After suffering a huge blow, the World Government and the Navy Headquarters seem to have given up the idea of invading the New World.
Under the watchful eyes of Tsugikoku Yoshiichi and Ichixiao, the Navy's fleet began to turn course and quickly retreat from the Crimson Canyon. The fleet had marched to the Crimson Canyon with great force, but now, it could only leave the Crimson Canyon in disgrace.
Before retreating, Zhan Guo left behind a troop of nearly a thousand men. These men took off their navy uniforms, put on the white T-shirts they wore during training, and began to salvage the bodies of their comrades from the vanguard who had died.
Just because the sunken ship blocked the alley, the progress of this salvage team was very slow, and the number of bodies they successfully salvaged was very, very small.
Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's slashing blow was not something an ordinary soldier could withstand; the aftermath alone was enough to shatter the flesh of an ordinary person.
After the battle, Yunyi and Yixiao did not leave the canyon immediately. They kept watch for several days. On the one hand, they wanted to grasp the movements of the Navy Headquarters, and on the other hand, they wanted to prevent the Five Elders and others who were buried by the falling rocks from using any special means to break out of the rocks.
But judging from how they've been staking out the two of them these days, I think I was overthinking it.
"It's been so many days, and there's no sign of the Five Elders and the others."
"It must have been completely buried at the bottom of the sea!"
"The Navy Headquarters has no intention of breaking through the rock wall and forcing their way into the new world. This time, we win!"
On the rock wall that blocked the waterway, Jiguo Yuanyi sat on a relatively flat rock, quietly watching the people from the Navy Headquarters who were salvaging a sunken ship on the seaway a hundred meters below.
He did not continue to attack this group of people. So far, the purpose of deterrence should have been achieved, and Tsugikuni Yoshiichi did not want to let his hands be stained with more blood of the headquarters navy.
A smiling figure slowly walked behind Tsugikuni Yoshiichi, also "looking" at Kaido below, and said in a deep voice.
After waiting for so many days, Yixiao believed that the Five Elders should have been buried in the sea and there would be no accidents.
"Are those old men really dead?"
"It's too calm. These people from the Navy Headquarters are acting too calm."
When Ji Guoyuan heard Yixiao's words, he shook his head slightly.
He had no doubt that his and Yixiao's offensive could pose a threat to powerful figures like the Five Elders, but Jigoku Yoshiichi always felt that things were not that simple.
In Yoriichi's opinion, if the Five Elders were really trapped at the bottom of the sea and died, the people in the Marine Headquarters should not be so calm. At the very least, they would try to dig and find the bodies of the Celestial Dragons.
Those are the Five Elders, not ordinary Celestial Dragons.
But the Navy Headquarters did not do so, which was unusual.
"Could it be that the one who died here was a substitute for the Five Elders?"
"The real body didn't appear here?"
There has always been speculation about the identities and abilities of Ji Guoyuan and the Five Elders.
An immortal being who ate a special devil fruit? An unlimited clone who retained their memories? Or something else entirely?
In short, in such a world, anything can happen.
If he didn't have definite evidence of the Five Elder Stars' death, Tsugikuni Yoriichi would not take it lightly.
"Hmm"
"Whether the Five Elders are dead or not, Yunyi, we should go back."
"The Navy Headquarters has retreated. There's no point in us staying here any longer."
Yixiao could understand Jigoku Yoshiichi's thoughts, but now it was time for them to leave.
"You're right. Regardless of whether the Five Elders are dead or not, we can't stay here any longer."
"News has arrived from Jinbe that some of the Navy Headquarters' ships have already gathered at the Sabaody Archipelago."
"If these people disband on the spot, our action can be considered to have avoided an all-out war."
"Let's go, Yixiao."
Ji Guoyuanyi nodded slightly, slowly stood up, and said with a smile to the person behind him.
After he finished speaking, Yixiao lightly stepped on the ground with his right foot, and a circle of cracks suddenly appeared on the ground around the two of them. A stone platform was directly peeled off from the ground, carrying Ji Guoyuanyi and Yixiao into the air quickly, and disappeared into the red canyon.
A few days later.
In the ward of the Navy Headquarters, Kuzan, whose body was wrapped in bandages, slowly opened his eyes, looked at the unfamiliar ceiling, smelled the smell of alcohol in the ward, and a look of confusion appeared on his face.
After a long time, Kuzan came back to his senses and slowly raised his right hand. Looking at the broken sword that he had been holding tightly in his hand all these days, a look of pain appeared on his face.
