Meanwhile, aboard the White Gull.
Gern watched the Kuja warriors standing ready in the distance, a faint smile tugging at his lips as he turned to Tesoro and said,
"Looks like they've arranged quite the welcoming ceremony for us."
"Vice Admiral Gern." Tesoro gave Gern an exasperated look. "Shouldn't we just tell them why we're here?
They look like they're really about to do something pointless!"
"No rush." Gern chuckled, then reached out and grabbed. In an instant, the air before him crumpled like a rag in his grip.
Buzz! Crack- Several pale fissures spread from his palm, and waves dozens of meters high surged up from the sea.
They became an immense wall that blotted out the sky, its shadow engulfing all of Amazon Lily.
For that instant, time seemed to freeze.
The Kuja warriors looked up, their pupils reflecting the overwhelming tsunami.
The weapons they took such pride in slipped from their fingers. Sharp arrows scattered across the ground, yet no one bent to retrieve them.
Because this was a natural disaster no human strength could withstand!
"You've got to be kidding..." One warrior's legs gave out, and she dropped to her knees.
"A tsunami this big... it'll swallow the entire island!"
Torch Lily's throat tightened, and even breathing became difficult.
She finally understood why this man had been able to end the era of the Pirate King.
This was no battle. It was a natural disaster crushing mere mortals!
Gloriosa's Snake Staff struck the ground with a clang, every trace of color draining from her aged face.
"So this is Heavenquake!"
Though she had witnessed Whitebeard fighting at his peak plenty of times during Rocks's era, seeing this power again still filled her with the same terror.
"How can there be two fruits powerful enough to destroy