Pirates: Your emperor has returned!

"Compared to that old, foolish god, I have much more to look forward to your performance, Qinghai man!"

Enel remained extremely arrogant.

However, Rowan simply shook his head and slowly said:

"Actually, that wasn't a battle plan."

"Huh?" Enel was taken aback by what he heard.

Rowan then began to mutter, "One Logia-type Devil Fruit user, two Zoan-type Devil Fruit users, a squad of nearly a hundred elite soldiers, a squad of fish-man warriors, plus a complete medical corps..."

"Against them, there are two opposing sides, each with over a hundred men."

Rowan lowered his head, his low laughter echoing across the floating island.

"To be honest, I haven't fought such a profitable battle in a long time!"

"You know what, Little Lightning—"

Rowan looked up and smiled at the astonished Enel.

"This is not a 'war' at all."

……

Ordinary reasons, of course, would not sway Crocodile, who was already deeply resentful.

Therefore, Rowan wrote only one instruction in his letter to Crocodile:

"Tell everyone to have fun playing! ~"

[Chapter Sixty-Five: The War Begins and the Decisive Battle]

"Charge! Charge! Charge!"

The most hot-tempered priest, [Azure Knight] Shura, rode his three-foot-long bird and charged at the forefront of the priest army.

He symbolizes "anger" among the four emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. He wears a pilot's hat and goggles, and holds a knight's lance. His weapon is a jewel, which can be fitted into the handheld lance to turn it into a flamethrower.

"Let's show those Qinghai people what we're made of!"

"Don't be too impulsive, Shura!"

Ohm rode on the back of a large dog pet named Holly, and his speed was no slower than that of Shura in flight.

He promptly warned, "According to God's instructions, the group of Qinghai people are ready, and our plan to launch a surprise attack has failed!"

"Haha, then we'll just have to charge straight in!"

Shura stroked his straight mustache and laughed loudly, "Before the Azure Knight, all defensive formations are utterly fragile!"

Of the four priests, Shura is the one most enthusiastic about charging into battle.

After crossing a hill, the Four Seas Alliance's stronghold could be seen in the distance.

Shura roared with laughter:

"Watch me, charge!"

Before the last word could be uttered, a dark shadow suddenly darted out from the side and swept past right before everyone's eyes!

Before the priests could react, they heard Shura's screams.

"what!"

When they came to their senses, they saw that the back of the three-foot-long bird was empty, and there was no trace of the Asura.

"Shura! Tsk... careless guy!"

Ohm frowned, looked up at the sky again, and saw the coded message that Enel had sent.

A straight pillar of lightning—that means our location has been exposed, and all-out war has begun!

Ohm immediately commanded, "You few, go find Shura, the rest of you prepare to fight!"

"Yes!"

The priests belonging to the Asura faction responded immediately, but before they could break away from the ranks, a violent sandstorm swept in, cutting off their three escape routes and leaving only one in front of them.

"Damn it..."

Ohm frowned, wanting to look up again at Enel's instructions, but found that the sky above was also covered by a sandstorm, making it impossible to see clearly.

Left with no other choice, he could only pat Holly, the big dog he was clinging to.

"Hey, Holly, find out where their people are!"

But to Ohm's surprise, Holly looked around blankly, seemingly unable to find anyone else.

"Who is it?!"

Ohm standardizes one direction and swings his sword with all his might. Although the sword energy successfully cuts through the sandstorm, the gap is quickly restored to its original state, and there is no way to break through.

"Heh heh, let me do it!"

Shadley let out a strange cry and summoned countless white spheres, each containing a special type of shellfish that could explode.

Under Shadley's control, the white spheres aligned themselves and crashed into the sandstorm on one side.

"Watch me blast a path through... Come on, ahhhhhh..."

Shadley's scream drew everyone's attention. They turned around and saw a large hand with brown hair emerge from the sandstorm and grab Shadley's large belly.

"Ouch, that hurts so much..."

Swish!

Amid screams, Shadli was dragged into the sandstorm and his whereabouts are unknown.

"What kind of sorcery do those people from Qinghai possess?!"

Ohm had never seen such a move before, but he understood the opponent's intention and immediately warned him:

"Watch out, they're diverting our fighting strength, Gaidaz!"

“…” Gedaz remained silent.

Ohm frowned and said, "Gaidaz, you idiot, did you forget to say something again?"

But when he looked back, he couldn't even see Gaidaz's shadow.

Those nearby were now in a state of extreme panic. "Lord Ohm, a huge monster suddenly appeared and snatched Lord Geedaz away!"

"asshole!"

Ohm gripped his longsword tightly, pointed ahead, and growled, "Let's get out of here first! God will protect us. Let's take down the troublemakers first!"

"No need, I'm here."

A somber voice echoed, and the surrounding sandstorm gradually subsided, coalescing into the shape of Crocodile.

He had a cigar in his mouth, looked up at the people in front of him, and counted the number of people.

"Hmm, about a hundred? That's not a lot of people."

Crocodile exhaled a smoke ring and sighed, "Speaking of which, I've had a really bad feeling ever since I met that old geezer!"

Ohm drew his sword and warily stared at the man from Qinghai in front of him.

Seeing this, Crocodile didn't bother with any more words.

A sharp, scimitar-like blade materialized in his hand, and a sinister smile appeared on his face.

"So impatient? You idiot."

He moved his neck slightly, making a crackling sound.

"As a rare and amusing pastime, tell me, how do you want to die?"

……

For Rowan and Enel on the floating island, the battle taking place on Apayado was no different from what was happening right before their eyes.

One side's mental net was enough to cover the entire Sky Island, while the other side's Conqueror's Haki "territory" locked onto everyone on Apayado.

Therefore, this battle turned into a situation that Enel had never anticipated.

He had hoped to win easily by taking advantage of the information gap, but Rowan's sand clone simulated the situation of the entire island as a real-time sand table, giving the Four Seas Alliance a complete overview.

In this way, it becomes a contest of pure hard power for both sides.

The war begins, and it is the final battle!

What Enel didn't expect was that those people from Qinghai were much stronger than he had anticipated, and his own men were no match for them at all.

……

Shura was caught by Bell in his animal form, soared into the sky, and then kicked into the air by Bell.

"Ugh, that damn big bird!"

Flames erupted from the knight's lance in Shura's hand as he thrust it at Bell, only to have the latter easily dodge it.

Bell had met Sky Islanders who had fled due to the war along the way, and therefore was extremely displeased with the actions of that guy named Enel.

At this moment, once the move is made, it is done with full seriousness and all-out effort.

After transforming into a half-orc, Bell drew his battle sword from his waist and charged vertically towards the Shura above.

Falcon's Slash!

Swish!

A flash of light appeared, and the two passed each other.

Bell had a burn mark on his body, while Shura had a knife wound on his abdomen. His body trembled a few times and fell to the ground helplessly.

……

at the same time.

Shadley was grabbed by Dalton and, before he could react, was pinned to the ground by brute force.

"Heh heh! Watch this..."

"dont see!"

Dalton roared and landed several powerful punches on Shadley's face, creating a large crater in the ground!