Mihawk, Akainu, Sengoku, Blackbeard.
Doflamingo, Kuma, Moria, over a dozen Marine Vice Admirals, and nearly a hundred thousand Marines.
They integrated all their power, coordinating with Mihawk's world-shocking sword slash, to strike the center of the meteorite.
Amidst a heaven-shaking roar, a crack appeared in the center of the meteorite and spread upward.
Finally, the entire meteorite split in two.
The sky, which had been shrouded in darkness, finally revealed a sliver of light, a line of blue.
"Impact is coming!" the Marine admirals roared.
All the Marines fled to the area between the two halves of the meteorite.
As long as they weren't directly hit, they still had a chance to survive.
"RUMBLE...!"
The two halves of the meteorite crashed into the land of Marineford.
It was as if hundreds of thousands of giants were beating war drums. An endless, explosive roar detonated in their ears.
The ground beneath their feet, Marineford, experienced an unprecedented earthquake.
The shaking was so violent that the Marines felt as if the entire island was flipping over.
A ferocious, gale-force shockwave kicked up countless grains of sand, blowing so hard they couldn't open their eyes.
Many people were sent flying by the shockwave, screaming in terror as they were swept into the sky.
"Help!"
"The island is collapsing!"
"Watch out for the cracks!"
"..."
Luo Chen stood atop the wooden dragon, quietly watching the island of Marineford break into several pieces.
The meteorite, shattered in two, had also smashed Marineford to pieces.
If not for the attacks of the Marines and Warlords offsetting most of the meteorite's gravitational potential energy, this island would have sunk completely.
Now, the island had only partially sunk.
Of the seven pieces the island had broken into, two capsized and sank into the sea.
The other five pieces of land bobbed up and down on the violently churning ocean.
The piece of land where the Marines were did not sink. The panicked voices of the tens of thousands of Marines on it echoed to the heavens.
He looked back at the sea behind him.
One after another, hundred-meter-tall giant waves radiated from Marineford, slamming into the dozens of giant wooden ships.
One of his Wood Clones stood at the front, using Shinra Tensei to block a portion of the waves.
The remaining giant waves were shattered by Whitebeard and his commanders.
It could be said that these pirates had suffered no casualties.
But the way they looked at Luo Chen was as if they were looking at an unparalleled monster, full of shock and astonishment.
The meteorite, as large as half an island, six or seven kilometers wide, had made these pirates, all with bounties in the hundreds of millions, feel like rookies who had just set out to sea.
They were deeply shaken, feeling a profound sense of awe and fear.
This kind of power... even Whitebeard Pops, in his current state, might not be able to unleash.
No wonder Luo Chen and Pops had told them to flee.
If they hadn't, they would absolutely have died.
Look at the Marines on that island.
Originally, after all the fighting, there were still over ninety thousand.
But this one meteorite had killed at least ten thousand.
Their bodies were either smashed by the debris or fell into the sea. Their numbers were clearly and sharply reduced.
On the Going Merry, Usopp's tongue was tied in a knot, unable to form a single complete word.
Hancock cupped her cheeks, her beautiful eyes looking at Luo Chen on the wooden dragon, dazed.
'What a powerful man!'
She couldn't help but scream internally.
Nami, Carina, Chopper, and the others stared at Luo Chen, dumbfounded.
Franky made a clicking sound with his tongue. "Is Luo Chen even human? Summoning a meteorite? That's too perverted!"
Robin sighed. "The power of a god."
On a giant ship far away, Enel keenly caught this comment, pursed his lips, and said nothing.
Summoning a meteorite was something he couldn't do.
Perhaps with the Ark Maxim, he could create an "El Thor" that could destroy an island, but its power was far less than this meteorite's.
If not for the many powerhouses of the Marines blocking it...
Marineford would have been annihilated, without a doubt.
It might even have triggered tsunamis of varying degrees around the world.
On one of the giant ships, Zoro picked up Luffy's jaw, which had dropped to the deck, and put it back.
Luffy swallowed, saying in awe, "H-How did he do that? How can such a big rock fall from the sky?"
Sanji had no choice but to helplessly explain what a meteorite was.
After explaining, Sanji smiled bitterly. "That really was a terrifying attack. For a second, I thought I was going to die in the tsunami."
Zoro looked silently at Marineford and said, "Not even Mihawk could cut that meteorite."
"If I can cut that in the future, I'll be able to become the world's greatest swordsman."
Sanji rolled his eyes. "Stop dreaming. Look at those high-ranking Marines, and the Warlords. They're all sitting on the ground, exhausted."
"Even if you became the world's greatest swordsman and surpassed Mihawk, you still might not be able to cut a meteorite of that scale."
Marineford, on the shattered pieces of land.
Tens of thousands of Marines, having survived the disaster, sat collapsed on the ground.
The Rear Admirals and Vice Admirals were no exception.
Even Sengoku and Akainu were leaning against a giant rock, gasping for breath.
The continuous attacks in that short period had consumed a massive amount of stamina.
Now, their muscles ached all over.
The short-term exertion felt as if they had been fighting for ten days and ten nights straight.
Blackbeard Teach sat on the ground without any regard for his image, panting heavily, his head turned to look at Luo Chen.
A trace of lingering fear remained in his eyes.
'To be honest, he had gone to Impel Down earlier.'
'Only to find that all the prisoners were gone.'
'Especially the several powerful prisoners... all had been taken.'
'After asking, he learned Luo Chen had done it.'
'Teach had been enraged at the time. He returned to Marineford, preparing to first launch a sneak attack and kill Whitebeard.'
'Then he would use his Dark-Dark Fruit to steal Pops' Tremor-Tremor Fruit.'
'With the power of two fruits, he would kill Luo Chen.'
'But this meteorite... it made Teach feel his plan might have been a bit reckless.'
'Killing Pops and taking the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was fine.'
'But killing Luo Chen... he needed to think twice.'
Mihawk held his black blade, Yoru, breathing lightly, his gaze on Luo Chen, his eyes brimming with fighting spirit.
Doflamingo and Gecko Moria were also looking at Luo Chen.
The combat power this man had displayed had greatly shocked them.
As Warlords of the Sea, they had seen their fair share of the world.
They had, more or less, clashed with the Four Emperors and the Marine Admirals.
But this was the first time they had ever encountered such a terrifying ability as Luo Chen's.
'Summoning a meteorite from the sky... they could barely accept that.'
'After all, there had been users of the Gravity Fruit in history who had done so.'
'But even they had never summoned a meteorite several kilometers in diameter.'
'A hundred meters, maybe a few hundred at most, was the limit.'
'A meteorite of a few hundred meters could sink an island.'
'Several kilometers... If not for the fact that so many experts were gathered at Marineford today...'
'This part of the sea would have definitely been overturned.'
'The world map would have to be redrawn.'
The wooden dragon flew over from the distance, stopping above the many Marines and Warlords.
"Not bad. You took one meteorite."
Luo Chen smiled, sweeping his gaze over the crowd.
"The good news is, you survived."
"The bad news is, there's still one more."
His clear voice spread across the ruined islands of Marineford.
It also reached the ears of the many pirates on the sea in the distance.
Sengoku and Akainu abruptly raised their heads.
Tsuru, who was supporting Garp, looked over as well.
Vice Admiral Momonga, the eighty thousand elite Marines.
The Warlords Mihawk, Doflamingo, Moria... every one of them looked over, a look of slight confusion on their faces.
'Still one more?'
'One more... meteorite?'
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