One Piece: Burning the Sun God to Ash

"Newgate, Sengoku, stop."

"I'm here to end this war."

Whitebeard was slightly surprised, unsure what Roger was up to.

Sengoku, on the other hand, immediately grew serious, trying to figure out what kind of scheme Roger might be planning.

His gaze locked tightly onto Roger, not relaxing for even a second.

Seeing their expressions, Roger spoke again to clarify.

"Trust me."

"That thing... we absolutely cannot let Rocks get his hands on it."

"Otherwise..."

Roger trailed off and turned his gaze to Whitebeard.

Whitebeard stared back for a few seconds, then suddenly retracted his naginata and turned away, his bold voice echoing:

"Gurararara, is that so? Then I'll trust you."

With Whitebeard's departure, Sengoku's expression eased a little.

His face remained unreadable, his eyes still firmly fixed on Roger, but his body stepped back a few paces, allowing Roger to pass.

"Thanks."

Roger grinned, hoisted his sword, and charged toward the ongoing battle between Golden Lion and Garp.

"Divine Departure!"

A curved slash of sword aura crackling with lightning shot forward.

It tore through the air, slicing straight toward both Golden Lion and Garp.

Roger followed close behind, leaping into the fray.

With Roger joining the battle, sword aura flashed across the battlefield, combining with Garp's fierce assault.

Golden Lion clearly couldn't hold his own against the two of them. After some brief exchange, he suddenly soared into the sky and flew off the island.

Midair, he suddenly turned back:

"Lion... Thousand Slice Valley!"

A storm of golden crescent-shaped sword auras surged toward Roger and Garp.

Golden Lion's sneering voice rang out:

"Roger."

"Let's fight again in the New World!"

"Jiahahaha!!!!"

Boom——

Roger and Garp shattered the sword auras together, exchanged a grin, and then charged toward the deeper parts of the battlefield.

With the Roger Pirates joining the fray, and the departure of Whitebeard and Golden Lion, the scales of victory began to tip.

...

Elsewhere—

"Bright Roar Cannon."

The tall Charlotte Linlin activated her Devil Fruit power.

The sun Homies, Prometheus and Napoleon, worked together—Napoleon bit onto the end of the blade while Prometheus flowed through the top, forming a closed energy loop.

A beam of high-density laser shot out, forcing back the incoming Rayleigh and CP0.

"Damn it."

Just after repelling Rayleigh, she saw Sengoku advancing toward her.

Thinking of the retreating Whitebeard and Golden Lion, and having fought so long already, Charlotte Linlin knew she had no chance of winning.

Gritting her teeth, she turned and flew rapidly off the island.

"Buddha Shockwave."

As Charlotte Linlin tried to escape, Sengoku raised his hand and unleashed a golden shockwave.

Relying on her innate physique, Charlotte Linlin covered her whole body in Armament Haki.

She forcibly tanked the blow.

Using the momentum of the shockwave, she accelerated her retreat.

...

Silver Axe wasn't so lucky—he was being held back by two powerful slaves wearing explosive collars around their necks.

Trapped in a siege, he had no way to break out:

"Damn it!!!"

"Gaban! Is Roger planning to go against Rocks?!"

Gaban simply grinned and said nothing, his axe swings speeding up.

His assault pushed Silver Axe back step by step. The two slaves seized the moment, wrapping their hands in Haki.

They struck from both sides.

The instant they pinned Silver Axe's arms down—

Gaban hurled both of his Haki-coated axes at Silver Axe's exposed flank. The black twin axes pierced through the armor...

They tore straight through Silver Axe's left and right chest cavities, curved midair, and returned to Gaban's hands.

"Bas...tard... guh..."

The armored figure fell backward.

The infamous pirate under Rocks' command—Silver Axe—was dead.

With the arrival of Sengoku, Rayleigh, Gaban, and others, the rest of Rocks' top pirates—like John and Ochoku—scattered and fled... only to be captured.

...

From a bird's-eye view—

Kaido, retreating deep into God Valley, happened to cross paths with the fleeing Charlotte Linlin.

"Huff... huff... huff..."

Without a Devil Fruit ability, Kaido was not yet the monstrous endurance tank he would become in the future.

His whole body was burned and corroded in multiple places. With his life hanging by a thread, the fleeing Kaido was completely exhausted.

His eyes bloodshot, he didn't even glance back—he just kept charging forward.

He sensed a presence up ahead. Fast! Fast! Faster!!!

At the same time, Sakazuki also sensed a powerful presence entering his range of perception.

Just when the duck he was about to catch looked like it might fly away, a cruel glint flashed in Sakazuki's eyes.

Seimei Kikan.

Lava Mode... activate!

Normally, after unleashing so many devastating techniques, Sakazuki wouldn't have had the strength to activate Lava Mode.

But now he forcefully activated it using Seimei Kikan, draining his own vitality—his body visibly shrank in size.

Once the mode activated, steaming heat erupted from his entire body in an instant.

"Dark Hound!"

Sakazuki burst forward behind Kaido, his punch slamming into Kaido's back.

Squelch!

Pushing his power even further, the sound of flesh being pierced rang out—a magma-coated arm burst straight through Kaido's back and out his chest!!!

"Aaaaahhhhhh!!!!"

Impaled and slammed to the ground, Kaido howled in pain and finally lost consciousness.

His eyes rolled back as he passed out.

At that moment—

"Stop right there!!!"

A roar echoed from afar.

An overwhelming willpower slammed into Sakazuki, rocking him with a wave of dizziness.

A purple, arrow-shaped sword aura tore through the sky and slashed toward Sakazuki...

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