One Piece: Devour Fruit, Main Volume—Biscuit Soldiers! Bloodthirsty slashes carved cruel trails through the air.
Cracker hung in midair, his head about to be severed by the enemy's blade. A vicious gleam flashed through his lavender eyes.
In that hurried instant, Cracker had no time to think. With a ferocious expression, he gritted his teeth and coated his left arm in Armament Haki, blocking the blow barehanded.
"Aaaaargh!!"
His miserable scream echoed through the fortified space, only to cut off abruptly the next moment as Dawn appeared before him again and threw a punch.
Fast! The terrifying speed had barely flashed across Cracker's retinas before the fist, veins bulging, smashed into his face.
The tremendous force drove his hard teeth through his gums and sent them scattering through the air. With his head taking the heavy blow, Cracker's consciousness instantly wavered as he rolled and crashed across the ground like a skipping stone.
"Clang!!"
The blade tore through the atmosphere as immense sword energy erupted from Rain. Shiryu of the Rain, a cigar clenched between his teeth, swung his arm repeatedly, unleashing intersecting sword energies powerful enough to split mountains and shatter rocks. They rained down on Cracker without restraint, instantly swallowing him whole.
"Boom boom boom!!!"
The dense sword energy completely covered the area where Cracker had fallen. Smoke, dust, and rubble obscured everything, hiding him from sight.
Yet although their vision was blocked, Dawn and Shiryu could clearly sense every movement within the smoke through Observation Haki.
Orderly, heavy footsteps rang out from the dust, making the ground tremble faintly. Judging from the synchronized steps and the vague silhouettes in the smoke, it would not have been an exaggeration to call it an army.
"I didn't expect you to be so tenacious. You're actually still alive?" Dawn raised