Conqueror's Haki Awakening

"Impertinent man, does this concubine need to explain her actions to you?"

Hancock struck a condescending pose, her breasts thrust forward as she looked down at him. This thoroughly enraged Mingo.

"Hancock!"

Sengoku's sharp reprimand finally made Hancock abandon her plans to hold back. She still harbored a fair amount of wariness toward the Navy Fleet Admiral.

She wasn't afraid of reckless brutes like Akainu, because she could easily predict the methods such people would use. But people like Sengoku—truly intelligent people—had far too many methods at their disposal once they decided to act.

Take this battle at Marineford, for example. Sengoku's schemes had linked together layer by layer. If Gu Sheng's methods for breaking through the situation hadn't been superior, the Whitebeard Pirates would probably have been finished by now. The empress herself wasn't worried about Sengoku, but she still had Amazon Lily to consider. Or rather, she currently had no intention of completely breaking with the World Government.

"Ace!"

Whitebeard had naturally noticed what was happening over here. After knocking Hawkeye and Kuma away, an aura that suppressed everything soared into the sky, surging toward Gu Sheng, who was under siege.

This sudden burst of Conqueror's Haki collided with the three converging but still clearly distinct streams of Conqueror's Haki. As four waves of Conqueror's Haki clashed, black lightning interwove through the air, even affecting the dense, violent Logia elements surrounding them.

"Pops! Marco!"

After hearing Whitebeard's call, Ace naturally noticed Gu Sheng's predicament as well. But Aokiji's relentless harassment and attacks kept him from freeing his hands to help for the moment. He could only respond from afar with his own Conqueror's Haki.

When Ace's Conqueror's Haki joined the clash, large numbers of Marines and pirates rolled their eyes back and collapsed like limp fish. The five