Boom boom boom boom boom…

The sounds of battle echoed nonstop.

Five people were besieging Rocks.

Rocks, with a hole pierced through his chest, grew increasingly agitated.

Fighting alone, Rocks gradually began to fall into disadvantage.

The island was getting hotter and hotter.

Everyone finally noticed something was wrong.

The temperature was rising too quickly!

In just a short time, it had gone up by dozens of degrees—it felt like a furnace.

“This is?!”

On the other side of the shore, the officers also noticed the abnormal rise in temperature.

Just as they were wondering about the cause—

Sakazuki’s expression suddenly changed, and he muttered to himself:

As if realizing something, the look of “shock” on Sakazuki’s face was unmistakable:

“This sensation!…”

“Everyone, listen up! Get to the ships immediately!”

“Evacuate this island!”

“Now!!!”

He shouted, his face dramatically changing!

The soldiers on the shore were utterly confused by Sakazuki’s sudden shouting.

Most of them were frozen in place—only the soldiers from Sakazuki’s own ship quickly boarded without hesitation.

“Everyone, listen up! Get to the ships immediately!”

“Everyone, listen up! Get to the ships immediately!”

“Everyone, listen up! Get to the—”

The other officers, stunned for a moment, quickly began giving orders.

With each officer issuing commands, everyone finally realized the urgency of the situation and rushed to board the ships.

Once the officers had finished giving orders, they all turned to look at Sakazuki, whose expression had changed drastically.

“What’s going on, Sakazuki?”

Vice Admiral Ward Morris stepped forward and asked, full of confusion on everyone’s behalf.

“It’s the scent of magma.”

“There’s no mistaking it!”

“It’s coming from the center of the island.”

Sakazuki said grimly.

“The aura is rising too fast.”

“I fear there’s a massive underwater volcano beneath this island.”

“It’s about to erupt.”

“At the current rate and intensity of the magma aura…”

“Once it erupts, the island will be destroyed in a very short time, and it’ll trigger a tsunami and a hurricane.”

“Vice Admiral Morris, can you reach the Fleet Admiral?”

“We must evacuate.”

With each sentence Sakazuki explained to them, the darker his expression became. The others’ faces likewise grew increasingly grim.

“Start the evacuation at once. I’ll contact him now.”

Vice Admiral Morris’s face also changed drastically as he spoke, and the other officers quickly moved to organize the evacuation.

…

“Burururu, burururu.”

The Den Den Mushi in the pocket of Sengoku, stationed on the perimeter, began to ring. He picked it up.

Morris’s anxious expression was vividly mimicked by the Den Den Mushi:

“Admiral Sengoku, is the Fleet Admiral Kong there?”

Seeing this, Sengoku’s expression turned serious and he asked solemnly:

“Morris, what’s going on?”

Morris’s voice came through urgently:

“The abnormal temperature on this island is due to magma.”

“There might be a massive underwater volcano beneath the island.”

“It’s about to erupt.”

“Once it does, the entire island will be destroyed in a very short time!”

Sengoku was deeply shaken by Morris’s words:

“Understood!”

“Start organizing the evacuation immediately.”

“I’ll go inform the others.”

After replying to Morris, Sengoku dashed toward the battlefield.

…

On the battlefield—

The clash of metal rang endlessly, and explosions resounded without pause.

“Shockwave of the Buddha!”

Sengoku transformed into a hundred-meter-tall golden Buddha.

Seizing the opportunity, he unleashed a full-powered strike.

A massive golden shockwave flew toward Rocks.

Rocks couldn’t dodge in time and stepped forward.

He wrapped Haki around his fist.

With a punch, he met the shockwave head-on and was pushed back continuously.

Boom!

The shockwave exploded!

Immediately after, Roger charged in with his sword.

Rocks wrapped his arms in Conqueror’s Haki, using one hand to defend and the other to strike at Roger.

Without dodging, without flinching—he clashed head-on, sending Roger flying.

At the same time, he charged at the nearby Garp.

Sengoku seized the moment to approach the others.

The weary voice of Kong rang out:

“Sengoku, what is it?”

Sengoku relayed the message Morris had just delivered.

Everyone’s expressions turned grim:

“This…”

Evacuating or continuing the deadly battle—an agonizing decision. But in the next moment, the Elder wielding a blade made up his mind.

“Notify Roger.”

“Call over his crew.”

“We’ll suppress Rocks in the deep pit beneath the palace in one go.”

“The source of the abnormal temperature is there.”

“Set—it—off!”

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