The Blazing Battle, the Pinnacle Battlefield

"Franky V for Victory!"

Puff,

As the blade flashed, Sasaki, the sixth son of the Triceratops, couldn't help but complain as he looked at the spiral sword in his hand that had been blasted open:

"So this is Xia Ji Ba Kan, isn't it?!"

Although Franky's swordsmanship is utterly terrible, he has advanced technology, and his plasma blade doesn't consume Haki. Any random swing is enough to make it a deadly weapon.

If a physically weak individual were wielding such a weapon, the Beasts Pirates could likely break free using close-quarters combat techniques like wrestling or disarming. However, General Franky was merely a robot, giving them no opportunity to employ joint locks. Instead:

"Sixty-Flower Flower - Hook Claw!"

Click click click—

Amidst a cacophony of cracking bones, a group of Beasts Pirates armored unit Devil Fruit users surrounding Franky and Sasaki were instantly twisted to the ground. No matter how tough their armor and skin, they couldn't withstand Robin's joint locks.

Unless someone lacks joints or possesses an overwhelming level of Haki, they would be instantly killed by Robin.

"Do you need any help?"

Faced with the help of the intelligent and beautiful Robin beside him, Franky's hearty voice rang out from General Franky's chest.

"Leave this to me, I'm in super good shape right now!!"

"Hmph, have all these useless pieces of trash fallen?"

Transformed into a half-orc form, resembling a tall, upright-walking Triceratops, Sasaki glanced around dismissively.

"Very well, I'll show you just how terrifying the so-called 'Six Sons' really are!"

Then: the huge bone armor on Sasaki's upright neck, like a shield, began to rotate—performing a spiral ascension on the spot! General Franky was so frightened that his chest split open, and Franky couldn't help but stick his head out.

"You can play with dinosaurs like this?!"

As it spun rapidly, Sasaki, who was ascending to heaven, rubbed his spiral sword against the bone armor on his neck, and the friction ignited a raging fire that suddenly burst into flames!

"Solar Horn Dragon!"

A dazzling golden light, as bright as the blazing sun, emanated from Sasaki's neck. As he spun rapidly, he transformed into a giant wheel of fire, hurtling towards Franky at an unstoppable, high speed.

"What's this—"

Zzzzzzz! Snap!

As Zoan Dragon-Dragon Fruit with the Ancient Zoan and Triceratops form, Sasaki's neck armor is arguably the most solid part of his body. Combined with Armament Haki covering it, it can unleash unparalleled destructive power when spinning at high speed!

Even the plasma blade in General Franky's hand was snapped in two—after all, it was just a weapon, not armor.

As the weapon broke, Franky's defenses collapsed instantly. The terrifying bone armor, carrying a terrifying force that seemed capable of cleaving the entire island in two, struck General Franky squarely in the chest!

"Oh no, this is really bad!"

Amidst the flying sparks, General Franky immediately changed tactics, suddenly grabbing his opponent and throwing him backward:

"Franky back throw!"

Thump!

As the two 'people' separated, a huge gash several meters long was cut into General Franky's thickest chest armor Wapol Metal armor! Luckily it was General Franky; if it were anyone else, they would have been disemboweled in one fell swoop.

"Hmph, you've seen it now, haven't you? This is the kind of creature Triceratops is."

"Who are you kidding? There's no dinosaur that looked like that!"

Franky, peeking out from the gap in General Franky's chest, retorted, "Don't think that just because I'm a shipwright and a mechanical expert you can spout nonsense. Don't you know that our Straw Hat crew's archaeologists are the World's Greatest professionals?"

Ruins are archaeology, dinosaurs are archaeology, and Franky is one of the few members of the Straw Hat crew who can discuss knowledge with Robin. —Don't let Franky's appearance as a middle-aged man in swim trunks fool you; his knowledge is definitely among the best in the Straw Hat crew.

"Hmph, watch this—'Cannon Horn Dragon '!"

With a cold snort from Sasaki, the bone armor on his neck suddenly spun again! Then:

Call out!

