As a Fish-Man supremacist, Arlong always viewed humans as trash.
Of course, we all know that Arlong was the true trash. While a Fish-Man's wrist strength is naturally ten times that of a human's, the potential of humans is incomparable to that of Fish-Men. If it weren't for Jinbe becoming a Warlord, Arlong would still be rotting in prison.
The words "ugly," "filthy," "human-like fish," and "lowly, mixed-blood mongrels" that Xinan spat out directly pierced Arlong's fragile ego, reminding him of his powerlessness against true human powerhouses.
Extreme hatred is often born from extreme insecurity and jealousy.
As Xinan's words fell, an extremely sharp killing intent erupted from Arlong's body. Xinan was unfazed, but the other Fish-Men nearby were immediately frightened.
"Big Brother Arlong! Calm down! You'll destroy the park!"
"That's right, Big Brother Arlong! Let us deal with this insolent, lowly human!"
Arlong's terrifying surge of killing intent caused his eyes to become bloodshot, and he began to slip into a crazed state. Several Fish-Men rushed to persuade him, fearing he would destroy everything around them.
Though an incredibly evil, vicious, despicable, and money-hungry character who hated and despised humans and broke promises, Arlong genuinely cared for his Fish-Man brethren. The pleas of the few Fish-Men slightly tempered his rage.
Arlong, the Saw-Shark Fish-Man, fixed his gaze on Xinan with eyes as ferocious as a top ocean predator.
"Lowly human, I'll give you one more chance to rephrase that!"
Arlong's words sounded like a threat, but true powerhouses never need to explain themselves. Threatening Xinan only proved that the Fish-Man race was inferior to humans in Arlong's own mind, an attempt to threaten Xinan to satisfy his wounded pride.
But Xinan clearly didn't care for his nonsense.
Seeing the disdainful, condescending looks of the Fish-Men, thinking of Nami enduring eight years under this gaze, and recalling the girl crying in his arms, a raging fire burned in Xinan's chest. All Xinan wanted now was to unleash this fury.
Xinan clenched his fists, his eyes also blazing with fury.
"F*ck your sister, you lowly Fish-Man! Don't you dare make my woman cry!"
With a roar, turning his anger into power, Xinan stomped the ground and threw a punch.
"Hell Path: Gear Multiplier—Gear Two!"
"Strength ten times enhancement! Speed ten times enhancement!"
Xinan's Devil Fruit ability was boosted to Gear Two. His personal speed and strength received a tenfold enhancement, and his other abilities were also amplified by ten times.
Unlike Luffy's Gear Second, which uses hands and feet as pumps to accelerate blood flow and increase power, Xinan's Gear Two is like a setting on an object, where the strength and speed multiplier increases with the gear setting. His vibration and electrical abilities were similarly boosted.
The force in his leg slammed into the ground, causing the paving stones to crack and sink into a small crater.
Propelled by the counterforce, Xinan shot forward. His speed, enhanced tenfold, combined with a frictionless movement from a white aura on his skin, allowed him to instantly cover a distance of more than ten meters, appearing directly in front of Arlong.
Fast! It was too fast!
While Arlong was still startled that his sister, Madame Shyarly, had been insulted, and the other Fish-Men's eyes were fixed on Xinan's original position, Xinan's fist was already pressed against Arlong's ugly shark face.
The air howled from the sheer speed, and the punch was immense. Arlong didn't even have time to react before a fist the size of a sandbag crashed heavily into his face.
Through his recent dual cultivation sessions with Nami and Kaya, Xinan's base strength was around two tons. With the Devil Fruit's tenfold amplification, his strength was at least twenty tons.
Since speed is power, the extreme velocity also converted into terrifying force, making Xinan's punch weigh nearly thirty tons.
BAM!
The fist sank directly into Arlong's face. Arlong's prized teeth were instantly shattered and sent flying. The terrifying punch force drilled into his head, his eyes bulged, his face twisted, and his body was sent spiraling and twisting away like a cannonball, with his neck rotating his body.
SWOOSH!
CRASH!
A sonic boom echoed. Arlong directly smashed through the park wall.
A mushroom cloud erupted in the forest beyond the park, the dust kicked up by Arlong's massive body crashing through.
Hearing the loud crash, the Fish-Men finally reacted.
Where Xinan had stood, there was now only a small crater, and their Big Brother Arlong had vanished, replaced by the human.
Glancing at Arlong, who was stuck head-down like a dart in the forest outside the park, and then at Xinan, who stood there with a look of pure fury, the Fish-Men immediately went into a frenzy.
"Bastard! What the hell are you doing?!"
With shouts, the Fish-Men attacked Xinan, some wielding swords, others throwing punches. Several Arlong Pirates officers charged to the front.
"Fish-Man Karate: Thousand-Tile True Punch!"
"Water Shot!"
Punches, slashes, cannon fire, and gunshots instantly blocked all of Xinan's retreat paths. Xinan didn't bother to dodge; he just stood there silently.
"Preta Path: Devour!"
The ability to absorb all forms of energy activated, causing a faint white aura to emanate from Xinan's body.
The terrifying force of the punches, the powerful slashes, and the massive impact of the cannon shots all hit this faint aura. All the power vanished into nothingness, like mud pouring into the sea, unable to cause even a ripple.
Absorbing and converting the energy from all the attacks, Xinan felt the power he'd used to knock out Arlong was instantly replenished.
Such a massive barrage of attacks, yet Xinan hadn't even a scratch. The Fish-Men cried out in alarm.
