Sengoku hurriedly turned toward Ace and saw a shadowy figure gradually taking solid form beside him.
Without a second thought, he immediately activated his Devil Fruit powers.
In an instant, he transformed into an enormous golden Buddha, dozens of meters tall and shining with golden light.
He raised a fist and smashed it toward the shadowy figure.
But before his fist could reach it, it collided with a bird's talon crackling with black lightning.
The collision produced a tremendous explosion.
An immensely powerful shock wave followed!
The shock wave swept across the entire battlefield faster than sound!
The weaker pirates finally collapsed peacefully to the ground.
As that overwhelming force shot into the clouds, the entire sky split in two!
"Th-that's Divine Roc Kuro!"
"What a fast man!!"
"C-Conqueror's Haki clashing!!"
"I... I never thought Divine Roc Kuro would have Conqueror's Haki too!!"
"Look! The... the sky split open!!"
"The Lott Pirates are terrifyingly powerful!"
"So this is the number two of the world's strongest Pirate Crew? He's actually this strong!"
Boom!
With a tremendous explosion, both men were driven backward and drifted down below the Execution Platform.
Sengoku was a little stunned. The force coming from Kuro's talon was undeniably powerful.
Even he found it quite difficult to handle.
He had assumed the Lott Pirates would be like other pirate crews, with just one outstanding member.
During the previous operation to surround and eliminate the Lott Pirates, aside from Lott, Kuro had only barely been able to fight an Admiral to a draw.
In reality, his strength had put his odds against an Admiral at forty to sixty.
And he had shown no sign whatsoever of possessing Conqueror's Haki.
Yet in just over a year, Kuro had not only mastered Conqueror's Haki, but also learned Conqueror's Haki coating!
Conqueror's