A Powerhouse from the Grand Line!

Boom!

Terrifying black lightning exploded above Ohara.

Then a terrifying slash appeared in the sky, cutting down toward a warship.

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

The next moment, the slash sent the leaping figure crashing down before striking the massive warship.

Boom!

Flames soared into the sky.

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

"What is that?"

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

"A powerhouse."

Saul stared at the sky in shock.

Kuzan also looked up at the sky.

Ohara actually had such a top-tier powerhouse?

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

Who was this person?

And that slash?

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

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

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

"Run!"

World Government official Spandine cried out in alarm and jumped straight into the sea, barely avoiding sinking 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 leaped into the air.

More than a dozen massive 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 fell from the sky, shattering the ice spears before striking Kuzan.

Crack.

Kuzan was split in two, but his body scattered into ice and crashed to 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 had been knocked down just like that?

Robin stared at the sky with her mouth agape.

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

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

"Mother!"

Robin suddenly spoke.

Saul was startled.

"They're not 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 island's interior.

The warships had been sunk by the slashes, so no more shells were falling, but the fires started by the previous bombardment were still raging across the island.

Saul was a Giant, and even while crouching, he was still conspicuous. But no one cared about the Giant now.

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

The historians were sprawled all over the ground, but it seemed no shells had struck this place directly.

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

Having once been a Marine Headquarters vice admiral, Saul knew very well that once powerhouses of this level fought without restraint, 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 mass of flames shot into the sky. Rising with the flames was a figure whose upper body had transformed into magma.

"Great Eruption!"

Sakazuki's face was filled with rage. His entire arm transformed 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, and dozens of slashes shattered all the incoming flames and lava. The fragmented lava rained down upon the island below.

A trace of cold air appeared behind Lin Ye as Kuzan's figure silently emerged.

"I've been waiting for you!"

A back kick wrapped in Armament Haki struck Kuzan in the abdomen just as his body finished reforming.

With half his body still made of ice, Kuzan spat out blood and plummeted downward, crashing into the All-Knowing Tree.

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

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

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

Where had this savage come from?

Lin Ye, who had kicked Kuzan away, did not pause. His feet stepped through the air as he charged directly at Sakazuki.

Sakazuki, whose arms and legs had all transformed into magma, looked at the approaching Lin Ye with a face full of fury.

"Dog Biting Crimson Lotus!"

His arms suddenly lengthened and lunged toward Lin Ye. The ends of the magma turned into two dog heads, dodging Lin Ye's slash and biting toward him.

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

Sakazuki's face lit up.

This guy was too careless.

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

But Lin Ye's Armament Haki was level ten.

The two collided, and Lin Ye directly smashed apart the magma dog heads, appearing before Sakazuki in an instant.

Enma, wrapped in Haki, swept upward, and a black slash shot into the sky.

Boom!

The clouds in the sky were cleaved apart.

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

Sakazuki roared as Lin Ye's foot stomped onto his chest, sending him crashing down toward the island below.

Boom!

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

The temperature across the island rose drastically in an instant.

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

Not to mention the West Blue—even in the New World, fights like this were rarely seen.

Boom!

A figure landed before the group.

Saul immediately became alert and looked at the man who had just fought two Marine monster vice admirals at once and driven them back.

"It's you!"

One of the historians saw Lin Ye and widened his eyes.

He had seen Lin Ye on the island before, looking just like an ordinary islander eating at a tavern.

Lin Ye turned to look at the group.

"It's you!"

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

"Madman Lin Ye? Why are you here?"

Saul's voice became shrill from shock.

Lin Ye glanced at Saul, then shifted his gaze to Robin.

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

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 to look in one direction.

A massive volcano seemed to be brewing there.

"Go!"

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

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

"Saul, who was that?"

"A powerhouse from the Grand Line."

Saul spoke as he rowed the boat with the oar in his hand.