One Piece: Surrounded at Marineford? Just kidding!

Chapter 129: An Era in Decline, a Stepping Stone to the Future!

Dead silence.

The battlefield of all nations fell into a deathly silence.

On the battlefield, everyone, whether they were the elites of the Beasts Pirates or the Charlotte Family's executives led by Katakuri, stood frozen in place like puppets whose souls had been taken away.

Their faces were blank, a mixture of bewilderment, fear, and utter disorientation.

Everyone was subconsciously and uncontrollably looking toward the very center of the battlefield, the place where, not long ago, two sea emperors who had reigned over the New World for decades had stood.

There……

There was nothing there.

No.

It is not empty.

All that remained were two enormous, unimaginably deep, and terrifying pits.

Those two emperors who ruled the sea for decades... were just killed like that?

Just like that... disappeared?

No one dared to believe it.

No one dared to step forward to confirm.

Because above those two giant craters, a figure was silently floating there.

Although he had already restrained his divine aura, the mere sight of him flying around was enough to deter anyone from approaching!

The remaining powerful warriors couldn't even muster the courage to look directly at that figure.

Time stood still.

I don't know how much time has passed, maybe a minute, maybe ten minutes.

Finally, in this suffocating silence, two figures moved.

"Jin the Flame" slightly fluttered his flame-burning wings, took a deep breath, suppressed the fear in his heart that was almost devouring his reason, and embraced the determination to die.

On the other side, Charlotte Katakuri also took heavy steps.

As the second-in-command of their respective pirate crews, as the first mates of the Emperors, this is their duty, and they are not allowed to back down at this moment.

Even if hell lies ahead, they must see for themselves to confirm the condition of their emperor.

Their eyes met in mid-air, and without a word, they reached a tacit understanding in an instant.

They walked step by step toward the two huge pits, one on the left and one on the right, with a determination to die for their cause.

As they drew closer, a faint, almost imperceptible aura, like the flame of life about to be extinguished, emanated from the bottom of the pit.

This made Jhin and Katakuri's hearts sink!

They quickened their pace and reached the edge of the giant pit, trembling as they looked down.

The gaze seemed to be infinitely drawn closer at this moment, slowly moving downwards.

At the very bottom of that smooth, bottomless pit, two figures huddled together, their bodies charred black, like two pieces of burnt-out rotten wood.

It was Kaido of the Beasts and Charlotte Linlin!

They...are still alive!

Seeing this, both King and Katakuri felt a strange sense of relief.

But the next second, that sliver of relief was replaced by a deeper despair.

Because they could clearly sense that although Kaido and Charlotte Linlin were still breathing faintly, their breathing was extremely weak, like candles flickering in the wind, ready to be extinguished at any moment.

This is not a typical external injury.

Instead, it suffered irreversible damage!

Their emperor, though still alive, will certainly be affected by the injury he suffered this time, which will impact his future strength.

At that moment, a voice came from above everyone's heads, calm and indifferent.

High in the sky, Chen Ye's Sun God Armor was transforming into billions of golden light spots, peeling off, scattering, and finally disappearing into the air.

He returned to his original appearance, his black trench coat swaying gently in the hot wind.

He looked down at the distorted faces below, at the two barely clinging silhouettes at the bottom of the pit, his eyes devoid of any emotion.

Tell them to live well.

The sound wasn't loud, but it reached the ears of everyone present.

This abrupt and seemingly random statement left everyone stunned.

Who should we tell?

Live well? Is this... the mercy of the victors?

However, before they could even process this huge information gap, Chen Ye's next words shocked everyone even more!

"Let the people of the old era eke out a living in this new era."

These words were more humiliating to Jhin, Katakuri, and the others than any of the previous devastating attacks!

This is not a declaration of victory.

Rather, it is a judgment on the old era!

So it turns out... his goal from the very beginning was neither revenge nor to seize the throne of the Sea Emperor.

Katakuri and King looked up at the same time, their eyes filled with hatred, fear, and confusion as they stared intently at Chenye in the sky.

Chen Ye ignored the deathly pale faces of the two people below.

He seemed to be doing something trivial before preparing to leave.

But just as he turned around, he seemed to remember something, and his movements paused slightly.

He added a final sentence.

A single sentence that brought this war to a close, and also laid the deepest foreshadowing for the future of the entire ocean.

"Two years from now, someone will come and completely end your era."

Let's make the best use of our experience in this new era!

This statement puzzled both Jhin and Katakuri.

Two years later?

anyone?

Experience pack?

Who is it? Why would they do this?

Countless questions instantly filled their minds.

But they didn't have a chance to ask the answer.

After saying this, Chen Ye didn't look down again.

He turned away, his back to the devastation, his back to this era that was drawing to a close.

next moment.

His figure transformed into a golden streak of light that pierced the sky, and without the slightest hesitation, he soared into the direction of Fishman Island.

Only a vague and ambiguous prophecy remains, echoing repeatedly across this desolate battlefield.

Until that golden light completely disappeared on the horizon.

The terrifying divine power that had been pressing down on everyone finally dissipated.

"Thump!"

"Thump!"

Countless survivors' legs gave way, and they collapsed to the ground, mouths agape, gasping for breath.

The ecstasy of surviving a catastrophe and the despair of the emperor's defeat created an absurd sense of tragedy in them.

In a corner of the ruins.

Several news birds, hiding in the crevices of the rocks to take close-up photos, peeked out, trembling.

Finally, I came to my senses from the shock.

They trembled as they spread their wings, carrying a world-shaking message that could overturn the entire world, and eagerly flew into the vast sky.

The ocean will undergo an unprecedented upheaval because of today's battle.