"Hiss!!"
Luffy's heart sank. This was trouble!
"How scary!!"
Kizaru wore a punchable, arrogant expression, and a sinister light gleamed beneath his frog-like sunglasses.
On his right foot, a scorching, destructive aura gradually rose.
With his hands in his pockets, he kicked out.
Luffy concentrated, countless blue lightning bolts tightly coiling around his hands.
He punched down.
"Light Speed Kick!!"
"Lightning Fist!"
"Boom!!"
Foot met fist.
The atmosphere collapsed layer by layer, and the clouds in the sky were crushed into smithereens by the violent shockwaves.
Immediately after, the two began to move.
Colliding with near-teleportation speed,
Their figures gradually became illusory, and the entire sky above Sabaody Archipelago was filled with dense afterimages, as if the sky itself had been pixelated.
"Rumble!!"
Their fierce battle seemed to anger the heavens.
Within the dark clouds, endless purple lightning serpents surged!
Icy, biting rain lashed against people's faces.
It was then that they suddenly awoke.
Unbeknownst to them… they had already been completely engrossed!
Whether commoners or pirates, all had become like frogs in a well.
They once only knew the name of an Admiral, but not the might of an Admiral!
Now, they could only clench their fists, trembling all over… "Hey, Curly Eyebrow, can you help Luffy at all?" Zoro looked up at the sky, then glanced at Sanji, who was frowning beside him.
"There's no way, they're too fast!!" Sanji chuckled self-deprecatingly. "No matter how fast a person is, how can they be faster than lightning and light?"
A sense of powerlessness welled up in everyone's hearts.
It was always like this. They had tried hard, they had become stronger, but… they were still so powerless!
Usopp walked out, trembling, his gaze becoming firm. "Let me try!!"
"You??" Everyone was surprised and confused.
Only Nami was deep in thought, then suddenly looked up.
"Is it that Devil Fruit Luffy gave you??"
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Usopp with pleasant surprise.
"Mm!" Usopp nodded. From the moment Kizaru appeared, Usopp had marked him.
In just an instant, Usopp had consumed at least one percent of his stamina.
If he hadn't immediately moved the mark to a permanent slot, he might have collapsed from exhaustion and died!
Usopp pulled back his slingshot, but instead of aiming, he closed his eyes. A golden mark glowed brilliantly in his mind!
'Luffy, I… I will not let down the Devil Fruit you gave me.'
Usopp opened his eyes. "Unleash your potential, Sniper King!!"
"Six-Fold Armament: Gunpowder Star!"
Usopp released his hand, and a flash of fire shot out.
Along its straight path, five golden rings suddenly appeared, visible but intangible!
"Whoosh!!"
The flash of fire transformed into a lifelike fiery bird, passing through the rings!
With each pass, the fiery bird became even more swift… "Hmm??"
Kizaru's shifty face twitched slightly. Even this Admiral was a bit bewildered.
An originally harmless attack was dramatically increasing in power, which reminded him of someone— "World Destroyer" Byrnndi World!
Just as Kizaru was momentarily distracted, a fist wreathed in lightning slammed fiercely into his face.
"Whoosh!! Bang!!"
Kizaru was sent flying, transforming into a golden light, and crashed heavily into a mangrove tree.
At the same time, the fiery bird changed direction.
"How scary!!"
Kizaru leaned against the large crater in the mangrove tree, watching the fiery bird approaching him.
He slowly extended his hand, and a thin light shield condensed into existence!
But, the instant the fiery bird touched the light shield, a halo appeared between the two.
"Oh??" Kizaru's micro-expression was quite something.
"Boom!!"
The mangrove tree was shattered, Kizaru was blown away, his body and limbs torn apart by the explosion.
"Six rings, huh??"
Luffy concentrated. Usopp's Gunpowder Star couldn't harm Kizaru, but with the six rings, equivalent to a 64-fold amplification, he should… suffer some minor injuries!
Meanwhile, Usopp collapsed heavily to the ground, his face pale, his stamina and energy completely depleted.
Usopp managed a weak smile. "I… I did it!!"
"Usopp!!"
Everyone looked at him with newfound respect, as if they were seeing him for the first time today!
