Though she vaguely sensed something was off about the pose Xie Wen was holding her up in, Sasha Meow was not a little furball like Ai Haibara Meow or Klee Meow, after all. She neither turned to bite his hand nor squirmed restlessly, but quietly let him hold her high as she unhurriedly took out the Golden Scepter made from Kulve Taroth materials.
"Meooow!"
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Sasha Meow raised the scepter in her paws, and the fur on her tail bristled along with it, turning into a giant "feather duster" that swayed in front of Xie Wen.
Then Xie Wen felt a warm current sweep through his entire body. The slight fatigue he had accumulated before arriving at Torrance Town vanished in an instant, leaving him brimming with energy.
Meanwhile, the pirates drawing ever closer to Torrance felt something entirely different. The immense pressure made even the air around them feel heavy, and breathing instantly became difficult.
Some pirates even foamed at the mouth and passed out with their eyes rolling back under the intimidation of this Conqueror's Haki. More of them, however, managed to withstand Sasha Meow's Conqueror's Haki, difficult though it was.
After all, they were pirates who had participated in the battle of Egghead Island, and had developed some resistance to Conqueror's Haki.
Besides, even leaving Kaido and Big Mom aside, the pressure displayed by Saint Saturn and Saint Mars, those two members of the Five Elders, had been considerably stronger than the Conqueror's Haki Sasha Meow was releasing now.
What was more...
"Conqueror's Haki? What's so great about that?!"
"I've got the qualities of a king too!"
"Hahahahaha! You think a little Conqueror's Haki will scare us off? This is the New World!"
Along with those shouts, several bursts of Conqueror's Haki erupted from the largest pirate