Heavenly Capital

"Ali!"

Vic looked up and saw it happen. "Ali!" he cried, his voice thick with pain.

Ali was the deputy he trusted most. In the blink of an eye, they had been parted by death.

Ali felt as though he had taken flight. Only when he saw his headless body did he realize he was dead.

It did not end there. Hades's overwhelming strength sent a crescent-shaped slash through the air, its edge infused with slaughterous energy and the Power of Death.

Dozens of Marines behind Ali lay in its path.

The slash cut straight through their bodies, splitting them in two. They had no hope of stopping it.

Elsewhere, Titan sensed Hades's fury and struck again. One blow from his hammer killed López, Vice Admiral Casillas's deputy.

Casillas could do nothing to stop him.

He could only watch as Rear Admiral López's body was driven deep into the ground.

López's life was fading fast. He clearly did not have long to live.

Titan had fitted his hammer with plenty of spikes to make it deadlier.

They pierced López's body one after another, and one went straight through his heart.

Titan's overwhelming strength was on full display. He turned on Casillas and seized complete control of the fight.

Casillas did not dare meet Titan head-on. He had tried, and Titan had crushed him in a contest of strength.

A single clash had nearly shattered his bones. It had taken everything he had to hold out.

Only when Vice Admiral Henry joined him did the pressure ease, and even then, only a little.

Titan's strength was overwhelming, but his movements were anything but slow. His body was harder than steel, and with Armament Haki reinforcing it, he faced both Marine Vice Admirals without taking a scratch.

Tempered on Rusukaina Island, Titan