As soon as Rocks finished speaking, the Golden Lion stepped forward with a grin.
He raised his right hand and swung it downward.
A dense fleet of pirate ships dove down toward God Valley.
They crashed into the outer ranks of the slave army and the temporarily reassigned branch Marines, causing massive casualties.
And that wasn't the end of it.
After slamming into the ground, countless pirates leapt from the decks.
They clashed with the ground forces in a brutal melee.
Rocks and the others, meanwhile, charged straight toward the palace at the heart of the island.
"Shockwave of the Buddha!"
A voice, loud and resonant like a great bell, rang out.
Moments later, a golden shockwave hundreds of meters wide tore through the sound barrier, blasting toward Rocks and his crew.
"So it's you, Sengoku."
Whitebeard sprang forth.
His right hand pulled back.
A white ring of energy surrounded his fist as he swung it straight at the shockwave.
The air in front of him split with visible cracks.
An overwhelming force of vibration burst forward and collided with the golden shockwave.
It sounded like thunder erupting on level ground.
The collision left a crater hundreds of meters in diameter.
A strong gust swept through, clearing the smoke.
At last, the two sides fully collided...
"Purururu, purururu."
The Den Den Mushi left in the palace rang out. A brawny Elder picked it up:
"This is one of the Elder. Speak."
"Ah! Elder-sama, the Buster Call fleet will arrive at God Valley in half a day. Awaiting orders."
"Once they arrive, initiate the Buster Call. Wipe out the outer pirates first—then we'll decide how to proceed."
On the outskirts of God Valley, the slave army and the summoned Marines had already suffered heavy losses.
After all, one side consisted of brutal New World pirates, and the other of slaves and Marines from the Four Blues' branch forces.
Holding off two waves of assault had already been no easy feat.
Something unexpected happened!
Just as the defense line was about to be breached—
No one knew when, but the clear blue sky had turned fiery red, like a burning cloud, brilliant and ominous.
Countless pirates looked up at the sky in confusion.
As the flaming clouds were pierced by countless tiny dots, everyone's expression changed dramatically, panic overtaking them.
"Hey hey, are you serious?! Is this a joke?!"
"What the hell is that falling from the sky?!"
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM..."
One after another, massive magma fists fell from the sky.
Like meteors descending from the heavens, they slammed viciously into the chaotic mass of pirates.
Those struck didn't even have time to scream before being dissolved by the molten lava.
Upon impact, the magma exploded outward.
Everything nearby was destroyed in an instant—but even more terrifying was the magma's intense corrosiveness and toxicity.
"I'm begging you, take me with you! Please!"
Screams of agony filled the battlefield. Anyone touched by the magma was instantly annihilated. Countless pirates were reduced to mangled limbs.
The rain of magma fists from the sky continued its merciless harvest of life.
In mere moments, nearly thirty percent of the attacking pirates had vanished—completely melted by the lava.
The blood-red sky and the glowing lava-covered ground reflected one another.
In this moment, the battlefield no longer resembled the human world...
Meanwhile, the Marines from the branch forces let out excited shouts. This magma—they knew it all too well!
"Rear Admiral Sakazuki is here!!"
"Brothers, hold the line! Reinforcements are here!"
The final magma fist landed just behind the defensive line.
Sakazuki's Observation Haki swept across the battlefield. Seeing the countless fallen Marines, his expression instantly darkened.
"Still too late, huh."
"Filthy scum of the sea..."
With killing intent bursting from him, the final magma fist that struck the ground transformed into Sakazuki himself.
Immediately afterward, waves of magma surged across the earth, rising and forming anew.
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