As combat levels rose ever higher,
clashes on some top-tier battlefields had long ceased to rely on mere eyesight to lock onto opponents.
For instance, against an opponent like Kizaru, eyes simply could not keep up with movement at light speed. One could only use Observation Haki to sense their aura and position.
And within everyone's Observation Haki, the man confronting that terrifying monster was no longer the Supernova Zoro,
but a proud, black-clad man standing tall.
Within the black mist wreathed in Ghost Qi, Black Long Hair seemed to flutter as scarlet eyes stared ahead.
"This Haki... is that Austin?!!!"
For the first time, Kaido witnessed something like this. His dragon eyes trembled slightly as he stared gravely at Zoro's figure.
"No... there seems to be some of Oden's aura mixed in too..."
To Kaido, this was simply unheard of. One person actually possessed two different powers at once.
"It's that sword, isn't it?"
Big Mom beside him had noticed it as well. The source of the Haki seemed to be the black sword Zoro held in his hands and clenched between his teeth.
"I had only heard of it before. I never expected something like this to truly exist."
Big Mom looked at [Dark Crow], said to be Austin's sword from his youth, steeped and tempered in Austin's Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki.
"It is said that when true experts use sufficiently powerful weapons, the weapons retain a portion of their former wielders' Haki.
That manifested shadow must be what Austin looked like when he was young~"
Meanwhile, with Zoro transformed into a double sword rack, his own aura surged dramatically as well.
His own awakened Conqueror's Haki, Kozuki Oden's Conqueror's Haki, and Young Austin's Conqueror's Haki all gathered within him.
Even for someone like Zoro, who had