The remaining enemy ships began to reveal their true strength, their devouring abilities growing even more powerful.
A flagship-class Void Battleship opened its enormous maw, generating a pull that not even light could escape.
Two Jupiter warships were dragged toward it, their hulls beginning to break apart.
"No!" Ace tried to help, but his flames were sucked away as well.
"Devouring power like this..." Zoro frowned. "Even my sword energy is being absorbed."
The Void flagship laughed smugly. "You small fry of the Solar System, do you see despair now?"
Just then, Pluto suddenly gave off a faint glow.
"I'm not dead yet..." Pluto's weak but resolute voice rang out. "This is my domain..."
The planet's consciousness began contesting the Void flagship's control over space.
Two immense forces collided in space, unleashing a terrifying energy storm.
Seizing the opportunity, Luffy and the other two pooled their strength and launched an all-out attack on the Void flagship.
"Gum-Gum Flame Three-Sword Style: Solar System Combination Technique!"
Their three attacks merged into a multicolored wave of energy.
Under this assault, the Void flagship finally buckled, its hull beginning to collapse.
The Solar System's forces had won the first round.
But alarms sounding in the distance reminded everyone that the real test had only just begun.
Karax's main fleet was closing in on Earth, its hundred and twenty warships bent on destroying everything.
"Prepare for the second round!" Luffy clenched his fists. "Defend Earth! Defend the Seven-Colored Star!"
On the battlefield in Pluto's orbit, the fighting reached a fever pitch.
Ace piloted the Fire Fist in a fierce battle against three Void Battleships, his flame armor blazing orange in space.
"Rapid-Fire Fire Fist!"
Dozens of flaming punches shot toward the enemy ships, but their Devouring Armor absorbed every flame, converting them into energy of