Everyone, can come at him together?
Teach's eyes instantly widened.
"Huh? What did you say?"
Loki's voice couldn't help but rise even higher. "Everyone—"
He couldn't help but glance at the group of people sitting at the same circular table as Roa.
Every one of them was an acquaintance from back in the day; every one of them was a monster whose name resounded throughout the world now.
Shiki, Kaido, Red, Katakuri, Charlotte Linlin!
The famous monsters White Wolf Yamato and Destruction Princess Bonney were considered the "weaker" ones!
"Are you saying you want everyone here to attack at once!"
He already knew that Roa's mind was a bit abnormal, but he never thought it would be this abnormal!
How could anyone be this crazy?!
Teach was also momentarily stunned.
That's right!
Twenty-five years had passed for them, but for the Boss, only a few dozen days had gone by.
The Boss was still the Boss; he was just as arrogant, unruly, and overbearing as ever!
"Zehahaha!!"
Teach's laugh could no longer be suppressed. The wildest, most unhinged laughter burst forth in a frenzy. "Understood! Boss!"
"What are you waiting for, Loki! Doffy! Bege! Come on! Let the Boss see the power we've gained throughout this long period of time!"
The strong rule, the weak obey—the Calamity Company has always followed such a simple principle!
Twenty-five years ago, the Boss possessed unmatched power, so everyone obeyed him.
But, what about now?
Was it still the case?
Teach admitted that his current self was definitely not as strong as the Boss twenty-five years ago.
But, did the Boss, who traveled from twenty-five years ago, still possess the power to crush everyone alone?
That's exactly what the Boss wants to prove!
If so, what was there to hesitate about?
"This—fine!"
Doflamingo and Bege clenched their teeth hard, then heavily nodded.
Even though so many years had passed, absolute obedience to Roa's words was still an instinct etched into their bones.
Only...
"Don't you look down on me!"
Loki, wielding his massive hammer, was furious. "You think I'm still the person from twenty-five years ago—"
Bang.
A black shadow flashed in front of Loki's head. A long right leg, wreathed in black Haki lightning, lashed out like a steel whip, slamming into Loki's left cheek.
Crack!
With a clearly audible breaking sound, Loki's left cheekbone instantly caved in. His eyes rolled back, and his head flew sideways, stretching and pulling his neck until his massive body was finally yanked along and sent flying into the sky.
Teach slowly turned his head, but Loki was already gone.
A drop of sweat rolled down his forehead.
Eh—?
Boom!
The mountain-sized Loki traced an elegant parabola in the sky before slamming heavily into the sea in the distance in a headfirst dive, instantly kicking up towering waves.
"Seriously," Roa lightly landed on the ground, the Haki lightning around his right foot slowly dissipating. He said somewhat helplessly,
"I'm the one being looked down upon, right? Loki, one point deducted."
"Amazing, Brother Roa!" Yamato clapped her hands in praise. "I didn't even realize what happened!"
"He's... become stronger..." Bege's voice was shaking. "No, as expected of the Boss..."
Doflamingo was frantically swallowing his saliva.
Twenty-five years ago, the Boss surely couldn't have instantly knocked out a powerhouse like Loki, could he?
So, they used twenty-five years, and yet the extent of the Boss's growth in just a few dozen days was even greater?
"Ah!!"
Teach's officers were instantly dumbfounded.
That was Loki!!
The Giant Prince who had run rampant in the New World for years!
His overwhelming monstrous strength and incredibly powerful Haki made him unstoppable.
He had just fought their Captain, and the two could be said to have been evenly matched!
And yet, he was knocked away with a single casual blow?
Calamity Roa! The Captain's Boss, was actually this terrifying!
"This brat!!"
Shiki's pupils were also shaking.
Roa's speed just now caught even him off guard.
Not to mention the Haki wrapped around his leg!
"No wonder..." Redfield slowly nodded.
No wonder Roa was this arrogant—was it because, after the awakening of his ability, he had evolved to another dimension?
"Woggygygy! Interesting!!"
Kaido instantly rose from the table. "Then let me see, Roa, what kind of power you possess now!!"
So strong!
Just that one blow showed that the power Roa displayed was stronger than his all-out effort twenty-five years ago!
Could he truly evolve to this extent in just a few dozen days?
This is great!!
Directly flipping the table in front of him, Kaido lunged straight toward Roa.
"Thunder Bagua!!"
The customary greeting move.
Roa raised his left hand, throwing a punch casually from his standing position.
BOOM!!
The dark iron club and the Haki-wreathed left hand suddenly collided mid-air.
"Ugh!"
Kaido grunted, his body actually sent flying backward.
"Zehahaha! To be exaggerated to such an absurd degree!!"
