"You know, among all the Government's enemies, my favorite are you pirates who act purely on impulse."
Abyssal walked through the air using Geppo. On the ground, vast quantities of fungal bodies spread, immersing the entire judicial corps in a fungal frenzy.
The next instant, these fungi and bacteria of various shapes began to swell, erupting with a light as intense as ignited high explosives.
"Because you are always so foolish, willing to step into danger again and again for utterly unrelated people!"
Amidst Abyssal's hysterical laughter, the fierce light surging over the fungal bodies abruptly contracted.
Boom!
The towering Judgement Hall shook violently, as if brutally hammered. Cracks spread and appeared. Then, scorching light shone through the gaps, expanding, spreading, covering everything.
When the dust cleared, only half a ruin and a massive crater remained where the Judgement Hall once stood. Abyssal stood on a platform supported by fungal bodies, the fungal shells on his body baked off by the flames and explosion slowly shedding.
"Tch, an explosion of this level still can't kill a great pirate?"
Rainbow light flickered in Abyssal's pupils. His spreading Observation Haki had already detected the large cocoon woven from vines ahead.
The sound of sprouting vines gathered together, transforming into a majestic roar like a torrential downpour.
In the brief snap of a finger, the scorched, massive crater fell silent again. In its place grew pure white flowers.
Within the spreading, growing vines, the Judgement Hall's ruins were gently covered. Dreamlike white roses grew at a visible pace, spotlessly blooming amidst the dust.
Walking through this lonely, splendid sea of flowers, the pink-haired girl reached out, gently plucking a rose to sniff. "Abyssal. I won't stumble over the same stone twice."
"Heh. Using these useless flowers as your reliance for invincibility?"
Abyssal walked through mid-air using Geppo. "You don't actually think I didn't plant something on that Fish-Man, do you?"
He spread his fingers, aiming at Tom and the others being pursued by agents, enforcement officers, and the guilty jury at Enies Lobby's front, and clenched his hand tightly.
Just as Abyssal was about to activate his ability, repeating the tragedy of Foolshout Island...
The flower sea on the ground spewed vast amounts of pollen. Mixed with the sap secreted by the vines, it blocked Abyssal's vision in the dispersed air.
They rooted in the air and fungal bodies, expanding aggressively and unreasonably, elevating themselves to the dominant presence within this domain. Everything else entering here would be reduced to passive objects.
This was what the system termed, Wood Release
A special weapon inherited from the Otsutsuki Clan for hollowing out planets, the God Tree, Ten-Tails. Further refined through the system's achievement point gene adjustment, its special effect was… the ability to plunder all vitality and energy within a planet.
With Sakura's Yang Release Chakra added, its terrifying corrosive power targeted all living things, instantly turning a world vibrant with life into a flower sea filled with stillness and death.
"Wood Release: Higan Descent!"
Sakura, raising a finger, unleashed her unique Jutsu. Boiling Wood Release Chakra rose, annihilating, devouring, and transforming all fungal bodies within the flower sea.
It solidified the commands Abyssal tried to issue through his ability within the fungi, preventing them from being transmitted.
"Such power! What kind of ability user are you?!"
Seeing the spores he'd scattered dying in droves, the thought of retreat arose in Abyssal's mind.
However...
'Too late!'
Sakura, shouldering a massive sword wrapped in Haki, and a wood clone formed from tree vines beneath the ground, both stepped forward, rushing to his eyes.
"Take this! This is the repayment for daring to lay hands on my crew!!!"
Pure killing intent ignited searing Haki. Dark lightning roared in the void, making all things in the world comprehend the will of a conqueror.
Thus, the legendary spear manifested in the girls' hands.
Wind, earth, fungal bodies, flower sea… after a brief tremor, the chaotic world abruptly halted.
All fell silent.
Only the poised Spear of Elbaf hummed high-pitched.
"Ikoku Sovereignty!"
Unclear what happened. A piercing roar erupted. The legendary great spear linking heaven and earth pierced forth.
Abyssal crossed his arms before him, releasing every spore within his body to form a twisted fungal giant.
Flowing Armament Haki covered its fists as it boldly threw a punch at the spiral impact.
