Kong Ao vs. Azure Austin, The First Strike of a Spatial Ability

Kong Ao from the God Valley era looked around. After barely a moment of thought, he quickly understood what was going on.

This must have been the timeline that developed after he changed the course of the God Valley Incident...

Casually sending Kaido flying a hundred meters away, Kong Ao swept his hair back.

Though he did not know why he had appeared here, he was clearly not the type to be confused by it. Instead, a smile appeared at the corner of his lips.

"Whatever. I can feel a lot of hostility toward me~"

Facing a man who had casually flicked Kaido, one of the Sea Overlords, hundreds of meters away, and looked terrifyingly powerful just from the way he stood, everyone was on high alert.

Especially the Marines who had no idea what was happening.

The battle, which had been heavily in their favor moments ago, suddenly began to turn around for reasons unknown. A recruit tightened his grip on his rifle and swallowed.

"What the hell is going on?!!!"

"Another Vice Admiral Austin? Is this some kind of Devil Fruit ability?!!!"

Some Marines kept backing away.

"Doesn't look like it. This pressure... it feels just like the real one!!!"

"Maybe it's just me, but he feels even scarier than Vice Admiral Austin himself!!!"

Azure Austin had been a Marine for so long that, in the eyes of many Marines, he was imposing and frightening, but they had never truly been targeted by him.

But ever since they turned their guns toward Kong Ao—

That faint but palpable killing intent made them feel as though their lives could be taken at any moment.

Austin in his youth was still in the era when he was known as the Black Emperor.

Compared to the later Black Spear, he had