World Destroyer, World

On the other side of the deck, a sudden explosion tore the battlefield apart once more.

BOOM!!!

Flames and shock waves surged over them, the scorching blast sweeping across the deck like a sledgehammer.

A figure wreathed in crimson molten light took the blast head-on and went flying, passing almost close enough to brush Bullet before slamming into the deck.

CRASH!!!

The steel structure instantly caved in. The ship groaned under the strain as shattered plating and wood splinters flew skyward, then rained back down.

Bullet stopped short, his pupils suddenly constricting.

"...Sakazuki?!"

Smoke and dust billowed, searing red light flickering within.

The next second—

CRASH!

A savage force hurled the shattered deck upward from beneath, and Sakazuki stepped out of the crater.

Lava slowly dripped down his arms, shoulders, and chest, scorching black marks into the deck.

His gaze was dark as iron, but rage churned inside him like a volcano on the verge of eruption.

"Brat! Don't lose focus!!!"

Almost at the same instant he roared, warning bells exploded in Bullet's mind.

It was an instinctive premonition of danger. Before he could think, his body had already reacted.

Behind him—

The air was brutally trampled, erupting in a piercing boom.

"More More: 30x Speed!!!"

World's low roar exploded across the deck like a beast's bellow.

His enormous figure came charging after Bullet at an utterly absurd speed, the deck collapsing beneath his feet with every step.

His fist, coated in dense Armament Haki, left a distorted afterimage as it shot through the air, hurtling straight toward Bullet with enough force to pulverize a warship!

Bullet did not even have time to turn his head.

His body reacted instantly, driven by battle instincts honed through countless trials.

He sharply twisted around and whipped his long leg out like a