The pattern took the shape of a massive five-pointed star.
The moment it appeared across the battlefield, black and crimson lightning exploded from its center.
The violent currents crackled endlessly, growing denser and more destructive with every passing second.
An overwhelming aura spread outward from the five-pointed star.
Brown Square trembled under the pressure.
Then the terrifying force continued expanding until it engulfed the entirety of Kulusimiya Island.
At the same time, the sky darkened.
A suffocating heaviness descended over the battlefield.
Sabo immediately recognized the aura.
Not long ago, he had personally experienced it.
"So you're finally showing yourselves?"
But then his expression changed.
"No... this feels much stronger than before."
Shock filled his eyes.
Back then, he already believed those monsters were terrifying enough.
Yet the pressure now was on an entirely different level.
"Don't tell me they weren't even serious before."
Cold sweat slid down Sabo's face.
"This is insane. If they combine this level of Haki with those abilities of theirs, they'd practically be invincible."
He stared at the darkened sky.
"Rolan... this situation just became a lot worse."
Beside him, Vegapunk looked toward the spreading black lightning.
"I remember you saying you were captured because of them, right?"
Sabo kept his eyes fixed ahead and nodded slowly.
Luffy, who stood closest to the five-pointed star, widened his eyes.
"What the hell is this?!"
The sheer pressure pressing against him made his instincts scream.
"So this is Conqueror's Haki?"
This was the first time he had ever seen Haki manifest before the actual person arrived.
Even Ace's face became serious.
"What monstrous Conqueror's Haki..."
He had encountered countless powerful figures throughout his life.
Whitebeard.
Shanks.
Even Rolan.
But the aura erupting from that summoning pattern had already reached the level of the strongest monsters in the world.
Not far away, Bartolomeo had completely stopped moving.
Cold sweat dripped down his face while his body trembled uncontrollably.
Ace immediately noticed.
To make a World Government Special Agent react like this...
Who exactly was arriving?
His gaze locked onto the center of the pattern.
"No way..."
Far out at sea, aboard the Marine warship, Garp and the others naturally sensed the terrifying Haki.
"Wahahaha!"
Garp rubbed his chin.
"So they're already coming out this early?"
Sengoku stared toward Kulusimiya Island, his eyes flickering heavily.
"I didn't expect the Gorosei to personally enter the battlefield."
Even he sounded tense.
Then he looked up at the sky.
"What terrifying power."
Tsuru frowned slightly.
"Garp, you've seen them fight before. How strong are they really?"
Garp folded his arms.
"I've seen them in action, but I can't say whether they were serious."
Then his tone became heavier.
"But from what I know, their strength is at least on the level of the Yonko."
He paused briefly.
"Possibly even beyond them."
Sengoku's expression changed instantly.
"Beyond the Yonko?"
Even Tsuru's calm face became troubled.
"If that's true, then this war is going to become extremely difficult."
Sengoku nodded slowly.
"Even if we're old, we may still need to step onto the battlefield ourselves."
"Hahaha!"
Garp cracked his fists loudly.
"I was already getting bored anyway."
Elsewhere, Zephyr narrowed his eyes while feeling the incoming Haki.
"The Haki arrived before the actual person?"
Throughout his entire life, he had crossed paths with nearly every famous pirate and major figure in the world.
But he had never encountered anything like this.
"The World Government truly hides monsters in the shadows."
Nearby, Red Hair Shanks forced back his opponent with a slash before turning toward Luffy's side.
"So you've finally appeared."
His gaze sharpened.
"You probably realized that if you kept hiding, the situation would spiral out of control."
On the execution platform, Kuzan naturally understood what this aura represented.
He raised the small Den Den Mushi in his hand.
"All Marines stationed on the island, listen carefully!"
His voice echoed throughout Brown Square.
"Anyone below Rear Admiral rank is forbidden from looking directly at the summoning formation!"
"The Gorosei are about to descend!"
