At the same time, Sabaody.
This beautiful place had long since been reduced to ruins.
Amid the massive brawl where numerous Admirals and Four Emperors had gathered, the area had become a field of rubble. The entire island had shattered into fragments of varying sizes, upon which countless powerful fighters continued to clash.
Before anyone realized it, the battlefield had continued expanding toward the outskirts. Under the terrifying shockwaves erupting endlessly all around, those island fragments began drifting in every direction.
The divided battlefield gave the Five Elders and their side far more room to maneuver. During the earlier melee, the Admirals had relied on their Devil Fruit powers for wide-area attacks, suppressing the more numerous Five Elders faction despite being outnumbered.
But now, the group battle had inevitably turned into individual fights. With their numerical advantage, the Five Elders' side could naturally join forces with their extra men to eliminate one enemy first, then use that breakthrough to gradually crush the allied forces.
War had never been a one-man affair. Once one corner collapsed, it would naturally trigger a chain reaction, expanding their advantage like a snowball.
It could be said that the fragile balance between the two sides was like a row of dominoes. All it took was a light push to one piece to trigger a chain reaction across the entire battlefield.
But war was not decided solely by the strength displayed on the surface. Every factor could influence how the battle unfolded.
The divided battlefield and shattered islands likewise gave Jinbe and Fisher Tiger, the two Fish-Men, an enormous boost in strength!
"Water Style: Sea Current Shoulder Throw!!"
At the edge of an island fragment only several dozen meters wide, the azure sea suddenly erupted. A massive surging wave howled as it crashed toward the enemies