High in the sky, a massive floating island suddenly appeared, obscuring the sun and the sky. It was descending from the sky, bearing down on Cake Castle!
This island was barely smaller than Cake Island, and with the combined force of its fall from an unfathomable height, the only possible outcome was...
the complete destruction of Cake Island!
"Hey, what's going on?"
"Island, that island is crashing down towards us!"
"Is the end of the world... coming?!"
The Charlotte family members and several Underworld emperors who remained in the open-air square were filled with horror and disbelief.
Stussy's body trembled, her eyes filled with disbelief.
Plan A had completely failed. She had remained because she wanted to witness the outcome of the battle between Kaido and Shano.
The World Government would be pleased to see either side defeated.
But...
a scene in her memory quickly matched the present.
She couldn't help but glance to the side, at the two sea emperors who had once been crew members of Rocks, along with her clone.
"Hey, Linlin, the only one who could do that..." Kaido forced himself to stand upright, his eyes narrowed in a serious expression.
"Only that old bastard," Bigmom said, taking a deep breath. "Haha... Seventeen years ago, he severed his own legs and escaped from Impel Down. Desperate for revenge against the World Government and to reclaim his dominance of the seas, he'd long been in hiding, laying low and accumulating strength. Originally, he'd planned to wait another two or three years, until his 'IQ' beast project was fully realized, before officially announcing his return to the world. But then... it just so happened that the ocean has been turbulent in recent years, with heroes emerging one after another. First, that red-haired brat, then the even more terrifying rise of Shano!
Hey! These newcomers! Have they inherited Roger's will? Each one is so terrifying it defies reason. This situation is truly unbearable, and I can't wait to see what happens! As luck would have it, the news of the prolonged, undecided battle between Kaido and Shano has spread throughout the ocean. The Golden Lion keenly realized that if he wanted to reawaken the fear of his vast fleet, in an era that was gradually forgetting his fame, there would be no better opportunity!
Lingling alone couldn't completely stop his island-smashing attack. He'd take advantage of the other two's exhaustion and crush them to death!
One was a Four Emperor, known as the world's strongest being, and the other was a rising star, almost as powerful as the Emperors of the Sea. They were more than qualified to serve as a stepping stone for his return!
Enough to rekindle the Golden Lion's fame, even surpassing that still-living old man!
"Hahahaha..." The Golden Lion grinned, extending his right hand, palm facing downward, and swung it down fiercely! "Give me... speed up!"
Boom!!!
The giant floating island suddenly began to plummet, a terrifying shadow nearly engulfing the entire sky. The air was squeezed into a shrill whistle, and the wind raged, causing even the top of the Cake Castle to tremble violently, cracking and shaking!
"Shiki! You crazy old man... Hey, Zeus!!"
BIGMOM roared furiously. White clouds flew towards him in a panic, and she leaped aboard, ready to soar into the sky.
Shano's expression also paled slightly. With a flick of his right hand, he grasped the Senzu Bean.
He was completely confident in his physical strength. Even at his utter exhaustion, he didn't think the island could crush him.
But what about his companions?
What about the millions of innocent people living on Cake Island?
There would surely be heavy casualties!
He didn't want to see that happen, so even if it meant using up this last Senzu Bean, he had to...
"Jack! Master Shano hasn't recovered yet. You stay there and protect him! The rest of you, join me and help Charlotte Linlin block this island!"
The girl's sharp voice suddenly rang out.
Clang!
Kuina's black ponytail danced in the wind. With a low roar, she drew her sword, ready to strike at the giant island!
Behind her, Kuma, Nojigo, Smoker, and the other generals, led by Katakuri, also leaped out and soared into the sky.
"Don't worry, Big Sister!"
Jack roared back, and in the blink of an eye, he transformed into a massive mammoth. He squatted down, leaving just the right amount of space to cover Shano underneath.
This way... even if the island eventually fell, he would be the one to die, and Shano wouldn't be harmed!
Jack's eyes were filled with determination.
However, he didn't notice that while he was transformed into a mammoth, Shano was struggling to raise his right hand to bring it to his mouth. Then, his entire arm was pinned down by a buttock, unable to move.
"I..." Shano was nearly fainted by this guy's anger.
If it were any other time, he could easily have picked up the mammoth and thrown it away with a little more effort.
But at this moment, he truly had no strength left. Otherwise, he wouldn't have had to exert so much effort to stand up.
"Jack!" he growled, and just as he was about to tell Jack to move his big ass away, a familiar, wild laugh echoed from the side:
"Uh-huh-huh... You old bastard, how dare you act so arrogantly? Do you think you can drain my energy with that little brat?"
Kaido panted, looking up, a fierce glint in his eyes.
He was already exhausted, but in this life-or-death situation, he forced himself to muster a last ounce of strength. He stomped his foot on the ground, leaping high like a cannonball, roaring,
"Don't underestimate me, Shiki!!!"
Boom!
Thunder suddenly exploded, and Kaido's muscles bulged and swelled. In an instant, he transformed into a massive, overwhelming blue dragon!
"Get out of my way! With your abilities, you can't stop this entire island!"
The blue dragon lashed its tail, sending everyone who had already ascended into the air with the Moon Step—Katakuri and Kuina alike—spurringly slamming back to the ground.
"Kaido..."
BIGMOM was also slightly startled, turning in surprise to gaze at the blue dragon.
At that moment, a staggering amount of purple-black flames erupted from the Azure Dragon's body, spreading rapidly in all directions like a torrent.
In a blink of an eye, they swirled and covered the entire lower half of the floating island.
