As Azrael's cards fully materialized, a deathly silence descended upon the secret realm.
"If I rember correctly," Dick hesitantly whispered to nia after a mont of stunned silence, "aren't these the cards belonging to mbers of the Crimson Oath Society from that night?"
Ignoring the rambling tech specialist beside him, nia stared solemnly at Azrael, who stood protected by a swarm of summoned figures, and exhaled slowly through gritted teeth.
"I never would have imagined that the President of the Donglai Cardian Master Association would actually be a mber of the Crimson Oath Society."
"Not that it matters now."
Without expecting a response, nia slowly drew a gleaming silver dagger from her waist, her eyes narrowing with lethal intent.
"Either way, you won't be leaving this place alive today."
"I'm certain when I inform those guild fools about this discovery, their expressions will be absolutely priceless."
Dick gradually regained his composure from the initial shock, scanning the dense crowd of pirates surrounding them with renewed confidence.
This entire scenario had been orchestrated to encircle and eliminate the Association's strongest fighters. While Azrael's true identity was sowhat unexpected, he remained outnumbered, and they would overwhelm him through sheer force of numbers.
Dick slamd his hands against the ground and shouted, "Weapon Enhancent!"
"Buzz!"
A subtle humming resonated through the air as the weapons in the pirates' hands began emanating continuous azure light.
Witnessing this transformation, Dick raised an eyebrow triumphantly. "Do you have any idea how much effort I invested in modifying these weapons?"
As the Seven Seas' most renowned craftsman, Dick had earned his position among the Seven Kings not solely through combat prowess, but more importantly for his scientific innovations.
This technological mastery alone placed him on equal footing with those powerful rulers.
However, upon observing this display, Azrael's expression shifted to a cold, predatory smile. "Leave no one alive."
Human wave tactics?
That was precisely what he feared least in his current state.
"BOOM!"
As Azrael's words echoed, everyone's hearts skipped a beat in unison.
At that mont, the clouds were shattered by an overwhelming violet spiritual pressure, while the air itself seed to crackle with nacing black and red lightning.
Dick and nia's pupils trembled as they stared at the two n flanking Azrael.
The brown-haired man's expression remained completely impassive, his eyes devoid of any warmth or rcy.
The young man sporting a cross-shaped scar on his chest pressed his right hand against his straw hat, shadowing his eyes with its brim.
A captivating aura of supre dominance emanated from both figures, an unmistakable manifestation of Conqueror's Haki that could render weaker-willed opponents unconscious simply through its overwhelming presence. Simultaneously, Aizen's violet spiritual pressure, his Reiatsu, pressed down upon their enemies with crushing intensity, a force so overwhelming that it could bring even powerful demons to their knees.
No... it transcended re aura.
"Gu!" Dick swallowed hard, feeling the crushing weight bearing down on him. "Vangeance?!"
He imdiately sensed the familiar presence within the straw-hatted youth who had descended alongside the others.
"That bastard Li Gang wasn't lying after all!"
In that terrifying instant, both demons finally comprehended that Li Gang hadn't deceived them. Garciwell and Vangeance had indeed perished at the hands of the young man standing before them.
nia whirled toward the green-haired swordsman beside Azrael, sudden recognition dawning in her features. She finally understood why Zoro had seed so familiar during their previous encounter.
Of course he would be familiar, he was crafted using Garciwell's very essence as material!
"Ding-ling."
The sound of weapons clattering to the ground echoed throughout the realm.
A massive number of low-level pirates lost consciousness in the overwhelming aura radiating from Luffy and Aizen. So of the more cowardly demons even perished from sheer terror.
Observing this devastating scene, Dick's face flushed with humiliation and rage.
He hadn't anticipated his carefully orchestrated human wave strategy would prove utterly useless without achieving a single aningful effect.
"What was all my painstaking preparation these past nights worth?!" he snarled in frustration.
Fortunately, the battlefield wasn't populated exclusively by weak pirates.
Like Garciwell before them, both Dick and nia commanded their own elite lieutenants. Combined with Vangeance's remaining forces, a considerable number of Gold-ranked demons remained conscious and combat-ready.
The quality of these survivors varied significantly, but the human wave strategy retained so effectiveness since they still maintained nurical superiority.
Offering himself a few words of encouragent, Dick retrieved a small iron block from his pocket and hurled it behind him. The device instantly expanded into a massive cannon.
"BOOM!"
As the barrel expanded and contracted, a solid, blue-tinged cannonball hurtled toward Azrael's position with devastating velocity.
"Swish!"
The distinctive ring of steel eting steel echoed as the massive projectile was instantly bisected.
Erging from between the separated shell fragnts was a rubber giant with gleaming black limbs coated in Armant Haki.
Uncertain of his current location and considering the precarious situation within Donglai City, Azrael had chosen to deploy his cards at maximum power.
Regarding the revelation of his Crimson Oath Society identity, after witnessing these cards exposed, no demon present could be permitted to survive.
Luffy, having activated Gear Fourth, experienced significant enhancent across all physical capabilities. With just a few powerful bounds, he reached Dick's position.
"Gum-Gum Ape King Gun!"
His pitch-black right arm suddenly contracted like a coiled spring, and the next mont, it slamd into Dick like a devastating cannonball.
As a researcher, Dick's close-quarters combat abilities were practically nonexistent.
Fortunately, he still commanded loyal subordinates.
"Bang!"
His massive Haki-infused fist drove two Gold-ranked demons deep into the ground, sending the surrounding terrain surging like violent waves.
