Baby-5 panted heavily. The intense battle and continuous use of her Devil Fruit ability had left her drenched in sweat, with several strands of jet-black hair stuck to her smooth forehead.
She narrowed her eyes slightly, her Observation Haki spreading like an invisible web as she carefully sensed the area ahead, which had been ravaged beyond recognition by her storm of weapons.
The flames still flickered, but at the center of it all, that presence that had once been as heavy as a mountain was rapidly fading.
Like a candle guttering in the wind, it flickered a few times before finally falling into complete silence.
"It's over..."
She murmured inwardly and canceled her Arms-Arms Fruit transformation. In an instant, the countless firearms scattered across the battlefield vanished into thin air.
As the last traces of gunpowder smoke were swept away by the night wind, the scene at the center of the battlefield became clear.
Pica had already lost all signs of life. His massive body had been blasted apart by the terrifying firepower, its pieces scattered across the ground.
Seeing this, Baby-5's taut nerves finally relaxed, and she let out a long breath.
"Bang!"
A heavy black shadow fell from the sky and smashed into the ground not far from her, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Her freshly relaxed nerves instantly tightened again. Baby-5 reflexively stepped back half a pace and assumed a fighting stance, her sharp gaze sweeping over the fallen object.
It was Trebol.
Another top officer of the Donquixote Family had also become a cold corpse.
"Phew..." Baby-5 let out another breath, this time relaxing even more completely. The deaths of two top officers in succession meant that the battle in this area had essentially been settled.
"Big Sister Baby-5, are you okay?"
A crisp, childish