Although Wano Country was built on the mountainside of Fujiyama, its land area was still vast.
The country consisted of six regions.
They were Kuri, Kibi, Ringo, the Flower Capital, Udon, and Hakumai.
If it were to be described as a rectangle, its length and width would measure approximately 40 kilometers by 60 kilometers, with an area of about 2,400 square kilometers.
The world's strongest swordsman, Dracule Mihawk, could casually slice through an ice peak over a kilometer long with a single strike.
Some ability users, such as Trafalgar Law, during the incident at Punk Hazard, unleashed a slash that not only cleaved the entire research facility but also severed several mountain peaks.
And now, Caesar intended to cut through this colossal, massive Fujiyama!
A rough estimate placed the thickness of Fujiyama at less than 15 kilometers.
Transformed into the heaven-piercing, earth-shaking giant, his entire body resembling forged gold, Caesar roared at the nearly invisible Shiki.
"Shiki! Once I cut this mountain, use your ability to make it float!"
"No way! I can't do it! This is several times larger than Vearth! Do you think I'm a god?"
Shiki was dumbfounded. This wasn't just an island—it was a country!
"I'm counting on you! I believe in you. You can do it. Go for it, olé!"
Caesar's thunderous voice boomed like rolling thunder.
"No! I can't! I really can't, you bastard Caesar! Listen to what I'm saying! Stop talking to yourself!"
Shiki looked as if he had lost his parents, his face full of despair.
His Float-Float Fruit ability was indeed monstrous, but he had never attempted to lift a landmass spanning dozens of kilometers.
However, no matter how much Shiki protested, Caesar had already begun gathering his strength.
From within Caesar's body came earth-shattering explosions as nearly limitless life essence and vitality began to burn wildly, fueling the power in his arms.
Boundless Armament Haki enveloped the kilometer-long blade of his sword, enhancing its sharpness and cutting power.
Conqueror's Haki, refined to the pinnacle of this world, accompanied by deep crimson lightning, attached itself to the blade of the Candle Dragon, triggering a chain reaction with the swirling thunderclouds around it.
In an instant, streaks of crimson and silver-white lightning flickered and danced along the kilometer-long blade, transforming into intertwined red-and-white thunder dragons.
The sheer force they exuded was enough to make even Shiki pale with fear.
If not for Caesar's demand that he lift Wano Country, Shiki would have long since fled this dangerous place.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
A fierce gale howled across the sky and earth as Caesar inhaled.
With his mouth wide open, he continuously drew in the surrounding air, creating a vacuum around him.
Vast stretches of space twisted and collapsed bizarrely, like a curtain being pulled.
Caesar's chest swelled high, and his mountainous golden arms rose.
"Conqueror's Infusion!! Heaven-Severing Slash!!"
As Caesar swung the kilometer-long blade in his hand, space shattered in its wake, and countless thunderclaps roared explosively.
Under Shiki's stunned gaze, the kilometer-tall Caesar delivered a horizontal slash toward the massive Fujiyama.
From the kilometer-long blade erupted a narrow, elongated blade light, deep crimson mixed with silver-white, stretching over a dozen kilometers.
Compressed to its extreme, it resembled an almost invisible thread that sliced through the void and plunged into the enormous mountain!
"Shiki!!"
After delivering this slash, Caesar's golden form, towering over a kilometer high, abruptly shrank, returning to its original size.
He had nearly exhausted everything within him, unable to even use the wings on his back, and thus plummeted from the sky.
Shiki cursed furiously, then suddenly threw his head back and roared, his golden hair whipping wildly in the air.
Dark, ink-like Conqueror's Haki lightning erupted from his body as endless power poured into his right hand. Transforming into a meteor, he shot toward the Fuji Mountain.
Seeing the tiny, almost invisible crack before him, Shiki knew that although the Fuji Mountain hadn't collapsed—and Wano Country hadn't even experienced significant tremors from Caesar's slash—this mountain over ten kilometers thick had indeed been cleanly severed by Caesar's blade.
"Float-Float Fruit ability—Maximum Output! Rise for me!!"
Sssssssss.
The muscles in Shiki's arms bulged, his skin splitting open as blood sprayed out.
He frantically channeled the power of the Float-Float Fruit into the upper half of the mountain before him.
Shiki's ability to make islands float didn't mean he could lift an entire island with brute strength.
That was impossible. An island weighed billions of tons—no matter how powerful Shiki was, he couldn't achieve that.
Just like how Law's Ope Ope no Mi ability could effortlessly separate warships, mountain peaks, and even the sea, suspending them mid-air, this was the mysterious power brought by Devil Fruits.
As Shiki roared wildly, all the citizens of Wano Country felt the ground beneath their feet shaking incessantly, as if a massive earthquake had struck.
Starting from the fissure Caesar had cut, Wano Country was slowly rising!
Blood vessels bulged across Shiki's face, then burst with popping sounds, turning him into a blood-soaked figure.
Forcing Wano Country to float was clearly pushing beyond Shiki's limits.
"Riiiiise!!"
Shiki raised his arms as if lifting something, and finally!
A sliver of light began to appear along the tiny crack on the Fuji Mountain's surface.
This narrow band of light gradually widened as the land of Wano Country slowly rose into the air!
"Don't force it to ascend! Place it on the sea—I'll handle the rest!"
Caesar's voice echoed from the base of Fuji Mountain.
"Easier said than done, damn it!"
Shiki gritted his teeth so hard they nearly shattered. In that moment, he felt not as if he were using the Float-Float Fruit ability, but as if he were physically carrying the entire country!
Through Shiki's desperate efforts, Wano Country—spanning forty to fifty kilometers—finally separated from Fuji Mountain and began descending toward the sea surrounding the country!
It was only then that Komurasaki, Hiyori, and the others in Bakura Town vaguely understood what had happened.
Disbelief washed over their faces as they hurried toward the seaside of Bakura Town.
When they arrived at the shore, they saw an ocean devoid of water.
No—there was no ocean left. The edge of Bakura Town had become an unfathomable abyss.
And the true sea was rapidly expanding in their vision!
"Such a thing... is that even possible?!" Hiyori stood dumbfounded.
Only then did he finally comprehend the purpose behind the series of tremors they had just experienced.
The enclosure that had surrounded Wano Country for over a thousand years had shattered.
The freshwater accumulated over millennia had poured into the sea.
Wano Country had been entirely severed, lifted, and placed upon the ocean!
Tears welled in Hiyori's eyes as she stared blankly at the approaching sea in the distance.
Unable to hold back, she wept freely while murmuring to herself.
"Wano Country... has opened its borders!"