At this moment, the world seemed to be violently clutched by an invisible giant hand!
The pitch-black sphere suspended high in the sky instantly erupted with boundless, irresistible, terrifying gravitational force!
Rumble, rumble, rumble—!!!
The sea was the first to lose control!
The calm surface of the sea instantly exploded, no longer just stirring up waves, but the entire ocean was forcibly "torn" upwards!
Hundreds of millions of tons of seawater transformed into colossal waterspouts that reached the heavens, defying the laws of physics, roaring as they were frantically sucked towards the source of gravity in the sky!
Next, it was the land!
The island where Foosha Village was located began to tremble violently!
Mountains crumbled, and the earth collapsed! Countless houses, trees, and rocks were uprooted, turning into a chaotic torrent rushing towards the sky!
Even the reef beneath White Night's feet began to shatter inch by inch, pulled upwards by that gravitational force.
"Hey, hey, hey… You've got to be kidding me!"
Kizaru's face showed an expression of utter horror for the first time.
His body transformed into light, attempting to escape the area, but he discovered, to his terror, that even light was captured and distorted by that terrifying gravity!
His proud speed became a joke at this moment!
"White Night, you little brat… are you trying to destroy the entire East Blue…?"
Garp roared, the pure white aura of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit flashing wildly on his fists, punching the surrounding space again and again, trying to counteract the omnipresent gravity with the power of vibration, barely stabilizing his body.
But for every second he stabilized himself, the stamina and Haki he consumed were immense!
Dragon's expression also turned incredibly grim; he transformed into a raging wind, only to find that the wind was also swallowed by the black sphere, so he could only continuously generate new wind, engaging in a futile struggle against that gravitational force.
Seeing the disheveled appearance of the three top powerhouses, White Night scratched his head, realizing it belatedly.
He turned to Garp, offering an apologetic smile.
"My apologies, my apologies, it's my first time using this move, so I'm not very skilled yet. I'll be more careful next time."
"Please bear with it for now, old man."
As soon as he finished speaking, White Night made a grasping motion towards the black sphere in the sky.
Buzz!
The terrifying gravitational force that enveloped the entire Foosha Village island abruptly vanished.
As if it had never existed.
The trees and house debris that had been sucked into mid-air clattered down.
Garp, Kizaru, and Dragon instantly felt a lightness in their bodies, all landing back on the ground, panting heavily, looking at White Night with eyes as if he were a monster.
He merely canceled the gravity in this area?
What did this signify?
It signified that White Night possessed absolutely precise control over this world-destroying move!
This was even more unsettling than indiscriminate destruction!
And what was Golden Lion Shiki, who was at the very center of the gravity and directly facing all of this, enduring?
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah —!!!"
"Brat! Stop it!"
From high in the sky came Golden Lion Shiki's roar, filled with shock and fury.
He was insane.
He was truly going insane!
His proud floating island cluster, the mobile fortress he had managed for many years and intended to use to overturn the world, was now falling apart!
One island after another was torn apart by the black sphere's gravity, turning into giant rock fragments that were sucked onto it!
What made him feel even more despair was… his ability seemed to be ineffective in the face of this omnipresent gravitational force.
Mountains and vast stretches of land were forcibly ripped apart, turning into countless massive rocks that were sucked towards that black "sun"!
"Stop… you bastard!!!"
Shiki's eyes were bloodshot, looking like a madman!
He pushed the power of the Float-Float Fruit to its limit, trying to stabilize himself and the collapsing island beneath his feet.
However, it was useless!
In the face of that absolute gravity, which seemed capable of crushing a planet, his Devil Fruit ability was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot!
"Lion's Threat: Earth Roll!"
Unwillingly, he manipulated the seawater that had been sucked into the sky, attempting to form a pride of lions to counterattack.
But as soon as those seawater lions formed, they were instantly torn apart by gravity and merged into the "material torrent" flying towards the sky!
"Lion: Thousand Valley Slices!"
His legs transformed into blades, unleashing two golden slashes that blotted out the sky!
However, those slashes, powerful enough to cleave mountains and islands, were twisted and crushed the moment they approached the black sphere, failing to even create a ripple!
Watching himself, along with the remnants of the entire island, about to be sucked into the black sphere and utterly reduced to cosmic dust.
