The Lord of Nothingness's voice thundered in everyone's minds:
"Foolish humans... do you think gaining a mere fraction of the Watchers' power will let you stand against me? Look at this world... watch everything you cherish dissolve into nothingness before me..."
"Your struggle is meaningless... surrender... accept the embrace of nothingness... then there will be no more pain..."
Despair spread through their hearts like a plague. The Lord of Nothingness's psychic attack was more than an illusion; it magnified the fears buried deepest within them.
But just then, Luffy suddenly roared:
"Shut up! Your words won't scare me!"
An unwavering fire burned in his eyes. "I'm the man who's going to become the One Piece! I'll protect my friends! I'll protect this world! I'll never let someone like you get your way!"
Luffy's resolve spread to the others like light. Ace stood beside his younger brother. "That's right! We Straw Hat Pirates never bow to any enemy!"
"The captain's right!" Zoro tightened his grip on his sword hilts. "You think a measly psychic attack can bring us down?"
One by one, all the Watchers rediscovered their conviction. They remembered why they had set out on this path, and the companions who had sacrificed themselves to make this moment possible.
Pure white light erupted from Lin Ye, resisting the Lord of Nothingness's mental corruption. "We inherited the will of every Watcher across a thousand years! Not so you could defeat us!"
Just as everyone regained their spirits, Claire suddenly collapsed. Her Star Runes flickered violently, and bloody tears flowed from her eyes.
"Claire!" Everyone rushed to her side.
"I saw... the future..." Claire said in a trembling voice. "The stars told me... if we can't seal the Lord of Nothingness again within six hours... the whole world... the whole world will