# Chapter 158: Difficultly Withstanding Garuda
"All forces gather, get up, hide behind the higher-ups! It's the final moment, everyone hold on!" Kong's voice echoed throughout the entire G-5 Fortress.
His incredibly firm will seemed to infect all the members.
That's right.
They had already held on until the very last step, how could they easily give up?
Draining their stamina, exhausting their last bit of strength, supporting each other.
Leaning on anything that could offer support, they slowly got up.
Before the tsunami arrived, they hid behind the strongmen.
Facing a natural disaster, with the strength of ordinary people like them, it was impossible to stop it no matter what.
The only ones who could deal with it were these monsters.
"Great Buddha Shockwave!" Sengoku transformed into Great Buddha, terrifying shockwaves continuously gathered from his palms, erupting with a roar.
"Dragon Breath!" The CP0 Director-General transformed into a Black Dragon, in full Beast Transformation, opened his large mouth, gathering terrifying dark fire.
A dark fire breath shot straight towards the tsunami.
"Warship Cannon!" Garp endured his injured body, tearing off the bandages that would affect his performance.
Using strength in both arms, he lifted a discarded warship at the Port.
Like throwing a cannonball, he threw the warship, coated with Haki, towards the tsunami.
"Adamantine Fist!" Kong's terrifying fist struck the air, forming an air cannon.
The other strongmen of the Allied Forces also used their respective means, unleashing their strongest techniques one after another, hoping to punch a "hole" through the tsunami.
Sengoku consumed stamina, unleashing shockwaves one after another.
Garp, Kong, and the others unleashed punch after punch.
The seawater was continuously dispersed.
Finally, the tsunami was broken, and a massive hole appeared.
Under the efforts of the powerful combatants, the Allied Forces successfully endured the tsunami and did not suffer significant losses.
Only a few Allied Forces members who gave up were swallowed by the seawater.
The price paid was the near-limit exhaustion of the powerful combatants.
If the Rocks Pirates were to launch another attack, they didn't know how they would defend.
And Newgate's true target was the World Government's Reinforcements.
When he acted, the World Government's Reinforcements were only ten kilometers away.
The tsunami swept past the G-5 Fortress and surged overwhelmingly towards the World Government's Reinforcements.
"How are we supposed to defend against this?"
The arrival of the tsunami far exceeded the expectations of the World Government's Reinforcements, especially since for most of them, it was the first time they had seen a tsunami in their lives.
The tsunami unleashed by Newgate when he used his full strength was truly astonishing.
Even the Celestial Dragons who saw it felt deeply shocked internally.
As confident as they were when they arrived, that's how panicked they were now.
When had they ever seen such power? A hint of fear couldn't help but rise in the hearts of some Celestial Dragons.
The strength of the tsunami was growing stronger and stronger in Newgate's hands.
More than two years ago, it only required the Black Fruit Ability plus a few strongmen to break it.
Now it required the efforts of several Top Tier Combatants and numerous strongmen to break it.
As Newgate grew stronger, the impact and range of the tsunami triggered by the Power of Tremors were continuously increasing.
What is World-Destroying Power?
This is it!
It doesn't mean truly destroying the World.
The tsunami unleashed by Newgate could easily destroy an island or a kingdom.
What could possibly remain on an island swept over by the tsunami?
Buildings, life, and farmland would all be utterly destroyed.
Now, Newgate hadn't yet received public recognition, but he already possessed that kind of potential.
For a moment, the entire fleet was in chaos.
Only a few people remained calm, couldn't help but turn their gaze towards Saint Mars, who stood straight.
"Don't panic!" The Warrior God of Law, Saint Warcury, barked, frowning, extremely displeased with the situation.
Especially since some God's Knights Reserve Members, despite being Celestial Dragons, actually displayed such disgraceful behavior.
It was truly embarrassing.
As for the Celestial Dragons who remained calm, Saint Warcury was relatively satisfied internally.
Saint Mars, who stood with his hands behind his back, began to act.
He leaped into the sky, his body rapidly changed, transforming into a golden divine bird in the blink of an eye.
His wings spread out, measuring over two hundred meters wide.
Saint Marcus Mars, Mythical Zoan Bird-Bird Fruit User, Garuda form.
Possessing the power to control fire.
