It was perfectly normal for Jonathan to be puzzled.
The number of Rear Admirals and Commodores he had killed already amounted to double digits.
As for colonels, lieutenant colonels, and other officers of field rank, there were even more of them.
Yet Victor, merely a colonel, had effortlessly dodged his attack.
And Victor was still so young!
It was simply unbelievable.
Victor asked with a smile, "Shouldn't someone my age have this level of strength?"
Jonathan frowned. Victor had voiced the confusion in his heart.
"I'll tell you a secret." Armament Haki wrapped around Victor's hands as he continued to Jonathan, "I've never thought myself weaker than anyone else, even when facing Roger or Garp."
After hearing this, Jonathan's first reaction was surprisingly not to question him.
He was startled by his own reaction, too.
However, Jonathan soon calmed down and said, "Kid, you may be strong, but this is the New World!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jonathan's body began to change. He grew horns, his human face transformed into a bull's head, and horns sprouted from the top of his head. His height, which had been eight meters, actually exceeded twelve meters.
Zoan: Ushi Ushi no Mi, Bison Form.
Jonathan could rule Hellenson Island not only because his subordinates were powerful, but also because he himself was no weakling.
Besides transforming his body into a beast, Jonathan also began covering his entire body with Armament Haki.
"Ah!"
Accompanied by a low growl, Jonathan swung the spiked club in his hand and smashed it viciously at Victor.
His strength was tremendous. A single blow from his club could sink a warship!
Facing the spiked club smashing toward him, Victor did not dodge this time.
His iron fist, wrapped in Armament Haki, punched straight at the spiked club!
Bang!
Victor's fist slammed heavily into the spiked club.
The instant they collided, a terrifying shock wave spread outward.
Rumble...
The ground shattered, and the surrounding trees toppled backward in waves.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...
The Armament Haki rubbed violently against itself.
The bull's eyes atop the enormous head were bloodshot. He clenched his teeth and exerted as much of his strength as possible.
Yet no matter how hard Jonathan pushed, he still could not suppress Victor.
Victor asked calmly, "Is this your full strength?"
"Mountain Breaker!"
Jonathan swung his other spiked club again and smashed it viciously at Victor.
Boom!
After the spiked club struck the ground, it created a huge crater.
Dust filled the sky, making it impossible to see what was happening inside with the naked eye.
Only Observation Haki continued to keep Victor locked on.
"Behind me!"
Jonathan immediately turned around and smashed the club viciously behind him.
"Earthshaker!"
Once again, the blow carried tremendous force.
The attack struck nothing but air again!
In an instant, Victor appeared in front of Jonathan and raised his leg, delivering a vicious high roundhouse kick.
The high roundhouse kick struck Jonathan in the cheek.
Jonathan was kicked away like a cannonball.
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
Jonathan's body flew through the forest, smashing through swaths of trees until it embedded itself in a mountainside. Only then did it finally stop.
However, before Jonathan could crawl out of the mountainside, Victor had already caught up.
He stepped through the air with Geppo and quickly reached the cliff face.
"Sky Shatterer!"
Victor raised his hand and pressed his palm against Jonathan's chest.
His palm, wrapped in Armament Haki, poured the Haki into Jonathan's body.
A moment later, the entire mountain exploded, burying Jonathan beneath the rocks.
After dealing with Jonathan, Victor returned to find Nunn and the others.
Sure enough, just as Victor had expected.
Today's battle had been meticulously arranged.
The person responsible for writing the script was naturally Sengoku.
Jonathan and the pirates under his command were whetstones for the Navy, responsible for tempering the new generation of Marine Headquarters.
At that moment, Nunn was watching the battle from a distance and had not intervened.
That was Sengoku's order to him.
However, the newcomers' performances were indeed quite impressive.
Mountains of Fire, Onigumo, Doberman, and the others were now ganging up on Luo, while Wright, Connor, and the others had retreated to the side.
"Even the seniors are having trouble taking him down?"
Wright covered his mouth. He had just been struck by a shield and immediately felt his blood churn and his organs shift.
Connor, meanwhile, searched all around for Victor. Unable to find Victor, he could only turn his gaze toward Sakazuki.
He had heard that Sakazuki, Borsalino, and Victor stood alongside one another as monsters among Zephyr's first batch of students.
Sakazuki had faced Rex.
Borsalino's opponent was Usare.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Sakazuki swung the blade in his hand, repeatedly slashing at Rex.
Each slash was faster than the last!
Rex kept blocking them, but the hand gripping his blade was going numb from the repeated impacts.
"A monster!"
Fear showed in Rex's eyes as he stared coldly at Sakazuki.
He knew very well that Sakazuki was far stronger than Onigumo.
Sakazuki showed no emotion as he calmly walked toward Rex.
Rex knew that his enemy was extremely powerful, so he did not dare let his guard down.
Sakazuki suddenly began to accelerate. He started running.
Seeing this, Rex immediately swung both swords.
"Two Sword Style!"
"Ashura: Hellfire!"
Flames ignited along Rex's twin blades. However, just as he slashed at Sakazuki, Sakazuki vanished from in front of him.
"So fast!"
Rex stood where he was and muttered to himself.
A while later, Rex's head rolled from his neck.
Elsewhere.
Borsalino and Usare faced each other.
"Shark Tile Fist!"
Usare drew on all his strength and unleashed a powerful straight punch, viciously hammering it toward Borsalino's face.
Borsalino tilted his head and dodged the attack. The force of the punch shattered a tree in front of him, sending wood chips flying through the air.
Seeing Borsalino dodge the attack, Usare continued attacking.
"Five Thousand Tile Roundhouse Kick!"
Usare unleashed a roundhouse kick with enough power to split five thousand tiles and viciously kicked at Borsalino.
Borsalino raised his leg and delivered a side roundhouse kick.
The roundhouse kick and side roundhouse kick collided.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—
The Armament Haki on their legs rubbed violently against each other. The resulting shock wave pushed away the nearby Marines and pirates engaged in battle.
"Your strength is monstrous, you know," Borsalino said, pretending to look frightened.
"Damn bastard!" Usare felt as if the bones in his lower leg were about to split.
Borsalino's Armament Haki was too hard!
At that moment, Borsalino caught sight of Sakazuki from the corner of his eye and realized that Sakazuki's battle was already over.
"Karakusa Tile Fist."
Usare also noticed Borsalino's distraction. He prepared to throw a straight punch that would create a 360-degree shock wave in every direction.
No matter how fast Borsalino was, he could not dodge this attack.
However, the instant Usare threw his punch, Borsalino leaped into the air and fired a Finger Pistol.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The Flying Shigan struck Usare squarely in the knees and arm joints.
In an instant, Usare lost his ability to fight.
Every joint had been hit with pinpoint accuracy!
Is this the strength of a "monster"?
Nunn thought to himself.
At the same time.
A crescent-shaped white slash tore through the sky and flew toward Luo.
Luo turned around and hurriedly raised his shield to block.
However, the shield that had defended against the combined attacks of Mountains of Fire and the others was actually sliced apart by the crescent-shaped white slash!
Nunn and the others looked toward the sky.
It was Victor!
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