At that moment, Akainu suddenly noticed a startling detail: this slash was continuously accompanied by some mysterious substance resembling black lightning!
Yet based on his years of experience and knowledge, he was certain this was not the legendary infusion of Conqueror's Haki—after all, he had witnessed that power firsthand. So the question was, what exactly was this thing?
A trace of inexplicable unease rose in Akainu's heart. This unfamiliar, bizarre energy gave him an unprecedented sense of lethal danger, as though it could easily take his precious life.
In an instant, Akainu's eyes flew wide open, a cold gleam shooting from them! His mind had flashed back to the strange sight from earlier, when Moke had touched the air with his palm—the space there had actually split open!
Then another thought streaked through his mind like lightning and thunder: Could it be... was all this related to Moke's contact with Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit? That was right! Ever since that contact, Moke had immediately displayed terrifying powers similar to it.
"Spatial Rift?"
Akainu muttered, then immediately shook his head. "No, that's not right. If it were merely an ordinary spatial rift, it should be white... Hmm, I understand!
This must be the essential difference between a 'rift' and total 'shattering'!
Without a doubt, what I'm seeing is a genuine Spatial Rift, with nothing false about it!"
"Hell Hound..." With a low growl, Akainu swiftly thrust out his thick, magma-transformed right arm, blasting straight at Moke like a blazing meteor!
Not only was the attack incredibly swift, but the power contained within it was even more unimaginably terrifying!
In the original manga, Akainu had relied on this earth-shattering blow to heavily injure Whitebeard, the man known as the strongest in the world, and tear half the flesh from his face!
Without question,