"Foolish Watchers... your struggle is meaningless... this world is destined to return to nothingness..."
The Lord of Nothingness's voice rang directly within their minds, every word striking their souls like a heavy hammer. This was no simple mental attack, but a denial at the very core of their existence.
"I won't let you have your way!" Kizaru shouted, pushing the Radiant Barrier's power to its limit.
But the Lord of Nothingness's assault grew increasingly fierce. It raised its massive palm, preparing to erase the entire holy land from reality. Terrifying void energy began gathering in its palm, and space itself started warping before that power.
"The barrier can't hold!" Lin Ye saw the cracks in the Radiant Barrier growing wider. "Kizaru, we have to..."
Before he could finish, he saw an unprecedentedly resolute expression appear on Kizaru's face.
"Lin Ye," Kizaru said with unusual gravity, "it seems we can only use our final resort."
He took a deep breath and began releasing the Light Stone's power completely, holding nothing back. This was not a simple release of power, but a complete fusion of his life essence with the Light Stone.
"The Light Stone's true power... isn't controlling light, but becoming light itself!"
In an instant, Kizaru's body erupted with dazzling golden radiance. The light was as brilliant as the sun, illuminating all of Mary Geoise. Before such pure light, the Lord of Nothingness's dark power showed signs of weakness for the first time.
"Impossible... how can light be so pure...?" the Lord of Nothingness said in disbelief.
Kizaru was no longer an ordinary human, but the incarnation of light's will. His body became translucent, and starlike streams of light could be seen flowing within him. This was not the power of the Glint-Glint Fruit, but a force more fundamental than