"BOOM—!!!"
The Navy warships were instantly shattered under the impact of the massive floating rocks dropped by Shiki.
Screams echoed one after another as wood splintered and steel buckled under the geological bombardment.
"Men!" Shiki's maniacal laughter reverberated across the battlefield. "Kill all these Navy scum!"
At the same time, pirates across the Eternal Divine Kingdom erupted in complete fury.
"Damn it, these Navy bastards just won't give up!"
A member of the Happo Navy cursed angrily, his longsword cleaving through a Marine soldier's shoulder.
"Wherever we go, we run into these persistent pests!"
"Enough talk, kill them!" another pirate roared, firing his flintlock repeatedly and blasting away Marines attempting to ambush them.
Pirates who had been fighting independently just moments ago now coordinated with unexpected tacit understanding.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, after all.
Don Chinjao, despite his earlier injuries, led his subordinates in a fierce charge.
His massive conical head acted like a battering ram that shattered the Navy's shield formation with a single impact!
"Navy brats, taste my Drill Dragon Nail!"
Elsewhere, Doflamingo stood atop a towering structure.
Nearly transparent threads wove between his fingers as a cruel smile curled at his lips.
"Fufufu... what a lively scene."
With a sudden wave of his hand, sharp threads sliced through the air.
"Overheat!"
Several Marine soldiers' bodies froze unnaturally before—SLASH—blood sprayed everywhere!
"Since the Navy dared to come, they shouldn't expect to leave alive," he sneered. "The Donquixote Family won't let anyone threaten our 'Paradise'!"
"Young Master! Let's show them hell!"
"Hahaha, let's have a great battle!"
"Kill these Navy trash!"
The pirates understood clearly—if the Eternal Divine Kingdom fell to the Navy, they would be next.
The Navy and pirates were natural enemies, locked in a fight to the death!
"KILL—!!!"
Roars shook the heavens and earth as the pirates' ferocity was fully unleashed.
No longer fighting alone, they frenziedly surrounded and attacked the landing Marine forces.
Blood stained the earth, and flames of war scorched the sky.
The Sixth Layer of the Eternal Divine Kingdom had completely transformed into a slaughterhouse!
However, the Marines were relentless.
Admiral Akainu's fleet crushed the Eternal Divine Kingdom's outer defenses like a steel tide.
The Seventh Layer of the Floating Islands had long fallen, with elite Navy forces flooding in like a tidal wave, completely suppressing the remaining pirate forces!
"Report, Admiral! The Seventh Layer is fully under control!"
A Rear Admiral stood at attention and saluted Akainu, his voice filled with absolute loyalty and admiration for the Fleet Admiral's Absolute Justice!
They all unanimously believed that pirates were damned criminals who deserved to die!
Akainu stood on the warship's deck, his crimson suit and Justice coat flapping violently in the fierce wind.
His gaze was cold and stern, the murderous intent within him as scorching as magma, almost burning through the sky.
"Good." He spoke in a low voice that rumbled like hell's thunder. "A sinful nation like the Eternal Divine Kingdom doesn't deserve to exist!"
...
On the Seventh Layer.
Vice Admirals Momonga, Onigumo, and Doberman stood atop the ruins.
Traces of dark purple liquid lingered at the corners of their mouths—the residue of the Third-Generation Green Blood Potion.
"Guh... such a nauseating power." Onigumo wiped his mouth, dark shadows writhing like living creatures in his palm.
"But effective," Doberman said cold, raising his hand to unleash a tide of black shadows that instantly engulfed the entire battlefield!
"Soru!"
"Dark Water: Great Devour!"
In a flash of movement, a pair of large hands grabbed a pirate captain by the shoulders.
The struggling Devil Fruit ability user instantly froze as if struck by lightning.
His powers were forcibly suppressed, and his body became incredibly heavy!
"Wha... what's happening?! My ability... I can't use it?!"
A Logia user stared in terror at his own hands—his body, which should have been able to elementalize, was now completely solid and vulnerable!
"Is it the Marines' new weapon?!" Another pirate roared, trying to swing his sword in resistance, but Onigumo decapitated him with a single slash!
"Stop struggling, scum."
Momonga sneered coldly, blood dripping from his longsword. "Before the power of the 'Darkness,' you're nothing but lambs to the slaughter!"
Akainu stepped onto the land of the Eternal Divine Kingdom, step by step.
Scorching magma dripped from the gaps between his fingers, burning charred holes into the ground.
"The era of the Eternal Divine Kingdom ends here."
He suddenly raised his hand, and his arm expanded into a colossal fist of molten rock, shooting toward the sky!
"Great Eruption—!!!"
"BOOM—!!!"
The terrifying Magma Giant Fist crashed down like a meteor onto the entrance gate of the Sixth Level.
With a thunderous bang, the massive reinforced gate exploded into pieces, melting into slag instantly.
The entire island trembled under the force of the blow!
Douglas Bullet stood on violently shaking ground.
The explosions roaring in the distance rolled like muffled thunder, and the entire island quaked under the Marines' artillery fire.
"Could it be that the Marines are serious this time?!"
Then, he grinned, baring his stark white teeth, but a dangerous glint flashed in his eyes.
"Interesting... they actually dare..."
He clenched his fist abruptly, Armament Haki covering his entire arm like black iron.
His muscular body radiated a suffocating pressure.
As a monster who once rivaled Roger, Bullet understood better than anyone: if the Marines were going to such lengths, even resorting to forbidden means, it meant Akainu was dead set on completely destroying the Eternal Divine Kingdom this time!
BOOM—!!!
Another earth-shattering explosion rocked the island.
The shockwave whipped up a fierce wind, hurling debris and dust straight at him.
Bullet narrowed his eyes.
Through the billowing smoke of gunpowder, he could clearly sense several abnormally powerful auras approaching.
Mixed within those auras was a certain detestable dark power!
"Those black ability-users... and more than one?!"
...
At the same time.
Doflamingo stood on a ruined high platform.
The transparent strings he normally manipulated with agility now felt sluggish, as if mired in mud whenever they neared the Marine vanguard.
Veins bulged at his temples, throbbing violently. His face was dark with fury.
"Fufufu..." His laughter carried suppressed rage. "To think they can even devour my strings? The Marines have really gone all out this time!"
He swung his hand abruptly, sending dozens of Armament Haki-infused strings shooting through the air.
But the moment they touched the bizarre dark domain at the center of the battlefield, they melted away like snow, completely devoured!
Doflamingo's pupils contracted sharply.
This level of suppression wasn't just interference—it was nearly absolute Ability Nullification!
"Damn it..."
He gritted his teeth, his eyes behind his sunglasses as fierce as a hawk's.
"At this rate, I can't even deploy the Birdcage! It would just be absorbed!"
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