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Kizaru also revealed his "personal grudge" with Wood at this moment, and if Wood were here, he would probably understand why Kizaru had given up chasing Marco and instead chose to attack him.

Upon hearing Aokiji and Kizaru's serious analysis, Fleet Admiral Sengoku's already unpleasant expression darkened even further, and he loudly ordered the two, "You two better stay here obediently!"

Remember! None of you are allowed to lay a hand on me without my order!

When Fleet Admiral Sengoku heard that Aokiji and Kizaru's target was actually Wood, he was so angry that his face almost twisted out of shape. At the same time, he was very glad that he had asked that question, otherwise these two troublemakers in front of him would have ruined things again.

"Could our analysis be wrong? Wood himself is already quite powerful, and now he can control Whitebeard. Isn't he the most dangerous guy on the field?"

Seeing Fleet Admiral Sengoku leave in a huff, Aokiji looked puzzled and asked his colleague Kizaru beside him.

"Don't underestimate me. I've never liked using my brain, so only you and Akainu would be interested in the position of Fleet Admiral, which requires a lot of brainpower."

Chapter 476 Wood, whose power is beyond reproach!

Marineford remains chaotic, but anyone paying attention will notice that the Navy has begun to consolidate its forces and choose to stand by and watch.

Whitebeard suddenly came back to life, and Marco and the others, who had clearly retreated to the coast, were now unsure whether to continue their retreat.

Bucky and a group of Impel Down prisoners are currently wandering around the battlefield, choosing opponents worthy of his attention, according to Bucky himself.

"Wood the Ancient Weapon, Whitebeard the strongest man in the world, Blackbeard the instigator of the Marineford War, Shiryu of the Rain and the Evil King—none of them are ordinary people."

With so many powerful figures, Captain Bucky, aren't you going to make a move? If we just take down any one of these guys, we'll be famous throughout the seas.

Hearing the jeers from his underlings, Bucky was also in a real headache. He had boasted too much before, to the point that his brainless fans now thought that neither Wood nor Whitebeard were a threat to him.

He's supposed to be famous all over the world, but any one of those guys fighting up there could easily beat Bucky to a pulp with just a finger.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you you were idiots, would you? Haven't you noticed? The navy has already started to shrink its formation and has chosen to stand by and watch."

Are Aokiji and Kizaru, the Navy Headquarters' top combatants, just for show? They are capable of participating in the battle, so why didn't they enter the fray? This is clearly premeditated!

"Do you want me to go up there and fight Whitebeard and his crew to the death, so the Navy can reap the benefits?"

It must be said that, apart from the holy light that Bucky is currently receiving, he is also quite intelligent, and his words are logical and clear, so he quickly gained the trust of a group of die-hard fans.

"So, Captain Bucky, what should we do now?" a minor character asked in a supporting role.

"First, seize a naval warship, then be ready to make a run for it!"

The Whitebeard Pirates have ships and can escape at any time, but we don't even have ships. No matter how the situation turns out, we can only stay here and wait to die.

"I can easily escape on my own, but as for you... I simply cannot bear to see my brothers who came all this way die here like this."

Bucky's emotionally charged performance left Mr. 3 feeling utterly inadequate. He realized that there was a reason why Bucky could be the boss.

Even though he's a complete coward, he manages to act like he's thinking of his brothers.

What's even more absurd is that these brainwashed fans, whom they rescued from Impel Down, actually believe this whole thing. They're now completely moved by Captain Bucky's loyalty and righteousness, and are even more devoted to him...

On the other side, Wood has once again used the Imperial Arms "Winter Knight" and has begun to use large-scale map-wide magic.

The Evil King is an islander who ate the "Island Fruit." Although he can merge with and manipulate islands, he is generally difficult to harm.

Although he is not a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, if his body merges with the island, it means that his body will become the entire island. He is generally unable to cause enough damage to the island, so he naturally doesn't care about it.

And on the vast ocean, how many people can truly destroy an entire island so easily?

