Ace and Zoro were too excited to speak.
But Lin Ye was clearly unstable, his figure flickering in and out within the golden light.
"I... I can only maintain this for a short time..." Lin Ye said with difficulty. "The fragments of my consciousness... haven't fully merged yet..."
"Don't talk!" Ace said worriedly. "Get some proper rest!"
Lin Ye shook his head. "There's no time... Karax... is stronger than I imagined..."
"I felt it... the true power of the Void Empire..."
"I have to tell you... how to deal with them..."
In the distance, Karax saw Lin Ye reform, fury burning in his three eyes.
"So what if you revived?" Karax roared. "This time, I'll destroy you completely! I won't leave even the tiniest fragment behind!"
The Void flagship began gathering even greater energy, preparing to launch a devastating attack.
The core area of Seven-Colored Star Fortress.
Lin Ye's consciousness flickered within the golden light, in an extremely unstable state.
"Lin Ye, can you still hold on?" Luffy asked worriedly.
Lin Ye nodded with difficulty. "I... sensed a vast consciousness awakening..."
"What consciousness?" Ace asked in confusion.
Lin Ye looked toward the Sun. "It's... the Sun..."
At that moment, Karax was leading 120 main warships to surround the fortress.
"Prepare the final strike!" Karax roared. "I'll make that revived bastard disappear completely!"
The Void Fleet began concentrating its firepower, black energy spheres gathering at the front of every ship.
Every shot possessed enough power to destroy an asteroid.
"The fortress shield's durability is down to only 15%!" a technician reported despairingly.
"We can't hold on!" another operator said in terror.
At that critical moment, a tremendous tremor came from the center of the Solar System.
Abnormal changes began appearing across the Sun's surface.
The star, which had once burned steadily,