“Zephyr…”

  “Damn it!!!”

  Amidst the ruins, Bck Bear and Iron Bone barely dodged the devastating sshes. Their disheveled appearances mirrored their shod dismay.

  They hadn’t expected Zephyr to step in at such a critical moment, only to be ruthlessly overpowered a gravely injured, his fate uain.

  “What a disappoi…”

  El’s voice carried an air of mockery as he stood, unbothered by the Admirals. His calm demeanor betrayed his overwhelming power.

  His sharp gaze shifted to the bloodied Silver Axe and John, along with Wang Zhi, who had narrowly avoided injury thanks to his Teleportation Fruit abilities.

  All three, barely ihirties, had yet to reach their prime. To El, they were too inexperieo provide any real challenge.

  Among them, Wang Zhi dispyed the most potential. His teleportation ability made him uable and difficult to er. Still, even he fell short of reag the level of true monsters like Bck Bear or Iron Bone.

  “You bastard…”

  Silver Axe, John, and Wang Zhi gred at El, their faces dark with frustration. They gritted their teeth but could not refute his words.

  El’s strength was beyond terrifying. Without others to distract him, none of them stood a ce. Wang Zhi might be able to escape with his teleportation, but for Silver Axe and Joh—or death—was certain.

  “Enough… the warm-up is over.”

  El shrugged nontly, sheathing his ornate sword, Jiaolong.

  “Now, it’s time to get serious.”

  His tourned cold as he tinued,

  “If you think you stop me from destroying this isnd, feel free to try.”

  With that, El’s body began to transform visibly.

  “ROAR!!!”

  A thunderous roar echoed across the sea as El morphed into his Quetzalcoatl form. His colossal, serpent-like body blotted out the sky, exuding overwhelming power.

  “Don’t let him succeed!!!”

  Bck Bear and Iron Bone shouted, their faces pale with dread.

  Meanwhile, Silver Axe, Wang Zhi, and Johated. They had already done enough to avoid the Wover’s ire, but risking their lives against such a monstrous being for a mere Shichibukai title seemed absurd.

  Their survival instincts screamed louder than their pride.

  “BOOM… BOOM…”

  The sky darkehunder rumbling ominously. A suffog atmosphere weighed on everyone as El’s enormous wings stirred the air.

  “Silver Reination Burst!!!”

  El’s massive body, wreathed in crag lightning, moved with devastating i.

  With each beat of his wings, a monstrous tornado took shape, interwoven with blinding lightning aless winds. The massive vortex, hundreds of meters in diameter, tio expand and intensify, growing into an apocalyptic force.

  “What is this?!”

  Even the mighty Bck Bear and Iron Bone, along with Silver Axe, Wang Zhi, and John, were struck with fear. The scale of destru was beyond anything they had ever faced.

  The sea ed violently as the tornado sucked up water, creating enormous waves that crashed against what remained of the isnd.

  Marines, both scious and unscious, were swept into the vortex. Helplessly pulled upward, they were shredded by wind bdes and struck by crag bolts of lightning, their bodies reduced to mist.

  The tornado devastated everything—ships, rubble, vegetation—all torn apart and ed.

  “We have to retreat!”

  Wang Zhi didn’t hesitate. Grabbing Silver Axe and Joheleported them far from the battlefield.

  At the same time, a Marine Vice Admiral with flying abilities—who had already evacuated many of the injured, including Zephyr—transformed into a massive eagle and carried the remaining survivors to safety.

  “Damn it, he’s trying to destroy the isnd pletely!”

  Iron Bone shouted, his determination unwavering. Using his Bone-Bone Fruit powers, he transformed the ground into deeel-hard bone, creating an enormous, Haki-reinforced shield to block the approag storm.

  Bck Bear joined him, pressing his hands against the shield and fortifying it further with his own powerful Haki.

  “BOOM!!! BOOM!!!”

  The silver tornado, an unstoppable force of destru, ravaged the isnd. It ripped through everything, leaving the once-proud fortress in ruins. Only the isnd’s foundation, protected by Iron Bone’s powers, remained intact.

  As the storm subsided, Bck Bear and Iron Bone barely had time to breathe before El unleashed his attack.

  High above, the Quetzalcoatl’s terrifying form opes gaping maw.

  “WHOOSH… CRACKLE… BOOM…”

  Wind, lightning, and fire gathered within its mouth, merging into a radiant, destructive energy. The swirling mass of power climbed into the sky, f a massive, blinding beam of light.

  The beam pierced the dark clouds, transf into an unstoppable, sword-like energy bde.

  “Golden Reination Burst!!!”

  The colossal bde, brimming with devastating energy, desded toward the isnd. Bck Bear, Iron Bone, and the remaining Marines could only wat horror as it threateo annihite everything in its path.

  Bleam