A floating island suddenly descended from the very top of the sky. At the same time, someone unknown released strange sound waves that freed the Qian Emperor from Kurama's restraints.
The floating island was originally enormous, but then a smaller island broke away from it.
The smaller island shrank rapidly the instant it fell.
Meanwhile, several elders over seventy leaped down from above, yet none of their auras was weaker than the Qian Emperor's.
The detached island expanded once more, and one of the elders shouted, "Go!"
The enormous island hurtled straight at Kurama.
Kurama looked up at the sky. A massive energy shock wave flashed, and a mushroom cloud rose.
A deafening roar rang out, as though heaven and earth were collapsing!
Everyone in the Qian capital fled outside in panic.
"Kurama!"
Gu Zimei cried out anxiously, but the exploding fragments of the floating island forced her to stop.
Kurama roared again, "Atomic Breath!!"
Red nuclear energy poured from his mouth once more, shooting toward the Qian Emperor again.
The elders who had descended from the floating island all wore grave expressions.
Then light shone from one elder's body as he transformed into a dazzling giant bird.
It screeched and charged into the Atomic Breath, only to be reduced to ashes by the baryons in an instant.
Yet the giant bird's body soon revived, reborn amid destruction, only to repeat the process again.
This was unmistakably the power of a Mythical Zoan fruit's Phoenix Form!!
Only after Kurama's attack had completely dissipated did the phoenix return to the elder's form.
But the elder was clearly in a wretched state. Blocking Kurama's attack had consumed far too much of his energy.
"Old Qi Emperor, can't handle it anymore? Let me deal with him!"
A tall elder appeared before Kurama in