In Golden Lion Shiki's eyes, finally, there appeared… fear and despair he had never shown since he first set sail!
"No… No!!!!"
He let out a final, unwilling roar.
But everything was in vain.
Under the gaze of Garp, Kizaru, and Dragon, who were shocked to the point of numbness.
Under the terrified gaze of countless people in Foosha Village, and even the Goa Kingdom.
In the sky, a colossal sphere, composed of seawater, rocks, earth, island remnants… and the legendary great pirate Golden Lion Shiki, was slowly taking shape.
It grew larger and larger, rounder and rounder.
Finally, a brand new "moon," over ten thousand meters in diameter, with a pockmarked surface covered in hideous cracks, hung high in the sky above the East Blue!
Dead silence.
The world once again fell into absolute dead silence.
The gale stopped, the tsunami vanished, and the trembling of the earth ceased.
Only that newborn "moon," radiating an ominous and oppressive aura, hung silently there, casting a colossal shadow, as if announcing the absolute authority of a certain existence to this world.
The three men, standing at the apex of the world, capable of making any sea tremble, were now as if their throats were choked, their breathing becoming cautious.
Kizaru's sunglasses had slipped down to the bridge of his nose, and he didn't even bother to push them back up.
Looking at the sphere, ten times the size of the island beneath his feet, cold sweat beaded on his forehead, dripping down his cheeks and hitting the rocks below with an almost inaudible "pat" sound.
"Hey, hey, hey… This is really…"
His characteristic lazy tone, for the first time, carried an undisguised tremor.
Next to him, Dragon's perpetually unreadable, icy face finally showed a slight crack.
He stared intently at the enormous sphere in the sky, formed of islands and seawater, with an uncontrollable surge of shock deep in his pupils.
Is this the power of a god?
If there are gods, then what is the meaning of revolution?
Dragon was now plunged into self-doubt!
Only Garp, after the initial shock, was the first to recover.
He had witnessed too many super-standard battles in the instance, and his psychological endurance far exceeded that of ordinary people.
"Gulp."
Garp swallowed with difficulty, turning to look at White Night, who seemed to have merely swatted a fly.
"Uh… White Night, kid."
Garp's voice was a bit dry, "What happened to that scoundrel Shiki? He wasn't… really killed by you, was he?"
After all, he was an old rival from the same era as Roger and Whitebeard; to be crushed into a ball and hung in the sky like this, the scene was simply too stimulating.
White Night shrugged indifferently at his words.
"Killed? How could that be? He's a potential customer of mine, after all."
He glanced at the "Chibaku Tensei" in the sky, a hint of disdain on his face.
"I'm just letting him stay inside to calm down."
"After all, these remnants of the old era always think they're still the protagonists of the world, looking down on everyone."
White Night withdrew his gaze, surveyed the ravaged island, and said slowly.
"If they're not properly disciplined, they won't learn what rules are."
As his words fell.
White Night's gaze suddenly shifted to Kizaru and Dragon.
It was a plain, unremarkable look, yet it instantly made the two top powerhouses stiffen, the hairs on their backs standing on end!
"Speaking of which…"
White Night's voice remained calm.
"You two, when I said to stop earlier, it seemed like… you hesitated, didn't you?"
Boom!
It was as if an invisible thunderclap exploded in their ears!
Kizaru and Dragon's hearts fiercely clenched!
"No! Absolutely not!"
Kizaru almost reflexively jumped up, waving his hands repeatedly, his expression exaggerated to the extreme.
"How could that be, Boss Bai Ye! Our respect for your orders is absolutely one hundred percent, no, two hundred percent!"
He spoke so fast it was like a tongue twister, afraid of being even half a second late.
"That was entirely… yes, the inertia of light! You know, light speed, it's quick to start, but hard to brake! I was trying hard to slow down! Really!"
Saying this, one of the Marine's top combatants even gave White Night an incredibly fawning, almost ingratiating smile.
Dragon, though not as exaggerated as Kizaru, was equally quick to react.
He immediately stepped forward, his expression serious, his tone solemn.
"Mr. White Night, you've misunderstood."
"Our side had no hesitation whatsoever; we were merely evaluating the best way to cease the attack to minimize secondary damage to the surrounding environment."
"Our actions were entirely based on a profound understanding and thorough implementation of your will!"