The Terrifying Armament Haki

Meanwhile, Zephyr was buried once again.

This time, it didn't come out as quickly as it did last time.

This time, Moke didn't launch an attack immediately, but gave Zephyr enough time to recover. After all, all he wanted was to incapacitate Zephyr, not to kill Zephyr.

"Boom..."

After a long while, Zephyr threw a punch, bursting out of the mound of earth and landing in front of Moke.

However, Zephyr was in a very sorry state at this moment.

The Crusher had long since been completely shattered and disappeared onto his shoulder.

Moreover, Zephyr's chest was slightly dented, indicating that several ribs were broken. There was also blood at the corner of his mouth... Most importantly, his face was deathly pale.

His breathing then became rapid, almost to the point of being short of breath.

"Is this an asthma attack?"

Moke knew that Zephyr was not only old, but also suffered from severe asthma.

But I never imagined it would get this serious.

This is nothing!

For beings of their caliber, fighting for days and nights is perfectly normal. Who would have thought... that in such a short time, Zephyr's body would already be unable to withstand it?

My asthma flared up immediately.

His gaze involuntarily fell on the slightly sunken area of his chest.

Did I go a little too far?

However, at their level, even if they held back, they wouldn't be able to subdue this guy!

At this moment, Zephyr had already taken out the asthma medication from his pocket, hurriedly put it in his mouth, and took a deep breath. He had to admit, this medicine was truly potent.

Zephyr immediately felt much better, and his breathing became steady.

He then looked at Moke, a hint of confusion in his eyes. "That was your best chance to take me down..."

He was very puzzled by this.

He understood perfectly well why Moke was targeting him: to capture him, then use the Artificial Devil Fruit, along with the special ability users of the Moke Pirates, to control him...

Upon hearing this, Moke smiled.

He said quite frankly, "That's true, but even if someone as strong as you wanted to take you down, it shouldn't be at this time. I should give you a dignified ending."

The strong deserve respect.

"Hahaha..."

Zephyr seemed to have heard the most ridiculous thing in the world. When the laughter stopped, his gaze towards Moke became sharp again. "If you truly respected the strong, you wouldn't have used those methods to control those people."

"Tsk tsk..."

Moke chuckled strangely, "Respect is certainly due, but... control is still possible. I don't want to lose someone with your fighting strength. After all, one day when I'm fighting on the ground, you'll be a formidable force."

"Attack the Holy Land?"

Upon hearing this, Zephyr's eyes widened in surprise. Although he had somewhat anticipated it, hearing it suddenly still shocked him greatly.

"Hiss..."

Reiju gasped.

"Gurgle..."

She swallowed hard, and a chill ran from her tailbone straight to her head. Her scalp tingled!

Because she seemed to have heard something extraordinary.

Such matters must never be leaked before they are carried out. Anyone who finds out faces only one consequence... death.

As if hearing her thoughts, Moke turned to look at Reiju, a smile playing on his lips, "Don't be afraid, you're one of us. Besides, I trust you won't go around telling everyone."

Reiju nodded frantically. "I absolutely won't say anything, not even about my father."

Upon hearing this, Moke nodded in satisfaction.

Even if Reiju had a hundred times the courage, she would dare to say it. Because doing so would be forcing him to kill someone.

Then, Moke turned to look at Zephyr.

"Are you almost recovered from your asthma...?"

With that, Moke raised his fist and threw a punch at Zephyr. The Quake-Quake ability was activated, and its Quake-Quake power directly shattered a huge crack in space.

And it spread rapidly in all directions.

Soon, cracks appeared in the space in front of Moke, just like a piece of shattered tempered glass.

It seemed as if it would shatter completely at the slightest touch.

Upon seeing this, Zephyr's expression became extremely solemn, his eyes fixed on Moke, not daring to relax for a moment.

"Drink..."

At this moment, Moke shouted loudly, unleashing his Quake-Quake ability to its fullest extent.

"Click click..."

The spatial rift shot directly toward Zephyr.

For the Tremor-Tremor Fruit to unleash its full power, two essential conditions must be met.

First, one must possess sufficient power, and the greater the power, the greater the force.

Secondly, one must possess a strong body, because the Tremor-Tremor Fruit has significant side effects; each use causes some damage to the body. Therefore, the stronger the body, the greater the damage one can withstand.

Only then can one dare to unleash their full potential and abilities.

Moke possesses the strongest body in the world, and his strength is no less than Whitebeard's. Under such circumstances, he naturally uses the Tremor-Tremor Fruit without any scruples.

Therefore, at this moment, the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit in Moke's hands is already greater than that of Whitebeard.

What Whitebeard could do, he could also do; but what he could do, Whitebeard could never do, even if he risked his life.

"How is that possible?"

Zephyr wore an expression of disbelief. He too could see that the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power surpassed Whitebeard's. However, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit had always been Whitebeard's signature...

Suddenly discovering that someone could unleash even greater power from the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, they found it hard to accept.

However, Zephyr is Zephyr.

Even at this moment, he still did not choose to back down. Instead, he wrapped all his Armament Haki around his only arm.

"Moke, let me show you the power of Black Arm..."

As soon as he finished speaking, his fist slammed out.

The terrifying Armament Haki burst forth like arrows with his punch. If Oden had perfected the special technique of Ryuo, Red-Hair had perfected Conqueror's Haki, then Zephyr...

It means that he has mastered the Armament Haki Emission outwards.

Not only can it be projected outwards, but it can also take form. Just like Vice Admiral General Kongming... except that he has combined the transformation of Armament Haki with the Armament Haki Emission, reaching a higher level.

Upon seeing this, Moke's pupils constricted sharply.

Yes!

Although Whitebeard was somewhat out of his element during the Marineford War, the strength he displayed was truly terrifying.

And there's Garp, though he's getting old too.

But on Hachinosu, that punch truly ignited the entire summer. And this Zephyr was a powerful figure from the same era as them, and at the same level.

However, the strength he displayed in the original work was really too poor.

They can only fight off grunts.