The Triceratops, on all fours, suddenly flew backward, leaving Franky completely bewildered. He wondered if it was something like this:

"You're spinning in the wrong direction?"

"Run-up distance, ready!"

Franky couldn't bring himself to criticize Sasaki, who was blushing and trying to maintain his composure.

"Who are you trying to fool?!"

"Cannon Horn Dragon!!"

However, his answer was a triceratops charging at him at high speed!

As the bone armor on his neck spun rapidly, a deafening roar echoed endlessly. The immense centrifugal force sucked away all the air, transforming it into a raging torrent that spread in all directions. Under the impact of this earth-shattering airflow, the surrounding warriors felt excruciating pain on their faces, the gust of wind hitting their faces, making it almost impossible to open their eyes, let alone step forward to help.

"Pierce through!!"

This is the most concentrated, sharp, and domineering of Sasaki's destructive power, a desperate gamble that concentrates all its strength on one point to break through everything.

In the blink of an eye, although General Franky held his arm in front of him, sparks still flew everywhere in front of him! Even the sturdy Wapol Metal was rapidly cut, ground, and thrown away under the opponent's attack. It seemed that there was no way to block it, and it was about to be pierced through his arm, endangering his body!

"Now—"

?!

But the next moment, an extremely terrifying shockwave slammed into Sasaki's face! Even though his head was the most solid part of his body and his Armament Haki was quite advanced, his whole body still trembled! It was as if he had been placed in a giant bronze bell and then countless experts were swinging hammers from the outside to smash it.

Buzz buzz buzz—

His entire skeleton trembled violently, his head buzzed, his vision blurred, and his internal organs felt as if they had been turned inside out. Even his Armament Haki dissipated as he flew backward, accompanied by a piercing sound of metal cracking and grinding.

"The 'Lion's Roar Cannon' for Business Trips!"

Under the terrifying power of the main weapon that was originally supposed to be mounted on the 'Sunny Merry', even one of the six Beasts Pirates was blasted away! The violent shockwave blasted a huge circular crater in the battlefield! Even General Franky himself was thrown away by the recoil of the weapon.

"Again!!!"

With a roar, the Triceratops, which had skimmed hundreds of meters across the ground like a skipping stone, suddenly rolled over to stop itself. Its bloodshot eyes locked onto the robot in the distance, and with a twist of its neck, it charged forward again.

"Rocket Horn Dragon!"

"Franky Free Laser Cannon!!"

"So, why are you keeping an eye on me?"

Not far away, Usopp was speeding across the battlefield while Guotou to face Page One behind him, roaring and questioning him.

"You still dare to provoke me?"

However, in the eyes of Page One, who was chasing behind, this was a complete display of the other party's 'effortlessness'; otherwise, how could he be running while looking back? He didn't take him seriously at all.

Unforgivable! And—

"Tell me, what Devil Fruit user do you possess?"

Such a resilient creature must be Ancient Zoan! Keep in mind this is a battlefield. It lured me along (Page One's perspective), took a lot of hits, and yet it's still alive and kicking.

"Could it be Zoan Dragon- Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Ancient Zoan, Crowned Longnose Dragon form?"

"No, no, no,"

Usopp turned his head, waved his hand, and quickly clarified.

"I'm just an ordinary person, I don't have any special abilities—"

Bang!

As he turned to speak, he crashed headfirst into the shield of an artificial Devil Fruit user in his path. The Masira user scratched his head in confusion, wondering what his 'shield-guarding' technique was all about.

"Damn it, who's so heartless as to leave a door panel on the road!"

As Usopp pried himself off the shield, Page One looked at the human-shaped dent in it, especially the nose area where it had been pierced...

"You still dare to say you're not an ability user?"

"I already told you I'm just an ordinary person!!"

·······

Having fought our way to this New World, what 'ordinary people' are left on our ship?

The 'Roman No. 1' flying overhead rolled its eyes.

Usopp, you're the kind of guy who can have his skull explode and be completely unharmed. How dare you call yourself an ordinary person?

Apologize to ordinary people.

However, that guy Kaido—

His gaze fell upon the largest battlefield, where he stood firm against the combined attack of his own body, Luffy, Ace, Yamato, and even seemed to grow stronger with each battle.

