Amid the violent explosion and mushroom cloud, countless cracks began to appear throughout the Innate Barrier. Doflamingo's expression changed. In an instant, like fading dye, they who had been within the Illusion Space projection returned to the desert of Alabasta.
Once the space shattered, Doflamingo fell from the air back to the ground. The moment he landed in the desert, his entire body went weak, and he nearly collapsed.
At the instant the barrier broke, the illusions that had been made real and sustained by the Illusion Space shifted their burden onto Doflamingo himself, nearly draining all his stamina at once.
"Damn it, was that Katakuri? He attacked from outside during the explosion. He must have relied on Future Sight through Observation Haki!"
Doflamingo took two heavy breaths. He had already calculated the power of "Unmerciful Sun" precisely; it should not have been enough to overwhelm the Innate Barrier. Yet during the explosion, the outside of the Innate Barrier had been attacked as well. That was the true reason it could no longer hold.
Still, although the Innate Barrier had shattered, Big Mom and Kaido had not gotten off well either.
In the desert, Big Mom and Kaido were sent flying backward, crashing heavily into the center of the desert, which had been blasted into a basin.
The two of them had taken at least more than half the blast's force. Their bodies were charred black from head to toe, reduced to two blackened human shapes. Their breaths were faint, like candles flickering in the wind.
Unfortunately, once the Innate Barrier shattered, the sustained damage of nuclear radiation began to weaken instantly and vanished within seconds. Otherwise, with their injuries and prolonged radiation clinging to them, they would have been dead for certain.
Upon seeing the two blackened figures, the