Black lightning laden with a curse streaked through the universe faster than light, instantly piercing the protective net of the Myriad Stars Converge Array. Lin Ye sensed the attack, but to maintain the final seal on the Lord of Nothingness, he could not spare the attention to stop it.
Damn it... Lin Ye cursed inwardly, but he knew he had to finish the seal first. If the Lord of Nothingness escaped, the consequences would be even more unthinkable.
The cursed lightning struck Earth's atmosphere and instantly exploded high in the sky, turning into countless tiny black particles that rained down across the world. These particles were colorless and odorless, utterly imperceptible to ordinary people, but every Awakened One instantly felt an abnormal fluctuation in the power within them.
On Starting Island, Luffy suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest. His Blazing Rubber Giant form flickered, and the flames grew a little dimmer.
"What is this..." Ace clutched his chest as well. He could feel a subtle change taking place in his Devil Fruit power. "Something has entered our bodies..."
In the waters around Laugh Tale, Zoro's sword hand suddenly trembled. He found that his connection to his swords had grown somewhat hazy. As Jinbe felt the power of his Fish-Man Karate within him, he too sensed something amiss.
Above Marineford, Sengoku and his two companions frowned at the same time. As the Navy's strongest fighters, they were the most sensitive to changes in power and immediately realized the gravity of the situation.
"This is a curse..." Sengoku's expression was grave. "The Lord of Nothingness released some kind of curse before he was sealed..."
It was not just the heroes on the battlefield. All ten million Awakened Ones across the world felt the same disturbance. Whether they were ordinary people