The sudden, terrifying natural disaster plunged every Marine into absolute terror.
Even Staff Officer Tsuru and Sengoku the Buddha widened their eyes, staring in disbelief at the two cataclysmic thunderstorms.
"Great Buddha: Swastika Shockwave!"
Sengoku the Buddha's eyes were bloodshot as Conqueror's Haki erupted from him. He roared madly and transformed into a nearly hundred-meter-tall golden Buddha. A massive swastika-shaped energy wave spun rapidly, forming a high-speed pinwheel that blocked countless purple bolts of lightning.
But Sengoku the Buddha's hasty defense could not compare to Dongye Huanglong's ultimate move, which had been building for over an hour.
The Marines and warships outside the range of Sengoku the Buddha's Swastika Shockwave were struck by endless lightning, sliced apart by wind blades, and engulfed in poisonous gas, nearly wiped out entirely. The Judicial Tower on the rear island was erased outright, vanishing from the world.
The courthouse on the main island also vanished beneath Enel's Island Destruction Thunder Welcome, leaving behind a massive sea whirlpool. Even more than half of the front island was erased.
Continual lightning crackled across the seawater, and countless fish and sea beasts floated up across the waters surrounding Enies Lobby.
The Marine forces on the island vanished alongside the main island courthouse amid blinding lightning and desperate screams.
"Dongye Huanglong!!"
Blood spilled from Sengoku the Buddha's mouth as he glared furiously at the giant dragon in the sky. His eyes brimmed with killing intent, as though he wanted to devour Dongye Huanglong alive.
After unleashing one Lightning Storm, the purplish-red thunderclouds had exhausted their energy. They first returned to black clouds, then turned gray, then white, before disappearing from the sky.
The pitch-black clouds on the other side also gradually dispersed after releasing Thunder Welcome, and the sky began to clear.
Shafts of sunlight shone down, illuminating