Dark clouds blanketed the endless sky, pressing down like a black mountain and filling everyone with dread.
A howling gale swept across the land like a savage beast, hurling sand and stones in every direction.
Dazzling bolts of lightning fell like swords from the heavens, tearing the dark sky apart.
Thunder roared, and the whole world seemed trapped in a terrible nightmare.
Despair crept into every heart. It felt as though the end had come.
The terrifying upheaval stretched across the entire battlefield, along with the will behind it.
Everyone knew its source: Golden Lion Shiki.
Even those watching the live broadcast could feel it clearly.
The Great Pirate who stood at the pinnacle of the seas was utterly enraged.
Now he showed the world the terrifying might of a Great Pirate at the very top.
Saint Nusjuro's expression changed.
He sensed a terror in the young Pirate unlike anything he had felt before.
Only the fallen Rocks D. Zebek and the absolute ruler hidden within the World Government's Flower Room had ever felt similar.
Redfield possessed that power too, though he had never displayed it in past wars.
Black-and-red lightning raged around Shiki, then poured toward Saint Nusjuro like a downpour.
Saint Nusjuro felt his Devil Fruit power suppressed, forcing him out of his Human-Beast Form.
He tried to resist, but could not.
It was as though someone far above him had pressed him down.
Golden Lion Shiki's will was stronger than his.
The astonishing sight unfolded before the world.
In Shiki, Byrnndi World saw echoes of Rocks and Hades.
Haki stood above all else.
Armament Haki could counter Devil Fruit powers, while Conqueror's Haki at its peak could suppress them.
Conqueror's Haki Coating alone was not enough to reach the true pinnacle.
Kaido, locked in battle with Saint