West Blue, Ohara, Coastal area.
Looking around, the surrounding ocean for thousands of meters had been completely frozen solid.
Razor-sharp cold winds mixed with overwhelming Haki. At least on the surface, it seemed to have Aus briefly pinned down!
Extreme low temperatures naturally wreaked havoc on the body. Aus fighting Kuzan up close in this frozen hellscape already showed just how monstrous his constitution was.
"Cold enough to give me goosebumps. Let's wrap this up quick...
Not just to have some fun with you, Kuzan, but also to test two years of training."
Aus shook out his arms. His usually casual, scattered gaze finally sharpened.
Conqueror's Haki condensed into lightning across his body, raging through the sky before slowly coiling around his fist.
He glanced over at Mihawk, still effortlessly handling multiple opponents, and called out:
"Oi, little hawk, time to back way the hell up!"
After cleanly cutting down another sword-wielding Marine Rear Admiral, Mihawk heard this and turned with surprise, cold sweat beading on his forehead:
"Using that move... making this big a scene right after we set sail?"
"Yeah, been a while since I came out to play. Call it a little greeting gift from a senior to this new era."
Aus's mouth curved up. The black-red lightning in his hand grew thicker.
Hearing their exchange, not just Kuzan who'd been forced back by Aus's last attack, but all the officers locked in desperate combat looked confused as hell.
But before they could react, they watched "Hawk Eyes" Mihawk—who'd been an unstoppable killing machine moments before—suddenly disengage.
After one massive emerald sword slash forced back the Marine officers, he quickly retreated inland, away from shore.
Before the officers could move to intercept, an absolutely crushing oppressive force slammed into their brains!
This spine-crawling sensation...
Death!
What the fuck was happening?!
Spinning toward the coastal battlefield's center,
They saw that already terrifying figure now erupting with black-red lightning again.
No, it couldn't be called lightning anymore.
To describe it accurately, it was more like...
A thunderstorm!
Facing this completely unrestrained, finally unleashed Conqueror's Haki, some weak-ass Commodores and Rear Admirals were already kneeling in agony.
Using swords stuck in the ground to barely avoid the humiliation of face-planting.
If those on the battlefield's edge were like this, forget about Kuzan who was the main target.
The pressure multiplied like fucking mountains!
Those eyes behind sunglasses filled with disbelief and horror:
"This feeling...
Hey hey hey, how the hell could you know this technique, Doctor Aus!"
Aus didn't bother answering. His eyes just blazed red, his smile carrying a hint of cruelty:
"Sorry, Kuzan. This time you definitely can't run."
This "King of the Next Generation's" black-red thunderstorm slowly contracted, condensing toward his fist.
Finally, after compressing to the absolute limit, it formed a blinding red light source—like Borsalino's laser but cranked to eleven.
Even brighter than before. Even in broad daylight, it lit up the entire coastline.
The next instant,
That terrifying light source and figure vanished.
All the officers suddenly felt their bodies lighten, able to stand again. Still dazed, they looked around.
Only Kuzan's face remained drenched in cold sweat, not relaxing one bit. Instead, mouth hanging open, he stared up at the sky in shock.
Noticing this, the officers followed his gaze.
That one look nearly gave them all heart attacks.
Holy shit...
What the hell was that...
The sun?!
That blazing red light hanging ten thousand meters up was now plummeting toward earth like the apocalypse itself.
Like a falling star!
BOOM—!
The range was massive, speed incredible. No escape possible, especially with Future Sight already tracking their every move.
"Been chased by old man Garp since I was a kid. Seen this move hundreds, maybe thousands of times. How could I not pick it up...
Before, my Conqueror's Haki was too weak, but things are different now, Kuzan!"
Nearly adult Aus—even without Devil Fruit powers and freaky Observation Haki boosts—had already stepped solidly into Emperor Commander territory.
He'd truly reached the preliminary level of world-class combat power!
"What a terrifying bastard..."
Watching that blinding light source in the sky, having retreated a full thousand meters from the battlefield during the Conqueror's Haki suppression, Mihawk broke into cold sweat while muttering praise:
Even seeing it before, it was still absolutely insane!
"Fist Bone: Galaxy Impact!"
The red cross-shaped light source hit earth. After a moment of eerie silence, massive shockwaves like a blazing sun exploded in all directions!
What kind of inhuman power was this?
Before this walking nuclear bomb's might, the ground tore apart like tissue paper.
Though not matching Garp's full-power island annihilation, the earth within several thousand meters was already completely shattered!
Massive dust clouds shot skyward. A genuine apocalyptic scene.
Whether Ohara Island's residents or the Marines and CP agents still at sea—everyone trembled, jaws dropped, struck speechless by this sight!
"We're fucked, we're fucked, we're so fucking fucked..."
On the warship, watching that world-ending nuclear explosion, the usually smug CP9 supreme commander Spandine
couldn't give a damn about his subordinates watching. Half-collapsed on the ground, snot and tears streaming, sprawled on the bow staring at that insane conflict.
Remembering the noble Five Elder Saint Warcury's orders from moments ago, he couldn't afford to be scared anymore.
Immediately jumping up, he barked at nearby CP personnel:
"Get word to the warship Marines—approach Ohara Island right fucking now!
By direct order of the World Government's highest authority, we have to stop this battle immediately!"
Hearing this outburst, nearby soldiers who'd been shocked by the monsters' fighting power—and grateful their fleet hadn't landed first—went pale as death.
Wait, did he hear that right?
Stop this war?
With us?
Seeing his people frozen in place, Spandine was losing his goddamn mind.
Whipping out his pistol and jamming it against their heads, not caring about the tears and snot covering his face, he screamed:
"This is a direct fucking order! Without understanding what caused this situation,
we... how the hell could we fight 'Black Gun' Aus!"
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