"That's a way of saying hello."
"That really fits your style as a Demon's Heir!"
"Bullet."
Rosen slowly raised his head, his eyes like lightning, piercing the sky.
Looking at the overwhelming Conqueror's Haki that was like a river bursting its banks, rushing down with immense power, as if it was going to press the island beneath its feet into the sea, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
The next second—
With him as the center, the Conqueror's Haki in his body erupted like a volcano. Lava-like force gushed out, and black and red lightning swept in all directions, rushing straight into the heavens.
Sniff—
Facing Douglas Bullet's Conqueror's Haki falling from the sky, Rosen also released his own Conqueror's Haki. Without causing a Conqueror's clash or using the Conqueror's coating technique, he simply unleashed his Haki, which directly triggered black and red lightning.
Bang!
The next moment—
Two terrifying auras, like two raging super-large Sea Kings, collided with each other above the island's sky.
Boom!
The roar of thunder was as if the God of Thunder was beating his drum madly in the sky, shaking the heavens in all directions and causing huge ripples on the sea surrounding the island.
At the same time—
When the two Conqueror's Hakis collided, an overwhelming shockwave exploded, directly splitting the island below and the sky above into two halves.
Half was occupied by the Conqueror's Haki of the Demon's Heir.
Half was filled with Rosen's own overwhelming Haki.
The sky and the ocean directly presented a clear-cut picture.
Then—
With every passing second, the two men's Conqueror's Hakis erupted into an unprecedented violent conflict, as if two giant dragons were wrestling madly, blasting out black and red lightning that split the sky and tore the earth.
"It's amazing!"
On the deck of the warship, Garp looked at the two fiercely colliding Conqueror's Hakis in front of him. Although he was still biting a senbei in his mouth, his face showed a solemn expression.
"It's been a long time since I've seen such a powerful clash of Conqueror's Haki."
"What a pity."
"Although Bullet is gifted and his Haki can be described as massive, the difference in level cannot be made up by simply having an amazing amount of innate power."
Sengoku's words had just fallen when—
The situation, originally tense and stalemated, suddenly changed dramatically.
Rosen's Conqueror's Haki was like magma erupting straight into the sky, wrapped in lightning like a black dragon. He carried Douglas Bullet down from the heavens, and with his Haki like the flowing waters of the Milky Way, he pushed it back all the way.
Bullet's Haki was suppressed back to his own side, unable to be released beyond a five-meter radius.
"Conqueror's Haki."
"Still."
"Superior."
In mid-air, Douglas Bullet looked at Rosen, who was sitting cross-legged on the island below, and his devilish face showed an expression of disbelief.
"You must be kidding!"
"Even in Roger's Pirate Crew, only Roger possessed this level of Haki."
"It's only been a few months. How could your spirit improve to this degree? Even Roger took decades to reach this point!"
Bullet stared at Rosen as if he were seeing the long-dead Pirate King himself.
Then—
It was with this level of Conqueror's Haki that Gol D. Roger suppressed his own Clank-Clank Fruit powers to the point of being useless, and then defeated him again and again.
"A lie?"
"It's a pity!"
"That's the truth."
Rosen slowly stood up, as if sensing his will. The surging Conqueror's Haki in his body instantly ran wild, like the sword of a king, wrapped in boundless dominance, directly dispersing the Haki released by Douglas Bullet through the air.
Yes.
In a Conqueror's Haki clash, if there is no stalemate, both sides' auras will collapse at the same time.
But there is one situation—
That is when a higher-level Conqueror's Haki faces a mid- or lower-level Conqueror's Haki; it can forcibly disperse the opponent's aura during the clash.
At this time—
Douglas Bullet experienced this tragic situation, but he was not the one dispersing another's Haki—he was the one whose Haki was dispersed by Rosen.
"No, it's impossible."
Douglas Bullet fell from the air with a look of shock on his face and stood opposite Rosen. He still couldn't believe that this Navy man, less than 20 years old, had reached the pinnacle of the Conqueror's Haki realm.
Even if he was not yet as great as Gol D. Roger in his prime, how far away could the day be when he could be on par with, or even surpass, him?
Thinking of Rosen's speed of progress, Bullet knew in his heart—it was really not far away.
"Do you know?"
"From the first day I entered Impel Down, I wanted to fight you."
"But at that time, I had just come into contact with Haki, and I was still at the foot of the mountain, on my way up… but—"
Rosen looked at Douglas Bullet.
This man, who had helped him double his Conqueror's Haki since entering the Infinite Hell, was simply the best training material the Marine Headquarters had left for him.
"I've made it to the hills."
"Bullet."
"Please, don't let me down!"
Rosen spoke word by word.
More than three months ago, the gap between him and Douglas Bullet was the gap between a person at the foot of the mountain and one at its summit.
Even though the Demon's Heir was a loser of the previous era, imprisoned in Infinite Hell and turned into a prisoner, it cannot be denied that he was indeed standing atop the mountain.
But now—
Rosen also stood upon the mountain, and had even climbed to the summit of a peak higher than Bullet's.
"Rosen is climbing the mountain faster and faster. I believe he will be in front of you soon."
"How would you cope then?"
"Demon's Heir."
Douglas Bullet's eyes flickered, and his mind involuntarily recalled a conversation between himself and Redfield not long ago.
He could even clearly remember Redfield's playful expression.
"How to deal with it?"
"Of course."
"Challenge him, and then defeat him."
Suddenly, Douglas Bullet let out a long roar, as if answering Rosen, answering the dead Redfield, and telling himself exactly how he would deal with it.
"Devil Form!"
His eyes glared angrily, and his pupils shone brightly.
After the Conqueror's clash just now, seeing that Rosen's Haki had reached the pinnacle of all kings, all pretenses were abandoned.
He began fighting in earnest, displaying his skill in fusing Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki into one. His entire body seemed covered in a purple coat, making him look like a devil from hell.
"Rosen!"
Douglas Bullet leaped forward, and at the moment the ground cracked, he exploded into long, dragon-like rolling air currents. He rushed at Rosen like a meteor across the sky. His devilish fist, wrapped in violent Haki, carried a force that shook the earth and roared toward Rosen.
"Bullet."
Facing Douglas Bullet, who was charging toward him like a devil—
Rosen did not dodge or evade, allowing his opponent to take advantage of the speed increase from his charge, using that speed to amplify his strength. Rosen himself stood still, not even raising his hand to clench his fist.
Instead, his Armament Haki surged out from his body, flowing from his shoulders into his frame, then transforming into a half-skeleton that waved a massive purple arm, larger than Bullet's entire body, and punched down.
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