The battle began with lightning and fire. "Emperor Sword: Blade of Havoc!" Charlotte Linlin gripped Prometheus, and the flames instantly surged, transforming into a massive, burning blade. She swept it at Rocks and Newgate below. The sword strike seemed to want to split the sky and the sea, and the scorching wind from it even evaporated the distant rain.
"Gurararara!" Newgate laughed, charging forward instead of retreating. He gripped his naginata with both hands and swung it at the giant flame blade. "Quake Crash!" CRACK! The space in front of him shattered like a mirror hit by a sledgehammer. The Emperor Sword, powerful enough to melt an island, immediately became unstable upon entering this shattered space. The flames went wild and finally exploded a hundred meters from the ship, turning into a rain of fire.
"Zeus, Ten Thousand Volts!" Linlin's next attack followed immediately. Zeus spewed a dense net of lightning snakes from its mouth, descending upon Newgate.
"Your opponent is me," a cold voice sounded. Rocks's figure had appeared in mid-air at some point, standing on an invisible platform of gravity as if on solid ground. He just extended a finger and lightly tapped at the huge net of lightning. An invisible repulsive force materialized. The net of lightning, powerful enough to paralyze a fleet, was torn open in the middle and then pushed aside by an irresistible force, eventually dissipating into thin air.
"Your ability... is very interesting," Linlin said, looking at Rocks, the greedy light in her eyes growing stronger. "Perfect. My collection is missing someone who can control gravity."
"Is that so?" Rocks grinned, his smile cruel. "My crew is also missing a meat shield who can be a punching bag." Before his words had even faded, his figure vanished, reappearing in front of Linlin with a heavy punch, wreathed in Conqueror's Haki lightning, aimed straight at her face.
Linlin's reaction was extremely fast. She held her spiked club, Ikoku, horizontally to block. BOOM! The fist and the club collided, creating a deafening roar. A visible shockwave spread out from the two of them, pushing down the sea surface below into a huge depression. Linlin grunted and was actually pushed back several dozen meters by the force of the punch. "Your strength..."
Before she could finish, Rocks's attacks came down on her like a torrential storm. Fists, feet, elbows, knees—he pushed his fighting skills to the limit, each attack accurately landing in the gaps in Linlin's defense. Rocks didn't use any flashy abilities, just pure, domineering Haki and strength to crush her.
On the other side, Newgate was dealing with Prometheus and Zeus. "You two little ones, get down here!" Newgate punched at the sky. An invisible shockwave spread out, sending Prometheus and Zeus tumbling, letting out pained cries. Although they were powerful Homies, they were still outmatched by the cataclysmic power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.
On the deck, Gatz had already gotten up. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, looking at the god-like battle in the sky, his face filled with shock and unwillingness. "Dammit... I can't even get involved..."
"Don't be discouraged," Silver's voice sounded beside him. He was wiping his spear with a cloth, but his gaze never left the battle in the sky. "Watch closely. This is the true top tier of the world. To be able to witness this battle is the best training for us."
Dolum was hugging a mast, on the verge of tears. Every collision in the sky made the ship's hull groan. He felt as if his heart were bleeding. "Stop fighting! Go fight somewhere far away! My ship is going to fall apart!" However, his wails were drowned out by the deafening roars, ignored by everyone.
In the kitchen, Ren was calmly observing everything through the window. His focus was different from the others. "As expected of a future Emperor. Her energy fluctuations are extremely large and chaotic, her emotions are highly unstable, and every attack is accompanied by a huge energy consumption. Her body seems to have a strong dependence on sweets. High-sugar energy supplements are key to maintaining her combat effectiveness."
In his mind, Ren was already designing a special menu for this potential enemy, or rather, a potential food lover. "If I use the nerve cords of a Sea King to make candy and infuse it with high-concentration life energy, perhaps I can put her into a controllable state of rage for a short time..." His occupational hazard was acting up again.
The battle in the sky had reached a fever pitch. Every collision between Rocks and Linlin made the White Squall rage even more violently. "Ikoku!" Linlin seized an opening, wrapping both Armament and Conqueror's Haki around her spiked club, and brought it down on Rocks's head. This blow was powerful enough to shatter a small island.
Faced with this world-destroying strike, Rocks didn't dodge. He just laughed. "Bring it on!" He also condensed both types of Haki on his fist, and instead of retreating, he met the attack head-on with a punch. BOOM! The clash of fist and club this time was more terrifying than any before. Black and red lightning raged in the air, as if it would tear the sky apart. Charlotte Linlin's massive body was knocked back for the first time. Her club was sent flying, and she fell toward the sea below like a cannonball.
Rocks just did a flip in the air and landed steadily on the bow. Apart from being a little out of breath, he was completely unharmed. The victor was clear.
BOOM! Charlotte Linlin's massive body slammed into the raging sea like a meteor, creating a towering column of water. The sea, which had been ravaged by the White Squall, was briefly calmed by the impact.
On the other side, Prometheus and Zeus, having lost their master's control, were also beaten half to death by one of Newgate's Sea Quakes. They turned into two small balls of fire and cloud, floating down from the sky. Newgate caught them and crushed them in his hand.
The battle seemed to be over. Gatz's mouth was hanging open. He stared blankly at Rocks on the bow, then at the huge splash in the distance. It took him a long time to squeeze out a sentence: "We... we won just like that?"
"What else?" Rocks shook his slightly numb fist, a look of unfulfillment on his face. "She's a little weaker than I thought. But she's tough and takes a beating."
His words were casual, but to Gatz and Dolum, they were unbelievable. That was a monster who could stir up a natural disaster and look down on them! And in the captain's hands, she was just "tough and takes a beating"? Dolum tremblingly took out his small notebook from his pocket, crossed out several of the highest-level adjectives next to the captain's danger level, and replaced them with a few symbols that he himself didn't understand. He felt that no words could describe the terror of his own captain anymore.
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