Ancient Zoan: Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Brachiosaurus Form

Since he was bound to die sooner or later, he might as well die in the final battle against Kaido.

"Good. Next, all that remains is Kawamatsu. We'll head to the Prisoner Mine now and meet up with Straw Hat Kid. He should have succeeded on his end by now."

Kin'emon of the Foxfire was overjoyed.

He had already contacted Komurasaki and learned that Denjiro had returned. Of the Nine Red Scabbards, only Kawamatsu, who was imprisoned in the Prisoner Mine, remained.

With all nine gathered, the full support of the Straw Hat Pirates and Heart Pirates, as well as the Kozuki loyalists hidden throughout Wano Country, the time was completely ripe. The moment to crusade against Kaido had arrived.

"The Straw Hat Pirates?"

Shutenmaru nodded. He had seen Luffy, Moonlight, and Zoro fight. With people like them joining forces, their chances of success would certainly not be low.

At this moment.

Udon Prison.

Prisoner Mine.

Luffy looked at Queen, who had transformed into a Brachiosaurus before him.

One of the All-Stars, Queen could no longer sit still and had personally entered the fray.

His enormous body was like a mountain, wrapped in powerful Armament Haki and radiating immense pressure.

He possessed a Zoan Type Devil Fruit—the Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Ancient Zoan, Brachiosaurus Form. His strength was anything but ordinary.

Whether it was Haki, abilities, or defense, all of it was top-tier!

Though he could not compare to Kaido, he was still more than formidable! Yet Luffy did not care in the slightest. His eyes were instead brimming with fighting spirit. He wanted to use this battle to awaken Advanced Armament Haki. He felt that he was already close.

All he needed was one more opportunity to master this advanced Haki!

Meanwhile, everyone watching from all around stared gravely at the two men before them.

This was an extraordinary decisive battle!

One was an All-Star of the Beasts Pirates, a terrifying man known as Plague, with a bounty of 1.32 billion Beli.

The other was a man called the Fifth Emperor of the Sea, with a bounty of 1.5 billion Beli.

How earth-shattering would a battle between these two be? Everyone watched with immense anticipation.

"Between Straw Hat Kid and Lord Queen, who is stronger?"

Even the Headliners and Gifters behind Queen were eagerly awaiting the outcome.

Before this, they would have unhesitatingly believed Queen to be stronger. But now, Straw Hat Kid had defeated one Gifter and Headliner after another without suffering any damage, even after facing a gauntlet of opponents. Such strength truly deserved the title of Fifth Emperor!

"Brachiosaurus Bomb!"

Queen made his move.

His massive body surged forward and reached a high platform at incredible speed. Then, locking onto Luffy, he leaped down fiercely.

While in midair, he descended like a falling mountain.

Before he even hit the ground, the enormous boulders and earth around him were blasted apart by the terrifying force of his impact.

"Gum-Gum..."

Luffy raised his eyes at the attack. The force descending from above made his clothes billow violently, but his expression remained resolute. Rather than retreating, he stepped forward.

His fists crossed as Haki wrapped around them, tightly clinging between both hands. Then he thrust forward, preparing to meet the attack head-on!

He was going to take this blow head-on! "Mr. Straw Hat!"

Hyogoro's expression changed instantly at the sight.

Though he stood behind Luffy, he could still sense the terror of that attack. Was Luffy really going to withstand it head-on? "This..."

The expressions of everyone around them changed as well!

Straw Hat Kid might be powerful, having defeated one ability user after another, but facing an All-Star like Queen in such a manner was simply too arrogant! The people behind Queen sneered coldly.

Especially those who had witnessed Queen's attack before—what Luffy was doing was no different from courting death!

"Boom!"

Yet at that moment, Queen's gigantic body crashed down like a mountain onto Luffy.

The ground beneath Luffy shattered in an instant, forming an incomparably deep crater.

Luffy's entire body twisted violently.

Had it not been for his Rubber Body, that blow would have crushed him into pulp!

Yet Luffy continued to resist stubbornly.

At last, the Haki wrapped around his arms suddenly turned deep red!

Advanced Armament Haki had finally emerged! "Crack!"

The Seastone chains wrapped around his hands immediately snapped apart.

Freed from the restraints of Seastone, Luffy's strength surged once more!

His twisted body immediately became far more elastic. Queen flattened him into a pancake, but in the next instant, his body expanded violently again.

As it compressed and expanded, tremendous elastic force erupted! At the same time, Luffy threw a punch. Advanced Armament Haki wrapped around his fist as it slammed fiercely into Queen's face.

The cigar in Queen's mouth was instantly sent flying.

Then his entire body was blasted backward!

Like a cannonball, he crashed into a nearby wall! "Crack!"

The wall collapsed at once! "Lord Queen!"

"How is that possible?!"

Everyone around them cried out in shock upon seeing this.

"He did it!"

Seeing the deep-red Haki wrapped around Luffy's arms, Hyogoro was overjoyed.

This was Advanced Armament Haki. Luffy had finally succeeded!

"So this is Advanced Armament Haki?"

Luffy looked at the deep-red Haki wrapped around his arms. He could clearly feel that this Haki was completely different from before!

This power had less outward ferocity, but gained an inner solidity. Right now, it seemed capable of breaking through anything!

"Lord Queen!"

At this moment, Queen's massive body crawled out from the rubble. Blood streamed down his face, showing that Luffy's blow had inflicted considerable damage.

Though he was a Zoan Type user with extraordinarily powerful external defenses, his internal defenses were much weaker.

Still, he was a Zoan Type user. Though injured, he quickly got back to his feet.

The fury in his eyes had practically solidified as he glared at Luffy!

I was careless! I let my guard down for just a moment, and I took such a heavy blow! He was about to attack again.

But before he could move, shocking news spread throughout Udon Prison and exploded across the entire Prisoner Mine: "Kid has escaped from prison!"

"Killer too! They took a lot of people with them!"

"This is bad, Lord Queen!"

Kid had actually broken out of prison! One of the Supernovas and a member of the Worst Generation aboard the Kid Pirates had successfully escaped!

And Killer as well.

The man who had been forced to eat a failed SMILE and become Kamazo the Manslayer had escaped with him! The entire Udon Prison fell into chaos!

Upon hearing this news, and seeing Queen defeated, the restless flames in everyone's hearts immediately ignited.

They could no longer be contained! "Queen has been defeated. No one in the entire prison will be a match for Straw Hat Kid anymore!"

"What are we waiting for? Haven't we been oppressed enough these past few days?"

"Revolt! Revolt!"

At once, everyone began rioting.

In particular, they all turned their eyes toward Luffy!

At this moment, if Luffy merely raised an arm and called out, they would immediately follow him!