The corners of Mordred mouth split into a grin that almost reached his ears.
"Refreshing!"
"That's more like it!"
"Comparing strength with the Hulk in the One Piece world?"
"Even if Kaido showed up, he would have to think twice!"
Mordred felt incredibly satisfied.
People in the One Piece world were used to measuring strength through Haki and Devil Fruit abilities.
But the Hulk from the Marvel Universe...
He was the embodiment of power driven purely by rage!
The angrier he gets, the stronger he becomes!
There is no upper limit to his strength!
Armament Haki, Ancient Zoan constitutions—in the face of absolute physical strength, they were all just passing clouds!
"Roar!!!"
After sending Jack flying with a single punch, the Hulk let out a deafening roar toward the sky.
He pounded his chest, which seemed cast from solid steel, making loud "thud thud thud" sounds.
Those deep green eyes scanned the entire field.
Finally, they landed on Kizaru in mid-air.
"Little gold man..."
"Shiny..."
"Hulk... HATES!!!"
Boom!
The Hulk bent his legs slightly and then kicked off violently!
His entire body soared into the sky!
That massive palm, accompanied by the whistling wind, grabbed directly toward Kizaru.
Since the elephant on the ground couldn't take a hit, he would swat the fly out of the sky!
"Oh my, oh my..."
Facing the oncoming gust of foul wind, Kizaru did not panic.
He just sighed somewhat helplessly.
"Young people nowadays are truly more impatient than the last."
"Although your strength is great... it's meaningless if you can't hit anyone~"
Buzz!
With a flash of golden light, Kizaru's figure instantly disappeared.
The Hulk's powerful grab missed completely.
The next second, Kizaru appeared directly above the Hulk's head.
With his hands in his pockets, he raised his right foot.
Golden light particles converged frantically at his ankle, instantly transforming into a dazzling blade of light!
"Speed... is weight."
"Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?"
Whoosh!
A golden flash sliced through the sky, kicking hard against the Hulk's neck!
Boom!!!
A violent explosion resounded!
The Hulk's massive body was kicked straight down from mid-air!
Like a meteorite, he crashed heavily into the ground.
Rumble!
The earth cracked open again into a massive crater, and dust rose everywhere.
"Phew..."
Kizaru landed on top of a nearby tree.
Looking at the crater below, he curled his lip.
"Truly a tough nut to crack."
"The feeling of that kick just now... it was like kicking a solid piece of Sea Stone."
Even though he had kicked the opponent down, Kizaru knew very well that the strike hadn't caused any substantial damage.
The opponent's physical defense was simply ridiculously high!
Even without Haki protection, he was so hard it made one's scalp tingle.
"Roar!!!"
As expected, before the dust had even settled, an even more furious roar came from the bottom of the pit.
Immediately following, a green figure suddenly jumped out of the crater!
He was completely unscathed. Not even the skin on his neck was broken.
Only the green in his eyes had become deeper and more crazed.
After being kicked, the Hulk was not only uninjured—he was even angrier!
And anger meant he had become stronger!
"Damned... FLY!!!"
The Hulk stared fixedly at Kizaru.
Two streams of white vapor snorted from his nostrils.
He suddenly spread his arms, and those two massive palms were pulled back violently in front of his chest.
Like drawing a giant bow, the surrounding air seemed to be sucked dry in an instant!
An extremely dangerous aura finally caused Kizaru's expression to change.
"This is..."
Before Kizaru could react, the Hulk's palms clapped together violently in front of him!
Clap—!!!
This wasn't just a clap. This was a Thunderclap!
Boom!!!
The moment the two palms collided, a visible, terrifying shockwave, accompanied by a deafening sonic boom, swept out frantically in a fan shape.
This shockwave was so strong that even space itself underwent a momentary distortion!
"Nani?!"
Kizaru's pupils constricted.
He wanted to use elementalization to dodge, but the range covered by that shockwave was simply too vast!
And its speed was astonishingly fast!
Rumble!!!
The golden light was instantly swallowed by the violent airflow.
The forest within a thousand-meter radius was instantly leveled under the devastation of the shockwave.
Countless towering trees were uprooted and turned into sawdust filling the sky!
Even the distant coastline was forcibly pushed back, a massive gap created by the airwave.
This was the Hulk's response to the Logia!
Can't hit you? Then I will shatter all the air, dust, and light in this space!
The violent airwaves finally subsided slowly.
The originally lush coastal forest had now completely disappeared, replaced by a vast wasteland spreading out in a fan shape.
It was as if a piece had been forcibly wiped off the map by the hand of God.
Seawater flowed backward as mud and sand washed down together.
Atop these messy ruins, only the green giant still stood tall with his head held high.
His chest was heaving violently. Two streams of scorching white vapor snorted from his nostrils, like two steam engines running at full power.
Those deep green eyes stared fixedly at a point in mid-air.
A low and dangerous growl issued from his throat.
"Mosquito... annoying..."
Sizzle—
In mid-air, countless golden light particles began to slowly converge.
First the legs, then the torso, and finally that head wearing amber-tinted sunglasses.
Kizaru's figure reappeared in the air several dozen meters above the ground.
Although he had perfectly avoided that world-destroying strike by relying on the elementalization of his Logia fruit, the expression on his face could no longer maintain its previous nonchalant playfulness.
It was even a bit unsightly.
He lowered his head and glanced at his proud striped suit.
The originally crisp fabric was now somewhat disheveled, torn by the intense wind pressure. Even the corner of his coat had been scorched by the high-heat shockwave.
"Oh my, oh my..."
Kizaru reached out and adjusted the slightly crooked sunglasses on the bridge of his nose.
Although his tone still carried that characteristic lazy drawl, if one listened closely, a hint of annoyance was hidden in his final syllable.
"Truly terrifying power..."
"In that moment just now, this old man thought that old monster Whitebeard had arrived in person."
Kizaru looked at the green monster below who was still searching for a target.
The corner of his eye couldn't help but twitch.
Is this a freaking scientist?
Is this that freaking refined Dr. Banner who writes papers and does research?
What kind of joke is this!
That old bastard Vegapunk really found a hell of a hard job for this old man this time!
Kizaru knew very well that the "clap" just now, though it looked simple and unadorned, was precisely why it was so terrifying.
Without any fancy techniques or Haki enhancement, just by using physical strength to compress air, he could create destructive power comparable to a top-tier Logia's ultimate move!
This kind of pure, extreme aesthetic of violence—even that madman Kaido, known as the "Strongest Creature," would probably be no more than this, right?