Teach roared with laughter, his body swelling up in that instant. "Boss! As expected of you!"
"Then," a colossal beast over twenty meters tall and fifty meters long suddenly appeared in front of Roa. "What are you all still waiting for! Don't disappoint the Boss!"
Black Hellfire was about to spew from the three massive heads.
"Teach, you've really grown some guts, using fire against me." Roa chuckled.
Immediately, the black flames that were about to be spewed out instantly exploded, turning into a black tide that engulfed Teach.
"Waaahh!!"
Teach instantly screamed. The disaster of fire derived from the Hellfire that could burn everything was even too much for him to handle.
"Bege!!" Doflamingo wiped the sweat from his forehead and shouted sharply.
Just as Teach said, they couldn't disappoint the Boss!
Otherwise—
"Come on! Full-Size Big Father!!!"
Bege's body suddenly inflated in that instant, transforming into a massive castle giant over fifty meters tall.
Then, the castle giant's gate swung open.
"Fusion!!"
Purple light spread out from Doflamingo's body, instantly swallowing everything on this coastline—even the large ships docked along the shore.
"Oh! Not bad!" Roa looked at the purple matter surging like a tsunami in front of him and couldn't help but praise, "You've awakened, Doffy? I can give you one point for that."
"Boss! Witness this to your heart's content!"
A massive behemoth hundreds of meters tall suddenly appeared before Roa.
With Roa's Observation Haki, he could clearly perceive that the Big Father that Bege had transformed into became the core of this colossal creature.
And the surface of the massive castle seemed to be clad in an armor made of Poneglyphs.
Swoosh swoosh swoosh!
Large cannon barrels popped out from all parts of the giant's body, all aiming at Roa.
"Oh." Roa raised an eyebrow. "Still using cannons?"
"Don't drop your guard, Roa." Katakuri remained seated on his chair, calmly sipping his drink. "These two guys are equally famous these past few years. Some call them the World's Strongest Firepower!"
"That sounds impressive," Roa chuckled.
Buzz!!
Light began to flash within the cannon barrels.
At the same time, red light flashed in Roa's eyes; the future vision was already imprinted there.
"Not bad, not bad! The power is astonishing!"
He nodded with satisfaction. "But, I'd rather not blow up this island that Katakuri painstakingly put back together."
Roa drew his sword.
Black and red smoke instantly billowed up.
Slice!!
Space was warped for an instant, seemingly cut into two by a black and red arc of light.
What was cut in half was not just space, but also the massive behemoth within that space.
"Waaah!!"
Inside Bege's body, Doflamingo suddenly screamed, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
Then.
The enormous castle giant was forcibly cleaved out of the purple-black giant. The Poneglyph armor covering its body was split with a crack across the chest.
After cleaving the giant formed by Doflamingo's Awakening into two, Roa casually turned and swung his sword down.
Clang!
Amidst the deafening crash, the golden figure that had flown in was also sent staggering backward.
"Seriously, Old Man Shiki, don't try sneak attacks." Roa smiled.
Shiki, flying up into the sky, exhaled a smoke ring. Looking down at Roa, his eyes gradually turned frantic. "Awakening—does it strengthen your physical power to this extent?"
Katakuri nodded in agreement.
He had the same question earlier.
"I'm only sixteen," Roa said casually. "Still in my growth phase."
"Woggygygy! Growth phase! Roaring Thunder Bagua!"
The iron club slammed toward Roa again, but this time, Brother Kaido's body was covered in blue scales.
"Thunder Bagua!"
Roa swung his sword to meet the attack.
Although he was wielding a sword, it didn't matter.
A black and red pillar of air condensed into a completely solid spiked club.
The two iron clubs collided violently, and the ferocious winds blew away all the debris on the ground.
"Not strong enough, Brother Kaido!"
Following Roa's loud laugh, Kaido's spiked club was forcibly pushed back.
"Ugh!"
With a muffled groan, Kaido also flew backward.
"I told you to all attack together," Roa flipped his beloved sword onto his shoulder. The black and red air column emanating from the sharp blade made him look like a demon who had escaped from purgatory.
"Otherwise, it's just too boring."
"Zehahaha!!"
Teach, having broken free from the flames, had entered his human-beast form. Three hideous heads grew on his shoulders. Black flames overflowed from their mouths, and six eyes stared intensely at Roa.
"Shiki! Kaido! And Loki! You should realize it by now! Alone, you don't even qualify to make the Boss take you seriously!"
Boom!
A huge black shadow swept through the air.
The soaking wet Loki slammed heavily onto the ground behind Teach.
He held his massive hammer with both hands, scarlet blood spilling from his mouth. His left cheek was completely caved in and a bloody mess.
