Facing these vicious pirates, Hashirama showed no mercy. He brought his hands together, and a dense forest of wooden spears burst through the floor ahead, impaling the charging pirates from below.
Most of the pirates didn't even have time to react before the spears pierced their bodies. They let out anguished howls as they met their deaths.
Only a handful managed to dodge the fatal attacks, though they were still injured to varying degrees. They retreated to their captain's side.
"Captain, our opponent is a Devil Fruit User!" Savage Hammer's deputy, the commander of his fighting squad and one of the officers aboard the ship, said as he clutched his wounded arm. He was known as Poison Sword, and had a bounty of seventy million Beli.
"I'm not blind!" Savage Hammer replied, suppressing his anger. He hadn't expected that what was supposed to be an easy, holiday-like raid would bring him up against such a formidable opponent, leaving his pirate crew nearly wiped out.
Savage Hammer was so heartbroken he could have bled. He had spent a great deal of effort recruiting and training his subordinates. Now they were all dead, and it would take him at least several years to recover.
Furious, Savage Hammer raised his iron hammer. Armament Haki covered both his arms as he charged at Hashirama.
To guard against Hashirama's attacks, Savage Hammer activated Observation Haki as he charged. He swung his hammer, smashing apart the forest of wooden spears in his path, along with the pirate corpses impaled upon them.
Bathed in blood and gore, Savage Hammer reached Hashirama. He raised his hammer high with both hands and brought it crashing down.
Facing the crushing blow, Hashirama didn't dodge or use Wood Release. His hands were covered in Armament Haki as he drove his fists