Seeing Gern emerge completely unscathed, and hearing the absolute gulf in strength behind his casual words,
Brook felt unprecedented pressure. Even the Soul King's soul fire flickered.
They were far too close to each other right now!
With the speed and strength Gern had just demonstrated, Brook had almost no chance of retreating from his current position!
At that moment, a woman's voice rang out from atop another pile of rubble behind Gern and to his side.
"Brook! Get away from him!"
Robin crossed her hands over her chest and gave a sharp cry, instantly activating her Flower-Flower Fruit ability.
"Thirty Fleur: Iron Brace!!"
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh..."
A flurry of soft, closely packed swishes sounded!
Across Gern's body-
His neck, shoulders, upper arms, elbows, wrists, waist, thighs, knees, ankles...
Dense clusters of pale, slender arms instantly sprouted at every crucial joint and point where he could exert force!
Thirty arms in all!
They clamped down, gripped tight, and locked every part of Gern's body that could possibly generate power!
Veins stood faintly out on the arms, showing that Robin had pushed her strength to its limit!
Normally, once Iron Brace successfully restrained a target,
Robin would immediately use those arms to wrench their joints backward.
With force and angles beyond the human body's limits, she would twist the target's body backward,
Aiming to snap their spine and major bones in an instant!
It was a combination of grappling techniques that the Flower-Flower Fruit excelled at!
But... Robin stood frozen in place.
Her hands remained crossed, fine beads of cold sweat seeped from her forehead, and her face grew pale.
Because she... could not restrain this man at all!
The thirty arms growing on Gern's body were clearly using every ounce of strength to grip, twist, and break his