Looking at the formidable enemy before him, Conqueror's Haki surged from his body, and the teachings of Rayleigh echoed in his mind.
He recalled the sword strike of Hera's 'Imperial Descent: Absolute Void-Time Slash', and remembered the 'Divine Departure' of Shanks and Ace.
That power he had never known how to utilize was finally mastered by Luffy at this moment; his Haoshoku gradually contracted, no longer just a direct release meant to intimidate small fry.
Instead, following his will, it gradually condensed onto his fist. After Gear 4, his massive fist contracted once more into his physical strength: 'Gum-Gum: King Kong Gun'.
This move, which overtaxed his stamina, made even the Mythical Zoan Type awakened Saint V. Nusjuro feel a hint of threat.
The massive fist struck Saint V. Nusjuro in the back, and he felt his knees go weak, his lower body—maintaining its horse form—collapsing onto its front legs.
He violently spat out a mouthful of blood, and the shodai kitetsu in his hand slipped from his grip, falling to the ground.
A small hand quickly reached out from the shadows, snatched the fallen shodai kitetsu, and sank back into the shadows; the City of Devouring Time immediately erased the mark belonging to Saint V. Nusjuro from the shodai kitetsu.
Hera immediately sensed that something new had appeared in the City of Devouring Time, and upon closer inspection, it was actually the shodai kitetsu.
The clone that had reached out put its hands behind its head, turned its face to the side, and began to whistle. Feeling the gaze of the Main Body, it reached its hands forward:
"I found this. I figured since it was lying on the ground and nobody wanted it, I just picked it up."
Seeing the Main Body's scrutinizing gaze, it continued, "Don't worry, absolutely no one saw. The gale controlled by Dragon helped mask the aura."
The Main Body nodded in relief and gave a thumbs up, "Well done. Give it to Zoro later."
Saint V. Nusjuro, knocked down to his knees, was somewhat embarrassed and angry. What made him feel even more humiliated was that his sword had suddenly vanished.
Moreover, the direction he was kneeling in happened to be the direction Garp was chasing Ulti. That old guy actually stopped in front of him and suddenly burst into laughter.
Garp said to Saint V. Nusjuro, "Hahahaha, there's no need for such a grand gesture. How about this, how about I help you teach that brat Luffy a lesson?"
This made Saint V. Nusjuro, who remembered that Luffy was the grandson of the man before him, see black again, and he said angrily, "You don't need to worry about that. I will deal with him myself."
Although Luffy's full-power punch had broken the horse-bone's legs and even caused internal injuries, he was, after all, a Mythical Zoan Type and had been blessed by Imu; how could he fall because of one Conquerors Coating?
Instead, after that punch, Luffy, who was leaping in the air, flew downward like a kite with a broken string, his whole body devoid of any strength.
Just then, Luffy felt his heart accelerating, the violent beating sounding like drumbeats.
It was as if the new power he had felt before was about to emerge from his body, but at this moment, his stamina could no longer support the awakening of his Devil Fruit.
The drumming sound stopped abruptly, and a gale caught the powerless Luffy, letting him land slowly on the ground.
Just as Saint V. Nusjuro wanted to pursue, a long-prepared sandstorm drifted toward him. With the enhancement of the storm, the sand and dust churned like a meat grinder, grinding against Saint V. Nusjuro's bones.
A flash of fire approached rapidly from the sea level. Before the person even arrived, a terrifying Conqueror's Haki had already swept over, and a blade burning with black flames slashed toward the horse-bone's head.
"Entei: Divine Departure," the move that killed Ochoku, reappeared on this battlefield. The Fengxi form of Saint Warcury sensed the crisis of Saint V. Nusjuro.
He gave up on Bullet, who was about to be defeated by him and the Gyuki form of Satan Saint, and blocked Ace's attack with his own tusks.
The four hideous tusks in his mouth snapped upon impact; the tusks that could withstand Bullet's attacks were actually cut off by Ace's blade.
In order to stop the horse-bone from pursuing Luffy, Ace did not use his full strength in that strike. The battlefield at this moment was extremely chaotic; even the Four Emperors could not exhaust all their stamina at once.
The slowly landing Luffy felt a warm aura, and warm currents in his mouth nourished his entire body, which had exhausted its stamina.
After opening his eyes, Luffy immediately looked around. Seeing Ace guarding him by his side, he immediately asked him, "My companions, how are my companions? Where are they?"
"Zoro, Sanji, Nojiko, where are the three of them?"
Robin walked over with the three unconscious people, "Calm down, Luffy. They are all fine. A force is continuously healing them; they are just a bit exhausted."
Looking at the three people who were gradually recovering, their complexions becoming rosier, Luffy finally truly felt relieved.
"What, that's good then."
Shanks also landed on the island. He looked at the chaotic situation with a serious expression, "It's time for this farce to end."
Beckman took out his flintlock rifle, infused Armament Haki into the Bullet, and the Bullet imbued with Armament Haki sprayed from the muzzle.
Shanks coordinated with Beckman. The moment the gunshot rang out, a terrifying Haoshoku pressure bore down on Baroque, who was fighting Akainu.
Taking advantage of the moment Baroque's Observation Haki was wary of Shanks, the Bullet fired by Beckman accurately struck the treasure chest in his hand.
The target of everyone present, the eternal pose recording the location of the Final Island, Laugh Tale, was shattered by Beckman's shot.
Under the witness of everyone's Observation Haki, the falling fragments dropped into the magma at Akainu's feet and turned into dust.
The whole scene went silent. No one expected that Shanks would actually make such a move; he had actually turned this treasure directly into ashes.
"As you can see, this eternal pose has now turned to ashes. With so many powerhouses present, I'm sure everyone is very clear on this result."
"Do me a favor and let's end this matter here."
Saint V. Nusjuro, having lost face, still wanted to continue fighting, at least to kill Luffy here.
But there were simply too many Conqueror's Haki users present, and their aura had severely interfered with the function of the pentagram.
Shanks's Conqueror's Haki probed slightly toward the position of the formation, and their teleportation could barely hold up.
Not to mention Ace, who also possessed top-tier Haoshoku. Even if they were unwilling, they had to choose to leave; otherwise, being forced away by the pirates' Haoshoku would look even more shameful.
Imu's voice rang out in the minds of the Gorosei, "Leave. The power of Mu cannot be lost here."
As he was leaving, Saint V. Nusjuro still wanted to threaten Luffy, "Straw Hat, I will remember the humiliation you brought upon me."
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