Yamato vs. Chikara

Inside the gargantuan skull made of yellowish-brown rock, Stussy faced the simultaneous onslaught of Ochoku and Wells, the heaven-shaking roar echoing from outside giving her a slight start and causing a momentary pause in her movements.

However, when she used her Observation Haki, which covered the entirety of Hachinosu, to carefully sense the surroundings and found that not a single one of her own people's auras showed an abnormal drop, she immediately set her mind at ease and refocused her attention on the two enemies before her.

Swish!

A flash of ruthlessness crossed Ochoku's eyes as he unleashed his awakened ability.

Utilizing the spatial markers he had scattered almost everywhere across Hachinosu over the years, he instantly teleported behind Stussy, a short sword gleaming with a cold light and coated in Busoshoku Haki stabbing toward her heart from behind.

An invisible armor condensed from top-tier Haki abruptly expanded across Stussy's body, and just as the short sword was about to pierce her, a powerful force shattered the Busoshoku Haki on the blade.

Ochoku felt an overwhelming, immense force surge from the short sword, and he felt as though he had been struck head-on by a Sea King moving at full speed; the blood in his body churned violently, forcing him to spit out a mouthful of blood as his body flew backward like a kite with a severed string, deeply embedding itself into the rock wall behind him and leaving a profound humanoid indent.

The shockwave formed by Stussy's projected Supreme Armament Haki was a power that paled not even in comparison to the shockwaves released by Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit; how could it possibly be resisted by a remnant like Ochoku, who had stopped progressing back in the old era and whose strength had stagnated for years?

Though the illustrious