The Strongest and Taking the Strongest

At that moment, the battles across the Deserted Island briefly came to a halt. Everyone turned their eyes toward the mountain range on the northern side. The terrifying commotion made it seem perfectly possible that the entire island would be blasted apart in the next instant.

"Hey, hey, hey, you've got to be kidding me, right?"

Usopp muttered with a head full of cold sweat. His face was filled with shock, and he looked as though he might pass out at any moment.

Just then, Yasopp, whose features bore some resemblance to Usopp's, stepped in front of him and spoke.

"Usopp, don't pass out. If you can't withstand even this level of impact, then you're not qualified to become the Pirate King's crewmate."

Usopp's spirits lifted at his words, and he hurriedly replied, "Yes, Father."

However, Usopp still looked toward the northern mountain range with lingering fear. His Observation Haki was frantically warning him to get away from that direction at once.

"Looks like your Observation Haki sensed it too..."

Yasopp looked at Usopp with satisfaction before saying with a hint of emotion, "The boss used that again after all. This proves that Luffy is indeed far more outstanding than I imagined."

"That? What is it?" Usopp asked.

"You'll find out later..."

Yasopp then turned around, raised the sniper rifle in his hand toward Usopp, and said,

"Our battle continues. Surpass me next, and become a brave warrior of the sea, Usopp!"

The moment Yasopp finished speaking, both sides were almost immediately locked onto each other by their Observation Haki. The bullets fired from the sniper rifle collided with the projectiles released by Usopp in an instant.

And scenes like this were taking place across nearly every small battlefield on the Deserted Island!

Although "Red-Haired" Shanks gave off an utterly