After beheading Douglas Bullet with one sword, Rosen's mind raced. After putting on the complete Susanoo, a pair of purple wings covering the sky and the sun spread out from the back of the Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō.
Boom
As its wings flapped, the huge body was like a roc spreading its wings, stirring up gusts of wind and breaking through the air. In the blink of an eye, it caught up with Douglas Bullet.
"Don't underestimate me!"
"Rosen!"
At this time, Douglas Bullet finally woke up from his trance. While trying his best to maintain the balance of his huge body, he swung his arm—huge as a river, like a giant whip—wrapped with the Conqueror's Haki. It blew up the sky in mid-air and smashed toward Rosen in front of him with immense force.
Bang
The Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō braked in the air and stopped abruptly in front of Douglas Bullet, then swung his backhand and slashed at the oncoming purple giant arm.
Boom
There was no direct contact between sword and fist, but rather a clash through the air caused by the outbreak of Conqueror's Haki, exploding into a ferocious lightning net that covered the sky.
Bang
Bang
Click
After a brief collision of Haki, Douglas Bullet's only remaining arm burst into countless shocking cracks, each one erupting with creepy black and red lightning.
Then—
A large amount of Haki black lightning emerged from the arm, penetrated through the cracks, and blew the giant arm—more than one kilometer long—into pieces.
"That's all, Bullet."
With one sword, Rosen cut off the last arm of the 'Large Bullet' form and declared the outcome of the battle.
"I haven't lost yet! There's no way I'm going to lose! You and I both possess the Three Forms of Haki, and my Clank-Clank Fruit has been developed to an awakening level that surpasses your Arms-Arms Fruit. How could I lose to you?"
Douglas Bullet seemed unable to accept defeat. Even after losing his only remaining arm, he continued to control the 'Large Bullet' form. He raised the huge right foot of the 'Large Bullet', wrapped it in violent Haki, and then—like a sharp blade drawn from its sheath—his right foot swept upward. It tore a huge gap in the island from bottom to top before kicking at Rosen in mid-air.
"Snort!"
Upon seeing this, Rosen merely gave a cold snort. He raised his hand and threw out the Haki sword in the Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō 's form. The rolling black thunder of Haki followed closely, and the blade turned into a black dragon raging across the sky. It pierced through Douglas Bullet's right foot and completely severed it.
Boom
To understand the sheer size of a leg in the 'Large Bullet' form, one only had to hear the noise caused by the broken limb falling.
The severed leg plummeted from mid-air, dragging a gust of wind and air. Upon hitting the ground, it crushed the earth like a biscuit, raising a massive curtain of dust.
Bang
Bang
Douglas Bullet, now missing his right leg, could no longer maintain the balance of the 'Large Bullet' form. He swayed left and right before collapsing backward like a landslide, smashing a basin-like human-shaped pit into the island.
"Rosen!"
Suddenly, the purple monster sprawled on the ground like a mountain range exploded. From within, a steel robot covered in Armament Haki burst out.
It was Douglas Bullet.
He had released the defeated 'Large Bullet' form—or rather, the form could no longer be maintained after losing both arms and one leg.
As for using the Clank-Clank Fruit's awakening to recreate the 'Large Bullet' form, he lacked the Haki and stamina.
Now, the Demon's Heir could only use the 'Medium Bullet' form. Wild, raging black lightning of the Conqueror's Haki danced on his right arm as he charged to bombard Rosen—still fighting like a trapped beast.
"It's so ugly, Demon's Heir."
The Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō could take the full force of a 'Large Bullet' form's heavy punch with one hand, let alone the weakened attacks of an unawakened 'Medium Bullet' form.
Facing Douglas Bullet's Haki punch, Rosen didn't even retrieve the great blade he had thrown earlier, nor did he shape a new weapon with Armament Haki. Instead, he swung his arm directly, black lightning crackling around it, and threw a punch.
Bang
The two fists collided, violent black thunder bursting into a terrifying net that hung over the island like a giant spider web.
The impact of the punch was like raging waves crashing upon the heavens and earth.
The thick sea of clouds shattered and dispersed instantly.
The scarred ground split into fresh chasms.
Click
The Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō exerted force with his right arm, thrusting forward like a blue dragon bursting from the sea, carrying the power of a king. It smashed the steel robot's arm with one punch, knocking Douglas Bullet back to his original form, stripped of the Clank-Clank Fruit's enhancement.
Bang
A deafening crash echoed as Douglas Bullet plummeted like a broken kite, smashing into a mountain created earlier when the Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō had split the earth with his sword—shattering it into rubble.
"Wah!"
Douglas Bullet lay on the ground, limbs spread, scarlet blood mist spraying from his mouth and staining his treasured military uniform red.
"You lost, Douglas Bullet."
Rosen, in the Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō 's majestic armor, retrieved the Haki long sword he had discarded earlier, then walked with steps that shook the earth toward Douglas Bullet, who lay with his head raised.
Lowering his gaze, he looked down at the defeated man's pathetic state.
"Hahaha… Yeah, I lost. You're right. The power of a Devil Fruit doesn't depend entirely on whether it's awakened, but on its development and use."
Hearing this, Douglas Bullet's mouth twisted into a wry, self-deprecating smile—miserable yet resigned to the truth.
"Then use your Prestige Susanoo · Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō … and help me make an end of it, Rosen."
Douglas Bullet's eyes locked on Rosen, unafraid of death. His only regret was dying as a loser.
In his homeland, the land of endless war, faced with betrayal, he destroyed it himself.
In the Roger Pirates, faced with wavering will and weakening strength, he left alone.
Chasing the strongest throne, he was exhausted and utterly defeated by the demon-slaying order led by Garp and Sengoku.
Returning to the Grand Line, he tried to defend his final title as the strongest in a one-on-one duel—only to be killed on the spot by Rosen's Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō with two swords and one punch.
Faced with such a crushing defeat, Douglas Bullet had no reason to keep living.
He only wanted the man who defeated him to bury him with the strongest power.
It was completely over.
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