"I don't care about that!" Loki looked at Roa with burning eyes.
So strong!
Too strong!
How could Roa have become this strong in just a few dozen days?
With this kind of strength, dealing with that bastard old man who turned into a dog should be easy!
But before that, let's have a good fight!
Lightning crackled on the huge iron hammer.
"Mhm, that's more like it." Roa nodded with satisfaction.
Then he turned his head. "Old Man Shiki, Brother Kaido, what do you say?"
Shiki frowned.
Kaido also looked displeased.
This bastard's arrogant attitude really made them want to smash him to bits.
But, ganging up on Roa—
"I see."
Roa nodded gently. "Then I'll create opponents for the two of you first."
Pitch-black wings spread out in that instant. Giant horns spiraled up, hideous exoskeleton armor covered his entire body, and black mist manifested into a physical form.
The Demon God descends!
"What—what is this!!"
Dorry and Brogy, who had been silent and merely watching the battle, couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
What was this chilling feeling?
Teach's disappointing officers were trembling all over.
The wrestler, who looked physically strong, was now terrified. "I feel... I feel like I'm going to be swallowed up!"
"This is Roa's Awakening?" Redfield exclaimed, amazed. "What is this oppressive feeling? It's like facing some terrifying natural disaster!"
"Then," Roa curled his lips. "One by one."
He looked up at Shiki in the sky, suddenly showing a strange smile. "For a Lion, the enemy should indeed be a Tiger, shouldn't it?"
"ROAR!!"
A fierce roar suddenly erupted from the sky.
"What?" Everyone looked up in astonishment.
They saw a pitch-black fierce tiger with two wings and two horns suddenly dive down from the sky, charging straight for Shiki.
"What's going on!" Charlotte Linlin's face flesh was shaking. Undescribable shock made her stand up immediately. "When did this brat Roa get a clone?"
Katakuri, the only one who knew about Roa's new ability, was even more shocked. "He can even summon a copy of himself?"
The winged tiger diving down roared, swiping a claw toward Shiki.
"You brat, you're looking down on me too much—" Shiki sneered, meeting the attack with a casual swing of his sword.
He thought this brat Roa was playing tricks on him!
But.
Clang!
With a massive crash, Shiki's expression instantly changed. He was then sent crashing down like a fly swatted by a fly-swatter, heavily impacting the island below and causing the ground to undulate.
"Ehh!!!"
Bege, who had just struggled to his feet, felt his eyes about to fly out of their sockets.
Just a clone summoned by the Boss has the power to suppress Shiki?
"What exactly is this—" Even the experienced veteran Redfield was sweating profusely.
That was Shiki!
"Don't underestimate it, Old Man Shiki," Roa chuckled. "Although it's merely a derivative of my ability, it has inherited half of my strength."
Mhm.
If his pre-evolution power level was defined as one hundred, then Old Man Shiki and the others were around ninety-something.
After evolution, with his ability comprehensively elevated to a new level, his full-power level exceeded two hundred.
This Qiongqi that inherited half his strength was roughly a little over one hundred.
While actual combat couldn't be purely judged by numbers, it definitely possessed the power to fight Shiki.
"Aang!"
The black tiger roared, summoning bolts of lightning that struck straight toward the massive crater Shiki had made.
Then, streaks of golden slashes shot up into the sky, instantly shattering the lightning before violently slashing toward the fierce tiger.
The Qiongqi Roa created roared, summoning one massive wind blade after another to clash with Shiki's slashes.
"The abilities are the same as Roa's!" Charlotte Linlin exclaimed. "It really is a clone!"
"And then," Roa looked at Kaido, whose stamina had mostly recovered. "Brother Kaido, for you—"
Hiss, a Dragon vs. Tiger fight is a common trope, isn't it?
"Never mind, repeating things isn't good. Let's have a Dragon vs. Serpent fight then!"
Rumble!
The ground beside them instantly exploded. A massive black shadow shot up into the sky, twisted in mid-air, and then hurtled straight toward Kaido.
"So big!!" Bonney couldn't help but gasp. "Is that... a snake?!"
It was a ridiculously large snake!
Its diameter alone was nearly a hundred meters! Its length was immeasurable!
It was completely black, its scales reflecting the sunlight.
"Go, Jörmungandr." Roa chuckled.
"You brat! Don't you dare look down on me!" Kaido roared, leaping up. His iron club, trailing long black lightning, smashed toward the giant snake's head.
"Mhm, that way, Old Man Shiki and Brother Kaido both have opponents," Roa nodded contentedly, then looked back at the observing crowd with intense curiosity. "Red, Auntie Linlin, Katakuri, want to play?"
Although he only had half his stamina left, and the recovery of his black energy was now occupied by the two monsters, it should be enough.
