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# Chapter 711: Crossing the Sea in the Dark
The Swordsmanship Tournament has ended, and its impact will last for at least several months.
This isn't the end of the Sky Arena either.
Three days later, the Sky Arena will officially get back on track and resume operations.
Countless Competitors are already prepared, eager for action.
Especially Marshall D. Teach, who maintained high-intensity training during the more than two months the Swordsmanship Tournament was held.
He only rested three hours each day.
His sleepless physique allowed him ample training time.
Even during the three hours of rest, only one hour was spent resting with closed eyes, while the other two hours included eating, enjoying ice baths, massages, or watching others battle.
In just two months, for the young Teach, his strength significantly improved.
He was ready to reach the peak of the Sky Arena, obtaining the Dark-Dark Fruit in the shortest possible time.
The end of the Swordsmanship Tournament symbolized the breaking of the New World's peace.
It was originally thought that the New World would be peaceful for a few years after the Bloody Battle, as all factions had suffered heavy losses in the Bloody Battle.
Unexpectedly, the leak of the Seastone Mine information directly triggered a war between two Major Top Powers in the New World.
The World Government also didn't want the New World to be too peaceful, not wishing to see the Major Top Powers of the New World restore their strength.
It would be best if they wore each other down, unable to recover to their peak.
The World Government, having faced the entire New World, no longer wanted to experience such a terrifying war.
The price they paid was too great.
In these past few days, the Silver Axe Pirates maintained a certain speed as they headed towards the Tyrant Dragon Pirates' Territory.
"Tyrant Dragon" Zack did not intercept them in advance.
He planned to rely on Dragon Island's geographical advantage and the carefully prepared powerful firepower to defeat the Silver Axe Pirates.
This, however, was exactly what Silver Axe wanted.
The Tyrant Dragon Pirates were ready for battle.
"Tyrant Dragon" Zack transformed into a Yinglong, circling at a high altitude of a thousand meters, his gaze fixed on The Great Sea in the distance.
According to the intelligence brought by the patrol ship, they knew that the Silver Axe Pirates had arrived and were in this direction.
At the same time, the other Cadres of the Tyrant Dragon Pirates were all prepared for the upcoming great battle.
The muzzles of the giant cannons were menacingly aimed at the Sea Surface in the distance.
Furthermore, they had the advantage of the high ground.
Before the war began, they had practiced this countless times.
They were full of confidence that if any Silver Axe Pirates' pirate ship attempted to approach the island, they would sink their pirate ship with a single shot, burying them in The Great Sea.
They're here.
Pirate ships continuously approached from the distance.
On the high-flying skull flag, there was also a silver battle axe.
Seeing the long-awaited Silver Axe Pirates' Great Fleet.
Zack, unable to contain himself, quickly flew towards the approaching pirate fleet.
A terrifying beam of golden light, like an arc, erupted from Zack's body.
A powerful Gravity Ray tore through the Sky.
It shot directly towards the pirate fleet, immediately delivering a preemptive strike to destroy the Silver Axe Pirates' fleet.
Seeing this, how could Silver Axe remain indifferent?
He had already suffered this loss in previous wars.
With a forceful leap, his body shot straight into the Sky.
His pumping arms erupted with terrifying strength.
Holding his battle axe with both hands, he unleashed a fierce axe strike towards the incoming golden ray.
A powerful slash cut down Zack's Gravity Ray.
Immediately after, he quickly stepped on the air with his feet, charging towards Zack.
Unexpectedly, the war had only just begun, yet the battle between the captains of the two Top-Tier Pirate Crews erupted first.
The strength of the Riki Riki no Mi made Zack extremely wary.
Perhaps the Riki Riki no Mi's amplification of strength wasn't as terrifying as Byrnndi World's Moa Moa Fruit.
But it wasn't far off.
The stronger the strength, the stronger the explosive power, and the stronger the destructive power.
Zack had the advantage in aerial combat.
Facing the incoming Silver Axe, he immediately unleashed a Gravity Ray.
His body quickly moved sinuously, planning to evade Silver Axe's attack.
Silver Axe's already terrifying strength and lethality, combined with the full amplification of the Riki Riki no Mi, and his Armament Haki that came with an armor-piercing effect.
One axe strike could nearly take half of Zack's life.
Facing a strong enemy like Silver Axe, Zack actually didn't want to get too close.
