Can't Take Losing, the King of the World Launches a Sneak Attack!

The instant the fruit vanished into Subspace, a rapier wreathed in black-red lightning slashed at Dawn's face.

Observation Haki gave no warning—not even the slightest. But a warrior's instincts made his body react before his mind, gathering a thick wall in front of him.

Splat!

The hastily formed wall was sliced apart like a hot knife through butter. Excruciating pain erupted from Dawn's chest as a bone-deep wound split open, scarlet blood spraying out like a high-pressure jet. That single slash sent Dawn rocketing into the sky, from the bottom of the Pit to the ground, then into the skies above Water 7, so fast that it left only an afterimage.

Visible black-red lightning surged from the Pit, splitting the thick clouds overhead in two. Every civilian in Water 7, no matter where they were or what they were doing, rolled their eyes back and collapsed.

The transformed Shamrock shot into the sky. Black wings resembling bat wings had grown from his back, and an arrow-tipped tail extended from his tailbone. The rapier in his hand was furiously spewing black-red lightning formed from Conqueror's Haki.

"Are you, the great King of the World, really shameless enough to launch a sneak attack? Can't you accept losing?"

Dawn steadied himself in midair, his left hand covering the wound on his chest. The Abyssal Prison Garb had already covered the wound again, temporarily stopping the bleeding, but the pain deep in his bones reminded him just how terrifying that attack had been.

His Observation Haki had remained active the entire time, yet he had sensed no intent to ambush him at all. That could only mean Imu possessed some way to block Observation Haki's perception.

Suppressing his surprise, Dawn stomped heavily on the air with his right foot.

Boom!

The blast rang out