"Careful, everyone."
Shane expelled his pain and sent it with a palm strike toward an elite vice admiral whose hairstyle closely resembled Momonga's later one.
The man instinctively defended with Haki.
But Shane's Haki was at the same level as his, so how could the fruit ability layered on top of it be nullified!
"You think you can do whatever you please in front of me with that little speed?"
Zephyr used another Flash Step, blocking Shane's path.
He was now using his true strength, with greater control over his speed and power.
He was faster than before!
Thus, in their very first exchange, he sensed the repelling force on Shane's fist!
Even that painful damage seemed insignificant before Zephyr's advanced Haki.
He had spent more than ten years honing and pushing past the Six Powers, until he raised his body's basic attributes to their strongest.
Then he had tempered his two-color Haki, returning from mountains of corpses and seas of blood to attain his position as an admiral today.
Zephyr and Garp could be called the two most unusual Marine Headquarters Admirals in history: neither had a Devil Fruit to fall back on.
They could only hone their Haki!
And where Garp was stronger was that, as Dragon's father and Luffy's grandfather, he possessed formidable Conqueror's Coating.
Perhaps because he was stronger and had received more rest and recovery.
Even in old age, Garp was faster than Zephyr.
Even so.
As Rayleigh had said, they had grown old in the end, outnumbered and unable to sustain a prolonged battle.
It was precisely to avoid that situation that Shane had chosen to obtain a Mythical Zoan at the first opportunity.
That way, its vitality and recovery would allow Shane to remain at his peak longer.
What people feared most was