"What???"
Austin's words left Captain John stunned for a moment. Then he set down his bottle and looked at Austin's towering figure.
But when his gaze met the incomparably black muzzle crackling with black-and-red lightning, cold sweat instantly streamed down his face, and his pupils trembled slightly.
He looked at Austin with an ugly expression.
"You're definitely joking, right?!"
"We're members of the Rocks Pirates..."
Bang—!!!
Before he could finish, the thunderous gunshot gave him the best possible answer.
"Puh..."
There was no way to defend against it, no way to trace it. His Haki defense was effortlessly torn apart.
This was the true worth of the World's Strongest Sniper!!!
"You're a little too talkative."
With a single shot, a Seastone Bullet carrying spatial teleportation, Ryou, and Conqueror's Haki instantly pierced Captain John's chest.
More importantly—
At that instant, it was as if his Observation Haki had malfunctioned?
Within the domain of Observation Haki, Austin's figure, including his attack, seemed to have completely vanished!!!
"Once Conqueror's Haki reaches a certain threshold, can it block the Observation Haki of some weaker people?"
Austin looked at his palm, where black-and-red lightning representing the pinnacle of Conqueror's Haki crackled and spread viciously in every direction.
The principle behind using overwhelmingly powerful Conqueror's Haki to intimidate one's mental strength and block another person's Observation Haki was not particularly difficult, but the requirements for the strength of one's Conqueror's Haki were extremely harsh.
At the same time, it was difficult to intimidate or affect opponents with Conqueror's Haki on the same level.
How should he put it...
Its usefulness in a true battle between peak fighters was rather limited.
While Austin tested his new ability, countless people on the battlefield of God Valley also noticed him, black-and-red lightning clutched in his hand.
"Oh!!! It's Austin!!!"