Neither the towering figure standing a thousand meters tall nor the calm-faced Bob paid any attention to those fleeing the area.
The next moment, the colossal figure moved, the red circles within its crimson pupils slightly dilating.
Before it, the massive red void began transforming as well, its energy slowly rotating and condensing within.
Then, a terrifying aura suddenly erupted from within, dyeing the entire world crimson.
It was as if a red sun now hung in the sky, casting its bloody radiance upon all below.
In the next moment, the red glow deepened, growing increasingly dense until vision was completely obscured by its viscous intensity.
"BOOM!!"
Something pulsed within the red void, making everything tremble.
Space shattered as layer upon layer of annihilating energy swept outward.
Whoosh!!
With a deafening sound, an overwhelmingly terrifying red beam shot forth from the void, carrying such violent power that space itself fractured in its wake.
Against the blood-red sky, a pitch-black path stood out starkly—the trail of shattered space left by the beam's devastating energy.
Within it lay only absolute darkness.
The beam hurtled towards Bob at a horrifying speed.
Simultaneously, Bob narrowed his eyes and slowly raised his right arm, clenching his fist.
"Normal Punch."
With a quiet utterance, Bob's figure vanished from his original position.
At this level, he no longer required any enhancement from Haki.
A simple fist would suffice.
The next moment, the red beam capable of tearing apart space collided with Bob's fist.
"BOOM!!"
Their impact unleashed a cataclysmic shockwave, violent winds howling outward in all directions.
The earth-shattering explosion could be heard clearly hundreds of kilometers away, its deafening roar threatening to rupture eardrums.
Marines, pirates and alliance members who had already fled the area all turned to look back.
Whoosh!!
Instantly, their minds went blank, leaving only one thought: Had they not escaped in time, they would have surely met their end.
From their vantage point, they could see a red mushroom cloud slowly rising over Marineford, staining the entire sky red.
Even at this distance, the scorching heat of the shockwave burned at their hair and skin.
Dust and debris surged outward like a desert sandstorm, layers of superheated particles rising and falling across the ocean's surface, instantly vaporizing water into thick mist.
Vision became obscured—a white haze swallowing the distant red glow.
All they could feel was their ships rocking violently as hundred-meter tidal waves surged from Marineford toward them.
High above, Shiki's floating islands trembled violently under the overwhelming force.
Yet compared to the distant observers' view, the reality at Marineford was far more horrifying.
Space shattered as the crimson beam, upon touching Bob's fist, seemed to lose all its lethal force.
His body pierced straight through the entire beam.
A blinding light erupted and a mushroom cloud vast enough to envelop all of Marineford rose into the sky.
Temperatures rivaling the sun's intensity erupted at the core of the mushroom cloud—and right beside Bob.
Under such heat, everything was annihilated.
Walls, castles, even the very land of Marineford—all melted into searing magma, flowing toward the surrounding sea.
"Sizzle—!!"
The magma hissed violently upon contact with the seawater, filling the sky with steam and black fumes.
Intertwined with the red mushroom cloud, they obscured all vision in this corner of the world.
Yet, standing at the heart of the explosion, Bob remained utterly unfazed, without a single scratch on him.
The next moment— He stomped violently against the air.
"BOOM!"
A deafening explosion erupted from the point of impact as a colossal shockwave burst forth from his step, rushing forward in an overwhelming surge.
In an instant, the dust, mist and smoke were blasted apart by the shockwave, scattering in all directions.
Bob's figure vanished the moment his foot struck the air—accompanied by the screech of friction and another explosive boom, he appeared right before the towering, kilometer-tall figure in the blink of an eye.
"H-How...?"
Whether shocked by Bob emerging unscathed from such a devastating clash or stunned by his instantaneous movement, the giant reflexively gasped as Bob materialized before him.
But the words never fully left its lips—because the instant Bob arrived, his fist was already driving towards him.
Unimpeded, unstoppable—the sheer speed and overwhelming force bypassed all defenses, obliterating the giant's skull in a single strike.
"CRACK!!"
The headless body convulsed violently before swelling—then bursting apart in a spectacular explosion.
Countless specks of light scattered like stars, illuminating Marineford one final time before fading into nothingness.
Like the grand finale of a fireworks display—dazzling, radiant and fleeting.
The shockwave from Bob's punch surged outward, dispersing all remnants of dust and haze in the vicinity.
The sky regained its color.
The crimson mushroom cloud vanished.
The black fumes dissipated.
The red glow disappeared.
The blazing sun hanging high above.
The world was clear once more.
Only one thing had changed—the Marine Headquarters, once the symbol of the Marine's supreme authority, was gone without a trace.
The sea returned to calm, though the air still carried a faint lingering heat.
The last remnant of an island that had once existed in this world.
From this moment onward, Marineford—the heart of the Marines—had vanished completely from history.
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