And yet!
This was Whitebeard so old he needed an IV drip and a respirator. He still possessed formidable Devil Fruit Powers, but his body could no longer support them the way it had in his youth.
Loa did not say that aloud. He had no intention of letting Whitebeard fight on in his aging body as he had in the original story, only to be gravely wounded by his own son and die full of regrets.
Hum!
Suddenly, a dazzling golden Buddha light shot skyward, stretching between heaven and earth!
"You think you can destroy Marine Headquarters? Arrogant fool!"
Even the Three Admirals had probably never seen Sengoku fight at full strength. During the ambush in the Ice Domain, Sengoku had only needed to pin Loa down until Kizaru finished his attack. Now, faced with Whitebeard's assault, he chose to meet it head-on!
Suppression: Tathagata!
A golden phantom blotted out the sky, as though a true Buddha had descended. Buddha light surged upward!
With a roar from Sengoku, the golden Buddha slowly lowered its palm. A golden swastika spun at its center, bearing down with boundless pressure. Soldiers and pirates across the Plaza were crushed to the ground, friend and foe alike! Only a handful of the strongest remained standing beneath that light!
Boom!
Bang!
The Buddha's palm fell, and the sea that the quake had torn apart crashed back down. Marineford, floating like an island in the sky, groaned under the strain as a crack slowly split it from end to end.
But it was enough. The hundred-meter waves roared past, soon revealing calm waters behind them. If not for the shattered island and the wreckage drifting on the surface, who would have guessed what a terrible Disaster had struck here moments ago?
This was the power of