Outside the domain.
Sengoku stood on the ice, his Golden Great Buddha form already dispelled, his human appearance restored.
His breathing was somewhat rapid, and a fine layer of sweat beaded on his forehead.
Garp stood beside him, his expression unusually grave.
Kuzan stood on the other side, while Kizaru hovered in midair.
Four men.
Eight eyes.
All fixed on the purple-black domain that occupied more than half of Oris Plaza.
The domain resembled a colossal beast crouched on the ground, purple demon chi slowly churning within it, with Guanghan Palace faintly visible floating at its center.
"What exactly is that?"
Kuzan was the first to speak, his voice low.
"It isn't a Devil Fruit ability... at least, not any kind I know."
Kizaru tilted his head, golden light gathering at the tip of his foot.
"Why don't we test it and find out?"
He raised his right leg.
Golden light compressed beneath the sole of his shoe, condensed, and burst forth.
"Light-Speed Kick."
A golden beam shot from his foot, piercing straight into the purple-black domain like a sword of light.
The instant the beam entered the domain.
It veered.
The trajectory of that straight beam twisted violently the moment it entered the domain.
It began to spin.
Like a firefly trapped in a bottle, it frantically traced circles within the domain.
Those golden particles of light lost their direction in the chaotic gravitational field, scattering, ricocheting, and refracting in every direction.
The beam Kizaru had kicked out, packed with terrifying kinetic energy, flew through the domain for less than three seconds before becoming a jumble of scattered spots of light, finally dissipating into the purple-black demon chi.
"..."
The corner of Kizaru's mouth twitched slightly.
"My light... got lost in there."
Kuzan glanced at him.
"It seems the