"I'll pass," Katakuri flatly refused. "I lost comprehensively enough last time."
"Mama-mama, this old woman prefers watching too." Charlotte Linlin curled her lips.
This brat Roa seemed even more terrifying after Awakening his ability.
This brat was arrogant, but not blindly arrogant.
Since that was the case, she wouldn't look for a beating.
"Then allow me to experience it. Just how strong have you become." Red stood up, his umbrella sword wreathed in black Haki.
"Me too, Brother Roa," Yamato also stood up and drew her club. The open-hearted woman's eyes were filled with eagerness. "Everyone keeps telling me you're unbelievably strong! Now let me experience it firsthand!"
Bonney on the side pouted, then a look of schadenfreude suddenly appeared in her eyes.
She was instantly defeated when Roa wasn't even serious; how could this foolish woman Yamato fare any better?
"Very well, then," Roa looked at Red and Yamato, then turned back to Teach, Loki, and Doflamingo and Bege, who had once again created their purple-black giant.
"Here I come."
Whoosh!
Roa's wings slightly fluttered.
"Waaah!!"
Doflamingo screamed out again.
The purple-black giant was utterly useless; a massive gap was already cleaved directly into its chest.
The huge castle giant flew out again, this time slamming heavily into the sea, kicking up massive waves.
"So fast!" Even Red, who was already proficient in speed, couldn't help but exclaim.
He hadn't even reacted!
"Solo combat only leads to defeat! Attack together!" Teach roared, leaping up.
Black lightning also wrapped around his fists.
He had Conqueror's Haki too, damn it!!
Red and Yamato reacted quickly as well, jumping up almost simultaneously with Teach.
Yamato's body surface was already covered in white fur, transforming into the beautiful white wolf human-beast form.
Zoan-type, Dog-Dog Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Ōkuchi no Makami form!
"Come on! Lightning!!" Loki swung his huge warhammer. Lightning leaped onto the black hammer, drawing forth mysterious power in the sky, summoning a massive lightning bolt directly toward Roa.
But.
"Idiot! Loki! What are you doing!" Teach cried out in alarm.
But it was too late. The lightning suddenly shifted, slamming heavily into Loki's body.
"Waaah!" Loki screamed, instantly blasted away.
At the same time.
Among the three who had soared into the sky, Yamato felt a blur before her eyes.
"As expected, I should probably deal with the weakest one first." Roa chuckled.
"Ice Shogun Slash!"
Yamato's pupils contracted. How could he be so fast!
But instinctively, the iron club wreathed in Conqueror's Haki and ice smashed toward Roa.
Simultaneously, Red, who had leaped into the sky with Yamato, didn't hesitate. The sharp tip of his umbrella sword, wreathed in Haki, stabbed toward Roa's waist.
"Tiger Devour!"
The black and red blade aimed at Yamato. A massive tiger head roared out, biting Yamato and smashing her heavily downward.
Roa didn't even turn his head. His tail, which had always been inconspicuous, suddenly snaked up like a serpent, wrapping directly around Red's arm and preventing the sharp umbrella sword from advancing even an inch.
"What?" Red's face changed.
This kind of strength?
Just a tail?
The tail wrapped around Red and swung downward forcefully.
Before Red could stabilize himself.
"Tiger Roar!"
Roa swung his sword down.
Various elements surged on the blade, mixing with the black and red air column, transforming into a beam of light that instantly swallowed Red.
"Zehaha—no way?"
Cold sweat streamed down Teach's forehead. He hadn't even reached the highest point of his jump. "That easy?"
"This is called numerical crushing," Roa said, his wings already carrying him forward. "You go down too, Teach."
A huge black and red blade instantly extended, almost spanning the sky.
Then, Roa cleaved down.
"Boss! Can I surrender!!" Teach shrieked, but facing the unstoppable massive blade, he covered his forearms in black flames and swung a punch to meet the attack with all his might.
BOOM!!
The sky roared. Accompanied by leaping black flames, Teach plummeted like a baseball, once again smashing a huge crater into the ground below.
"Eh!"
Loki, who had just recovered from the numbness of the lightning, looked up and was instantly drenched in cold sweat. "They've all been defeated?"
"You have to fall too." Roa swung his sword downward.
The black and red fierce tiger, a thousand meters long, roared down.
"Don't you look down on me!" Loki shouted, swinging his warhammer to meet the attack.
This time, he didn't dare to add lightning to the hammer.
But the moment they collided, his black hammer was instantly deflected by the immense power, and the fierce tiger slammed right into his body.
Like being hit head-on by a train, Loki was smashed directly into the ground.
"Sigh, am I really too strong?" Roa muttered to himself.
Now, only two people remained.
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