Above the Deserted Island, Kizaru's figure ricocheted wildly between countless mirrors of light.
Hundreds of golden afterimages attacked from every direction, each carrying the terrifying force of light-speed movement.
Gern pushed his Observation Haki to its limit, but Kizaru's speed was already approaching the extreme.
The paths of his light-speed movements blurred into golden lines in Gern's perception. He couldn't lock onto the real body at all!
"What a pain..." Gern's pupils contracted. He had already taken more than a dozen hits, and the edge of Black Blade: Eight Desolations trembled faintly.
The next instant, his gaze turned fierce.
"If I can't find you..." Gern spread the fingers of his right hand and pressed it against the air before him. "Then I'll destroy it all!!"
"Heavenquake: Airspace Disintegration!"
"BOOM-CRACK!!" Centered on Gern, the structure of space within a thousand-meter radius abruptly warped!
The ground cracked like fragile glass. Countless spiderweb fractures spread wildly as rock, soil, and even space disintegrated into dust under the high-frequency vibrations.
The entire Deserted Island shook violently. The shock waves raised waves dozens of meters high across the sea, tilting the decks of the observing warships to nearly forty-five degrees!
"Hold the Ship's Wheel steady!"
"Is this a fucking natural disaster?!" The soldiers clung to the railings in terror, watching helplessly as the island's surface crumbled like a biscuit, floated into the air, then turned to dust in the shock waves.
In an instant, space seemed to crumple beneath an invisible hand, and light refracted through the distorted air in eerie, rainbow-colored ripples.
On the flagship, Kong's cape snapped in the blast of air. A rare trace of horror flashed through his eyes. "This destructive power..."
"It's already far beyond what those three, Kuzan included, can do." Sengoku's expression grew grave as he experienced Gern's