"I could have mastered Observation Haki Killer outright. I didn't expect this power to be so difficult."
Shane looked up at Roger with a smile. Their eyes met, each cherishing the other as an opponent.
If!
As a powerhouse, one could meet an evenly matched opponent, then give everything to beat them down and kill them!
How painful that would be!
"Hahahaha!"
At that thought, Shane actually burst into involuntary laughter.
So much so that his body trembled uncontrollably.
He was utterly exhilarated!
"To live in this world is my good fortune!"
"But for me, Shane, to stand atop the mountain, with the prospect of trekking beyond the heavens and trampling all you so-called heroes underfoot-that is also fortune you've cultivated over a thousand lifetimes!"
Shane's dominance swept over the world.
Though he clearly stood in place, he vanished from everyone's perception for a second.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Conqueror's Haki surged constantly. Shane was like a weapon emitting radioactive material.
He knocked out everyone who came near!
Yet during this enormously draining eruption of Haki from within, only a fleeting moment allowed his Haki and body to fuse perfectly. That was Observation Haki Killer!
Violet Haki surged in abundance, yet appeared only for an instant.
Roger, by contrast, remained in this state at all times, with even the Haki on his blade held in check.
The moment he moved, his Haki emerged like a blood-red black dragon roaring into the sky.
"Exactly!"
"To encounter an opponent capable of putting up a fight in this lifetime is already good fortune, let alone a destined rival."
"I've defeated far too many opponents along the way, but I never wanted to eat a Devil Fruit, and I never possessed the demonic power of Rocks or Newgate."
"Yet I never imagined I would develop