"Whoosh!"
The two beams of light flashed in an instant. Their knees collided like nuclear bombs detonating, and the destructive force split the island with a series of deep chasms as it continued to crumble.
Two streaks of light shot into the sky, splitting the firmament. The winds and clouds shifted, and Thunderclap Flash lit up the sky, its stunning spectacle shaking everyone to the core.
In the darkened sky, two figures stood suspended in midair. Spiral steam swirled around Chaos, and he had donned his Golden Armor. A rousing BGM blared out, radiating in every direction.
Roger put away the long blade in his hands. His muscles tensed as Armament Haki spread over both fists. He had chosen to face Chaos in a bare-knuckle duel, man to man.
Their auras rippled outward.
From a distance, the two seemed enveloped in pressure fields of black and gold. Their Conqueror's Haki had taken physical form.
Not a single living thing within ten thousand meters was still conscious.
The air was humming, and the dark, roiling sky was tilting and tearing apart.
The world had become centered on the two of them.
"These two auras..."
Several golden streaks shot in from the horizon, then stopped in midair to watch the island shrouded in black-and-red lightning. Clouds bore them aloft.
They were all key members of the Richest Group.
"That pressure is incredible!"
Archino stood amid the steam and flames, his eyes alight with eagerness and gravity.
"Their auras alone are making the air tremble. They really are monsters!"
Betty gazed up at the sky as it kept tearing apart, then down at the churning sea beneath them. Her long, wavy purple hair whipped wildly in the wind, and she tensed all over, shaken to the core.
"It's the Roger Pirates. Should we