"Boom!"
The first to vanish was indeed the blue-ice-colored Blue Pheasant.
The sound of a heavy object hitting the ground rang out, and the ice at the center of the battlefield cracked under the impact of the object that had fallen from the sky.
Meru's petite figure appeared in the midst of it.
A feral grin spread across her delicate, fair face, her sharp canine teeth glinting with a dazzling light. Her small frame radiated an overwhelming kingly presence that swept across the entire battlefield.
In an instant, every gaze on the battlefield was drawn to Meru, who had fallen from the sky.
"That's..."
A sharp-eyed Marine spotted something amiss.
In Meru's hand, she seemed to be dragging a human-shaped object.
"Akainu... Admiral!"
"It's Admiral Akainu!"
"Even the Admiral was defeated?!"
"Is this guy invincible?!"
Meru tossed the barely breathing Akainu aside and looked at the enemies on the battlefield, still hungry for more.
Even when she was just starting out, Meru had been able to fight Monkey D. Dragon to a draw, and had even gained the upper hand.
Now, having fully mastered Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki, Meru had surpassed an Admiral's level of strength. With no other Admiral there to hold her back,
she had managed to take down Akainu after putting in some effort.
"We've already lost."
At some point, Sengoku had dismissed his Great Buddha form. Looking toward Meru and the unconscious Akainu, he let out a distant sigh.
He knew that, theoretically, the Marines still had a chance to fight back. After all, Garp, Sengoku, and Aokiji—their three top fighters—were still standing, and their mid-level forces had not suffered too many losses.
But the Admiral's defeat had dragged the Marines' already low morale to an unprecedented nadir.
It was even entirely predictable that the