Boom!!
A massive ball of fire exploded and expanded, terrifying flames instantly filling the entire corridor.
Nami, who had been fighting in the courtyard, instinctively looked over and saw a thick pillar of orange-red fire erupting from the corridor exit with violent energy.
The zombies at the entrance were instantly swallowed by it. The lush grassland turned into scorched black wasteland in an instant, and the heat wave mercilessly swept through, reducing everything to ash.
Then, as if alive, the flames parted to either side, revealing the silhouettes of two figures, one tall and one short.
Reiner, wearing a blue shirt and with blond hair, slowly walked out of the sea of fire. Behind him, a white serpent formed a circle as it swallowed its own tail, while three tomoe drums stood above his head and on both shoulders.
"It's the Ouroboros Ring!"
Usopp immediately grew excited at the sight of Reiner's appearance. The powerful figure fighting in that form back at Enies Lobby was still vivid in his mind.
A cluster of flames ignited out of thin air beneath Chopper's feet. The next moment, it snaked across the ground, spiraling outward from him.
The fire serpent avoided Nami and Usopp, quickly filling the entire courtyard. Blazing walls of fire surrounded all the zombies.
"Hot, hot!"
"There's nowhere to run!"
"It's that man!"
The zombies trapped within the sea of fire panicked and looked around. The heat made the air oppressive, and everything seemed distorted by the flames as they stared through the fire at the blurry figures in the distance.
The tomoe drum on Reiner's left shoulder glowed red. The dancing, leaping sea of fire began moving without wind, rapidly spiraling in the same direction.
"Flame Ring: Desolate Realm Purgatory!"
Like violent ripples spreading across a still surface, countless