"Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon!!!!!"
Boros concentrated his last vestiges of life force into the eye on his chest.
Destructive energy focused into a single point, erupting with absolute power that seemed to pierce space itself, shooting straight towards Lott.
The resulting storm wildly tossed Lott's black hair.
Closer, closer!
"Please, block it, block it..."
"Don't just deflect it like before, or this planet is done for!"
"After this, I'll kneel for you, lick your boots, whatever, just please block this attack!"
Probably not even Joy Boy could have imagined that at this moment, countless factions across the Planet Pirate… whether the World Government, the Marines, or the Revolutionary Army-
Had briefly reached a consensus in their stance.
They all hoped Lott could block this attack.
Whether it was the World Government wanting to maintain its rule or the Revolutionary Army hoping to overthrow it, they all needed one fundamental prerequisite to achieve their goals: the planet still existed!
After all, if the planet's gone, what's the point of any goal?
Therefore, everyone on the Planet Pirate now hoped Lott would block this planet-destroying blast for them.
And it couldn't be like when he took out the Deserter King, just deflecting the attack.
If that happened, the planet would most likely still be lost.
Only completely neutralizing it could prevent the planet's destruction!
Just as Boros's Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon was about to hit Lott, countless viewers in front of their screens suddenly heard Lott mutter to himself:
"Well, I've had enough fun anyway. Would it really matter if this planet was destroyed?"
Hearing Lott's murmur, the Four Emperors in the New World, Dragon in Baltigo, rookie pirates across the Four Seas… all were dumbfounded.
[Zoro: At least let me become the World's Greatest Swordsman before I die!]
[Usopp: No, no, big guy, please reconsider! There's still so much fun to be had here, it'd be such a waste!]
[Eriri Spencer: I think I understand this man's character now, he's completely whimsical.]
The people of the Planet Pirate despaired.
Hearing Lott's words, they seemed to see their future- turned to cosmic dust under this destructive beam.
The Five Elders, who had just landed safely thanks to their Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit Abilities, also showed expressions of bitter resignation.
Ever since learning about monsters like the Saiyans in the universe, they hadn't hesitated to spend tens of billions, even nearly a trillion Berries to have Dr. Vegapunk build a spaceship capable of cosmic travel, the Ark, just so they could flee immediately in such a situation.
But who could have predicted these two monsters fighting would cause the Red Line to collapse?
Now the Ark was smashed to pieces on the sea like tofu, completely unusable!
…
However, no one noticed.
At the very last instant,
Lott's eyes suddenly shifted slightly, as if he had noticed something.
Then...
BOOM!!!
In the blinding, eye-searing flash of light,
Lott spread his arms wide, assuming a [T] Pose.
He let Boros's Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon strike him directly.
"How confident is he in his own defense?!"
Temari, who had finished the Chunin Exams and returned to Sunagakure, shot up from her seat with a smack, her face almost burying itself in the live stream screen.
Taking it head-on with his body!?
Gaara, sitting beside Temari, also known for his defense, even bearing the epithet [Absolute Defense], now showed an extremely grave, even somewhat ashamed, expression.
What damn [Absolute Defense]?
How embarrassing!
The vast majority of the Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon's impact landed on Lott.
But a small portion transformed into flashing lightning arcs, flying out over the sea like a meteor shower.
Most landed in various parts of this sea area, causing city-destroying explosions.
But some flew towards the rapidly retreating Marines, some towards the World Government personnel who had narrowly escaped death, and some... towards the approaching Moby Dick 2.
"Block it!"
Akainu, standing at the bow of one of the warships, roared as if his lungs would burst.
Even just this tiny 'spark' contained terrifying energy far beyond anything in their world.
"Meteor Volcano!"
Akainu unleashed his full power, magma meteors firing like machine gun fire, trying to block one of the beams descending from above.
However, although Akainu's Meteor Volcano far surpassed the golden beam in both attack range and visual spectacle, when they collided, it was like an egg hitting a bullet.
Not only could it not stop the beam's descent, but it was penetrated all the way!
"Ice Block: Pheasant Beak!"
Seeing Akainu's Meteor Volcano fail, Aokiji quickly rushed up next.
"Yasakani no Magatama!"
Kizaru, who had slacked off his whole life, didn't dare be negligent this time either. He leaped from another warship, attacking from the side.
This time, his infamous 'miss-everything-orbs' actually hit their mark.
The Marines and World Government side had several Admiral-level combatants, and combining their efforts, they finally managed to block the descending beams.
But on the Straw Hats' side...
"Great Flame Commandment: Flame Emperor!"
Ace, the only one with passable strength, immediately used his ultimate move without a second thought.
Sizzle!
However, the massive fireball was pierced through instantly like a balloon.
As for Zoro, Sanji, and the others behind him, they were even less of a hope.
"We're gonna die, gonna die, gonna die, gonna die!"
Usopp hugged his head, crying with snot and tears.
He wondered if he was going to see his father so soon.
Just as Ace thought he was done for...
"Nika Nika~~ Giant God Gun!!!"
Amidst the shout, a white figure leaped in front of Ace.
A giant, inflated rubber fist met the city-destroying laser.
The Moby Dick 2 beneath them nearly capsized from the aftershock.
But... it was blocked!
"Wh-Who... are you?"
Ace asked, utterly bewildered.
"Hahaha! Don't you recognize me? Ace!"
When the figure turned its head, Ace and the entire Straw Hat crew were even more confused.
…
Bang-!!!
At that moment, an impact even more terrifying than Boros's Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon resounded.
The recently showboating [Gear Fifth] Luffy was sent flying back, crashing into his brother.
Because everyone on the scene had been focused on blocking the aftershocks of the Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon, they didn't know what had happened.
Only the live stream audience could barely see what occurred-
The instant after Lott took Boros's final attack head-on with his body, he twisted his wrist and threw an uppercut.
Between the land and sky, only this punch seemed to remain.
The world-destroying beam of light was completely swallowed, obliterated, and vanished under the unassuming fist!
Boros's body from the neck down was pulverized into paste.
And the screen switched at that moment to a view of space-
Aimed at the Planet Pirate.
The entire chat group fell into silence.
On the screen, the planet, with over 95% of its surface covered in water, had a straight line shot out from the starting point on the left side of the blue area, extending all the way to the far right of the planet.
Then it forked out from both sides.
Anyone could guess that the far left was Lott's location!
[Utaha: My worry was completely unnecessary...]
[Ishigami Yu: Speaking of which, it's a miracle Fujiwara-senpai survived an impact from a real man like Lott Aniki...]
[Chika: @Ishigami, Ishigami-kun, remember to watch the road on your way home~~]
[Ishigami Yu: I, I think I'll log off now and go die a little...]
[Asuna: This is Lott-sama's power... It's astounding...]