"Interesting..."
"Were things finally getting serious?"
At that moment, the island's terrifying forces of nature began to awaken, their dreadful might stirring waves of air currents.
Black Long Hair's tall figure stood amid red, yellow, and blue radiance, without the slightest trace of panic on his face.
Instead, a faint smile appeared on that usually stern face.
Of course, he would not underestimate the three monsters surrounding him.
After all, as Marine Admirals—the World Government's highest military power, once capable of threatening an Emperor of the Sea—
Sakazuki and Kuzan alone, fighting at full strength, could permanently alter the landscape of a massive island. Calling them walking natural disasters would not be an exaggeration.
Now, facing all three at once, even Austin, whose talent, opportunities, and effort were all maxed out, could not claim to feel no pressure at all.
But this was exactly what Austin wanted.
An ultimate battle.
"How scary... Facing the three of us, you're not only unafraid, you're actually this excited..."
"Should I say that's to be expected of Austin-kun?"
As he spoke, a yellow laser beam shot from his fingertip almost instantly.
"Because only slaughter makes one stronger, Borsalino."
Strands of broken hair drifted through the wind before slowly falling to the ground.
The ultra-fast laser Austin had dodged erupted into a massive explosion in the distance behind him.
"Ah la la..."
"Don't ignore our presence, Austin."
He exhaled a breath of biting cold, just like the time he froze the world at Cake Island.
As Kuzan unleashed his full power, countless ice crystals seemed to swallow the world, spreading across the entire island.
No matter how fast Austin's reactions were, he could not evade the spreading ice out of thin air. Frost climbed over his military boots, and bone-piercing cold began assaulting his senses.