Chapter 177

Why on earth did he have to provoke that monster!

This is just great.

All his subordinates had been wiped out.

And he had become a lone, solitary man.

Apart from a few squad captains still standing beside him, there were no more subordinates he could order around.

As for those dozen-plus pirates who had survived the Conqueror's Haki?

He wasn't counting on them anyway.

Seeing that group of pirates trembling and paralyzed on the ground in their wretched state, Oren didn't dare hope that a dozen subordinates would obey his commands.

"B-boss, what should we do?"

Homa asked weakly, his face full of terror.

"What should we do?"

Oren was frantic with worry, utterly at a loss.

Regarding the grim situation the Demon Person Pirates now faced, he couldn't think of a single solution.

Could it be…

He really had to clash head-on with that monster Aokiji?

Wouldn't that just be seeking death?

That man was a Headquarters Vice Admiral of the Marines!

A user of a Nature-type Devil Fruit ability!

Without Sea Prism Stone in hand, they didn't even have the qualification to inflict injuries on a Nature-type ability user.

Oren hadn't mastered the two types of Haki!

Against a Nature-type ability user, he had absolutely no way to make a move.

"The only option now is…"

"I'll hold Aokiji back!"

"The three of you will combine your strength and take down that little brat as fast as possible!"

"This way, our Demon Person Pirates will still have a slim chance of survival."

"If not, we will surely be completely annihilated today."

Gritting his teeth, Oren spoke his final decision.

The words fell.

The three squad captains, Homa and the others, wore looks of pure horror.

Green couldn't help but ask: "Boss, are you really sure you want us to go up against that kind of monster? Isn't this just sending us to our deaths? That monster just instantly wiped out more than three thousand of us in a single moment!"

The three squad captains had already developed an incomparably thick psychological shadow against Lu En.

This was the first time in their lives they had witnessed such an earth-shattering scene with their own eyes.

In a single encounter…

More than three thousand people had been instantly killed!

And the one who had instantly killed these three thousand-plus people was a little brat only four years old!

They truly couldn't imagine it.

What on earth kind of monster was this!

Right now,

Asking them to go up against such an utterly terrifying monster?

Was this really not a joke?

"If I'm telling you three to go deal with that little brat, naturally I have my own reasons."

"Although Conqueror's Haki is terrifying, only those with the potential of a king possess such innate talent. However, this doesn't mean their actual strength will necessarily be very strong."

"Conqueror's Haki can play an extremely terrifying role against small fry."

"But…"

"In front of true powerhouses, Conqueror's Haki—which can only be used to intimidate enemies—is almost completely meaningless."

"Otherwise, why would I have you three go deal with that little brat?"

"Given that little brat's tender age of only four, even if he has already mastered Conqueror's Haki, his strength absolutely cannot be that great."

"Don't tell me you three can't even handle a four-year-old little brat?"

Oren roared furiously.

"So that's how it is…"

After Oren's explanation, Homa and the others finally saw the light.

Then,

Although the fear in the eyes of the three of them as they looked at Lu En still inevitably carried a trace of dread, the bulk of that fear had already dissipated.

"Move!"

Oren roared loudly.

He howled and bellowed toward the sky.

In an instant,

He activated his Devil Fruit ability!

Transforming into a raging bear!

Visible to the naked eye,

Oren's height was steadily rising, his build growing ever more massive.

From his original six-meter height, he gradually climbed to ten meters!

At the same time,

the clothes on his body had been completely torn apart, scattering wildly down from midair.

Gradually,

Oren's body became covered in thick, dense fur, his limbs growing larger and more powerfully built, like a massive mountain, radiating an overwhelmingly heavy, oppressive aura.

His pair of eyes had also turned crimson, a fierce glint flashing within them.

Tusks bared,

he had completely transformed into a raging bear!

Combined with the giant bloodline flowing through his body…

Oren's physical constitution had reached its absolute peak!

"Charge!"

From high above, he let out a deep, resonant, booming voice.

Like thunder piercing the ears,

deafening.

Then,

without hesitation, Oren plunged both hands into the ground, forcibly tearing up an enormous slab of earth and hurling it violently toward where Qingzhi stood.

Boom!

The stone slammed hard into the spot where Qingzhi had been standing.

However,

it was utterly meaningless!

All physical attacks were completely ineffective against a Nature-type ability user.

Unless…

they carried seastone!

But clearly, Oren's strike just now carried no seastone, nor did he wield Armament Haki, so he was completely unable to deal with Qingzhi.

Shortly after,

Qingzhi's body, which had been smashed into powder by the stone, gradually began to slowly heal, the ice on his body growing more and more, repairing the damaged parts of his body.

Meanwhile,

at the same time Oren launched his attack.

led by Homa, three great pirates with bounties of tens of millions of Beri decisively charged toward the location where Lu En was.