Chapter 604

He was dumbfounded.

Having sailed with the Pirate King Luo Jie for many years, he had encountered countless strong warriors and monsters of the sea, and defeated numerous renowned prodigies and demons.

Yet.

He had never seen.

A monster as terrifying as the little brat standing before him today!

Such a youthful age…

Not only did he control Conqueror's Haki.

Moreover,

The boy's Conqueror's Haki was higher in rank than his own!

Naturally, this made Barret refuse to believe it.

He had always believed.

That his innate talent was the strongest in the sea!

One day, sooner or later,

He would become the strongest being in the sea!

Until this very moment,

He met Lu En!

At this instant,

Barret suddenly snapped awake.

So…

Someone else possessed talent far more terrifying than his own, by countless times!

His own superhuman Conqueror's Haki, honed over years of grueling effort, had been utterly surpassed by a little brat who looked no older than five.

"I spent nearly ten years…"

"To refine my Conqueror's Haki to this level."

"That little brat looks no more than five years old."

"How could his Conqueror's Haki possibly be stronger than mine?!"

"This makes no sense!"

Barret shook his head.

The more he thought, the more his mind became chaotic.

All he could say was:

Lu En's existence shattered his understanding of this sea.

A five-year-old who wielded a Conqueror's Haki more terrifying than his own made even a monster like Barret involuntarily blurt out two words.

Monster!

This, truly, was a real monster!

"Even if he awakened Conqueror's Haki in the womb…"

"He shouldn't be able to control such an intense level at such a youthful age!"

"Yet, this little brat actually did it."

"He surpassed me in something I couldn't even achieve!"

Barret's eyes brimmed with shock as he gazed at the figure over a thousand meters away.

Beside him,

Crocodile slowly came to his senses from his shock.

His eyes locked in stunned disbelief on the young figure a kilometer away.

At this moment,

He too was rendered speechless.

"Conqueror's Haki?!"

"Is Conqueror's Haki now something anyone can control?"

"Just a little brat…"

"He has this power too?"

"Are you kidding?!"

Crocodile's face was filled with horror.

Conqueror's Haki was a power he himself craved desperately.

In this sea…

Conqueror's Haki symbolized a born powerhouse!

A latent potential to become a top-tier powerhouse of the sea!

Any possessor of Conqueror's Haki would have limitless future achievements and inevitably become a top-tier powerhouse of the sea.

Precisely because of this,

Conqueror's Haki was so rare and precious.

But Crocodile clearly hadn't anticipated.

That right now,

A little brat he'd dismissed as a nobody.

Also possessed Conqueror's Haki!

When did this power become so cheap?

Has it truly become commonplace?

"Even a brat can possess Haoshoku Haki—why can't I awaken it?!"

Crocodile's mindset showed signs of cracking.

The power he craved above all else.

Yet was effortlessly obtained by a brat no older than five!

This naturally threw Crocodile into emotional turmoil.

Why?!

"And the most terrifying thing is…"

"This brat's Haoshoku Haki is in no way inferior to Baratie's."

"Even."

"That brat's Haoshoku Haki is stronger than Baratie's!"

When this conclusion formed in his mind,

Crocodile involuntarily drew in a sharp breath.

Hiss—

"What kind of monster is this brat?!"

"Even Baratie, a monster of this caliber, is outclassed by that brat!"

"This conclusion is truly astonishing!"

Crocodile's emotions surged violently.

Who is Baratie?

He is the universally acknowledged first genius of the old era.

A terrifying monster aboard Roger's pirate crew.

Who lost only once in his life—to the Pirate King Roger,

and even Roger's right-hand man, the Dark King Rayleigh, is said to have been unable to defeat Baratie.

And yet this monster—

Today, was actually on the losing side in a clash of Haoshoku Haki?!

Crocodile was utterly stunned.

"Who could ever imagine…"

"That Baratie, a top-tier monster of the sea, would one day be suppressed by a five-year-old brat wielding even more terrifying Haoshoku Haki!"

"This is simply unbelievable."