Bang! Bang! Bang!
Jian Ji Lang, after Benedict made a move against the Sea Monkey, immediately came to support Kuzan.
Three members of the Destroyer Squad were also killed instantly, and the remaining two, heavily injured, were sent flying.
Yet, even so, Kuzan, who was already heavily injured, was battered and bruised after being ganged up on by the three Destroyer Squad members. He had little fighting power left.
Jian Ji Lang's brow furrowed slightly, but he still gave Kuzan his last Senzu bean.
In no time, Kuzan's injuries were all healed.
Sengoku, seeing this scene with a poker face, was inwardly shocked.
With such healing methods, as long as one wasn't beaten to death, taking one would mean full fighting power, making it difficult to die.
Kuzan's expression was cold as he didn't speak and moved with Jian Ji Lang towards Benedict.
"Kuzan, where are you going?"
Seeing Kuzan openly approaching Benedict, he could no longer endure the anger in his heart and said in a deep voice.
Kuzan stopped and said coldly, "I have joined the Black Tortoise Navy."
"This is my choice."
"The current Navy has completely become a weapon of the World Government."
"I have no habit of protecting the Celestial Dragons or cleaning up their messes."
Kuzan's words surprised Benedict.
Was this still the Kuzan from his memory?
However, regardless, this suited Benedict's taste perfectly.
Kuzan in his memory, though rational and upholding justice, was somewhat bound by convention.
Conversely, the Kuzan who left the Navy and later joined the Blackbeard Pirates, despite still appearing lazy, was much more genuine.
Sengoku's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot from Kuzan's words.
Kuzan, recognized as an Admiral for both his strength and military achievements, had now left the Navy just like that and joined the Black Tortoise Navy. This humiliation had slapped them hard in the face.
"You bastard!"
"Do you know what you're saying?"
"Admiral Zephyr trained you, and this is how you repay him?"
"You are an Admiral now. Do you know what kind of harm your words and actions will bring?"
Sengoku, enraged, clenched his fists and attacked Kuzan.
"Universal Pull!"
Sengoku, caught off guard, was directly controlled and flung away.
His massive golden body crashed into two icebergs consecutively.
However, such injuries were no different from a scratch to Sengoku.
Benedict's eyebrows rose. He had initially intended to control Sengoku using Universal Pull, but the control was very brief, so he changed to repelling him.
This phenomenon seemed to be due to Sengoku's strength, which was beyond Benedict's expectations.
But upon closer thought, this move wasn't invincible.
If one's strength was sufficiently great, they could forcefully break free from the control of Universal Pull.
After this analysis, Benedict no longer had high expectations for the move Universal Pull.
Perhaps it had a good effect on people below Admiral level.
Sengoku stood up, looking at Benedict with apprehension.
The feeling of being controlled for that brief moment was very dangerous.
If others were to attack him in concert here, even with his golden body's durability, it would be useless.
"Sengoku, the Navy's intellect general, Hito Hito no Mi, Mythical Zoan, Great Buddha form."
"A very good Devil Fruit."
"Since you're here, why not join the Black Tortoise Navy? That way, I won't have to waste my energy."
Benedict looked at Sengoku, his eyes flashing with strong interest, and said.
Through the system's scan, Benedict confirmed Sengoku's combat power for the first time.
S+ level combat power, the same strength as Jian Ji Lang.
However, it was still somewhat inferior to Garp's SS-level combat power.
Furthermore, Sengoku's Great Buddha form's duration did not seem to be very long.
"Benedict, are you humiliating me?" Sengoku said, his face dark with anger.
It was one thing to have Kuzan poached, but now he was being poached as well. Not to mention whether he was willing, he himself could not get past it.
Secondly, his family would also be in danger.
Finally, he had already been nominated as the next Fleet Admiral, and it was a foregone conclusion.
Upon becoming Fleet Admiral, he would gain greater authority and could change some things through his will and efforts.
Therefore, Sengoku would not leave the Navy.
"Humiliation?"
"If you want to think of it that way, I don't mind."
"For you, I am merely interested."
"Your persistent justice, I do not agree with. Especially when you, for the sake of your position, obeyed the World Government's orders and unhesitatingly issued commands to bombard innocent civilians, from that moment on, in my book, you are a person who deserves to die."
"Now, you don't even want the last salvation, so I have no need to waste my breath talking to you."
"I only throw one punch. Baroque couldn't take it."
"Why don't you give it a try?"
Benedict dared not underestimate Sengoku, especially with three Admiral-level experts standing by.
One punch, to fight four, should kill a few, right?
As Benedict spoke, the terrifying aura erupting from him, with the Eight Inner Gates opened to the seventh gate, combined with a punch from Three Thousand Lightning Movements, shocked everyone present.
Even though they had experienced it once, feeling it at such close proximity still made Kuzan's heart pound with fear.
As for Sengoku, Sea Monkey, the hidden Lu Shan, Swordsman, Sniper, and the arriving Vice Admiral Tsuru, their expressions were even more so.
"Retreat!"
"Everyone, retreat quickly!"
Sengoku roared at the Navy soldiers fiercely engaged in battle.
Sengoku, in his Great Buddha form, had a very resonant voice. Vice Admiral Tsuru also began to organize personnel to disengage and move away from the battlefield.
Benedict's punch was not aimed at the sky but at the ground where they stood.
This punch was enough to destroy the ice surface beneath them and the warships in the distance.
"Attack together."
Sengoku roared at Sea Monkey and the other Destroyer Squad members.
Swordsman, Sea Monkey, and others, with grim expressions, after a moment of hesitation, all came to Sengoku's side and attacked with all their might.
"Three Thousand Lightning Movements!"
Benedict glanced at Sengoku and the others expressionlessly, and the stored attack was instantly unleashed.
The terrifying power of three thousand punches fused into one, accompanied by falling thunder, instantly descended upon Sengoku and the others.
As this punch approached, Sengoku and the others discovered with horror that they had severely underestimated the terror of Benedict's punch.
Sengoku's strongest shockwave, Swordsman's strongest slash, Lu Shan's layers of spatial doors, Sea Monkey's armed lightning core, and Sniper's sniper bullet.
The convergence of these attacks formed a powerful force.
However, this powerful force, in the face of Benedict's punch, only lasted for less than three seconds before it was dissolved.
Facing the still terrifying punch, Sengoku and the others fell into despair.