Chapter 131: Paramount War: Fist Art · Collapse of All Things!
"Impudent!"
"Courting death!"
"Insect!"
"Vermin!"
"Trash!"
…
The Five Elders roared in fury.
But it was useless.
Luffy stretched out his arms—grabbing the Skeletal Warhorse Demon with one hand and clutching Gyuki with the other—then slammed them together!
At the same time, he stomped down on Fengxi Demon Boar's back and kicked Itsumade flying with his other foot!
…
One against five.
And Luffy was overwhelmingly crushing them.
"This… this is way too absurd."
"No human could possibly do this."
The people watching from the distant sea stared in disbelief, their lips twitching uncontrollably.
They were witnessing a colossal giant casually playing with monsters that looked like demons straight out of hell.
It felt as if the sky itself had collapsed.
They had once believed that Fleet Admiral Sengoku, Hero of the Marines Garp, and the Three Admirals represented the absolute pinnacle of power.
Never in their wildest dreams did they imagine that someone even stronger existed.
A battle of this level…
…was not something they could even participate in.
They were elites of the Four Seas, yet here—
Elites were no different from ants.
Amid the ruins stood Dracule Mihawk.
The sharp, hawk-like eyes of the world's greatest swordsman were filled with shock.
He could clearly sense the power surging within Luffy's body—
a power that surpassed all limits, a power that transcended the very seas themselves.
Mihawk's gaze gradually turned feverish.
As a man obsessed with the sword, his thirst for the path of strength was absolute.
Yet countless prodigies had been trapped behind a single barrier, unable to advance even a step.
As if shackled by fate itself.
And Mihawk had been stuck there for far too long…
Far too long.
Aboard the Moby Dick.
Marco dragged his exhausted body as he treated the division commanders.
Yet everyone's eyes were fixed on the battlefield at Marineford—
on the towering figure fighting alone against two Admirals.
The man who had sheltered them from the storm for half their lives.
"—Old Man!!"
Tears streamed down their faces.
They saw the blazing magma crashing into Whitebeard's body.
They saw the bone-chilling ice invading his very marrow.
In order to buy them time,
Whitebeard had long since pushed his body beyond its limits.
"Marco… are we really just going to watch from here?!"
The 16th Division Commander, Izo, stared stubbornly at Marco.
"That was Pops' order… we can't betray it—"
Marco braced himself against the railing, his shoulders trembling.
"I just can't accept this!"
Izo clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug into his flesh.
"Why?! Pops protected us for half our lives, and now…"
"…we can't do anything for him?!"
Everyone lowered their heads.
They were unwilling.
But they were powerless.
Deep within Marineford.
The entire area had already been reduced to ruins.
The ground itself had been completely assimilated into rubber.
Luffy frowned as he looked at the five piles of regenerating sludge in front of him.
"You guys… are really awakened Mythical Zoan users?"
His eyes were filled with doubt.
Mythical Zoans carried the will of legendary and mythical creatures.
As Devil Fruit users continued to develop their powers, they could draw even greater strength from that will.
Yet the Five Elders' mythical forms were pathetically weak.
Even Kaido's Azure Dragon form before awakening would have been stronger.
"Whatever."
"Let's just finish this quickly."
A trace of killing intent flashed through Luffy's eyes.
His earlier tests had already proven something:
A small amount of Conqueror's Haki couldn't kill the Five Elders.
But if all of his Conqueror's Haki were concentrated into a single strike—
Then the Five Elders would die.
"Let me show you…"
"The true power of Nika!"
As the words fell, Luffy slowly closed his eyes.
A mysterious aura spread from his body.
The power surrounding him burned as fiercely as the sun itself.
At the same time—
The Five Elders' hearts trembled.
A suffocating sense of death enveloped them.
"You've got to be kidding me!"
Their composure shattered instantly.
The concept of death had been erased from their minds for eight hundred years.
They feared nothing.
That was why they stood above the world.
