On Fish-Man Island.
"Cowardly Star can't fight at all!"
As a Devil Fruit user, Luffy couldn't leave Fish-Man Island to stop the Sea Kings battling in the seawater.
Even King Neptune and Prince Fukaboshi, members of the merfolk royal family, didn't dare try to stop those frenzied Sea Kings.
"Do you think Papa Houka can stop those rampaging Sea Kings?"
Nami held the Spark Lens in both hands. The faint flashes of electricity across it showed that its owner had returned to this world.
"Houka is a Devil Fruit user too. How could he enter the deep sea to stop the Sea Kings..."
Zoro, the green-haired idiot, grumbled irritably.
But the next moment, he froze.
What had he just seen?
Houka had actually appeared in the deep sea.
"H-He really showed up!!"
Nico Robin widened her eyes as she looked into the deep sea beyond Fish-Man Island, unconsciously tightening her grip around the Spark Lens.
A terrifying aura erupted from Houka's body. He merely glared at the Sea Kings.
The gigantic Sea Kings that had been slaughtering each other instantly wilted like lapdogs seeing their master, lying down in terror.
Even the gigantic Sea Kings controlled by Poseidon trembled at the sight of Houka, the new Ocean God, frightened by his horrifying aura.
He was a god even more terrifying than the previous Ocean God.
Even they were utterly incapable of resisting Houka's will.
Even their instinctive command to protect Poseidon was suppressed by Houka.
"Stand down!!"
With a single rebuke from Houka, the red-eyed Sea Kings all returned to normal and scattered into the depths in every direction.
Without the Ocean God's orders, they no longer needed to guard the Calm Belt and could live freely throughout the world.
In truth, with the Ocean God's death, Houka, as the