One Piece: Divine Bird Phoenix

Grand Line, Sabaody Archipelago.

In the deep sea, nearly a hundred huge pirate ships rushed to the sea surface in an orderly manner like migrating fish schools.

The iron-covered ram on the bow of the ship, shaped like a sharp spear, broke through the sea surface, and the hull wrapped in alchiman resin fell heavily on the sea surface like a huge whale jumping from the bottom of the sea.

As each ship slowly floated on the sea, the dawn sunlight sprinkled on the colorful film surface, reflecting charming colors.

Between the top of the mast and the snow-white sail, various pirate flags were hung. The same thing was that the top pirate flag had a signature crescent-shaped beard.

Nearly a hundred pirate ships adjusted their positions in the sun and regrouped into a huge pirate fleet. Nearly a hundred flags of the Whitebeard Pirates fluttered in the refreshing and slightly salty sea breeze, and they moved forward towards the Navy Headquarters.

Moby Dick.

Sitting alone at the bow, enjoying the cool sea breeze, An carefully compared the high-level combat power of both sides, as well as the possible foreign aid of the other side, and called out the system panel in his heart.

"Deep blue points!"

After four months of accumulation, An's bond points increased from 34 points to 68 points.

Looking at the blue virtual panel floating in front of him, which only he could see, An thought about whether to improve his physique or will.

After careful consideration, thinking that he might need to maintain the Phoenix posture for a long time in this war, he finally decided to improve his physique.

"Ding! It takes 50 bond points to improve the S-level physique, do you want to improve it!"

"Improve!"

With the confirmation key pressed, An's physique became the first of the four attributes to break through to SS. Unlike the previous breakthroughs, this time's class crossing brought An a completely different feeling.

If the power brought by the attribute breakthrough from F to S stage is compared to a stream, then the power brought by the breakthrough from S to SS is like a surging river, and there is an incomparable gap between the two.

An let this huge force wash over his body, and streams of warm current flowed to his limbs, to his meridians, and to every organ.

Under this powerful force, every blood vessel, every inch of meridian, and every internal organ were strengthened unprecedentedly.

At this moment, An felt that the power in his body was like a rising sun, inexhaustible.

The dawn faded, and the morning sun rose.

It was eight o'clock in the morning.

There were still four hours before the execution.

Ace himself was imprisoned in the temporary prison in Marinford.

The crescent-shaped harbor of the Navy Headquarters and the front half of the execution square were surrounded by 60 warships, like an airtight iron barrel.

Although the number of these 60 warships was small, each of them was an expensive and well-equipped special warship of the Demon Slayer Order level.

The cost of any one of them would not be less than 1.5 billion Baileys. In addition to the various elite weapons on the ship, it would take at least 2 billion Baileys to build such a warship.

Not counting the technology, just from the price point of view, only the world government with rich resources can afford such a high cost in this sea.

Of course, this is just the money spent on construction. The daily repair and maintenance of these warships is an astronomical figure.

Behind the 60 warships around the island, there are four lines of defense.

The first line of defense is the towering walls outside Marinford. On these weathered walls, a powerful heavy artillery is mounted every few steps.

The black muzzle exudes a terrifying aura, pointing far away to the sea in the distance, and can carry out saturation and destructive strikes on enemies within the field of vision at any time.

The second line of defense is located on both sides behind the city wall, composed of two general candidates, Momosato Gion and Chaton Kake, as well as 18 elite vice admirals of the Navy Headquarters, more than 40 ordinary vice admirals, and countless elite navy.

Once the Whitebeard Pirates break through the outer blockade of warships and resist the saturation of artillery fire, they will be dealt a heavy blow by these elite navy who maintain the order of the sea.

The third line of defense is located at the bottom of the execution platform, in front of the eight giant vice admirals, and is composed of a powerful lineup of six Shichibukai who have not yet arrived.

The Navy is confident in its own strength to arrange them here instead of in front.

Justice does not need these scum on the sea to maintain it.

From another perspective, this is also the Sengoku's precautions against them.

If the Shichibukai are arranged at the front, once these powerful pirates rebel, the high-ranking navy officers in the rear will not have time to stop them from destroying the front line of defense.

The fourth line of defense is simpler than the previous ones, and there are no necessary defense measures.

Under the high-up execution platform, there are three golden chairs made of gold, and the purple leather cushions indicate their nobility.

This line of defense is none other than the Navy's highest combat power, the Admiral's line of defense that symbolizes the Navy's absolute military power.

Further back is the execution platform hanging alone in the sky, with two powerful traditional Chinese characters "Wall of Justice" engraved on it.

Above the crescent-shaped harbor, the elite navy, who had hurriedly eaten a few bites of a hearty breakfast, were already on full alert in the square.

Everyone held a shiny weapon in their hands, a gun that had been oiled and maintained, and looked forward with a firm gaze.

They knew why the breakfast was so rich today, because people always have to eat a good meal before they die, so that they will not be looked down upon in the underworld.

They also knew that they could not eat too much, because eating too much would affect their reaction speed and thus lose their lives.

One hundred thousand naval soldiers stood neatly on the Crescent Bay, with one hundred thousand snow-white military caps and one hundred thousand snow-white cloaks with the word "justice" written in dragons and phoenixes.

One hundred thousand fresh lives stood here for their beliefs.

In the wide square, on the wall of the bay, naval soldiers who were good at using artillery had already begun to calibrate the artillery according to the plan made before.

After the artillery was calibrated, a large amount of ammunition was moved to the city wall, and the sound of filling shells sounded, and the tense atmosphere before the war filled the entire square.

They knew very well that anyone of them might die here today.

But they also knew that their families and many concerns behind them were watching their every move.

Forward! For heroes!

Back! Forever cowards!

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