"Activate the Laser Cannon!"
All of Infinite Pirates' Steel Battleships lined up on either side of the Hades Pluto ship. As Li Yuan's command echoed, the main cannons of all the Steel Battleships emitted a brilliant purple lightning glow.
Under the scorching sun, that purple lightning shone as brightly as the stars in the night sky.
The aura emanating from the cannon muzzles instilled fear in everyone, especially on the main cannon of the Hades Pluto ship, where the terrifying presence made all the notorious pirates present tense up.
At this distance, the navy and pirate ships had not yet reached a fixed firing range, but while they were out of range of the navy and other pirate crews, they had reached the range of Infinite Pirates!
"What is that thing?"
All the navy personnel on the warships looked solemnly at the purple glow radiating from the hundreds of Steel Battleships of Infinite Pirates. Although they did not understand what it was, they knew it was definitely not something good.
"Not good, top-tier combatants, block it for me!"
Suddenly, Sengoku shouted loudly! "Fire!"
With Li Yuan's command, hundreds of Steel Battleships fired simultaneously, and the purple Laser Cannons transformed into massive pillars of lightning, shooting towards the navy's foremost warships.
Hundreds of lightning pillars shot out at once, the smallest having a diameter of four meters, while the Laser Cannon fired from the Hades Pluto ship reached a staggering fifteen meters in diameter!
The terrifying Laser Cannons unleashed their firepower, sweeping across the sea, splitting the ocean in half. The immense power and brilliance left the navy in a state of panic.
"Freezing Capsule, activate!"
"Underworld Dog!"
"Heat Shrink Cannon!"
"Eight Shaku Hook!"
"Great Buddha Impact!"
As the Laser Cannons fired, the navy and the World Government's top-tier combatants simultaneously took action to block those Laser Cannons.
"Boom! Boom!!"
The Laser Cannons on the ordinary Steel Battleships were formidable, but for those top-tier combatants, they posed little threat. Any Laser Cannon intercepted by the top-tier combatants caused no damage to the navy.
"Bone Fist: Meteor!!"
Garp charged to the front, his fist crackling with red lightning, all his strength converging into his fist as he struck the most terrifying Laser Cannon fired from the Hades Pluto ship.
The immense force of his punch, combined with Armament Haki, pushed the Laser Cannon back several dozen meters. However, the Laser Cannon on the Hades Pluto ship was different from those on other Steel Battleships; it was a continuous output type of attack.
After Garp pushed the Laser Cannon back, the massive recoil from firing caused the kilometer-long Hades Pluto ship to retreat several dozen meters.
But Garp's strength only managed to push the Laser Cannon back a few dozen meters before it lost momentum, while the weapon system on the Hades Pluto ship continued to charge and fire the Laser Cannon.
"How is this possible!!!"
Garp's gaze sharpened as he saw the Laser Cannon he had pushed back was not extinguished; instead, it broke through his power and continued to charge towards him.
At this moment, Garp was in mid-air with no leverage to push off from. Even the speed of Moon Walk could not outpace the speed of the Laser Cannon, and Garp was directly hit head-on by the Laser Cannon.
"Crack! Crack! Crack!!!"
The Laser Cannon, along with Garp, surged towards the warship he was protecting, even piercing through the foremost warship and creating a straight line of destruction spanning over a thousand meters within the Laser Cannon's firing range.
Any warship struck by the Laser Cannon was completely penetrated from bow to stern, its keel destroyed, rendering the entire ship a total loss.
Only Garp, covered in Armament Haki, was left battered and bruised, falling into the sea yet still alive. All others near the Laser Cannon were obliterated in its blast.
Compared to the power of the Laser Cannon, the other Laser Cannons were not nearly as terrifying. The top-tier combatants managed to block only one-tenth of the hundreds of Laser Cannons fired.
The remaining Laser Cannons that struck the warships, regardless of their size, were directly destroyed by the blast.
The Laser Cannons of Infinite Pirates made their official debut before everyone, and with a single volley, they destroyed over a hundred warships—this was nothing short of a natural disaster!
"Ah, help!!"
"Monsters, we can't win at all!"
"So terrifying, is this the weapon of Infinite Pirates?"
After the destruction of the warships, the surviving navy personnel, most of whom had fallen into the sea, were filled with terror. This kind of weapon was simply beyond their comprehension!
