The earth's rumbling gradually subsided. A fissure of magma extended from beneath Ace's feet, cutting through half of Thunder God Island.
Every mountain peak in its path had been split in two, glowing with scorching red light.
"It should be over, right?"
"After all, Ace even used a move like that."
"They actually fought to this extent."
The pirates gathered on the cliffs all held their breaths, their eyes fixed on the valley without daring to look away. They were actually starting to worry about Luffy.
Back when Pops was still around, he and Roger would fight for days and nights at a time. They had long grown used to that.
But Luffy and Ace were brothers, after all. No one had expected them to get this carried away from the start.
They had fought side by side as comrades just two years ago. They were truly afraid Ace might beat Luffy to death.
Those who had witnessed the battle at Onigashima knew that this was a move powerful enough to severely wound Kaido and force him back.
When Ace had been driven into a desperate situation back then, he had unleashed everything and used a move of this level twice in a row, nearly exhausting himself to death on the spot.
Earlier, while Nami and Robin were fighting Yamato, Reiner had watched the battle while casually chatting with several pirates from the Second Division.
From them, he had roughly learned what the other group had experienced over the past two years, half a year ago.
After the war at Marineford ended, Ace had fallen into a slump because of Whitebeard's death. The others had been the same.
The outside world had begun spreading word that the Whitebeard Pirates were about to fall apart completely. Yet when various forces began