Amidst that shock, there was amazement at a junior growing to such a terrifying level; there was the realization of the historical impact brought by the act of 'God-slaying'; and perhaps, there was a trace of... an indescribable ripple in the face of this subversive reality regarding certain beliefs and paths one had adhered to for a lifetime.
Further away, those New Navy soldiers who were fighting the God's Knights and the remnants of CP0, or tensely watching the battle, collectively lost their voices at this moment!
Countless people opened their mouths wide, eyes staring like copper bells, forgetting to breathe, forgetting to blink, and even forgetting the danger of being on the battlefield!
An extremely complex emotion, exploding in their hearts like a tsunami, completely submerged them—
There was wild joy! To see with their own eyes that high and mighty, overbearing 'God' who represented the World Government's highest military power being severely wounded by their ally—the excitement and exhilaration of breaking through tyranny and witnessing a miracle was irrepressible!
There was awe! A soul-deep awe and reverence for Red-Haired Shanks's strength and courage that surpassed imagination and severed fate!
But more so, there was a greater, colder fear!
They knew very well that what they would face next would no longer be the majesty of an injured 'deity,' but the other four 'Gods' who had been completely enraged and would surely retaliate at any cost, as well as the frantic counterattack of the loyal and fanatical God's Knights!
That would be... a true, devastating Divine Wrath!
And through the live broadcast, the entire world watching this battle that would decide the fate of the world in real-time—
At the moment Shanks's gryphon pierced Satan Saint's heart, the entire world seemed to fall into a brief, absolute silence, as if the servers themselves were lagging due to data overload.
Whether it was the tavern in Windmill Village in the East Blue, the court of a kingdom in the West Blue, the deck of a merchant ship in the South Blue, the snowy plains base in the North Blue, or the plazas of various islands in the Grand Line... all the people watching the broadcast through visual Den Den Mushi were frozen in place as if a collective binding spell had been cast, holding their breath, their gazes dull and fixed on the frozen image on the screen.
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
And then—
"BOOM—!!!!!!"
It wasn't a physical explosion, but a tsunami of information, a nuclear blast of cognition, a volcanic eruption of emotion!
On all the screens capable of receiving the signal, the bullet-chat area that had been briefly blank because the image was too shocking was instantly, completely submerged and swallowed by an endless, frantic flood of text in bold fonts and glaring colors!
"God... God-slaying?!"
"Red-Haired Shanks!!! He... he killed one of the Gorosei?!"
"My God! History! We have witnessed true history today!!!"
"Immortal? In the face of a true king and will, there is no such thing as immortality!"
"Where are the Marines? Where is the World Government?! Look! The other Gorosei are going crazy!"
"Subversion! Total subversion! This world... is about to change!"
Words could no longer fully express people's emotions; all sorts of extremely shocked emojis, explosive virtual effects, and even incoherent, logically confused screams and shouts born of over-excitement filled every corner where one could speak!
The subversive imagery brought a subversive cognitive impact!
A 'God,' a symbol of the highest power who had ruled the world for eight hundred years and was regarded as inviolable and immortal, had just had his heart pierced by a mortal using a sword right before their eyes!
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