I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

"They're just some flying iron ships, only a bit bigger."

The golden lion sneered.

If this were still in the East China Sea... with the power of his Float-Float Fruit, he could support more than a dozen sky islands, let alone spaceships.

These spaceships can intimidate others, but they can't intimidate him.

"Fall down! I am the king who rules the sky!"

Golden Lion brandished his twin swords in quick succession, unleashing a barrage of brilliant golden sword beams like a storm or a relentless tidal wave, all pointing straight to the sky!

boom!

A nearby small airship was torn in two by the sword energy, burst into flames from high above, and fell to the ground.

But at that moment, an air portal suddenly opened in mid-air, allowing the tidal wave of sword light to rush into the air and disappear without a trace, like a mud ox sinking into the sea.

"You say you are the king of the sky?"

Dortmund stepped through the air on his moonwalk and chuckled to himself.

"Golden Lion, you pirates should just keep playing pirate house on that high seas and stop spouting such nonsense."

Dalton paused, then looked up at the starry sky and said deeply;

"This starry sky is much deeper and wider than you can imagine."

"Humans are insignificant in the face of the stars. Stop saying such foolish things."

Dol reached out again, and another giant gate rapidly unfolded in the air.

This time, it wasn't a green air portal, but a teleportation portal to outer space.

"Meteor Gate, open!"

As the portal opened, asteroids outside the moon's atmosphere were captured by the moon's gravity and quickly squeezed into the portal.

What came into the golden lion's view... was a dark red, rocky asteroid.

This is different from ordinary meteorites.

When meteorites, or meteors, fall from the sky, they burn up due to friction with the atmosphere. As they accelerate, they burn, and their size decreases.

Therefore, most meteors burn up completely before hitting the ground.

However, the asteroid that Dol used to pull along with the Door-Door Fruit was different.

Because the distance has been greatly reduced due to the portal, the asteroid is still in the slow descent phase and has not yet ignited and burned up due to friction with the lunar atmosphere.

It is larger than a typical meteorite, but slower.

And this was observed by the golden lion...

The enormous spherical star had filled his entire field of vision. Although it was moving slowly, the slow approach of this behemoth gave him a chilling and overwhelming sense of oppression, making it hard to breathe.

It felt like the end of the world had come.

Chapter 972 A Sudden and Devastating Disaster

Red Earth, the Holy Land of Mary Geoise.

As the final battle raged across the boundless land, night had already fallen here.

The bright moon hung high in the sky, and its soft light shone through the window onto the empty throne in the main hall of Pangu City.

Im, the Celestial Dragon King, sat high on the Empty Throne, listening to the Five Elders recount the outcome of the Battle of Loguetown in the East Blue.

"The once-powerful Rocks is suspected to have died by drowning, and the Rocks Pirates have now collapsed."

"But the battle between pirates and mountain bandits is not over. According to observations, the Mountain Bandit King Sigma will likely set the final battlefield on the Infinite Land, which is the moon..."

“It seems that our strategy of not getting involved in this mess was the right one.” Im nodded slightly.

"These lawless pirates and bandits should all perish together, dying on that boundless land."

He was in a pleasant mood at the moment. He rose from the Void Throne, glanced at the bright moon hanging high in the window, and suddenly felt inspired.

"Tonight, isn't it the night of the full moon that mortals talk about once a year? It's truly a rare occasion."

"Right now, the Roger Pirates and Sigma's army are engaged in their final battle on the moon."

"Come with me for a walk and enjoy this rare moonlight," Im said with great interest.

The five elders were stunned for a moment.

This was truly the first time they had ever heard Lord Im, who was always so composed, say such a thing.

As the moonlight streamed into the room, Im happily got up and went out, with the Five Elders attending him at his side.

Outside the main hall, a moon-viewing banquet was impromptu held in the gardens of Mary Geoise.

Im sat at the head of the table, gazing up at the bright moon hanging high in the night sky with great interest.

Well known.

Including the world of One Piece, the Earth and the Moon are relatively close in various anime worlds, especially during the annual full moon, when the Moon is so large that it occupies almost half of the sky.

At this moment, in the eyes of Im and the others, there was also a giant full moon hanging high in the night sky, a dreamlike and fantastical sight that Sig could never have seen in his previous life.

