Hiko continuously released vast amounts of Chakra from the sky. Faced with ordinary civilians, such overwhelming power could blast them into ashes in minutes, so he had to control it with extreme precision. That was worlds apart from unleashing it all in battle, and far more difficult.
By the time he had finished, even with his body tempered by a God-tier potion and seemingly inexhaustible Chakra, the trial of saving hundreds of thousands of people had drained Hiko immensely. At last, he felt tired.
At that moment, the entire land of Dressrosa had become ruins. After Doflamingo's men had bombed the country, it had already been a sea of flames. Then it suffered the devastation of World of Trees Descent. As far as the eye could see, the surface was nothing but utter wreckage. Other than the surviving humans, only scorched earth remained.
Next, they would face the dilemma of having no food to eat, no homes to live in, and no clothes to wear. Though Dressrosa had just escaped one plight, it now faced a new desperate situation.
Once everyone had calmed down, all eyes turned toward the sky.
The hundreds of thousands across the kingdom had gathered together, their gazes fixed on Uchiha Hiko. They placed all their hopes on that man. They firmly believed that since he had saved them once, he would certainly save them a second time.
Hiko slowly floated down, a trace of exhaustion flashing across his face. Pushing Wood Style beyond its limits, then making it regress through reverse growth—the cost of it all was known only to him.
When Hiko landed on the ground, the surrounding civilians suddenly dropped to their knees one after another and kowtowed to him.
The entire scene was silent, yet everyone present could feel that wordless gratitude