"Damn it, to hell with it!
Take my spear first!"
The arrow was already on the string. There was no turning back.
The pirate with the five-hundred-million bounty couldn't bring himself to turn tail.
He tightened his grip on his spear, coating its fine-steel tip in dense Armament Haki.
And that Armament Haki kept compressing.
He concentrated every ounce of his power at the tip.
"Hah!"
With a furious roar, the five-hundred-million pirate crossed the fifteen-meter gap in an instant.
The spear tip, like a black hole, thrust straight toward Randall's skull.
Randall raised his hand to block in a show of "panic."
With a clang, the spear tip slammed into Randall's palm.
An immense force erupted instantly.
Randall lifted both feet at just the right moment, then dropped all his defenses.
The force sent him flying.
The violent blast of air sent Aokiji's curls whipping wildly.
For a moment, he genuinely thought Randall had been knocked flying.
After all, the man was far too convincing.
The look in his eyes as he flew back was practically a pie chart.
Thirty percent panic, thirty percent disbelief, thirty percent defiance, and ten percent fear.
Anyone who saw it would have believed those were Randall's true feelings.
But then Aokiji's head cleared.
Heh. Someone who could suppress everything with Conqueror's Haki? How could that possibly happen?
The five-hundred-million pirate's thrust was strong, but even Aokiji could have beaten him in a contest of strength.
Let alone Randall.
Randall flew all the way back and finally crashed through the Execution Platform.
Only then did he come to a stop.
He rose from the rubble, his palm trembling slightly.
Gaban and the others watched Randall with gleeful mockery on their faces.
They had nearly given in to despair.
That overwhelming Conqueror's Haki and those