The oppressive feeling came with that icy gaze.
A terrifying pressure that transcended the very concept of life!
Maud's heart trembled slightly.
The pressure created by a single gaze felt more like an instinctive reaction to a difference in rank.
Even when facing Whitebeard, Maud had never felt this way.
Who could it be?!
Could it be...?
A solemn expression surfaced on Maud's face.
So the one who stood at the pinnacle of power wasn't there because of inherited bloodline, but because of strength...?
This differed greatly from what he had previously believed.
As he deeply and clearly sensed the power of the gaze's owner, Maud's thoughts shifted, and he leaped into the air.
He had no time to investigate the identity of the gaze's owner. For now, his priority was to create chaos.
After rising into the air, Maud raised his hand and slashed out several weaker Hakoku attacks at the surrounding estate buildings.
From beginning to end, Maud did not even spare a glance at the Five Elder who blocked the Hakoku attacks.
His destruction of the buildings was also intended to create chaos.
The old man in the white robe watched Maud's reckless actions with a frown.
Before chasing after Maud, the old man cast a reverent glance toward the direction from which that gaze had come.
Maud wantonly destroyed the buildings within Pangu City.
Before the guards and that old man closed in, he continued thinking about the owner of that gaze.
His attempt to create chaos was soon suppressed.
The guards who had descended one by one from the sky joined up with the other guards who had remained on the ground. They were not skilled in Geppo, but their individual strength was no weaker.
Working together in an orderly fashion, they surrounded Maud, who