In midair, Hades's Nightmare and Roger's Ace struck at each other, their power clashing invisibly.
Conqueror's Haki coating and Armament Haki condensed to its utmost limit dyed the two weapons a dark red.
At some point, both men's pupils had turned an imposing red.
Their terrifying destructive power collided.
In an instant, the world changed color. The entire sky darkened, as though everything had been drawn toward the two men.
Dark red lightning coiled around their weapons, streaking through the air.
Terrifying shock waves erupted outward from the two men. Surging waves drove both pirate ships farther and farther away, soon pushing them hundreds of meters back.
The two figures hung in midair. Beneath them, a hemispherical depression hundreds of meters across had formed in the sea.
Violent currents churned continuously like a whirlpool.
This was a clash between the greatest powers in the world.
Under the others' astonished gazes, the two men's weapons never actually touched.
Yet between Nightmare and Ace lay a terrifying power that made their hearts tremble.
This was a clash of their force fields, a clash of Haki—or, more precisely, a clash of Conqueror's Domains.
An invisible pressure field had therefore formed between them, spreading continuously outward and causing changes over such an immense area.
Their terrifying Conqueror's Haki caused violent fluctuations in the magnetic field, which in turn altered the weather.
Bolts of purple lightning streaked across the sky like nature's wrath.
Hades gripped Nightmare tightly, his arm muscles bulging and his eyes wide as he pressed toward Roger with even greater force.
His long purple hair streamed behind him.
Roger refused to give ground. Veins bulged on his forehead as he held his blade in both hands and pushed another step forward.
Though both men remained suspended in midair, they managed this extraordinary