A fight to the death

Five figures sealed off every direction around Xia Le. By now, all five had transformed into enormous monsters with hideous faces.

"In eight hundred years, you are the only one who has forced us to devise such a meticulous plan, even to the point of fighting with our full strength!"

"You should be proud!"

"Xia Le!"

The icy voices swept over Xia Le, making his expression darken to the extreme.

Blood still dripped from his arms, and every aspect of his condition had been restricted and weakened.

Surrounded by the five of them and Sakazuki, even killing himself would probably be extraordinarily difficult now.

Without question, this was the most dangerous moment of his entire life!

"What should I do?"

Xia Le murmured.

For a moment, the immense pressure brought his thoughts to a standstill, leaving him bewildered and dazed.

At that very moment, the five enormous monsters moved, appearing before him in the blink of an eye.

Xia Le abruptly raised his head. The confusion in his eyes vanished, replaced by madness and ferocity, while a smile spread across his face.

"You've really got the blood boiling inside me!"

Boom!

His violent Conqueror's Haki erupted fully at that moment, like a wild horse breaking free of its reins, surging forth without the slightest restraint.

In an instant, that terrifying presence swept across ten thousand meters, fifty thousand meters, a hundred thousand meters.

The black-and-red backdrop altered the weather itself, darkening the sky overhead as lightning flickered through it.

"Without my arms, I still have my feet!"

"Even without my feet, I still have my teeth!!"

"And my head!!"

His ferocious words shook the air. Golden cherry blossoms flowed and danced across his entire body.

An instant later, black-red lightning burst forth.

"This man's mastery of Haki!!"

"It's almost unparalleled!!"