What Luffy was using now was the same move he used against Hawkeye, Haki Infusion: Midday Tiger!
Moreover, the power he was unleashing now was incomparable to before.
He had directly injured Hawkeye with one move before, and now his Haoshoku strength had risen to the top level, so this move was even more unstoppable.
When Aramaki saw Luffy complete his charge, he instinctively wanted to avoid this move.
However, with Luffy having opened the Seven Gates, how could Aramaki's speed compare?
Aramaki was well aware of this.
After all, when Luffy suddenly left the deck just now, Aramaki was shocked by Luffy's speed.
So now, he could only prepare to face the attack with all his might.
Aramaki suddenly raised an incredibly huge tree-like giant fist and covered it with Armament Haki.
The moment the Armament Haki covered it, a surge of incredibly astonishing aura and energy erupted from Aramaki's body.
The surging energy spread outwards along his Armament Haki-covered arm, like wisps of green gas swirling around it.
The energy Aramaki was emitting at this moment also made all the Marines feel fear.
However, just then, just as everyone thought Aramaki's aura had climbed to its peak.
Suddenly, countless branches rapidly extended from Aramaki's huge body, reaching out towards the Marines in all directions.
Pfft!
Pfft!
Sounds of flesh being pierced kept ringing out.
Hundreds of Marines closest to Aramaki were instantly sucked dry by him.
Streams of energy surged into Aramaki's body along those branches, causing his aura to climb once more.
Before others could marvel at this, Luffy's attack arrived in an instant.
Aramaki immediately threw a punch to meet it!
Boom!
A roar, earth-shattering.
Terrifying purple-black lightning exploded, instantly sweeping and enveloping dozens of kilometers of sky and land.
The world instantly darkened again.
What erupted along with it was the impact generated by the collision of two powerful energies.
The surging energy generated by the collision swept outwards like a hurricane in an instant.
Smashing and annihilating everything around them.
The Bridge of Hesitation instantly shattered, turning into giant rocks.
The giant rocks were then torn apart and annihilated again in the hurricane that seemed to swallow everything, turning into dust.
The four nearby warships that had not yet managed to get away were also torn apart and annihilated by the energy hurricane, just like the Bridge of Hesitation.
Countless Marines who couldn't escape were caught in this disaster.
After suffering the energy impact, they either died on the spot or vomited blood and lost consciousness.
There were also those who tried to escape using Moonwalk, but they were also flung away by the hurricane, spitting out a large mouthful of blood, their entire bodies uncontrollably sent flying by the impact.
Such fierce and powerful energy spread outwards in waves, one after another, from where Luffy and Aramaki collided.
Making the sea within dozens of kilometers turbulent, as if thousands of fierce sea beasts were wreaking havoc, stirred up and turned upside down.
This scene deeply shocked everyone.
The Marines on the two warships that barely managed to escape were all dumbfounded, their jaws dropped to the ground.
They were shocked to the point of being unable to extricate themselves.
"This... the battle between these two is too exaggerated!"
"Fortunately, we were already far from that warship, otherwise, like those few warships, we wouldn't even see a shadow of ourselves now!"
"Can this kind of battle... really be done by humans?"
"This Straw Hat is simply too strong! His strength can already fight against the Four Emperors, right?!"
Just as everyone was exclaiming, a highly incredible exclamation suddenly rang out from the crowd.
"Quick... look! The sky and the sea are being..."
Even though the sentence wasn't finished, everyone's gaze either looked up at the sky or at the sea ahead.
With just one glance, everyone was shocked beyond measure.
Above and below the position where Luffy and Aramaki were located.
The sky and the sea began to split apart, forming a bottomless abyss in the middle, which continued to expand.
Seawater surged wildly along both sides into the abyss, and the flowing clouds in the sky, like ocean currents, rushed towards the central abyss.
This sight completely shocked everyone to the point of being unable to extricate themselves.
"H-how could this happen?! Even the sky and the sea were separated!"
"You're lying, right?! This can't be something a human can do, can it?!"
"How could Straw Hat be so strong? Didn't he just set sail not long ago?"
"What I'm seeing now... is it really happening? Is this really not a dream?"
Not only were these Marines so amazed that they found it unbelievable, but the Straw Hat were also startled by this scene.
Franky hadn't closed his mouth since he hid in the alternate dimension.
"Straw Hat... is he really that strong? I always thought his strength was just talk before!"
Chopper's eyes were filled with shock and longing.
"Is this what a true monster is? I must also work hard to become such a monster!"
Nami's small face was filled with surprise, her mouth agape in an O shape.
"sugei! Is this the move you guys said Luffy used when he fought Hawkeye? It's really amazing!"
