The Power of Shusui

The Mighty Spear That Cleared the Way for the Celestial Dragons...

This was a unit whose rank surpassed that of the shields.

Those qualified to join this unit were basically elites chosen from among thousands.

The man wearing a mask with earthy-colored markings was among them, and had been assigned the precious Logia-type Sand-Sand Fruit.

That alone was enough to show how much weight he carried within the unit.

And weight needed strength to support it.

Yet an elite CP0 member with formidable strength and a Logia-type ability had been killed by Maud in a single exchange.

The elite guards of the various allied nations had witnessed the scene as bystanders, and the shock in their hearts was beyond words.

They said that hearing was not as good as seeing.

Having only learned of Maud's strength and deeds from newspaper headlines, they now deeply understood the truth of that saying.

The suffocating, overwhelming power displayed directly before their eyes could never be clearly described with words.

Only by seeing it with their own eyes could they truly comprehend the terror of Maud's strength.

"What beautiful and powerful individual combat strength..."

A woman draped in red silk robes and wearing a scarlet jeweled ceremonial crown gazed up at Maud.

Her eyes held fear and panic, but also fascination and intoxication.

She was one of the kings of the allied nations. After witnessing Maud's formidable strength with her own eyes, an uncontrollable possessiveness rose within her heart.

It had nothing to do with admiration. It was merely an extremely pure desire born of considering profit.

She simply could not suppress her desire to obtain Maud.

As long as a nation possessed an individual combat force of this level—

Invading other countries and expanding its territory.

Would become a very simple matter.

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