Annihilating the Giant Warrior Pirates

What Rocks was thinking, Carl did not know.

However, as she looked toward the center of the battlefield, she knew this fight would soon be over.

The several division commanders of the Giant Warrior Pirates were already failing to withstand the onslaught from Newgate and Charlotte Linlin.

After all, they had only managed to contend with the Rocks Pirates by joining forces with the X Pirates, and only then because they were facing top-tier powerhouses.

In a one-on-one confrontation, they were destined for destruction.

"Rocks hides his Devil Fruit ability quite deeply."

Carl speculated inwardly from the sidelines.

It seemed Rocks had only unleashed his Devil Fruit power during the Battle of God Valley.

In all other wars, she had never heard of Captain Rocks possessing a Devil Fruit ability.

But even without displaying his Devil Fruit power, his mastery of all three types of Haki was undoubtedly that of a top-tier powerhouse.

Soon, the other three battlefields concluded, leaving only the fight between Rocks and Yorulu.

The division commanders gathered together to watch the duel between Rocks and Yorulu.

"Jiehahahaha!"

"Has Captain Rocks' strength regressed?"

Golden Lion walked to the side, secretly delighted. In his view, Rocks' strength should not have allowed the battle to drag on for so long.

If Rocks' strength had truly declined, wouldn't his goal of leaving the pirate crew be one step closer?

"Gurallallalla!"

"Golden Lion, look closer."

Newgate held a different opinion; in his eyes, Rocks was tempering his own Conqueror's Haki.

Because every time Rocks attacked, his long blade was coated in the infusion of Conqueror's Haki.

Yet, no one could tell if Rocks' strength was at its peak or if it could be further refined.

"Mamamama!"

"I want to eat cake."

Charlotte Linlin was feeling a bit hungry. After all, having fought for so long—though it wasn't exactly strenuous exercise—she was still feeling famished.

Just as everyone was chatting heatedly, Rocks was intent on experiencing the Hegemony of the giants.

He had actually wanted to experience the power of the Giant Kingdom's ultimate technique, Hegemony, for a long time.

After all, only Captain Yorulu of the Giant Warrior Pirates could use it, and he had no desire to challenge the Giant Kingdom itself.

Although he was a top-tier powerhouse in the world, if he were to challenge the Giant Kingdom, he might not return.

After all, a mere village of a few hundred giants could be called the world's strongest nation.

If the Giant Kingdom had hundreds of thousands of giants, wouldn't they be the strongest in the world?

He did not want to test that, nor was there any need to provoke the Giant Kingdom; if it interfered with his plans, the loss would outweigh the gain.

"Jiehahahaha!"

"Yorulu, where is your giant race's ultimate move? Use it and let me see."

Rocks kept provoking him, but at the same time, his long blade, wrapped in Conqueror's Haki, clashed repeatedly with Yorulu's greatsword.

The two weapons collided, flashing with black and purple lightning that crackled through the air. Meanwhile, violent winds rose around the pair, the sky split open, and massive shockwaves swept across everything in the vicinity.

Hearing Rocks say this, Yorulu realized that Rocks had been holding back in their fight.

At the same time, he looked around the battlefield; the Giant Warrior Pirates had been completely wiped out, leaving only himself.

He felt a sense of remorse. He knew that the Giant Warrior Pirates had originally started with four captains.

He never expected that when the pirate crew was handed to him, not only would he fail to maintain its peak, but he would lead the Giant Warrior Pirates to their demise.

He knew he wouldn't be leaving today either.

"Then as you wish, Rocks."

"Since you want to see it, I shall let you witness the Hegemony of the giants."

The aura around Yorulu suddenly shifted. His massive body radiated a dazzling blue light, and his muscles tensed. In Rocks' perception, a bone-chilling sense of crisis welled up. Rocks couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement; this was the first time he had felt such a powerful sense of danger.

Yorulu instantly brought his weapon from his right side to the front and swung it violently toward Rocks. An astonishing shockwave, invisible to the naked eye, accompanied by overwhelming Haki, tore through the very space itself.

With a deafening, suppressed roar, a long wave of energy appeared—not an illusion, but something composed entirely of raw power.

"Well done."

Rocks felt the intensity of the shockwave, but instead of dodging, he attacked with all his might.

"Jieha, that's it."

"Divine Might!"

Rocks unleashed one of his ultimate techniques, swinging his long blade wreathed in Conqueror's Haki to meet the incoming energy wave.

"BOOM!"

The moment the skills collided, violent energy erupted. Everything in its path—trees and the very ground itself—was obliterated. Cracks spiderwebbed across the terrain, and one-fifth of Hachinosu shattered and sank into the sea.

The shockwaves from their clash tore a long, jagged rift across the sky that refused to heal for a long time.

Is this how my life ends?

The scene quickly fell silent. Rocks stood to one side, blade in hand, while Yorulu knelt upon the ground.

"I still feel some lingering regrets."

"I have failed everyone's expectations. My apologies..."

The light gradually faded from Yorulu's eyes; he was dead.

A great pirate who had dominated the second half of the Grand Line for decades had finally met his end. To die at the hands of Rocks was no disgrace to the legacy of the Giant Warrior Pirates.

"Clean up the battlefield."

"We have bigger moves to make."

This battle had not actually impacted the Rocks Pirates in any significant way.

On the contrary, they had won with ease, and it was precisely because the victory was so effortless that Rocks immediately turned his gaze toward the X Pirates.

Since news and newspapers traveled too slowly across the sea, they could strike and eliminate the X Pirates before the crew even received word of what had happened.

"You two are not to come for the next battle."

Carl spoke with righteous severity; after all, the X Pirates were even stronger than the Giant Warrior Pirates.

If they weren't careful, Long Yi and Long Er might lose their lives there.

"Fine!"

Although the two were reluctant, they had no choice but to give up.

"Gurarararara!"

"Carl, your strength has grown quite a bit again."

Newgate had been observing Carl throughout the battle, and he noticed that Carl's strength was rising continuously as the fighting intensified.

Newgate couldn't help but envy Carl's constitution.

He hadn't expected the Titan Bloodline to be this powerful.

"Haha, I owe it to the care of Brother Newgate."

Carl was truly grateful to Newgate. If he hadn't been stranded on that deserted island, he never would have joined the Rocks Pirates, nor would he have participated in so many battles to achieve such a leap in strength. If he had been training in isolation, he likely would have been stuck at some bottleneck long ago.

He could feel his strength growing every single day. While he knew he would eventually reach a limit, by the time he did, he should have enough power to roam the Grand Line without obstruction.