Pluton, is at the medical center.
The atmosphere was as heavy as lead. Sanji was placed in a specially designed life support pod, a faint silver-purple aura still enveloping his chest, freezing the terrifying penetrating wound and the lingering destructive will in place. The medical team and Law were nervously analyzing the data, trying to find a way to stabilize or even reverse the injury without triggering a breakdown.
Luffy, Ace, Sabo, Jinbe, Jinbe stood silently around the life support pod, watching their ashen-faced comrade inside. The spacetime power belonging to Allen served as a cruel reminder of another comrade's sacrifice.
"Damn it..." Ace slammed his fist into the metal wall beside him, leaving a charred fist mark. Platinum flames flickered on his body, but could not dispel the coldness and powerlessness in his heart.
Luffy pulled his Straw Hat down low, the shadow obscuring his expression, but his tightly clenched, slightly trembling fist betrayed the turmoil within him. Sabo adjusted his glasses, his gaze behind the lenses sharp as an eagle's, yet deep within lay a trace of indelible pain. Jinbe stood silently, like a rock, but his tightly pressed lips revealed the turmoil in his heart.
Just then, a piercing alarm suddenly blared throughout the entire Pluton ship!
"Warning! An abnormal surge in the energy level of a spatial rift has been detected!"
Warning! Unknown changes are occurring in the crack structure!
Everyone's expression changed instantly, jolted from their grief, and they rushed toward the bridge.
On the main screen of the bridge, the cracks that were originally sealed by layers of silver-purple chains of order are now undergoing a terrifying transformation! The light of those chains is dimming and collapsing at a visible speed! The cracks themselves are no longer a stable dark red, but are violently churning, expanding, and contracting like boiling magma! A chaotic, violent aura, filled with destruction and despair, is overflowing from them, even affecting the outside world. Lightning flashes and thunder roars above the Iron Shield Fortress, and the earth trembles slightly!
"What happened?! Wasn't the rift sealed by Allen?!" Sabo asked urgently.
Nami's hands flew across the control panel, her face pale. "The seal... is crumbling! It wasn't breached from the outside, it's more like... the internal energy structure has fundamentally collapsed! It was Allen's final blow... he severely damaged the Destruction Origin, causing its power to spiral out of control, which in turn affected the stability of the entire rift!"
Franky stared at the energy readings, his tone more serious than ever before. "SUPER! This energy reaction... isn't an orderly intrusion, it's... a catastrophic leak! Like a dam about to burst!"
As if to prove his words, a crack suddenly tore open at the edge of the fissure on the screen! It wasn't the channel from which monsters poured out before, but a pure outlet for energy! A torrent of energy, mixed with dark red, pitch black, and chaotic colors, gushed out like a flood bursting its banks, sweeping into the real world!
Wherever this torrent of energy passed, space was corroded with black marks, the earth instantly turned to sand and annihilated, and even light seemed to be swallowed up! This was no longer an attack by demons, but a direct pollution and erosion of the real world by the uncontrolled power of Destruction Origin!
"All units! Highest alert! Energy shields at maximum power!" Sabo immediately took command, his voice echoing throughout the coalition forces. "Ground troops, retreat! Avoid the energy torrent's path! Air units, evacuate!"
Pluton's colossal energy shield instantly deployed, blocking the main path of the energy torrent. The pure white shield collided violently with the chaotic energy flow, producing a teeth-grinding screech. The shield fluctuated violently, and the energy readings plummeted!
"The shield's energy is depleting too quickly! It won't last much longer at this rate!" Nami shouted anxiously.
"We can't let this energy leak to the rear!" Jinbe voice. "We must find a way to plug the gap!"
"How do we block it? Allen..." Ace's words trailed off, and he closed his eyes in anguish.
Without Allen, the master of spacetime, they were almost helpless in the face of this spatial collapse!
At this critical moment, Luo, who had been staring at the screen, suddenly spoke, his voice tinged with disbelief:
"... Wait! Look inside the crack!"
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately looked at the magnified image of the crack on the screen. Deep within that boiling, collapsing destructive energy, countless tiny, faint silver-purple specks of light, like fireflies summoned, were converging from all directions!
Those are... the last traces of time and space left in the destroyed lair after Allen vanished!
As if driven by the dramatic changes in the cracks and the crisis in the real world, they spontaneously converged towards the collapsing gap, following the final will of their master!
Sparks from countless tiny beginnings converge into a mighty river!
A slightly illusory and broken chain of order, composed of countless silver-purple light spots, like the last vestige of an indomitable warrior, struggled but was incredibly determined to re-entwine itself around the collapsed gap, attempting to mend it!
It's Allen! Even as his body dissipates and his will is extinguished, the last bit of power he leaves behind continues to instinctively carry out his mission of protection!
" Allen..." Luffy looked up at the familiar yet heartbreaking phantom of chains made up of countless points of light on the screen, his rubber fist clenched tightly.
The broken chains obviously couldn't completely stop the torrent of energy, but they greatly slowed down the leakage and, to some extent, purified and neutralized the destructive properties of the torrent, significantly reducing its destructive power.
"He's still fighting..." Sabo's voice was filled with deep shock and respect.
This scene deeply pierced everyone's hearts and ignited the last flame within them.
"We can't... we can't let Allen fight alone anymore!" Ace suddenly raised his head, his eyes burning with an unprecedented intensity. "Even if he only has this much power left, we must help him!"
"That's right!" Luffy adjusted his straw Straw Hat, his eyes becoming incredibly sharp and determined. " Allen bought us time and created an opportunity! We absolutely cannot waste it!"
Sabo took a deep breath and quickly made a decision. "Adjust strategy! Pluton, concentrate firepower, coordinate with Allen's remaining chains, bombard the energy torrent, and annihilate it as much as possible! Ground forces, construct a second line of defense at a safe distance, and clear away any remaining energy and monsters that may leak out! All high-end combat forces, be ready to deal with any powerful individuals that may escape from the rift!"
The order was issued swiftly.
Pluton's cannons roared once more, and pure white beams of purifying energy were precisely aimed at the energy torrent weakened by the silver-purple chains, evaporating and purifying it in large swathes.
As the Allied soldiers looked at the broken yet still gleaming silver-purple chains in the sky, and at Pluton and his comrades fighting valiantly, their morale, which had been low due to Allen's "fall," was replaced by a more tragic and resolute emotion.
Heroes may perish, but their will lives on! He fought to the very last moment, and even Transcendence!
This war is not yet over!
The dramatic changes in the rift brought an even greater crisis, but they also allowed the will of the allied forces to undergo a final tempering. The flames of revenge and the belief in protection were reignited even more fiercely amidst the embers of despair!
The true end is about to begin at the boundary between reality and destruction, when the final curtain will rise. And this time, they will inherit the will of the departed and fight to the very end!