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The blood-red sky, interlaced with fine lightning, and an invisible sense of oppression spread downward.
This pressure, originally aimed at the land of Wano Country, was now completely directed at Arashi from the moment he revealed his full form.
If one were to pull back far enough, standing on a ship sailing on the sea and gazing in the direction of Wano, they would see another indescribably shocking scene.
Coincidentally, at this very moment, the Whitebeard Pirates, who had just sailed out of Wano not long ago, witnessed this scene with their own eyes.
"SPLASH!"
The sea breeze swept over their heads, causing the pirate flag to whip and crackle. The churning sea currents made the Moby Dick rock violently.
The faces of Marco and the others were filled with horror and shock. "Ace! Look over there!"
Flower Sword Vista shouted. Everyone in the Whitebeard Pirates turned their heads in unison, looking toward Wano Country.
Above that massive island, a blood-red pillar of light was descending from the sky.
Lightning intertwined within it, as if countless types of energy were colliding and surging.
Viewed from a distance, it seemed to be falling very slowly, but everyone knew that it was descending from over ten thousand meters high, and its speed must be incredibly fast.
"A mysterious pillar of light covering the entire island!"
"Even from such a vast distance, we can still feel a palpitation in our hearts!" "Does someone want to destroy this island?"
"With an attack like this, whether it's humans, animals, or trees and flowers, it's impossible to escape!" Trembling voices came from the mouths of the crew.
It was unbelievable that there was such a terrifying attack in this world, one that could destroy a massive island in a single blow.
"Wait! What is that?!"
Suddenly, Marco's eyes widened again. They saw a mass of shadow rapidly shooting toward the sky.
In the process, it was expanding rapidly at an astonishing rate. In the blink of an eye, it had become the size of Wano Country, firmly shielding that giant island.
"Such a massive creature! It has completely covered Wano Country. In this world, only Arashi possesses such terrifying transformation abilities."
"Is he going to use his own body to block that terrifying, island-destroying cataclysm?" Ace clenched his fists, staring intently at the blood-red sky ahead.
The contrast between the red above and the black below created an indescribable sense of shock and tremor in their hearts.
"Can he block it?"
Involuntarily, four words escaped from Ace's mouth. That terrifying blood-red light was mysterious and unknown.
They didn't know where it came from or how powerful it was, but the mere aura from its aftershocks was enough to make his scalp tingle even if it was someone as strong as Arashi.
It was still unknown whether he could withstand this world-ending disaster.
"WHOOSH!"
The gale grew stronger and stronger. A rainstorm suddenly fell, and the Whitebeard fleet, led by the Moby Dick, began to rock violently under the impact of the sea currents.
At this time, everyone looked up at the sky again, their expressions turning grim. They, too, had encountered great trouble at this moment.
Ahead, there was a deep darkness, as if a landmass were crushing down on them, followed by a rumbling sound that rushed into their eardrums, making their heads spin.
"A tsunami! An unprecedentedly massive tsunami! Is this merely the aftershock of that blood-red light above Wano Country?" A trembling voice was heard.
Everyone's heart was filled with despair and fear for the people on that island.
"RUMBLE!"
The super tsunami came crashing down. The vanguard of the current had already collided with the ships, causing terrified screams.
"There's no time to worry about the Marines, Ace! Let's deal with the disaster in front of us first!" Marco said with a grave expression, taking a deep breath.
Then, he glanced at the blood-red pillar of light above the island and saw that it had already descended a thousand meters, was right above Arashi's head, and was about to collide.
"Don't you dare die. Uncle Arashi!" With a murmur, Ace's gaze shifted.
With a whoosh, his body ignited in towering flames. He then glared at the several-hundred-meter-high tsunami in front of him.
Like a continuous mountain range, it came crashing down, giving off an immense sense of weight.
In the blink of an eye, the tsunami reached the fleet. The first ship was silently swallowed without making a sound. This made everyone on the Moby Dick's expression change.
"Let's fight for our lives, everyone! A natural disaster like this is a major catastrophe, even for us, the Whitebeard Pirates!"
