Standing in the way

Down at the harbor.

The Whitebeard Pirates all looked up at the sky, where thunderclouds churned and waves roared as two figures clashed again and again high overhead.

Lightning and shockwaves collided repeatedly. Every impact unleashed fresh thunder and tremors, as though the world itself were being torn apart and rebuilt over and over.

At thirty-eight, in the prime of his life, Newgate truly demonstrated the weight behind the title of "World's Strongest Man."

He unleashed all three types of Haki—

Armament Haki covered his body, dense as steel;

Observation Haki spread outward, tracking where the lightning would strike;

His Conqueror's Haki clashed head-on with Rock's lightning-charged will, each crushing against the other until layers of clouds collapsed.

Combined with the terrifying power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, enough to shake the very foundations of the world—

Even high in the sky, where lightning held the advantage, he still fought Rock to a standstill!

BOOOOM!!!

Lightning and shockwaves exploded amid the clouds, sending out ring after ring of visible force.

The sea was repeatedly pressed down and thrown upward, its waves blasted skyward like inverted walls of white.

Yet just as everyone's attention was riveted on the battle overhead—

Back at the harbor.

A voice seething with fury and scorching heat suddenly erupted.

"You're not getting away!!!"

Sakazuki's roar drowned out the wind and rain like a volcanic eruption.

"Hades: Raging Lava Torrent!!"

The next instant—

BOOM!!

Sakazuki slammed a fist into the ground!

The earth collapsed beneath the blow.

Cracks spread wildly. Terrifying heat instantly melted the rock, and solid ground caved in and flowed like wax.

For dozens of meters around Sakazuki, the surface became a churning sea of magma!

Crimson lava roared and surged through the air, swiftly gathering into a broad wave several meters high.

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