"It's finally here."
Moria whispered something behind Luffy, a strange smile spreading across his face.
Hancock's eyes instantly turned into hearts, but she quickly suppressed the blush on her cheeks and maintained her aloof fighting stance.
Jinbe looked up at the ship and let out a long breath.
He knew that the moment that ship appeared over the battlefield, the course of the war was no longer in the hands of the navy.
Behind Roy, Enel was hovering in mid-air.
He held the golden staff, surrounded by swirling clouds, his Cloud-Cloud Fruit powers fully activated.
Centered on him, large swaths of Thundercloud continued to form, spreading further and further, shrouding the entire sky of Marineford in the shadow of thunderstorms.
"Is the range sufficient?" Roy asked without turning his head.
Enel chuckled, twirling his golden staff in his hand.
"The entire Marineford is under coverage, Captain."
Roy nodded, then turned to look at Tesoro on the other side.
Tesoro stood at the ship's railing, arms crossed, golden lightning crackling around him.
After Awakening, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit turned his hair a pale gold color, and an arc of electricity would occasionally flash in his pupils.
"It's up to you now."
Tesoro grinned. "Don't worry, boss."
As soon as he finished speaking, Tesoro's body suddenly transformed into a golden bolt of lightning, instantly merging into the Thundercloud created by Enel.
The two powers merged perfectly at this moment— Enel's Cloud-Cloud Fruit created endless Thundercloud, while Tesoro's Rumble-Rumble Fruit controlled every wisp of lightning within those Thundercloud.
This is a combination technique that Hachinosu has been researching for many years, with Thundercloud as the weapon and Rumble-Rumble Fruit as the soul.
As Tesoro moved, the blue-white Inazuma that had been flickering naturally transformed into a deep purple the moment Tesoro merged into the Thundercloud.
The deep purple Lightning rolled and leaped in the clouds, each flash accompanied by a piercing hissing sound, and the air was filled with the strong smell of ozone.
"Boom! Kaka--!!!"
The initial faint rumblings became sharp and loud, like the simultaneous shrieking of millions of birds, making everyone's eardrums ache.
The air in the entire Marineford Square began to vibrate violently, and some nearby naval soldiers felt their hair stand on end.
Everyone on the battlefield stopped what they were doing.
The swords and blades stopped in mid-air.
The artillery fire stopped abruptly.
Even Whitebeard and Akainu simultaneously stopped their exchange of fire and looked up at the sky.
"That... that is?!"
"Thunderstorm! How could there be a thunderstorm at Marine Headquarters?!"
"No! That's not an ordinary thunderstorm—someone is manipulating it!"
The naval soldiers stared in horror at the Thundercloud overhead, their hands gripping their weapons trembling.
Some of the new recruits collapsed to the ground, their eyes filled with despair.
Even the most seasoned veterans couldn't help but take a step back.
Standing on the ruins of the Execution Platform, Sengoku suddenly realized what was happening and sensed the terrifying energy fluctuations within the Thundercloud.
"Not good!"
The Buddha Form, an incarnation of the Sengoku, shone with brilliant golden light, just about to react—
On the Ark Maxim, Roy's lips curled up slightly.
"Found it?"
"It's too late."
" Tesoro!"
As Roy called out, the Thundercloud that had been gathering in the sky suddenly contracted.
The contraction was extremely violent at that moment, and all the lightning converged towards the center of the clouds, turning half the sky a deep purple.
Then--
"Boom! Boom--!!!"
Countless bolts of deep purple Lightning crashed down from the clouds.
The scene was as if the sky had fallen.
Each bolt of Lightning was as thick as a bucket, its deep purple arcs leaving blinding trails in the air as it crashed down to the ground with temperatures high enough to melt steel.
The Lightning bolts were so numerous that they almost covered the entire Marineford Square, as if someone had poured down a giant net woven from lightning from the sky.
But the most terrifying thing is that these Lightning weren't striking randomly.
Under Tesoro's precise control of his Observation Haki, each bolt of Lightning had a clear target.
Most of the Lightning struck precisely into the navy's ranks, hitting the heads of the still-stunned navy soldiers.
"Boom--!!!"
"Aaaaaah--!!!"
The Lightning struck the ice, and the intense heat it carried instantly melted the ice.
The naval soldier who was hit directly was reduced to ashes in the lightning before he could even scream, leaving only a charred human-shaped mark on the ground.
Those who weren't directly struck weren't much better off; the shockwave from the landing Lightning blasted them away.
His body tumbled through the air and crashed into his companion, the sounds of bones breaking and screams mingling together.
The ice surface shattered and collapsed in large areas under the bombardment of Lightning, and some naval soldiers fell into the icy seawater. They struggled to climb out, but were blasted back into the water by subsequent Lightning.
The ammunition on the warship was detonated by Lightning, causing a series of explosions. The fire and lightning intertwined, turning the entire harbor into a scene resembling hell.
The situation is completely different for the pirates.
The Lightning seemed to have eyes, precisely avoiding the Whitebeard Pirates.
Even if pirates get very close to the Navy's camp, the Lightning will only glide past them, at most causing them to stagger due to the shockwave.
"What... what's going on?"
"Ray is helping us fight the navy?!"
The pirates looked at each other in surprise, then erupted in a deafening cheer.
"It's Hachinosu! Hachinosu has come to our aid!!!"
" Heavenly Dao Emperor --!!!"
"Charge! Charge now! Charge now!!"
The pirates' morale soared, and taking advantage of the Navy's disarray caused by the thunderstorm, they launched another attack.
The pirates, who had been suppressed and forced to retreat, were now charging forward with renewed vigor, brandishing their swords and howling.
Luffy and his crew, who were trapped in the Navy's encirclement, were given a chance to catch their breath due to the sudden thunderstorm.
The naval soldiers who were blocking their way were struck by Lightning and scattered in all directions, creating a huge gap in the encirclement.
"Now's the time—run!!!"
Jinbe Fist away several marines blocking his way and led the charge towards the port.
Ace grabbed Luffy's arm, flames erupted from their feet, and the two followed closely behind Jinbe.
Moria's shadow covered their rear, while Hancock's petrifying arrows swept away the pursuing troops surging from both sides.
at the same time,
On the other side of the battlefield, Whitebeard looked at the giant golden ship in the sky, then at the naval formation that had been routed by the thunderstorm, and suddenly burst into laughter.
"Gula la la la--"
"That kid Roy's still got nothing but trouble!"
He laughed so hard that the wound on his chest seemed to tear open even more, but he didn't care at all.
His laughter echoed amidst the thunder, shaking the surrounding ice surface.
Akainu's face was extremely grim.