The sky split apart, part four

Rogge truly had Whitebeard to thank. After all, Whitebeard had not opened with his Devil Fruit power, but with ryuo instead. Clearly, he had seen what Rogge was trying to do; otherwise, he would not have used haki alone.

Boom!

Their fist and blade never touched. They collided across the space between them.

"A clash without contact? How is that possible? Has Rogge reached that level too?" Marco and the others were stunned by the sight.

"Up there! Look at the sky!"

A pirate from the Whitebeard Pirates stared at the sky in terror, looking as though he had seen a ghost.

At his words, countless people raised their heads to look at the sky.

Whoosh!!!

The clouds howled, and the sky split apart!!!

"The sky split! What's going on? Is it falling down?" Luffy clutched his head and shouted as he watched the clouds overhead split in two.

"How is that possible? Is that Shichibukai named Rogge really that strong? He can actually do something like this?" Buggy was so shocked that he fell to pieces. It was as though he were watching Roger and Whitebeard clash all those years ago.

"Rogge!!" Sengoku said through gritted teeth.

"To think he can do something like that. That brat's growing at a frightening pace," Kizaru said.

Akainu stared fixedly at Rogge, his eyes filled with disbelief as well. About a year ago, he had clashed with Rogge over the Jade City Treasure. Back then, Akainu had been confident he could defeat Rogge, or even kill him, in half an hour.

Yet in just one year, Rogge had grown at an astonishing rate. His haki was already no weaker than Akainu's, and his Conqueror's Haki could even unleash such a terrifying pulse against Whitebeard's that it split the sky.

He had no