Roa lightly landed in the center of the training ground in Disaster City.
Before him:
"Wah!"
The massive, mountain-like Loki was sent flying. "Did you really have to hit that hard?"
He slammed heavily into the ground.
Beside him, Doflamingo lay weakly on the ground, next to a similarly bruised Capone Bege.
Doflamingo complained with a mournful expression, "What do you mean, 'in a team fight, focus the AD first,' Boss? What does 'AD' even mean?"
He couldn't understand the term at all.
"Because if I let you two brats go all-out with your bombardment," Roa said with a smile, "this entire area would be in danger."
The shipwrights of Water Seven had already made breakthroughs in their research on the Pluton weapon.
These two gear-focused young men were, of course, the first to equip the results.
So, despite their seemingly lower strength, their destructive power ranked among the highest of the Disaster Army's executives.
At the same time, the entirely black Hellhound leaped up. Dark flames, like disembodied evil spirits, rose from the three-headed monster's black fur, instantly transforming into a cascading tsunami that rushed straight toward Roa.
"Oh, not bad,"
Roa nodded slightly. "At least it's more than just a tiny flicker now."
Then, a black barrier suddenly solidified, easily blocking the surging wave of fire. The dark flames splashed everywhere upon hitting the barrier.
However, one could clearly see that where the flames met the barrier, the seemingly indestructible barrier was being eroded at a noticeable pace.
"Hmm, this flame is truly excellent." Roa praised.
Though it was only a casually conjured Haki barrier, it was by no means something an ordinary person could shake.
"Ze ha ha ha ha! Boss, thanks for the compliment! All that training was worth it!"
Teach, in his form as a giant three-headed dog, laughed heartily. The moment he landed, he immediately lunged at Roa, dark flames condensing on his claws.
Roa merely pressed his right hand downward.
The surging Haki materialized into a black arm that grabbed the back of Teach's neck and slammed him to the ground.
But simultaneously, a flash of lightning flickered behind Roa.
Enel instantly materialized from the lightning, aiming his hands at Roa's back. "Discharge!"
Dazzling blue-white electrical currents, like swimming snakes, slammed directly onto Roa's body.
Then.
Roa said, a little pleasantly, "Tingling. Not bad."
Completely ineffective?
Enel's mouth hung open unconsciously.
Did all that training really mean anything?
"Then try this!"
A shifting shadow suddenly surged up from under Roa's feet, taking the shape of a shadow warrior identical in size to Moria.
In the next moment, the shadow turned into the real Moria, who reached out to grab the shadow beneath Roa's feet.
"Oh! This move again?"
Roa's lips curved, but he paid little mind to Moria's killing move. "I told you, it doesn't work on me."
Sure enough, Moria could not lift Roa's shadow from the ground.
An ordinary person's shadow is weightless, but Roa's shadow was heavy as a mountain.
It couldn't be helped; Roa's evolution was all-encompassing. The defensive boost wasn't just in physical defense, but also in resistance to various elements and special abilities, which grew daily.
"Damn it!"
Moria cursed, his Haki turning the blade of his scissors pitch black. Invisible ripples even coiled around the blade!
Flowing, outwardly projected Armament Haki!
To save his comrades, Moria worked harder than anyone, and that effort was bound to pay off!
The dark scissors fiercely snapped down on Roa's waist.
However, it was like clipping Seastone. Roa was completely unharmed, and Moria was instead shaken back repeatedly.
"Well done, Moria."
Roa praised. "Great progress."
One could even say he was already one of the stronger ones among the Six Elders' level.
A level far surpassing that of an ordinary Marine Vice-Admiral.
"..."
Moria silently gritted his teeth.
Roa didn't even need to defend; his attacks had absolutely no effect on him!
"Alright, that's enough for today."
Roa clapped his hands and smiled. "A little play session now and then feels good."
It was a bit of fun, and also a chance to check the capabilities of his subordinates.
"You're the only one who feels good!"
Loki sat up, clutching his face. His face bore a fist mark, and his bones were broken. "That hurt!"
Was he the only one who got knocked out with a single punch?
Why was he hit so hard!
"If Bullet and King were here, they could have had more fun, Boss,"
Teach, having returned to his black, plump form, grinned. "However, can Bullet and King really handle Charlotte Linlin?"
"If it's Aunt Linlin,"
Roa's lips curled, "Then it should be fine."
Aunt Linlin had indeed crossed the threshold of a top-tier powerhouse, and was slightly stronger than Big Brother Kaido.
But, how to put it—even Aunt Linlin 29 years later was considered weak among the top-tier powerhouses, let alone now.
If Kid and Law could fight Aunt Linlin, why couldn't Bullet and King?
"Let's use this opportunity to let Bullet and King truly experience it,"
Roa said, smiling. "The feeling of fighting a top-tier powerhouse! Their real opponents in the future will be at least at this level."