Memories from before the coma flooded into my head.
The fiery slash of Yoriichi Tsugikuni and the panicked cries of his subordinates replayed in his mind over and over again.
How are the subordinates?
You can guess the answer to this question without even asking it.
"hateful."
Kuzan covered his face with his forearms, and the low curse he uttered was more about resentment towards his own uselessness.
Even as a navy admiral, he could not stop that unjust war; he could not protect his once best friend; nor could he protect his subordinates who respected him.
Kuzan, who is kind and responsible by nature, has never felt as painful as he does now.
Tears flowed from Kuzan's eyes, and silence returned to the ward.
New World, the island of beginning.
This island, named the Island of Origin, stood at the entrance of the Red Canyon to the New World. It was actually an artificial island, created by Yixiao using his powers to take rocks and soil from the Red Earth Continent and reclaim land.
The reason why this island was named "The Island of Beginning" was because Yoriichi Tsugakuni hoped to use the power of this island to resist the offensive of the World Government and the Marine Headquarters.
After surviving this disaster, the new navy will truly undergo a transformation. Their influence can also use the Starting Island and the Red Strait as a springboard to in turn affect the first half of the Grand Route.
This artificial island is nearly 50 square kilometers. Although it is surrounded by the sea, there are only two shallows for landing. Apart from these two shallows, the edge of the island is covered with cliffs that are more than ten meters above sea level.
In order to build this island, Yunyi and Yixiao spent a lot of time. They didn't know how many meteorites were used to build the "foundation" of the island alone. The surface was paved with soil from the red earth continent. If someone took good care of it, the fertile land could be turned into arable land.
In a barracks in the center of the island, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi was holding a meeting with a group of senior officials of the new navy, analyzing the various information transmitted from various departments in recent days.
The Wan Kingdom remained stable even after deploying a large number of new naval forces. The security environment not only did not deteriorate, but became more harmonious and peaceful than before.
It was barely good news, but Yunyi knew that it was just the calm before the storm.
If news of the new navy's defeat spreads, the peace of all nations will be gone.
The main islands of the new navy, such as Dressrosa and Readchiled Island, were similar to the situation in Wan Guo, and there were no abnormalities.
Among all the news, the one that Tsugikuni Yoshiichi cared about the most was the news from Shinpei.
According to the feedback from the Fishman Navy that is monitoring the Naval Headquarters and the Sabaody Archipelago, the Naval Headquarters has recently shown signs of disbanding a large force.
The Murloc Navy's surveillance could not be too close, otherwise they would be discovered. They judged this based on the decreasing number of warships in the harbor.
When this news was shared with everyone in the conference room, smiles appeared on Xiong and others' faces.
Tsugakuni Yoriichi's deterrence really worked, and the World Government and the Naval Headquarters seemed to have really stopped and no longer had the idea of invading the New World.
Just when the conference room was filled with a joyful atmosphere, there was a violent knock on the door. Outside the door, a navy soldier shouted "Report" in panic.
The sudden noise silenced everyone in the conference room. Desolo, who was standing relatively close, stood up and opened the door after receiving a signal from Yunyi. As soon as the door opened, Desolo said with an unhappy look on his face:
"Why are you so flustered?!"
"Calm down!"
"what happened?"
Although Desolo has not experienced a long military career, this guy has been running the Golden City for many years, and has come into contact with many people and things, and has also developed a calm temperament.
As he spoke, his emotions also infected the panicked young navy. After adjusting his breath, he bowed to Ji Guoyuan and others in the conference room, tried to calm down, and reported:
"Report!"
"In the sky, we've spotted a ship from the Navy Headquarters in the sky!!"
The young navy man's words startled everyone in the meeting room.
"In the sky?!"
Abel stood up suddenly, as if he couldn't believe his ears, and asked.
"Yes! In the sky!"
"The patrol ship reported that a large number of warships flying the Seagull flag were spotted in the eastern waters three nautical miles away, and warships are constantly falling from the sky!"
As he was speaking, the navy who came to report took out a stack of photos. Desolo grabbed the photos quickly, glanced at them, and then quickly walked to the side of Tsugakuin Yoshiichi and handed the photos to Tsugakuin Yoshiichi.
The photos taken by the patrol ship's sergeant were very clear. Although the angles of the more than 20 photos were slightly different, they all captured the same scene.
The warships of the Navy Headquarters fell from the sky into the waters of the New World like dumplings!
“Assemble!”
"Prepare for battle!"
