At the heart of the Naval Headquarters, the Bull Demon roared.
Its earth-shattering bellow sent shockwaves rippling across the battlefield, waves of destructive sound sweeping out in all directions. Even the distant Sabaody Islands, separated by the sea, were not spared.
Under the sudden sonic explosion, countless people clutched their ears and dropped to the ground, writhing in pain.
And yet—
Even amid such a horrifying onslaught, Sugisawa Yuuto, who stood closest to the source, remained utterly unscathed.
He tilted his head lazily, digging a finger into his ear as though nothing had happened.
"Why are you yelling so damn loud all of a sudden?" he asked casually.
The Minotaur-like Elder—one of the Five Elders of the World Government—snorted coldly, his bull-headed visage twisting with fury.
"Hmph. The real battle starts now!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Each thunderous step he took made the ground quake and roar. Veins bulged across his monstrous arms, crackling with lightning-infused Haki. Then, with terrifying force, he swung a fist down toward Yuuto's head.
An attack from one of the Five Elders, the most powerful figures in the world.
Yuuto didn't even flinch.
He stood perfectly still—allowing the strike to land directly across his face.
BOOM!
The already-ruined headquarters exploded once more. The ground shattered as if struck by divine magic, sending massive stone blocks flying in every direction.
Gasps erupted from the Marines and pirates alike.
"He hit him!"
"Five Elders struck him head-on!"
"With that blow, even a Four Emperor would—"
But their words froze in their throats.
Because what they saw next defied all reason—
Sugisawa Yuuto hadn't moved. Not a single step.
The Elder's devastating punch hadn't even made him blink.
Yuuto smirked faintly, his tone dripping with mockery.
"That's it? You swing that massive body around, but you can't even throw a proper punch? All that muscle's just for show."
"You… what did you say!?"
The bull-headed Elder's eyes widened in disbelief—then flared with rage.
"MOOOHHHH!!!"
The monstrous roar burst forth again, this time at point-blank range. A sphere of golden, vibrating energy erupted from his mouth, engulfing Yuuto completely in a storm of destructive sound.
"Be torn apart—by the roar of the Bull Demon!" the Elder bellowed triumphantly.
But his laughter froze.
From within that blinding sphere came a calm, disdainful voice.
"Unfortunately… you're still a long way off."
A split second later—
A dragon's roar split the heavens.
A sound so pure, so absolute, that it drowned out every other noise in the world.
HOAAAAANG!!!
The thunderous cry of the Dragon King shattered the Bull Demon's sound wave in an instant.
The shockwave that followed slammed into the Elder like a hurricane, blasting the enormous beast backward. His mind reeled, his consciousness nearly blank from the force.
By the time the Elder's vision cleared, it was already too late.
A dark shadow loomed over him—an aura of death itself.
And then came the calm, terrifying voice:
"Let me show you how to throw a real punch."
The Elder's eyes went wide as a fist, crackling with black lightning, filled his vision.
BOOM!
The strike landed like divine judgment.
The earth split open in a titanic explosion, tearing a massive gorge through the heart of the headquarters.
The Five Elder—the world's most powerful ruler—was sent hurtling downward like a meteor, swallowed by the abyss.
"Five Elders!!!"
"Impossible—this can't be happening!"
"Even the strongest of the Five Elders… was just blown away!?"
"This… this has to be fake!"
Shock spread through every corner of the battlefield.
Marines, world government officials, pirates—everyone stared in disbelief.
Because the impossible had happened.
A Five Elder had fallen.
The invincible power that ruled the world from the shadows—defeated by one man.
And that man was Sugisawa Yuuto—
the Thunder Dragon King, leader of the Fairy Tail pirates, and one of the Four Emperors.
The world would never forget this day.