"But Boss,"
Teach continued, "Is it really worth generating conflict with the Charlotte Family for the sake of the Freedom Army?"
"Conflict? What conflict? Aunt Linlin is very easy to appease."
Whole Cake Island.
Hearing King's words, Dragon's unease became indescribable.
At the same time.
"Don't want to start a war with this old hag?"
Charlotte Linlin yanked her Bicorne hat down, and the hat instantly morphed into a giant sword.
The eyes of the Queen ruling the Whole Cake Island were as gloomy as a hungry tigress, ready to devour her prey. "Are you saying you're qualified to start a war with this old hag?!"
Katakuri sighed helplessly.
Roa's subordinates really were cut from the same cloth as that brat; they all knew how to infuriate people.
It looked like a fight was inevitable now.
Charlotte Linlin raised the massive sword high. "Elbaf Spear—Ikkoku!"
A colossal cylindrical shockwave shot toward the two figures in the sky.
"Hahaha! What are we waiting for! Let's go, King!"
Bullet laughed loudly, raising his mercury fist again. "Ultimate Cannon!"
King's lips curved upward unconsciously.
Although the Boss had told them the method to calm Charlotte Linlin down and negotiate, right now, how could they possibly hold back!
On the blade of his sword, a ghostly green flame surged!
"Fire Dragon Emperor!"
The flame dragon and the dark heavy punch slammed down simultaneously, instantly colliding with the massive shockwave.
Heaven and earth were once again submerged in a roar.
A perfect opportunity!
Dragon forcefully suppressed the unease in his heart. His eyes suddenly shifted to Katakuri, who was restraining Kuma and Ginny.
But.
"Don't move recklessly."
Katakuri merely raised his lip and said with a cold smile, "Or do you want them to die with you?"
The two blades of the Mogura (Trident) were stabbed into the ground on either side of Ginny's neck, giving her no chance of escape.
Meanwhile, Ivankov, who had been knocked unconscious by Charlotte Linlin's earlier punch, was now wrapped in Mochi.
Around his body, sharp tendrils covered in black Haki were poised, ready to pierce his body at any moment.
"..."
The sweat on Dragon's forehead thickened.
Like a moth caught in a spider's web, he was truly unable to move.
At this point, could he only rely on Bullet and King to win?
In the sky.
Before the violent explosion could dissipate, a black shadow had already pierced through the raging flames of the explosion.
"Clang!"
The Supreme Grade Sword, wrapped in fierce flames, slammed heavily against the massive sword wrapped in Dual-Colored Haki.
"Ugh!"
King's face changed slightly. In the next instant, his body was blasted away like a cannonball.
"What astonishing power!"
Even though one of the abilities granted by his Tengu Fruit was extraordinary strength.
However, against Charlotte Linlin's power, it seemed entirely inadequate!
"Absolute Cannon Barrage!"
In the sky, Bullet was punching.
Every punch was a colossal mercury sphere, tens of meters in diameter, that slammed down!
The surface of every mercury sphere was covered with Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki!
A meteor shower?
No!
Ordinary meteors weren't fit to hold a candle to these meteorite spheres!
Neither in terms of mass nor hardness!
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! This is too much! What's with this guy's Armament Haki!"
Katakuri couldn't help but exclaim in shock.
He could easily manufacture Mochi balls of the same volume.
But having every sphere covered in such powerful Haki? That was completely abnormal!
Did this guy want to flatten Whole Cake Island?
Crocodile was even more dumbfounded.
Every one of those spheres hitting him would be enough to grind him to dust, wouldn't it?
Even Dragon's eyes were filled with astonishment.
He truly is excessively strong!
At this rate of progress, it won't be long before he genuinely catches up to Charlotte Linlin, will it?
"Don't look down on me! Who do you think I am!"
While everyone was in awe, Charlotte Linlin alone soared up on the back of Zeus. Prometheus had attached itself to the sword Napoleon, wrapping the entire massive blade in blazing fire.
"Ikoku Sovereignty!"
With just one swing, a mercury sphere was blasted away!
The massive sword wrapped in powerful Conqueror's Haki was no longer just a blade; it was now more like a baseball bat!
Charlotte Linlin simply swung her sword repeatedly. All the mercury spheres were deflected without ever touching her.
"Hahaha! Good! Good! Again!"
Bullet laughed wildly.
It was this kind of powerful opponent that made it exciting!
His body began to swell again. The sheer presence of the behemoth, now over a hundred meters tall, immediately crushed the ground beneath it.
"Limit Break Cannon!"
The already enormous fist swelled even further in that instant. The fist alone was nearly the size of the mercury giant itself!
Big is good, heavy is beautiful!
This was the combat aesthetic of Mercury Bullet!
"Mama Raid!"
Charlotte Linlin showed no fear. On the contrary, direct confrontation was her specialty!
