"Prometheus—Heavenly Fire!"

Without hesitation, Linlin raised her right hand high before slamming it down from midair, a blazing sun erupting in her palm.

The scorching heat distorted the air, melting the ice beneath her feet and sending plumes of steam rising.

BOOM!

A torrent of flames descended, engulfing the stunned Redfield.

Amid the crimson fire, Redfield's face twisted as the searing flames burned his flesh, rapidly drying the blood on his body.

"CHARLOTTE LINLIN!!!"

Redfield was furious.

He had just defeated Gin and was about to drink his blood to replenish his depleted Life Force.

But then this sudden inferno blasted him away.

Prometheus covered an extensive area, and Redfield who's already severely drained, now felt as though he was floating with every step.

"I never should have come to this damned place!" Redfield was frustrated.

Originally, he had indeed harbored some intention of avenging Brook.

Back when he first set sail, he had encountered the Rumbar Pirates.

At that time, Redfield was still young and found himself deeply curious and admiring of pirates who loved music like them.

Brook's humor and talent had earned Redfield's admiration.

Moreover, Brook had even taught him many sword techniques back then.

That was why Redfield wielded a rapier similar to Brook's.

Having long withdrawn from worldly affairs and lived in seclusion, Redfield had only come to Totto Land after stumbling upon a newspaper and learning of Brook's death.

First, for revenge.

Second, for blood.

His current state of life was severely unstable.

Even by consuming blood daily, he couldn't halt the relentless loss of Life Force within him.

Redfield's habit of killing ordinary people and drinking their blood was nothing more than a temporary relief—like quenching thirst with poison.

Ordinary people simply didn't possess enough Life Force to sustain him.

What Redfield needed was the blood of powerful pirates with formidable physiques.

But now, in his aged state, he couldn't recklessly venture into dangerous waters.

The Emperors of the New World were not to be trifled with.

Even Blackbeard was now incredibly strong—not to mention his crew.

Had Redfield been in his prime, he wouldn't have feared any Emperor.

"Haki Infused Sword Technique—Stellar Dance, Lunar Radiance!"

Redfield roared, mustering the last remnants of his Haki as his sword shot towards Linlin like lightning.

"You're too weak now, Redfield! Napoleon!"

Linlin giggled, raising her right hand as the hat on her head floated up and spoke.

"Mama! Napoleon is here!"

The hat swiftly transformed into a massive blade over ten meters long, which Linlin gripped firmly.

"Prometheus! Hera!"

A raging flame and a crackling thundercloud rose from Linlin's shoulders, spiraling around the massive sword.

"Emperor's Blade—Purgatory Thunderfire Slash!"

Gripping the sword with both hands, Linlin swung it in a sweeping arc, unleashing a hundred-meter-long trail of thunder and fire.

Her overwhelming Haki erupted with tyrannical lightning, delivering a devastating strike at the peak of her power—directly clashing with Redfield's sword!

BOOM!

Redfield spat a fountain of blood, his legs buckling as he was forced to his knees by the sheer force of Linlin's slash.

"AAAAARGH! CHARLOTTE LINLIN!!"

His face twisted with humiliation, Redfield let out a frenzied roar, struggling to stand.

"Mamamama! Even if you were in your prime, I wouldn't have feared you, Red Count. What can you possibly do in this state?"

Linlin paid no heed to Redfield's overwhelming hatred.

Her massive blade, infused with three destructive forces—along with her natural monstrous strength and formidable Haki—erupted with endless black-and-red lightning, relentlessly crushing Redfield and bombarding his entire body.

"Ikoku Sovereignty!"

Linlin exerted force through her arms once more, and an overwhelming shockwave erupted from her massive blade, blasting Redfield into countless splatters of crimson blood.

The blood scattered in the air, transforming into tiny bats before coalescing back together, reforming Redfield's barely alive body.

Thud.

Redfield's skin was withered, clinging tightly to his bones as he collapsed onto the ice in a daze.

He was finally defeated!

Glancing down at Gin beneath her feet, Linlin clicked her tongue in amazement.

"What's the deal with this little guy? He actually lasted this long against Redfield? Mamamama! Even if Redfield wasn't at his best, he's still a notorious old monster from the past!"

*****

Just as Kaido raised his kanabo and ready to clash with Mihawk—

A deafening roar suddenly resounded from the distant main battlefield.

A ferocious, bloodthirsty aura swept across the area in an instant.

It wasn't Conqueror's Haki, yet it instilled dread in everyone present.

It was as if a primordial beast had awakened from the depths of time, its bloodthirsty eyes opening in the darkness.

Kaido's movements halted, a flicker of shock crossing his face.

"This is bad… That idiot Caesar, why now of all times—?"

"An opening!"

Hawkeye instantly seized the moment of his distraction.

As the world's greatest swordsman, Hawkeye rarely fought these days.

But in the past decade, he had spent every day honing his skills in blood-soaked battles, refining his strength, mastering his swordsmanship, and comprehending the essence of the sword itself.

In truth, the current Hawkeye had reached the point where he could perceive the "breath" of all things in the world.

Cutting steel was nothing more than child's play to him.

If he coated his black blade with Haki, he could even slice through Diamond Jozu's body with ease.

The moment he sensed Kaido's getting distracted, Hawkeye struck!

Swish!

Without announcing any technique, he simply swung Yoru.

A slash tore through the atmosphere, a crescent wave hundreds of meters long, completely engulfing Kaido's massive frame.

"Damn you, Hawkeye! I don't have time for you right now! That bastard Caesar actually activated his Demon Blood—does he want to slaughter everyone here?!"

Kaido roared in fury, his kanabo instantly sheathed in pitch-black Haki.

Dark lightning crackled through the air, detonating with thunderous booms.

"Thunder Bagua!"

Their attacks collided in an explosive shockwave, kicking up a monstrous hurricane across the

The frozen battlefield shattered like fragile glass, massive chunks of ice flung into the air.

******

"Zehahaha! Red Hair, doesn't it feel like this guy's aura just changed?"

Blackbeard unleashed an Air Tremor, dispersing Caesar's earlier shockwave, before turning to Shanks beside him.

He was panting heavily but unharmed.

His mastery over the Dark-Dark Fruit and Tremor-Tremor Fruit had reached new heights.

Dodging, absorbing Caesar's attacks, countering and even using the darkness to teleport—Blackbeard had never imagined he and his old rival Shanks could coordinate so seamlessly.

They had grown increasingly synchronized.

Now, they could continuously counter Caesar's moves.

Even if his attacks were devastating, neither of them could be instantly taken out.

Deep within the ice layers, Caesar roared, seemingly having lost all patience and reason.

His two large eyes began to fill with blood as it was turning crimson.

From his burly, muscular body, fresh red blood continuously seeped out.

Hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss.

The blood rolled down his body onto the ice, actually burning large holes into the surface as if it carried extreme heat, like scorching magma.

An ancient, primal and savage aura slowly awakened from Caesar's body.

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