The Self-Righteous Woman

Boom!!

The vast, ferocious Shockwave blasted the towering pillar of magma rushing toward it apart in midair without suspense.

Akainu's body also shattered under the world-destroying impact, turning into countless fiery droplets of magma.

Rumble!

The dragon-like impact was like a roaring tsunami.

After blasting Akainu apart, it continued onward with undiminished force, carving a trench more than ten meters wide through the plaza and crashing directly toward the execution platform ahead.

On the execution platform, Sengoku's expression changed. He frowned and tossed the Transponder Snail in his hand aside as rings of golden light rippled out from his rapidly expanding body.

In the blink of an eye.

A massive Buddha of dazzling golden light appeared beside Ace, radiating boundless majesty like a supreme monarch ruling over all.

The enormous golden Buddha palm slammed down from above.

"Buddha Shockwave!"

Buzz!!

A spherical wave of golden light burst from the palm of the giant Buddha Sengoku had become and collided head-on with the raging Shockwave.

Boom!!

The earth-shattering collision exploded in midair.

Everyone fighting nearby was sent flying by the blast.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

The golden Buddha staggered back three steps, nearly falling off the execution platform.

The immense Buddha body made the platform creak under its weight, shaking without end.

"He blocked it!"

"He actually blocked the two captains' Shockwave! What kind of form was that? A Buddha?"

"It was the Marine Fleet Admiral, Sengoku the Buddha!"

"A Zoan-type Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Buddha Form!"

The pirates cried out in amazement.

But no one was intimidated by Sengoku. They continued howling as they charged at their respective opponents.

Elsewhere, Bullet and Whitebeard, who had joined forces to blast Akainu apart, advanced straight toward the execution platform in a display of overwhelming power.

No one could stop them. No one could stand against them!

"Move! Stop Whitebeard and Devil's Heir!"

"Don't let them get near the execution platform!"

Wave after wave of Marines charged forward without fear of death, wielding all manner of weapons as they attacked Bullet and Whitebeard.

"Shockwave!"

Whitebeard coated his naginata with a spherical vibration bubble. With a casual swing, he could send hundreds of Marine soldiers flying.

Bullet, meanwhile, charged forward in the most savage fashion. His massive body became a blurred afterimage, drawing a straight black line across the plaza.

Every Marine standing in his way was easily smashed into a twisted shape like a scarecrow, sent flying with repeated bangs.

"Freezing! Pheasant Beak!"

Just as Bullet, charging with unstoppable fury, was about to reach the foot of the execution platform, a surging cold current suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Then a hoarse voice rang out.

Aokiji swung his right hand, unleashing endless freezing air that formed into an ice-crystal phoenix spreading its wings, pecking toward Bullet.

The phoenix's beak was crystal clear, its ice compressed to the extreme, like dreamlike crystal and diamond.

Powerful Armament Haki covered it, increasing the sharp beak's hardness and destructive power.

Facing the ice-crystal phoenix charging at him, Bullet neither dodged nor evaded. He clenched his right fist, and blue-black Haki covered his entire arm, erupting with a savage and violent aura.

His colossal arm, as thick as a heavenly pillar, punched straight out and shattered the air on impact.

"Demon God Cannon!"

The phoenix's sharp beak collided violently with the blue-black fist.

Boom!!

Centered on the point of impact, the ground within a hundred-meter radius exploded, splitting open with countless dense cracks.

Bullet's strength had already surpassed human limits, making him immensely powerful.

Together with his abnormally immense Armament Haki and the tremendous amplification of his Half-Demon Form.

As his terrifying fist struck out, its vast force erupted like a volcano. Under Aokiji's changing expression, the ice-crystal phoenix, dozens of meters wide, began crumbling bit by bit from its hardest beak.

Bang!

Ice crystals shot everywhere, becoming whistling shards of deadly ice that pierced through many unlucky bystanders on the spot.

Whoosh!

His towering body vanished from where it stood. Bullet pushed his speed to the limit, seeming to teleport as he rushed toward the grave-faced Aokiji.

Aokiji spread his hands, and a sharp ice blade shrouded in frosty mist appeared in his grasp. He slashed it at the Bullet shooting toward him!

Buzz!

A freezing current like a high-pressure water cannon was released instantly, freezing everything in its path!

Yet Bullet's figure was nowhere within the ice.

Boom!

The air behind him burst apart. A blue-black giant fist, exploding with waves of white air, smashed toward Aokiji's body like a meteor.

"Ah la la, how violent. Douglas Barrett."

Aokiji frowned deeply. Bullet's overly immense Haki and unmatched brute strength gave him quite a headache.

In this world, perhaps only a handful of inhuman monsters such as Kaido of the Beasts and Charlotte Linlin could contend with the man before him in raw strength.

Stopping Bullet alone would be rather difficult!

Bang!

Ice crystals exploded across the sky as Aokiji's true body turned into elements and fled once more, reforming in the distance.

Bullet rolled his thick neck. Bloodshot veins gradually appeared in his domineering eyes.

"Don't run, Aokiji! How could a dignified Marine Admiral retreat before a pirate?"

With that, he was about to pursue him again.

But suddenly, a clear and pleasant female voice, carrying the arrogance of someone long accustomed to high status, came from the side.

"Douglas Barrett! I ask you, have you seen Straw Hat Luffy?"

Bullet paused and looked toward the voice.

Amid the shattered ground, a beautiful sight came into view.

A tall, slender woman in a pink-and-white high-slit cheongsam was walking toward him on a pair of smooth, fair, long legs.

She possessed beauty capable of toppling nations. Her exquisite, lovely features seemed to gather every virtue in the world, flawless to the extreme.

The pink-and-white cheongsam could barely restrain her swelling curves. They trembled with every step, rising and falling in a mesmerizing display.

The woman was beautiful, but her tone and expression were incomparably arrogant.

She did not even reach Bullet's thigh in height.

Yet as she spoke, she held her chin high, as though looking down at him from above.

She was none other than the Pirate Empress, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Boa Hancock.

Seeing that Bullet did not answer her question, Hancock's fine brows furrowed slightly as she said displeasedly,

"I am talking to you! Filthy man!"

"He's dead."

Bullet replied flatly. He stomped his foot, flashed away, and once again chased after Aokiji.

"How dare you say that about the man I love most, Douglas Barrett? You're courting death!"

Anger and killing intent appeared on Hancock's face.

Her red high heel tapped the ground, and her speed surged. She leaped into the air and kicked at Bullet's back.

"This woman's got something wrong with her head."

A violent aura surged around Bullet as his body flashed out of sight.

The next instant, Hancock's slender, fair calf was seized by a large blue-black hand.

"Release me!"

She gave an indignant cry and tried to break free.

But Bullet lifted her upside down one-handed and viciously slammed her into the ground!

Boom!