Deep within God Valley.
Conqueror's Haki, a power found in barely one person in a million, radiated freely here.
Rocks, Kong, Golden Lion, Sengoku, Whitebeard, Big Mom, two of the Five Elders, and Ochoku.
Their raging Conqueror's Haki clashed, unleashing countless bolts of black-and-red lightning.
They tore through everything around them without restraint.
"Lion's Might: Earth Roll!"
An arrogant, commanding voice rang out.
A man hovered in the air, looking down at Garp.
Suddenly, the entire ground overturned and reformed into several lion heads that charged at Garp.
Garp stamped down hard and vanished in an instant.
Bang, bang, bang, bang...!
Every lion head was smashed apart. Landing on the ground, Garp looked up at Golden Lion in the sky.
He grinned, picked up the rubble at his feet, and coated it in Haki.
"Try this, Golden Lion."
"Fist Bone Meteor!"
Countless stones coated in black Haki were snatched from the ground and hurled at Golden Lion.
Nearby, Sengoku had transformed into a Golden Great Buddha. He raised his hand toward Whitebeard, who stood several hundred meters away with a cloak draped over his shoulders and a naginata in hand, and thrust out his palm.
A golden shock wave dozens of meters across hurtled toward Whitebeard.
Even its outer ripples tore through the ground, carving a deep trench.
"Gurararara! You're a real nuisance, Sengoku."
Whitebeard's distinctive, hearty laughter rang out. Holding the weapon's shaft in his left hand and its butt in his right, he swung it back.
He activated his Devil Fruit ability.
A white ring of vibrations formed around his naginata.
Whitebeard swung forward with all his might, sending the white ring of vibrations shooting toward the shock wave.
Boom!
The small white ring collided with the shock wave dozens of meters across, and the two canceled each other out, blasting a clearing into the ground.
"This ends here, Whitebeard."
"Gurararara! Go ahead and try."
Boom!
For two fighters of their caliber, several hundred meters were covered in an instant.
The enormous golden Buddha palm, coated in Conqueror's Haki, slammed into Whitebeard's naginata.
Endless bolts of black-and-red lightning shot out in every direction.
"Giant's Sword!"
Charlotte Linlin had yet to lose her curvaceous figure.
She swung her sword, driving back the three silent, masked CP0 agents surrounding her.
She summoned two special Homies.
"Mighty Drum!"
"Stolen Fire!"
"Ikoku Sovereignty!"
As the two special Homies attacked,
she slashed forward, unleashing a gigantic shock wave of Sword Aura.
It swept ahead, carrying a torrent of air with it.
The CP0 agents leaped high into the air to evade it, then formed an encirclement and charged at Charlotte Linlin with their bodies coated in Armament Haki.
Charlotte Linlin narrowed her eyes.
Three Homies flew onto her blade and combined:
"Maser Saber!"
A slash of Sword Aura surged forward from the blade, wreathed in lightning and flame, annihilating everything ahead.
The other great pirates were temporarily held back by the World Government's Cipher Pol agents and powerful slaves.
Rocks, however, faced no resistance as he made his way into the Palace deep within God Valley.
Inside the hall, Rocks faced two of the Five Elders and Fleet Admiral Kong.
"Oh?"
"Only three of you? You really are underestimating me."
"In that case, I'll be taking that thing."
Upon entering the hall and seeing the three men, Rocks taunted them.
"We're more than enough to kill you."
The burly member of the Five Elders spoke coldly.
"Heh."
Rocks gave a soft scoff, and boundless killing intent and Haki erupted from his body.
The entire Palace began to disintegrate as Rocks's voice rang out, wild and frenzied.
"Annihilation!"
He coated the long sword in his hand with Conqueror's Haki and swung, sending a slash of Sword Aura tearing forward.
Ripples spread through space. Fleet Admiral Kong likewise coated his arm in Conqueror's Haki.
"Steel Bone: Cone!"
He threw a punch, unleashing a black cone of compressed wind that rushed forward and collided with Rocks's Sword Aura.
Endless white light erupted from the collision, and a mushroom cloud rose into the sky...
Elsewhere.
Having finally reached the battlefield deep within God Valley, Roger took the lead and charged toward Whitebeard and Sengoku.
Rayleigh and Gaban charged toward Charlotte Linlin, Ochoku, and the other great pirates.
Boom!
"Gurararara! You haven't improved one bit, Sengoku."
"Hmph, you still..."
Sengoku's enormous golden palm struck Whitebeard's naginata.
"Divine Departure!"
A powerful voice rang out, and a slash struck the point where the two were locked in a contest of strength, forcibly driving them apart.