"Boom!" A tremendous blast erupted from the bow. Terrifying flames instantly engulfed the entire ship, then swept outward, tearing more than a dozen warships to pieces.
Black smoke and flames coiled upward into a massive mushroom cloud. The surging waves nearly capsized half of the fleet's hundred-plus ships.
The More-More Fruit, combined with a super cannon and Clown Buggy's specially made Buggy Ball—the power was no joke. Such wide-range, large-scale destructive force could probably only be matched by Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit, or Hakai unleashed jointly by Big Mom and Kaido.
The only problem was—the shell had exploded aboard World's warship! The cannon had actually burst!
As the swirling smoke dispersed, World was covered in blood. He used Geppo to move through the air before finally landing on a section of deck that had not sunk.
"Bastard! Who was it? Who the hell is behind this?!" World threw back his head and roared furiously. The main cannon and shells were of utmost importance, and he had inspected them countless times. Yet this had still happened the very moment they were used. Someone was clearly sabotaging him from the shadows.
After calming down slightly, World spread out his Observation Haki and quickly discovered that three of his four strongest subordinates had barely been injured.
In that sudden explosion, even World himself had suffered serious injuries. Yet those three subordinates had only sustained superficial wounds. They had clearly been prepared.
"B-Be careful... Lord World..." The only subordinate who had been severely injured, floating in the seawater, spoke up. "I-I saw them... before the explosion... retreat... and use Haki... to defend themselves."
This subordinate of World's was a Zoan snake-type Devil Fruit ability user. The moment he fell into the sea, his entire body went limp. Fortunately, he was an octopus man, or he