The powerful pressure still covered the sky and earth, suppressing the entire scene.
Shiki, being the main target of the pressure, was suppressed to the point of lying on the ground.
What terrified him even more was that his Float-Float Fruit ability, under the intense suppression, unexpectedly failed without warning.
This had never happened before.
Just by sheer aura and pressure, could a Devil Fruit user be prevented from using their power?
If someone had told Shiki this before today, he would have definitely called them an idiot.
"Damn it, what kind of power is this?"
Shiki didn't think this power was Conqueror's Haki. With his many years of combat experience, he had never seen such terrifying Conqueror's Haki.
Even during the 'God Valley Incident' years ago, facing those five old geezers, he had never been suppressed like this.
"Devils retreat... Could it really be a power that even devils fear?"
At this moment, Shiki suddenly recalled the words Kenji had spoken earlier.
At the time, he had dismissed them with disdain.
However, when the reality truly descended, this Legendary Pirate only felt...
"This is simply not a power that humans can possess, is it?"
Shiki struggled to prop himself up but found it difficult to muster any strength.
This feeling was somewhat similar to the restraint of Sea Stone, yet there was a fundamental difference.
Sea Stone's restraint on devil fruit users comes from seawater, it makes them lose strength, as if they are exhausted.
But at this moment, Shiki, despite being suppressed, could feel that his physical strength was abundant, he just couldn't bring it forth.
It was as if there was an invisible barrier, severing his connection with his own physical strength.
And this barrier, of course, came from that invisible, powerful pressure. Not only Shiki, but everyone else inside and outside the battlefield was also subjected to the suppression of the Conqueror's Haki - God's Domain and its aftershocks.
Among them, the most severely suppressed were Whitebeard and his son Marco, who were at the center of the battlefield, not far from Shiki.
Whitebeard was fine, the primary target of this Conqueror's Haki was not him.
Although he was affected by being too close to Shiki, he managed to forcefully resist with his own power, ultimately only kneeling on one knee.
As for Marco next to him, even with Whitebeard blocking most of the pressure for him, he still ended up sprawled on the ground, just like Shiki.
"Wah, my ability seems to have failed again..."
Marco was terrified to discover that he could no longer use the power of his Devil Fruit.
The fiercely burning blue flames on his body also abruptly extinguished, causing him to instantly revert to his normal human form.
The inability to use his powers greatly alarmed him, as he was currently just an ordinary, self-assured intern crew member of the Whitebeard Pirates.
After struggling for a while to no avail, Marco simply gave up and lied flat on the spot.
The main reason was that he later discovered that apart from his abilities being suppressed, there were no other adverse effects.
It was as if he was passively lying flat.
However, Marco wasn't the only one lying flat at this moment.
Besides Shiki at the center of the battlefield, everyone on the Moby Dick in the distance also lied sprawled on the ground.
Some of them fell asleep immediately, demonstrating the excellent sleep quality of young people.
The remaining ones who were still awake mostly looked bewildered.
"Ugh! I can't lift my head..."
"I can barely breathe..."
"Relax, this power isn't directed at us, it won't last long."
After the initial panic, the pirates on the ship seemed to realize that this sudden suppressive force was not aimed at them.
Otherwise, they would have already been suppressed into unconsciousness by now. Understanding this, they finally felt a little relieved.
Compared to the miserable state of these pirates, outside the battlefield, Kuzan's Marine squad was much better off.
They were already quite far from the battlefield, and the Conqueror's Haki pressure was also slightly more lenient on them.
Kuzan's Marine squad, and the Marines remaining on the warship within the battlefield, although they also felt the suppression, it wasn't strong, at least not to the point of being unable to breathe.
They certainly wouldn't be suppressed to the point of lying flat.
In stark contrast, on the other side, the samurai who, like Kuzan, remained outside the battlefield, felt much greater pressure, each one bent over, panting heavily, as if struggling against a terrifying force.
"Phew! Luckily, I didn't enter the battlefield..."
Kuzan observed the miserable state of the pirates through his telescope, feeling both fortunate and somewhat proud.
Being able to lead his team and avoid accidental injury, doesn't this prove he's relatively smart?
When he returns, he'll definitely have to get Kenji to praise him a few times.
"Hmm, this conflict should be resolved now..." Kuzan picked up the Den Den Mushi and shook it.
Since earlier, the Den Den Mushi signal seemed to be bad.
When the Conqueror's Haki pressure descended, the Den Den Mushi was stunned.
Kuzan shook it hard, but still couldn't wake it up.
Helpless, he had no choice but to reach into his pocket, fumbling for other spare Den Den Mushi.
"Hmm, I remember bringing two Den Den Mushi..."
Just as Kuzan was leisurely searching for the Den Den Mushi.
At the center of the battlefield, Shiki suddenly felt the suppression he was enduring intensify.
As time passed, this invisible pressure not only showed no signs of energy depletion or weakening, but its suppressive force grew stronger and stronger.
"Damn it, that bastard..." Shiki gritted his teeth, his eyes bloodshot.
This was the first time he had been suppressed so severely.
If he thought about it carefully, the other party hadn't even shown himself, yet he had been almost completely suppressed from afar, unable to move.
After he arrives, won't he be at his mercy?
This was what Shiki could not tolerate.
As a proud Legendary Pirate, he had always dictated the fates of others, how could he allow himself to be controlled by someone else?
"Bastard! I won't surrender like this!"
Shiki's eyes suddenly burst open, almost instantly unleashing all the latent potential within him.
Then, he actually managed to stand up little by little, looking up at the sky, as if searching for Kenji's whereabouts.
"Jihahahaha! The pressure you're putting on me is indeed strong!" Shiki's eyes were bloodshot, and his face showed defiance.
"But this old man won't fall here!"
The next moment, Shiki suddenly unleashed his Conqueror's Haki. Then, he found he couldn't do it.
He tried Armament Haki again, also no good.
Finally, he simply gripped his swords with both hands and slashed out, but with little power.
"Hoo hoo..."
All that struggling, however, exhausted Shiki himself, leaving him gasping for breath.
The act of desperately counterattacking under such immense pressure wasn't because Shiki's power was strong enough. It was merely Kenji conducting a small test of Conqueror's Haki - God's Domain's power.
At this point, the warship had already broken free from Shiki's control, and the situation was under Kenji's command, the battle was essentially over.
"Shiki."
Kenji's indifferent voice came again with the Conqueror's Haki, this time with only a simple sentence.
"You are under arrest."
The moment the words fell, Shiki suddenly found himself unable to move.
Although this time he wasn't suppressed to the point of lying on the ground, he couldn't budge.
Some people, though they appear to be standing, are in reality merely lambs awaiting slaughter.