The vast Conqueror's Haki Houka unleashed made even Bullet feel a bottomless gulf between them.
This man was unquestionably ten, a hundred times stronger than Roger.
Was he even human anymore?!
Bullet, who had been brimming with arrogance moments earlier, now felt so crushed that he was lost and helpless.
Did he really have a chance of becoming the World's Strongest?
Shiryu of the Rain's instincts as a swordsman sensed how terrifying Houka was, making him even more eager to follow this man out and cut people down.
Seeing Houka "eat" the World Destroyer, Byrnndi World, and the Red Earl, Redfield, as soon as he arrived, he knew this new boss was no good man.
Good! The worse, the better!
Then he could go out and cut people down to his heart's content!
As long as Houka gave him freedom, he would cut down not just pirates and enemies, but Marines and Celestial Dragons too...
Great pirates like Avalo Pizarro, Catarina Devon, and Vasco Shot had all been terrified and subdued by Houka's dreadful aura.
They set aside their pride and arrogance and looked at Houka with longing.
They hoped this monster would take them in and let them out.
They had no desire to be devoured like the World Destroyer and the Red Earl.
"What fascinating power!"
"Sure enough, plundering is faster than training!"
After refining, compressing, and settling his Haki, Houka broke into a satisfied smile.
He could hardly wait to charge straight into the Holy Land of Mary Geoise and wage war against Imu.
He would ascend to God-level Conqueror's Haki right in front of Imu, showing this King of the World, who had been stuck at the pseudo-God-level for eight hundred years, what a fucking genius looked like.
His foundations were ready. Now all he needed