The massive sword, also wrapped in Dual-Colored Haki, violently slammed against the giant fist.
The air shrieked under the strain. The expanding ring of shockwaves swept away everything. The entire neighborhood instantly turned into ruins, and the whole of Whole Cake Island trembled relentlessly.
"Ugh!"
Bullet groaned. The giant fist instantly crumbled, and his massive body staggered backward continuously.
Power—no, the Haki gap is too great!
The true Conqueror's Haki coating was far superior to his amateurish version!
However.
"Mama! Watch out!"
Katakuri cried out in alarm.
Charlotte Linlin was startled. She spun around sharply.
Behind her, the ghostly green flame instantly drew an arc of a slash.
But thanks to Katakuri's timely warning, Charlotte Linlin met the attack with her sword.
Amidst a fierce roar, an invisible shadow was blasted away.
"What's going on? Where did that attack come from!"
Brûlée couldn't help but shriek.
"He's invisible! No! It's not just invisibility; his aura is also incredibly weak!"
Katakuri frowned deeply. "What's with King's ability?"
Anyone whose Observation Haki wasn't up to scratch couldn't even sense his existence!
And Mama, her weakest area was Observation Haki!
"My arm is numb from the shock!"
"King, who used an ability he named Spiritual Concealment (an ability to obscure one's presence and aura), smashed through several buildings before finally stabilizing himself."
Fortunately, his body was tough enough. As long as he wasn't hit directly, he was fine!
On the other side, the mercury giant, who had just been repelled, was already swinging his massive fist and charging at Charlotte Linlin again.
King, of course, didn't hesitate either. The flame behind his head extinguished, and his speed soared to its limit.
The moment Charlotte Linlin's sword struck Bullet back again, he delivered a fierce slash to her back.
"You damned brat! Do you think this old hag has no defense! Zeus!"
Charlotte Linlin laughed triumphantly. "Tenman Daijizai Tenjin!"
The brat's aura had become incredibly faint and hidden; even she couldn't fully track his movements.
But!
The thundercloud beneath her feet suddenly swelled, then released thousands of lightning bolts, instantly filling the entire space nearby, giving King no room to dodge.
"Blazing Whirlwind!"
King's body suddenly began to rotate.
The fierce wind and flames, combined with the Demonic Aura released by the Shodai Kitetsu, formed a massive, almost materialized green flame vortex!
He had also undergone will training!
Under the manipulation of his will, the flames and whirlwind almost gained substance, directly shattering all the lightning bolts before surging toward Charlotte Linlin.
"Get lost! Ikkoku!"
The massive shockwave collided with the flame storm. The exploding flames, driven by the strong winds, instantly covered the entire sky, essentially giving the whole town a "green hat".
King was blasted away again.
After finally stabilizing himself, he flapped his wings and slowly exhaled, looking down at Charlotte Linlin standing on the back of the thundercloud.
What a monster!
Even though there was a significant gap in power between her and the Boss, she was indeed the ocean's most supreme predator.
"Stop fighting!"
It was at this moment that Katakuri, below, finally raised his voice. "If you keep fighting, the entire Whole Cake Island will be lost!"
King's descending figure abruptly halted. He scanned the situation below; the entire town had indeed suffered massive damage.
Continuing the fight would very likely lead to irreparable disaster.
Furthermore, continuing the fight wouldn't lead to any result.
It would be difficult to win, but they probably wouldn't lose either.
"Bullet!"
King raised his voice. "That's enough!"
Then he added, "Don't forget the Boss's orders!"
Bullet, who was heavily walking back to the battlefield with steps that made the entire island tremble, stopped when he heard the command.
He snorted discontentedly but ultimately said nothing more.
The Boss's orders came first, after all.
"End it? What a joke!"
They were ready to end it, but someone else wasn't. Charlotte Linlin sped toward them on the back of the thundercloud. "Do you think you have the right to decide that!"
Then, Katakuri shouted again, "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and bring out whatever you have that can convince Mama! Roa couldn't have just sent you here to fight!"
King couldn't help but look at Katakuri in surprise.
This guy really understands the Boss!
Facing the charging Charlotte Linlin, King didn't dodge. Instead, he flapped his wings and flew straight towards her.
"Oh? You're not running away? You're actively moving toward this old hag!"
Charlotte Linlin sneered, black lightning spreading across the great sword in her hand. "No matter what you offer, this old hag won't forgive—"
"The Boss said he can introduce you to Harold."
King stated.
"Mama-mama! But then again, why hold a grudge against such cute children!"
Charlotte Linlin was all smiles, as gentle as a spring breeze. "These fellows are unimportant. You can take them all with you if you want."
"We are deeply grateful."
King nodded slightly.
It was an instant kill, just as the Boss predicted.
Below, Crocodile blinked.
So, it just... ended like that?
Roa the Calamity really did command respect!
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