Half-Step Awakening (Thanks to Summer Snow for the Urge Token)

"I hope the thing you created isn't just for show."

Bullet roared with laughter as an intense, nearly tangible deep-blue Armament Haki gathered around the right arm of the horned giant.

"Ultimate Cannon!"

The giant's right fist shot out with world-shattering force, making the air thunder violently.

"I should be the one saying that."

Adams raised the giant's right arm under his control. Silver fluid flowed across its surface as it fearlessly met the attack.

For an instant, as the two colossal fists collided, time seemed to freeze.

Then, a terrifying blast wave spread outward in a ring. The entire layer of earth across the plain was torn up, towering ancient trees were uprooted, and the walls of the Flower Country's royal capital, several miles away, shook violently.

The shockwave swept across more than half the island. The warships anchored along the coast rocked fiercely as waves surged onto the shore.

Cracks began appearing in the horned giant's arm under the relentless wash of silver fluid. Bullet roared as he tried to reinforce his Armament Haki defense, but the silver fluid seemed to possess a strange penetrating quality, washing over his Haki defenses again and again.

"How is this guy's Armament Haki so strong?!"

Bullet stared in disbelief as the cracks on his giant arm multiplied and deepened.

Finally, amid a piercing cracking sound, the horned giant's entire right arm collapsed and disintegrated into countless fragments that scattered in every direction.

Bullet quickly recovered from his shock and said confidently,

"Useless. As long as I use Haki and sand, I can restore it."

He activated the Combine-Combine Fruit, attempting to draw sand and soil from the ground to rebuild his arm. Yet, to his horror, the surrounding earth showed no response. The sand and soil that had once answered his