The moment the order spread, countless Marines immediately lowered their heads or turned away.
Most Special Agents had already done so the instant the aura appeared.
Only some confused Marines continued staring curiously at the massive five-pointed star.
"What's the big deal? It's just some weird pattern."
"Yeah, exactly. Why would looking at it kill us?"
"Did they seriously say the Gorosei are coming?"
Several Special Agents sneered coldly after hearing them.
"Idiots."
"If you want to die, then keep staring."
Ace looked toward the summoning pattern beside Luffy with visible shock.
"So this aura belongs to the Gorosei?"
"No wonder it's this terrifying."
He remembered what Rolan once told him.
The Gorosei were monsters.
Back then, Ace thought it was exaggerated.
Now he realized Rolan had not exaggerated enough.
"This pressure alone is nearly suppressing the entire island."
On the Red Hair Pirates' side, Lucky Roux stared blankly while holding his meat stick.
"So they aren't just rulers of the world... they're also among the strongest fighters alive?"
"This Haki already feels close to Captain's level."
Yasopp's face was equally grim.
"And this is only one of them."
"There are still five monsters like this."
Before Rolan appeared, almost everyone believed Shanks possessed the pinnacle of Conqueror's Haki.
But now...
Not only had Rolan shattered that belief, the Gorosei had done the same.
The World Government's hidden power was terrifying.
Benn Beckman slowly inhaled from his cigarette before exhaling.
"Don't underestimate the World Government."
His eyes narrowed slightly.
"There's still someone above the Gorosei."
Lucky Roux looked toward him immediately.
"You mean Imu?"
Benn Beckman nodded.
"And don't forget the Human Weapons."
"None of them have appeared yet."
Then he pointed toward the sky.
"And the ancient weapon Uranus is still in their hands."
"The destruction from before was most likely caused by it."
The crew fell silent.
Everything shown by the World Government so far was probably only a fraction of their true strength.
Yet even that fraction had already pushed the three allied factions to their limits.
If everything appeared at once...
The outcome would become impossible to predict.
Bang!
Lucky Roux casually shot down a sneak attacker approaching Benn Beckman.
Then he bit into his meat stick and laughed loudly.
"Hahaha! What's there to panic about?"
"We haven't shown all our cards either."
Yasopp grinned as well.
"We're the Red Hair Pirates."
"What kind of storms haven't we survived already?"
As time passed, the Conqueror's Haki covering the battlefield became increasingly violent.
Several weaker Marines and Special Agents collapsed unconscious before the Gorosei had even fully appeared.
Then purple-black flames emerged from the center of the five-pointed star.
Black lightning coiled around the flames like serpents.
The entire scene resembled the opening of a gate from hell itself.
Gradually, a massive dark silhouette rose from within the summoning circle.
Two enormous crimson eyes glowed from the darkness.
Bang!
Bang!
Several Marines who continued staring directly at the figure had their heads explode instantly.
Blood and brain matter splattered across the battlefield.
The nearby Marines froze in horror.
Nobody expected that merely looking at the figure would actually cost them their lives.
As the black smoke slowly dispersed, the silhouette became clearer.
A gigantic demonic figure emerged completely.
It possessed a human upper body and the lower half of a monstrous spider.
Purple-black flames wrapped around its body.
Two enormous curved horns extended from its head.
Four pairs of gigantic spider legs supported its massive form.
Dark flame clouds coiled around its arms and shoulders while a staff rested in its hand.
Luffy stared blankly at the creature.
"Crab?"
Drool slowly dripped from the corner of his mouth.
Then his expression instantly soured.
"What the hell, it's not a crab at all."
"I got excited for nothing."
Vegapunk's eyes widened in horror.
"Saint Saturn!"
The figure standing at the center of Brown Square was one of the Five Elders, one of the highest authorities of the World Government.
The Warrior God of Science and Defense.
Saint Jaygarcia Saturn.