It could be said that before the war even began, Infinite Pirates had already intimidated everyone in the World Government. If such terrifying weapons were fired ten or eight more times, the World Government would be completely annihilated—what was the point of fighting at all?
"Very good, very good, this power is just right for my ship!"
Li Yuan had no particular feelings about the other Laser Cannons; instead, he was very satisfied with the power of the Laser Cannon fired from his ship, the Hades Pluto. While its instantaneous explosive power might be lacking, its sustained output compensated for that shortcoming.
This was still due to various factors such as insufficient energy and technology that reduced the power of the Laser Cannon. Otherwise, if it were truly the main cannon of Pluto, Garp would not have survived.
"Immediately send people to rescue everyone who has fallen into the sea!"
"All warships, halt navigation immediately!"
"All members of vice admiral rank and above, come to the front warships at once, ready to block the enemy's attack!"
Faced with such heavy losses, Sengoku's heart was bleeding. Just a single encounter had resulted in such severe losses, leaving him furious. However, as the commander, he suppressed his anger and issued the most rational orders.
He did not know if the enemy could continue using that terrifying attack, so he could only temporarily halt the warships' advance.
"Hahaha, my little ones, keep charging forward!"
"Glahh, children, the navy is scared, go for it!"
"Ugh, what terrifying power, Beasts Pirates, charge!"
The navy was afraid, and this was the best motivation for the pirates. Golden Lion and the others continued to charge forward!
"All Steel Battleships, turn broadside and attack with side cannons!"
"Non-Steel Battleships, continue advancing, and fire as soon as they reach range!"
Li Yuan then issued new orders.
These lightning cannons were only equipped on the Steel Battleships, and there was only one mounted on the main cannon. The side cannons of the Steel Battleships were still conventional explosive cannons, but the firepower and range of the Steel Battleship's cannons far exceeded those of ordinary navy cannons.
Thus, the Steel Battleships did not need to advance further; they only needed to turn their hulls broadside to directly attack with their cannons.
Once the kilometer-long Hades Pluto ship turned broadside, it had a total of two hundred and fifty cannons, with one cannon every four meters on average, and the other Steel Battleships had a similar spacing.
"Fire!"
"Boom! Boom!!!"
As Li Yuan shouted the command, all the Steel Battleships immediately opened fire. The moment the massive roar erupted, a rain of cannonballs flew towards the navy warships.
"Damn it, how can their cannon range be so far!"
Sengoku breathed a sigh of relief as he saw the Steel Battleships turn broadside, which meant that the previous terrifying Laser Cannon attack could not be fired again.
Just as Sengoku had guessed, while the Laser Cannons were powerful, they had a fatal flaw: they consumed too much energy and could only fire once before needing to recharge. They could only be used again once fully charged.
However, Sengoku did not expect that the cannons equipped on the Steel Battleships were all the latest and most powerful cannons of Infinite Pirates, far surpassing the firepower and range of the strongest cannons on the navy's warships.
This meant that the navy warships could not hit the Steel Battleships, but the Steel Battleships could hit the navy warships.
Countless cannonballs flew in, and the navy personnel on many warships began to defend, but still, many cannonballs struck the warships.
Cannonballs that did not hit the warships fell into the sea, and the moment they exploded, they created massive waves that rocked the warships. Many of those who had fallen into the water had not yet been rescued when they were killed by the cannonball explosions.
"Fire, fire for me!!"
After the second round of bombardment from the Steel Battleships, the warships and other pirate ships reached firing range, and both sides engaged in a fierce cannon battle.
In an instant, the entire Marx Sea was engulfed in an unprecedented large-scale artillery battle.
Both the World Government and the pirates suffered varying degrees of losses, but the World Government suffered the most because the firepower of Infinite Pirates was simply too overwhelming.
With the hundreds of Steel Battleships in the rear utilizing their ultra-long-range firepower and numerous cannons, the navy suffered heavy losses.
It could be said that the firepower on the pirate side was dominated by Infinite Pirates, accounting for eighty percent, while the combined firepower of other pirate crews was more than five times weaker than that of Infinite Pirates.
The current World Government was firmly suppressed by the firepower of Infinite Pirates, and even the continuous arrival of reinforcements from the World Government could not change this fact.
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