Chapter 290: The Three Heroes Battle Ochoku!
Center of Hachinosu · Giant Skull Statue
Meanwhile, as flames and shockwaves still roared at the port, the center of the island presented a completely different scene.
Lomba's ten-meter-tall Ancient Zoan Giant Armored Turtle form, with a shell as thick as a city wall, was once indestructible.
—But at this moment, under the furious barrage of Luffy's Human-Beast form, the surface of the shell was already covered in dense, fine cracks.
"This brat's punches... are getting heavier?! No, if this keeps up, my turtle shell is really going to crack!"
Lomba let out a low growl. His body abruptly shrank, his bones emitting a series of crack-crack-crack sounds of restructuring—
"Zoan-type, Ancient Model: Giant Armored Turtle—HUMAN-BEAST FORM!!!"
His figure transformed into a half-turtle, half-human monster over three meters tall. The turtle shell covered his back like heavy armor. His arms turned into pitch-black turtle claws, and his legs were as thick as stone pillars, every step making the earth tremble.
Seeing this, Luffy grinned widely, the tail of his Pink Dragon Human-Beast form swishing excitedly: "You finally shrank! This is the right way to fight!!!"
"BANG—!!!"
Turtle claws and dragon fists clashed head-on. The airwave exploded, sending surrounding rubble flying!
Luffy used the momentum to launch into the air, kicking off the ground, and instantly lunging back in—
His fist winds poured down like a rainstorm, carrying the "Fist Bone" technique personally taught by Garp. Every punch was as heavy as a mountain, hammering Lomba's arms until they went numb.
Lomba blocked while retreating, cold sweat beading on his forehead: "This brat's boxing style... why is it so similar to that Marine Hero?!!"
With a furious roar, he violently plunged his claws into the ground, erupting with wild power—
"RUMBLE-RUMBLE—!!!"
The earth was forcibly torn open, and shattered stones rolled up like a giant wave, pouring down toward Luffy!
Luffy whipped his dragon tail, lashing it fiercely against the ground—
"DRAGON TAIL!!!"
"SWISH—!!!"
The giant wave of rubble was cleaved in two, sparks flying!
Lomba took the opportunity to advance, his turtle claws carrying an ear-piercing screech that tore through the air as he aimed straight for Luffy's heart: "Go to hell!!!"
Luffy didn't dodge or evade. His right fist raised abruptly, pitch-black Armament Haki covering his knuckles like steel!
"BANG!!!"
Fist and claw met. A shockwave exploded instantly. With a crisp crack, Lomba's turtle claw twisted and deformed, his finger bones snapping, and blood splattering everywhere!
"AGHHH—!!!"
Lomba grunted and stumbled backward, the killing intent in his eyes surging abruptly—
The next second, his entire body violently retracted into his turtle shell. The bone spikes on the edge of the shell popped out with a clack, as sharp as blades!
"THUD—!"
That massive turtle shell began to spin at an astonishing speed. The air was sliced into vacuum trails, emitting a heart-wrenching, piercing screech!
"Turtle Ultimate Secret Art: APOCALYPTIC WHEEL!!!"
"BOOM!!!"
The spinning giant shell crushed forward like a meat grinder. The ground was plowed into a straight, deep trench. The rocks along the way instantly pulverized into powder, the sound of explosions linking into one continuous roar!
Facing this devastating offensive, not only did Luffy not retreat, but his eyes suddenly lit up. His dragon tail swished slightly, and the ground beneath his feet abruptly caved in!
"Bring it on!!!"
He took a deep breath, slowly pulling back his right fist, his joints emitting loud cracks.
Haki surged and gathered at his knuckles like a flood. The air was compressed to the absolute limit, faintly crackling with fine, dark red electrical arcs.
—That was the sign of Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki intertwining and clashing!
"Even though I'm not totally used to it yet... this punch is enough to blow you away!"
Dark red lightning bloomed on his fist, condensing into a dazzling cross-shaped starlight, like a meteor falling to the mortal realm—
"Fist Bone: GALAXY IMPACT!!!"
"BOOM!!!"
His fist collided dead center with the spinning turtle shell. An explosive, massive boom pierced through the entire island, the shockwave sweeping across the center of Hachinosu in a massive ring!
