At last, it was time for Hades and Jörmungandr to fight.
This showdown seemed like a clash at the pinnacle ordained by fate, drawing everyone's eyes and making even the surrounding air freeze.
Hades looked solemn yet excited. He abruptly flung his shirt aside, revealing his sturdy physique before everyone.
His muscles bulged as though cast from steel, each seeming to hold boundless power, displaying his dignity and confidence as a powerhouse.
"Jörmungandr, aside from Kakarot, I've never seen any creature that could match me in strength. Let me get a proper measure of your power!"
Hades's voice boomed like a great bell, his roar echoing all around. With that roar,
a heavy, violent aura spread rapidly outward from him like a surging tide.
In an instant, a faint yellow glow radiated from Hades's entire body. Like a physical manifestation of strength, it illuminated the space around him.
Immediately afterward, his body began growing rapidly, his bones and muscles swelling continuously within the light.
Over the past few years, Hades had progressed at an astonishing pace. His control over his Devil Fruit, in particular, had reached an entirely new height.
His complete Titan Giant Form had grown from fifty meters tall when he first ate the fruit to nearly two hundred meters tall now.
Back when he was the Hellfire Demon Ant King, his strength had already been terrifying beyond measure. The Titan Giants were also renowned for their tremendous strength, and combining the advantages of both had brought Hades's power to an astonishing level.
Kakarot firmly believed that, aside from himself as a special existence, there should be no one else in this One Piece world stronger than Hades in raw strength.
Now, the two-hundred-meter-tall Hades stood proudly, a full head taller than even the coiled Jörmungandr.
His mountain-like