Their earlier rage had only been anger at being humiliated by an ant.
Their fear had only ever been fear of Imu.
But now—
When death itself descended upon them—
They felt true terror.
"Damn it! Stop him!"
Saint Topman Warcury reacted instantly and charged toward Luffy, his eyes filled with desperate desire to live.
But—
BOOM!
Silver lightning crashed down, suppressing the Five Elders.
The ground surged like a rising tide, wrapping tightly around the five monstrous bodies.
At the same time,
An overwhelming torrent of Conqueror's Haki lightning burst from Luffy's body.
Silver lightning coiled around his arm like countless dragons, wrapping tightly around the arm covered in silvery-white armor.
At that moment—
Heaven and earth seemed to roar.
The world itself began to twist.
BOOM!!
Luffy stepped forward with his left foot.
His body sank low.
His right arm drew back against his waist.
Despair filled the Five Elders' eyes.
They could see the ultimate power gathering on Luffy's fist—
A power capable of destroying everything.
"Quick! Use that move!"
Warcury snapped the others awake.
"Right! We still have a chance!"
The five of them simultaneously unleashed their Conqueror's Haki.
Purple-black Haki intertwined, forming a massive barrier that enveloped them.
"Fist Art: Collapse of All Things!"
Luffy threw his punch.
CRACK—
CRACK—
Space itself shattered instantly.
A silver shockwave over one hundred meters in diameter, carrying fragments of broken space, slammed heavily into the barrier.
At the same time,
Luffy's aura was rapidly weakening.
Suddenly—
His body trembled violently.
His heart felt as though it had been struck by a heavy blow.
As it convulsed, his consciousness began to blur.
Gradually, he saw…
A garden filled with birds and flowers.
Within it stood a tall figure wearing a high crown, gazing at him with cold arrogance.
Those eyes were terrifyingly strange.
Inside them were mysterious circular patterns—noble and incomprehensible.
Anyone who looked into them would feel an instinctive urge to kneel in worship.
Before those ring-patterned pupils—
No secret could remain hidden.
All abilities were laid bare.
Do not look directly.
Do not provoke.
Do not challenge.
It felt as though that being…
was the world itself.
An immense pressure crushed down on Luffy's spine.
As if the entire world rested on his back.
Kneel.
Submit.
Though the figure said nothing—
Luffy understood its meaning.
"Heh…"
"So you can't kill me… and now you're trying to crush my spirit instead?"
Luffy gritted his teeth.
His eyes suddenly turned blood-red.
"Too bad!"
"What I pursue is freedom!"
"You can't bind me!!"
BOOM!!!
An unyielding burst of Conqueror's Haki exploded from his chest, fiercely resisting Imu's Conqueror's Haki.
At the same time—
Conqueror's Haki +0.1
Conqueror's Haki +0.1 …
Black-red lightning tore apart the illusion instantly, pulling Luffy back from the brink.
Conqueror's Haki: 90.0 → 91.2
Marineford.
CRACK—CRACK—
In a single instant,
The purple-black barrier shattered like glass.
The blazing sun-like white shockwave slammed directly into the Five Elders.
"AAAAAH!!"
The demonic black-purple aura surrounding them was rapidly erased as they screamed in agony.
But in the next moment—
A massive five-pointed star magic circle appeared beneath their feet.
In an instant, the Five Elders vanished.
SHWAA!
The white shockwave continued forward in a straight line—
Across land,
Across the sea,
Stretching endlessly into the horizon…
Thud.
Luffy crashed heavily to the ground.
His aura had weakened to the extreme.
He couldn't move even a finger.
"Damn it… why does awakening have side effects?!"
"System?!"
But the system was completely silent.
"This is Marine Headquarters! Don't scare me like that!"
He had finally awakened—
If he died now, it would be a massive loss!
After a long while, Luffy looked into the system space.
He sighed helplessly and muttered:
"…Looks like there's only one way left."
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