The soldiers' resolute expressions were replaced by fear, their formations broken, and everyone began to fight for themselves, even abandoning their helmets and armor, fleeing in disarray to the rear.
The once somewhat orderly front line instantly crumbled, presenting a tragic scene of widespread defeat.
Just as the Marine front line was on the verge of collapse and the Supernovas' momentum was at its peak, an indescribable pressure, far beyond anyone's imagination, suddenly descended!
This was not the impact of Haoshoku, but a more ancient, more sinister malice, as if from the very root of the world.
The air in the center of the battlefield seemed to solidify, and time itself paused for a moment.
The Godhead of Science and Defense, Jaygarcia Satan Saint, that Gorosei who had always stood like a shadow in the rear, seemingly detached from the world's conflicts, finally moved.
He didn't even move his feet; he simply tapped his staff, which was entwined with eerie runes, lightly on the ground.
Thump—
A dull, strange sound, not from a physical impact, but directly striking everyone's souls.
Immediately after, an incomprehensible phenomenon occurred.
Centered around Satan Saint, the ground did not crack; instead, shadowy patterns, like living things, spread out, and space began to twist and whisper.
Just as Trafalgar Law's fingertips twitched, and he softly uttered "ROOM—" preparing to deploy his Ope-Ope no Mi space to transfer several severely wounded companions away, a primal sense of fear, stemming from biological instinct, instantly permeated his spine like ice water!
He abruptly looked up, only to see the Godhead of Science and Defense—Jaygarcia Satan Saint—not far away, undergoing an extremely bizarre and terrifying transformation.
Satan Saint's body expanded and twisted silently, his once fitted suit suddenly tearing apart, and his skin transformed into a dark, abyssal chitinous texture.
His head became grotesque, his eyes glowed with an inhuman cold light, and most chillingly, several segmented long legs covered in strange patterns, like giant scythes, suddenly protruded from behind him—it was clearly the spider form of some ancient and evil Mythical Zoan!
This transformation process was faster than visual perception could capture, almost at the same moment Law realized the danger,
One of the massive spider-like Satan Saint's forelegs, imbued with a terrifying power that tore through space, did not physically thrust forward, but seemed to directly penetrate the barrier of space, instantly appearing before Law's chest!
"Ugh ah—!"
Law had no time to make any effective dodge or block.
That attack, containing a suppressive force at the rule level, did not merely act upon his physical body.
He felt as if the space around him had been poured with indestructible concrete; the "ROOM" space he had just attempted to deploy was crushed and disintegrated from its very roots by this brutal force, like fragile glass!
Even more terrifying, a cold, sticky force, like spider silk, ignored all his defenses, directly invaded his body, fiercely gripping his heart and internal organs, tearing wildly!
It was as if countless invisible spider webs were spreading and tightening within him, not only depriving him of his ability to move but also wantonly destroying his life force.
"Pfft—!"
A large mouthful of blood uncontrollably spurted from Law's mouth, even mixed with fragments of internal organs.
His Armament Haki and the Ope-Ope no Mi's energy barrier seemed so pale and powerless in the face of this absolute power disparity...
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