Ace roared, his Conqueror's Haki surging forward. Marco, Vista, and the others had extremely serious expressions, all staring intently at the howling tsunami before them.
It was like a mighty army, roaring and howling as it charged toward them, above Wano Country.
"What heavy pressure! This strange energy can restrain and suppress Devil Fruits?"
"Is it Seastone? The consumption for maintaining my fruit's ability has become much greater than usual."
Arashi hovered quietly in the air, feeling the impact rushing toward him, his heart growing heavier with each passing moment.
"An invisible force is corroding and destroying my cells and muscles, and there's also the heavy feeling of the force itself."
"Uranus? How interesting!"
Faced with this sudden and terrifying disaster, Arashi did not seem nervous, his mind still analysing and pondering the composition of this power, in the blink of an eye.
The blood-red pillar of light struck down, already colliding with his back.
"BOOM!"
The heavy force made Arashi's body shudder with a hum, and he was pushed down a hundred meters.
The massive blast wave of air caused the sea surface around Wano to surge backwards with a roar, forming thousand-meter-high waves.
At the same time, Arashi's blood-red eyes narrowed slightly; he felt a trace of pressure. "It absolutely cannot land on the ground," he gritted his teeth.
The wings that seemed like clouds covering the sky buzzed, and under the immense force, his body shot up into the sky again, and this action also caused him to suffer a massive bombardment from the blood-red pillar of light.
His tough skin began to be corroded and invaded, and fine cracks appeared on its surface.
Beads of blood seeped out of his body, but they were quickly dissolved by the blood-red light, disappearing into the void.
"A strange power! The destructive force is very strong," Arashi's brow furrowed with gravity.
But he was not worried. Although he felt a heaviness on his body, as if a continuous mountain range were pressing down, with the power of the Kunpeng, he could still withstand it.
His wings flapped again, and the void rippled. His massive body met the blood-red pillar of light, and at this moment, he soared upwards.
There were no fancy moves, nor did he make a single offensive action.
Faced with this large-scale, blanket bombardment, the only thing Arashi could do was defend, to use his flesh and blood to withstand and wear down the power of this blood-red light.
This scene made the countless people of Wano cheer wildly with excitement.
"He blocked it, he blocked it! Fleet Admiral Arashi blocked that terrifying blood-red light! He's even charging toward the sky against the light."
"Wano Country is saved!" A great wave of excited voices rang out at this moment, echoing in the sky. The heavy atmosphere disappeared under the cover of Arashi's body.
The original ease replaced it. Even the bent trees, flowers, and grass slowly straightened their backs again.
They looked up at the majestic, massive, sun-blotting figure in the sky, their hearts filled with shock and admiration.
However, some people's expressions changed again soon. "What is that? Is it raining a blood-red rain from the sky?!"
"No, it's a rain of blood falling from Fleet Admiral Arashi!" The voice became trembling.
At this moment, the eyes of the Marines were filled with fear. Warm beads of blood dripped onto their cheeks, seemingly still carrying the warmth from that man's body.
Under the corrosion of that blood-red light, the body of the behemoth above was disintegrating.
Blood was dripping down, forming a rain of blood that covered the entire country of Wano. The people were silent, their eyes filled with nervousness and panic.
The figure in the sky was still soaring upwards, but everyone could see it. His body was being dissolved, decomposed.
His skin and muscles were being pulverised at this moment, turning into a rain of blood that covered the entire island of Wano.
The rivers were dyed red, and a faint smell of blood permeated the entire country. Everyone's noses twitched, feeling a little sour.
They knew this was the blood of the man in the sky. And all of this was to withstand that blood-red light from high above.
"Fleet Admiral Arashi!" Kozuki Oden stood there stunned, a look of reverence in his eyes. In his entire life, he had never seen a man like Arashi.
One must note that this man differed from the likes of Roger and Whitebeard.
The former two were free-spirited pirates who could do as they pleased for their dreams, unrestrained creatures like the wind in the sky, drifting wherever they pleased.
But Arashi had grown up in the strict system of the Marines. Throughout his life, he upheld a noble ideal, dedicating everything to the pursuit of justice.
Now, this man held a high position, with over a million Marines under his command, spread across the world. A single word from him could make many powers tremble.
