After calmly determining the battle deployment, Brian instantly entered combat mode.
With a sweeping glance at the five nervous Navy soldiers watching them from the opposite side, Brian sneered and unleashed his Conqueror's Haki.
Boom~
His Conqueror's Haki, filled with beastly instinct and carrying the roars of countless wild beasts, surged into the dark clouds above.
Instantly, the dark clouds on the pirate side, which had been continuously shrinking, rapidly expanded and once again covered half the sky.
Rolling~
Rolling~
The battle situation returned to normal, with the dividing line at the center, appearing as if both sides were evenly matched.
But this state lasted only about ten seconds.
After ten seconds, the dividing line was completely broken, and the dark clouds rapidly advanced toward the Navy side.
The Cloud Sea Tornado naturally followed swiftly toward the Navy, bringing endless destruction.
"Let's go, everyone."
"Gyahahaha, let's crush them."
"Mamamamama, let's move, everyone."
"Gurararara, the Navy isn't so tough after all."
Brian, Shiki, Charlotte Linlin, and Whitebeard.
The four senior executives of the Rocks Pirates, the top-tier pirates of this era second only to Rocks himself.
At this moment, they brazenly displayed their astonishing kingly demeanor before the Navy.
The Conqueror's Haki of the four also underwent a dramatic chemical reaction at this moment.
Conqueror's Haki, which should have been incompatible and even mutually repulsive, suddenly intertwined and fused together, generating a new, unprecedented terrifying aura.
Once this power formed, it rapidly expanded to unimaginable levels.
This force seemed to carry an unknown, indescribable, unseeable divine power.
Its sole purpose was to bring complete destruction to all enemies before them.
This drastic change even surprised Brian and the others.
"Gurararara, what's going on here? Our Conqueror's Haki actually fused together."
"Mamamama, I once heard Captain Rocks mention that the true profound realm of Conqueror's Haki is called Conqueror's Coating, but this doesn't look like that either."
"Indeed it doesn't look like Conqueror's Coating. Perhaps it's a special effect that emerged because our wills rarely aligned so consistently."
"Gyahahaha, whether it's Conqueror's Coating or not, this is definitely a rare spectacle."
Seeing this, Brian couldn't conceal his astonishment either.
This was a situation even he, as a transmigrator, couldn't explain.
When did the original work ever mention that Conqueror's Haki could intertwine and fuse together to generate new terrifying power?
The only thing Brian could be sure of was that this was definitely a special circumstance, perhaps even a once-in-a-millennium occurrence.
It was highly unlikely they could achieve this again in the future.
While the four were excitedly discussing this special phenomenon, the Navy side was experiencing the complete opposite.
"Damn it."
On the Navy side, Sengoku's expression instantly changed drastically.
Brian's involvement had completely shaken his composure.
The members of the Rocks Pirates, who had initially been at a disadvantage, suddenly surged with renewed ferocity.
Without giving the Navy any chance to react, they pressed forward aggressively.
The force advancing toward them was saturated with an aura of destruction.
In his decades of life, Sengoku had never encountered such an extreme power before.
He glanced at Garp, Zephyr, and the two Great Generals beside him.
He noticed that all four of them wore expressions of disbelief and even horror.
Sengoku realized that, like him, they were all "country bumpkins" in the face of this.
"Defend, defend now!"
Suddenly snapping back to reality, Sengoku shouted loudly, jolting the others awake.
Their auras surged upward in full force, but they did not merge together.
Instead, they collectively rushed toward the opposing destructive power.
Boom~
Though it was merely a clash of auras, the impact triggered a violent seaquake.
The ocean below trembled incessantly, and a massive crater was blasted open by the explosion.
The exposed seabed and scattered fragments of Sea Kings were even visible on the surface.
After the blast, a dramatic scene unfolded.
The destructive force from the pirate side was momentarily held back but then completely wore down the five opposing forces from the Navy.
Halved in strength, it continued to surge forward rapidly.
Sengoku and the others had been somewhat dazed and intimidated by the earlier outburst.
By the time they regained their senses, destruction was already upon them.
"Armament Haki~"
"Iron Body~"
...
With no other choice, they hastily activated Armament Haki and Six Styles for defense.
Thud~
Thud~
One after another, all five figures were sent flying upon contact.
Garp and Sengoku were perilously thrown onto the warship.
Zephyr was less fortunate and fell into the sea, but since he wasn't a Devil Fruit user, he quickly emerged from the water.
Splash~
"Zephyr, are you alright?"
Seeing Zephyr land on the warship, Garp and Sengoku hurried over to check on him.
Up to this point, the Navy had been completely defeated in the clash of auras with the pirates.
It was a straightforward, undeniable loss with no room for luck.
Both Sengoku and Garp wore grim expressions.
Not only the top brass but also the surrounding Navy soldiers who remained conscious felt demoralized.
Their morale had completely collapsed.
The thought of the upcoming battle gave Sengoku a headache.
Having lost the initial clash, the situation would only get tougher.
"I'm fine, don't worry about me."
"But I'm concerned about Great General Tengu and Great General Kappa. They fell into the sea too."
Zephyr was deeply worried.
Before he hit the water, he had glimpsed the Armament Haki on the two Great Generants cracking.
They had been underwater for a while now—why hadn't they resurfaced?
"They won't be. The two Great Generals are powerful; they'll be fine."
"Everyone, don't worry."
Sengoku forced himself to reassure those around him, but it had little effect.
The Navy could only maintain their guard and wait silently.
Meanwhile, Brian and the others unexpectedly did not press their advantage. Instead, they gathered together, as if waiting for something.
Witnessing this, Sengoku felt even more burdened, sensing that something terrible was about to happen.
For a moment, the sea fell into an uneasy silence.
Splash~
Splash~
The surroundings were filled only with the sound of massive amounts of seawater rushing to fill the giant crater, along with the faint gasping noises from the completely dissipated Cloud Sea Tornado. Nothing else remained.
Two minutes later, a new change finally arrived.
Thump~
Thump~
Two disheveled figures leaped rapidly from the sea, using Moonwalk to hover in mid-air, their auras visibly weakened.
These two were truly unfortunate. Though they were Admirals, they were ultimately too old.
Neither of them was a monster like Whitebeard from the original story.
Especially since the destructive force of Conqueror's Haki, gathered earlier by Brian and the others, had primarily targeted the area directly in front of them.
It could be said that Tengu and Kappa had just taken the brunt of the largest wave of damage.
With multiple buffs stacked against them, even their Armament Haki had cracked, indicating severe injuries.
At this moment, both were covered in wounds, some still bleeding, appearing extremely frail.
Seeing this, Sengoku and the others prepared to use Moonwalk to retrieve them and prevent any major issues.
Just then, a major problem began to emerge.