Bang! Bang! Bang!
The warships in the distance began firing in support, a dense barrage of cannonballs blanketing the sky like black rain.
Zzzzt!
Nami leaped up first, her arm bursting into a serpent-like arc of electricity that spread out and interwove into a net to intercept them.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Countless cannonballs exploded in midair, filling the sky with flames like a fireworks display.
"We'll take care of the ship!"
Franky shouted. He opened his left palm, revealing several gun barrels, and rained bullets down on the incoming cannonballs like a Gatling gun.
"They wrecked the Going Merry!"
Seeing the shattered, devastated stern, Usopp seethed. "Luffy! Lina, hurry up and beat the crap out of him!"
"Yeah, of course."
A flicker of anger crossed Luffy's face. "I'll make sure I'm the one to send that bastard flying!"
"Big words from a bunch of punk pirates. You won't send me flying just by running your mouths."
A fierce glint appeared in Zephyr's eyes. His monstrous mechanical arm retracted and clamped shut, golden energy gathering as he aimed at the Going Merry and began to charge.
"It's a laser!"
"Look out!"
Laser technology was devastatingly powerful. Even a skilled Haki user wouldn't casually take its formidable penetrating force head-on.
As the others cried out in alarm, a figure shot forward in an instant, turning into a streak of blue light as he flew toward Zephyr.
"Die, pirates!"
Zephyr roared furiously. Blinding light blazed, and a scorching golden beam shot straight out!
"Shatter Laser!"
"Don't get so full of yourself, old man!!"
Lina bellowed and swung her giant axe upward with all her might!
Rumble!!
The air shook with a thunderous roar, as if the very space around them had cracked apart.
Against that overwhelming force, the concentrated beam shattered in an