Chapter 954 Justifiable Defense

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"Crack!"

Black lightning surrounded five rapidly expanding phantoms, and the overwhelming aura caused spiderweb-like cracks to appear on the surrounding ground, which continued to spread outwards.

"This is a really troublesome situation!"

Venus Nasujiro's entire body began to transform into a skeleton, eventually becoming a giant white skeletal horse—the very form of the monster, the Horse Bone!

"You pesky insects! I will devour you all!"

Jupiter Pitsaur, with its limbs atrophied, its entire body transformed into a giant worm, opening its abyssal maw filled with sharp teeth on its head, twisting and roaring—it was the monster—the Sandworm form!

"Hmph! How laughable! You dare to dream of overthrowing the World Government?!"

Mercury Vochuli Saint let out a cold snort, then his figure expanded violently, finally transforming into a giant wild boar with bronze skin and iron bones, and four huge tusks. It breathed heavily from its large nostrils, instantly blowing away the trees and buildings in front of it! It was the monster - Fengxi form!

"It's been so long since I've shown myself like this!"

Mars Maz Saint, his neck began to lengthen, a huge bird beak protruded from his face, a pair of bird claws crushed the hard stone ground, a pair of colorful feathered wings spread from his back, and blood-red flames surrounded his body. It was the monster - Itsumade form!

"Since you insist on getting involved, then we'll just have to eliminate you all!"

Saturn Satan has fierce eyes, bull horns growing from its head, and its lower body transforming into an eight-legged spider with thick, sharp venomous stingers growing from the tips of its legs, thus transforming into the monstrous bull demon form!

The Five Elders have completely transformed into five-headed monsters!

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"Hoo hoo hoo hoo! Five monsters? Perfect, one for each of us. Let's see who takes them down first!"

Kaido, feeling playful, immediately made a suggestion.

"Do we even need to look? Of course it's me!"

Loki stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, speaking arrogantly.

"Why should I follow your orders! All of you step back! Leave these five old geezers to me!"

"Hehehehe! Let you have it? Are you kidding me! Idiot."

Moria looked Loki up and down, grinning to reveal two rows of sharp, triangular teeth.

"Heh, I don't know what a pirate like you is doing here! But whatever, it'll be your turn after we deal with those old guys in the World Government!"

"If you want to die, I can grant your wish! Perfect! I've always been interested in the corpse of an ancient giant! With such a corpse, I can definitely create the most powerful zombie general in history!"

Loki and Moria stared at each other, their gazes seemingly sparking a connection across the distance.

"Two idiots! They're both in their fifties or sixties, yet they're still so childish!"

Barrett looked disgusted.

"You bastard! Who are you calling a jerk?!"

Moriah and Loki turned around at the same time and questioned each other loudly.

"Heh, no need to argue, everyone gets a share, I'm talking about the two of you!"

Barrett showed no fear whatsoever.

"Damn it! You bastard..."

"Um, everyone..."

Big Bear tried to mediate, but no one listened to him. He could only shake his head helplessly and pray that Captain Gel would appear soon, otherwise his teammates would start fighting amongst themselves before the battle even began.

"hehe!"

The Five Elders exchanged glances. They had gone to great lengths to transform, only to be left out in the wind, which was quite disrespectful. However, seeing internal strife within the enemy ranks, the Five Elders sneered inwardly, as if they were witnessing yet another Rocks Pirates.

They were quite experienced in dealing with this fragile alliance of unruly, strong individuals who refused to submit to each other.

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"Hey, hey, hey, Old Mo, Aki!"

Just then, a familiar voice suddenly rang out, and everyone looked up in the direction of the voice, only to see the black-haired man standing calmly and casually on Loki's hammer with his hands behind his back.

"Damn it! Don't give other people random names, you bastard!"

Loki expressed his strong dissatisfaction.

"Haha, don't worry about the details. It's just a form of address. The most important thing is that it sounds good to say it."

"Besides, we'll all be family from now on, so calling each other that makes it seem more intimate, doesn't it?"

Gel waved his hand dismissively.

"Closeness?"

The unfamiliar words startled Loki.

"Snapped!"

Ger clapped his hands and continued.

"Okay, business first."

"When we get back, you can 'cut' and 'poke' us however you like, but keep a bit of restraint while we're out there. Otherwise, people might mistakenly think we're disorganized and have a bad team atmosphere, and they might start plotting to plant spies or something..."

"Cough cough!"

The embarrassment on the Five Elders' faces was fleeting.

"Hehehe! Boss Ger, you've finally arrived! We couldn't wait to get started!"

Moria interrupted Captain Gol's ramblings with a laugh.

"Yes, I apologize. I was delayed for a while while entertaining some distinguished guests from the Knights of God in the Golden City."

Geer's gaze finally turned to the five menacing monsters in front of him, whose appearance was somewhat absurd and bizarre.

"It's you!"

The Five Elders' gazes also fell on the tiny figure on Loki's giant hammer.

"So, it seems that the Golden Emperor Tesoro, the pirate Kaido of the Beasts, the Fifth Emperor Gecko Moria, and the giant prince Loki of Elbaf have all joined your terrorist organization!"

Maz Saint's gaze was solemn.

"Hmph! Birds of a feather flock together! A bunch of scoundrels born to create chaos!"

"Vocli Saint snorted coldly."

"Hey! What terrorist organization? That doesn't sound like anything good! We've already called ourselves the Brothers Army, don't give other people random nicknames!"

Captain G. protested loudly.

Behind him, Loki couldn't help but think to himself, "It doesn't matter who said the address or what."

"We... bully the weak, well... mainly because we're too strong and the bad guys are too weak. We rob the rich to help the poor... um... it seems we only care about robbing the rich. Anyway, you can ask around on this ocean. Our Brothers Army has always had a very positive image."

"Hmph! What 'brothers' army'?! Talking nonsense and utterly illogical!"

"Vocli Saint snorted coldly."

"They're nothing but a bunch of vicious criminals who dare to challenge order and disrupt the balance! Stop trying to glorify themselves!"

"Hahahaha! How was the World Government born 800 years ago? Wasn't it built on the corpse of the old order?"

Gerr put away his smile and said calmly.

"You bunch of stubborn old fogies who cling to the old order should indeed be afraid!"

"Fear?"

The wild boar gave a mocking look.

"Heh, ignorance is bliss! You know nothing of the power of God!"

"No, no, no, you're wrong!"

Gel looked past the five monsters and toward the magnificent and mysterious castle behind him.

"It's precisely because I don't know the full extent of the World Government's power that I've tolerated you until today, just to be on the safe side! Otherwise, I would have overthrown you long ago! What right do a bunch of stupid Celestial Dragons have to rule this world?"

"I never expected that you would be the ones to start the fight. It's not illegal for me to kill someone in self-defense, you understand?"

The Five Elders looked grim. Although they knew arguing about this was pointless, what the hell did they mean by "they attacked first"? They acted like they were the ones who were wronged, but they didn't mention a word about the Celestial Dragons who were harmed in the Golden City!

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