The latter half of the New World, Holy Land Mary Geoise.
Within a vast plaza spanning several hectares amid the grand Royal Palace complex, an emerald-green giant tree stood alone, towering over the square. Beneath its roots, countless people lined up carrying small buckets filled with bright red, pungent liquid. After pouring it beneath the roots, they turned and left. The stench of blood lingered for hundreds of meters around the giant tree.
Deep underground, inside that quiet and dimly lit chamber, a pale hand suddenly twitched. The person seated on the throne with her eyes closed in repose abruptly opened them, two sharp glints flashing in her gaze. At that very moment, the Kingdom of Dressrosa in the New World was engulfed in flames, while Uchiha Hiko unleashed supreme Kamui and used Wood Style to save Dressrosa.
"Such powerful Chakra?" The person's hoarse voice rang out, but confusion soon appeared in her eyes. "Impossible. From such a great distance, Chakra sensing cannot reach this place. Then was that... Spiritual Sense? Awakened Spiritual Sense?"
Clang!
In her agitation, the person on the throne flung out both hands, knocking every vessel beside the throne to the ground. A burst of piercing metallic clatter immediately echoed through the silent chamber.
"Impossible! What kind of immense power is needed to awaken Spiritual Sense? No, even immense power cannot awaken Spiritual Sense. No matter how strong one becomes, one cannot break through those shackles." The pale hand clenched into a fist, becoming even whiter. "Even I, even after consuming the fruit of the World Tree, might not be able to awaken Spiritual Sense. How could he possibly have touched that realm?"
The person on the throne suddenly rose to her feet. The shadows behind her could no longer conceal her face. Under the dim