[Awakening - Slime Giant!]
Armament Haki capable of Internal Destruction clashed. Enies Lobby's front island was torn apart like paper.
In the intense clash, Abyssal gradually showed decline.
Though the awakened fungal bodies could continuously regenerate, within the range of Higan Descent, newly formed fungi were quickly stripped of energy, withering and dying.
Boom!!!
The impact shattered the Slime Giant's arm inch by inch. Countless viscous cytoplasmic fluid fell from mid-air like a torrential rain, splattering the earth. But the soaked ground didn't sprout new fungi. Instead, pure white roses bloomed.
"Damn you, Haruno Sakura!!!"
High in the sky, a blurry figure whizzed past. Pain made Abyssal roar, blood scattering across the sky.
Pushed continuously backward by the Spear of Elbaf's shockwave, he smashed hard onto the Bridge of Hesitation before the Gates of Justice. Cracks appeared in the bridge's supporting pillars below.
The vibrations transmitted outward. The Judgement Hall ruins he had shattered tilted and collapsed.
In his final, strenuously opened gaze, what crashed down towards him was the massive cross on the bluish stone bricks, symbolizing the World Government's justice.
Crack!
The ruins crashed down. The bridge surface couldn't bear the enormous mass and collapsed, carrying the person atop it plunging into the abyss of the giant waterfall below.
The military fleet arriving at Enies Lobby's periphery from the distant sea just happened to see the CP0 Director's fall.
Immediately, the battleships dispersed, semi-surrounding the entire island. They turned their sides, dense rows of gun ports aimed at the shore.
"Report, Admiral Akainu! Zephyr-sensei!"
The lookout in charge of surveying ran before the two men standing at the warship's bow, saluting. "The Higanbana crew has been confirmed at Enies Lobby's Front Island. The island's garrison is intercepting them!"
"Initiate a Buster Call. Burn them and this island to ash together."
Akainu, gritting his teeth, punched the railing before him. "Order the entire fleet! Prepare to bombard!"
"Wait!" Zephyr blocked Akainu's path. "At least launch small boats first to evacuate the garrison on the island!"
"Meaningless mercy, Sensei!"
Akainu pushed Zephyr aside. "Becoming a soldier means being prepared for sacrifice. If we let the Higanbana crew escape now to save them, what price will we pay later to rectify today's mistake?"
"You fool! Chanting 'sacrifice, sacrifice' like a mantra… how are we any different from pirates doing this?"
Veins bulged on Zephyr's forehead. He clenched his fists, roaring at him.
"The difference is we represent justice! And right now, I am the highest commander of this fleet!"
Akainu waved a hand, issuing the order without mercy. "Open fire-!"
On the undulating water surface, shipboard cannons rotated, adjusting their angles.
The order from the fleet's supreme commander spread to every vessel.
Ammunition was immediately loaded. Saturation bombardment began!
Ammunition stored in the warship holds was fed assembly-line style into the gun muzzles, fired, soaring like inverted meteors.
Tens of thousands of shells converged into a torrent. Burning steel connected sea and sky, plunging into the dark clouds in the sky.
Galloping and wreaking havoc high in the heavens, they majestically approached the distant Enies Lobby.
Sharp, piercing roars resounded across the sky. Destructive artillery fire descended from the heavens.
On the ground, Iceburg, who had barely knocked away a CP9 agent, stared dumbfounded at the sky.
Holy crap, I just came to break a prisoner out. Do you have to use a Buster Call to scorch the earth?
"Oho, aiming pretty accurately, huh?"
Kuina whistled, swinging her sword to cut down four or five enforcement officers. She shouldered her blade, looking up at the sky.
"Hurry and evacuate. This kind of bombardment isn't something humans can withstand."
Tiger grabbed an unconscious government agent, walking towards the three behind him.
"Run? How? Where to?"
Tom swallowed hard, glancing back at the giant waterfall abyss in the distance.
Who knew how deep that thing was? Even as a Fish-Man, he wasn't keen on jumping. Not to mention all the humans here.
"Anyway, let's break out towards the island's edge first."
Sakura's voice sounded among the group. Everyone's gaze focused on her as if finding their pillar.
"Woo!" x4