Robin's expression was shocked, her eyes filled with infinite shock and emotion.
"Luffy! So you were actually this strong?!"
"When I said I wanted to leave everyone back then, you must have been very disappointed!"
Vivi, Nojiko, and Karu couldn't stop exclaiming in admiration.
"sugei! sugei! Luffy is truly amazing!"
"Gah!"
Those who saw Luffy's move for the first time were deeply shocked, and the few who had already witnessed it were equally amazed.
"No matter how many times I see it, the power of this move is always so astonishing!"
"And the power Luffy unleashed this time is even stronger than last time, it looks so scary!"
"Seriously, that guy is too strong! The more I look, the more discouraged I get!"
"Luffy isn't going to turn out like last time, is he?! I'm so worried!"
...
The Vice Admirals on their side were also deeply shocked at this moment.
Doberman's pupils trembled, his face covered in cold sweat, frowning and speaking in a deep voice.
"Separating the sky and the sea!"
"This is undoubtedly the symbol of a top-tier powerhouse."
"Straw Hat and Aramaki are both top-tier powerhouses in this world!"
Spider Monkey's face was solemn, his mind shaken.
"Straw Hat is definitely a pirate with Admiral-level strength."
"Our Marineford and the World Government have always underestimated him too much!"
Ghost Spider gritted his teeth and frowned, secretly feeling fortunate.
"Fortunately, Fleet Admiral Sengoku had foresight and sent Aramaki, otherwise, this Buster Call, I'm afraid we would truly suffer a crushing defeat here!"
...
While everyone was shocked by the celestial phenomenon caused by Luffy and Aramaki.
The two perpetrators of all this, Luffy and Aramaki, were both currently enveloped by an incredibly astonishing and massive energy shield.
Luffy's was a purple-black orb of light, crackling with lightning and thunder, looking incredibly terrifying.
Aramaki's, on the other hand, was a vibrant green orb of light, full of life and vitality.
It was the intense collision of these two light orbs that caused the astonishing phenomenon of the sky and sea being split apart.
However, to the shock and disbelief of all the Marines and several Vice Admirals,
the purple-black light orb was clearly overpowering the green light orb.
Only a few seconds had passed since the collision began.
This was the most intense moment of their clash, yet the purple-black light orb already showed signs of shattering the green light orb.
Haki Infusion: Midday Tiger is a technique that unleashes all released Haki in one powerful burst, and its impact and power are naturally incomparable to sustained, drawn-out combat techniques used by ordinary individuals.
Even though Aramaki had absorbed a significant amount of energy from many people through his ability beforehand to strengthen himself, it was still not enough to withstand Luffy's impact.
However, Aramaki had anticipated this outcome.
He looked at Luffy and said with immense admiration,
"Straw Hat! I admit I underestimated you!"
"But..."
"You underestimated me too!"
"I am a forest man who ate the Mori Mori Fruit!"
"Forests, like the sea, are places that nurture life!"
"I am nature itself!"
"My vitality is endless."
"As long as you can't defeat me in one move, I can recover by absorbing energy from others."
"There are so many Marines here, enough to restore me to my peak state again!"
As he spoke, Aramaki's lips curled into a confident smile.
"Straw Hat, I've seen through your move!"
"Once this burst of power ends, you won't have any subsequent strength to maintain this technique!"
"Although I'll be defeated by your attack soon, the energy from the hundreds of people I absorbed at the beginning played a crucial role."
"This energy is enough to allow me to retain a shred of mobility after taking your blow, preventing me from being completely defeated!"
"Straw Hat!"
"This battle..."
"You lost!!!"
"Lah hahahaha..."
Aramaki opened his huge mouth and laughed uproariously.
Though he knew he would soon be severely injured, his powerful Devil Fruit ability and the numerous sources of power around him made him feel fearless.
He had already begun extending branches towards the more distant Marines.
As soon as Luffy's attack ended, he could start frantically absorbing energy to recover.
However, just as Aramaki was fantasizing, Luffy suddenly spoke faintly.
"The one who loses..."
"Is you!!!"
Aramaki was stunned by the words.
Just as he was about to retort, his pupils suddenly constricted, and his expression changed drastically.
From Luffy's right fist, enveloped in purple-black lightning, a white stream of air suddenly shot out like a cannonball.
The white stream of air contained extremely powerful and astonishing force.
The moment it erupted, it instantly transformed into a massive, domineering fierce tiger.
The explosive roar from the tiger tearing through the air sounded like successive tiger roars, shaking heaven and earth, making everyone who heard it tremble with fear.
And the immense energy contained within it intertwined with the purple-black lightning.
It seemed to merge into one, forming an even more domineering and astonishing purple-black electric tiger.
