Sakazuki's large, black-gloved hand caught the severed head as it flew through the air.
Yasopp's headless body fell limply, swept into the sea and lost amid the chaotic storm of shock waves.
Just like that, a core member of the "Iron Wall Pirates," reputed to be the most evenly balanced crew among the Four Emperors, had died so easily...
This was what made Sakazuki impossible to counter-or downright unfair.
Few could do anything like this. Even members of an Emperor's Pirates Crew could not steady themselves and remain suspended in the air amid a self-detonation on the scale of a natural disaster.
Hale Nock could manage that, but he lacked the strength to overwhelm them like this.
Unable to steady themselves amid the blast, the Red Hair Pirates could not protect every member of their crew.
And Sakazuki had the strength to overwhelm any of them, though Red-Hair's Observation Haki Killer and speed were somewhat troublesome...
Whoosh-
A brilliant slash swept across heaven and earth before Red-Hair's furious roar reached him:
"Yasopp!!!"
A vertical slash surged toward Sakazuki, seemingly cleaving space in two.
Watching the slash bear down on him with what seemed like the weight of heaven and earth, Sakazuki raised his left hand, still holding Yasopp's head.
Red-Hair had just steadied himself through a series of explosive movements and was charging behind the sword aura. The sight made his eyes bulge with fury:
"Sakazuki!!!!"
His fury of a moment ago became equally bitter regret-and even greater fury...
A cold sneer curled Sakazuki's lips as he held Yasopp's head out in front of him.
The enormous slash filled his vision, spanning heaven and earth as it crushed toward him. Yasopp's head was the first thing it annihilated...
It took only an instant.
Before the eyes of Red-Hair and his