"Ding ding ding ding ding ding!!!"
At the moment when the gray sparrow and the gray giant eagle pressed the buttons on their bodies, all the broadcasts installed within Holy Land Mariejois erupted simultaneously.
The deafening alarm, along with the blaring red lights flooding Mary Geoise, made all the Celestial Dragons acutely aware that Mary Geoise was under attack, and it was an aerial assault that threatened their very lives!
"Run, there's an air raid!!"
"Damn it, who the hell dares to attack Holy Land Mariejois!"
"Stop talking and hurry to the underground shelter! If it's like the last explosion, we'll be blown to bits!"
"Where is the Divine Knight Brigade? Come protect me!"
"…"
The massive broadcast roared, sending all the Celestial Dragons in Holy Land Mariejois into a panic.
They began to flee towards their homes or the nearest shelter entrances, with those who were slower urging their guards to take them into the shelters quickly, then shutting the doors behind them and rushing to the deepest parts of the shelters.
The design of the shelters began during the reconstruction of Holy Land Mariejois.
It was meant to prevent sudden attacks like the one from World last time, ensuring that the Celestial Dragons could safely avoid disaster in the event of another aerial assault, preventing a repeat of the large-scale deaths from before.
Personnel were dispatched to patrol at altitudes of ten thousand meters, equipped with control buttons that could relay information to Mary Geoise at the first sign of an air raid, allowing the Celestial Dragons to receive the news and hide immediately.
It must be said that the previous explosion from World had left a huge shadow over the Celestial Dragons, which is why they had gone to great lengths in constructing shelters and preparing for aerial attacks.
To know, even though the World Government suffered heavy economic losses to build these shelters, their investment in this area did not diminish in the slightest; in fact, they increased it!
So when faced with such an air raid, even if the Celestial Dragons were not at home but in various parts of Mary Geoise, they could find the shelter entrances in the shortest time possible and ensure their safety.
These shelters were not only for preventing air raids; they could also guarantee safety in the face of other dangers by being the first to enter and sealing the doors behind them.
"Could it be that those pirates are targeting not the three seas of the Four Seas, but us in Mary Geoise!"
"Damn pirates, how dare they attack us in Mary Geoise! Do they really think the World Government is a pushover!"
"Annihilate them! This time we must wipe them all out!"
"…"
After the air raid alarm sounded, the Five Elders naturally heard it as well. They immediately flew into the sky and saw the enormous islands descending from above.
This infuriated them; the previous air raid from World had already caused them great suffering, and now another air raid was happening while Lord Imu was awake. If they didn't handle it well, the consequences were unimaginable! "All top combat forces in Mary Geoise, destroy those falling islands completely! Do not let them land on Mary Geoise!"
Saint Nusjuro, Warrior God of Finance, shouted immediately, issuing the command before transforming into a half-human, half-horse form, wielding the First Generation Ghost Cutter as he charged into the sky.
With a powerful slash from the First Generation Ghost Cutter, one of the massive islands was cleaved in two.
However, the two halves of the island still showed no signs of stopping their descent, continuing to plummet at the same speed.
"Another slash!!!"
Saint Nusjuro did not hesitate to swing the First Generation Ghost Cutter again, slicing the already split island into four pieces.
He then continued to swing the blade, rapidly shattering the islands into smaller and smaller fragments.
Only in this way would the damage from the falling debris on Mary Geoise be minimized.
The other Five Elders also began to attack the descending islands, their goal mirroring that of Saint Nusjuro: since they could not stop the fall, they would shatter the islands as much as possible.
Falling debris and falling islands were two entirely different concepts.
Falling debris would merely destroy buildings, but if entire islands fell, it could obliterate all of Mary Geoise!
Not only the Five Elders, but soon many top combat forces from various Celestial Dragon families in Mary Geoise also began to ascend and bombard the falling islands.
As numerous top combat forces took to the skies to attack the descending islands, each island was shattered.
But the speed of the islands' descent was too fast; the top combat forces could only destroy the islands but could not reduce every single one to dust.
The largest of the shattered islands still measured a quarter of its original size, crashing down onto Mary Geoise, resembling the impact of ordinary meteorites.
In an instant, the towering buildings and opulent structures of Mary Geoise were smashed to pieces by the falling fragments of the islands.
In less than a minute, over fifty percent of all buildings in Mary Geoise were destroyed.
Many Celestial Dragons who were unfortunate enough not to make it to the shelters in time were also killed by the debris.
Only the central Pangea Castle remained unscathed, as an invisible force erased the debris that would have fallen upon it.
"Another air raid? These pirates are truly audacious!"
Imu, seated on the Void Throne, looked up at the sky with a piercing gaze, as if he could see through the layers of clouds, directly at Li Yuan and the others high above.
He remembered the last time a reckless pirate had taken advantage of his slumber to drop several powerful bombs from the sky, destroying his Pangea Castle.
Even during his sleep, he had been accidentally thrown out by the shockwave of the explosion; that kind of embarrassment was something he had not felt in eight hundred years.
So he had ordered his subordinates to use Uranus to eliminate that person.
Now, another group of reckless individuals was attacking his territory! "Not good!"
However, just as Imu's expression darkened, his Observation Haki detected an incredible scene!!! Without time to think, countless dark powers surged from his body, transforming into two rivers of darkness that rushed swiftly towards either side of Pangea Castle.
At the end of the darkness, there were two massive Sea Stone barrels, resembling two gigantic bathtubs, descending from the sky along with the debris.
