Opening Seven Gates, Astonishing Everyone!

First Gate: Gate of Opening... Open!

Lynn's babyish voice sounded especially abrupt across the deathly silent battlefield.

Yet as his words fell,

Boom!

An indescribably immense power erupted from his tiny body like a sleeping dragon awakening!

His once clear, jet-black infant eyes suddenly lit up with an eerie green glow!

Veins bulged faintly beneath his skin like little snakes, while a sense of power far beyond what someone his age should possess surged wildly upward!

"Hmm?!"

Onigumo and Momonga, who had been closely watching Lynn, abruptly shrank their pupils!

"W-What is this?!" Momonga cried in a low voice, the composure on his face cracking for the first time.

He could clearly sense that the energy fluctuations within that infant's body were skyrocketing in an utterly unreasonable manner!

This wasn't Haki!

Nor was it a Devil Fruit ability!

This was a kind of... pure, primal, explosively violent power they had never seen before!

"Stop putting on an act!" Onigumo's eyes sharpened as his eight spider-like blade arms swung fiercely. "Don't let him bluff you! Move! Take him alive!"

Before he had even finished speaking,

Lynn, suspended in midair, tightened his little face and let out another childish shout.

"Second Gate: Gate of Healing... Open!"

Buzz—!!

Even more surging power burst forth from within him like floodwaters breaking through a dam!

The faint green glow around his body suddenly grew denser!

Fine beads of sweat seeped from his forehead, only to be instantly evaporated by the heat radiating from his body!

His tiny body seemed to have become a humanoid fountain of energy!

"This little brat... his presence is still growing stronger?!"

While locked in combat with Dobberman, Sasaki spared a glance toward the sky, his expression filled with shock.

The aura Young Master was releasing now was even more condensed, even more... dangerous than when he had unleashed Conqueror's Haki earlier!

"Third Gate: Gate of Life... Open!"

Lynn's voice carried a trembling hint of pain, but even more than that, it held an unflinching resolve!

Boom!

It was as though an invisible shackle had been completely broken free!

The energy within his body erupted like a volcano, reaching an entirely new height!

The green glow had nearly become tangible, forming a thin coat of energy around him!

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

The savage grin on Onigumo's face completely froze, replaced by astonishment.

He could feel that the pressure radiating from the infant had already made even him, a Marine Headquarters vice admiral, feel his heart pound with fear!

He was just a little over one year old!

How could he possibly unleash such terrifying power?!

"Can his body... endure it?!" Momonga's expression became incomparably grave as he stared fixedly at Lynn.

He had seen secret techniques that forcibly stimulated power before, but without exception, they all placed an enormous burden on the body and caused severe damage!

Was this infant burning away his own life?!

"Fourth Gate: Gate of Pain... Open!"

Lynn clenched his tiny teeth, veins throbbing wildly on his forehead!

Hiss, hiss, hiss—

Even denser green energy burst from every pore of his body like steam!

His tiny body was now enveloped in thick green vapor, leaving only a vague silhouette visible!

"Gulp..."

Dobberman swallowed hard, even his standoff with Sasaki becoming somewhat stiff.

"W-What the hell is that?!" a Marine soldier screamed uncontrollably.

"Fifth Gate: Gate of Limit... Open!"

Lynn's voice had already become noticeably hoarse and strained!

Amid the roaring, the green vapor around him suddenly expanded by another circle, its color becoming even deeper!

"His current presence is already comparable to a rear admiral's!"

Cold sweat broke out on Onigumo's forehead as an extremely ominous feeling rose within him!

If this little monster continued any further, something truly disastrous might happen!

With a roar, he swung all eight blade arms at once, intending to charge forward and stop him.

However,

"Sixth Gate: Gate of View... Open!!"

Rip—!!

The green vapor enveloping his body exploded!

In its place came an even more violent, even more scorching torrent of energy!

His eyes, which had previously glowed green, had now completely turned pure white, as though flames were burning within them!

A terrifying presence radiated across the entire battlefield!

"Damn it! This brat... he still hasn't stopped!"

Momonga's expression had turned utterly dreadful.

This power... had already far exceeded the limits of what they could comprehend from an infant!

And judging from his presence alone,

he was already no different from vice admirals like them!

Sasaki was dumbfounded as well, his mouth hanging open as the Spiral Blade in his hand nearly fell to the ground.

Barely over one year old,

and he already possessed such a presence?

He knew Young Master Lynn was a monster, but he had never expected... him to be this much of a monster!

Just as everyone thought this was already the limit,

Lynn's tiny body suddenly shook. He raised his head and let out a roar unlike any infant's, one brimming with savagery and strength!

"Seventh Gate: Gate of Wonder... Open!!!"

Boom—!!!!

In an instant, a terrifying aura far surpassing any of the previous gates erupted explosively from Lynn's tiny body!

The energy radiating from his body was no longer green!

Instead, it was...

blue steam, like burning azure flames!

Blue sweat scattered from his body like raindrops, only to be instantly evaporated by the terrifying heat at his surface!

The air around his tiny body crackled as it was scorched by the intense heat!

At that moment, Lynn's body, less than half a meter tall, floated in midair. There was not a trace of emotion in his eyes, their pure white seeming capable of piercing through all illusions.

And in everyone's eyes, he resembled a tiny azure demon god!

"B-Blue steam?!" Onigumo's eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets.

"T-This is impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Momonga smelled death within that blue steam!

"The pressure radiating from this brat is already no weaker than Gion's or Tokikagi's!"

Dobberman, meanwhile, was drenched in cold sweat, his expression incomparably grave.

That meant

the little brat before them already possessed strength comparable to an admiral candidate!