"Quickly help me extinguish the flames! Otherwise, once I lose consciousness, the seven islands below will fall. Then, the hundreds of thousands of innocent people in Water 7 will die! And that woman from Phantom will die too!"
Hearing this, Vladimir curled his lips and smiled faintly. "An ugly struggle. Do you think this Emperor cares?"
"Don't you care about the lives of hundreds of thousands of people?!" Shiki roared.
"I do not care."
Vladimir said calmly.
If there were no other options, then the deaths of these hundreds of thousands of people would be a mere footnote, summarized as "none of my business."
Of course, if he had the ability to save them incidentally, there was no problem with doing so.
Thinking this, he continued, "Shiki, you've disappointed me greatly. I thought you were a clever person, but in reality, you are foolish. Even in your final moments, you resort to such tiresome tactics to save your own life. You truly are an idiot."
In fact, Vladimir didn't have a strong desire to kill him.
As long as Shiki offered a suitable "compensation," Vladimir wouldn't mind sparing his life. But this guy actually tried to threaten him with the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Water 7. He was irredeemably stupid.
Hearing his words, Shiki's screams intensified. "You… how can you be so cold-blooded!"
"You are the cold-blooded one. Why do you think the three Dominator-level executives present exist? Is it just to deal with you alone?"
Vladimir's expression was calm as he looked at Shiki crawling towards him. "They are here not just for you. It's to destroy the seven islands you'll leave behind after you die!"
"No! It was my fault just now, I'm willing to apologize." Shiki shouted, "Aren't you collecting Devil Fruits? I know where to find some! I can offer ten as compensation!"
"Too late."
Vladimir couldn't be bothered to reply, quietly watching as Shiki was reduced to a charred corpse by Amaterasu.
His golden, lion-like hair was all burned away, leaving him bald. His clothes were incinerated, exposing his dark skin.
Vladimir retracted the Amaterasu flames and, while examining him, suddenly let out a soft exclamation.
"Such strong life force. He's still clinging to life even after this. However, he's lost consciousness. The three of you, take action."
As soon as he spoke, the central large island beneath their feet trembled violently and began to fall.
The pirates on board were all greatly alarmed. "Disaster! If this falls, not only will the people below be doomed, but we will die too!"
Chaos erupted everywhere.
Just then, Shadow Fiend suddenly appeared, grabbing one of the pirates. "Hand over the person."
"Yes… yes!"
The pirate quickly handed over the unconscious Iceberg.
Shadow Fiend immediately grabbed Iceberg, then a spatial rift opened, swallowing the two of them.
As Shadow Fiend departed, Sea Dragon, Archangel, and Lich King also began to act.
There were a total of seven falling islands, one large and six small. The term "small" was only relative to the main island. In reality, even one of the smaller islands falling would be enough to shatter Water 7.
Therefore, the three Dominator-level executives would act separately, each destroying two small islands.
The largest island beneath their feet was naturally left for Vladimir's main body.
...
At the port.
Robin held a boy, looking up at the seven islands in the sky.
The seven islands descending from the sky was a rare sight.
If it were in the past, she would have been terrified by such a world-shattering spectacle, not standing calmly as she was now.
She was waiting, waiting for Phantom's high-ranking members to appear.
Just then, a spatial rift flashed behind her, and Shadow Fiend emerged.
"All done."
"Hmm?" Robin asked in surprise. "Where's Shiki?"
"The floating islands in the sky are about to fall. What do you think happened to Shiki?"
Shadow Fiend threw the Iceberg he was holding to the ground and flicked his finger. Instantly, a shadow energy struck the boy's forehead, waking him up.
"He's… dead?" Robin asked in shock. It had only been a short time, and the legendary great pirate had already fallen?
"You…!" Iceberg woke up and saw Franky held by Robin. "Let us go quickly!"
"What's the hurry?" Shadow Fiend snapped his fingers, and the shadow world descended again. The spatial rift, like a monster's mouth, spat out a plump fish-man.
"Mr. Tom!" Iceberg exclaimed in shock, then breathed a slight sigh of relief upon seeing he was unharmed.
Seeing this, Robin chuckled. "Now is not the time for you to reminisce. Look up."
Hearing this, Iceberg subconsciously obeyed and looked up, his small face turning pale.
"The islands… the islands in the sky are falling!!" he stammered in terror.
Under such immense power, individuals were so insignificant.
Shadow Fiend raised an eyebrow and looked at Robin. "You're surprisingly not afraid."
To this, Robin smiled. "When the sky falls, the tall ones will bear the brunt."
She rarely joked like this. In the past, she was always busy hiding and fleeing. Now, she had suddenly let go of many of her defenses.
Shadow Fiend was speechless. This girl was quite bold, knowing she was just a subordinate and that Dominator-level executives were above her.
"Indeed, there's no need to worry. Our mission is to obtain the blueprints."
Setting aside the interrogation here.
In the sky, the six smaller islands began to fall first.
A flash of holy light, and Archangel suddenly appeared between two of the islands.
His expression was solemn, like a descending deity, radiating holy light.
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