One Shot Defeated Usopp, Shocking Everyone!

The next second.

Whoosh—!!!

A highly condensed purple spiraling beam, radiating an aura of destruction, erupted from the tip of Lynn's chubby index finger!

It was so fast that it surpassed everyone's dynamic vision!

The beam collided midair with the "Bullet Stream" Usopp had fired, composed of over a hundred special bullets imbued with Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki!

There was no earth-shattering explosion.

There was not even the slightest proper sound.

That Bullet Stream, capable of piercing steel and tearing apart warships, melted away, disintegrated, and vanished without a sound the instant it came into contact with the purple spiraling beam, like ice and snow beneath the sun!

It could not resist in the slightest!

Utterly overwhelming!

A complete and total crushing defeat!

"W-What?!"

The savagery and fury on Usopp's face were instantly replaced by boundless horror!

He watched helplessly as his proud ultimate move proved as fragile as papier-mâché before that bizarre purple beam!

After swallowing all of his bullets, that purple ray of death did not weaken in the slightest, nor did it slow down at all. It continued shooting straight at his face!

The shadow of death instantly engulfed Usopp's entire body!

"Not good!"

Red-Haired Shanks and Benn Beckman both paled dramatically. They wanted to intervene and save him, but they were already too late!

It was too fast!

That beam was simply too fast!

Usopp's pupils shrank to their limits, and every hair on his body stood on end!

At the brink of life and death, he unleashed all his potential!

"Armament Haki: Hardening!"

He crossed his arms before his chest and pushed his Armament Haki to the limit. Pitch-black Armament Haki covered his arms like tangible armor!

He even pushed his Observation Haki to the limit, attempting to predict the beam's trajectory and evade it!

However.

It was useless!

The purple spiraling beam slammed viciously into his crossed arms!

Its terrifying force instantly swept through Usopp's entire body!

Boom!!!!

Usopp's entire body was struck as though by an invisible locomotive!

His body smashed through the deck.

It plunged deep into the ship's hull.

In the end, he was blasted straight into the sea!

Glug glug...

A string of bubbles rose to the surface.

Immediately after!

Rumble—!!!

A violent roar erupted beneath the sea's surface!

An enormous column of water shot into the sky, dozens of meters high!

Seawater came pouring down like rain!

The entire sea churned violently from the explosion!

"..."

Dead silence!

The Moby Dick and the Red Force fell into deathly silence!

A pin drop could have been heard!

Everyone had turned to stone!

Their mouths hung open, their eyes wide, their faces filled with disbelief and bone-deep terror!

Whether they were the commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates or the officers of the Red Hair Pirates, all of them were like ducks with their throats clutched, unable to make a sound!

Even Whitebeard Edward Newgate and Red-Haired Shanks, the two Four Emperors who ruled the New World, had their pupils trembling with shock, their faces filled with gravity and disbelief!

They stared fixedly at the sea where the explosion had just occurred, then looked at Lynn floating in the air, still wearing that adorable, harmless appearance.

O-One move?!

Just one move!

Usopp, the top sniper of the Red Hair Pirates and a great pirate with a bounty worth hundreds of millions...

Had been defeated just like that?!

And so thoroughly! So miserably!

"Worororororo..."

Kaido's enormous dragon head paused slightly before he burst into even more smug, unrestrained laughter!

Yet deep within his flame-burning dragon eyes, intense astonishment flashed as well!

This brat... had gotten stronger again!

He had never even seen that move before... Another newly developed technique!

That growth rate... was far, far greater than his had been back then!

"Usopp!"

"Quick! Save him!"

The Red Hair Pirates were the first to react, crying out as they rushed to the ship's edge.

Soon after.

Usopp, soaked from head to toe, his arms charred black and his breath faint, was hauled from the sea by Lucky Roux and Benn Beckman together.

"Cough... Cough cough..."

Usopp coughed violently, spitting out several mouthfuls of seawater mixed with blood foam. His face was as pale as paper.

The first thing he did was grab his gun and struggle to stand, but pain wracked his entire body, leaving him unable to exert any strength.

"I... I haven't lost yet!" Usopp gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with unwillingness and fury as he glared at Lynn. "Brat... If you've got the guts... come again!"

How could he, the sniper of the Red Hair Pirates, lose to a little brat wearing crotchless pants?!

If word got out, where would he put his face?!

"Usopp, enough."

Benn Beckman pressed him down, his voice low and calm.

He looked at Lynn, his gaze complicated.

Then he took a deep breath and said solemnly to Lynn, who floated in midair, "We concede this round."

Usopp's eyes flew wide open. "Beckman! You..."

"Shut up!" Benn Beckman snapped, his gaze sharp. "A loss is a loss! We were inferior in skill. There is nothing to deny!"

Usopp opened his mouth, but in the end, he lowered his head unwillingly.

What utter humiliation!

This was absolutely the greatest humiliation of his life!

[ Ding! Congratulations, Host, for defeating an individual with combat power at or above the Shichibukai level (Red Hair Pirates officer, Usopp)! ]

[Mission Three: Defeat four individuals with combat power at or above the Shichibukai level (1/4)!]

The system's cold notification rang out in Lynn's mind.

His large dark eyes blinked.

Three more to go.