"Crackle!"
Black-red light flared, freezing the surrounding air as an overbearing aura fused with the long blade.
Below, a streak of light shot forth. It was Shanks.
He was even faster than Whitebeard, crossing a thousand meters in an instant.
As he charged, he swept the Cane Sword in his hand upward, straight ahead.
"Divine Departure!!!"
Dazzling light erupted, and a sharp, peerless, overbearing slash engulfed heaven and earth.
All of it happened in the blink of an eye.
Akainu's pupils contracted. The immense pressure bearing down on him made his entire body tremble.
Both the sky and the ground had been sealed off.
The auras of two of the Four Emperors had locked onto him completely. He had no room to dodge, much less retreat or evade, or he would face an even more disastrous fate.
"Then I'll take you head-on!!!"
Akainu roared, his eyes widening as magma bubbled all over his body.
The entire battlefield fell still as the three men were about to clash. Countless people looked up in shock, staring toward them.
On the Execution Platform, sweat beaded on Sengoku's forehead. He clenched his fists and roared in anger.
"Akainu, are you trying to get yourself killed?"
Ace stared fixedly ahead at the center of the battlefield, now not far from him.
Xia Le stood with his arms folded, his expression calm. He did not even glance at the three men's clash, instead looking to one side, where Straw Hat was rapidly approaching him.
It seemed this rookie deserved more of his attention than a clash between the world's strongest fighters.
Under everyone's eyes, light blossomed in the air.
"Whoosh!"
Shanks's slash reached Akainu almost instantly.
"Divine Departure!"
That indescribably overbearing strike shattered the confidence Akainu had held just a second earlier.
"Hell Hound!!!"
Even with