Chapter 976: The Vinsmoke Family vs. The Gild Tesoro

Chapter 976: Chapter 976: The Vinsmoke Family vs. The Gild Tesoro

Out at sea, aboard the Gran Tesoro...

SHU—!!!

BOOM—!!!

Another piercing beam of golden light erupted from the right eye of the colossal golden giant, accurately striking a massive warship.

In an instant, the entire vessel detonated. As a violent, raging inferno rolled toward the heavens, even the gargantuan body of the sea snail carrying the fortress-ship was blown to bloody fragments, its flesh scattering wildly across the churning waves.

"Hahahahaha—!!!"

"Look at that! What a spectacular blaze! Truly the most brilliant fireworks in the night sky!"

Gild Tesoro laughed maniacally, his arrogant voice echoing far across the roaring sea.

"Tesoro! You dare destroy my Germa fleet?! I will never forgive you for this!"

Judge bellowed in absolute fury as he vaulted from the deck of a neighboring ship. The scientific Raid Suits boots on his feet instantly hissed, releasing a highly pressurized jet stream of air that propelled his body through the sky, rocket-propelled directly toward the Gran Tesoro.

"Judge, the moment you chose to align yourself with the Yonko Big Mom, you sealed your fate. I cannot afford to leave you alive!"

Catching sight of Judge rocketing toward him, Tesoro manipulated the upper torso of his golden behemoth, driving a massive hand forward in a sweeping swat.

WHOOSH—

Grip tight on his high-tech, broad-bladed spear, Judge maneuvered nimbly through the air, narrowly threading the needle between the massive golden fingers as he soared straight for the giant’s head.

"An insignificant insect!"

Deep inside the cranium of the golden giant, Tesoro watched Judge’s frantic approach, a look of profound disdain flitting across his features.

"Electromagnetic Shaft!!!"

Judge let out a guttural roar, visible currents of high-voltage electricity crackling across his broad spearhead as he thrust it violently toward the golden giant’s eye.

Suddenly, a terrifying tempest of displaced air slammed into him. Before Judge could even register what was happening from the corner of his eye, a second colossal golden fist tore through the flank and smashed heavily into his body.

BOOM—!!!

With a sickening, muffled impact, Judge was sent hurtling backward like a cannonball, his dark silhouette cutting a jagged line through the air as he left a sporadic trail of coughed-up blood in his wake.

CRASH—!!!

A second later, Judge slammed catastrophically into the towering, fortress-like golden outer wall of the Gran Tesoro. A massive shockwave rippled outward, shattering the immediately surrounding structures as the wall caved inward.

Judge was left completely embedded in a starburst-shaped crater deep within the solid gold facade. Several jagged tears had ripped through his reinforced Raid Suit, and the sheer kinetic force had left a massive, circular depression ringed with a dense web of fractures.

"It’s completely futile, Judge!"

Tesoro mocked grandiosely, his voice booming over the water: "You are nowhere near my level!"

"Gold Bind!"

The high-rise golden wall suddenly liquefied like a viscous swamp, surging forward to envelop Judge’s body, swallowing him entirely until only his bruised face was left exposed to the open air.

With his opponent immobilized, Tesoro shifted his gaze back to the dozen-plus warships still desperately firing their batteries, preparing to wipe the remaining Germa Kingdom fleet out in a single, definitive strike.

Right then, the sharp, distinct hiss of multiple jet thrusters echoed across the docks. Tesoro turned his massive construct around, spotting three silhouettes streaking across the water at extreme speed.

"So, the three little Vinsmoke brats have finally decided to show up." Tesoro’s lips curled into a predatory smirk, his eyes darkening with lethal intent.

Within moments, the three figures touched down onto the deck of the Gran Tesoro; it was Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji.

"Father!"

"Damn you! Tesoro, release our father this instant!"

"I’m going to slaughter you!"

Seeing Judge completely entombed within the golden wall with only his face exposed, the three brothers erupted in fury, shouting one after another.

"To step into my kingdom and still maintain such an arrogant posture..."

Faced with their collective outrage, Tesoro didn’t get angry; instead, he let out a mocking laugh. "I would love to see if you can still bark like this in a few moments!"

Instantly, the towering golden wall rippled like liquid gold. From the shifting mass, two massive arms clad in thick golden gauntlets materialized, each firmly gripping a ten-meter-long golden battle-axe.

CLANG—

The twin golden axes struck against each other, unleashing a sharp, resonant metallic ring before bringing a terrifying downward cleave straight toward the brothers, the sheer atmospheric pressure threatening to suffocate anyone caught beneath it.

