This was a massive war.
The number of participants on both sides exceeded one million, with thousands of ships and warships battling on the sea.
The entire world was watching.
And now, as both sides fully entered the battlefield, the waters outside of Mary Geoise had descended into chaos.
Artillery fire roared, gunshots crackled incessantly.
People roared, slaughtered, and frantically attacked their opponents, their eyes bloodshot.
The sea was slowly changing color.
Kakashi was naturally in the thick of it. He was still young, but he was quite strong, even stronger than when he was in the Hidden Sage Village.
Lightning crackled in his left hand, while a short blade gleamed with a cold light in his right. He danced through the crowd, transformed into a grim reaper, engaging in a frenzied slaughter.
But upon closer inspection, one could see that there was always another person by Kakashi's side on the battlefield.
It was Kisame Hoshigaki.
Before the war began, he received orders from Konan to team up with Kakashi.
Neither of them were allowed to die.
Not only Kakashi and Kisame, but others were also fighting in this great war.
Ranzuki, Kei Yuki, Saraki...
Each had their own opponents, currently locked in a life-or-death struggle.
In the sky, Konan's body flickered as she created hundreds of paper clones that plunged into the battlefield.
Her true body, however, was confronting a World Government powerhouse, a man possessing the strength of a top-tier warrior.
And, his Devil Fruit ability was... Magma!
Yes, it was Akainu's previous Devil Fruit, the Magma-Magma Fruit.
And this ability happened to be Konan's natural counter.
"So you're the Angel, Konan! Today, I'll burn your wings and reduce you to ashes!"
The man roared, a fist smashing forward, sending molten lava splashing.
Kona's paper clones instantly turned to ash upon contact with the magma.
Paper, after all, couldn't withstand fire. Her ability was being countered.
However, Konan remained unperturbed.
Her abilities weren't limited to manipulating paper.
She moved constantly, launching attacks as she went.
Paper danced and fluttered in the sky, though much of it turned to ash. But there was simply too much paper; it was impossible to burn it all.
At a certain moment, Konan stopped.
She stretched out a hand, and a golden light suddenly erupted in the sky. Beams of light formed a cage, entrapping the man.
It was her Sealing Jutsu!
"Is this the ability you almost killed Whitebeard with? It truly is wondrous and …powerful indeed. However, I'm not Whitebeard. Trying to trap me with this is nothing but wishful thinking."
The man spoke, his body already transforming into its elemental form.
After his elemental transformation, the golden ropes passed right through his body, unable to bind him.
This was the power of a Logia Devil Fruit user; in their elemental form, they were invincible against physical attacks.
"Really? And what do you think now?"
Konan smiled, radiant as sunlight, blooming like a flower, captivatingly beautiful.
However, in the man's eyes, this beauty was filled with danger.
He realized he was in trouble and wanted to retreat, but suddenly discovered that the golden light had spread, completely connecting and forming a sealed space!
"Break!"
The man roared, his fist imbued with black Haki. He used all his strength, fiercely striking the golden barrier.
Crack!!!
A crisp sound echoed as the sealed space was almost broken!
However, it ultimately held.
Konan formed hand seals, her expression becoming sacred. Her entire being radiated a divine aura.
Then, a sword appeared in her hand.
A fluorescent sword.
The appearance of this sword seemed to weaken Konan.
"Did you really think that just because your body is elementized, you're invincible? If you have the ability, elementize your spirit as well!"
Konan spoke, moving swiftly. In an instant, she arrived beside the man, a mere meter away.
Yet, the sword in Konan's hand, piercing through the golden barrier, stabbed into the man's body.
In that moment, the man's eyes widened, as if witnessing something unbelievable.
He looked down, watching the blade gradually turn into starlight. He opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing, dying before he could utter a word.
His body hadn't suffered the slightest physical injury.
But he was still dead.
Because his spirit had been shattered by that single sword strike.
And this sword technique was something Konan had specifically learned from Hui to counter the elementalization of Logia Devil Fruit users.
"This technique is really useful, but it's quite a bit exhasuting to use."
Konan muttered to herself, then rallied her spirits and moved on to face her next opponent.
In the sky, Hui smiled with satisfaction. "Not bad, she mastered it in such a short time."
He had only taught Konan this sword technique two months ago. He hadn't expected her to master it so perfectly in just two months.
This was sufficient proof of Konan's high talent and the strength of her spirit.
Beside Hui, Lorianne, hearing his praise, looked down at Konan, a smirk appearing on her lips.
Then, in a teasing tone, she said, "I can't believe you'd even lay your hands on someone you'd consider your own sister, you beast."
Hearing this, Hui's lips twitched, recalling the future scene he had seen before.
He then said with a deadpan expression, "That was just one possibility out of countless futures. As they say, anything is possible.
"You've only seen that future in one of the branches. It has an extremely slim chance of happening.
"Maybe if you look into my future again right now, the scene will have already changed."
Every choice gave birth to a corresponding possibility. A person's life was filled with countless choices, leading to infinite possibilities.
Perhaps, he would make a different choice in the future.
Lorianne was stunned by Hui's words. She then pouted and didn't continue speaking.
What Hui said was indeed true; what she had seen before was just one possibility out of countless futures she had deduced.
As for what the specific future would be like, it would only be completely clear when that moment arrived.
"...Let's continue watching. It seems the Celestial Dragons are about to make a big move."
Hui spoke, his gaze fixed on the distant sky.
Something was approaching.
A long, elliptical object.
This object was enormous. Flying in the sky, it resembled an island descending from the heavens.
However, it was actually...a spaceship!
Actually, it was a spaceship.
The entire ship was jet black. If it were in the vastness of space, it would be able to perfectly blend into the starry sky, achieving optimal concealment.
But now, it appeared under the blue sky.
Some people also spotted the spaceship.
All were startled, then gasped.
Because even from a great distance, they could sense the ship's immense size.
"What...what is that?!"
A pirate gulped and asked, looking up, forgetting to continue fighting.
Not only him, but more and more people stopped, all looking towards the sky.
Because a gigantic shadow had appeared, slowly covering the sea.
Finally, the spaceship drew near, arriving above Mary Geoise.
And everyone stopped fighting, staring dumbfoundedly at the spaceship in the sky.
It was too big, their imagination.
Kakashi made a rough estimate and was horrified to discover that the spaceship was a full five kilometers long and two kilometers wide!
"Is this... Uranus?"
Hui said, somewhat uncertain.
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