BOOM!!
High in the sky, thunder and light collided once again.
The sea churned violently. Massive Marine warships rocked back and forth, yet not a single Marine showed fear or panic.
These were soldiers who had long served in the New World under Admiral Akainu.
They had witnessed far greater storms.
Whenever the Marines clashed with the Four Emperors, it was usually Akainu who took the field.
Akainu glanced up at the sky before flicking his Justice coat behind him.
"Doberman."
"Lead the Marines onto the island."
With that—
Akainu transford into a mass of magma and blasted toward the Sabaody Archipelago.
As for Luffy, he didn't even spare him a glance.
"Yes, sir!"
Vice Admiral Doberman saluted sharply.
"What the hell is this?!"
In the Lawless Zone, pirates fled in panic.
Magma rained from the sky.
Anyone struck was either killed or severely injured.
The entire district was rapidly being engulfed in molten lava.
"Ugh… what happened?"
The Sky Island monk, Urouge, pushed aside the massive rubble pinning him down and looked around in confusion.
Ruins and corpses surrounded him.
The Supernovas Drake and Hawkins were nowhere to be seen.
"Huff… huff…"
Urouge gasped desperately.
That breath carried the pure instinct to survive.
"Whatever… the important thing is…"
"I'm still alive."
"Admirals are definitely not people you should provoke…"
Just then—
A crimson teor crashed down.
BOOM!!
Akainu stepped out of the crater.
His gaze fell upon the stunned Urouge.
Cold as iron.
His voice sharp as winter frost.
His entire right arm had transford into molten magma.
"Great Eruption!"
anwhile—
Above Sabaody.
Luffy and Kizaru were locked in a contest of speed.
Black lightning and golden light chased each other across the sky.
Luffy tilted his head to avoid a light-speed kick, countering with a punch—
But it passed straight through Kizaru's body without touching anything solid.
They turned—
Their legs collided.
Air currents twisted violently as they separated, only to cross paths again instantly.
"Little Brother Monkey…"
"Sakazuki has already landed on the island."
Kizaru spoke lazily.
"How about surrendering?"
"That would make my job much easier."
Even now, his hands were still in his pockets, as if glued there.
Looking at Kizaru's carefree attitude, Luffy's eyes grew serious.
His heart sank deeper and deeper.
The awakened Glint-Glint Fruit plus ceiling-level Observation Haki…
This is ridiculously broken.
At the central Sabaody fountain plaza—
Drip… drip…
Magma dripped continuously from Akainu's arm.
Behind him—
Urouge's chest had been completely blown open.
The Supernova with a 108 million berry bounty had died without even surviving a single move.
Akainu didn't even know who he was.
"Still not coming out?"
Akainu stared toward a nearby corner.
"Oh my, oh my…"
"Can it be that a mighty Admiral can't even tolerate a retired old man?"
Silver hair hung loosely over his shoulders.
Though wrinkles marked the corners of his eyes, his gaze remained sharp as a hawk.
A casual smile rested on his lips.
Wearing simple white clothes and flip-flops, holding a silver sword—
The man was none other than
Silvers Rayleigh, the Dark King.
"Hmph."
"The mont you chose to beco a pirate…"
"There was no place for you in this world."
Akainu lunged forward like a magma beast released from its cage.
His magma fist erupted forward with terrifying heat.
A crimson glow of destruction rapidly expanded within Rayleigh's eyes.
Without hesitation—
Rayleigh drew his sword.
Dark red lightning erupted violently.
The heavens themselves seed to tremble.
The compressed lightning wrapped around the blade.
The sword humd loudly.
"Great Eruption!"
"Divine Departure!"
Fist and blade collided.
A violent storm blasted across their faces.
Sword intent roared.
Lightning raged.
Magma exploded.
A massive shockwave spread outward from the center of their clash.
Everything was swept away—
Earth.
Broken buildings.
Mud.
Boulders.
