"Th-that... wh-what should we do after this?" Dust Citizen 4277, like Bai Yuekui, Ran Bing, and the others, was held aloft by Mew's psychic power, temporarily spared from disaster. Her voice trembled as she asked.
Although she was just a Dust Citizen with no other entertainment in her daily life except browsing the group chat for excitement, she often fantasized about what her life would be like if she had the power of those dominant strong individuals she saw.
But now...
Looking down at the abyss below, whose bottom and end were impossible to see, 4277 was dumbfounded.
As a Dust Citizen on the Lighthouse, she did the lowliest work.
It was hard, but at least she survived.
But now... forget the Lighthouse, she couldn't even see dry land anymore!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Suddenly, consecutive pillars of magma surged up one after another from the unseen depths of the abyss below.
"Mew~" Mew blinked its large, dewy eyes and used its psychic power to move itself and the people it had saved to an even higher altitude.
However, Ran Bing, Suixing, and the others felt no joy of having survived a disaster.
Because they knew-
Even if the battle ended, this planet would no longer be habitable.
"Probably... no, it's certain our planet is being used as a sacrificial offering." Bai Yuekui said coldly, having opened the Universe Chat Group.
She had just reported the matter in the group, even informing the East King Kai and the Grand Kai about the current situation-
Yet the two gods had not replied for a long time.
It went without saying; they had tacitly approved Lott's decision.
After all, if the fight happened in the Afterlife and affected the Afterlife and King Yemma, who knows what would happen!
In comparison, the Planet Ling Cage was just a dispensable, rotten planet.
So what if it was sacrificed?
To put it more bluntly, Bai Yuekui would have had a very hard time defeating Tifa in that interrupted match.
Their hand-to-hand skills were indeed evenly matched.
But don't forget, Tifa hadn't used many of the strange magical items from her planet.
If she had brought summoning stones and summoned something like Bahamut...
How could Bai Yuekui possibly fight that?
The attitude of the Grand Kai and the others was clear-
Sacrifice the Planet Ling Cage to restore balance to the universe.
…
Meanwhile, in Loguetown on the Planet Pirate.
"Galaxy Impact!"
With a loud shout, a heavily bruised and battered Garp threw another punch.
His target was none other than Gol D. Roger, the Pirate King who had been dead for over thirty years, and Garp's former rival!
After Lott's brief visit to the Pirate Planet years ago and the unexpected death of Luffy, Garp became disheartened.
He resigned from his position as Vice Admiral of the Marine Headquarters and came to the East Blue to do what Smoker once did… guarding Loguetown.
Garp, who thought he would just wait for death quietly, never imagined that in his final days, he would be able to fight Roger again!
"Haha! Garp! You've gotten old!" Roger, holding his sword in one hand, didn't use any special techniques.
He simply released flying slash sword.
A slashing attack imbued with red lightning, clearly Haki-infused, overpowered Garp's fist wind in the very first exchange.
Prime Roger vs. Elderly Garp.
It was obvious who would win.
Garp was instantly sent flying, crashing into a civilian house behind him. The entire building turned to ruins in a second.
"Alright, Garp. While I'm a bit interested in sitting down for a drink and chatting about what I saw in Hell, I heard that guy Rocks has been resurrected too. Let's put our past grievances aside for now and go deal with that guy, just like the old days." Roger extended a hand towards Garp lying in the rubble, making an inviting gesture.
"Hmph~ A guy who was cast into Hell after death, acting all high and mighty like a champion of justice." Garp wiped the blood trickling down his forehead and sneered.
"The Marines will handle him!"
"Do you believe that yourself?" Roger shrugged.
"I met the Five Elders and their lot in Hell too. Haha, at first, they still had that 'we're the best in the world' attitude, but the next second, they were howling under the guards' whips! Haha! Pity you can't see such an amusing scene~"
"Great Flame Commandment: Flame Emperor!"
Just then, an angry roar was heard.
A fireball resembling a small sun loomed over Loguetown.
It too was surrounded by red lightning, showing it was imbued with Conqueror's Haki!
It was Ace!
Over the past few years, he hadn't been idle either and had also mastered Conqueror's Haki.
"Die, Roger!" Ace snarled viciously as he hurled the fireball down onto a building.
Garp, half-lying in the ruins, unable to get up due to his severely declined physical condition, looked at Ace in disbelief.
After successively losing his grandson Luffy and his adoptive grandson Sabo, the only thing Garp paid attention to in the newspapers now was Ace, his last adoptive grandson.
"Divine Departure!"
At the last moment before the Flame Emperor landed, a red flying slash condensed. A brilliant red sword aura, identical to Shanks's, instantly bisected the fireball.
The bisected fireball, struck by the flying slash, was flung high into the air, causing a thunderous explosion.
The resulting dust storm caused by the explosion sent Ace's wavy black hair, similar to Roger's, flying wildly.
"You... are you Ace? That guy Newgate told me about you in Hell! Wow! That was one of the few pieces of good news I heard down there!" Roger shouted with surprise and joy.
Looking at Ace's face, he found that if the freckles were removed and some stubbles were added, it was practically a younger version of himself!
"Shut up! Don't you dare use a fatherly tone with me now, of all times." Ace erupted with flames all over his body, which coiled around him like fiery clouds.
It somewhat resembled his late brother's Nika Awakening mode.
"My father is Whitebeard, and only Whitebeard!"
Ace relentlessly launched a verbal and physical assault on his biological father.
"Your resurrection is a good thing for me, you scum."
"This way I can kill you with my own hands!"
"Don't worry, you won't be lonely. I'll send that bastard Teach to keep you company soon!"
"You two pieces of scum can keep each other company nicely in the next world!"
If you asked Ace who he hated the most, the number one spot undoubtedly went to Blackbeard Teach.
And the second... well, it was the man right in front of him.
…
Compared to the chaotic Planet Pirate, things had calmed down relatively quickly on the Planet Magic.
Although the three major dark guilds had been resurrected, the Fairy Tail's members had grown to new heights.
The most troublesome enemy, the Alvarez Empire, was in chaos after losing its Emperor, Zeref.
The higher-ups were discussing what to do next.
Should they appoint a new emperor? Or should the empire dissolve, with its over 700 guilds governing themselves?
On the northern part of the Ishgar Continent, Erza waved her hand, retracting her sword into her magical storage space.
Facing Kyoka of Tartaros, who had once given her a hard fight, the vastly stronger current Erza had easily defeated her.
"Natsu and Gray should be fine too," Erza muttered to herself.
"Next, we just need to wait for things to conclude over there," Mirajane said from behind and to her right, having also released her Take Over Magic.
"Mira... are you going to leave afterwards?" Erza's expression shifted slightly as she looked sideways at her friend.
"Hmm... There's nothing left to worry about now, right?... I want to say a proper goodbye to everyone when the time comes. I don't know what Lisanna thinks, but at least Elfman will probably choose to stay here. I hope Master takes good care of him."
The only thing to worry about might be the Black Dragon, Acnologia.
But since she and Lott had... that kind of relationship, using his name a bit to scare that dragon should be fine, right?