Only moments later, a tremendous commotion came from the Underworld.
Red and black lightning swept through the Underworld.
All of Elbaf sensed it.
One of those presences shook heaven and earth.
Gaban and the other powerful fighters were stunned.
That was King Level Haki.
Loki had been released by Kaido.
The two were locked in a fierce battle.
Boom!
That day, all of Elbaf trembled.
Some elders remembered a similar power from decades ago.
But no one went to investigate. They could only sense the chaos in the Underworld, where two powerful fighters were battling to the death.
And that battle lasted two full days.
Over those two days, two different dragons could vaguely be seen coiling around each other.
They were fighting to the death.
But clearly, the winged dragon amid the thunderclouds was more powerful.
An azure dragon fell into the Underworld.
Kaido of the Beasts had been defeated.
Meanwhile, out at sea.
Over those two days, the situation at sea grew increasingly urgent.
The Surprise Force Pirates and the Roy Guild went on a killing spree in the New World.
They were seizing territory from the Whitebeard Pirates and the Red Hair Pirates.
Anyone who resisted was killed without mercy.
No one could stop them.
The Roy Guild, in particular, had reclaimed a full six super islands and twenty small islands.
Twenty kingdoms had submitted to them as well.
And amid this slaughter, they were advancing toward Greenland Island.
The very same Greenland Island where the Whitebeard Pirates' alliance was preparing for a decisive battle against Roy's forces.
A low hum rang out.
Two enormous warships now held over ten thousand people between them.
The Roy Guild had mobilized.
Their momentum was at its peak, and they swept forward unstoppably.
Everyone aboard looked tense, their eyes averted.