"And his strength... every punch hits like a mountain crashing down. My men can't even take a single blow!"
Watching the deck splinter and his men fly backward, Perospero began to lose confidence.
"No, this can't go on. If I let him wreak havoc in my fleet, all three elite fleets will be finished here today!"
He took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and shouted an order.
"Candy Army, come forth!"
He swung his cane, and vast quantities of candy syrup solidified on the sea, forming hundreds of Candy Soldiers armed with shields and longswords.
These soldiers felt no pain and were extremely hard. Under Perospero's control, they surged toward Lorne like a tide.
"Wear him down with numbers!"
"I refuse to believe his stamina is endless!"
Perospero shouted through gritted teeth.
Lorne laughed as he watched the Candy Soldiers swarm toward him.
"Numbers?"
"Before the truth of the sea, numbers mean nothing!"
Using Soru, he became streaks of golden light, darting through the Candy Army.
Every punch carried the terrifying armor-shredding damage of Decimating Smash, smashing several Candy Soldiers to pieces.
"Crushing Blow!"
Lorne pulled with both hands. An invisible gravitational force seemed to form in the air, forcibly dragging dozens of Candy Soldiers before him and slamming them together, sending candy fragments bursting across the sky.
"The Show Stopper!"
Lorne locked onto the largest Candy Giant and leaped up. In midair, he locked his arms around the giant's neck and drove it down like a meteor into a nearby warship.
Boom!
The tremendous impact snapped the warship in half, and the violent shock wave sent all the pirates nearby flying into the sea.
Towering sprays of water and candy fragments from the impact shrouded the entire battlefield.
"The rear admiral has already sunk one of