Although his speed was very fast, with such a physique, he appeared too bulky in front of Silver Axe.
For a true intense battle, he still needed to transform into his strongest Human-Beast Form.
Quickly pulling away, Zack immediately unleashed a Gravity Ray.
The Golden Arc easily and completely destroyed three pirate ships.
However, Silver Axe didn't even bother to look, using this opportunity to charge towards Zack.
The current situation was exactly what he wanted to see, to keep Zack occupied as much as possible.
Just as he thought, Zack hadn't noticed that there was something wrong with the pirate fleet below.
"Something's not right?"
Anz said, frowning, as he looked at the direction of the Silver Axe Pirates' fleet through his telescope.
Because the distance was too far, he couldn't see what the structure of the Silver Axe Pirates was like.
But his intuition told him there was a problem.
Their own captain was facing off against Silver Axe.
Originally, at this time, the Silver Axe Pirates should have taken advantage of Zack being held up to launch an attack on Dragon Island.
But now they weren't doing anything, and seemed to even have an intention of retreating.
And their own captain seemed not to have noticed this problem.
Once the battle began, Zack was like a fierce wolf that had targeted Silver Axe.
Unconsciously, he forgot about other things.
Or rather, he didn't care.
King against King, General against General.
Silver Axe was left for him to handle, and the others from the Silver Axe Pirates would naturally be dealt with by the others from the Tyrant Dragon Pirates.
"This is bad, Lord Anz! The Silver Axe Pirates have landed on the island! Tens of thousands of Military have appeared in the Ringo Region and are already heading towards Hakumai and Udon."
"Requesting reinforcements! We can't hold on much longer."
Suddenly, a piece of intelligence caught the Tyrant Dragon Pirates completely off guard.
"How could this be?"
Anz was somewhat in disbelief, but there was no time to consider so much now.
It was important to quickly organize their forces to meet the enemy.
Undoubtedly, this terrible intelligence cast a shadow over the Tyrant Dragon Pirates.
Their proud firepower and geographical advantage were easily broken.
Who could have imagined that Silver Axe would openly attract the Tyrant Dragon Pirates' attention?
While secretly sending another large force to Cross the Sea in the Dark, arriving on the island by some unknown means.
(end of chapter)
The Swordsmanship Tournament has ended, and its impact will last for at least several months.
This isn't the end of the Sky Arena either.
Three days later, the Sky Arena will officially get back on track and resume operations.
Countless Competitors are already prepared, eager for action.
Especially Marshall D. Teach, who maintained high-intensity training during the more than two months the Swordsmanship Tournament was held.
He only rested three hours each day.
His sleepless physique allowed him ample training time.
Even during the three hours of rest, only one hour was spent resting with closed eyes, while the other two hours included eating, enjoying ice baths, massages, or watching others battle.
In just two months, for the young Teach, his strength significantly improved.
He was ready to reach the peak of the Sky Arena, obtaining the Dark-Dark Fruit in the shortest possible time.
The end of the Swordsmanship Tournament symbolized the breaking of the New World's peace.
It was originally thought that the New World would be peaceful for a few years after the Bloody Battle, as all factions had suffered heavy losses in the Bloody Battle.
Unexpectedly, the leak of the Seastone Mine information directly triggered a war between two Major Top Powers in the New World.
The World Government also didn't want the New World to be too peaceful, not wishing to see the Major Top Powers of the New World restore their strength.
It would be best if they wore each other down, unable to recover to their peak.
The World Government, having faced the entire New World, no longer wanted to experience such a terrifying war.
The price they paid was too great.
In these past few days, the Silver Axe Pirates maintained a certain speed as they headed towards the Tyrant Dragon Pirates' Territory.
"Tyrant Dragon" Zack did not intercept them in advance.
He planned to rely on Dragon Island's geographical advantage and the carefully prepared powerful firepower to defeat the Silver Axe Pirates.
This, however, was exactly what Silver Axe wanted.
The Tyrant Dragon Pirates were ready for battle.
"Tyrant Dragon" Zack transformed into a Yinglong, circling at a high altitude of a thousand meters, his gaze fixed on The Great Sea in the distance.
According to the intelligence brought by the patrol ship, they knew that the Silver Axe Pirates had arrived and were in this direction.
At the same time, the other Cadres of the Tyrant Dragon Pirates were all prepared for the upcoming great battle.
