The pirates sat and forgot, and they really believed the nine truths and one lie.

The Float-Float Fruit can actually interfere with, and even control, the energy attacks that others have already released?

This unbelievable scene not only left everyone on the Marineford battlefield speechless, but also, through the image insects, acted like a spiritual tsunami sweeping the world, severely impacting the perceptions of every spectator.

This completely contradicts their common-sense understanding of Devil Fruit abilities!

Two whooshing sounds rang out, and Marco the Phoenix and Gajeel the Iron Dragon, who were originally locked in combat with Kizaru, almost simultaneously chose to retreat.

They transformed into two streaks of light, one blue and one black, quickly breaking free from contact with Kizaru and returning to the bow of the Moby Dick, flanking Whitebeard on either side.

Both men wore unprecedented vigilance. The bizarre power and utterly out-of-control madness that Shiki was displaying had made the course of this war completely unpredictable.

Rather than fighting a naval admiral to the death, it's better to protect ourselves first and observe the situation, letting the navy worry about how to deal with this monster that they can no longer control.

High in the sky, Kizaru Borsalino's usually lewd and mocking face finally turned completely gloomy.

He stared intently at the red-haired demon in the distance, radiating an ominous aura, his voice laced with suppressed rage, "This power doesn't belong to you. I don't believe it's without flaws..."

Before he could finish speaking, a dazzling golden laser beam suddenly burst forth from his seemingly casually raised fingertip without warning!

This is a blatant sneak attack. Kizaru wants to see if Shiki's bizarre ability can truly defend against a light-speed attack condensed to its maximum.

The laser beam, powerful enough to pierce through a steel fortress, struck Shiki's forehead less than an inch away, as if it had hit an invisible wall with tremendous deflection force.

The beam of light took a bizarre, almost right-angled bend that defied the laws of physics. With a whoosh, it grazed Shiki's crimson sideburns and shot towards the high sky at an almost vertical angle.

Ultimately, the laser beam disappeared into the clouds, without even harming a single hair on Shiki's head.

"It's no use telling me, you brat Kizaru."

Shikina's four bloodshot eyes were filled with condescending pity. "Right now, you can't precisely control the light after the attack leaves your body. Even if you bend the light beforehand, you still can't hurt me."

At this point, Shiki, who has always been arrogant and domineering and doesn't know how to hide his talents, could no longer suppress his intense urge to show off.

He suddenly opened his arms wide, as if to embrace the entire sky, and with a voice as grand as a declaration to the world, roared out that word powerful enough to shake the entire ocean:

"Open your eyes and see clearly! This is the power that surpasses the first stage of Devil Fruit awakening. It is the path that Buggy first proposed and practiced: the second stage of Devil Fruit power liberation!"

"Stop using your superficial understanding of awakening to fathom Lao Tzu's power; I've gone further than you."

The words "Devil Fruit power unleashed" resounded like thunderclaps in the hearts of every powerful individual with some understanding of Devil Fruits.

This term is quite familiar to most people; it has appeared briefly in the Sky Curtain before, but no one has ever successfully replicated it.

Who would have thought that today, we would witness a miracle firsthand in Shiki the Golden Lion, that the second stage of the Devil Fruit's release actually exists!

Shiki's control over the Float-Float Fruit has reached a level of rule-based control, almost instinctive.

He didn't even need to consciously activate his ability; the invisible, ethereal force would passively twist and deflect everything, as if it were an extension of his body, trying to get closer to his ranged energy attacks.

If you want to hurt him, the only way left is probably the most dangerous close-quarters combat.

But close combat? Facing Shiki, whose Devil Fruit power has been unleashed, who is a swordsman standing at the pinnacle of the world, and whose physical strength has increased dramatically after his demon transformation, how many people in this world have the qualifications and courage to challenge him?

It's likely that 99% of ability users would be torn to shreds by his all-pervasive, ethereal power and unpredictable swordsmanship before they could even get close. This is the biggest source of Shiki's arrogance.

"Fruit liberation? Impossible!"

Kizaru blurted it out almost subconsciously. As a Marine Admiral, he naturally couldn't and wouldn't easily believe the nonsense of a pirate. That would be tantamount to boosting the morale of others while diminishing his own, even if the facts before him were already so shocking.

"Believe it or not," Shiki said, clearly too lazy to engage in any more pointless verbal sparring with Kizaru.

A dark red energy fluctuation, far deeper and more violent than before, suddenly erupted from the depths of his crimson demon body.

The entire Marineford… no! The entire sky and sea trembled violently.

Everyone clearly felt that the island beneath their feet, which had been rising and was gradually slowing down under the Green Bull's desperate pulling, and even showing signs of sinking, suddenly stopped.

"not good" !?

General Green Bull, who was deeply embedding countless thick roots into the island's bedrock, suddenly changed his expression.

He could clearly feel an indescribable force, as if pulling from the entire sky, pressing down hard on his natural power. "This guy's Devil Fruit ability has gotten stronger again."

Wildgrass frantically activated his power, and more towering trees and resilient vines broke through the soil, attempting to pull the rising island back down.

His efforts only slowed Marineford's ascent slightly, like an ant trying to hold back a charging elephant.

The power of the Float-Float Fruit, which pulls the entire island, is growing exponentially, and Green Bull alone can no longer stop it.

Shiki hovered high in the air with his hands raised, and he made a deafening declaration: "I have never been stronger than I am today. Even if Gol D. Roger were to come back to life and stand in front of me right now, I would still defeat him head-on!"

Just as his arrogant declaration resounded across the sky, an intense sense of crisis suddenly gripped the hearts of all the top warriors on the battlefield.

The Admirals, Whitebeard, Marco, and others almost simultaneously raised their heads and looked up at the sky, which was being churned up by Shiki's power.

Above the sky, which was beginning to darken with twilight, dozens of tiny points of light, emitting a crimson glow, had appeared out of nowhere.

These points of light were rapidly magnifying in my pupils at a breathtaking speed; they were extraterrestrial meteorites that had broken through the atmosphere and were falling towards Marineford.

Shiki, that madman, actually summoned a world-destroying meteor shower just to show the world the terrifying power of his Devil Fruit after its release.