For a moment, on Marineford's battlefield, where mighty fighters clashed,
Cries of battle, clanging weapons, and the explosive roar of abilities intertwined as the fighting raged...
"VMMMM!!!!"
An indescribable surge of Conqueror's Haki erupted, crashing down from the golden platform in the sky with crushing force!
This Haki no longer carried its former tremendous weight tinged with age and decline.
Instead, it radiated the grandeur of one who stood above the world, and a sense of absolute power that could eclipse heaven and earth!
Pure and tyrannical, it seemed capable of crushing anything that dared stand in its path!
Beneath this Haki, the entire battlefield of Marineford seemed to have been frozen in place!
Whether they were pirates and Marines locked in mortal combat or elite fighters fiercely clashing, everyone involuntarily paused for an instant!
Almost simultaneously, every top fighter turned toward that mysterious stage in the sky, their faces filled with utter shock and disbelief!
"Impossible!! Whitebeard..." On the Execution Platform, Fleet Admiral Sengoku's pupils contracted violently as he cried out,
"That man's presence had clearly weakened to the point of... how could he unleash this... this familiar pressure?!"
"This is unmistakably..." For a moment, Sengoku seemed to return to decades past, to those years when he had contended with Roger and Whitebeard!
"Newgate, you bastard, don't joke around like this!" Golden Lion drove Akainu back with his two swords and said through gritted teeth, "How could something like this possibly happen?!"
"Pops... is that you?! This presence..." Marco gazed up at the sky, his voice trembling.
Elsewhere, Kaido, who was facing the two Admirals and Red Hair, also showed a flicker of shock and doubt.
"Newgate!! You old bastard... what the hell happened?!"
That presence made him feel as though he were once again facing the "World's Strongest