Hades made his move

The terrifying impact slammed straight into the center of the "curtain."

An unseen devouring force consumed and depleted the Haki.

The concentrated poison gas corroded Neuer's Haki.

Against such terrifying destructive power, Neuer's "feeble" Haki could not hold out for long.

Before long, it broke under the relentless destruction and corrosion.

The poison gas corroded Neuer's body and devoured his stamina.

The excruciating pain made it difficult for him to maintain such a wide defensive perimeter.

If he withdrew immediately and stopped spreading his Haki so thin, he would certainly be in much better shape.

But he did not. He kept holding on.

"Looks like he still hasn't grasped the situation!"

Pirate ships had already drawn close, surrounding G-46 Fortress on every side.

The Marines who noticed all this looked utterly despairing.

It was as though darkness had already swallowed them.

Yet Neuer was still protecting them, still holding on.

His actions inspired them, and they took up their weapons to fight with everything they had.

"Every time I see this, I feel like some great villain."

And they really were. They were pirates, after all!

There was never any need to show mercy to the Marines.

"This is bad! The Den Den Mushi has no signal. We can't contact headquarters!" An intelligence officer came running over in a panic.

The news darkened the faces of the three Vice Admirals guarding G-46 Fortress.

When they realized things were going wrong, they had ordered their Marines to contact headquarters for reinforcements while Neuer blocked Titan's Hell Roar.

Unfortunately, the attempt had failed.

"They brought that damned machine here!" Vice Admiral Kohler, a man with a fiery temper, could not help cursing.

They had already guessed the cause: the Den Den Mushi Signal Jammer.

This machine was highly effective at preventing intelligence