Above the sky.
Countless lines of azure light formed a circular cage, the air around its perimeter distorted to an extreme.
And high in this sky, azure arcs of electricity filled it completely, transforming it into an ocean of lightning, a sight that was both shocking and made one's scalp tingle.
Unlike the battles between Kong Tai and Kaido, the fight between Gu Yina and Charlotte Linlin was more akin to a clash of gods, each move carrying an aura of world-ending destruction.
With one mastering thunder and the other mastering flame and thunder, their battle gradually affected the celestial phenomena over Dressrosa, causing the sky in this sea area to shake incessantly.
Such a scene caused Green Bit, connected to Dressrosa by only a suspension bridge, to also experience a change in its sky.
The hundreds of thousands of civilians who had long since taken refuge in the island's thickets peered through the gaps in the trees, gazing blankly at the continuously streaking lightning across the sky.
"Is this something a human can do?"
They did not know.
With their shallow knowledge, if the battles between Kong Tai and Kaido were something they could not see in Green Bit, only hear, and not fully comprehend, then the battle between Gu Yina and Charlotte Linlin, which affected the entire sea area, could only be described as a fight between gods in their eyes.
Listening to the earth-shattering roars emanating from Dressrosa.
Everyone's heart prayed for the battle to end quickly.
Of course, they were also fortunate.
Fortunately, they had evacuated to this place. If they had still been in Dressrosa, wouldn't they have been waiting to die under the battle of gods!
At this moment, they were filled with gratitude towards King Riku, and also deeply apologetic for their misunderstanding of King Riku over the years.
At this moment, everyone had a shared thought: once the disaster passed, they would once again elect King Riku to be their king.
Only King Riku could once again lead them to glory.
...
"My, my! These little brats nowadays are too terrifying!"
Kizaru gazed at the lightning that filled the entire sky, and the sphere wrapped in azure light, which from the outside looked like a distorted spatial cage.
Charlotte Linlin, inside, might not have felt it, but those outside clearly sensed the alarming power emanating from the azure sphere laid out by Gu Yina with lightning and azure light.
No one replied; everyone stared intently at the sky with solemn expressions.
Even Kong Tai and Kaido, within their spatial domain, looked up at the sky at this moment.
"Too late?"
Charlotte Linlin frowned, looking at Gu Yina floating outside the azure light, her body distorting with the space.
"What do you mean, too late?"
"You'll know soon."
Gu Yina looked at Charlotte Linlin, a cold glint flashing in her eyes. She then sheathed her sword and dissolved into lightning, retreating rapidly.
"Kid, spit it out."
Seeing Gu Yina retreat, Charlotte Linlin, not understanding, tried to have Zeus pursue her.
"Hmm!"
At this moment, even she, however slow-witted, sensed that something was wrong.
"Mama, this is bad."
Beneath Charlotte Linlin's feet, Zeus looked at the space that had suddenly become extremely distorted in front of him with dread.
"This is..."
Charlotte Linlin looked up, gazing at the distorted space around her, which made it impossible to see clearly. Her body instantly seemed to be stimulated, and she was covered in pitch-black Armament Haki.
Gu Yina, having retreated to a distance, reappeared. She looked up at the location of the former azure sphere, opened her mouth, and said coldly.
"Rai Dan - Magnetic Storm!"
Vrrrrrr!!
The azure light distorted to an extreme, and boundless arcs of electricity instantly filled the entire sky, causing the whole sky to warp.
And at the center, from the outside, it had already completely become a black hole, making it impossible to see Charlotte Linlin within.
When the space distorted to its absolute limit, the entire massive azure light cluster began to concave inward, and finally exploded with a roar.
BOOM—!
A tremendous roar directly dispersed the clouds in this sea area.
The sea surface, as if subjected to some immense pressure, sank several meters. The immense compression formed towering waves, which spread out in a circle, rapidly receding in the opposite direction of the sea.
"Mama!!"
Perospero and the others, who had just landed on the island, all bent slightly, resisting the overwhelming pressure, and then looked up with worried expressions towards the center of the explosion.
The mere shockwave of this battle made it difficult for them to move, let alone Charlotte Linlin, who was at the center of the explosion.
No matter how confident they were, or how much they believed in Charlotte Linlin, they could not help but worry about her.
After all, this explosion was something they had never seen before.
If the power of this explosion had fallen on an island, they had no doubt it could instantly wipe out everything on an island.
If they had been at the center of the explosion, they also had no doubt that they would already be dead.
But that was Charlotte Linlin, one of the Four Emperors of the New World, their faith, their Mama.
So they believed that even in such a terrifying explosion, their Mama would be fine.
Gu Yina in the air retreated further and further, finally landing on the highest point of the royal palace. She pushed aside her bangs that obscured her vision, looked up at the center of the explosion, and a satisfied smile appeared in her eyes.
Since obtaining the Goro Goro no Mi, after much experimentation, while the lightning was powerful, it could not be compared to true natural lightning.
So Kong Tai had set her development direction from the beginning: first, acceleration.
Extreme speed naturally corresponded to invincible power.
When speed reached a certain level, her power indeed became beyond imagination.
Take her and Charlotte Linlin, for example.
They were fundamentally different species; her power was negligible against a monster like Charlotte Linlin.
After all, her size was there.
She doubted if, without obtaining the Goro Goro no Mi, her full-power slash could break through Charlotte Linlin's defense.
But with the extreme speed brought by the Goro Goro no Mi, she could feel that although her power still lagged behind Charlotte Linlin, the gap was not large.
At the very least, in the state of Thunder Breathing, with her full-power slash, she felt she could break through Charlotte Linlin's defense and inflict damage.
Although her Armament Haki had not yet reached its peak, and it might still be difficult to damage Charlotte Linlin with Armament Haki alone, combined with the penetration power brought by compressed lightning, it was more than enough.
This was the greatest change brought about by speed.
The second point was development towards electromagnetism.
There were many forms of development in this area, such as electromagnetic waves, railguns, electromagnetic swords...
In fact, the extreme acceleration of Thunder Breathing also carried electromagnetic abilities.
And she hadn't expected Charlotte Linlin to fight her in the air for so long, allowing her to easily set up this astonishing Magnetic Storm of Thunder.
Initially, she hadn't intended to use this move.
After all, this thing had a rather long wind-up. No one would foolishly stand there and give their opponent time to set up such a terrifying technique.
However, perhaps due to Charlotte Linlin's excessive pride, she actually lingered in the air, which was Gu Yina's home ground, and entangled with her.
Under these conditions, she naturally unleashed this move.