With one word, he could launch a massive-scale war. Such a man stood in too high a position. He naturally had many constraints.
One would even find that successive Fleet Admirals, after taking office, would have fewer and fewer occasions to act themselves.
They had transformed from executors into commanders who issued orders, and it was such a man who, when Wano Country was on the verge of destruction, was able to stand up resolutely and shield the entire island with his own body.
Arashi's actions at this moment were entirely aimed at saving the thousands of common people of Wano.
Kozuki Oden truly saw how a person could sacrifice for the sake of justice. The rain of blood in the air grew heavier, gradually turning into a downpour.
Faint thunder rumbled overhead, and a great wind howled. Everything in Wano Country turned blood-red at this moment.
This was an incredibly shocking scene, leaving countless people speechless. Suddenly. A sharp, miserable howl rang out.
Countless people looked up, their faces filled with worry. They saw that the jet-black behemoth's body had become tattered and torn, its stark white bones already exposed.
That cry of pain was clearly from Arashi, unable to bear the agony of this moment.
"Fleet Admiral Arashi!" The Marines cried bitterly, moved by what their Fleet Admiral was doing at this moment.
The cigars in Smoker's mouth were lit one after another, his expression extremely grim.
In terms of emotional attachment, it was naturally this group of people who had followed Arashi for many years who relied on and trusted him the most.
"You have to hold on! No, if it's you, you can hold on!" Taking a deep breath, Smoker's words were heavier than ever before.
He couldn't judge whether Arashi could survive such an attack. Unlike a battle, this blood-red light had arrived silently, yet its power was terrifyingly immense.
--High above--
"Wooooo~~"
The pain caused Arashi to let out a low howl. This sound even changed from a human voice to a bestial one.
He truly felt the pain. This blood-red light was growing hotter and more blinding, and the various energies contained within it were instantly destroying his skin.
What made him feel even more helpless was that he could not dodge.
This blood-red pillar of light possessed a terrifying power to dissolve Wano Country, and it would even cause the island's foundation to collapse, forming an incomparably deep vortex.
"VMMMMMM!"
High in the sky, the blood-red pillar of light roared. Arashi's entire body was glowing. The force he was bearing at this moment was like hundreds of great mountains pressing down on him.
The pressure alone made the bones in his entire body creak.
"CRACK!"
His body was splitting apart, and a great shower of blood rained down. Intense pain assaulted Arashi's mind, making him howl uncontrollably.
"ROAR!"
He violently twisted his body and opened his massive mouth. He swallowed a large portion of the blood-red light, but in the next second, he spewed out a large mouthful of blood; even his mouth was being dissolved by the pillar of light.
"There's no other way! Can I only endure it with my body?"
Arashi murmured. He flapped his wings again and charged into the blood-red light. His body collided with the light, mutually cancelling each other out, dissolving.
"CRACK!"
The sound of splitting was almost constant. On the surface of his massive body, skin and muscle were disappearing.
Gradually, as he charged to the highest point, the outer layer of his skin had almost completely peeled off.
The massive skeleton and the writhing internal organs within were already visible to the naked eye. However, this silent battle continued.
The blood-red light pressed down, continuously bombarding his body. Arashi gritted his teeth and soared upwards again.
He wanted to see what was at the end of this blood-red light, what secrets the World Government's mysterious weapon held.
Gradually, his internal organs began to shatter under the heavy blows. A crack even split across his beating heart.
"Damn, I cannot die yet!"
It was also at this time that Arashi reached the highest point in the sky. His entire body was enveloped in the blood-red light, his organs dissolving, his bones shattering.
But at the same time, the blood-red light also vanished here. This meant that he had completely borne the power of the world-ending blow.
"Finally!" Arashi murmured.
The next second, his body fell from the sky, shrinking continuously as it plummeted.
Accompanied by a loud crash, people saw a large crater appear in the outskirts of the Flower Capital, and at the centre of the crater lay a skeleton.
This was a corpse! Had Arashi died?! He lay there quietly, his body no longer having skin or flesh, only stark white bones.
Countless people surged over. When they saw the figure at the centre, they broke into tears.
