A massive shadow loomed overhead.
The battlefield, already shrouded in darkness, was now swallowed by an even greater shadow.
Those who had just stopped running and turned back to spectate—
Now stared up at the sky, their scalps tingling.
Was this a joke?
If it were, they desperately wished it were true.
But it wasn't.
Before they could react, the colossal shadow above the clouds grew even larger.
With the force of a hundred thousand tons, it tore through the leaden sky once more.
Ten thousand meters?
No.
This meteor was even larger than the last.
Words failed them.
"Kaido! Kaido! You can stop it—I know you can!"
Doflamingo screamed hysterically, completely unhinged.
"Shut up, clown!" Kaido roared back, his face twisted in fury.
With Observation Haki, he too had sensed the incoming meteor—larger, heavier, deadlier.
He had just stopped one.
Now another, even more terrifying, was falling.
Before he could react, the meteor crashed down.
BOOM!
The two titanic meteors collided midair.
The impact was like two comets colliding, unleashing a cataclysmic shockwave.
A storm of unimaginable scale swept across dozens of nautical miles.
Everyone on the battlefield was thrown into chaos.
Those without sufficient strength were blown away, coughing blood as they were hurled like ragdolls.
The battlefield now resembled the end of the world.
Kaido, directly beneath the impact, felt the heavens quake.
No—he felt as if the entire world had been struck.
He vomited blood and was blasted into the sea like a cannonball.
With Kaido gone, the flame clouds collapsed.
The two meteors, still falling, slammed into him again and drove him toward the ocean.
A thousand meters. Five hundred. One hundred.
The distance closed in a blink.
King and Queen, watching in horror, turned pale.
They had followed Kaido for decades.
They had never seen him in such a state.
And below—was the sea, the bane of Devil Fruit users.
"Boss Kaido! I'm coming!"
King roared, wings ablaze as he rushed to help.
But he was too slow.
The meteor's descent was too fast.
The shockwave alone knocked him back.
"Get lost, King! I can handle this!"
Kaido coughed blood, struggling beneath the meteor.
Then, a voice drifted into his ear:
"Still trying to tank it? Never thought of destroying it from the start? Brains really are useful things."
Luo Yu sipped his liquor and muttered with a shake of his head.
Kaido froze.
Then, enraged, he coughed up more blood.
If he had destroyed the first meteor instead of trying to hold it up…
If he hadn't let the two combine…
Maybe he wouldn't be in this desperate situation.
But now, only a few dozen meters remained between him and the sea.
With the crushing weight descending, all Kaido could do was roar in defiance:
"Damn clown! You led me into this—I'll kill you!"
BOOM!
The two meteors, fused into one unstoppable force, slammed into the ocean.
The impact unleashed a tidal wave that swallowed everything within dozens of nautical miles.
Even those trying to flee were consumed.
Only one ship escaped—a massive bird-shaped vessel that took to the skies just in time.
On its deck, Big News Morgans stared at the incoming tsunami, pale-faced—then broke into wild laughter.
"Heavens! The world is changing! Kaido—worth 4.6 billion, one of the Four Emperors—has been struck down by the new Marine Admiral's godlike power! This is it! The biggest scoop of the era!"
"Quick! Was that last scene broadcast? I've captured the story of the century!"
The surviving reporters were still reeling from the shock.
To witness such a moment firsthand—it was the dream of every journalist.
But just as Morgans was basking in triumph, a panicked voice cried out:
"Bad news, Chief! The signal from the main Transponder Snail was cut! The final scene wasn't broadcast!"
"What?!" Morgans froze—then exploded in rage.
"Who did this?! That was the scoop of the century!"
"Get the backup Transponder Snail! Reconnect the broadcast! The world must see what just happened!"
"Tell everyone—the old era is being shattered by the new!"
The ship burst into action.
Transponder Snails were pushed to their limits.
The backup mother snail was activated under Morgans' frantic commands.
Meanwhile, aboard the CP0 surveillance ship—
Mahā stared at the disabled mother snail, still in shock.
Beside him, Spandam slumped to the floor, face bitter.
"I told you… we're just delivery boys. And now we've delivered a Yonko to his doom…"
"How are you going to explain this to the Five Elders?"