A Powerful Warrior from the Grand Line!

Boom!

Terrifying black lightning exploded above Ohara.

Then a horrifying slash appeared in the sky, sweeping down toward a warship.

On the warship, a figure wreathed in roaring flames and thick smoke shot into the air to meet the terrifying slash.

The next moment, the slash struck the leaping figure straight down and landed on the massive warship.

Boom!

Flames shot into the sky.

The warship was cleaved apart by the slash and sank into the sea amid enormous waves.

"What is that?"

Robin widened her eyes and looked up at the figure in the sky.

"A powerful warrior."

Saul stared at the sky in shock.

Kuzan also looked up at the sky.

Ohara actually had such a top-tier powerhouse?

That oppressive aura was practically no weaker than Vice Admiral Garp's.

Who exactly was this person?

And that slash...

Could he be one of the great swordsmen of the seas?

Just as Kuzan was thinking this, dozens of slashes fell from the sky and struck the waters around Ohara.

More than ten warships carrying out the Buster Call exploded with a thunderous roar.

"Run!"

World Government official Spandine cried out in alarm, jumping straight into the sea and narrowly avoiding sinking along with the warship beneath his feet.

Kuzan's expression darkened when he saw this.

"I don't have time to deal with you right now. You can leave."

After saying that, Kuzan abruptly leaped into the air.

More than a dozen enormous ice spears formed in midair and shot toward the figure in the sky.

"Kuzan, you're not my target!"

A voice carrying a hint of laughter rang out in the air.

Then a slash came down from above, shattering the dozen ice spears before striking Kuzan.

Crack.

Kuzan was cut in two, but his body immediately scattered into ice and crashed onto the ground.

Saul's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

Kuzan.

A current Marine Headquarters vice admiral, an admiral candidate, and a Logia Devil Fruit user—and he had just been sent crashing down?

Robin stared up at the sky with her mouth open.

Before the battle had even truly begun, it had already surpassed her understanding.

"Robin, there's no time. We..."

"Mother!"

Robin suddenly spoke up.

Saul jolted in surprise.

"They aren't targeting us now. We have a chance."

Robin spoke to Saul with a serious expression.

Saul looked at the figure in the sky, then nodded.

"Hide here and don't move. I'll bring them out."

With that, Saul lowered his body and ran toward the interior of the island.

The warships had been sunk by the slashes, so no more shells fell, but the fires ignited by the earlier bombardment still raged across the island.

Saul was a giant. Even while crouching low, he remained conspicuous, but no one had the attention to spare for him now.

Saul moved quickly and arrived at the plaza beneath the All-Knowing Tree.

The historians lay sprawled across the ground, but it seemed that no shells had struck this place directly.

Saul scooped everyone up in one arm and ran toward the shore.

Having once been a Marine Headquarters vice admiral, Saul knew very well that once fighters of this level truly let loose, the All-Knowing Tree would sink.

Even those merely caught in the aftermath would have little chance of surviving.

"You bastard, what have you done?"

From atop a sinking warship, a burst of flames shot into the sky. Rising with the flames was a figure whose lower half had turned into magma.

Great Eruption!

Sakazuki's face twisted with fury. One of his arms transformed entirely into magma, and countless streams of lava surged toward Lin Ye in the sky.

"Sakazuki, don't bother bringing out such petty tricks."

Lin Ye swung Enma in his hand. Dozens of slashes shattered all the incoming flames and magma, and the broken lava crashed down onto the island below.

A wisp of cold air appeared behind Lin Ye, and Kuzan's figure silently emerged.

"I've been waiting for you!"

A kick coated in Armament Haki slammed into Kuzan's abdomen just as his body finished reforming.

Half of Kuzan's body was still ice as he spat out blood. His body plummeted downward and crashed into the All-Knowing Tree.

The fiercely burning All-Knowing Tree was suddenly covered in a layer of ice, and the flames were extinguished at once.

Within the condensed ice, Kuzan's figure emerged from the ice crystals.

He clutched his abdomen and stared at the figure in the sky with shock in his eyes.

Where had this monster come from?

After kicking Kuzan away, Lin Ye did not stop. He stepped through the air and lunged straight at Sakazuki.

Sakazuki, whose arms and legs had all transformed into magma, glared at the approaching Lin Ye with rage written across his face.

Dog Biting Crimson Lotus!

His arms suddenly stretched out and lunged at Lin Ye. The tips of the magma formed two dog heads, which evaded Lin Ye's slash and snapped toward him.

An excited smile appeared on Lin Ye's face. His body was coated in Armament Haki as he charged straight into the dog-headed magma.

Sakazuki's expression brightened.

This guy was far too careless.

His magma could not be blocked simply by coating oneself in Armament Haki.

But Lin Ye's Armament Haki was level ten.

The two collided. Lin Ye directly smashed apart the dog-headed magma and appeared before Sakazuki in an instant.

Enma, wrapped in Haki, swung upward, and a black slash soared into the sky.

Boom!

The clouds overhead were cleaved apart.

An arm burning with flames and magma fell toward the sea.

Sakazuki roared as Lin Ye planted a foot on his chest and sent him crashing down toward the island below.

Boom!

The figure slammed into Ohara Island, causing the entire island to shake violently.

The temperature across the entire island soared in an instant.

At the shore, the historians and Robin stood frozen in place, stunned by the battle between these monsters as though they had lost the ability to think.

Not just in the West Blue—even in the New World, such a clash was rarely seen.

Boom!

A figure landed before the group.

Saul immediately became vigilant as he looked at the man who had just fought two monstrous Marine vice admirals alone and driven them back.

"It's you!"

One of the historians stared at Lin Ye with his eyes wide open.

He had seen Lin Ye on the island before, looking no different from an ordinary islander eating at a tavern.

Lin Ye turned to look at the group.

"It's you!"

Saul's eyes suddenly widened. He pointed at Lin Ye, his face filled with shock.

"Madman Lin Ye? Why are you here?"

Saul's voice had become shrill from shock.

Lin Ye glanced at Saul before shifting his gaze to Robin.

He was four years older than Robin, but Robin had developed far too slowly at this point.

She was completely just a child.

Lin Ye curled his lip and waved his hand.

"Hurry up and leave. If you don't, none of you will be able to leave soon."

Lin Ye turned and looked in one direction.

It seemed as though an enormous volcano was brewing there.

"Go!"

Saul did not hesitate in the slightest and spoke directly to the others.

After boarding the ship, Robin turned to look at the island burning with flames.

"Saul, who was that?"

"A powerful warrior from the Grand Line,"

Saul said as he rowed with the oar in his hand.