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WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
The countless light bullets from Kizaru's ultimate move, Yasakani no Magatama, were all reflected back at him.
VMM!
Kizaru instinctively began to elementize. As a Glint-Glint human, facing his own light-based attacks, he only needed to transform into elemental light to avoid damage.
But the next moment, Kizaru stopped.
He wasn't facing Straw Hat alone—Fujitora was beside him. If his own attack was reflected back, and he simply elementized to dodge, leaving Fujitora to face it alone... even Kizaru wasn't that shameless.
VMM!
"Ama no Murakumo——!"
Kizaru, wielding the sword of light created by his Glint-Glint Fruit ability, blocked the incoming projectiles.
"Gravity Blade: Raging Tiger——!"
Fujitora's response was even more direct.
He gripped his Supreme Grade Blade, Yakuza Kasen, in a reverse grip. The power of his Press-Press Fruit and Armament Haki surged, coiling around it.
Then, with a fierce upward slash—
VMM!
The very atmosphere before Fujitora began to warp, gravity completely distorted. The countless light projectiles, caught in this distorted space, their trajectories became erratic, easily deflected by Fujitora.
VMM!
Then, the gravity blade, its power undiminished, twisted towards the laughing Luffy.
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"WHAT'S THIS? IS GRAVITY GETTING ALL TWISTED?"
In his Gear Fifth state, Luffy's art style had become incredibly cartoonish. His eyeballs literally popped out of his head, stretching out in a comical string of afterimages.
Then, Luffy started laughing again.
He wound up and punched the very ice floor he was standing on.
GURGLE! GURGLE! BANG!
The icy ground beneath Fujitora suddenly rubberized. A rubber fist, fused with the icy ground, violently erupted upwards.
"Gomu Gomu no... MOLE PISTOL——!"
Caught completely off guard, Fujitora had no time to react. The fist slammed directly into his chin!
"NGH!"
A pained grunt escaped Fujitora's lips.
His chin, even his entire head, had been rubberized. This attack was pure True Damage, leaving Fujitora dizzy and disoriented.
As Fujitora staggered, the distorted gravity field around him dissipated.
"What a bizarre ability... Did it rubberize the part of the enemy it hit?" Kizaru cursed inwardly.
Fujitora's gravity slash had been completely neutralized.
Straw Hat had launched a long-range attack directly from the ground—such an attack was completely unpredictable, utterly whimsical.
A fighting style so absurd that even Fujitora's highly trained Observation Haki couldn't react in time. Even if he sensed it the moment it arrived, his body needed time to react.
Being able to see the future with Observation Haki didn't mean you could always dodge it.
And the power of that single blow!
Kizaru watched as Fujitora struggled to recover, dizzy, his body unsteady, cold sweat beading on his forehead.
Fujitora wasn't just a powerful Devil Fruit user—he was a powerful swordsman wielding a Supreme Grade Blade. His physical strength was unquestionable.
Yet a single hit left him momentarily incapacitated?
How outrageous was that?
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"I can't let Straw Hat's attacks hit me." Kizaru once again gathered the power of Yasakani no Magatama.
His entire body elementized, splitting into countless light element projectiles. Then, in a flash, they transformed into multiple Kizaru clones, all wielding Ama no Murakumo, attempting to surround Luffy.
"WHAT! SO MANY KIZARUS!" Luffy exclaimed dramatically, his eyeballs literally popping out, even falling to the ground.
"SO SCARY~ SO SCARY!"
Luffy immediately started running away frantically.
Kizaru's clones immediately gave chase. For some reason, hearing Straw Hat's constant laughter was starting to seriously get on his nerves...
"Shishishi! Just kidding!"
The fleeing Luffy suddenly stopped, turning and making an exaggeratedly goofy face at Kizaru.
"Shishishishi!"
VMM!
Amidst his laughter, Luffy's body began to grow.
And grow.
And grow...
He became a colossal giant, several times larger than even Sengoku's Buddha Form!
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"Hey, hey! What is that monster??" Ryokugyu, currently locked in a fierce battle with Ace, broke out in a cold sweat.
IT WAS TOO BIG!
This was not a form a human should be able to take... Even the Giants of Elbaf would look like dwarves in front of this thing.
"That's My Little Brother's Peak! GEAR FIFTH!" Ace, fighting Ryokugyu, declared with immense pride.
"But... do you really have time to be looking elsewhere?" Ace suddenly smiled.
"CRAP!" Ryokugyu's forehead was beaded with sweat.
This wasn't cold sweat. It was because his surroundings were now completely engulfed in flames.
He was completely surrounded by the fire of the Flare-Flare Fruit!