Roar!!!
The air exploded like a tiger's roar, and the purple-black electric tiger instantly unleashed unparalleled and astonishing power.
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Such a sudden change caused Aramaki's mind to reel, filled with immense dread.
However, at this moment, he was powerless.
He could only watch with incredibly terrified and shocked eyes the sight before him that made his heart tremble with fear.
The power gushing forth from the purple-black electric tiger and the purple-black light orb intertwined.
Boom!
In just an instant, the mountain-like green light orb enveloping Aramaki was completely breached and shattered.
At the same time, purple-black lightning exploded wildly, shooting out in all directions like an explosion.
And the white fierce tiger galloped out from the purple-black lightning, passing through Aramaki's body.
Like a wild horse unleashed, it charged forward.
The clash ended.
The divided sky and sea began to recover!
The world became clear again.
The fierce tiger gradually disappeared!
Luffy, on the other hand, flashed, enveloped in a vigorous blue mist, standing on a certain part of the sea.
At his feet lay a dying, blood-soaked man.
Everything was returning to its original state.
But only the people... remained motionless, frozen in various postures as if encased in ice.
The Marines, the Vice Admirals, and even the Straw Hat hiding in the alternate dimension were all like this.
Bang!
A soldier's gun suddenly fell to the ground.
This sound instantly released everyone from their frozen state.
The crowd instantly erupted!
All the Marines held their heads in their hands, as if they had experienced something incredibly unbelievable and particularly hard to accept, each one shocked and excited beyond control.
"Impossible! Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! Something like Straw Hat defeating Mr. Aramaki in one blow, this is absolutely impossible to happen!"
.. ... ...
"That's right! This must be fake! We must be dreaming! Mr. Aramaki is a man who can fight Admiral Akainu, how could such a monster be defeated by Straw Hat in one blow?!"
"Exactly! Straw Hat is just a pirate who hasn't been out at sea for long, how could his strength be this strong?!"
"It's not real, this can't be real!"
All the Marines couldn't believe what they saw.
...
Over on the Straw Hat's side!
"No way?! Luffy actually defeated that monster in one blow!"
"I just heard those Marines say that person is someone with strength similar to an Admiral! Such a monster was even defeated in one blow!"
"How strong has Luffy become?!"
"After this incident, Luffy's bounty will probably skyrocket to an unimaginable number."
"Our bounties should all increase, right!"
"Eh?! Really? Am I finally going to get rid of my 50 Berries bounty? That's great!"
...
If there was anyone most shocked at this moment, it would definitely be the five Vice Admirals.
The stronger one is, and the more powerful individuals one encounters, the more one realizes how difficult it is to defeat a top-tier powerhouse.
Especially a top-tier powerhouse like Aramaki, who can split the sky.
The vitality of such powerhouses is extremely tenacious.
Even if one's strength surpasses his, defeating him is not an easy task.
Yet at this moment, Luffy defeated such a top-tier powerhouse in one blow.
This caused the five Vice Admirals to feel deep fear and shock.
They would not doubt the facts they saw like ordinary Marines; they would only genuinely marvel at Luffy's power.
Spider Monkey's expression was horrified, and he repeatedly sighed with emotion.
"I never thought that even Mr. Aramaki would lose!"
"And Straw Hat won in one blow, his strength... is no longer something our level can measure!"
"Perhaps only Mr. Aramaki, who fought him, and the Admirals know just how strong Straw Hat is now!"
Doberman, still shaken, couldn't help but let out a sigh.
"The Straw Hat's strength is far beyond our expectations!"
"We now... are no match for them!"
Just then, Mole suddenly reacted and frantically shouted at a Marine on the warship.
"Quickly contact Fleet Admiral Sengoku, request termination of the Buster Call, and ask for a retreat!"
"We are no match for the Straw Hat!"
"If we continue with the Buster Call, we will be completely wiped out!"
"Quick!!!"
The Marine, hearing this, immediately rushed frantically into the communication room inside the ship's cabin.
And Mole, at this moment, gave orders to the remaining two warships, five Vice Admirals, and the Buster Call army of over two thousand men.
"Attention, all personnel!"
"Everyone immediately return to the warships and concentrate defenses!"
"Once the retreat order is received, immediately return to base!"
Upon hearing Mole's command,
all Marines in the sea and air immediately converged on the only two warships.
Sanji, Zoro, and Uta, at this moment, once again left the alternate dimension and appeared on the Marine warships.
Sanji and Zoro, being battle-hungry, wanted to complete their unfinished duel.
Uta, on the other hand, wanted to vent for Luffy and teach Doberman a lesson!
And as the battle resumed here, a Den Den Mushi rang at Sengoku's end.