"Shiki! Stop him!"
Watching the rapidly spreading, ever-growing magma lake.
The raging energy brewing within, like heavenly punishment, even made Caesar's expression shift slightly.
He himself wasn't afraid—the power of a volcanic eruption wasn't enough to kill him.
But those with weaker physiques would likely all perish!
Shiki was also drenched in sweat, whether from the heat of the magma lake beneath his feet or from sheer anxiety.
He suddenly threw his hands upward!
"Lion's Might! Imperial Earth Roll!!"
The power of the Float-Float Fruit erupted fully, causing the ground beneath to rumble and heave upward.
"Roar!"
Deafening roars echoed as massive earthen lions, each dozens to hundreds of meters in size, burst forth from the plaza's ground.
They forced apart the magma lake that Akainu had transformed into, scattering it into a torrential downpour of magma rain.
Akainu's figure emerged from within, his expression extremely grim.
His awakening process had been forcibly interrupted by Shiki!
The awakening of the Magma-Magma Fruit meant transforming oneself into a volcano!
A true, natural volcano!
When a sufficiently brewed volcano fully erupts, the magma's high temperature becomes secondary under the terrifying force unleashed.
The erupting magma flow is the most destructive power!
And Shiki had disrupted his brewing process.
"What a vexing problem! This man's fruit simply cannot awaken!"
Kizaru accelerated to his maximum speed, evading Raid's entanglement and shooting toward Linlin's back.
While magma has a limited upper potential, light's potential is overwhelmingly high—so high that even Kizaru couldn't grasp the edges of awakening.
Even now, despite having mastered gamma rays.
Sizzle!
Linlin sensed the danger from behind, but she didn't turn around. Instead, she continued manipulating thunder and fire, relentlessly driving back the remaining Marine Vice Admirals.
A deep black light shot toward Linlin's back but was blocked by a spear that had appeared prematurely.
Kizaru snorted angrily, his black light sword shooting directly at the suddenly appearing Katakuri.
"Future-sight Observation Haki—such an annoying ability!"
"Yasakani's Sacred Jewel!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—countless black orbs of light rained down on Katakuri like a storm.
"Room! Slaughterhouse!"
A circular dome descended, and Katakuri instantly vanished.
In his place, a bewildered and charred Tokikake appeared bewilderedly under Kizaru's assault!
"No!!" Kizaru's body shuddered, and he abruptly halted his attack.
But...
It was already too late!
Hundreds of black laser beams instantly riddled Tokikake's body like a sieve!
"Trafalgar!!"
Kizaru threw his head back in a grief-stricken roar, the corners of his eyes splitting open.
Amid the crowd, an expressionless Law stood enveloped in an invisible dome that concealed all his presence.
Even Observation Haki couldn't detect his location.
Because, at that moment, he was effectively in a different dimension!
"Thunderfire Purgatory Slash!"
Linlin abruptly turned, raising Prometheus and Hera high in her hands.
The powers of thunder and fire intertwined, forming a storm of energy that descended upon the grieving Kizaru!
Boom!
The black light shattered, and Kizaru spat blood as he was sent flying backward.
Swish!
"Haki Infusion! Star Dance Moonlight!"
Raid's figure appeared like a ghost, his sword sweeping out moonlit ripples that severed the incoming black light!
Rip!
A lower leg sprayed blood as it fell to the dust!
"Borsalino!"
Both Aokiji and Akainu were horrified!
Behind Linlin, a short, elderly figure suddenly leaped up, hands glowing with watery light, directly grabbing for the Prometheus and Hera above her head!
"Soul Cleansing!"
Vice Admiral Tsuru shouted, activating the power of the Wash-Wash Fruit.
"No! Mama!"
Prometheus and Hera let out terrified screams as the massive fire cloud and thundercloud instantly collapsed like melting snow under the scorching sun, dissipating into two wisps of smoke!
"What?" Linlin's expression changed drastically.
Instinctively raising her great sword Napoleon, she swung it toward Vice Admiral Tsuru.
Vice Admiral Tsuru's gaze was icy as she unleashed another soap-bubble-like radiance!
"Soul Cleansing!"
Swish!
Linlin stared blankly at the screaming, dissipating Napoleon sword in her hand, momentarily stunned.
Seizing Linlin's dazed state, Vice Admiral Tsuru didn't hesitate for a second, lunging straight for her head!
"Wash-Wash Fruit! Soul Wash!"
A cascade of radiant light poured forth, engulfing Linlin's body.
"How dare you!"
In the distance, Caesar, who had been relentlessly beating Luffy until he vomited blood, suddenly paled.
His golden wings snapped open behind him, and with an explosive burst of speed, he appeared beside Linlin as if teleporting, his massive hand swatting toward Vice Admiral Tsuru with a howling force!
"Hehehe, you're too late."
Vice Admiral Tsuru didn't dodge, her eyes filled only with relief.
The sky-obscuring hand came down, and Vice Admiral Tsuru's body vanished, turning into nothingness.
"No! No!"
A beast-like cry of anguish tore from Kuzan's throat, the temperature around him dropping again and again.
Watching Bullett charging toward him like a savage dragon, a bitter smile twisted Kuzan's face.
"Everyone's dead, hahaha, everyone's dead! This era has no justice! No justice at all!!"
"Let's die together!"
"Awakening! Absolute Zero!!"
The temperature plummeted wildly, and Bullett's stern expression finally cracked.
His forward momentum halted as he tried to turn and retreat.
But it was already too late!
An extreme cold capable of freezing space and time instantly enveloped the battlefield for hundreds of meters, swallowing Bullett's form!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
A layer of ice formed, trapping Bullett at its center like a giant amber!
In the distance, Katakuri's face was filled with horror.
In that single moment.
His future-sight Observation Haki couldn't even penetrate Kuzan's ability range!
And as the massive ice layer spanning hundreds of meters took shape, in Katakuri's perception, Kuzan's presence had completely vanished.
At the very center of the ice, Bullett's eyes were wide open.
If one looked closely, they could see shock and relief in his gaze.
He was dead.
Meanwhile, before Caesar, Linlin had still been struck by Vice Admiral Tsuru's final Wash-Wash Fruit ability!
"Linlin!"
Caesar reached out, placing both hands on Linlin's shoulders.
A bizarre phenomenon was occurring on Linlin's body!
From within her form, wisps of human-shaped black smoke continuously seeped out—countless in number, impossible to tally.
These were the souls she had extracted over the years using her Soul-Soul Fruit ability.
As these souls departed, Linlin's body rapidly aged.
Her youthful appearance withered away, becoming wrinkled and white-haired, like an elderly woman on the brink of death!
Linlin weakly opened her eyes, her gaze murky as she looked at Caesar.
Caesar's heart ached, and he channeled surging life essence through his hands into Linlin's body.
"Don't worry, it's just some soul lifespan lost. I'm here!"
As the torrent of life force poured into her, Linlin's appearance grew youthful once more.
Her eyes were no longer clouded.
But the way she looked at Caesar was strangely unfamiliar.
A neurotic smile gradually spread across her face, and maniacal laughter spilled from her lips.
"Kikiki, I'm back. I never thought one day i'll be able to revive!"
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