The massive rocky palm came crashing down.
The shadow that followed, carrying a pressure weighing thousands of kilos, forced its way into the eyes of everyone in the Straw Hat Pirates.
The air seemed to be squeezed completely away, making them feel suffocated.
This was... a palm more than ten times stronger than even the Giant Race's!
But with nowhere left to retreat, the Straw Hat Pirates refused to sit around and await death.
Amid Nami and Vivi's screams,
Luffy gathered strength in both arms and assumed the preparatory stance for Gomu Gomu no Gatling.
Zoro drew all three swords, his face showing an unprecedented gravity.
Sanji tensed his thighs, biting a deep mark into the cigarette between his teeth.
Usopp raised his long gun, though he looked somewhat feeble.
This was their first time facing the power of the New World.
The unreasonable attack, like the shadow descending over them, made them feel an immense pressure crashing down like a mountain.
Even so, they showed no intention of retreating.
"Gomu Gomu no Gatling!"
"Three Thousand Worlds!"
"Rough Shred!"
"Bang bang—"
The Straw Hat fighters each unleashed their ultimate moves at the enormous rocky palm crashing down on them.
"Boom boom boom..."
Luffy's arms flung about wildly, unleashing a dense barrage of fists that struck the rocky palm first and sent countless fragments of stone flying.
Next came Zoro's Three Sword Style's Three Thousand Worlds, but it could only carve three deep marks into the rocky palm.
As for Sanji's leg technique, Rough Shred, it merely kicked a shallow crater several meters across into the rocky palm before the oncoming air pressure slammed him toward the ground.
Usopp fired at the rocky palm continuously at the fastest possible rate, but a firearm was still a firearm. In this situation, it