The Collapsing Defense of Justice, and the Five Elder Headshot with a Single Spear!

Watching their comrades be crushed by thunder as easily as chopping vegetables, the remaining seven or eight Navy Vice Admirals had gone weak at the knees, yet still forced themselves to uphold the Navy's honor and pride.

"Don't panic! Don't throw yourselves into disarray!"

One veteran Vice Admiral, broad-faced and holding a long blade, forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart. He pushed his Observation Haki to its limit and roared as he tried to reorganize their defensive line:

"Her Devil Fruit ability may be bizarre, but that transformed form is far too huge—it must be slow! Spread out! Use 'Soru' to attack her massive body from blind spots!!!"

However, the tactically instructive roar of that Vice Admiral had not even fully spread through the air.

Bang!!!

A horrifying muffled boom, like the roar of heavy artillery, suddenly exploded against his cheek!

A gigantic palm the size of a house, formed entirely from immensely dense black nether mist and Armament Haki, emerged from who knew what crack in space!

It tore through the air at a vicious angle!

Like an adult swatting a fly resting on a wall, that enormous black hand struck the shouting Vice Admiral squarely and mercilessly!

"Uwaa—Pfft!"

Before that terrifying brute force, powerful enough to topple mountains and split the earth, the Vice Admiral's prized Armament Haki shattered instantly.

His once-dignified face was slapped horribly out of shape, and a spray of teeth mixed with blood erupted from his mouth!

His entire body, along with the expensive standard-issue Navy saber in his hand, spun wildly through the air like a high-speed top for more than a dozen rotations before turning into a cannonball. With a shrill whistle, he smashed straight through the ruins behind him!

"Th-that's... too unfair..."

The remaining Vice Admirals who had been ready