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"Gomu Gomu no... WHITE STAMP——!"
Luffy, meanwhile, used his rubber body's ability to directly extend his giantized leg, like a giant skewer, kicking through countless of Kizaru's light clones, shattering them.
WHOOSH!
Luffy's hand suddenly stretched, grabbing through the air!
"Ugh!" Kizaru's main body was caught by Luffy, a pained grunt escaping his lips.
"Shishishi! Gotcha!" Luffy laughed joyfully. Then, his hand squeezed hard.
"Cough! Cough!" Blood trickled from Kizaru's mouth.
"NGH!!!"
BANG!
At this moment, Fujitora, having recovered somewhat from his dazed state, seeing Kizaru captured, couldn't delay any longer.
Yakuza Kasen swung in a blur.
The surrounding icy ground immediately began to shatter, forming massive chunks of ice!
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Then, Fujitora, using the back of his blade, struck all these severed ice chunks, launching them towards Luffy—
They were infused with the power of the Press-Press Fruit; anyone who touched these ice chunks would be affected by the gravity infused within!
Kizaru was constantly gathering the power of his Glint-Glint Fruit and Armament Haki, trying to escape.
If this continued, it would become a battle of stamina and Haki attrition, which was highly disadvantageous for Luffy in his Gear Fifth state...
"Shishishi! GO!" Luffy, also finding it difficult to hold onto Kizaru—he simply threw him towards the incoming ice chunks.
And on Kizaru's body, he had attached the power of Haōshoku Coating, momentarily preventing Kizaru from elementizing!
WHOOSH!
Kizaru shot rapidly towards the ice chunks, smashing through all of them!
"Shishishi!" Luffy laughed continuously, bouncing on the rubberized ground.
"Honestly... more troublesome than I thought,"
FWOOSH!
A strong wind blew past.
Kizaru's 'Justice' coat billowed in the strong wind. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, the eyes behind his sunglasses utterly cold.
It was a strong attack, but his defense was not so easily broken. The "Strongest Defense" his student Sentomaru boasted of was just a pale imitation of his own.
His defense had never once been broken.
"Shishishi! COME ON!"
Luffy, looking at Kizaru and Fujitora standing together, laughed joyfully and charged into battle with them!
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"Hey, hey... what is that form? A Giant? No, even bigger than a Giant."
"Isn't that brat's Devil Fruit the Paramecia Gomu-Gomu Fruit? This looks just like your Mythical Zoan," Big Mom frowned, noticing Luffy's new form.
And his combat power... how could it be so outrageous? She had already experienced Kizaru's strength firsthand. His attack, defense, and speed were all top-tier.
If not for lacking the power of Haōshoku Coating, she wouldn't dare say she could win against Kizaru. She and Kaido had been completely suppressed by Kizaru and Fujitora's combined might.
If those two had been given a little more time, they could have exhausted her stamina and Haki, defeating her.
But Straw Hat, in a one-on-two situation, was not at a disadvantage at all and had even managed to injure Fujitora and Kizaru!
"Hmph." Kaido's eyes flashed. He remembered a legend.
But... that was impossible. How could Straw Hat be that legendary warrior?
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"Let me introduce you all," Rowen's voice boomed, his mood clearly excellent as he spread his arms wide.
"The Paramecia Gomu-Gomu Fruit? In the oldest of the Devil Fruit encyclopedias... There is no such name."
Rowen's voice, amplified by the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, spread across the entire battlefield.
"No Gomu-Gomu Fruit in the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia? What does that mean?"
Numerous Marines and pirates all broke out in a cold sweat. They had a premonition—they were about to witness a terrifying secret of the sea.
"THE TRUE NAME OF THAT DEVIL FRUIT IS... THE HUMAN-HUMAN FRUIT, MYTHICAL ZOAN, MODEL: NIKA!"
"THE LEGENDARY WARRIOR OF LIBERATION, THE SUN GOD, NIKA!"
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"SHISHISHISHI!"
As Rowen's words fell, Luffy laughed joyfully, launching a frantic attack on Kizaru and Fujitora!
"THE SUN GOD... NIKA??"
Hearing this name, the entire battlefield fell silent.
The Form Of A God??
Many powerhouses who had heard the legend of Nika looked at Luffy's form, their eyes filled with disbelief.
The morale of the Sky Sovereign Grand Fleet soared.
The legendary Warrior of Liberation, the Sun God Nika, was one of Sky Sovereign Rowen's four closest commanders!
The victor of this war would undoubtedly be them!
"You're saying... Straw Hat... is the Warrior of Liberation, the Sun God Nika?"
Kaido's eyes were now as dark and cold as the deep sea.
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