Watching the gigantic palm carrying destruction and explosions slam toward him, Rosinante calmly lifted his head. At the same time, he raised the long blade in his hand and lightly slashed once.
Just a single, gentle slash.
A sword arc carrying a faint black-purple glow flew out.
When that black-purple slash struck the explosive, world-destroying magma giant palm, everything vanished in an instant.
The explosions disappeared.
The volcanic eruptions disappeared.
All of the attacks were erased.
Swept by that black-purple sword light, every trace of energy was annihilated.
The Magma Giant's palm was split open by the single strike, then rapidly withered away. Large chunks of magma fell from it.
By the time those chunks hit the ground, they had already turned into gray ash.
Magma should still carry heat even when reduced to ash, yet strangely, these gray remnants had no warmth at all, as if all the heat and power within the magma had been stripped away.
"Go!"
At that moment, Borsalino seized the opening and pointed at Rosinante. The gigantic Light Emperor transformed into a beam of light and shot toward him.
The light was simply too fast.
Even though Rosinante's Observation Haki sensed the attack in advance, his reaction time was only enough to push one palm forward to block it.
The light sword instantly struck Rosinante and detonated on contact. The highly compressed light exploded violently.
It was like a nuclear blast, shaking the entire Marineford headquarters.
"So strong!"
"Is this the power of a Marine Admiral?"
"An attack like this could wipe out a city in an instant!"
"Incredible. Looks like the Admirals are not as weak as people thought!"
"Is the Dragon King dead?"
"He has to be dead. There is no way anyone survives an explosion like that!"
The crowd was stunned by the power of Borsalino's Light Emperor. Even Borsalino himself wore a satisfied smile.
But as the explosion gradually dissipated and everyone looked again, they saw Rosinante standing there completely unharmed.
Absolutely unharmed.
Everyone knew that Rosinante possessed the Healing Seal, capable of temporarily sealing injuries so that wounds would not appear even after taking damage.
But right now, not even his clothes were torn.
No matter how powerful the Healing Seal was, it could not possibly restore damaged clothing.
If his clothes were intact, then there was only one explanation.
He had not been injured at all.
"Not a scratch?"
"How is that possible? Completely unharmed after that kind of attack?"
"Is he even human? What just happened? Not even his clothes are damaged. Was Admiral Kizaru's attack just an illusion?"
"Impossible. Look around him. Only the area where Rosinante is standing is intact. Everything else has been shattered by the explosion. Look at those bottomless cracks!"
"Ahh, this really is beyond expectations."
Seeing Rosinante completely unharmed, Borsalino wore a dumbfounded expression. He had never imagined that the ultimate move he spent three years developing would fail to injure Rosinante at all.
"This is incredible. This is what a Yonko is. A being beyond common sense. Amazing. Truly amazing."
Big News Morgans kept snapping photos nonstop.
"Ara ara, impressive indeed. To be fine after an attack like that. Is this your new ability, Rosinante?"
A man surrounded by wind and snow slowly walked over. With every step he took, ice spread across the ground. The air grew extremely cold.
Everything around him froze solid.
And this was no ordinary ice.
Even a swordsman capable of cutting through steel would find it nearly impossible to leave a mark on this frozen ground.
"It is not really a new ability," Rosinante said calmly. "Three years ago, I exchanged a punch with that old man Whitebeard and accidentally grasped this concept. It is simply compressing the awakened power of my Devil Fruit. You three are the ones who surprised me. To develop abilities like this in three years does not quite match the usual arrogance of the Navy's three Logia Admirals."
"There was no choice," Kuzan replied as he walked forward. "With a mountain like you pressing down on us, we could not afford to stay the same."
As he spoke, Kuzan stepped forward. Ice rapidly spread across the ground toward Rosinante, attempting to freeze him.
Sakazuki and the others all possessed monstrous talent, along with the so-called natural disaster Devil Fruits of light, magma, and ice.
These fruits granted them tremendous power and convenience, but they also bred deep arrogance.
For a long time, they believed their existing strength was already sufficient, that there was no need to push further.
Otherwise, with their talent, they should have displayed far greater abilities in the original timeline. At the very least, Devil Fruit awakening would not have been beyond them.
"So in that case, you should thank me," Rosinante said with a faint smile.
As he spoke, an extreme layer of Eternal Silence enveloped his body.
The moment that supreme Eternal Silence appeared, the ice spreading toward him stopped.
Or rather, the instant the ice approached Rosinante, it vanished on its own, its freezing power completely drained away.
"So we will thank you with our strongest power," Kuzan said.
As his words fell, Kuzan charged straight toward Rosinante and delivered a flying kick.
Rosinante raised his arm to block.
In an instant, Rosinante's arm was frozen solid.