Bang!!!
The pillar of magma surging into the sky exploded at its midpoint.
Whitebeard appeared in midair.
He tossed his Naginata upward and curled both hands into claws.
Channeling his power into his fingertips, he clawed downward with all his strength.
Ten curved gouges appeared in the air.
The magma's upward surge stopped abruptly.
Then it twisted irregularly, all the way down into the earth.
On the half of the island covered in magma, the land churned as though the world had turned upside down.
It folded in from both sides toward the erupting magma pillar.
Rumble!!!
Endless tremor force plunged underground, disrupting the magma's eruption.
The churning earth covered the vent, temporarily suppressing the raging magma.
In the distance, Sengoku transformed into a Golden Great Buddha dozens of meters tall, unleashing endless shock waves beneath his feet to remain suspended in midair.
He held Kweel in his left palm and raised his right, forming shock waves.
He blasted them relentlessly toward the center of the magma eruption.
Whitebeard landed on the ground, glanced at Sengoku's incoming shock waves, and swung his clenched left fist at them.
Crack!
The atmosphere cracked. The fissures before him spread, building up force before shattering with a thunderous crash.
An endless wave of tremor force collided with the shock waves and exploded.
Boom!
Scorching currents of air burst outward in successive waves, scattering the dust that filled the sky.
Then the ground shook violently, setting alarm bells ringing in both Sengoku's and Whitebeard's minds.
Sengoku flashed away through the air, carrying Kweel far from the island.
Whitebeard stamped his foot and shot hundreds of meters into the sky, looking down at the ground.
Rumble!!!
A deafening roar rang out, and the entire island shook violently.
Then that half of the island began collapsing at