"No more Conqueror's Haki duel? I thought you would witness the glorious moment of my breakthrough."
Caelan looked at the Five Elders and smiled teasingly.
Under the suppression of their Conqueror's Haki, he had not fully broken through to the level of Joy Boy.
But it was enough. He now stood as the most powerful user of Conqueror's Haki in the world.
Once this battle ended, and before the final confrontation arrived, he would surely possess the strongest Haki in history.
"Stop being arrogant. As long as I kill you here today, you will no longer be a threat."
The ox demon roared and charged toward Caelan.
The other phantom beasts and demonic forms of the Five Elders followed closely, determined to destroy him.
With unique abilities and the tremendous strength of their Mythical Zoan forms, they unleashed a joint attack on Caelan.
Under the combined weight of the four beasts, the ground of Marineford shook violently.
Rubble and debris from previous battles bounced across the ground.
Even their footsteps alone caused earth-shattering tremors.
There was no escape, no ground or sky left untouched by their coordinated strike.
Yet Caelan had no intention of dodging. The joint attack of the Five Elders was the perfect opportunity.
"This is the hunting hour."
Caelan wore a bloodthirsty smile.
He stomped down with his right foot. A shockwave burst from the impact, splitting the ground like a spiderweb.
Using the recoil, he launched himself forward like an arrow, sword in one hand and spear in the other.
The golden divine spear swung upward at an angle, smashing into it's massive head.
In an instant, its building-sized skull cracked, and black energy poured from the fractures.
The beast was launched skyward, spinning like a baseball struck with force.
Despite its towering size, it could not withstand a single blow.
But Caelan wasn't finished.
The Sandworm followed closely behind, and the centaur dove from above.
The two beasts attacked in unison.
With a flick of his wrist, Caelan changed the trajectory of the golden spear and struck upward once again.
The shockwave launched both beasts even higher.
At the same time, Caelan swung Shusui at the Sandworm.
Even the black blade, renowned for its hardness, bent slightly from the force.
The Sandworm was sent flying as well, stacking in midair with its two companions.
At that moment, the centaur and ox demon reentered the fight.
But Caelan had no intention of engaging them.
With three of the five stacked overhead, the time to strike had come.
Going for all five at once would be reckless. That would give them the chance to escape.
Looking up at the three beasts suspended in the sky, Caelan smiled savagely.
He threw Shusui, coated in Conqueror's Haki, directly at the ox demon.
The black blade pierced through the demon's body, pinning it to the ground, with only the hilt remaining above the surface.
The ox demon didn't even flinch. The black energy rapidly repaired its wounds as it charged forward again with the centaur.
Under the influence of the black aura, they no longer feared death, much less an injury like this.
But Caelan ignored their advance entirely.
The golden divine spear in his right hand dissipated, replaced by a new weapon.
A more violent, more destructive divine spear emerged.
"What is that?"
Everyone watching the battlefield was stunned.
Near or far, all felt the same chilling aura of death the moment the spear appeared.
Aokiji, Borsalino, Shanks, and others who had witnessed the Battle of Elegia instantly recalled the spear that had annihilated the immortal Sound Demon King.
From that moment forward, the title of God Slayer no longer referred only to someone who killed Celestial Dragons.
It referred to one who could even slay gods.
All eyes locked onto the blazing spear in Caelan's hand.
Its brilliance was divine, its presence undeniable, the very embodiment of finality.
"O Sun, submit to death."
The invocation echoed clearly.
All of Caelan's magic power and life force flowed into the god-slaying spear.
In an instant, his body began to fade.
From his feet upward, he was vanishing, but his aura grew more terrifying by the second.
Blinding golden lightning wrapped the weapon, radiating absolute destruction.
This was Indra's ultimate gift to Karna.
A Noble Phantasm powerful enough to end the world was now being unleashed.
A weapon that could bring the world to mourning through one man's sacrifice.
The three beasts Caelan had blasted into the air trembled under the glow of the divine spear.
They flailed in desperation.
They beat their wings, kicked their legs, thrashed wildly in the sky.
But they couldn't escape.
It had been Caelan's arrangement from the beginning. They had been launched to the sky for this moment.
There was no escape from the spear once Caelan chose to strike. Like Gungnir, the spear of the All-Father, it never missed.
"No! Saturn, save us!"
The light grew brighter, and despair consumed them.
There was no time for Saint Jaygarcia Saturn or Saint Nusjuro to save them.
The centaur and ox demon, who had been rushing at Caelan, immediately turned and fled the moment his body began to fade.
Faced with such overwhelming destruction, even they didn't dare to approach.
If they got too close, even without being directly locked on, they would be annihilated too.
Boom!
A thick golden beam shot into the heavens, engulfing the three beasts.
There was no resistance.
All three awakened Mythical Zoan users, were instantly vaporized.
The nearby demonic magic circle flickered with purple-black light, but the three Elders could no longer be sensed.
Their bodies, souls, and very existence had been erased.
Even Caelan's Heroic Spirit Summoning could no longer call forth their souls.
Three of the Five Elders were completely dead.
(To be continued.)