“Swish!”

  At G-5 Fortress, the t, intimidating figure of El stood with an aura of uing mehe fmes behind his head suddeinguished, signaling his shift from a defensive mode to the most powerful offeate.

  Electric arcs crackled visibly around him, stimuting his nerves and causing his ash-gray hair to stand on end. His body radiated an overwhelming queror’s Haki; his presence grew even more oppressive. Every formidable foe before him found themselves locked in his pierg gaze, their auras pletely dwarfed.

  In his hands, the Barbaric Dragon—a massive, ornate, and sinisterly elegant sword—pulsed with devastating power. Bd red lightning danced across its surface, its overflowing Haki striking fear into the hearts of all who faced him.

  “HUMMMM—”

  Without hesitation, El sshed his bde forward.

  “Hakoku!!!” (queror’s Nation)

  The unleashed attack distorted the air itself.

  “BOOM! BOOM!”

  The fortress’s reinforced crete fl was obliterated, and an unstoppable shockwave tore through the battlefield, annihiting everything in its path.

  “White Bone Lance!!!”

  Admiral Iron Bone’s eyes glinted sharply as he shouted.

  In respohe ground around him rapidly transformed into a forest of sharp white bohat twisted and coiled together. Within seds, they formed an enormous and grotesque nce of bos tip swirling with dark, ominous Haki, carrying an unparalleled pierg force as it shot toward the ining shockwave.

  “ROAR!!!”

  Admiral Bck Bear roared as his body transformed, dense fur spreading while he assumed a hybrid beast-human form. His enormous frame radiated bck fmes, surging with monstrous power.

  “Bear King Spear!!!”

  The Admiral unleashed a devastating punch, his massive cwed hand coated in advanced Armament and queror’s Haki. Like a onball, it collided with the oning force.

  “Dammit, is that…?”

  “Yes, it’s a teique from the Giants!”

  “We attack together!”

  The former Rocks Pirates—Silver Axe, Wang Zhi, and John—were shaken but not paralyzed. They reized the move as the Elbaf Spear, a legendary attack of the Giant tribe. But this version, wielded by El, was on airely different level.

  Despite their shock, the trio didn’t hesitate. Ealeashed their own attacks, ons enveloped in queror’s Haki.

  “Hakuhai!!!” (queror’s Sea)

  Their bitacks cshed with El’s Hakoku.

  “BOOM!!!”

  A deafening explosion lit up the battlefield, its brilliangulfing everything around it.

  The shockwave leveled vast ses of the fortress, redug it to rubble. The sea roared violently, its surface boiling from the sheer force. As the dust began to settle, what was left of G-5 Fortress was unreizable. Large portions of the area had been pletely fttened.

  The few figures still standing were battered and bruised, their expressions grim.

  “G-5 Fortress…”

  From the distant shoreline, a Marine Vice Admiral who had mao remain scious stared in stunned disbelief. He ched his fists as his eyes locked onto El’s imposing figure amidst the destru.

  “This is… his true strength?” the Vice Admiral muttered, his voice trembling.

  “Fallen Angel El… what a monster…”

  “Tch, that was dangerous,” Silver Axe muttered, his body trembling slightly.

  “If it were just us, we wouldn’t have stood a ce,” Wang Zhi added, beads of sweat running down his face.

  Even Iron Bone and Bck Bear, who had withstood the bst, looked shaken. The gap in power between themselves ahe so-called “stro creature in the world”—had never been more evident. Whatever arrogance or pride they once had was thhly shattered.

  “So, that was the Hakuhai, huh? A move Rocks created after the skill of Elbaf,” El mused, raising his bde as the fmes behind his head reignited. His sharp gaze fell on Silver Axe, Wang Zhi, and John.

  “Iing…”

  “SWOOSH!”

  In an instant, El moved with blinding speed, his massive form crossing hundreds of meters in a blink. Before the three pirates could react, he was already in front of them.

  “What—?!”

  “He’s so fast!”

  El’s eyes glowed crimson as he shifted again, vanishing and reappearing several meters away. His bde, coated in swirling queror’s Haki and crag with bd red lightning, arced toward the trio without mercy.

  “Kami-e!!!” (Divine Avoidance)

  “G!!!”

  The powerful strike forced Silver Axe and John to block desperately with their ons. Their bodies trembled uhe sheer force, and both spat blood as they were flung backward like onballs.

  Almost simultaneously, Wang Zhi appeared behind El, his bde aimed at El’s neck.

  “Teleportation Fruit, huh?” El said coldly, intercepting Wang Zhi’s sword with his armored arm. “Fast, but predictable.”

  Before El could retaliate, Bck Bear and Iron Bone surged fain, their attacks brimming with devastating force.

  “Iron Bohrust!!!”

  “Beast alm!!!”

  Their bined assault collided with El in ah-shaking explosion.

  “BOOM!!!”

  Bleam