Gear Fourth, empowered by advanced Haki techniques, inflicted imnse damage on the two pirate demons.
With just one devastating strike, the two pirate commanders were rendered barely conscious, appearing to teeter on the verge of complete collapse.
Just as the various pirate leaders, whose strengths spanned a wide spectrum, began trembling with genuine fear, nia vanished in a silver flash.
The next mont, a gleaming silver dagger, radiating lethal intent, appeared beside Azrael and thrust toward his kidney.
"I've got you!" nia's face twisted into a bloodthirsty grin.
Having operated in this realm for an extended period, they were no longer the ignorant demons they had been initially.
In any battle against a Lore Cardian, successfully eliminating the summoner would rapidly conclude the engagent.
Moreover, considering her recent experiences, the group of Lore Cardians she had encountered in Korea had proven remarkably weak!
Eight or nine out of ten would have perished under her signature sneak attack.
However, her strategy was dood to fail, for Azrael wasn't so incompetent Lore Cardian from Korea.
He was the monster of the Empire of Aetherlight's Lore Cardian system.
More accurately, any genius from the existing great powers wouldn't fall to such a simplistic assassination attempt.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
"Bakudō #81: Dankū."
nia's dagger pierced through nurous honeycomb-like defensive spells before finally stopping at a transparent barrier of spiritual energy.
Looking up, she discovered her target standing with arms folded, staring coldly down at her with complete composure.
nia's pupils constricted in alarm, and she imdiately attempted to dodge into the distance.
The next mont, a sharp violet light flashed past her previous location.
"Ah, she escaped? How disappointing!"
Shiraori raised her right foreleg and scratched her head with apparent annoyance.
nia's back was drenched in cold sweat. In that careless mont, she had genuinely felt death's icy breath.
Steadying her trembling right hand, nia glanced toward Dick in the distance.
Dick was being relentlessly pursued by two Straw Hat Pirates, completely oblivious to the ongoing battle around him.
Fortunately, with the support of his pirate leaders, Dick's life remained temporarily out of imdiate danger.
Pursing her lips grimly, nia dodged the incoming electromagnetic projectile and deadly magic spells, then utilized the sunlight to split into multiple figures, simultaneously charging toward Azrael while one duplicate rushed toward the secret realm's entrance.
"If I can escape, he'll definitely pursue ," nia reasoned with tactical clarity.
While the current situation appeared unfavorable, she recognized the young man possessed a critical weakness: he absolutely could not afford to have his identity as a mber of the Crimson Oath Society exposed.
Otherwise, soone wouldn't have impersonated him that night to assassinate the forr president of Donglai.
If she could escape this secret realm, her enemy would undoubtedly pursue her with desperate intensity.
nia remained confident in her superior speed; if she could reach Donglai proper, the hunter would beco the hunted.
Gazing at the rapidly approaching entrance, she smiled triumphantly.
But in the next instant, her expression froze completely.
The intelligence Li Gang had provided to the demons before the battle contained only general information about the two cards Azrael had publicly revealed, omitting any details about the Crimson Oath Society's exclusive summons.
Therefore, nia remained unaware of Shiraori's spatial manipulation abilities and Frieren's versatile magic.
Witnessing Azrael and his cards appear instantaneously at the secret realm's entrance, her face paled dramatically. She abruptly halted her sprint, stomped forcefully, and launched herself backward.
"BOOM!"
A devastating combination of dark abyssal magic and piercing killing spells ravaged the ground, rapidly pursuing nia's retreating form.
Within monts, the dagger-wielding female pirate was torn apart by the magical onslaught.
However, even as nia appeared to perish, Azrael remained vigilant and alert.
He couldn't believe soone of Garciwell's caliber could be eliminated so effortlessly.
Garciwell had previously single-handedly blocked attacks from both Aizen and Misaka simultaneously.
Sure enough, when the silver dagger reappeared, it struck viciously at Luffy, who was pursuing Dick.
"Ding!"
tal clashed against tal as a pitch-black long sword firmly intercepted the gleaming silver dagger.
The two contrasting weapons sparked violently as they ground against each other.
nia glared grimly at the green-haired swordsman who had blocked her strike. In an instant, she separated into multiple figures and attacked Zoro from all directions.
"Three Sword Style: Black Rope Great Tornado!"
A giant erald dragon, wrapped in a devastating hurricane, unleashed razor-sharp slashes in every direction.
nia's duplicates vanished into nothingness within a single breath.
She couldn't suppress her growing frustration.
But just as nia contemplated how to counter this overwhelming assault, an crushing sense of threat suddenly approached from behind.
"Gum-Gum Snake Fist!"
Turning, she witnessed a rubber fist extending from the distance, already positioned re inches from her face.
It was Luffy.
He had temporarily abandoned his pursuit of Dick to provide crucial support to his crewmate.
"Bang!"
Caught completely off guard, nia was violently launched through the air, rolling and tumbling while raising clouds of debris.
"nia!" Dick shouted with genuine concern.
However, it was obvious that a single blow wouldn't defeat such a formidable demon.
When the dust settled, nia appeared before everyone with disheveled hair and blood trickling from her mouth.
She raised her left hand to wipe the crimson from her lips, her expression wild with desperation. "You want my life?!"
"Dream on!"
However, confronted by her defiant provocation, Azrael responded with chilling calm, "I said leave no one alive."
"Every demon in this secret realm today..."
"Vangeance die."
As his words faded, all six of Azrael's cards launched their coordinated assault simultaneously.
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