The land was stained red, and as the river water flowed, the crimson colour rippled with it.
At the edge of the deep pit, countless figures stood blankly, looking at the skeleton at the centre. Through the stark white ribs.
One could even see the bloody internal organs within, but the skin and hair had vanished.
Arashi had died!
Everyone who saw this scene was certain of this answer. Gradually, more and more people arrived. They all stared at the skeleton in the pit, falling into silence.
"Fleet Admiral Arashi?!" Some Marines arrived, covering their mouths in shock, unable to believe what they were seeing.
As time passed, a large number of Marine officers arrived. The Vice Admirals' pupils contracted, but they did not make a sound.
They just quietly ordered the soldiers to form a circle around the edge of the pit.
"Control the order of the scene, do not disturb the Fleet Admiral!" Smoker, a cigar in his mouth, his face still relatively calm, glanced at Arashi's corpse and then looked away.
"Lord Smoker!"
"It's Admiral Candidate Smoker! What does he mean by that? Is Fleet Admiral Arashi not dead yet?"
This command surprised many people, and they all looked again at the skeleton at the bottom of the pit.
He just lay there quietly, as if in an eternal slumber. This tragic body certainly did not bring any joy, nor did it give rise to any hope.
Time passed, second by second. At a certain moment, someone noticed that the finger bone of the skeleton's right hand seemed to have moved.
This shocking scene triggered a scream.
"F-Fleet Admiral Arashi moved!"
The cry of alarm instantly sent the scene into an uproar. Smoker, who had turned away, immediately spun back around.
Then, in the next second, the people of the entire country of Wano witnessed a shocking scene.
The blood-stained ground, the blood lying in the rivers, actually levitated at this moment.
Countless tiny particles of blood, in an orderly motion, flew toward the Flower Capital. The people at the edge of the pit noticed it even more.
The blood colour on the ground beneath their feet, stained by the rain of blood, was fading.
At a speed visible to the naked eye, the bloody substance was converging toward Arashi, who lay there.
One second, two seconds, three seconds. Time passed. On Arashi's white bones, flesh and blood were reborn.
Blood vessels, meridians, lymph, and various tissues were reborn, returning to the surface of the body.
His entire person seemed to become a blood-red ball of flesh, emitting a blood-like glow.
"He's alive!"
Smoker shouted, a smile appearing on his face. He began to laugh heartily, like a child of a few years old. On Arashi's body, hair began to grow again.
Strands of blood-red lines, flesh, and skin appeared. His eyeballs, nose, mouth, and teeth all quickly reappeared.
In just three or four breaths, the blood from all directions had returned to his body, restoring him to his original appearance, in another instant.
His right hand pushed against the ground, and he had already stood up, appearing before everyone once more.
"Smoker! What are you standing there for? Get me a set of clothes!" Arashi shouted.
There was no difference in his expression, as if the person who had died a second ago was not him.
"Yes!" Smoker reacted and immediately turned around, but then he had a sudden realisation.
He took off his clothes and ran quickly to Arashi. "I think you should cover up first." As he spoke, there was a hint of a playful grin on his face.
"You brat!" Arashi cursed with a laugh, took the coat, and then knocked Smoker hard on the forehead with his fist.
"Ouch!" Smoker cried out, holding his head.
"You're not a kid anymore, yet you're still so improper."
Arashi tied the coat around his waist, but it still could hardly conceal the manliness between his legs, causing the faces of countless women of Wano to turn red.
The men, even more so, lowered their heads in shame. But this did cover his embarrassment.
With a flash of his body, he turned into a bolt of lightning and disappeared from before everyone. "Everyone, disperse! The danger has passed."
Smoker and the various officers began to disperse the crowd.
People looked up at the sky again and found that the previously clear, blood-red sky was now covered in dark clouds, with lightning crisscrossing within.
However, these dark clouds instead brought a sigh of relief to countless people, who felt an inexplicable sense of peace.
"RUMBLE!"
Accompanied by a clap of thunder, a heavy rain began to pour down, watering the entire land.
The faint smell of blood that had permeated the air, along with all the unease and fear, was washed away by this rain.
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