"One against many?!"
Luffy's Observation Haki swept across the entire battlefield, and his eyes grew brighter.
"Then let me see... just where my limit lies!"
Zzzzt Zzzt
Silver lightning raced across the sky, forming a massive vortex that instantly enveloped nearly 1,000 square kilometers of Marineford!
"Is that so? Well, it looks like I'll have to get a little serious myself, or I really will be underestimated..."
A teasing voice suddenly rang out.
Countless golden photons converged into a human figure. Kizaru held the ama no murakumo sword in both hands and sliced down without hesitation.
—Clang!
Luffy extended his right arm, and silver Armament Haki, like majestic armor, firmly blocked Kizaru's light sword, sending sparks flying.
The light sword, which could originally cleave metal and stone, now couldn't even break the skin!
"—Oh?!"
Kizaru's expression was priceless. He transformed into golden light and instantly vanished, reappearing ten thousand meters away.
However, Luffy was faster than him.
That kick, wreathed in Haoshoku lightning, ruthlessly struck his elbow.
—Crack.
The sound of bone cracking echoed, and Kizaru was instantly sent flying, skimming across the sea surface before crashing heavily into the ruins.
On the other side,
"Meigo!"
"Quake!"
Two fists, one white and one crimson, collided in mid-air, unleashing rolling shockwaves.
Both men were heavily injured, but the aura they emitted seemed incredibly terrifying.
Suddenly, a dazzling and exquisite ice crystal began spiraling upward from Whitebeard's feet, threatening to freeze his entire body into an ice sculpture!
"Gurararara,"
Feeling the ice crystals spread across his body, the bone-deep coldness nearly freezing his cells, Whitebeard laughed instead.
"A very powerful Devil Fruit ability!... But an overdose of Haki... is the bane of all Devil Fruits!!"
As Whitebeard laughed, black and crimson lightning suddenly erupted from his body, twisting and intertwining, blurring the surrounding space.
The speed at which the ice crystals spread immediately stalled, followed by a series of crisp sounds.
Crackle!
Visible cracks spread across the frost covering his feet, and then shattered completely.
Aokiji supported his heavily injured body and slowly stood up.
"Ararara, worthy of being the the strongest man in the world. Even in his twilight years, his spirit remains undiminished?!"
"Heh heh, merely a remnant of the old era!"
Akainu's face was grim. Half of his body had turned into scorching magma, billowing black smoke.
"Gurararara, it's not for a candle-lighting brat like you to—!"
Whitebeard tightly gripped his bisento. Quakes enveloped the area, dimensions fractured, and he brought his blade down heavily, "to criticize me!!"
"Inugami Guren!"
"Quake Blade!"
Crimson and white intertwined, and immense shockwaves exploded forth. Both men grunted, their figures sliding uncontrollably backward for dozens of meters.
The moment they stabilized themselves, they charged forward again like pouncing tigers.
Whitebeard held a determination to die;
Akainu possessed the madness of a hyena.
Devil Fruit abilities, Haki, physical strength—everything was unleashed without restraint, solely to kill the other!
This was the most primal of battles... deep within Marineford.
Boom!
The massive Horse Bone crashed to the ground, rolling continuously and kicking up monstrous amounts of snow and dust!
Satan Saint's eyelids twitched wildly as he sprayed out countless streams of venom!
The Wild Boar's body was slowly recovering.
Four enormous beasts lunged toward Luffy.
"What a pain! Aside from your immortality, you old fogeys have absolutely no redeeming qualities!"
Luffy frowned. His Haoshoku couldn't break the Gorosei's immortality, at least not in small amounts... but it could severely inhibit their regeneration.
Injuries that should have healed in seconds were forcibly delayed by minutes.
"Do you really think... only you can get big?"
Countless silver lightning bolts enveloped Luffy's figure.
Under the disbelieving expressions of the Gorosei,
The white halo grew immense. Luffy, who had been small as an ant in their eyes, suddenly swelled up... rising from the ground like a towering mountain!
Five meters
Ten meters
Thirty meters
Fifty meters
Eighty meters
One hundred meters!!!
Luffy instantly transformed into a hundred-meter Giant, and the Gorosei's massive forms only reached his waist.
Then, under the horrified gazes of the Gorosei, two massive arms extended, grabbed the Sandworm, clamped its mouthparts, and brutally ripped it apart!
—Tear!
Yellow-green slime splattered everywhere, and the Sandworm was instantly torn in half.
The terrifying movement, along with the earth-shaking footsteps, immediately drew everyone's attention.
Hancock, staring intently at Luffy,
Marines and pirates trembling on the ships at sea,
Mihawk, who was scanning everything like an eagle, the World's Greatest Swordsman,
or Sengoku, Whitebeard, and the others fighting in Marineford... all subconsciously turned their heads at this moment, their eyes widening in shock and horror, as if they had witnessed something terrifying.
"Oh oh oh, this really is... quite bad, isn't it?"
Kizaru lay in the ruins, his bloody sleeve covering his eyes, making his expression impossible to discern.
"What... is that..."
"Is it the Giant Race?"
Marines and pirates gasped, exchanging bewildered glances!
Sengoku stared intently at the figure, his face grave.
"I knew it! The legendary Warrior of Liberation, Sun God nika!!"
Kuma stared blankly at the colossal figure that reached the heavens, speechless for a long time.
Yet, raging waves surged in his heart—the lifelong faith of the Buccaneer Race... had appeared!
He was so powerful, bringing laughter and dawn!
"...We must take him out quickly, otherwise, Imu-sama will—"
After a moment of hesitation, the Wild Boar drove his thick limbs, leaping high and charging toward Luffy!
"—Hah!" Luffy slammed the gigantic Sandworm, which had been torn in half and was still writhing, hard onto the ground.
Boom!!
A massive crater was smashed into the ground within a one-kilometer radius, cracks spreading rapidly and stones flying everywhere.
—Crack.
Luffy clenched his fist, silver-white lightning danced wildly, and he punched out. The mirror of space cracked like glass, and powerful dimensional force surged forth.
"Boom!!"
Saint Varcolica of the Wild Boar was instantly blasted away, his entire boar body becoming a bloody mess.
"—Damn it, why is he so strong?!"
"Is he shattering space purely with strength?!"
Three monsters emitting an evil aura surrounded Luffy in a pincer formation, their eyes showing traces of fear.
The Sandworm also began reassembling its body, but the process was exceptionally slow.
The Gyuki's abdomen began to writhe, and hundreds of massive black and purple poison balls were spat out.
Luffy didn't even look. He projected Armament Haki outward to block the venom, causing purple smoke to rise!
Itsumade vibrated its wings and spat out a towering pillar of fire.
Luffy casually threw a punch, and a powerful shockwave shattered the bird-serpent!
The body of Horse Bone suddenly appeared behind him, wrapped in a chilling wind.
Luffy countered with an elbow strike that exploded like a missile in the air, shattering the ribs of the skeletal Horse Bone under the immense force!
"—Too weak!!"
The rampant silver lightning formed a thunderstorm, and the Gorosei were toyed with like mere dolls!
But their immortality kept them barely alive, making them extremely annoying.