Faint Tremors!

Towering waves of raging fire madly devoured the sand and gravel in their path.

Wherever they passed, the once golden desert turned into scorched earth flickering with red light.

The entire Kingdom of Loulan was surrounded on all sides by a ring of fire, which rolled closer at a visible speed. The surging heat completely baked away what little moisture remained in the air.

Everyone on Cloud Village's side watched eagerly for the ancient kingdom to be consumed by the sea of flames.

The anger in their hearts needed this fire to be vented.

At the same time.

The Third Raikage still wore a sneering, mocking smile. "Whether it's Loulan or the Sound Hashira, I've only known them for a day!"

Elsewhere.

Atop the central tower within Loulan City, Queen Sara watched the waves of fire closing in from every direction in utter despair. Painful tears streamed uncontrollably from her large, beautiful eyes.

"Loulan... is still finished."

At that moment, her overwhelming sorrow had eclipsed her shock at the very existence of the World Government.

Yet she failed to notice that Gozuki, Chikushi, Sheele, Lubbock, and the others behind her showed little panic.

They merely watched the endless flames outside the windows calmly, as though admiring scenery that had nothing to do with them.

Because they had complete faith in the World Government.

That was rather interesting.

Many people from the Otherworld who joined the World Government developed immense confidence in it before long, often even greater than that of their Sea Star Person colleagues in the same departments.

Everything happened within an extremely short span of time.

But just as the enormous waves of fire, already higher than Loulan's city walls and hot enough to distort the air, were about to crash into the city—

Countless grains of sand