In that instant, time seemed to be seized in the tight grip of an invisible hand and froze.
Suddenly, an incomparably immense aura erupted without warning, as mighty as collapsing mountains and a roaring sea!
Its overwhelming power was like a raging flood bursting through a dam, surging in every direction with unstoppable ferocity at a breathtaking speed.
In the blink of an eye, that boundless aura swept across the entire grounds like a tide, swallowing everything within it.
At the same time, the hurricane of Luffy's aura, already rampaging like a violent storm, underwent an earthshaking transformation.
It grew still more unrestrained, roaring furiously as though baring its claws and fangs, seemingly intent on tearing apart the vast world before it;
And the intertwined black-and-red lightning that complemented this terrifying hurricane also underwent a magnificent transformation-pythons became dragons!
These bolts of Black-and-Red Inazuma, manifestations of Conqueror's Haki, swept through the air like savage dragons with hideous faces and exposed fangs, wheeling up and down.
They coiled and twisted one moment, plunged straight down the next, and periodically unleashed deafening thunderclaps that resounded through the heavens, striking terror into hearts and making people's hair stand on end.
The earth, too, buckled beneath the burden and began to quake violently, as though it could no longer withstand the fierce impact of such world-destroying power.
The surrounding buildings crumbled like fragile blocks stripped of their foundations, collapsing and shattering as billowing dust blotted out the sky and sun.
The somewhat weaker Soul Reapers and Arrancars caught in this earthshaking catastrophe were all utterly terrified, fleeing blindly!
Like a disturbed swarm of bees, they scattered wildly in every direction, doing everything they could to find shelter that could keep them safe.
Yet however desperately they struggled, they could not escape this brutal, merciless