At that moment, everyone on the plaza of Marine Headquarters looked up at the sky above!
Behind the dark clouds that stretched across the heavens like a black wall, an immense shadow had appeared
.As the dark shadow rapidly expanded, the storm clouds churned violently, pressing and dispersing in all directions!
"Is that... an island?" Koby's pupils dilated, reflecting a corner of a massive landmass.
"Fujitora!!"
Akainu, who was battling Caesar alongside Atlas, suddenly roared.
"Leave it to me!"
Fujitora, locked in a fierce clash with Bullett, abruptly exerted force with his sword-cane, repelling Bullett's body through sheer power.
"Gravity Blade: Fierce Tiger!"
A tremendous horizontal gravitational force erupted instantly, catching over a hundred pirates of the Beast God Pirates off guard as the terrifying power acted upon their bodies.
One by one, their bodies seemed crushed by an invisible mountain.
Shattered organs gushed like fountains from their orifices, and before they could even scream, they exploded like flattened toads!
Meanwhile, under the horrified gazes of all Marine soldiers, a colossal island blotted out the sky, rumbling as it descended directly toward them!
"Why is there an island in the sky?" a young Marine officer cried out in disbelief.
Veteran Marines answered his question with strained voices.
"It's Golden Lion! It's his Float-Float Fruit ability!"
Yet even so, the Marines couldn't comprehend—did Golden Lion intend to destroy both the Marines and pirates by dropping such a massive island?
The sky-obscuring island descended with apocalyptic force, threatening to obliterate the New World's fortress of justice in an instant!
"Fufufufu, now's not the time to be stunned!"
Doflamingo cackled wildly, curling his fingers as he flipped backward over dozens of Marines, landing squarely on the head of a giant Vice Admiral.
"Doflamingo! You're courting death!"
The giant Vice Admiral roared in fury, swatting at Doflamingo on his head as if shooing a fly.
Crouched on the giant's skull, Doflamingo spread his arms and hooked his ten fingers, laughing arrogantly.
"Parasite Strings!"
The giant's sweeping hand halted just inches from Doflamingo, his massive body freezing rigid.
"Fufufufu, Vice Admiral Lacroix, no need to be so harsh! After all, two years ago, I fought alongside you Marines!"
Doflamingo's hands danced through the air like a pianist performing a concerto.
With each flick of his fingers, the giant Vice Admiral Lacroix felt his body moving against his will.
Gripping his over-ten-meter-long greatsword, he suddenly swung it horizontally toward the Marine soldiers under his command!
Swoosh!
The massive blade carved a wide arc centered on Lacroix, bisecting dozens of Marines who never expected their commander to turn on them.
Instantly, severed limbs, scattered organs, and bewildered severed heads sprayed in all directions like a macabre fountain!
"NO!!!" Lacroix's eye sockets split open as a shrill, agonized scream tore from his throat.
"Fufufufufu, weaklings! You can't even control your own fate, fufufufufu!"
Doflamingo continued flicking his fingers, and the giant Vice Admiral beneath his feet, face twisted in terror and despair, was forced to raise his massive cleaver against his own soldiers!
"Vice Admiral Lacroix! Stop!"
"No! Don't!"
The massive battlefield descended further into a chaotic, blood-soaked melee!
The clashing of blades, the tearing sound of steel cutting through flesh, the roars and pained groans of Marines and pirates alike, the explosive roar of cannons...
All these chaotic sounds intertwined, composing a macabre rhapsody of carnage!
A burly purple figure shot into the air, his cane sword slashing upward with tremendous force!
Fujitora's scarred eyes snapped open as he roared, "Gravity Blade: Rising Dragon!"
Rings of purple light pulsed and flashed from his cane sword, like countless ripples expanding infinitely, rising to envelop the entire underside of the massive island falling from above!
Then.
Under the stunned, heart-pounding gazes of everyone present, the island that blotted out the sky and earth came to an abrupt halt, as if blocked by an invisible wall!
"An Admiral! It's Admiral Fujitora!"
A Marine soldier, feeling like he'd just escaped death, cried out weakly, nearly collapsing from relief.
"An Admiral! We still have our invincible Marine Admirals! Don't be afraid! Kill them! Kill them all!"
Momonga lopped off a pirate's head with his sword, drenched in blood, leading a group of fearless soldiers as they charged relentlessly into the pirate ranks!
"Execute the decapitation strike! Take out all the Marine Vice Admirals first!"
Katakuri, tall and imposing, his expression ice-cold, caused the ground beneath him to continuously soften, transforming into sticky mochi that trapped the feet of Marine soldiers.
Like quicksand, it swiftly swallowed them whole under their desperate, horrified stares!
Immediately after, his long leg lifted fiercely, stretching dozens of meters in an instant, and kicked Momonga, who was charging at the forefront, sending him flying!
"Jihahahaha! Impressive! To think you could forcibly stop my island!"
High above on the floating island, a burly man with golden hair, holding swords in both hands, hovered mid-air just like Fujitora!
"Golden Lion Shiki! To develop the Float-Float Fruit to such an extent is truly rare! However, I cannot allow you to casually destroy this fortress of justice!"
Fujitora ascended higher, floating face to face with Shiki.
"Wororororo, Shiki, you old fool! I told you to let me jump from ten thousand meters up and smash the Marine fortress to bits first! With this damn island in the way, I can't move at all!"
At the edge of the island suspended four to five hundred meters above, another wild, imposing figure appeared—a giant of a man with a body like forged steel.
"Kaido!"
Fujitora's expression turned extremely grave.
Suddenly, he swung his cane sword horizontally, releasing wave after wave of purple rings of light!
"Gravity Blade: Ferocious Tiger!!"
An immense, invisible force instantly slammed into Kaido and the massive island beneath him!
Caught completely off guard, Kaido's massive frame was violently driven deep into the ground.
The massive island floating above everyone's heads suddenly emitted a dull roar as it was propelled away by tremendous repulsive force, descending toward the frozen sea!
"Kid, how dare you get distracted with other matters while facing me? Don't look down on me, Shiki! Ha!"
Shiki's arms trembled, his swords Oto and Kogarashi crossed in a horizontal slash, unleashing a cross-shaped sword aura capable of splitting the world!
Whoosh!
Fujitora shuddered in alarm, raising his cane sword only to be engulfed by the boundless sword aura!