Nerona Imu, I'll Be Back...

"Insolence!"

Garling roared, and equally powerful Conqueror's Haki erupted from his body, violently colliding with the Haki descending from above.

The two invisible forces clashed in midair, and the shockwaves they unleashed stalled the surrounding flames. At the same time, a dazzling sword light hundreds of meters long shot into the sky, slashing toward the darkness high above.

"Urorororo, I was wondering who it was. So it was the dead man from God Valley—the one who can't beat anyone except slaves and commoners, and only knows how to pick up scraps. My apologies, my apologies."

Amid those mocking words, the darkness surged violently. Torrential seawater poured from within it, as though a hole had opened in the sky and the Milky Way had come cascading down.

The immense mass of high-pressure seawater falling from the sky crushed Garling's massive sword light midair. The seawater itself was also shattered by the slash, raining down everywhere and forcing several Devil Fruit users among God's Knights, who had been preparing to attack, to retreat far away.

The seawater that hit the ground first smashed into it, crushing buildings like paper. The tsunami racing across the land swept in all directions. Sheets of flame were extinguished, hissing as thick steam rose.

Celestial Dragons who failed to escape in time were swept into the water. Their pampered bodies had no strength to resist such a natural disaster.

"Save—save me—"

"I am a descendant of the Creator! I order you to save me!"

"No, I don't want to die here..."

Wails, screams, commands—all sounds were drowned out by the thunderous roar of the tsunami. Several Celestial Dragons were swept up by the seawater and slammed viciously into the remains of buildings that had yet to collapse, dying on the spot.

Before coming here, Dawn had already