"CRACK—!!!"
A sound like shattering glass erupted from the very center of the turtle shell—the cracks spreading at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Lomba's pupils shrank sharply: "IM—POSSIBLE!!!"
"BANG—!!!"
The turtle shell was completely pulverized, the fragments turning into deadly sharp blades flying in all directions. The shockwave kicked up a monstrous wave of dust and sand!
Lomba was blasted flying as if hit by a cannon, crashing through half the skeletal frame of the giant skull statue. Spewing blood wildly, he slammed heavily into the ruins, his eyes wide open, gasping for his last breaths.
"Conqueror's Coating? This brat... what kind of monster is he exactly..."
Luffy shook his fist, which was still flashing with lightning, revealing his familiar, bright smile: "Shishishi... Grandpa's move really is useful!"
His dragon pupils swept toward the center of the island, where Gion and Ochoku were fiercely clashing amidst the ruins—
"Next... it's time to go help Big Sis Gion!"
...
At this time, Ochoku was in his Strong-Strong Fruit Awakened state. Dark red runes flashed across the surface of his bulging muscles, completely suppressing Gion in both strength and speed.
Suddenly, he frowned, his Observation Haki catching two powerful auras rapidly closing in!
"What the hell?! Hawk and Lomba actually both lost?!!"
In that split second of distraction, the cold light in Gion's eyes surged.
"SWISH!!!"
Ice and snow wrapped around her descending blade. Before Ochoku could fully block it, he was blasted flying by the sword strike, smashing through a mountain wall and plummeting into the rolling dust and smoke!
Before he could even steady his footing, the sky suddenly lit up with a blinding radiance—
It was a torrent of destruction woven from flames and dragon's breath!
"Dragon Flame: DRAGON EMPEROR CANNON!!!"
Ace's blazing pillar of fire and Luffy's pink Dragon Breath spiraled and merged in mid-air, transforming into a pink-and-red energy torrent ten meters in diameter, pouring down like a falling meteor!
"RUMBLE-RUMBLE—!!!"
The energy torrent pierced through the mountain, evaporating the ground within a hundred-meter radius. Rocks melted into magma under the high temperature, and the air was scorched to the point of distortion!
Amidst the churning dust and smoke, a deep, furious roar exploded from deep within—
"You brats... don't look down on me!!!"
The next moment, Ochoku's figure actually stepped out, forcibly resisting the aftershocks of their combined technique!
With his arms crossed in front of him, the dark red runes burned all over his body like raging flames. He had pushed the awakened power of the Strong-Strong Fruit to its absolute limit!
"BOOM—!!!"
His body expanded once more. His muscles tightened like steel, his veins writhing like horned dragons. Every step he took caused the ground to collapse into craters.
Ace and Luffy's eyes widened simultaneously. "What?! He actually withstood that?!!"
Ochoku roared with a ferocious sneer: "I am—a crew member of the ROCKS PIRATES!!!"
He suddenly accelerated, his entire body turning into a savage, primeval beast, kicking up rolling rubble as he charged at the two brothers!
Just in the split second before Ochoku closed in on Ace and Luffy—
"SWISH—!!!"
A silent, icy-white sword light flashed from behind him!
Ochoku's Observation Haki gave a frantic warning, but there was simply no time to fully evade—
"Setsugetsu (Snow Moon): HEAVENLY FROST SLASH!!!"
Gion's Konpira, wreathed in freezing ice and snow, slashed down heavily. A bone-deep wound instantly froze and spread!
"AGHHHH—!!!"
Ochoku roared, shattering the layer of ice, but Gion's second sword strike followed closely behind—
"SWISH—!!!"
The sword light poured down like a bright moon, slicing horizontally across his chest. Blood and ice shards flew simultaneously!
How could Ace and Luffy let this opening slip by—
"FIRE FIST!!!"
"DRAGON BONE: METEOR!!!"
The giant fist of flames and the heavy dragon strike slammed into Ochoku's body at the same time. The erupting power smashed him deep underground once again!
"BOOM!!!"
The ground in the center of Hachinosu collapsed completely. Firelight, Dragon Breath, and ice and snow intertwined into a storm of destruction. The shockwave made the entire island tremble!
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