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In the distance, a piercing pain shot through Xu Quan's knuckles, forcing him to retreat swiftly.
Dark red flames coiled around the old man's blade opposite him, and every clash left the webbing between his thumbs and forefingers numb.
Had his opponent's attention not clearly been elsewhere, those hands of his would probably have already-
Boom!!!
The island began to shake.
The Colossus tilted.
Its mountain-like body left the ground, forcibly heaved out of place by an utterly unreasonable, overwhelming force.
The displaced air erupted in a muffled boom.
Countless upturned faces froze in blank astonishment.
"How is that possible..."
"Is that... an illusion?"
Ochoku lifted the stone Colossus over his head.
Like an ant hoisting a human.
"Even with Haki strengthening him, this is..."
Someone muttered to himself.
Even Rossi could not help narrowing his eyes.
With strength like this, how exactly had he been defeated later on?
"Surely you didn't think a pile of rocks like this could give our captain trouble?"
The man with the painted face spread his brilliantly colored wings, undisguised pride in his voice.
"Our captain once moved Five Peaks Island out at sea with his bare hands, carving out a New Sea Route by force.
"That was where the name 'Five Peaks' came from."
So there had been such a story behind it.
The strength Ochoku displayed was alarming, perhaps enough to rival the legendary Demon Oars, who could move entire countries.
"How dare you-!"
Before Rossi and the others had recovered from the ** of seeing him throw Pica bodily away, Big Mom's furious roar erupted from the other side.
The eight-hundred-meter-tall stone Colossus was flying straight toward their fleet.
And the largest vessel in those waters was the Big Mom Pirates' flagship, the Queen Mama Chanter.
As for the Cold