Chapter 125: A Shot?!
At this moment, Marineford had completely turned into hell.
Suddenly, Saint Topman Warcury, in his monstrous Fengxi boar form, frowned as he looked at the countless "insects" scattered across the battlefield.
Then he turned his massive boar head toward Sengoku and roared:
"Sengoku! What the hell are you doing?!"
"Why are so many Marines still here?! Do you want the Navy to lose its entire foundation?!"
Sengoku froze.
What the hell is wrong with you Five Elders? One tells me to attack, another tells me to retreat!
But inwardly he was actually delighted.
He immediately nodded obediently.
"Yes, Saint Warcury! We'll withdraw immediately!"
Straightening his posture, Sengoku shouted:
"All Marines, listen carefully!"
"Anyone below Vice Admiral rank, immediately retreat to the outer harbor warships!"
Warcury snorted, white vapor blasting from his nostrils.
"I don't care about the others."
"But Roger's son and Whitebeard must die. Understand?"
"Yes! Right away!"
Sengoku grabbed Garp, who was already on the verge of exploding in anger, and pulled him away from the battlefield.
The five gigantic monsters slowly advanced across the battlefield.
Each step shook the earth.
Against them—
Luffy looked incredibly small.
"Monkey D. Luffy… your talent is truly remarkable."
"You surpass even Rocks, Roger, and Garp in potential."
Warcury spoke without hesitation.
In eight hundred years, he had never seen someone this extraordinary.
For a moment, a thought crossed his mind.
Perhaps… he could truly awaken that fruit.
But he quickly dismissed it.
Because—
Luffy would never have a future.
"Less than two months of training…"
"In the eight hundred years of the World Government's rule, that's not even a ripple."
"If you had a little more time, perhaps we might truly have feared you."
"But today—"
"You must die."
Warcury suddenly roared.
BOOOOM!!!
A deafening howl erupted from the monster's mouth.
It carried an overwhelming surge of Conqueror's Haki, like a bomb detonating across Marineford.
The shockwave spread for kilometers.
Even pirates and Marines who had already boarded ships collapsed unconscious.
"This level of Haki?!"
"How is that possible?!"
Sengoku's eyes widened.
Even his Haki was being suppressed.
"Gurararara!"
Whitebeard stood in the center of the plaza, staring at the overwhelming pressure.
"Haki strong enough to distort space… not bad."
"But still too immature!"
Behind him, Marco continued desperately healing his injuries.
Meanwhile, Jozu and Jinbe were covered in wounds from fighting Akainu.
If Akainu hadn't been heavily injured by Whitebeard earlier, they would already be dead.
As for the Seven Warlords:
Boa Hancock held her hands to her chest, eyes fixed only on the man she loved.Dracule Mihawk rested a hand on Yoru, staring intently at the skeletal horse demon wielding the Shodai Kitetsu.Bartholomew Kuma simply slapped away anyone he saw.Doflamingo and Moria had already retreated.
No way they were staying in this battlefield of monsters.
At the center of the island—
"Now that's terrifying Haki…"
Luffy muttered.
It was on a completely different level from Saint Mars.
Warcury… nearly Emperor-level.
Luffy's own Conqueror's Haki surged upward.
Two immense Haki forces collided violently.
Black-red lightning spread across the island.
The sky itself split.
The battlefield became a black-and-white world, divided by the two opposing auras.
A perfect stalemate.
"Impossible…!"
Warcury's pupils shrank.
His Conqueror's Haki had always been his greatest pride.
Yet a seventeen-year-old brat could match the Haki of someone who had lived eight hundred years?
"Together!!"
Warcury roared in humiliation.
The other Four Elders released their Haki simultaneously.
Five overwhelming Conqueror's Haki waves merged together—
And Luffy was instantly suppressed.
Sweat poured down his face.
His mind felt like it was splitting apart.
Too exhausting…
But he refused to yield.
Ace hasn't escaped yet!
I can't fall here!!
"BREAK!!!"
Suddenly—
Luffy's Haki surged again.
He pushed back against the Five Elders.
BOOM!!
All six Conqueror's Haki forces exploded outward.
Clouds shattered.
Buildings collapsed into dust.
Sweat soaked Luffy's clothes.
But a warm surge spread through his body.
He had broken through a limit.
Conqueror's Haki +0.01
Current Conqueror's Haki: 90.0
Still—
This won't work.
There's no way I can fight five of them at once.
His eyes scanned Marineford.
Suddenly—
They locked onto someone.
His eyes lit up.
"Attack!"
Warcury charged forward, tusks wrapped in Conqueror's Haki.
Mars opened his giant beak and unleashed a massive pillar of fire.
The skeletal horse demon charged with lightning speed.
The sandworm burrowed beneath the ground.
Gyuki spewed corrosive poison.
Their combined attack shook the heavens.
But—
Luffy had no intention of fighting them head-on.
Black lightning descended from the sky, twisting into a single bolt that struck his raised hand.
A thunder dragon wrapped around his arm.
Then he released it.
"2 Billion Volt — Thunder Dragon!"
A deadly aura covered Marineford.
Even the Five Elders looked shocked.
Not because they feared death—
But because Luffy still had this much strength left.
The thunder dragon swallowed all five monsters.
BOOM!!!
The explosion shook the island.
Sea water rose and evaporated.
Amid the chaos—
Luffy turned into a bolt of lightning and shot across the battlefield.
Meanwhile—
Emporio Ivankov was fighting off Pacifistas.
"Death Wink!"
"Hell Wink!"
Explosions erupted everywhere as Pacifistas collapsed one after another.
Suddenly—
Luffy appeared beside him and grabbed him.
"Quick!"
"Give me a shot!"
Ivankov froze.
Then realized what Luffy meant.
"You're serious?!"
"The side effects are huge!"
Looking at Luffy's pale face, Ivankov hesitated.
"Stop talking!"
Luffy clenched his teeth.
"If you won't do it—do you want to go fight them instead?!"
Ivankov glanced at the Five Elders in the distance.
Cold sweat poured down.
His fingers sharpened like needles.
"Then leave it to me, Straw Hat boy!"
"Emporio Hormone — Adrenaline Shot!"
He stabbed the needle into Luffy's side.
The moment it pierced his body—
Luffy trembled violently.
His breathing became heavy.
Red light burst from his eyes.
His heart pounded like thunder.
It felt as if some terrifying beast inside him was waking up.
Luffy grinned.
"This feeling… is amazing!"
"Now then—"
"Life Return: Final Reawakening!"
His aura began rising endlessly.
Elite Admiral level
Elite Admiral peak
Emperor level
Luffy crouched low.
CRACK!!
The ground within ten meters shattered instantly.
Stones rose into the air and were crushed into dust by his Haki.
Then—
He launched forward toward the hellish battlefield.
"Little Ivan!"
"Give Whitebeard and the others a shot too!"
"They need to escape now!"
"…I can't hold them off for long."
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