"Decimating Smash!"
Clang!
His fist collided head-on with Gryphon's blade, unleashing a metallic boom like the tolling of a great bell.
Violent winds rampaged outward in a ring.
The beach beneath their feet instantly caved into a crater dozens of meters across.
Countless grains of sand melted directly under the heat, turning crystalline like glass.
Shanks felt an immensely powerful recoil travel through his sword.
The ground beneath his feet cracked layer by layer.
"What strength!"
Shanks exclaimed in admiration and turned his wrist.
Gryphon slid diagonally down the surface of Lorne's fist, attempting to deflect that monstrous force.
Lorne reacted extremely quickly, curling his left hand into a claw and violently pulling inward.
"Crushing Blow!"
An invisible, powerful pulling force materialized out of thin air.
Shanks's body involuntarily stumbled toward Lorne's embrace.
"Oh?"
"What a strange move."
Though surprised, Shanks possessed terrifying combat instincts.
Riding that pulling force, he tightened his one-handed grip on Gryphon.
Conqueror's Haki surged wildly into the blade.
He followed through with a heavy slash.
Boom!
Lightning and dark-red Haki exploded once again at extremely close range.
The entire deserted island shook violently.
Unable to withstand the pressure, the cliffs along its edges collapsed with a crash, plunging into the sea and sending towering waves skyward.
Aboard the Red Force, the officers watching the fight all looked astonished.
Yasopp could not help exclaiming, his grip tightening around his sniper rifle.
"How is that possible?"
"That kid took the boss's Gryphon with his bare fist, and his hand didn't break?"
Lucky Roux stopped chewing his meat, his eyes going wide.
"It's not just that it didn't break."
"Look at his arm. He hasn't even lost a layer of skin."
"That Armament Haki is ridiculously strong."
Benn Beckman took a deep drag on his cigarette, his gaze