The sky was torn apart.
A viscous, evil, and ancient aura poured down from within, as if originating from the abyss.
The presence was incredibly heavy. Its mere descent caused the air over the entire island to solidify; light seemed to be devoured, and sound appeared to be stripped away.
Across the world, everyone watching this war through the live broadcast Den Den Mushi felt a shudder originating from the depths of their souls at this very moment.
Immediately after.
Under the gaze of countless terrified eyes, five sky-obscuring monsters slowly thrust their bodies out from those five pitch-black voids.
A warhorse composed of bones, an ugly boar with a physique rivaling a mountain, an ominous demon bird spreading disaster and misfortune, a terrifying sandworm that occupied half the sky just by revealing the front half of its body, and a spider-bodied, bull-headed demon.
These were the highest authorities of the world under Lord Imu, the Five Elders.
At this moment, they revealed the terrifying true forms of their Mythical Zoan Awakened states to the world for the very first time.
On a certain island in the New World, the wine glasses in the hands of partying pirates dropped to the ground with a *crash*, shattering into pieces. The liquor mixed with ice cubes flowed across the floor, yet no one paid it any mind.
"Is... is that the highest authority of the World Government, the Five Elders?"
"Monsters... they're monsters!"
On the execution platform, even Sengoku the Buddha and Garp the Hero, two legendary figures accustomed to weathering great storms, revealed unprecedentedly grave expressions on their faces.
Right at that moment, the pupils of the five mythical beasts contracted slightly in unison, locking onto the small Kuja warship below.
In the next instant.
Five overwhelmingly powerful streams of Conqueror's Haki erupted into the sky from the five of them, then merged into one and swept forward!
*Boom—!!!*
Wherever the Haki reached, the solid ground of Marineford cracked inch by inch.
The sky was dyed an ominous blue-black hue, resembling the end of the world.
Surprisingly, the primary target of their Haki wasn't Yang Yi and his group, but the Den Den Mushi.
They didn't want too many people to become familiar with their abilities.
However, after the Haki swept past, the live broadcast continued.
As it turned out, Yang Yi had already secretly taken action to protect these Den Den Mushi; otherwise, the broadcast signal would have been lost long ago during the intense battles.
The incomparably powerful Conqueror's Haki swept past.
An outrageous change occurred on Luffy in his Nika form.
With a soft *poof*.
His facial features and the straw hat on his head were actually blown off in unison by this domineering Haki, spinning in the air like a character blasted by a bomb in a cartoon.
Luffy himself seemed completely oblivious, even letting out a "Waha!" roar of laughter.
Seeing this, Lu Mingfei reminded him, "Luffy, your eyes flew off!"
Luffy finally noticed. He hurriedly stretched out his arms, frantically grabbing his eyes, nose, mouth, and precious straw hat one by one from mid-air.
Then, he haphazardly pressed them back onto his face.
The bizarre art style revealed a hint of comical absurdity.
"..."
Seeing this scene, the corners of Lu Mingfei's mouth twitched uncontrollably.
"This art style is completely wrong!"
Unable to hold back any longer, he clutched his head and unleashed a complaint from the depths of his soul.
"This isn't the *One Piece* set at all! Did I wander onto the set of *Tom and Jerry*?! Has Oda-sensei been watching *Tom and Jerry* recently?!"
The Haki storm slowly dissipated.
The people in front of them showed no reaction, and the worldwide broadcast continued.
The Five Elders all opened their mouths wide in astonishment.
On the head of Saint Saturn's Gyuki form, dozens of eyes widened simultaneously, filled with disbelief.
Their Conqueror's Haki, standing at the apex of the world, couldn't even knock out a Den Den Mushi!
"Not bad, not bad."
A lazy voice broke the eerie silence.
Yang Yi clapped his hands lightly, an undisguised smile hanging on his face.
"Five old fossils who have lived for who knows how many years, gathering together to play monster dress-up. Quite creative."
The curve of his lips grew increasingly mocking.
"However, since you're being unreasonable and calling for backup again..."
"Then I won't hold back either."
As soon as his voice fell.
A passionate, majestic BGM echoed across the entire battlefield without any warning.
*Lying drunk on the battlefield, listening to the hoarse battle cries.*
*Laughing at the mortal realm, a dazzling display of fireworks.*
*Commanding the winds and clouds, leaving behind only scars.*
*Winners become kings, losers become outlaws, all decided in a single thought...*
Before anyone could react to this sudden music, Yang Yi suddenly flipped his hand and lightly slapped at an empty, shadowed corner behind Marine Headquarters from afar!
*Pop!*
"Ah—!"
A miserable scream pierced the sky.
Blackbeard Teach, who was perfectly hiding his presence using the Dark-Dark Fruit's power in preparation to reap the spoils as a third party, was directly sent flying by this palm strike, violently spewing blood in mid-air!
*Poof!*
Yang Yi's palm moved again.
A mass of blood carrying Blackbeard's domineering ambition was repelled into the air by the power of the Paw-Paw Fruit.
Immediately after, Yang Yi slapped the ground again, extracting a dazzling soul radiating a conqueror's aura, and then directly slapped it into that mass of blood!
As the BGM reached its climax.
*If you are a true hero, how could you be afraid?*
*Cut through the chaos with a sharp blade, armored steeds and clashing spears.*
*Reclaim the lost lands, and set forth once more.*
*The undying warhorse, a heart that will never collapse.*
*I am a true hero, how could I be fake...*
That mass of blood instantly boiled!
As if possessing a life of its own, it frantically multiplied in mid-air. Bones, muscles, blood vessels, skin... frantically reconstructing at a speed visible to the naked eye!
An indomitable figure slowly condensed and took shape within the light.
*Boom—!!!*
A landslide-like surge of Conqueror's Haki erupted into the sky from that figure!
Its intensity actually suppressed the combined might of the Five Elders in the sky in a single instant!
Blackbeard Teach, who had just climbed up from the ground, stared blankly at the broad back before him, both familiar and unfamiliar.
Trembling, he called out a title.
"P-Pops?"
The figure slowly turned around, revealing a wildly arrogant face brimming with ambition.
It was none other than the former overlord who once ruled these seas, the captain of the Rocks Pirates—Rocks!
Rocks glanced at the fat-faced, wretched-looking Teach and frowned slightly, as if recalling something.
A moment later, realization dawned on him.
"You're Teach?"
"Long time no see, Teach. How did you get so fat?"
He looked him up and down.
"And why do you only train your upper body and skip leg day?"
Rocks' appearance caused everyone present who had experienced the old era to collectively lose their composure.
Whitebeard, who had returned to his prime, had his pupils contract violently, his face full of disbelief.
Ten thousand meters in the sky, Kaido, who was locked in mortal combat with Fenrir, felt his azure dragon body stiffen slightly.
And BIG MOM, Charlotte Linlin, who was rushing to Marineford at full speed, was so shocked she nearly slipped off Zeus.
Their captain.
That great pirate who had once crushed an entire era, had returned!
If Rocks' resurrection brought shock to the Five Elders...
Then the ability Yang Yi displayed made them feel greed and terror.
Easily resurrecting the dead.
And resurrecting a powerful existence like Rocks, no less.
Was this really a power the Paw-Paw Fruit could possess? Looking at it this way, wasn't the Paw-Paw Fruit one of the strongest fruits in existence?!