These two Sea Stone barrels appeared to be precision devices, giving off a high-tech visual impression.
But it was precisely these two Sea Stone barrels that caused a flicker of panic in Imu.
As the dark power reached the vicinity of the two barrels, it immediately engulfed them.
The all-pervasive dark power forcefully invaded the two Sea Stone barrels, destroying their mechanisms and preventing them from triggering any traps inside.
"Whew!!!"
Seeing that he had dealt with the two Sea Stone barrels, Imu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"What!!"
However, just as he relaxed, the foresight from his Observation Haki did not change significantly due to his actions; at most, it merely weakened the impending disaster.
Because there were a total of twenty Sea Stone barrels installed on those fifteen islands, and Imu had only dealt with two; eighteen others had already fallen directly onto various parts of Mary Geoise with the debris.
The island impacts were merely a distraction; Li Yuan had not been foolish enough to think that the falling islands alone could inflict any substantial damage on Mary Geoise.
Special containers made of Sea Stone, unless specifically targeted like Imu, would not sustain damage even under the bombardment of top combat forces.
"Indeed, those pirates, they really dare to attack Mary Geoise!"
The Five Elders and numerous top combat forces of the Celestial Dragons hovered in the air, all looking up at the layers of clouds. Even though they could not see above the clouds with the naked eye, their Observation Haki clearly sensed numerous powerful presences above.
"It's time!"
Li Yuan, high above the clouds, looked down and saw that all the Sea Stone containers had fallen. A slight smile appeared on his lips as he pressed the button in his hand.
"Click!!!"
The eighteen Sea Stone containers distributed throughout Mary Geoise suddenly opened, and the Sea Stone containers rapidly shrank.
The originally bathtub-sized Sea Stone containers instantly reduced to the size of water buckets.
Inside the containers, filled with purple liquid, all the liquid was exposed to the air the moment the Sea Stone containers opened.
This purple liquid was none other than explosive rock!!! Moreover, the volume of explosive rock contained in each Sea Stone container was two hundred times that of what World had used! After World's demise, Li Yuan had been searching for the More-More Fruit, but after twenty years, he had found nothing and had not heard of anyone consuming it.
Li Yuan felt regretful for not finding the More-More Fruit, as without it, he could not amplify the explosive rock a hundredfold like World had, creating an explosion effect akin to an ancient weapon.
Later, Li Yuan changed his thinking: since he could not amplify the explosive rock's power a hundredfold with the More-More Fruit, he could simply increase the volume of the explosive rock a hundredfold! Thus, Li Yuan had Soros redesign the Sea Stone containers, directly expanding their volume by two hundred times, achieving the goal of naturally enhancing the explosive power by two hundred times.
As all the explosive rocks came into contact with the air, the previously stable explosive rock reacted with the air, and the purple liquid energy erupted into an incredibly brilliant light.
"Boom boom boom!!!!"
The violent energy erupted in an instant, with the scorching explosive energy sweeping outward in all directions from the center of the explosive rock.
As the explosion spread, the intense heat melted everything, and the powerful shockwave destroyed everything.
It could be said that wherever the explosion passed, everything was obliterated; even the Celestial Dragons hiding in the shelters of Mary Geoise would be destroyed unless they had already reached the deepest parts of the shelters.
The explosion in Mary Geoise at this moment far exceeded the explosion from World's previous air raid.
World had only amplified the explosive rock a hundredfold using the More-More Fruit; now, Li Yuan was using explosive rock amplified two hundred times, and the quantity was far greater than what World had.
As a result, in the instant of the explosion, it engulfed all of Mary Geoise, and the entire Mary Geoise was instantly destroyed.
The violent shockwave of the explosion surged upwards, scattering all the clouds above Mary Geoise, revealing various ships and islands floating in the sky, along with the figures of Li Yuan and the others.
From Li Yuan's perspective, the explosion in Mary Geoise below was spectacular, with magnificent mushroom clouds rising.
"Hahaha, this explosion is truly impressive! World used this method to blow up Mary Geoise back then, and I didn't expect you, Li Yuan, to use the same method to blow it up again!"
Golden Lion laughed heartily at this scene.
"Just found what World had hidden away. I don't have the More-More Fruit, so I mixed all the explosive rocks left by World to enhance the explosion's power."
Li Yuan replied with a smile.
What he said was merely to comfort Golden Lion and the others, indicating that he had used up all the explosive rocks and they need not worry about him keeping any.
As for whether Golden Lion and the others believed him or not, Li Yuan didn't care! After all, he had already claimed there were none left; if others wanted to ask further, they could not blame him for turning hostile! "How could this happen!"
When the Five Elders steadied themselves and looked down, the entire Mary Geoise was already shrouded in explosions, with smoke billowing everywhere; the entire Mary Geoise had been utterly destroyed! Even Pangea Castle, where Imu was located, had been blown up, though the core area was protected by a dark force and remained intact.
They never expected such a scene to unfold; they thought the falling islands were the pirates' weapons of attack.
They had no idea that it was merely a distraction, and the real killing blow was that weapon with explosive power.
This explosive power was something they were all too familiar with; it was the explosive rock that World had used to destroy Mary Geoise.
This explosive rock had once been developed by their World Government for the Navy.
But now, this explosive had consecutively destroyed Mary Geoise twice, a full two times!!! It was simply too much to bear! PS: The grand finale is coming; from now on, two chapters will be merged into one, with each chapter being four thousand words!
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