The muzzles of the giant cannons were menacingly aimed at the Sea Surface in the distance.
Furthermore, they had the advantage of the high ground.
Before the war began, they had practiced this countless times.
They were full of confidence that if any Silver Axe Pirates' pirate ship attempted to approach the island, they would sink their pirate ship with a single shot, burying them in The Great Sea.
They're here.
Pirate ships continuously approached from the distance.
On the high-flying skull flag, there was also a silver battle axe.
Seeing the long-awaited Silver Axe Pirates' Great Fleet.
Zack, unable to contain himself, quickly flew towards the approaching pirate fleet.
A terrifying beam of golden light, like an arc, erupted from Zack's body.
A powerful Gravity Ray tore through the Sky.
It shot directly towards the pirate fleet, immediately delivering a preemptive strike to destroy the Silver Axe Pirates' fleet.
Seeing this, how could Silver Axe remain indifferent?
He had already suffered this loss in previous wars.
With a forceful leap, his body shot straight into the Sky.
His pumping arms erupted with terrifying strength.
Holding his battle axe with both hands, he unleashed a fierce axe strike towards the incoming golden ray.
A powerful slash cut down Zack's Gravity Ray.
Immediately after, he quickly stepped on the air with his feet, charging towards Zack.
Unexpectedly, the war had only just begun, yet the battle between the captains of the two Top-Tier Pirate Crews erupted first.
The strength of the Riki Riki no Mi made Zack extremely wary.
Perhaps the Riki Riki no Mi's amplification of strength wasn't as terrifying as Byrnndi World's Moa Moa Fruit.
But it wasn't far off.
The stronger the strength, the stronger the explosive power, and the stronger the destructive power.
Zack had the advantage in aerial combat.
Facing the incoming Silver Axe, he immediately unleashed a Gravity Ray.
His body quickly moved sinuously, planning to evade Silver Axe's attack.
Silver Axe's already terrifying strength and lethality, combined with the full amplification of the Riki Riki no Mi, and his Armament Haki that came with an armor-piercing effect.
One axe strike could nearly take half of Zack's life.
Facing a strong enemy like Silver Axe, Zack actually didn't want to get too close.
Although his speed was very fast, with such a physique, he appeared too bulky in front of Silver Axe.
For a true intense battle, he still needed to transform into his strongest Human-Beast Form.
Quickly pulling away, Zack immediately unleashed a Gravity Ray.
The Golden Arc easily and completely destroyed three pirate ships.
However, Silver Axe didn't even bother to look, using this opportunity to charge towards Zack.
The current situation was exactly what he wanted to see, to keep Zack occupied as much as possible.
Just as he thought, Zack hadn't noticed that there was something wrong with the pirate fleet below.
"Something's not right?"
Anz said, frowning, as he looked at the direction of the Silver Axe Pirates' fleet through his telescope.
Because the distance was too far, he couldn't see what the structure of the Silver Axe Pirates was like.
But his intuition told him there was a problem.
Their own captain was facing off against Silver Axe.
Originally, at this time, the Silver Axe Pirates should have taken advantage of Zack being held up to launch an attack on Dragon Island.
But now they weren't doing anything, and seemed to even have an intention of retreating.
And their own captain seemed not to have noticed this problem.
Once the battle began, Zack was like a fierce wolf that had targeted Silver Axe.
Unconsciously, he forgot about other things.
Or rather, he didn't care.
King against King, General against General.
Silver Axe was left for him to handle, and the others from the Silver Axe Pirates would naturally be dealt with by the others from the Tyrant Dragon Pirates.
"This is bad, Lord Anz! The Silver Axe Pirates have landed on the island! Tens of thousands of Military have appeared in the Ringo Region and are already heading towards Hakumai and Udon."
"Requesting reinforcements! We can't hold on much longer."
Suddenly, a piece of intelligence caught the Tyrant Dragon Pirates completely off guard.
"How could this be?"
Anz was somewhat in disbelief, but there was no time to consider so much now.
It was important to quickly organize their forces to meet the enemy.
Undoubtedly, this terrible intelligence cast a shadow over the Tyrant Dragon Pirates.
Their proud firepower and geographical advantage were easily broken.
Who could have imagined that Silver Axe would openly attract the Tyrant Dragon Pirates' attention?
While secretly sending another large force to Cross the Sea in the Dark, arriving on the island by some unknown means.
(end of chapter)
