Battle Begins

World led a large force and finally arrived before the massive object covered in white cloth. He looked up at its enormous outline, greed and impatience flashing in his eyes.

"Wororororo! Not bad, brat!"

With the manner of a superior addressing a subordinate, World grinned grotesquely at Adams, who stood quietly before him.

"Quick! Pull off the cloth and let me inspect the goods properly!"

Adams's expression remained indifferent, his eyes calm and still.

"No rush. This thing still needs one final key 'component' before it can be activated."

"Hm?"

World's thick brows drew together, his face full of impatience.

"What is it? Spit it out! I don't have time for your riddles!"

Adams slowly raised a finger and pointed at World. "Your... head."

The instant his words fell!

Whoosh

A ring of air exploded from where Adams had been standing, and his figure vanished abruptly! Almost at the same instant, he appeared before World.

A layer of Armament Haki flowed over his fist, as large as a casserole pot, bearing both hardness and crushing impact as it drove straight at World's face without any flourish.

"What?!" World's pupils shrank to pinpoints. His extensive combat experience made him instinctively coat both arms in Armament Haki and cross them before himself to block.

Boom—!!!

A thunderous impact erupted!

The terrifying physical power contained in Adams's fist, combined with the shockwave of Armament Haki, produced a devastating effect.

World's bear-like body was actually knocked off the ground by a single punch. His feet gouged two deep trenches across the earth as he flew backward, crashing through an abandoned armory factory dormitory behind him before barely coming to a stop amid swirling dust.

Byjack, perched on his shoulder, had been flung away by the impact long ago, rolling miserably across the ground more