Monster Strength Fist!

"Strange, why was the Great Gate ahead open?"

Before the Inner Island gates, the guards looked toward the main gate in confusion.

The main gate of Judicial Island was rarely opened completely. Usually, it was only opened to welcome important figures.

"Main gate, main gate, what's going on over there?" One of them picked up a Den Den Mushi and asked.

But unfortunately, the other side gave no response at all, sinking into deathly silence.

That immediately made them realize something's wrong.

"Damn it, don't tell me the main gate has already fallen."

"Quick, send someone over to check the situation."

"Hey, who are you? Stop right there!" One man suddenly noticed Luffy running toward them. "Did you open the main gate?!"

"The main gate?"

Luffy stopped and looked back in confusion, only then noticing that the gate behind him had somehow been opened.

"It was me."

Xi Yan, who had suddenly appeared beside Luffy, spoke.

"Xi Yan, you opened it?!" Luffy asked.

"Hmm." Xi Yan nodded. "Opening the gate would make it easier for them to get in. Wasn't that what we agreed on in the plan just now?"

Luffy: ???

A plan?

What plan?

"Bastards, what are you two muttering about over there?!" the Marines shouted angrily. "Who gave you permission to cause trouble here? Lie down and surrender!"

Luffy and Xi Yan looked at each other, then said in unison, "I refuse!"

"You actually dared to refuse..."

"No, he looks like that Straw Hat, Luffy, with a bounty of 100 million berries!"

"What?!"

"Quick, wake up Oimo and Kasi!"

An enemy with a bounty of 100 million berries was not someone they could handle. Besides, that vest-wearing guy had said more enemies would be coming in behind them.

With their strength, they probably could not stop them. They had to wake those two giants.

"Gum-Gum Gatling!"

Boom!!

A skyful of fist shadows shot forward, forcefully blasting away a whole group of people.

After doing that, Luffy reached up and grabbed a gate ring on the high ground. "Xi Yan, I'll leave this place to you."

"Got it!"

"Bastard, stop right there!"

Watching the enemy cross the gate so easily, the Marines' eyes nearly split with rage. This was a serious dereliction of duty; Spandam might very well have them executed!

If they failed to guard the gate, doom awaited them.

"Where are you looking?"

"Bastard, don't underestimate us!" the Marines roared. "Fine, Straw Hat is one thing, but how dare an unknown nobody like you face so many of us alone?!"

"Get him! Kill him!"

"I really am being underestimated." A trace of helplessness flashed through Xi Yan's eyes. "Is this the downside of not having a bounty?"

No matter how strong he was, no one recognized him at all.

Still, it did not matter. After this was over, his bounty should not be low anymore.

After all... this was Judicial Island!

Looking at the Marines drawing closer, Xi Yan said, "Although we have no grievance against each other, since we stand on opposing sides, I can only apologize."

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

Boom!!

An enormous fireball formed before Xi Yan and surged forward with terrifying heat.

"He's a Devil Fruit User!"

"Someone save me..."

"It's so hot!"

Boom!!

That single strike wiped out an entire group!!

The ground was scorched black, and those people lay there smoking, clearly unconscious.

"Someone with this kind of strength can't possibly be a nobody. Who exactly are you?!" a Marine asked Xi Yan in terror.

A casual attack had taken out so many of them at once.

"Fire... could he be Fire Fist Ace?"

"Impossible. I've seen Fire Fist Ace before. He doesn't look like that."

"Damn it, why does someone this strong not have a bounty?!"

"Me? I'm just an ordinary Ninja." Xi Yan picked at his ear. "All right, enough small talk."

"Does any of you know where Nico Robin was taken?"

"How could we possibly know something like that?"

"That's right! Even if we did know, we wouldn't tell you, you evil pirate!!"

The Marines glared angrily at Xi Yan, showing no intention of backing down, even though he seemed nearly unbeatable to them.

But standing in this position, there were things they had no choice but to do.

"Evil pirate..." Xi Yan shook his head. "That again."

"Forget it. I'll deal with you first..."

Whoosh~

Before Xi Yan could finish speaking, two figures leaped out from behind the gate, blocking out the sunlight for a moment.

Boom!!

As the two landed, the ground shook violently, showing just how massive they were.

"Oimo, I didn't expect anyone to dare attack this place today."

"That's right, Kasi!" Oimo said. "But it's fine. We'll just beat them to death."

"Hurry up and finish this. I want to go back to sleep."

It was still the middle of the night, and being woken so abruptly had put him in a foul mood.

"Oh-ho~"

"Members of the Giant Clan."

Xi Yan tilted his head back at the two enormous figures. This was his first time seeing members of the Giant Clan in person.

They were nearly twenty meters tall, weren't they? He wondered how they compared to the two giants from Little Garden.

"Great, it's Oimo and Kasi!"

"Quick, big guy, take him out!"

"Yeah, yeah, you're so noisy," Oimo said irritably.

If their captain had not been locked up in the Underwater Great Prison, would members of the mighty Giant Warrior Pirate Crew still be stuck here guarding a gate?

Whatever. They should deal with the enemy in front of them first.

"Kid, will you surrender quietly, or do we have to kill you ourselves?" Kasi asked.

As he spoke, he weighed the Giant Axe in his hand, killing intent gradually appearing in his eyes.

Anyone who dared stop them from rescuing their captain was an enemy of Elbaf!

Xi Yan ignored him and instead used his Sharinggan to control several people into opening the gate.

Only then did he look at Kasi. "A larger body doesn't necessarily mean greater strength."

"Maybe you're right, but you can't possibly be talking about yourself!" Kasi shouted as he swung the Giant Axe at Xi Yan.

Since his opponent did not intend to surrender, he could only kill him!

Boom!!

The enormous force struck the ground, smashing out a big pit.

"Hmph, he must've been crushed to pieces," Oimo snorted.

The strength of the Giant Clan was no joke. If it hit an ordinary person, there was only one outcome: being smashed into pulp.

"I'm sorry I didn't get crushed to pieces~"

"Wha...?!"

Seeing Xi Yan floating in mid-air at some unknown moment, Kasi's pupils contracted. He had actually dodged?

"Have a taste of human strength."

"Monster Strength Fist!"

Boom!!