"Scatter! Move!"

Feeling the oppressive, whistling gale cutting down from above, the three brothers’ expressions changed drastically as they jet-propelled in opposite directions.

BOOM—!!!

The razor-sharp golden blades buried themselves deep into the structure, gouging out two narrow, parallel chasms dozens of meters long. The entire vessel shuddered violently under the impact, unleashing a furious shockwave that swept across the deck in all directions.

"Insignificant pests! Let’s see how long you can keep scurrying!"

Tesoro’s booming voice reverberated through the frame of the giant. The three brothers, scattered across the deck, felt their expressions grow incredibly grim.

RUMBLE—

In the next heartbeat, the upper torso of the golden giant leaned forward. The massive structure near the ship’s bow began to flow like liquid mercury, rapidly shaping into a pair of colossal golden legs that planted themselves firmly onto the deck, seamless with the giant’s upper body.

THUD—!!!

The golden giant took its first monumental step, causing the entire Gran Tesoro to violently shudder.

A fully formed, independent golden colossus now stood proudly upon the ship. Towering at an incredible height of over a hundred meters, its massive body was laced with intricate lines glowing a faint, sinister pink, radiating an absolutely suffocating aura of pure dominance.

"This... This is..."

The three brothers felt their breathing stutter, completely paralyzed by the peerless, terrifying majesty looming over them.

"Behold! This is the power of a God!"

Tesoro’s arrogant proclamation boomed from the chest of the hundred-meter giant, echoing clearly into every single corner of the Gran Tesoro.

"Are you... are you kidding me?!"

"Is this guy some kind of freak?!"

"Damn it! Is this the true extent of an awakened Devil Fruit?!"

Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji craned their necks, staring wide-eyed and open-mouthed at the titanic golden god before them, cold sweat pouring down their faces.

"The Vinsmoke line ends here today! And the Germa Kingdom shall become nothing more than a forgotten footnote in history!"

Tesoro roared in ecstatic exhilaration. Cocking the giant’s massive right arm, he drove a colossal fist straight down toward the pavement.

"Golden Ignition!!!"

In an instant, the golden giant’s right arm expanded significantly, a layer of heavily reinforced golden armor manifesting around the limb. As it descended, the fist generated a terrifying compression wave, violently friction-burning the air around it.

As the crushing gale threatened to pin them to the floor, Ichiji’s expression turned extraordinarily dark. Gritting his teeth, he barked, "This bastard has awakened his ability! We strike together!"

"Right!" Niji nodded heavily, his expression laced with absolute solemnity.

"So what if he’s big?! I’ve slaughtered Sea Kings far larger than this pile of scrap metal!" Yonji snarled, gritting his teeth as he pumped himself up.

In a fraction of a second, the three Vinsmoke brothers ignited their thrusters and rocketed into the sky together, transforming into three synchronized streaks of crimson, blue, and green light.

"Mixed Trinity Thrust!!!"

Mid-air, the brothers unleashed a unified roar. Pooling every ounce of their engineered physical strength, they slammed their fists simultaneously into Tesoro’s descending golden fist.

BALM—!!!

A deafening, cataclysmic explosion ripped through the sky as a blinding firestorm erupted outward. A visible ring of kinetic energy distorted the air pressure, unleashing a furious shockwave that tore through the city streets below.

The ornamental trees lining the avenues of the Gran Tesoro bent entirely in half under the gale, countless debris were launched into the sky, and the glass windows of the high-rise buildings on both sides shattered into a rain of glittering dust.

"What—?!"

Tesoro let out a sharp cry of disbelief. The massive frame of the golden giant shuddered violently from the impact, forced to stumble back several heavy paces before managing to re-stabilize its center of gravity.

Meanwhile, Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji were blown directly out of the sky by the sheer concussive backlash. With a resounding BOOM, they smashed hard into the paved street below, carving three distinct, multi-meter-wide craters into the concrete as a thick cloud of dust and pulverized stone billowed into the air.

Crouched inside the fractured craters, the three brothers coughed up mouthfuls of fresh blood. Their advanced Raid Suits were completely scorched black, and their genetically modified bones ached with a profound, numbing fatigue, leaving them barely able to push themselves back onto their feet.

"Excellent! Truly worthy of the infamous Vinsmoke bloodline... You actually managed to give me quite a pleasant surprise!"

Tesoro slowly raised the golden giant’s massive right arm, his gaze locked darkly onto the surface of his golden limb, which was now webbed with countless fine, spiderweb cracks.