Swish!
A dazzling slash obscured everyone's vision, cutting toward Akainu's face like lightning!
Beside Luffy, Zoro untied the cloth from his arm and tied it around his head!
Clang!
Instantly!
Zoro drew all three swords simultaneously, muscles bulging on his arm as he shattered Shiki's slash!
"Huh? You can still use three swords with one arm?"
Shiki's eyes widened in surprise.
He saw Zoro holding one sword in his right hand, another clenched between his teeth.
And behind his missing left arm, a slender, crystalline arm—resembling a woman's—had appeared from somewhere, helping him grip a third long sword!
"Holy shit, am I seeing a ghost in broad daylight!"
Shiki was badly startled and was about to unleash another sword wave.
"Wait, Shiki! Let me handle this brat!"
Ganzui rushed forward excitedly from behind, his body moving like a phantom as his Seven Star Sword slashed toward Zoro!
"Brat! Show me what it looks like when Asura's path is trained to its peak!"
As Ganzui charged forward, the terrifying great battle erupted once again!
This time, Caesar held nothing back, unleashing his full power!
He clenched his right fist, countless vicious bone spikes emerging from his joints as dense muscles coiled like taut dragon tendons.
Boom!
The massive arm swept through the air like a collapsing pillar supporting the heavens, carrying earth-shaking momentum as it smashed toward Luffy's head!
Simultaneously, the brilliant golden giant fist was entwined with terrifying extreme cold and dragon-like lightning!
"Thunder God Bagua!"
Luffy's expression turned extremely grave.
The pale solar flames burned fiercely above his head, bringing infinite vitality!
From within his heart, the drumbeats of liberation rang like a sudden storm, pumping blood through his body to unleash boundless power!
"Gum Gum! Fire Gun!"
His right fist met Caesar's giant punch head-on, erupting with surging flame power as crimson Conqueror's Haki lightning crackled forth!
Two fists of vastly different sizes collided across more than ten meters of distance!
Boom!!
The atmosphere shattered like broken glass, revealing clear cracks.
A terrifying storm erupted as the ground beneath their feet was lifted in layers like ocean waves by the violent shockwaves!
"Arghhh!"
Luffy gritted his teeth, eyes bloodshot, feeling the monstrous strength from his opponent that seemed capable of toppling the heavens.
His arm trembled, his feet sliding backward.
"Impossible! Why is the gap... still this big?!"
Kaboom!
With a deafening explosion, Caesar's giant fist shattered the void, crushing Luffy's flaming fist to land solidly on his body!
Luffy's less-than-two-meter frame was completely swallowed by Caesar's table-sized fist and smashed deep into the earth!
"Damn it! That monster's power is unstoppable! Kizaru, Aokiji, one of you go help him!"
Vice Admiral Tsuru shouted anxiously.
Kizaru's face darkened as he continued his deadly battle with the incredibly fast Redfield.
Though he wanted to help Luffy, he couldn't break away.
"I'll go!"
Aokiji formed an ice spear in his hand and prepared to charge at Caesar.
But a ferocious figure crashed into him like a raging tyrannosaurus, slamming into his advancing body!
Bam!
Kuzan's body shattered explosively into countless ice fragments scattering across the ground!
Bullett brushed ice flakes off his chest, coldly watching Aokiji reform from the icy debris.
Aokiji clutched his chest, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
A clear depression was visible on his chest!
"Douglas Bullett."
His expression turned extremely grim.
Aokiji could feel the terrifying threat emanating from Bullett!
This man's sheer power and profound Haki far surpassed what Diamond Jozu could ever match!
He glanced slightly toward Redfield who was battling Kizaru.
"If only we could awaken Red Count too..."
He was deep in thought when a towering figure, stepping on fiery clouds, soared into the sky.
A blade descended like a cascading galaxy, a silvery flash slashing toward the area where Vice Admiral Tsuru stood!
"Charlotte Linlin!"
Kuzan's face changed dramatically as he moved to assist Vice Admiral Tsuru and the others.
"You'd better take our fight seriously."
A deep voice echoed in his ears, sending chills down Kuzan's spine.
Bullett's body swelled, instantly transforming into a cyan devil form, like a bloodthirsty prehistoric beast, charging toward Kuzan with thunderous force!
Kuzan could only grit his teeth and turn, unleashing endless bursts of ice from his hands!
"Pheasant Beak!!"
...
Meanwhile.
"Forbidden Hatred Forest!!"
Around Aramaki, countless towering ancient trees erupted from the ground, their thick, serpent-like roots madly entangling the approaching enemies!
There were only two enemies.
Yet Aramaki's face was filled with nothing but bitterness and panic!
"Loki, you brat! Show me your true power! Otherwise, you'll become the most humiliated division commander in today's battle! Even Joker and Crocodile have already taken down an admiral!"
In his dragon-human form, Kaido swung his club like a whirlwind, smashing countless roots to pieces as he violently charged toward Ryokugyu's main body!
"Arghhh!"
Loki's eyes turned blood-red, his body swelling wildly into a twenty-meter-tall colossus.
Across his massive frame, bulging veins and blood vessels coiled like pythons.
Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki poured relentlessly into every part of his body!
Boom!
The earth shattered, the towering trees blocking his path crumbled, and roots exploded, utterly failing to halt Loki's charge!
"The glory of Elbaf will not fade with me!"
"The will of our progenitor Odin shall be inherited by me, Loki!"
Loki roared, and above his muscular body, a towering phantom resembling an ancient Titan deity emerged!
Aramaki tried to flee, but she was pinned down by Kaido's relentless shockwaves, forced to watch as the furious Loki charged headlong toward her!
"Spear of Elbaf! Star Burial!!"
The next instant!
Loki's body, moving like a comet, slammed into Aramaki's delicate form!
Boom!
Amid a cacophony of shattering bones, Aramaki's body exploded into countless fragments of bone and flesh, scattering in all directions!
"Admiral Ryokugyu!!"
"Aramaki!"
Witnessing Ryokugyu's death, the Marines cried out in grief.
Akainu's eyes nearly burst with rage as he went completely berserk.
His body erupted, transforming into a magma lake that settled on the ground.
Within the lake, magma bubbled and churned, rapidly expanding.
"Damn Akainu, is he trying to get himself killed? Attempting to awaken the power of the Magma-Magma Fruit to trigger a real volcanic eruption?"
Shiki's expression shifted abruptly as he sensed a force akin to divine wrath gathering within the magma lake.