirates, numbering three to four thousand, all of whom were elites from the rear of the New World. They were more than enough for a fight.

Teach's only target is Kuro!

"Hahahaha!"

Bashas rushed over, leaped into the air, and laughed loudly as he tightened his wrists, which were covered by arm guards, and slammed his elbow down as he swooped down from the sky.

"Wave Elbow Strike!"

"Energy Strike!"

As he swung his arm, a figure rapidly rose into the air, and a shockwave struck the attacker from a distance.

Bang!

Below, at the fortress, the ground on either side of Kuro sank down, as if something had erased it, revealing two rectangular gaps.

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