Sphinx Island.
The vast island's coastal region had now become a battlefield between pirates and the Navy. Even the weakest pirate or Marine there was as strong as a monster in the eyes of ordinary people.
A casual punch could shatter rock. Ordinary bullets only drew blood, and only sufficiently large-caliber guns and cannons posed any real threat.
A battle between thirty thousand "monsters."
The result was that the entire port town had been reduced to ruins. Every collision of fists sounded like countless shells exploding.
"This is troublesome. Haven't the admirals dealt with White Wolf Magnus yet?"
Honeydew looked somewhat anxious. The situation had turned unfavorable for the Navy. Their greatest support, the admirals, was absent from the main battlefield, leaving these Marines temporarily gathered from various naval branches at a disadvantage against the pirates of the New World.
He raised his arm to block Rocks's attack, then threw a Haki-coated punch at him, only for Rocks to dodge nimbly aside.
As the battle dragged on, Honeydew keenly noticed that the young man fighting him was improving at an astonishing rate.
At first, he had been able to suppress Rocks with his advantage in Observation Haki. But Rocks quickly changed his fighting style, shifting from attacking with full force to using only seventy percent of his strength.
Rocks had already realized it.
The Navy Vice Admiral before him possessed both Observation Haki and Armament Haki, but he was clearly more proficient in Observation Haki. His Armament Haki was roughly on the same level as Rocks's.
Without factoring in Observation Haki, Rocks would never lose to this Navy Vice Admiral in a one-on-one fight.
But on the battlefield, he could not expect his enemy to refrain from using his strongest ability.
So Rocks had no choice but to deal with