Good ignored the Grand Elder's roar. With one sweep of his palm, he dragged out the Third Elder's lifespan itself.
It was the power of Big Mom's Soru Soru no Mi (Soul-Soul Fruit) — the ability to seize life and soul.
And Good didn't just take some of it. He wrenched away all of it.
The Third Elder's frail body instantly shriveled into a dry corpse. His existence ended in an instant.
On the prow, the Grand Elder, Second Elder, and Fourth Elder all wore grim expressions.
The battlefield froze. Shock, fear, disbelief spread like wildfire.
One of the Gorosei — the supreme rulers of the world — was dead.
Even within the Birdcage, Whitebeard, Shanks, Rayleigh, Dragon, Momousagi, Tokikake, and the others stared wide-eyed.
"This… this has to be fake…" Tokikake rubbed his eyes furiously, trying to believe it.
"The Third Elder… is really dead!?" Rayleigh muttered in disbelief.
Even the former right hand of the Pirate King was shaken. No one had ever thought of killing the Gorosei.
And yet, in less than a single minute since Good had returned, one had already fallen.
The broadcast screens lit up with chaos.
In Totto Land, Big Mom's children erupted in a storm of voices.
"Good! He's insane! Too insane!" Even Katakuri's composure broke, his voice shaking.
"Mother, should we choose a side now? Aligning with Good may be the best future for us…"
But Big Mom sat frozen, eyes wide.
How?
Good had never faced her directly — yet now he wielded her very fruit's power.
Her mind spun in confusion.
On the battlefield, Good's act set the world itself ablaze with fury.
"Good…" Sengoku muttered, stunned.
He had never thought Good would cross this line. A Gorosei — the untouchable sovereigns — had been slain.
From the prow, flames roared around the Grand Elder.
Flames so fierce they warped the air and scorched space itself.
Whitebeard's expression hardened inside the Birdcage.
"That fire… it could burn away even my Gura Gura no Mi (Tremor-Tremor Fruit)!"
Rayleigh's face drained of color.
"I saw flames like this once… at God Valley…"
His voice trembled.
"This is… the Phoenix form."
Teach's eyes bulged with greed.
"Mythical Zoan — the Flame Phoenix. Eternal rebirth, immortal fire… rarer than Kaido's Azure Dragon. The most powerful Zoan… and it belongs to the Grand Elder."
Gasps erupted across the battlefield.
The Grand Elder's voice thundered.
"Good is guilty of the ultimate sin! Any who hold back shall share his fate!"
The Second Elder followed. The spilled blood across the field gathered toward him, staining the ground crimson.
Teach's eyes glittered.
"Paramecia… Chi Chi no Mi (Blood-Blood Fruit)!?"
The Second Elder's tone was ice.
"Any who dare go easy on him will die first!"
The days of holding back for old bonds were over. With the Third Elder dead, mercy was gone.
The Grand Elder roared again.
"This battle ends with Good's death — here and now!"
"Kill him!!" Sengoku bellowed, his golden palm surging with light.
Good abandoned the Soul-Soul ability and fused into Buddha form, his golden hand slamming into Sengoku's strike.
"Boom!"
Sengoku staggered back, but Good stood firm.
Then came fire and ice.
Akainu's magma roared up one side, Aokiji's frozen winds the other. Overhead, countless beams of Kizaru's light pierced down.
All three Admirals attacked at once.
Good smirked as black mist spread from his body.
"Ankoku no Ana (Dark Vortex)!!"
Teach's jaw dropped.
"M-My Yami Yami no Mi (Dark-Dark Fruit)!!"
The vortex swallowed the Admirals' combined assault into nothingness.
Then a blade slashed down, tearing through Good's golden body.
Blood sprayed.
Whitebeard Jr. howled, "Give me back my old man! I'll kill you!!"
Dark-Dark had one weakness: it magnified pain. The wound cut deep.
But Good only laughed. He seized Whitebeard Jr. by the neck, swung him overhead, and smashed him into the ground like a rag doll.
The earth cracked beneath the blow.
And as Jr. crumpled, a blazing cry split the air.
Above, wings of eternal flame unfurled.
The Phoenix descended.
(End of Chapter)
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