The Haki unleashed as Tsugikuni Yoriichi and Big Mom collided became a powerful shockwave that rapidly spread outward across Cake Island.
The terrifying force completely destroyed Cake Tower. As the aftershock spread, entire swaths of turf were ripped from the ground. Trees rooted in the earth were swept up by the shockwave, torn out by their roots and hurled into the sky by the hurricane.
Waves rose across the distant sea. Pirate ships docked in the harbor rocked violently beneath the impact, while several ships moored close together crashed into one another.
The pirates aboard the ships did not even know what had happened. Affected by the leaking Conqueror's Haki, they lost consciousness one after another.
Muffled thunder rumbled through the dim sky.
The rumbling carried for miles. People on several islands near Cake Island in Whole Cake Island could clearly hear the commotion coming from its direction.
At the harbor of Biscuit Island, Issho and Ferland stood on the deck, looking out over the calm sea.
Suddenly, muffled thunder boomed overhead, and ripples spread across the previously tranquil sea. Sensing the disturbance in the direction of Cake Island, Issho slightly turned his head toward it, a trace of gravity appearing on his face.
Ferland raised his head toward the skies above Cake Island. In the darkness, the clouds over the island had been completely scattered by the terrifying shockwave. At that moment, the sky was filled with starlight.
Hearing the commotion from Cake Island and witnessing that extraordinary sight, Ferland also showed a hint of astonishment, and he could not help growing tense.
Outside the waters of Whole Cake Island.
A pirate ship drifted gently over the sea. By the time the muffled thunder from Cake Island reached here, it had become much fainter.
Still, Mihawk and the others,