Ruuuumble!!!!!!
When those millions of destructive lightning spears converged on a single point, the entire sky seemed to detonate!
A black-and-red ball of lightning, more dazzling and scorching than the sun, exploded ten thousand meters above the ground!
The terrifying energy storm instantly swept across a hundred-mile radius!
The violent electromagnetic pulse even briefly knocked out every electronic device aboard the Divine Punishment fleet dozens of nautical miles below!
"The screens! The screens went black!"
"What happened?!"
On the bridge, Zephyr, Bullet, and the others stared at the monitor screens that had instantly dissolved into static, their faces filled with horror.
They could not imagine what kind of world-shattering attack could produce such a terrifying sight!
"No need to look."
Sakazuki's voice was hoarse. He clenched his fists so tightly that his nails had pierced his palms.
"It's over."
Although he could not see it, his Observation Haki, sharpened to extraordinary sensitivity after the Demon Baptism, could clearly "sense" it.
In that stretch of sky, Golden Lion Shiki's arrogant, domineering life force was weakening at a frantic, avalanche-like pace!
Beneath that Thunder Burial, like divine punishment itself, even a legendary pirate could only fall!
The dazzling lightning lasted a full minute before slowly fading.
When the sky cleared again, a charred figure trailing wisps of smoke fell helplessly from the sky like a bird with broken wings.
It was Golden Lion Shiki!
At that moment, he was a wretched sight.
His signature long golden hair and ship's wheel had been burned away completely, leaving a ridiculous bald head.
The magnificent clothing that symbolized his kingly status had long since turned to ash as well, exposing a charred body covered in horrific electrical burns.
He gasped for breath, blood and black smoke pouring from all seven openings of his head.
"Cough...