The Lord of Nothingness's voice thundered through everyone's minds:
"Foolish humans... Do you think that gaining the meager power of the Watchers is enough to stand against me? Look at this world... Watch everything you cherish turn into Void before me..."
"Your struggles are meaningless... Surrender... Embrace the Void... Then there will be no more pain..."
Despair spread through everyone's hearts like a plague. The Lord of Nothingness's mental assault was not merely an illusion; it magnified the deepest fears within them.
But at that moment, Luffy suddenly roared:
"Shut up! I won't be scared by your words!"
Unwavering fire burned in his eyes. "I'm the man who'll become King of the Pirates! I'll protect my friends! I'll protect this world! I absolutely won't let someone like you get your way!"
Luffy's resolute will spread to the others like light. Ace stood beside his younger brother. "That's right! The Straw Hat Pirates have never bowed to any enemy!"
"The captain's right!" Zoro gripped the hilt of his sword. "A mere mental attack thinks it can knock us down?"
One after another, all the Watchers regained their faith. They remembered why they had embarked on this path and the companions who had sacrificed themselves for this moment.
Pure white light burst from Lin Ye's body, resisting the Lord of Nothingness's mental corruption. "We have inherited the will of every Watcher from the past thousand years! We were not born to be defeated by you!"
Just as everyone regained their fighting spirit, Claire suddenly collapsed to the ground. Her Stellar Markings flashed violently, and tears of blood streamed from her eyes.
"Claire!" Everyone rushed over.
"I saw it... the future..." Claire said in a trembling voice. **"The stars told me... If we cannot seal the Lord of Nothingness again within six hours...