"How... how is this possible? Our attacks had no effect!"
The speaking Fish-Man instinctively backed up a few steps.
All the Fish-Men had experience in the Grand Line. Kuroobi, a master of Fish-Man Karate and one of the Arlong Pirates' officers, immediately recognized the cause.
"Be careful! The enemy must be a Devil Fruit user!"
No sooner had Kuroobi's warning finished than Xinan scornfully retorted, "Small fry, get out of my way!"
"Tenfold Enhancement: Lightning Strike—30 Million Volts!"
RUMBLE!
A peal of thunder!
ZZZT! ZZZT! ZZZT!
Lightning erupted from Xinan, centered on his body. The terrifying current pierced the air. Instantly, all the Fish-Men were hit by the powerful electric shock.
Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!
ZZZzzzz!!!
The lightning slowly dissipated. A large number of Fish-Men were charred black. Even powerful Fish-Man officers like Kuroobi were incapacitated, only slight chest movements confirming they were still alive.
"Indeed, lightning is a power meant only for gods! It is powerful and beautiful. Even strong Fish-Men can't withstand it. Only now that I possess this power do I vaguely understand why Enel was so delusional and claimed to be a god!"
Looking at the charred Fish-Men, Xinan couldn't help but sigh.
Arlong, his face half-covered in blood and flesh, his head still spinning from Xinan's full-force punch, finally crawled back from the forest.
Seeing the horrific scene—his dear crewmates turned into charcoal—Arlong felt an unprecedented fury.
"Inferior human! What have you done?!"
Seeing the savage, enraged Arlong who looked ready to swallow him alive, Xinan retorted mockingly, "What have I done? Isn't this what you've been doing to humans all along?"
Hearing this, the rage on Arlong's body turned into visible steam. Killing intent surged toward Xinan like a tidal wave.
Seeing Arlong so furious, Xinan's face twisted into a snarl as well.
"You feel that, don't you?! This is everything you did to Nami! Are you angry? Does it hurt? She was enslaved by you and suffered for eight years! What is your little bit of pain compared to hers?"
Xinan spoke savagely, word by word, as if he wanted to chew Arlong up and devour him.
"Nami, you say?"
Arlong laughed, a mad, evil sound, "I will kill you, and then I will kill the people of Cocoyasi Village one by one, making Nami watch her loved ones die before I finally kill her in agony!"
"Is that so? Then you should taste the pain first!"
With that, Xinan raised his foot with a savage look, aimed it at Kuroobi's head, and stomped down hard.
Seeing this, Arlong roared loudly.
"You wouldn't dare!"
Clearly, Xinan dared.
THUD!
Red and white splattered. Kuroobi, who had barely survived the lightning strike, had his head instantly stomped into mush.
Watching his crewmate's head crushed before him, so fragile, just like the humans he used to torment.
With the exception of Hatchan ("Hachi"), who had gone to Marine Branch 16 to inform Captain Nezumi to seize Nami's treasure, all his other brethren were dead before him. Arlong let out a furious, sorrowful howl.
AAAARGH! AAAARGH!! AAAARGH!!!
Arlong's roar was so tremendous that Nami, who had arrived outside the park, still felt her eardrums about to burst, even with her hands covering her ears.
In Cocoyasi Village, the worried villagers also heard Arlong's enraged roar and hid in their homes, terrified.
In the tangerine grove, Nojiko, tending to the orchard, also heard the angry roar. She wasn't fearful; her eyes were filled with worry for Nami as she looked toward Arlong Park.
"Die, you inferior human! I will kill you!"
"Shark On Darts!"
Enveloped in endless fury and killing intent, Arlong's body began to spin at high speed. He opened his newly grown mouth, filled with sharp teeth, and lunged at Xinan to bite him.
"Die, Arlong!"
Facing the lunging Arlong, Xinan concentrated a white aura around his fist and swung his full-power punch.
"Tenfold Enhancement: Vibration Fist!"
The fist encased in the aura collided with the shark's saw-like teeth, capable of slicing through anything.
CRACK!
The air fractured, and massive white cracks rapidly spread out.
The vibration power spread immediately. Arlong's proud nose and his entire head were instantly shattered. The shockwave radiated through his body, breaking his bones piece by piece and liquefying his internal organs.
BOOM!
The vibration fully erupted. The ground fractured and split open. The sea began to shake. Arlong, already pulverized into shredded meat by the force, was torn apart by the shockwave and propelled into the distance.
The atmosphere vibrated, the sea cracked, and the ground shook violently. Amid the fierce earthquake, Arlong Park, which had stood on the land of Cocoyasi for eight years, collapsed into ruin.
The sea generated a tsunami, the land shook violently, and the villagers on the island all noticed.
After a long while, the tremors slowly stopped.
Tap! Tap! Tap!
The sound of flat shoes tapping on the ground rang out clearly.
Xinan turned around to see Nami, her eyes filled with tears, biting her lower lip, desperately trying not to cry.
Xinan revealed a gentle smile, but the exhaustion from using his Devil Fruit powers was massive. His voice trembled slightly as he spoke, "Nami, you are free now!"
"Mhm!"
Nami nodded obediently, her eyes red, and then rushed forward to hug him. Xinan staggered, almost dropping her.
Soon, the sound of the girl's heartbroken sobbing filled his arms. She had waited for this day for far too long.
Xinan knew she had suffered immensely. He gently patted her frail back. Now was not the time for words; a good cry was all she needed.