El appeared suspended in mid-air!
"El... what is he planning to do?!"
Sengoku cried out in alarm.
Both Aokiji and Kizaru felt a terrible premonition rising in their hearts.
"Don't tell me..." Kizaru muttered.
El hovered high above, his immense aura enveloping the entire battlefield.
Everyone lifted their heads, gazing up at his figure.
"Lord El!"
"He's floating in the sky... what is he going to do?"
Confused voices rose from all sides.
"Everyone... watch closely." El spoke calmly.
His voice wasn't loud, yet it reached the ears of every single person present.
"From this day forward... Marine Headquarters will be nothing but history."
As he spoke, from the Truth-Seeking Orbs floating behind him... He gathered an immense, overwhelming amount of chakra!
He manipulated the form of this energy to its absolute limit, compressing it into a sphere of incredibly high density!
Countless streams of natural energy surged into the sphere like a violent whirlpool.
Tailed Beast Ball!
The moment this colossal energy sphere took shape, everyone present was struck dumb by its sheer magnitude.
"This is bad... stop him, hurry!"
Sengoku screamed in panic!
Kizaru reacted the fastest, transforming into a streak of light in the sky!
But immediately, he was intercepted mid-air by the combined efforts of Crocodile and Marco!
Crocodile smiled faintly. "We can't let you disturb Lord El while he is working!"
Together, they forced Kizaru back.
At the same time, Aokiji also rushed forward!
Only to be easily blocked by Jinbe and Emporio Ivankov.
"Yo, yo, yo... little Aokiji."
"Getting past us isn't going to be that easy!"
Ivankov said casually, though his eyes were sharp and fully alert.
They didn't need to hold them off for long... Because at that very moment, the Tailed Beast Ball was fully formed!
Without the slightest hesitation, El launched it directly downward!
BOOM!
It struck straight into the heart of Marine Headquarters.
Instantly, a massive explosion erupted, engulfing everything in fire!
The light emitted was so blinding that no one could even open their eyes!
RUMBLEEEE...
The colossal Marine fortress was instantly blown into ruins!
The vast majority of the structure simply vanished... Blasted into fine dust and debris!
This was completely different from the destruction caused earlier by Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
Whitebeard created vibrations and earthquakes... But El's attack was pure, unadulterated destruction.
Far more violent... and far more powerful.
Marines, Pirates... And millions of viewers watching the live broadcast... All stared wide-eyed, jaws dropped in disbelief at the sight.
Marine Headquarters — the symbol of the World Government and Naval power — had been completely and utterly destroyed by El!
Reduced to history!
In this single moment... Sengoku, Aokiji, and Kizaru... Their faces turned ashen pale.
All hope was lost.
It's over!
They knew that with their headquarters destroyed... It meant that in this war... They were at an absolute, irreversible disadvantage!
Meanwhile, Akainu — heavily injured — had fallen into the magma deep beneath the ocean.
He had struggled and climbed his way back up with great difficulty...
Only to witness the exact moment the headquarters was annihilated.
His face turned a sickly shade of grey.
He nearly fainted right then and there!
"Gurarararara!"
Whitebeard let out a laugh of pure, unrestrained delight!
"The Marines are finished for good!"
"Praise El, all you pirates!"
"El... the man who destroyed the Marines!"
As Whitebeard's voice echoed across the battlefield...
The cheers of countless pirates rose to shake the very heavens!
"WE DID IT!"
"LONG LIVE LORD EL!"
"El! The man who destroyed the Marines! He is Invincible!!"
"Marines... what can you possibly use to fight the invincible Emperor El now?!"
The morale of the pirates had never been higher!
"Marine Headquarters... has been destroyed!"
"It's all over... we have lost this war."
"As long as someone like El exists... victory is impossible for us."
The Marines looked devastated.
All confidence and hope had completely drained away.
At that moment, Akainu walked to a quiet corner of the battlefield where no one else was around.
Silently, he began treating the wounds covering his body.
Across his chest, there was a massive, long sword scar... Exactly caused by that single strike from El just moments ago.
El's attack had completely ignored his Logia transformation.
If Sengoku hadn't stepped in to take part of the impact... He would surely be dead by now.
While tending to his injuries... He felt nothing but bitter frustration and rage in his heart.
For this war, the Marines had devised a plan that seemed absolutely flawless...
Yet because of El, everything had spiraled completely out of control.
What should have been a glorious victory for the Marines...
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