Chapter 246

"That spot…"

Kuina murmured softly.

"Kuina."

A voice came from behind her.

Kuina turned her head to look—it was Luo Bin, Conis, and Bonney, along with a massive cloud fox named Sisi.

"Where's Xiao Qi and Carrot?"

Kuina asked while sheathing her blade.

"Knowing Xiao Qi, he's definitely gone off to pick a fight with some strong guy. Carrot's probably with him."

Bonney said, hands on her hips.

"Is that alright?"

"Should be fine."

Luo Bin smiled. "Luo En will definitely keep an eye on them."

Kuina nodded. "True."

"Come on, let's head to the captain too."

Conis said with a smile, walking up beside Kuina.

The four women and one cloud fox walked together toward Luo En.

"It's the Calamity of the Skies!"

A marine spotted them.

"Enemies—attack!"

A marine officer wielding a long saber shouted.

The elite marines around them immediately charged, lead bullets raining down on them.

"Wall of Steel."

Conis waved her hand, and jet-black steel liquefied like quicksilver, coalescing into a semicircular wall that completely blocked the lead bullets.

Seeing firearms were useless, the marine officer immediately led his men to charge at them.

Conis—golden hair flowing down her back, an angelically sweet face—raised her black-gloved right hand, pointed at them, and smiled:

"Iron Thorns, Blossom Storm!"

In an instant, the semicircular iron wall transformed into countless iron thorns, raining down like droplets, charging toward the marines under their horrified gazes.

"Everyone behind me!"

The marine officer roared.

"Iron Block!"

He activated Iron Block, hardening his body with Armament Haki to tank the iron thorns head-on.

Watching this, Kuina's eyes went cold. She placed her hand on the hilt of Wado Ichimonji at her waist.

"One-Sword Style—Iai Slash…"

"Azure Dragon!"

Under the horrified gazes of the surrounding marines, the marine officer was sent flying by the flying slash that had taken the form of a pale-blue dragon. A massive gash split open across his chest, and blood gushed out.

The elite marines behind him were also sent tumbling by the pressure of the slash.

"Dammit!"

A giant vice admiral witnessed the scene, swung his enormous axe overhead, and brought it crashing down toward Kuina and the others with a whistling roar.

Luo Bin narrowed her eyes, crossed her arms before her, and petals fluttered.

"Hana Hana no Mi—Gigantic Tree!"

"Wh-what?!"

Two enormous arms sprouted from the giant vice admiral's body and locked tightly around his neck, rendering him unable to move.

Bonney's figure flashed, and she appeared beneath the giant vice admiral, slapping her palm against his foot.

Her ability activated.

"Age."

The giant vice admiral, who had been in the prime of his life, instantly transformed into a feeble, elderly giant who could barely hold his weapon.

Bonney stood with arms folded in front of the aged giant vice admiral, looked at him, and the corner of her mouth lifted. "No matter how strong you are, once you're old, it's all over."

"D-dammit!"

The aged giant vice admiral reached for her, his face full of unwillingness and fury.

But Bonney dodged him with ease.

"Let's go."

Luo Bin said to her.

The four women and one fox continued onward.

They left behind a field of fallen marines and the aged, powerless giant vice admiral.

Watching this with their own eyes, the pirates of the surrounding Whitebeard crew cast fearful, awed gazes at them.

"So that's the Calamity of the Skies…"

"Terrifying!"

"Worthy subordinates of that monster…"

Elsewhere.

"Ata!"

Xiao Qi's Armament Haki-hardened fist collided with the fist thrown by Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral Dalmatian.

Fierce winds burst out in all directions.

One was skilled in two-color Haki and various boxing techniques including Eight Trigrams Fist, the other was skilled in two-color Haki and the Marine's Six Powers — when the two clashed, they were evenly matched!

"Go for it, Xiao Qi! Punch that human right in the face! Yeah, right there!"

Carrot cheered from the side, loving the spectacle and never thinking things were big enough.

Nearby, there were Marines who saw her as a member of the Worst Generation and wanted to launch attacks against her, but all of their attacks were easily dodged by Carrot — who had extremely agile movements, incredible speed, and had learned Observation Haki — without so much as a finger touching her.

…………

"Those guys……"

Sensing Kuina and the others' movements through the Observation Haki that covered all of Marineford, Luo En's lips curved slightly, a smile surfacing on his face.

"My crew members are all stealing the spotlight like this — I, as their captain, can't just be sitting around doing nothing."

"I'll put in a little effort too."

His azure eyes sharpened.

A flash of brilliant crimson light flickered deep within his pupils.

In an instant, a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering wave of Haki erupted from his body!

Conqueror's Haki.

lv7.

Third stage!

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Conqueror's Haki, woven from crimson and golden lightning arcs, was unleashed from Luo En's body — like ripples on a water's surface, it spread across all of Marineford in an instant!

Before that astonishingly powerful aura of a supreme ruler, even the sky changed color!

Centered on Luo En, who stood beneath the encircling wall, that fierce and terrifying Conqueror's Haki surged outward in all directions like raging tides!

Whether battle-hardened pirates of the Whitebeard Pirates or elite Marines of Headquarters bearing the weight of justice, all of them lost consciousness under the overwhelming force of that Haki — eyes rolling white, they collapsed in rows and rows.

Sabo and Luffy, who had been about to clash with Garp, both felt that Conqueror's Haki and turned their heads to look back, hearts trembling.

"Th-this, this is……?!"

Zoro and Sanji behind them stared at the elite Marines around them fainted by that Conqueror's Haki, faces filled with shock as well.

"What on earth just happened?!"

"Is that Conqueror's Haki?!"

The two turned to look at Ivankov, whose eyes were wide open and face full of horror.