This was a battle destined for the history books!
Even the unprecedented Paramount War was merely a prelude to it!
For the first time since those inhuman powerhouses had appeared, power worthy of a god was laid bare! And not by one person, but two!
Whitebeard's shockwave that tore the sky apart and Loa's power to freeze time had seared their overwhelming might into everyone's heart. Before such earthshaking power, every scheme and calculation seemed utterly laughable!
But only one of them had won!
Loa's victory brought Turtle Island even greater prestige. After watching what little footage existed of the first half of the battle, Marines and pirates alike gave him new titles.
Ice Dragon. Ice Emperor!
Emperor of Ice and Snow!
Pirates across the world once again lived in constant fear. The courage and fighting spirit they had struggled to gather had been frozen solid by Loa once more!
Yet Loa had succeeded and failed at the same time.
For a towering canyon now stretched across the entire Red Line.
Even a cornered beast would lash out, and a desperate dog would leap over a wall. Pirates driven to the brink would be crazier still!
The day after the Paramount War, while the Marines were counting their losses and comforting the families of the fallen, only a small force remained to guard the canyon. Then a moving continent appeared in the distance, sweeping toward the New World!
After defeating Whitebeard, Loa had gone straight back to Turtle Island. This world was still ruled by the World Government, and until it proved unable to suppress the pirates, Loa would not break the rules by intervening.
The pirates understood that too, so they chose this moment to push into the New World. Fish-Man Island might have fewer Marines guarding it, but