Chapter 605

"Where did that brat come from? And just where did he suddenly appear from? How could he possibly be this terrifying?"

The more he thought, the more shaken Crocodile became.

When had the sea ever produced such a terrifying monster?!

Why had he not known about this before?

How could he have been completely unaware?

Crocodile's mind spun wildly.

He had originally thought,

that the brat was merely a petty fish, easily swatted away.

But now,

after seeing the opponent unleash an even more terrifying Conqueror's Haki, Crocodile had no choice but to abandon his former attitude of contempt.

Someone who wields such terrifying Conqueror's Haki…

Even if the opponent was merely a five-year-old brat, he was certainly no ordinary person!

Far from ordinary!

How could anyone who controls such terrifying Conqueror's Haki be weak?

Even if the opponent was young and immature!

But age has never been an indicator of strength.

Age and strength are completely unrelated!

A person's strength has nothing to do with age whatsoever.

It's just that many people unconsciously…

treat age as one factor in measuring strength.

But right now,

the five-year-old brat standing before them was a monster beyond the bounds of reason!

"…Not simple at all…"

"That brat's strength is probably terrifying."

"He even suppressed Barrette's Conqueror's Haki."

"Just this one fact proves that the brat's strength is certainly not weak."

"How could the sea have produced such an anomaly—so young, yet so terrifyingly powerful? Who is he?"

"Such a monster could never remain unknown."

Crocodile fell into deep thought.

He felt

that he might have vaguely grasped some clues.

But for now,

he could not recall them.

Gradually,

Boom—

accompanied by a deafening roar,

the next instant,

two Conqueror's Haki fields exploded simultaneously.

The red and blue Conqueror's Haki domains vanished.

Each dissolved into boundless air currents, slowly dispersing.

Carried away by the wind,

gone without a trace.

Thus,

the clash between Conqueror's Haki came to an end.

At the same time,

all the terrifying phenomena produced moments earlier

also vanished completely, leaving no trace.

As for the final outcome of the clash?

Clearly,

Lu En's Conqueror's Haki was superior!

But he still could not completely crush Barrette's Conqueror's Haki.

He had merely suppressed Barrette's Conqueror's Haki—that was all.

Yet even so, this alone was enough to demonstrate the terrifying nature of Lu En's unleashed Conqueror's Haki.

After all,

he was facing a monster from the old era named Douglas Barrette!

To suppress him with Conqueror's Haki

alone speaks volumes.

As the Conqueror's Haki faded…

the scene was left littered with ruins.

The collision of the two Conqueror's Haki had turned the area within a thousand meters into a pitted wasteland, with countless jagged cracks spreading across the soil like a terrifying spiderweb.

Pitted and perforated,

A landscape of utter ruin.

The shattered terrain environment in all four directions was horrifying to behold.

Who could have imagined?

These ruins, scattered and desolate, were caused by the catastrophic collision of two mighty forces.

Had one not witnessed it firsthand…

No one would dare believe it.

For a long while,

Huh!

Crocodile let out a heavy breath, first glancing at the ruined terrain environment left behind.

Then,

he quickly withdrew his gaze.

Turning his head,

he gazed deeply at Barret beside him, his tone strange.

"This… is the trash you just spoke of?"

"Are you certain?"