"Wait... You're kidding me—wasn't that Admiral Zephyr who got blown away?!"
Gasps erupted among the stunned Marines, staring at the massive crater.
"This monster… is he invincible?! Even when the three top powers of Marine Headquarters join forces, we still can't suppress him!"
The realization was spreading like wildfire—Ayr wasn't just strong. He was monstrous.
"This is a brutal fight…! But no matter what—even if we have to die here today—we must stop Ayr from getting the Op-Op Fruit!"
They knew what was at stake.
If Ayr got his hands on that fruit—if he obtained immortality through the Perpetual Youth Surgery—no one in this world could stop him.
Ayr's strength had already reached an overwhelming level.
Even now, without having tapped into the full power of the Ten Tails Jinchūriki, he was dominating three of the Marine's greatest legends.
The very idea of him unleashing the complete Sage of Six Paths power was enough to send chills down even the spines of battle-hardened admirals.
---
Zephyr slowly climbed out of the pit, blood dripping from a long gash across his chest.
The Admiral's face was pale, but his expression remained firm.
"How's the injury, Zephyr?" Garp asked, eyes still locked on Ayr.
"It's not too bad," Zephyr replied, his voice steady but strained. "But today… we're in for one hell of a fight."
All three knew the truth—even fighting together, their odds were grim.
The man standing before them wasn't a pirate king, warlord, or revolutionary.
He was something more—something that broke the rules of power itself.
Just moments ago, Ayr had launched a sword strike so powerful that even their combined defense couldn't fully neutralize it.
Despite clashing together in sync, Zephyr had been blasted back, wounded from a single blow of Ayr's black-dragon sword energy.
---
"Tch… Damn it!!!" Zephyr cursed under his breath, staring at the wound on his chest.
To be injured so quickly—even slightly—while fighting alongside Garp and Sengoku?
It was unthinkable.
"That sword energy… It's not just Haki. There's something darker in it…" he muttered.
The Marines watching from a distance were shaken to their core.
"Wait, even with Vice Admiral Garp, Admiral Sengoku, and Admiral Zephyr working together, Zephyr got knocked back with one move?!"
"But... the fight hasn't even escalated yet! Ayr hasn't used full power!"
---
Smoke cleared further from the battlefield, revealing Ayr, still standing at the center, his black blade resting on his shoulder, aura undiminished.
His eyes glowed faintly, flickering with the dark light of Conqueror's Haki, unmatched and primordial.
Sengoku's brow furrowed deeply.
He had heard the tales—the whispers of Ayr's feats.
But this?
"I'd heard countless legends about Ayr. And yet… none of them came close to what I just saw," Sengoku muttered gravely.
Ayr wasn't just strong.
He was Sage-tier, nearing the realm of mythical figures like Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki.
If he were to fully unleash the power of the Ten Tails...
"His power… how far will it go?" Sengoku said aloud, his fists tightening.
---
Still, this wasn't the time for awe.
Legends are called legends for a reason.
And in their eyes, Haki was still the force that could defy fate.
Even if their opponent's strength surpassed human comprehension.
Even if he was destined to rewrite the world.
They had a mission.
They had the will.
"Hey, hey… What's with this guy's strength? It's insane…" a Marine whispered.
And yet, all they had to do was hold him back.
Just long enough for Tsuru to escape with the Op-Op Fruit.
That, at least, remained possible.
---
Zephyr, standing above the pit, exhaled deeply.
The pain from his wound pulsed through his body, but his gaze didn't waver.
He could feel it now—the pressure of battle against a man who could reshape the balance of the world.
Yet, he didn't fear it.
"This… this is what it means to fight a true monster," Zephyr said quietly.
As he stepped forward again, joining Garp and Sengoku, a terrifying silence fell over the battlefield.
The sky above rumbled.
The next exchange… would shake the world.
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