[The scene shifts to the members of the ground team, who had been blown away by the explosion's aftershock.]
[Although most of the blast had been blocked by the E3 Devourer, the residual force was still significant. Even now, Suixing and the other two were still dazed and unsteady.]
[Just as they struggled to push themselves up from the ground, Mark-Beast crushed the E3 Devourer's Spirit Core—and leapt down in the very direction they had been thrown.]
[And the direction he landed… happened to be exactly where Suixing was.]
[Noticing this, Shan Da and Xutong immediately shouted warnings:]
["Suixing!"]
["Above you!"]
[Still groggy, Suixing turned her head upward following their voices—just in time to see Mark-Beast's body, glowing with that eerie crimson light, crashing down toward her.]
[For a moment—she froze again.]
["BOOM!!!!"]
[A massive cloud of dust erupted from the ground as Mark-Beast slammed down.]
"Ahhh!!!"
Outside the screen, many soft-hearted female viewers had already imagined the worst outcome—covering their eyes and screaming.
Some male viewers even declared that they had just "lost another wife."
At Babyls, Iruma Suzuki—who had been hoping to learn techniques—silently prayed for Suixing.
On the deck of the Thousand Sunny, the cook once again descended into madness.
"WHY!!!"
"Why is it always like this—why are beautiful, kind ladies always the ones getting hurt!!!"
"Is the bastard who made this video insane?!"
"Last time it was the adorable Nezuko being tortured by that white-haired brat—and now this ugly monster just crushed my elegant Lady Suixing!!!"
"I'm gonna kick that guy who made this video to death!!! Let me go!!!"
[The scene continues.]
[Just as everyone believed Suixing was doomed, the dust slowly began to settle—revealing what lay within.]
[The first thing visible was Mark-Beast's broad, sturdy back.]
[And behind it—Suixing, shaken but completely unharmed.]
The moment they saw her safe and sound, countless viewers finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Especially Sanji—whose chaotic emotions finally calmed somewhat.
[The scene continues.]
[The camera slowly follows Suixing's line of sight upward.]
[First, Mark-Beast's ferocious face comes into view.]
[Then lower—his tightly clenched fists.]
[And at that moment—]
[His massive, barrel-sized fists were being stopped by a single pale hand, holding a ring-hilt blade with a blue sheath.]
[The owner of that hand—]
[Was none other than the leader of the ground team, the one who had yet to act—]
[Bai Yuekui.]
["Boss!!!"]
[Seeing that it was Bai Yuekui who had saved Suixing, Shan Da and the others couldn't help but cry out in delight.]
[On the other side, seeing his punch blocked by a single hand, Mark-Beast let out an enraged roar and poured even more strength into his fists.]
[Yet even as he exerted his full power—sending waves of air surging across the ground—]
[Bai Yuekui remained completely unmoved.]
[The arm holding the blade didn't even bend.]
[At that moment—]
[While all of Mark-Beast's attention was focused on forcing his strength downward—]
[Bai Yuekui suddenly twisted the blade, using its long body to hook his arms—and sharply redirected them to the side.]
[Mark-Beast's massive body was dragged off balance just like that—tilting violently to one side.]
[Immediately after—]
[Bai Yuekui followed up with a sweeping low kick, striking his unstable footing.]
[In an instant, Mark-Beast's enormous body began spinning through the air under the force of inertia.]
[Midair, his face was filled with disbelief.]
[But it wasn't over yet.]
[Seizing the opening while he was still spinning—]
[Bai Yuekui turned—and delivered a powerful, decisive kick.]
[The moment Mark-Beast made contact with her long, elegant leg—]
[He was blasted away with a sonic boom, flying hundreds of meters before crashing into the cliffside of the valley.]
"…Is that… something a human can even do?"
"I feel like she's not even from the same world as us…"
"Yeah… I've never seen someone like her on the Lighthouse."
"Maybe her world is also invaded by Devourers… so it just looks similar to ours?"
"Not impossible. I've teamed up with players from all kinds of worlds in Instances—even met a talking dog. A world similar to ours isn't that strange."
"Haha, yeah… then it makes sense why that Devourer has the same name as Captain Mark."
Bai Yuekui's inhuman kick had completely shattered their understanding of reality.
When they had watched the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba clip before, they already knew it was another world.
So even when Tanjiro could slash out water dragons and flames—they could still accept it.
But this time—
Everything at the beginning—the Devourers, the vortex, the technology—
Had convinced them this was their world.
And then—
Bai Yuekui kicked a Devourer flying with her bare leg.
That single kick sent their worldview flying with it.
Because on the Lighthouse—
There wasn't a single person who could launch a Devourer with raw physical strength alone.
Meanwhile—
On the Thousand Sunny—
Sanji had already entered full worship mode.
After seeing Bai Yuekui save Suixing—and then send Mark-Beast flying with that clean, decisive kick—
He felt as though his own heart had been struck by that very blow.
Gone was his previous rage.
Instead, he dropped to his knees on the deck, gazing up at the sky with absolute devotion:
"Thank you…! I sincerely thank you for letting me witness so many beautiful, captivating figures…"
"This… THIS is the ALL BLUE I've been searching for!!!"
Tears streamed down his face as he shouted toward the heavens.
The rest of the crew, meanwhile, quietly moved away—faces filled with disgust.
At this point, that lovestruck idiot was beyond saving.
If not for the fact that they still needed someone to cook—
They would have already thrown him into the sea as fish food.