Even shattered corpses.
Wave after wave of pressure blasted outward.
BOOM!!
Rayleigh's Conqueror's Haki tore through the magma and struck Akainu directly.
Akainu's body flew backward like a cannonball, smashing through several collapsed buildings before crashing deep into the ground.
BOOM!!
Like a volcanic eruption—
Huge amounts of magma burst out, instantly flooding the surrounding town.
Rayleigh remained fully focused.
Black Armant Haki coated his sword.
Red lightning flashed in his eyes as his Conqueror's Haki surged even higher.
"Dark King Rayleigh…"
"It seems Marine Headquarters underestimated you."
A sword wound stretched across Akainu's chest.
Residual Conqueror's Haki lightning continued invading his body.
Originally, they had believed Rayleigh's strength would decline greatly due to age.
Yet—
He was still nearly as powerful as in his pri.
"But how long can you keep this up?"
Akainu stood within the flowing magma.
A crimson figure charged forward like a raging demon.
His white Marine coat instantly lted into bubbling lava.
The terrifying heat warped the surrounding air.
"Inugami Guren!!"
His arm erupted with surging magma flas.
A gigantic magma hound lunged forward, opening its jaws like a blood-red lotus.
Seeing Akainu charge recklessly without defense—
Rayleigh's expression turned extrely serious.
Dark red Conqueror's lightning compressed to its limit.
He swung his sword.
BOOM!!
Armant Haki burst outward.
Conqueror's lightning flickered violently in the air.
Molten magma splashed everywhere.
The two moved like ghosts.
Explosive winds surged around them.
BOOM!!
Akainu attacked like a heavy war machine, seemingly incapable of feeling pain.
Rayleigh retreated repeatedly, clearly under imnse pressure.
Even though his Haki-coated sword left wound after wound on Akainu—
Akainu's combat style was brutal and savage.
To seize even the smallest opening, he would willingly trade injury for injury.
In battle—
He resembled a feral beast devoid of emotion.
Ti passed slowly as the two continued their duel.
At the sa ti—
The New World Marines under Akainu had landed in the Lawless Zone.
"Hear this!"
"Any pirate who resists…"
"Kill them all!"
Vice Admiral Doberman drew his Marine blade.
Black Armant Haki flowed across it like water.
"CHARGE!!"
Thousands of Marines roared in unison.
They advanced in disciplined formation.
Each soldier radiated hardened battlefield experience.
Their rifles and sabers were top-tier equipnt.
Like a steel torrent, they flooded into the Lawless Zone.
Gunfire erupted everywhere.
The once-arrogant pirates faced their day of reckoning.
A burly pirate cut down a Marine colonel and burst into laughter.
"HAHAHAHA!"
"I'm invincible!"
"Once I reach the New World, I'll crush Admirals and Emperors alike!"
"The One Piece will be mine!"
WHOOSH!
A man wearing a white Justice coat descended from the air.
They passed each other in an instant.
The pirate's head flew off.
Blood sprayed from his neck like a fountain.
Even in death, the pirate's face still carried a wild grin.
He had a 70 million berry bounty—
Yet he died in a single mont.
The Marine colonel didn't even glance at him.
He continued moving toward the next battlefield.
Elsewhere—
Marine riflen opened fire.
Bullets rained down like a storm.
Pirates fell in rows.
Even those powerful pirates of the Grand Line—with bodies far stronger than ordinary n—collapsed under the black blades of Marine officers.
"What about those Supernovas with bounties over 100 million?"
Doberman spoke through a cloud of cigar smoke.
"Report! Most of the Supernovas have already left the Sabaody Archipelago!"
"They likely entered the New World!"
"Tch."
Doberman exhaled a long stream of smoke.
"Lucky bastards."
"Form a containnt periter."
"I want every last one of these pirate scum to die here."
His command stunned everyone.
The Marines imdiately began moving into position.
The encirclent had begun.
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