Bang!
A scorching pillar of magma shot straight through the leaden clouds piled high in the sky.
The violent blast wave rolled back like a hurricane, causing the temperature of this entire area to surge instantly.
The sudden change in the battlefield was no less shocking than Whitebeard's previous strike.
Everyone's gaze shifted in unison, locking onto the center of the magma pillar.
Yet what they saw made everyone's pupils abruptly constrict, their faces filled with disbelief.
A monster!
As they watched the figure emerge from the soaring magma, this absurd thought arose in many minds.
The figure walking out while bathed in magma no longer resembled Akainu at all.
In his place stood a demon-like figure six or seven meters tall, covered from head to toe in scales, with crimson feathered wings sprouting from his back.
The fangs protruding from his mouth and the mysterious eye-like pattern on his forehead only added several shades of inexplicable eeriness.
"Haha, has no one recognized me anymore? This is the transformation brought by the power of a guardian. Now, with a mere gesture, I can shatter an entire stretch of heaven and earth. A mere strange tree—I can rip it out by the roots with ease."
"After I destroy everything here, I will kill those so-called Emperors of the Sea as well."
Akainu's familiar voice came from the demon's mouth.
Everyone's suspicions were immediately confirmed.
Faced with an Akainu who seemed like a completely different person, Sengoku's expression changed. Unable to hold himself back any longer, he shouted first.
"Akainu, don't act recklessly. Figure out the situation before making a move."
From the moment the final island, Laugh Tale, had been exposed, Sengoku had suspected how much this had to do with the Five Elders and even Imu, who hid behind the