Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!!!
Golden weapons rained down like missiles, embedding themselves in the ground. Each impact left a crater.
Oden was drenched in blood. Gasping for breath, he couldn't stop himself from coughing up blood. He braced himself on the ground with both swords and swayed as he stared at Shakyamuni, the Goddess of the Heavens, the fairy, and the angel rising from the golden ground in the distance. For the first time, he felt powerless.
He couldn't even get close.
And even if he did, he'd be forcibly knocked back.
That man hadn't even left his throne once. Just by controlling the Gold-Gold Fruit, he had completely suppressed Oden.
Through his Observation Haki, he sensed Kin'emon and the others falling one after another. Some had even gone silent.
It was only a matter of time before Ashura Doji and the other three fell.
After all, Caesar had already freed himself up.
The situation was heavily against Oden and his allies.
And they couldn't forget the Beasts Pirates, who were watching from the sidelines.
But—
Oden still wouldn't give up.
Putting everything on the line, he pushed his strength to its absolute limit. He raced past Shakyamuni and the other three divine statues, then, from nearly a thousand meters away, fixed his gaze on the figure seated upon the Golden Throne.
"Imitation Demon Secret Technique: Paradise Totsuka!"
He poured his Conqueror's Haki, Armament Haki, and all his conviction into his twin swords. From afar, they looked as if they were burning with lightning. With one final roar, Oden sprang into the air, surpassing the speed of sound and becoming a beam of light—a flash of brilliance that lasted an eternity.
Shakyamuni, the Goddess of the Heavens, the fairy, and the angel all raised their right palms and brought them down