Such a powerful figure is rare on the entire ocean, but unfortunately, the tyrannical king has just encountered Wood, who is one of them!

Because of his powerful magic, Wood could unleash a "Saint-level" or "Emperor-level" spell almost every few dozen seconds. Under the bombardment of different attribute spells, Shiryu of the Rain and Katrin, who had transformed into Wood using her fruit ability, were relatively unharmed.

Having already merged with the island, and with the addition of Saint Lake Ann Wolf, who had eaten the "Expansion Fruit," their enormous size made them easy targets.

The powerful yet wide-ranging magic struck the two of them without any concern about missing its target.

Therefore, under the continuous magical bombardment, the first to fall were actually the Evil King and San Juan Wolf, who had the highest chance of survival and the strongest vitality.

"Katarina, didn't you use your Devil Fruit power to imitate that guy? If you try to play any tricks and hold back, we'll all die here!"

Although Basque Jotte had been drunk the whole time, now that he was facing a life-or-death situation, his drunkenness had lessened somewhat, and he looked at Katrin, who had transformed into Wood, and said...

At the beginning of the battle, Shiryu and the others believed that Wood's powerful elemental attacks were one of the abilities of his Devil Fruit.

However, as the battle dragged on, they learned more and more about Wood and began to realize that the abilities he used did not come from Devil Fruits at all.

Even the Ancient Weapon Wood himself is not a so-called ability user, but just an ordinary normal person!

Although the truth was quite outrageous, after Shiryu and the others repeatedly confirmed it, they realized that reality was indeed cruel.

There are two reasons for this discovery. One of them is that the power system Wood uses is far too complex and diverse.

The people present were all worldly-wise, and they had never heard of a Devil Fruit that could grant the user elemental powers such as fire, water, wind, ice, earth, lightning, and darkness.

Moreover, San Juan Wolf, who was previously known as the "giant warship," joined forces with the tyrannical king who had transformed into the island. The two of them uprooted the defensive wall that the navy had prepared on the island and slammed it towards Wood.

But in the end, the defensive barrier made of a large amount of Seastone was completely useless against Wood. Not only did the two fail to harm Wood, but they were also seriously injured by his enhanced version of "Hyakki Mitsurugi".

One of them, along with the defensive barrier it was holding, transformed into a colossal ice sculpture. The other was cut out of its fused state by the "Overlord's Entanglement" technique, which was entangled in Conqueror's Haki, and is now even on the verge of death.

After learning that Wood's power did not come from a Devil Fruit, but from his own power, Basque Jolt and Shiryu of the Rain began to suspect their companion, Katrin.

The friendship between us was all superficial to begin with; there was absolutely no trust between us. The fact that we came together, and are now fighting side by side, is entirely out of necessity.

They were all serious criminals from Level 6 of Impel Down, and they all had their share of wicked schemes; none of them were good people.

So at this moment, Basque Jolt and Shiryu of the Rain naturally began to suspect that Catherine beside them was up to something.

It's a very simple logic. Katrin can perfectly replicate a person's height, build, and even strength. Wood has been confirmed not to be a power user, and the techniques he uses are all his own power. So why wouldn't the "Wood" that Katrin transforms into be able to use them?

There's only one answer: that bastard Katrin is holding back. She clearly has the strength to be on par with the real deal, but she keeps pretending to be weak in front of them, all in order to take advantage of everyone!

Since they were all villains, they could roughly guess Katrin's idea: to use them to weaken Wood's strength, so that even if Wood eventually killed them all, he would definitely be in much worse shape.

At this moment, Katrin was waiting for an opportunity to strike. With Wood's full strength, she could naturally defeat the main character who was not in good condition.

While it might seem far-fetched, it's undeniable that if these were the thugs on Level 6 of Impel Down, they could indeed do something like this.

In fact, if Katrin really had the ability to perfectly replicate all of Wood's abilities, she would think the same way. However, the key point is that Katrin has indeed been using Wood's full power from the very beginning.