The sudden change was beyond Tsugikoku Yoriichi's expectations, but now, he couldn't think about it too much.
A certain sea area in the New World.
“Bang!!”
"Bang!!!"
Warships fell from the sky one after another and landed on the sea level, stirring up waves one after another.
Above the sea, Borsalino stood steadily on the bow, while the warship under his feet was descending towards the sea below.
Above the warship, there is a giant pink octopus with its tentacles wrapped around the warship. The octopus's head is like a hot air balloon, hanging the warship so that it can ignore gravity and slowly fall.
This is the Sky Island Octopus, also known as the Sky Island Hot Air Balloon. It is a unique species from Sky Island, but now it is being used by the Navy Headquarters.
As the warship got closer to the sea surface, the octopus's head became smaller and smaller, and the lift force also weakened rapidly.
"Everyone—"
"Be prepared for impact—"
Borsalino looked up at the octopus, which had shrunk significantly, with a half-smile on his face, and reminded the soldiers behind him.
As he finished speaking, the warship's descent speed became faster and faster, and the Sky Island Octopus that was holding the warship suddenly changed to its normal size with a "pop". The warship, which suddenly lost its lift, fell freely and plummeted towards the ground.
"Bang——"
Just a few seconds later, amid the screams and shouts of the navy on board, the warship crashed into the sea, stirring up waves.
“Wow——”
"It's really interesting—"
The sea water splashed, and Borsalino stood steadily on the deck, ignoring the sea water splashing on his body. He took off his yellow sunglasses covered with sea water and sighed with a smile.
In a short while, thirty or forty warships appeared in the sea area, and more warships were falling from the sky.
The top of the red earth continent.
The Red Earth Continent is very large, and the holy land where the Celestial Dragons live is actually just a small area on the Red Earth Continent.
Directly above the Red Canyon, there should have been a primeval forest, but now, a large open space has been cleared.
This is another springboard for the Navy Headquarters to enter the New World.
Landing in the new world from here is the "Plan B" planned by the Five Elders and others.
Sakaski, who had not been assigned any tasks in the internal navy operations meeting, also appeared here, commanding the giant vice admirals to send ships full of navy personnel onto the cloud track to help the warships leave the Red Earth Continent.
One by one, the Sky Island Octopuses leaped out from the sea of clouds with sharp whistles from time to time, and wrapped the falling warship with their tentacles.
Using this method, they have already sent out more than 30 warships.
And in this land, there are nearly a hundred warships waiting to be sent out.
Sakaski had already led his troops to occupy this place. Zhan Guo arranged for him to open up an open space here in order to deal with a possible breakout in the Red Strait.
If the New Navy surrounded the canyon exit on a large scale, Sakaski would be able to use his abilities to launch a high-altitude strike. However, the New Navy did not deploy a large-scale force; only Tsugikoku Yoshiichi and Yixiao appeared.
This would actually make Zhan Guo's plan fail.
However, all the arrangements made before were put to new use after the navy suffered huge losses.
The command ship where Zhan Guo was located was moved onto the cloud track by the giant vice admirals. Zhan Guo, who was standing on the overtime ship, saw that the plan was being carried out smoothly, but there was no smile on his face. On the contrary, his face looked very ugly.
After the defeat in the Red Strait, Zhan Guo received orders from the Five Elders to implement Plan B. However, having lost nearly 10,000 vanguard troops, Zhan Guo did not want to continue the war. He tried to stop it, but his suggestion was rejected.
War is inevitable. Zhan Guo is unwilling to hand over the lives of his soldiers to these Tianlong people. Helplessly, he can only continue.
"Zhan Guo, you look so ugly!"
"Don't worry, our plan won't fail."
"Sky Island Octopus is safe and can transport soldiers to the new world!"
There were subtle footsteps behind Zhan Guo, and the figure of Satan Saint appeared at the bow of the ship and came to Zhan Guo's side, saying "comfort" with a smile.
But in the face of Satan's comfort, Zhan Guo just glanced at him and said in a serious tone:
"Safety?!"
"Entering the New World is a dangerous undertaking in itself, not to mention having to engage them in battle with the New Navy."
There was anger in Zhan Guo's words, and Saint Satan narrowed his eyes and looked unfriendly:
"Marshal Zhan Guo, please be careful with your attitude."
"What new navy?!"
"Just a fugitive!"
"Whether it's Tsugikuni Yoriichi or his rebels, soon, they will no longer exist in this world!"
(End of this chapter)
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