Buzz!
The rapidly falling giant island suddenly paused, held aloft by the layers of flames, stopping just a few hundred meters from Cake Island!
"Huh?"
Golden Lion's pupils suddenly constricted, his expression changing dramatically.
He had never expected Kaido, so exhausted, to still have the strength to attack.
He had also never imagined that the other party's fruit power had been developed to this point!
Never before had anyone been able to stop a falling island completely with his hands!
Even if Whitebeard or Garp were present, they would only be able to shatter it into countless pieces of rubble, and Cake Island would still face a devastating disaster.
"Mmmm, well done, Kaido!"
BIGMOM laughed, murderous intent in her eyes surged:
"I'll ask you for one more favor, just throw the island into the sea nearby, and I'll leave the rest to me! Hey, Zeus, take me to catch up!"
"Yes! Mom!"
Zeus grinned and accelerated, bypassing the floating island supported by the purple flame cloud, and flew towards the Golden Lion high in the sky!
There was a flash of furious flame in BIGMOM's eyes. She clenched the giant sword transformed by Napoleon, the domineering aura wrapped around it, and the black and red lightning leaped wildly on the sword.
"Shiki! You bastard!" she roared. "You old bastard, you don't belong to this era. Just get out of here! How dare you come and run wild in my territory? Today I'll show you how to write the word 'regret'!"
"I can't even fucking read!"
Golden Lion snapped out of his daze and scoffed. "But you, Lingling... after all these years, you're still so easily irritated and irritable!"
Yet she was still as beautiful as ever.
This was strange. Hadn't there been rumors for a long time that this woman had become fat and ugly, completely unsightly?
He waved his hands carelessly, unconcerned.
The air around them suddenly distorted, and dozens of massive rocks ripped away from the floating island, swathed in a thick aura of Armament Haki, and shot towards Bigmom like cannonballs.
You think you can stop him with such a trick?
Bigmom snorted disdainfully.
"Weiguo!"
She slashed with her sword, a terrifying aura shrouded in Domineering Haki, instantly shattering all the rocks!
At that moment, Zeus, carrying her, had almost reached Golden Lion.
Napoleon raised his sword high and slashed at the Golden Lion!
"Are you competing in swordsmanship? How ridiculous, Lingling! If you haven't developed Alzheimer's, you should remember that this kind of thing... I'm obviously better at it!"
The Golden Lion laughed wildly, showing no fear.
With a simple swing of the two famous swords he used as prosthetic limbs, Yingshi and Muku, he unleashed a magnificent cross of sword energy!
Originally, before consuming the Floating Fruit, he was a world-renowned dual-sword master!
Ding Ding Dang Dang!
The two fought fiercely at an altitude of tens of thousands of meters, their swords constantly colliding, mixed with the excitement of black and red lightning. They fought farther and farther, higher and higher, and in a blink of an eye they became two small black dots at the limit of vision...
"It's good to be able to fly."
Jack raised his elephant head and sighed with envy, then couldn't help but say to the person below:
"Hey, boss, if you are in normal condition, can you fight those two people at that altitude?"
Shano's voice came faintly:
"If you rely on the Moon Step, it is not difficult to rise to that altitude, but if you fight with enemies of the same level who can fly in that environment for a long time, it is still very disadvantageous. Of course, these are not the key points."
"Huh?"
Jack was stunned, "Then what is the key point?"
"You idiot, get your big ass away from me!"
Shano's forehead burst with blue veins, and he said angrily, "Are you done yet? Kaido has moved the island away, why are you still suppressing me!"
"Oh... oh, right!"
Jack finally woke up, hastily transforming back into human form. "Sorry, Boss!"
Shano finally freed his arm. He stood up, glanced at the Senzu Beans he hadn't eaten, shook his head, and put them back into his backpack.
Then he looked up at Kaido in the distance.
The cyan dragon was following Bigmom's request, moving the floating island to the nearby sea, but this was clearly a struggle for Kaido, whose strength was running low.
The floating island, supported by the flaming cloud, was moving extremely slowly, and even then, more than half of it still remained above Cake Island.
"Hey, Kaido, do you want my help?"
"Shut up! Those without strength should just stay where they are and stop bossing us around!"
The cyan dragon roared, swung its body violently, and as if it were a last-ditch effort, it expended all its energy, instantly increasing the size of the purple-black blaze cloud several times over!
The massive floating island was finally completely moved above the sea. With a resounding boom, it crashed into the water, stirring up waves hundreds of meters high.
Cake Island, separated only by a few hundred meters of strait, felt the entire island shake.
"Great success! The Thirty-Six Islands of the World will become Thirty-Seven!"
Kaido transformed back into human form, spread his arms in the air, and laughed heartily.
"Lingling, you owe me a big favor this time. If you know what's good for you, don't talk about that incident that year anymore. Uh-huh…"
He laughed, and soon his voice gradually faded, his pupils gradually dilated, and his arms drooped limply.
The next moment, a huge figure over seven meters tall fell from the sky and landed in the sea, without a sound.
"…"
Shano retracted his gaze and shook his head.
He was really showing off, this guy had stolen all the limelight from me in an instant.
However, considering that he saved me a Senzu Bean and saved all the people of Cake Island, he would put aside his grudges for the time being and save the other person.
He casually took out a few pieces of red bean bread, threw them into his mouth, and chewed them with big mouthfuls. While regaining his strength, he checked around and made sure his friends were all okay before he came to the shore.
He stretched his leg joints a little, and then…
kicked Ah Yin, who was looking curiously at the side.