(Note: Different amplification items consume different amounts of stamina. The stamina consumption for amplifying a bullet 100 times and a cannonball 100 times is vastly different.)
...Just as everyone was feeling triumphant,
A golden light shot towards Usopp, moving with unimaginable speed. This time… everyone's Observation Haki didn't even have time to warn them!
The world seemed to freeze at that moment, joyous expressions still on everyone's faces.
Golden light flashed, Kizaru materialized, and stomped down on the fallen Usopp!!
"Zzzzzzt!!"
Black lightning caught up to the flash of light.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!!!"
Kizaru's eyes widened. He reluctantly crossed his arms in front of him, covered in top-tier Armament Haki!
"Boom!!"
A fist wreathed in destructive lightning heavily struck Kizaru's arms.
"Whoosh!!"
Kizaru was sent flying once again.
Luffy stood in place, maintaining his punching posture.
"Zzzzzzt!!"
Black destructive lightning enveloped Luffy like a cage.
"Thank you all for your help, but please leave quickly!!!"
Luffy pressed his straw hat down, his deep pupils turning blood-red.
"He's strong, but I promise I'll be back!!!"
Luffy vanished from his spot, black lightning tearing through the sky, chasing Kizaru directly!
"Just now??"
It was only then that everyone reacted, cold sweat pouring down their backs.
Since awakening Observation Haki, such a situation had never occurred.
They felt like blind men, not even knowing how they would die!!
...Kizaru transformed into a golden light, flying backward!
The golden light instantly flew out of the island, streaking across the sea!
"What… what was that??"
A Marine on a warship rubbed his eyes fiercely.
"Was that an illusion? I clearly saw something fly past!"
At the same time, a black lightning bolt streaked past his eyes!
"This?!" The Marine's eyes bulged out.
"How scary, this is truly troublesome, isn't it?"
Kizaru, flying backward over the sea, was surprisingly leisurely. Destructive lightning surged through his body, attempting to paralyze him and damage his organs!
But when Kizaru's Armament Haki erupted, the destructive lightning was completely expelled from his body.
Kizaru spun around, the golden light changing direction and rushing towards Luffy!
If one were to look from above, they would see… two light paths, one gold and one black, forming a straight line,
Moving at nearly the speed of light, covering a distance of at least one hundred thousand meters in an instant!
Their auras climbed steadily, reaching their peak in an instant!
Kizaru extended his leg, and scorching light spread!
Luffy clenched his fist, and violent lightning coiled!
Their attacks landed simultaneously.
At this moment, the entire world seemed to tremble.
The atmosphere collapsed layer by layer, and the clouds in the sky were crushed into smithereens by the violent shockwaves.
The sea churned with towering waves hundreds of meters high. Warships and pirate ships, caught in this storm, were like precarious small boats, liable to capsize at any moment.
An extreme white light ascended.
A powerful shockwave blasted both of them away, and the sea surged!
The surrounding Marine Soldier and pirates, under the impact of the two, felt as if they had been struck by a heavy blow, collapsing to the ground.
They couldn't even stand up, only able to firmly grasp onto fixed objects.
"Crack!!"
The sturdy deck of the warship began to shatter, drifting ceaselessly!
The pirate ships fared even worse; many were blasted into dust!
Of the ships still floating on the sea… less than one in ten remained!
..."Boom!!"
A powerful airflow blasted the two away.
Luffy tumbled incessantly on the sea, destructive lightning crackling. He forcibly stopped his decline and charged again!
Kizaru's leather shoes lightly skimmed the water, tracing a perfect arc. The strong wind whipped his 'Justice' cloak.
He slightly raised his right hand, looked at the watch on his wrist, then frowned, muttering, "Haha, I still have 3 hours until I get off work, so… I need to get serious now!!"
Kizaru's frog-like sunglasses gradually became tinged with golden light. He leaned back slightly,
Made a turn, and transformed into a golden light, shooting straight into the sky!
The hundred-meter-high giant waves that rose up could not hinder the two in the slightest.
Lightning and light intertwined, a powerful vacuum storm was stirred up, and each collision caused the heavens and earth to lose their color!!
The ferocity of lightning and the scorching heat of light were displayed to their fullest!