Kaido got hit by all the supernovas , bite from momo and hits from yamato and nothing happen to them and he was being serious .
The elders have been very serious about is stopping the message and that still going and now some of them back paying attention to that .
You even had Saturn run pass the SH to destroy the message and you had get robo to stop topman from destroying the ship.
If anything Oda has out side forces deal with elders since the SH can't seem to get ride of them aisde from luffy tag combo .
Nami them group was suppose to leave and they get stall from ethan until Atlas now blow up here self and it much easier to run than win a fight.
And in the end all of that was literally portrayed as him playing around and having fun…
Saturn running saying “I’ll kill you Robin” then getting blocked by the weak trio is bad
Nesjuro saying “Bonney I won’t let you live” then getting blitzed and blocked by base Sanji is bad
Saturn Warcury and Ju Peter tripling up on Nika an enemy they’ve been trying to capture for centuries and getting blown up killed and decapitated by Dory and Brogy is bad.
And all the while, they’re the ones who’ve acted like they’re losing. At no point did it feel like they were winning any of this arc.
So again, what’s the hype in having these people of top tiers?