All at once, King felt the world go dim.
It was not the pitch black of night before dawn, but a murky darkness, as though he were looking at the sky through black frosted glass that shut out most of the light.
"Black Prison Thunder Realm... Don't tell me?!"
A possibility struck him. No longer caring that he was exposing his back, King spun and charged toward the edge of his vision.
Boom!
But he had taken only one step when a bolt of black lightning struck from empty space. It was faster than any lightning attack he had faced before, impossibly fast.
It was as if the bolt had appeared right there and he had run into it.
"Gah!"
The blast hurled King back, his chest charred black. He spat a mouthful of blood.
An indescribable pressure bore down on him from every direction. It was like being deep underwater, with the weight of the sea pressing in everywhere.
Suspended in the center of the black prison, King suddenly sensed something and looked up.
"This is..."
"Yep. Exactly what you're thinking."
Ron appeared in the empty air. Looking down at King, he spread his arms.
"This is my world!"
"A world of thunder!"
In the first stage of Awakening, a Logia Devil Fruit User could only spread his awakened power across a vast area, gradually replacing the original world bit by bit, like turning a millstone, until he permanently changed the climate.
In the second stage, a Logia Devil Fruit User could rapidly merge his power with other matter, much like Doflamingo could with the String-String Fruit, and completely transform the terrain in a short time, thereby changing the climate.
But the third stage...
King saw his clothes begin to disintegrate, piece by piece. Even with Armament Haki constantly