Chapter 425: Byrnndi World... Attack?

"'Meteorites?'

'Ah…ah…'

'Damn it, we can't escape!'

'Crap, what is that monster?'

'It can actually pull down meteorites from outer space…'

'Heh heh, what kind of joke is this?'

…

Right at that moment, it was not just Byrnndi World and the others who were caught off guard—even those fighting Dal and Ares, like Buddha Sengoku or Black-Arm Zephyr, were all startled.

They looked up at the sky, where a flurry of meteorites suddenly dropped from above, each one aflame from high-speed atmospheric friction and growing larger as they fell.

"Boom…"

A deafening roar shook the sky. In the blink of an eye, four or five massive meteorites, wreathed in blazing flames and a terrifying impact force, came crashing down in succession. They turned the entire coastline into rubble in an instant, wiping it out.

A huge stretch of ice collapsed and split apart, shockwaves rolling and dust soaring.

"Huff…"

In the wake of it all, one bottomless pit-like crater after another appeared. Only a few columns of ice and rock remained here or there, supporting figures of powerful individuals who had managed to dodge the impact.

Those weaker Marines or pirates—anyone caught in the meteorites' path—were instantly annihilated.

"That…that monster…"

Gazing upon the gigantic craters, then back at the Kukulkan family members calmly floating in the air, several CP0 agents broke out in a cold sweat.

Even Byrnndi World, who had come alone, looked grim.

"Damn…"

The other three newly appointed Shichibukai of the Sea also wore stony faces, glaring angrily at Athena. Over half the crews they had brought were wiped out in an instant by that one move.

"Kukulkan family's fourth daughter, the tenth in the birth order…Kukulkan Athena…"

Standing atop an unsteady stone column, the Marine Admiral Sengoku stared gravely at Athena in the distance.

"Another freakish monster… That entire family is scary!"

Black-Arm Zephyr clenched his teeth, expression dark, likewise perched on a precarious stone pillar.

"Heh heh, Athena…that was a bit over the top, don't you think?"

Not far away, a tall young figure—wielding a splendid large saber—No. 8 Ares clicked his tongue, looking displeased at his younger twin sister. "You could have gotten us too."

But with his twin sister, who was a bit naive, he didn't really get angry.

Having inherited the monstrous natural gifts of Father Kukulkan El and Mother Charlotte Linlin, Ares possessed an inborn steel-like body, impervious to weapons, plus the Mythical Fish-Fish Fruit, Azure Dragon form—an elite power indeed. With years of ceaseless training, his constitution had grown unbelievably strong, even outstripping most of his siblings and nearly rivaling Father El's innate monstrous nature.

Even if one of those meteors had crashed on him head-on, he would have emerged at worst dusty and scuffed, nothing more.

"Anyway, Ares-nii and Dal-nii are so tough that surely it wouldn't bother them," Athena said, all innocence. "So an indiscriminate attack was fine!"

"Yeah, but could you at least warn us next time?"

In a flash, a tall figure appeared beside Athena. Large hands ruffled her hair in exasperation: it was No. 3 Dal, who had foreseen Athena's recklessness and reacted in time to avoid it.

"I get it, I get it… Just don't mess my hair up, Dal-nii!"

Athena slapped away her brother's hand in protest.

"Tch, I didn't come here to watch you siblings get all lovey-dovey," a gruff voice interrupted. "Go play house back in the New World, you Kukulkan brats!"

On a distant pillar stood Byrnndi World, eyes brimming with aggression as he glared at Dal and Athena. He raised two pistols, pointing them at the Kukulkan siblings with a sneer. "Hand over the Dark-Dark Fruit! Now!

"More More: Fifty Times!"

"Bang! Bang!"

No sooner had he spoken than he fired.

Whoosh…

Bullets flew outward at high speed, visibly growing larger thanks to his devil fruit ability—swelling to the size of artillery shells and traveling many times faster, ripping through the air at the Kukulkan children.

"Transfer!"

But Dal's eyes flashed. In an instant, one of the giant bullets vanished, reappearing right in front of Byrnndi World, Sengoku, Zephyr, and the others.

They all froze in alarm