Boom...
A deafening crash rang out.
Under the force of Sengoku's attack, the ground beneath Roya cracked wide open.
Marineford's plaza shook violently. Thick smoke billowed around Roya and swallowed him whole.
Everyone present stared in disbelief.
None of them had expected Sengoku, the Fleet Admiral, to strike so decisively.
And he had opened with one of his strongest moves!
It looked as though he meant to kill Roya in a single blow!
Sengoku knew exactly how strong Roya was. If he held back even for an instant, he would have no chance of stopping him.
"My God!"
"Roya isn't dead, is he?"
"He might be. That's Fleet Admiral Sengoku!"
"Exactly! Even Kaido, one of the Four Emperors, might not survive that hit!"
"..."
The crowd erupted into discussion.
They had a point.
An enraged Fleet Admiral Sengoku had unleashed a killing blow. Even Kaido, hailed as the Strongest Creature on land, sea, and air, might not have withstood it.
There was another way to look at it.
In his earlier fights against Big Mom and Kaido, Sengoku might never have gone all out.
But this time was different.
Roya had crossed Sengoku's final line. Sengoku could no longer let him go!
So he had struck with everything he had!
On the Sabaody Archipelago.
"No way!"
"Fleet Admiral Sengoku attacked him personally!"
"Of course he did! Didn't you see Roya take out dozens of Marines just now?"
"Exactly! He humiliated Fleet Admiral Sengoku in front of everyone. How could Sengoku let him off?"
"..."
The spectators began arguing again.
"Sengoku!"
"So you're finally getting serious?"
Dark King Rayleigh rose to his feet with a smile.
As another remnant of the old era, Dark King Rayleigh knew just how powerful Sengoku truly was.
"What a shame!"
"Sengoku, men from our