Gaia: Cheer for the Birth of an Emperor!

Crack!

Rumble!!!

All of New Marineford had been split apart and plunged into darkness. Everywhere one looked were barren mountains and ravines, their terrain twisted beyond recognition. On the torn-open crevices and sheer cliffs lay countless severed limbs.

A pungent stench of blood hung in the air, mingling with the smoke of cannon fire.

The sky had split into several factions, with horrifying thunderbolts roiling and darting between them. The light flickered, making it feel as though they were standing in hell.

The arrival of two of the Five Elders had brought this meat grinder of a battlefield to a halt.

The supporting characters who had once stood a chance of turning the tide had all been reduced to bit players.

Whether they were watching from afar or standing on the battlefield, everyone's gaze was fixed on the sky.

From the conversation between Dragon and the Five Elders, it was clear that a long-buried secret was about to be exposed.

Almost instinctively,

many people held their breath, listening with anxious curiosity.

Hm?

Suddenly,

the three Five Elders, Golden Lion, the Fleet Admiral, Dragon, Blackbeard, Sengoku, and all the other powerful fighters raised their heads to gaze at the sky. Everyone else on the battlefield looked up as well.

"What's going on?"

"They're all looking up!"

"What about the footage? Move the livestream camera! I have a bad feeling!"

As people shouted from around the world, the livestream camera slowly panned toward the sky.

Nothing strange appeared. The turbulent, raging heavens continued to flash with lightning and rumble with thunder, unchanged from before.

Then why were all the powerful fighters on the battlefield staring upward?

And why did their expressions look so complicated?

"Gulp..."

Nami, barely clinging to life, followed everyone else's gaze and looked up at the sky.

She swallowed