Two Grief-Stricken Sweet Commanders

Shiryu flipped his wrist and steadily sheathed the cursed blade Raikiri. Just as he was about to turn back toward the cabin, his Observation Haki suddenly stirred.

A Haki carrying an overwhelming sense of oppression was radiating from the direction of Dressrosa's town.

"Oh? More rats hiding in the shadows?"

Shiryu raised an eyebrow, and the bloodlust he had just suppressed instantly surged back into his eyes, even more intensely than when he had slain CP0 moments ago.

He drew Raikiri again with a backhand motion, Armament Haki instantly coating the blade as he swung it without hesitation toward Dressrosa's town.

A massive wind blade stretching a thousand meters tore through the air in an instant. The Void along its path seemed to be forcibly split apart, while the surrounding air was shredded into violent currents. Carrying enough force to cleave through half the town, it slashed viciously toward its locked target.

The wind blade fell at terrifying speed. Just as it was about to grind entire blocks of buildings into dust, a thick golden laser suddenly shot skyward from within the town.

Like a golden spear piercing heaven and earth, the laser carried heat capable of melting through everything as it crossed several thousand meters of Void and crashed fiercely into the howling wind blade.

Boom!

The deafening explosion instantly shook the heavens. A terrifying shockwave spread wildly in every direction like a tsunami, blasting apart the thick clouds overhead. Even the buildings below trembled violently, their windows shattering and their walls being gouged with countless cracks by the shockwave.

The wind blade and laser annihilated each other in the violent collision, leaving only rolling smoke and dust that obscured half the sky.

A tall figure slowly emerged from the smoke, stepping through the air with Geppo before stopping