Shanks' pupils contracted sharply.
He foresaw that his " Divine Evasion " would be blocked, but he didn't foresee it would be in this way.
There was no earth-shattering collision, no Haki and frenzied outburst.
Loki, the giant prince, merely opened his massive jaws and, in the blink of an eye, firmly bit down on the tip of Griffin's sword!
"Crunch! Squeak!!"
The metallic scraping sound was so grating it made your teeth ache and your eardrums ache.
How could that be!
Shanks was shocked. An unshakeable force surged through his sword-wielding arm, making him momentarily believe that he had struck not flesh and blood, but an ancient, immovable mountain.
"Hehehe... Hahahaha!"
Loki bit the tip of his sword, a maniacal laugh escaping his throat, his crimson eyes fixed on Shanks, who looked as insignificant as an ant.
" Shanks, is this all the power you've got?"
" The Yonko? Hmph, hahaha, they're nothing special!"
Before he could finish speaking, a burst of dark, Conqueror's Haki erupted from Loki's mouth.
Click--
A crisp sound.
To Shanks' horrified gaze, Griffin's sword tip was actually bitten to pieces!
Before he could recover from the shock of his beloved sword being damaged, a destructive gust of wind swept towards him.
Loki's massive warhammer, Iron Thunder, crackling with dense, almost tangible black and red Inazuma, crashed down on him with a sky-ripping roar!
"Not good!"
In the distance, Beckman, who was usually calm and composed, suddenly changed his expression.
He hadn't expected the battle to turn so suddenly, nor had he anticipated that Shanks ' sword would be so easily and brutally crushed.
Seeing the giant hammer about to fall, he didn't have time to think. With Inazuma speed, he drew his gun and decisively pulled the trigger at Loki's head.
" Beckman, no way--"
Shanks ' roar had barely left his mouth when he was a step too late.
Bang!
The bullet, imbued with high Armament Haki, tore through the sky and aimed precisely at Loki's massive left ear.
However, just as the bullet was about to hit its target...
Buzz--
A strange, low-frequency vibration spread out without warning.
The next second--
The entire island seemed to be instantly stripped of all sound, plunging into a world of absolute silence.
The wind stopped, the waves froze, and even the flow of time seemed to slow down dramatically.
The bullet, traveling at incredible speed, suddenly slowed down just before piercing Loki's head, leaving a visible trail like a snail struggling in thick amber.
This is--
While suspended in mid-air, Shanks descent speed had also slowed, suddenly turned around.
Not far away, Beckman, who had just fired his gun hastily, also froze on the spot, his pupils constricted, and he immediately looked up at the sky.
In a single glance, their pupils dilated to their maximum size.
Ahead of them, a figure rose into the air from the distant sea, then stepped into the void as if strolling leisurely.
With each step he took, the space beneath his feet seemed to shrink for him. His seemingly slow steps traversed thousands of meters of sea in the blink of an eye, arriving above the island and landing lightly on Loki's left shoulder.
It was none other than Navy Marshal Akira.
Before Shanks and Beckman could recover from their miraculous entrance, Akira, standing on Loki's shoulder, casually extended his index and middle fingers.
The bullet, moving at a snail's pace, was casually held between Akira's fingers.
The instant his two fingers touched the bullet.
boom--
A deafening explosion brought the world back to reality.
The suppressed kinetic energy and Armament Haki exploded with a deafening roar, and the violent shockwave whipped up Akira's Marshal's coat, making it flutter wildly in the chaos.
This single scene delivered an unforgettable visual impact to everyone present.
Everyone on the island, including Shanks and Beckman, forgot to breathe and where they were at that moment, simply staring blankly up at the towering figure standing on the shoulders of a giant, like a god.
" Navy Marshal... Akira!"
After a brief silence, Raki Ru broke it first, exclaiming in shock, "How did he get here?!"
With a shocked shout, Shanks crashed heavily to the ground.
Loki's Iron Thunder slammed down!
Boom!
Amidst the earth-shattering roar, the earth let out a painful groan, unable to withstand the terrifying force any longer, and shattered inch by inch, cracking open with huge, spiderweb-like fissures.
However, because of Akira's sudden appearance, Loki did not pursue Shanks. Instead, he immediately turned his head to look at Akira, who was standing on his shoulder, and grinned, saying, " Lord Marshal, you've saved me again."
Akira smiled and patted Loki's enormous head.
Then, he took a step forward, looking down at Shanks, who was lying on the ground looking somewhat disheveled, and Beckman was standing guard with a gun in the distance.
" Shanks, Beckman."
"Are you planning to use the same methods to defeat Loki again?"
At this point, Akira's smile vanished abruptly, "It seems Loki wasn't wrong at all when he called you a coward."
Before he could finish speaking, Akira suddenly flung his hand away.
call out--
The bullet, held between his fingers, flew backward at an even more terrifying speed than it had come!
The whistling bullet instantly magnified in Beckman's pupils. Wrapped around the bullet, a black-red Haki, even more domineering than the Conqueror's Haki released by Loki and Shanks, quietly erupted, instantly enveloping Beckman, Lucky Roux, Yasopp, and all the other Red Hair Pirates executives.
boom--
With a deafening explosion, Beckman and the others, who had no time to react, were swept away by the shockwave. Some were thrown back in a sorry state, while others screamed and were thrown high into the air, crashing several feet away.
Before Beckman, Yasopp, and Lucky Roux Strike could regain their footing, a new wave of Conqueror's Haki descended from the sky.
Immediately afterwards, Akira's voice exploded in their ears like a divine oracle.
"Kneel down before me!"
Buzz--
The familiar low-frequency vibration was heard again.
The next second, Beckman was the first to uncontrollably kneel down on one knee. Following him, Lucky Roux, Yasopp, and the other Red Hair Pirates officers who had been thrown out also prostrated themselves on the ground, trembling uncontrollably under the suppression of Conqueror's Haki.
"!!!!"
Even Loki was so shocked when he saw Akira suppress all the officers of the Red Hair Pirates with just Conqueror's Haki that his pupils, hidden behind bandages, contracted involuntarily.
Is this the true strength of the strongest Marshal in naval history?
That's ridiculously strong!
After overwhelming the entire arena with his Conqueror's Haki, Akira immediately turned his gaze to Shanks, who was standing opposite Loki, and said coldly, " Shanks, you don't really think that the reason I haven't dealt with you yet is because I'm afraid of you, do you?"
Um?
Shanks, standing dozens of meters away from Loki, had his pupils constrict again. He hadn't expected Akira to make his appearance in this way, and he certainly hadn't expected that his crew, who had been invincible in the New World for so many years, couldn't even withstand Akira's Conqueror's Haki!
After a brief moment of shock, Shanks slowly straightened up, then looked up to meet Akira's sharp gaze, and laughed, " Marshal Akira, you jest. To become Navy Marshal through a coup, and to force the Holy Land to make concessions and sign the Mary Geoise Treaty with you, who on the Grand Line can you possibly fear now?"
"Of course, these things are not important."
"The important thing is that you didn't wipe us all out in one fell swoop, which means you're probably planning to give us a way out."
"In that case, how about we sit down and have a talk?"
"Want to sit down and chat with me?" Akira laughed, then stepped forward, detaching himself from Loki's shoulder and hovering in mid-air. "Sure! But you'll have to let Loki beat you up first."
Before Shanks could react, Akira immediately turned to Loki and shouted, "Go, Loki! Get him!"
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