"Aww~~ That feels so good! That feels so good!!"

As Kaido's long laughter echoed, a chilling and terrifying Conqueror's Haki, capable of changing the very fabric of the world, surged forth like a raging torrent! This supreme majesty could only be possessed by the Emperor of the Sea, who ruled over all people and held the power of life and death!

"You brats, do you really think I'm just bragging about being the 'Strongest Creature'?"

A furious roar, brimming with unparalleled Haki arrogance, swept across the battlefield, accompanied by a chilling, suffocating sensation that made one's hair stand on end. However, those still standing were mostly top-tier fighters with bounties starting at hundreds of millions; mere Conqueror's Haki no longer had any effect on them.

"Beat them! Beat them all hard!!"

"Brother Kaido will take down those enemy leaders very soon!"

Jack was trying to boost morale while fighting Sanji, making him a model subordinate.

Victory will surely be ours!

In the main battlefield:

"Descending to the third world—"

Kaido, now in his half-dragon form, leaped into the air and roared furiously, his sonic boom echoing like thunder throughout the heavens and earth:

"Hidden Naraku!!"

The voice, imbued with boundless Emperor's power and chilling Haki, seemed to come from beyond the heavens, or from the depths of the eighteenth level of hell; at close range, it was enough to leave ordinary experts dizzy and disoriented.

Before the sound even arrived, a dazzling Inazuma of black lightning flashed, plunging the world into a deathly silence. Unlike the 'bosses' the Straw Hat crew had encountered before, Kaido showed neither carelessness nor mercy, his spiked club slashing down with the boundless power to tear mountains apart. And his target was:

"Watch out, Yamato Man!"

"Get out of the way, Yamato!"

Luffy and Ace, who had just been thrown back by Kaido's outburst, were unable to come to the rescue in time and could only shout a warning.

This attack was more than twice as powerful, fast, and imposing as the previous 'Thunder Bagua'! Kaido had suddenly gone all out, wanting to kill his own son to establish his authority, since the other party was arguably the one who knew him best.

A devastating Inazuma struck down, instantly engulfing Yamato's figure! The skull that occupied most of Onigashima was also cleaved in two by a massive, unfathomable crack that nearly split the entire mountain in two, fully demonstrating Kaido's terrifying power.

However, Kaido's expression darkened because Yamato hadn't been knocked down with a single blow, because:

"Isn't this a bit too exaggerated?"

Before Yamato stood the All-Rounder Knight, kneeling on one knee, wielding the invincible... no, the Barrier Shield. But now, cracks had appeared all over the supposedly 'invincible' Barrier Shield.

"Indeed, nothing in this world is absolute."

Faced with Kaido's Conqueror's Haki, even the supposedly unbreakable barrier ability cracked! Yamato's staff supported the All-Rounder Knight's shield from below; otherwise, Roman wouldn't have just been kneeling, but risked being knocked down directly.

"Hoo~~ Kaido,"

Yamato looked at the blow that came from the sky; she knew she might not have been able to withstand it alone if Roman hadn't helped her.

"You always manage to kill me!"

"That's right, this isn't a father-son argument. Since you call yourself 'Kozuki,' you should be prepared for war, Yamato."

"Is it wrong to admire someone? I just like heroes like Oden!!"

"Hey, hey, hey, do you two think this is a family drama? "Roman, perched between two spiked clubs, rolled his eyes.

"Many things in this world don't have answers just by asking,"

Roman's voice interrupted the conversation between the two oddball 'father and son'. Sure enough, the closer to life or death the battle, the faster the Haki grew! The All-Rounder Knight's double Haki covering the longsword in his other hand became more and more skillful.

"Those who walk different paths cannot make plans together!"

The longsword in his hand exuded a chilling, domineering Haki, as black as ink, yet when highly condensed and compressed, it strangely burst forth with dazzling golden lightning! Although it wasn't Conqueror's Haki Entwine, it still possessed immense destructive power.

"Whoever lies down is in the wrong!"

It's that simple.