"The boundless land, what a distant concept..." Im looked up at the moon, raised his wine glass, and sighed.

The Five Elders were attending to him on either side, but the one with the mustache was getting impatient. He advised:

"Lord Im, we can't see much from here. After all, the moon is still a long way from the ground beneath our feet."

Before he could finish speaking...

Im jerked his wine glass, spilling wine onto his clothes and wetting his robes, but he was completely unaware.

"What's going on?" He suddenly turned pale.

In the blink of an eye, a visible asteroid appeared beside the giant full moon in the night sky.

.............

The endless battlefield.

A dark red, rocky asteroid emerged from the portal, its massive size obscuring the sky and exuding a chilling, oppressive aura.

Even the golden lion, who was used to seeing huge floating objects, turned pale.

"This is way too big!"

Asteroids and meteorites vary in size, but the one that Dole pulled down was particularly large, much larger than a typical meteorite.

According to Shiki's assessment... this should exceed the upper limit of what his Float-Float Fruit power can handle.

"Does Sigma want to drag us all down with him? That's a huge overreach!"

"This... is this the power of the Seven Warlords of the Mountain, the Infinite Gate Dol, under the command of the Mountain Bandit King?"

The remaining members of the Rocks Pirates were ashen-faced, their eyes filled with despair.

This asteroid was so huge that it shattered their worldview. They had never seen such a massive object in their lives, which gave them an unprecedented sense of oppression and reminded them of the despair of their previous battles!

In the previous battle in Loguetown... the Rocks Pirates were easily destroyed by Sigma's telekinetic manipulation of a giant seawater prison because they had too many Devil Fruit users.

In that battle, the mountain bandit king Sigma defeated the Rocks Pirates without even suffering any obvious injuries.

If the Roger Pirates hadn't arrived later, Sigma could have easily wiped out the entire Rocks Pirates simply by staying on the sea!

This is a desperate gap!

The remaining pirates, led by Golden Lion Shiki, thought that with the help of Roger's pirate crew, they could still avenge their humiliation and defeat the mountain bandit king Sigma.

But before the bandit king could even make a move, his Seven Warriors casually summoned an asteroid, leaving them almost in despair.

What they didn't expect was...

At this moment, Dor was also sweating profusely.

"Why is it so big this time? Is this good luck or bad luck?"

Devil Fruit users, especially Logia-type users, can unleash power far exceeding their own strength when fighting in the right environment.

For example, the sand crocodile in the desert, Kuzan, the user of the Ice-Ice Fruit in the sea, and Dol on the moon.

It wasn't Dole's ability that pulled the asteroid toward the ground, but rather the Moon's gravity.

He simply opened a super-large portal.

Just like using a lever to pry up a boulder from the top of a mountain and make it roll down to the bottom, this is something that humans cannot do by their own strength.

"This is bad, this is at least ten times larger than a normal meteorite!"

Dorgon was sweating profusely behind his back.

Compared to ordinary meteorites, this asteroid, pulled by the portal, is in free fall from the portal, which is thousands of meters high.

Because the Moon's gravitational acceleration is only a fraction of that of Earth in the One Piece world, and due to the influence of the Moon's atmosphere, the asteroid's falling speed is not fast at this time.

This asteroid was larger than a typical meteorite, but fell much slower.

It's like the difference between a glass ball falling rapidly from the tenth floor and a lead ball falling from the first floor.

Dole struggled to assess the power of the shockwave from the asteroid's impact, finding it difficult to make a decision and worrying that it might affect his own side.

"Lord Sigmar."

Dol turned to Sigma with a worried look and whispered:

"Should I use the power of the Door-Door Fruit to send this asteroid back again?"

"Any later and it will be too late."

Sigma remained expressionless.

He had originally wanted a grand finale... but this is a bit too grand.

Sigma glanced at the sky and estimated the size of the asteroid, which was also beyond his grasp.

He seemed to handle Rocks and the others with ease, but his telekinetic abilities were indeed greatly depleted.

Trying to hold back this asteroid with the remaining telekinesis is an overstatement...

Even if you replaced Sigma with Tatsumaki from One-Punch Man, you probably couldn't do it.