However, when faced with the opponent's random and indiscriminate use of elemental power, and even more powerful swordsmanship, it wasn't that Katarina was faking it; she genuinely couldn't use it!

"Even if I say this, you probably won't believe me. It's not that I'm holding back, but that I really can't control or use that kind of power."

Although I can clearly feel this power within my body, it feels like it's actually being transmitted through a channel.

"You guys don't really think this guy is an ordinary person, do you? Even if he's not a Devil Fruit user, do you think a normal person can simultaneously master and use so much elemental power?"

Katrin is adept at change, and therefore extremely skilled at deception, but now she is truly experiencing what it means to be utterly speechless.

Was she putting on an act and holding back her true strength? Katarina now also wanted to know, just what the hell kind of monster Ancient Weapon Wood really was.

Why can it transform, use various elemental powers, and even have the ability to heal itself?

Furthermore, even though these abilities do not originate from Devil Fruits, her "Nine-Tailed Fox Form" cannot imitate them!

"What do we do now? At this rate, we're sure to be killed by this monster."

"At the beginning, they weren't this hostile towards us! Shiryu, how exactly did you provoke them in the first place?!"

Seeing that Catherine's expression didn't seem fake, and knowing that even if Catherine did manage to devour them all, she wouldn't be able to escape the Navy's pursuit, Basque Jot turned his attention to Shiryu of the Rain.

They had sensed that although Wood was fighting them, he was just going through the motions and not putting in any real effort.

The reason why the other party suddenly became serious was ultimately due to Shiryu's previous provocation.

They had no personal grudge against Wood; in fact, after being imprisoned in Impel Down for many years, they only learned about Wood after they were released.

Since it was Shiryu of the Rain who angered the other party, there's no reason for them all to share the blame.

If we hand over Shiryu of the Rain to them, maybe Wood can smooth things over and make a clean break.

"Don't waste your time. Even if you sell me out, he won't let you off the hook, because you also made a move in Impel Down, didn't you?"

"Don't tell me you didn't do anything to Sadie Jr., Saludes, or Domino back then?"

At this moment, Shiryu's long black robe was covered with knife wounds. He merely glanced at Catherine and Basque Jot, and knew what they were thinking.

"Little Sadie? Saludes? Domino? Who are these guys? What do they have to do with us?"

Katrin and the others had little recollection of people like Little Sadie, Saldeese, and Domino. After all, they couldn't remember the names of insignificant figures. In the entire Impel Down, the only person whose name they could remember was Magellan.

"They are the chief jailer, the warden, and the head guard of Impel Down. And the guy in front of you used to be one of the people in Impel Down. Now do you understand?"

Shiryu of the Rain has already said so much; if Catherine and the others still don't understand, then they are truly fools.

"In other words, those scum in Impel Down are this guy's old acquaintances. It's because we hurt those people that he's decided to kill us now!"

"Was this guy from Impel Down before? The previous warden? Why haven't I seen him before? Or was he the warden before that?"

Wood is clearly stronger than Magellan. If someone like him had worked in Impel Down before, Catherine and the others could only think of a position like Warden of the Prisons.

However, their guesses were quickly shattered by Xiliu, and their worldview was completely overturned.

"No, he wasn't the warden of Impel Down before. Strictly speaking, he wasn't even part of the Impel Down system. He was just a marine stationed there."

Back then, he was incredibly weak. Forget his current strength, he couldn't even beat those low-level minions in Impel Down that you just mentioned.”

Upon hearing Shiryu's words, both Katrin and Basque Jot looked utterly shocked, because if what Shiryu said was true, it was simply outrageous.

Wood, who was just a nobody before, has grown to such a level in the past twenty years!

Such a life experience, without the protagonist's halo, is tantamount to an underdog suddenly turning into a rich and handsome man!

"That's right. Many years ago, I was indeed an ordinary nobody, not even qualified to enter the fifth or sixth level. So it's quite normal that you big shots don't know a nobody like me."