Violent air currents erupted from the point of impact, sweeping across the entire island.
Red-Hair hurtled backward, and almost the instant he did-
Bang, bang, bang-
An unbroken barrage of gunfire rang out.
Yasopp and Beckman fired several shots in rapid succession.
Infused with Haki, the bullets streaked toward Sakazuki's vital points like rays of light.
Sakazuki watched the incoming bullets impassively.
"Lava Burst Orb."
His body rapidly heated up and turned red. In an instant, the entire island seemed to plunge into a scorching hell.
An explosive shock wave several times stronger than their earlier clash swept outward with a deluge of magma. The bullets abruptly stalled, then flew backward under its force.
Every building on the island instantly crumbled into ruins, buried beneath magma and set ablaze.
Sakazuki's figure re-formed on the spot.
Suddenly, alarm bells blared in his mind. He tilted his neck slightly to one side, drove his right elbow backward, and reached out with his right hand.
Boom!
His right elbow firmly braced against Shanks behind him.
His right hand, which had been reaching for Shanks's wrist, veered off course and grabbed the blade of Griffin instead.
A drop of blood fell from Griffin's tip onto the magma below.
Sizzle-
It instantly evaporated.
A wound appeared on Sakazuki's neck, slowly oozing a thin trickle of blood.
"Observation Haki Killer."
His tone grew a little more serious.
Without experiencing the effects of Observation Haki Killer firsthand, there was no way to understand how absurdly powerful the ability was...
The entire island was covered in magma after the Lava Burst Orb's detonation, yet he still hadn't sensed Red-Hair's presence...
Red-Haired Shanks's expression was grave as well.
"So you blocked it."
To be honest...
Only a handful of people in the navy could withstand Red-Hair's Observation Haki Killer,