Saint Mars, transformed into Garuda, directly embedded one of his claws into the hull of a World Government luxury warship.
His other claw grabbed another ship.
While others hadn't yet recovered their senses and didn't know what to do.
"Why aren't you all transferring to the other warship yet?" Saint Warcury's voice startled them awake.
They quickly took action.
Before the tsunami arrived, jumping onto the other warship that Saint Mars had grabbed.
These people were important forces of the World Government, representing various Factions.
Even the Five Elders would not easily give up on them.
They were originally from the same camp.
As for the other warships and the supplies on board, they could only be given up.
And those who couldn't make it in time could only blame their bad luck.
The Five Elders were willing to save them, which was already the utmost benevolence and righteousness.
When the tsunami was only a few hundred meters away from them, it felt as if it was right before their eyes.
The golden divine bird spread its wings and flew into the sky with two warships.
The Rocks Pirates in the distance and the Marines at G-5 Fortress witnessed this scene.
Garuda crossed the tsunami, quickly arriving at G-5 Fortress in a short time, placed the two warships at the Port, and returned to his original form.
"Greetings, Saint Mars, Saint Warcury!"
Kong, dragging his exhausted body, led the higher-ups to the presence of the two Five Elders, showing great respect.
"It's good that you're alright. It seems Black didn't hold on until we arrived. You've truly worked hard."
Saint Mars looked at the current state of the Allied Forces, feeling a bit emotional.
He and Warcury were already satisfied that so many Top Tier Combatants still remained with so much strength.
The losses were not unbearable.
Although Black sacrificed himself, there was still Kong, a Marine Admiral whom they also favored.
If Kong, the only remaining pillar of the Marines, had also sacrificed himself, they wouldn't know how to develop the Marines again.
"The supplies and ships were destroyed in the tsunami. It seems you will have to hold on a bit longer."
There was nothing that could be done about it.
It was already good that Saint Mars could save the people.
Who could have expected a tsunami to suddenly strike?
"We are fine."
Kong completely put his mind at ease.
Not having supplies wasn't a big problem.
There were only thirty thousand people now.
Catching two Sea Kings would be enough for food replenishment.
"There are still supplies in two Secret Storage Bases. I will send people to retrieve them next."
With the arrival of the World Government's Support Unit, and the evacuation of many Affiliated Forces of the Rocks Pirates.
As long as the Rocks Pirates didn't move, there were no pirates in the New World Front who could stop them.
During this time, many Marine higher-ups already knew the identities of the two leaders of the Support Unit and were very shocked.
Including Garp and the others.
That Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit User who transformed into a divine bird was actually one of the Five Elders, and the other man with a powerful aura was also one.
They hadn't expected the Five Elders' strength to be so great.
It was a complete world of difference compared to the Celestial Dragons in their impression.
Even Tsuru hadn't come into contact with intelligence about the Celestial Dragons during the war, and didn't understand the Five Elders or the Celestial Dragons.
This instantly changed their stereotypical impression of the Celestial Dragons.
"It seems the war cannot continue."
Saint Warcury looked at the members of the G-5 Fortress, most of whom had lost their combat strength.
"Then let's recover for a few days. The World Government will not be defeated. This war will not end in defeat no matter what."
Saint Mars didn't think the war should stop.
If they were truly defeated, it would have a huge impact on the World Government.
Even if they were truly defeated, it couldn't be publicly announced like this.
At the very least, the Great Sea couldn't be allowed to think so.
Therefore, the war must continue, at least for some time.
Turning black into white, and bad into good, is a necessary political means.
Kong was also very familiar with this and would not refuse.
When the news of defeat truly spread throughout the entire world, the impact on the World Government would be immense.
No matter what, the World Government will not be defeated.
Even a draw would not end in defeat.
This was also something Kong and many other higher-ups did not want to see.
They had worked hard for three years, with so many losses.
If this was the only outcome, how could they be willing?
"Then let's transfer three hundred thousand Army soldiers here. And fight for another month." Saint Warcury nodded and took out a Den Den Mushi.
Three hundred thousand.
How many more losses would there be?
The so-called Army seemed to be just consumables.
This kind of attitude made many Allied Forces members feel uncomfortable upon hearing it.
(end of chapter)