In the azure sky, a disaster-like scene obscured its beauty.
The ground continuously cracked and spread like a spiderweb, and this was merely the aftermath of Whitebeard's attack striking the massive black shield.
Within several hundred meters of where the two were fighting, everyone, regardless of identity, fled in all directions except for Marco and Akainu.
The overwhelmingly domineering force of the tremors slammed into Rashomon, wantonly tearing apart the black shield.
Rashomon was Dawn's strongest defense, created by combining Haki with his shield, and Dawn continuously poured Haki into it.
Yet even with the Haki coating and Dawn's constant replenishment, tiny cracks still appeared across the shield.
The last time this had happened was when Golden Lion had used his awakening to unleash an endless barrage of wind blades in a life-or-death strike, causing the damage to outpace the repairs!
Yet Whitebeard had caused the same result with a casual blow!
Was he truly worthy of being called the strongest man in the world?
Even in old age, the destructive power of his casual attacks remained astonishing.
For an item coated in Armament Haki to be damaged, the attack had to far surpass the defensive limit of the Armament Haki.
But Dawn was not Smoker, whose Jitte had been broken by Vergo—someone with weak Armament Haki who had only trained for a short time.
Dawn's Armament Haki could only be described as immensely profound, and its defensive power was equally formidable.
Blackbeard's "Dark Emperor" had been blocked without leaving a scratch on Dawn's Armament Haki-coated Rashomon, yet the destructive speed of Whitebeard's casual punch exceeded Dawn's rate of repair!
Although it had not reached the relentless destruction Golden Lion had produced, forcing Dawn to shrink the space and recreate the shield because he could no longer keep up with