That streak of white lightning tore through the air and charged straight into the rain of cannon fire beneath the horrified gazes of countless pirates!
"Madman! He's a madman!"
On the patrol fleet's flagship, a one-eyed captain stared at the figure charging into the cannon fire without dodging and roared in disbelief.
"Does he think he can smash through our cannonballs with his body?!"
"Hahahaha! What an idiot! He's asking to die! Blow him to pieces!"
The pirates grinned savagely as they loaded more cannonballs into their cannons.
Yet Lorne's expression did not change in the slightest as he hung in midair.
He could not even be bothered to look at the iron balls hurtling toward him, focusing solely on his fists.
Hum!
An ink-black sheen instantly spread from his knuckles, covering his entire fists and even his forearms.
"Armament Haki Hardening!"
Without slowing down at all, Lorne smashed his Armament Haki-coated fists straight into the leading cannonball!
Boom!
The instant the cannonball touched his fist, it became like an egg struck by a hammer. Before it could even fully explode, that terrifying force blasted it into a shower of iron fragments!
"Wh... what?!"
The One-Eyed Captain's smile froze.
Before he could react, Lorne had already passed through the first barrage and plummeted like a meteor toward the flagship's deck beneath his feet!
"Look out! Get out of the way!"
"He's coming!"
The pirates screamed in terror and scattered.
Rumble!
Where Lorne's feet landed, the thick, sturdy deck shattered and caved in like thin ice trampled by a massive beast!
Countless splinters and fragments sprayed wildly in every direction, forming a devastating shock wave.
A massive hole had been punched straight through the center of the deck. Through it, even the chaos in the cabins below was visible.
The impact