A strange fluctuation emanated from the group. The sensation was neither Haki nor a Devil Fruit.
Instead, it was a heavy, ancient, and boundless power brimming with the aura of life and nature—Six Paths Senjutsu Chakra.
The moment this energy descended, the very atmosphere of the entire world seemed to shift.
Whether it was Whitebeard returning in his prime, Sengoku the Buddha on the execution platform, or Red-Haired Shanks who had just arrived on the battlefield.
These powerhouses standing at the pinnacle of the world all felt a fatal threat emanating from them.
It was a palpitation born from having their very level of existence crushed.
However, as men who stood at the summit of the world, they felt no fear, only excitement.
The composure and arrogance on the face of the Supreme Commander of the Holy Knights, Saint Figarland Garling, vanished in an instant.
Feeling this formidable aura, a trace of fear actually surfaced on his face. This inexplicable suppression of life forms reminded him of Lord Imu.
Uchiha Madara looked down disdainfully at the crowd below, who were staring up at him in terror.
*'Hmph, a few among them have decent strength! Worthy of my intervention. But there are also far too many small fry who don't deserve to participate in the coming battle.'*
Subsequently, Uchiha Madara's Mangekyo Sharingan spun. He swept his gaze over the crowd staring up at him, unleashing an incomparably massive ocular power.
Under this immense ocular power, a sudden anomaly occurred in the Marineford plaza.
The Marine Vice Admirals who were still conscious, as well as the commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates—every single one of them—felt their legs give way.
Their bodies seemed to lose all strength, rendering them unable to even stand, and they ultimately collapsed to the ground with heavy thuds.
Immediately after, their consciousness plunged into boundless darkness.
In just a few short seconds.
The entire battlefield was cleared out once again.
Those who could still barely stand now possessed at least the strength of a Yonko Commander.
Just then, Uchiha Madara swept his gaze below, taking in the fragmented ice surface devastated by the battle, as well as the surging, vast ocean further away.
He frowned slightly.
Clearly, he was highly dissatisfied with this makeshift "stage."
Following that, Senju Hashirama stepped forward to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with him.
He glanced at Madara's expression and immediately burst into hearty laughter.
"Hahaha! Madara, you really know how to cause trouble for people."
Madara ignored his teasing, merely shooting him an indifferent glance.
With just one look, the two implicitly understood each other.
The next second.
Broadcasted live to the entire world via Den Den Mushi, and under the utterly horrified gazes of countless spectators.
Senju Hashirama slammed his hands together.
"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"
BOOM—!!!
In an instant, it felt as if the entire world was trembling violently!
Countless giant wooden pillars, thick enough to pierce through an island, actually sprouted from the pitch-black seabed ten thousand meters below!
They grew madly in a savage and unreasonable manner, crisscrossing and intertwining.
Ultimately, above Marineford's original inner bay, they formed a massive wooden skeleton several times vaster than Marine Headquarters itself.
That sky-obscuring sight made it seem as though the mythical World Tree had descended upon this place.
However, this was merely the beginning.
Uchiha Madara's figure silently appeared at the very top of the Wood Release skeleton.
He similarly formed hand seals.
"Earth Release: Expanding Frontiers!"
Endless rocks and soil materialized out of thin air, surging madly toward the colossal wooden frame.
Rocks filled the gaps, and soil covered the surface.
Wood and earth, two of the most fundamental substances, achieved a perfect union in their hands.
In just the short span of a few breaths.
The originally shattered and ruined ice-sea battlefield completely vanished.
In its place was a brand-new, artificial island.
Solid and flat, it was several times more expansive than Marineford!
To instantly reclaim land from the sea out of thin air was truly the mighty power of a god.
Everyone watching fell into a stunned daze.
Their thoughts nearly ground to a halt in this moment, their minds going completely blank.
The New World, Totto Land.
Big Mom, Charlotte Linlin, who had already set sail, stared blankly at the island rising from the ground on the screen. The cake in her hand dropped to the floor with a *splat*.
Her eyes were full of bright light. If she possessed this kind of ability, she could connect all of Totto Land into one single piece!
A member of the Holy Knights was the first to recover from the shock.
His body blurred into an afterimage, and with a speed difficult for the naked eye to capture, he launched a surprise attack with the longsword in his hand!
However, before the tip of his blade could even touch a hair on the mysterious group.
A golden flash appeared in front of him without any warning.
*Clang!*
A crisp sound of clashing metal rang out.
Namikaze Minato's figure materialized out of thin air. Using only a kunai engraved with peculiar characters, he effortlessly blocked the attack that was powerful enough to cleave through mountains.
His face still bore that gentle and warm smile, radiant as the sun.
"Yare yare, to think you'd launch an attack without a single word!"
"But your speed is far too slow."
The battle erupted in full force.
Nine members of the Holy Knights attacked the visitors from the Naruto world simultaneously.
However, the tide of battle presented a completely one-sided situation.
Sasuke, wielding the Sword of Kusanagi, could plunge his Holy Knight opponent into momentary confusion with just a single glance.
Naruto, draped in his Nine-Tails Cloak, blasted another knight away with a single Big Ball Rasengan.
The remaining few were treated like mere toys, toyed with back and forth under the almost playful coordination of Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama.
Chu Zihang gave up his tangled fight with the masked man, yielding his opponent to the newly arrived Uchiha Sasuke.
He retreated to the edge of the battlefield, his blazing golden eyes fixed intently on the two in combat.
He was rapidly learning their swordsmanship.
At the same time, he was attempting to comprehend the essence of this entirely new power system known as "Chakra."
In the center of the battlefield, Saint Figarland Garling went all out.
He condensed a lifetime's worth of Haki and swordsmanship into this single blade, unleashing the strongest slash of his entire life!
However, facing this strike that was powerful enough to cleave the sky.
The Rinnegan in Uchiha Madara's eye sockets spun. "Shinra Tensei."
An invisible repulsive force spread outward.
That ultimate slash was like hitting an invisible wall, stalling a meter away from Madara before being directly repelled.
Madara cast a light glance at him and evaluated indifferently.
"Not bad, not bad."
"Your swordsmanship is decent, and your strength is quite formidable."
This understated evaluation caused Saint Garling's face to instantly turn ashen.
Realizing the massive disparity between them, Saint Garling no longer hesitated.
He pulled a Golden Den Den Mushi from his chest and pressed it down ruthlessly.
In that instant.
Five massive black teleportation arrays, resembling the entrances to an abyss, appeared in the sky directly above Marineford without any warning.
Five giant monster silhouettes—so evil, dark, and twisted that words could not describe them—slowly emerged from those pitch-black teleportation arrays.
At this moment, it was as if the entire world was wailing.