The Revolutionary Army stationed in the Holy Land, Mary Geoise, was just as shaken as Shanks by what they were witnessing.
Dragon's eyes were bloodshot. His voice trembled with barely contained disbelief.
"A power capable of destroying a planet with a single punch? Even Ashveil… are we certain he can withstand that?"
Ivankov sprang to his feet, his heavily made-up face twisting into a bewildered expression.
"Darling, what are we supposed to do now? Does this mean our Pirate World is really going to lose?"
He swallowed hard and added in a whisper, "After all… in our entire world, no one surpasses Ashveil. Not even the former sovereign… Lady Imu."
Sabo, normally optimistic and level-headed, couldn't hide the dark seriousness clouding his face.
The entire Revolutionary Army's attention shifted upward, staring at the sky in stunned anticipation.
Meanwhile, Kaido and Big Mom—two of the Four Emperors—remained surprisingly calm.
They were the only ones who had personally experienced the terror that Thorne Ashveil carried.
When Ashveil's Conqueror's Haki shield shattered, another would appear without fail.
So they were not worried in the slightest.
And as they expected, the moment came.
On the battlefield, Saitama's fist landed with earth-shattering force, blasting apart Ashveil's last centimeter of Conqueror's Haki defense.
Saitama's eyes widened with fierce exhilaration.
He had done it.
At last—someone truly worthy.
But the excitement lasted only a heartbeat.
The moment Ashveil's Conqueror's Haki shield collapsed, a new one formed instantly, expanding outward like a wildfire of raw will.
Saitama froze.
His mouth twitched uncontrollably.
"This… this is insane…"
He had poured everything into that punch—his ultimate technique, his absolute limit—only for it to break a single layer of Ashveil's defense.
And from the pressure radiating off Ashveil, Saitama could sense it with perfect clarity…
Ashveil possessed an endless number of Conqueror's Haki shields.
The Bald Cape Hero felt his scalp tingle as cold dread ran down his spine.
He had fought gods. He had crushed existential threats. He had ended cosmic disasters with a flick of his wrist. He had always believed—always known—that he could defeat anything.
But facing Ashveil…
Saitama realized something terrifying.
He had been wrong.
For the first time in his life, he was confronting a true master—an existence on a level he had never imagined.
Everything he had experienced until now… was just the view from the bottom of a well.
Before Ashveil, the legendary One-Punch Man title meant nothing.
Ashveil glanced calmly at the man who had shattered one of his shields and began to clap lightly.
"Not bad at all, Saitama. You really are impressive."
"I didn't expect you to break one of my shields even in this state."
Then his tone shifted, gentle yet overwhelming.
"But unfortunately… my Conqueror's Haki is endless."
The Phoenix power within Ashveil surged with radiant intensity.
A flood of Conqueror's Haki erupted from his body, forming a massive shield that expanded across a thousand meters in every direction.
Saitama didn't even have time to dodge.
The pressure swept him up, yanking him downward like a falling meteor.
He crashed.
A thunderous explosion shook the planet as a human-shaped crater thousands of meters deep opened beneath him.
Saitama plunged ten thousand meters into the earth, the echo of the impact vibrating through the entire battlefield.
Deep underground, molten magma surged around him.
The liquid fire scorched his skin, but Saitama ignored it.
Compared to Ashveil's power… magma was nothing.
This spectacle sent the Shinobi Alliance into complete chaos.
After witnessing Ashveil's overwhelming might, many in the Shinobi World fell into reverent dread.
"That… that has to be a god!"
"Even the Sage of Six Paths looks like a child next to him!"
"He didn't break a single shield. But at least that Bald Cape Hero managed to shatter one!"
Even proud warriors from the Allied Shinobi Forces stared at Ashveil in awe.
Even Uchiha Madara, who had never bowed to anyone in his life, stood slack-jawed.
"That… that power… what he showed during our fight was only the smallest fraction…?"
The Sage of Six Paths himself frowned deeply, unable to comprehend Ashveil's endless defense.
A shield he couldn't break—even once.
And Saitama claimed there were countless more.
How could anyone fight such a being?
Naruto, Kakashi, Gaara—all stood silent, their expressions frozen in shock.
The One-Punch Man World was no better.
They watched the projection with pale faces.
Tatsumaki, always arrogant, felt her pride shatter.
Infinite energy.
A world-destroying punch.
And that only broke one of Ashveil's shields.
"How is Saitama supposed to fight that…?" she whispered.
Genos felt fear for the first time in his robotic life.
His teacher had been thrown ten thousand meters underground.
How could this battle continue?
In despair, he thought,
Are we… actually going to lose?
The Pirate World, on the other hand, breathed a unified sigh of relief.
Kaido and Big Mom smirked smugly at Whitebeard.
"Old man, you don't understand Ashveil at all," Kaido said. "Even we aren't worried."
"His Conqueror's Haki isn't just infinite," Big Mom added. "He hasn't even used his Fusion Haki yet!"
The Shinobi Alliance trembled.
If this was only the beginning… Ashveil's true power was unimaginable.
On the battlefield, Saitama suddenly burst free from the crater, magma dripping from his scorched cape.
But instead of fear, his eyes burned with excitement.
"Thank you, Ashveil. Because of you… I broke my limiter again!"
He clenched his fists tightly, muscles bulging as an aura of raw power exploded around him.
"Killer Series, Consecutive Killer Punches!"
The planet trembled violently, a colossal earthquake sweeping across continents.
Ashveil observed him with a rare smile.
"Impressive. Breaking your limiter makes you even stronger than the manga version."
Even the [Space-Time Pendulum] flickered nervously, on the verge of repairing the arena again.
Ashveil raised his hand.
Five different Conqueror's Haki manifestations appeared in the sky like colossal spheres of power—each one radiating a distinct elemental force.
A red sphere, burning with magma.
A transparent sphere, vibrating space itself.
A white sphere, freezing the air for miles.
A yellow sphere, moving at impossible speed.
A purple sphere, crackling with thunder.
The sky darkened under their overwhelming might.
Saitama stared upward, overwhelmed with despair.
Each of those spheres…
Each one carried power that could destroy a massive planet.
And Ashveil summoned five.
The One-Punch Man World collapsed into stunned horror.
Bang whispered, "Any one of those would end our world. And he created five…"
Metal Knight and Child Emperor analyzed desperately, but the data only terrified them further.
"These energies…" Child Emperor said shakily, "each one has a distinct ability…"
"Magma, ice, light, vibration, lightning," Metal Knight added. "Combined with that Haki…"
Atomic Samurai could barely speak.
"If any monster had even one of those abilities… our world would have fallen long ago!"
Meanwhile, the Shinobi World watched in cold silence.
Naruto gulped loudly.
"Just one of those spheres… is tens of thousands of times stronger than my biggest Tailed Beast Ball…"
Shikamaru muttered, trembling,
"Is a human like Ashveil supposed to exist… even in another world?"
The impossible reality settled on them like a shroud.
And above it all, Ashveil hovered calmly, his power dwarfing entire civilizations.