At that moment, everything seemed to fall silent.
The pirates melted away in that silence, their figures twisting and vanishing in the flames.
Fast! Too fast! And utterly sudden.
A disaster on the scale of the highest-level Buster Call unfolded on Onigashima.
Everything was engulfed in flames, burning fiercely. At that moment, Onigashima became a sea of fire.
"Ah, run!!"
"There are shells everywhere! There's nowhere to hide!"
"The Marines are charging in!"
"What do we do?"
Panic and tension filled all of Onigashima, with terror and fear etched onto every face.
Suddenly, figures rushed forward.
"What are you all afraid of?"
"The battle has only just begun!"
"The enemy may be strong, but we..."
"Are the Kaido and Big Mom Pirates!!"
Their powerful declarations rang out, reverberating through the air.
In the next second, terrifying auras radiated outward. Their raging Conqueror's Haki forced even the flames to bow.
"It's Katakuri!!"
"The leader of the All-Stars, King the Wildfire!!"
The officers of the Four Emperors' pirate crews had joined the action.
Only two figures stood at the front, yet they filled countless pirates with renewed spirit.
The pressure of the Buster Call was simply too terrifying. The black gun barrels aboard the warships surrounding Onigashima were like silent reapers, suffocating everyone who saw them.
It felt as though the entire island beneath their feet would be blown apart the moment all those cannons fired together.
Then, suddenly...
King struck, drawing his sword in one clean motion.
Hiss!
Flames blazed along the blade. In the next second, his sword cleaved through the air, unleashing a brutally powerful slash ahead.
Whoosh!
The air split. The second wave of shells raining down was instantly cut in half, blossoming into bursts of flame across the sky.
The sight was breathtaking.
Countless pirates lit up