The relentless punches rained down on the giant that Bullet had created.
Watching the retreating giant, Xia Chen's eyes flickered, and he said calmly:
"At your rate of Haki use, how long can your Haki last?"
Bullet had to apply Armament Haki to defend against every punch he threw, otherwise he simply couldn't withstand it.
Bullet turned solemn upon hearing Xia Chen's words, because he knew that what the other party said was true. Covering a large area with Armament Haki each time was a considerable drain on him.
But he had no choice but to do so, because once the Armament Haki was removed, he was absolutely certain that Xia Chen could disintegrate his giant body with a single punch.
"Since that's the case..."
Bullet's eyes hardened, and he stepped back a short distance. Then, the entire massive body of the giant was covered in Armament Haki, with purple light shimmering on it.
"A desperate gamble?"
Xia Chen murmured softly, and then he saw countless black and red Inazuma flashing on the giant's arm opposite him.
"Um?"
A hint of surprise appeared in Xia Chen's eyes as he looked at the scene before him.
"Simultaneously imbued with Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki? And with such a massive amount of it!"
"Are you really prepared to decide the outcome with a single blow?"
"If I don't do this, I have absolutely no chance of winning! This is my strongest attack; if this attack fails, then I've lost!"
Bullet roared, then unleashed a powerful punch at Xia Chen.
But a smile appeared on Xia Chen's lips at the sight of that powerful punch.
"To be honest, your eyesight isn't very good! You should actually say... no matter what, you can't see a chance of winning!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the rock giant beneath Xia Chen also raised its massive fist, which was also imbued with Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki, and blasted it towards Bullet.
"Boom!"
Two enormous fists collided in mid-air, sending an incredibly powerful shockwave outwards, causing the entire island to tremble continuously.
At this moment, heaven and earth seemed to have lost their color!
The two remained locked in a stalemate for several breaths, during which the entire island continued to disintegrate due to the aftershocks of the explosion, with countless fragments falling into the seabed.
At a certain moment, the golden, giant rock fist suddenly slammed towards the opposite side, while the giant's arm began to crumble inch by inch, turning into fragments that fell downwards.
As he watched the fist grow larger in his field of vision, and then looked at Xia Chen, who stood atop the rock giant with his arms crossed and a relaxed expression, Bullet's lips curled into a smile of relief.
"Is it really that powerful? There's really no hope of winning!"
"Boom!"
The next moment, another incredibly loud sound rang out as the rock giant's fist pierced through the enemy giant's body and struck Bullet inside.
Bullet's figure instantly flew backwards into the distance and disappeared into the horizon.
As expected, the Titan, having lost Bullet's power, began to disintegrate, eventually turning into a rain of rubble that fell to the ground.
"Ugh! When will I find an opponent who can put some pressure on me? Otherwise, when will I ever break through to this God-Level Haki!"
He's clearly only a hair's breadth away from God-Level Haki, but he just can't seem to break through that hair's breadth.
In this battle against Bullet, aside from using a small amount of his Devil Fruit ability, he relied entirely on Haki to fight, hoping to see if he could force Barrett to break through his limits.
But the result was a bit disappointing for him!
"You still need to practice, Bullet!"
Xia Chen shook his head, said something indifferently, and then jumped directly off the top of the rock giant's head.
After he landed, the rock giant behind him did not turn into rubble and fall to the ground, but instead transformed into a golden light and disappeared into the world.
--
"Is it... over?"
In the waters near Delta Island, countless pirates gazed at the already ruined Delta Island ahead, their expressions filled with terror.
"The entire island has been completely destroyed. Is this really something humans could do?"
"Are these the world's top experts?"
"..."
The pirates chattered amongst themselves, their words filled with shock.
Suddenly, a pirate asked curiously:
"So, who do you think won this battle?"
To his surprise, his words were immediately met with a sarcastic remark from another pirate.
"You idiot! Isn't it obvious? The first giant disintegrated, while the golden rock giant disappeared in golden light!"
"Anyone with eyes can see who won, right?"
At their distance, this was the only way they could judge, and this answer was unanimously accepted by everyone.
"That's right! Xia Chen the Sovereign definitely won! There's no doubt about it, he's the World's Strongest!"
After this incident, the pirates' awe of Xia Chen deepened, and this catastrophic power left them with no thought of resistance.
On the other side of the warship, Kizaru slowly stood up, a lewd expression appearing on his lewd face.
"Still as terrifying as ever, Your Xia Chen the Sovereign!"
Then Kizaru's body began to transform into countless light particles, which shot off in a certain direction.
That's the direction Bullet flew off in. He came with a mission; he needs to deliver on it, right?
Meanwhile, Fujitora was slurping up mouthfuls of ramen.
He's just an old man who likes to eat noodles; what does the mission have to do with him?
--
Not long after, Xia Chen returned to the Thousand Sunny. Seeing the others who had woken up and were eating meat heartily, he was immediately furious and went over to give each of them a flick on the forehead.
"Ouch! That hurts!"
Xia Chen! What are you doing?
Luffy stared at Xia Chen with wide eyes, a hint of anger in them.
"Can't I just not like you guys? I'm fighting over there while you're eating happily here!"
"And you guys are all pretty carefree! You can fall asleep right there! Aren't you afraid of dying?"
"Isn't it because you're here? What? You, the World's Strongest, can't protect us? No way? So the World's Strongest is this weak!" Luffy retorted, straining his neck.
As soon as he said this, everyone around him immediately moved within a few meters of him.
Otherwise, we'll be affected!
As expected, just as everyone guessed, Xia Chen smiled after hearing this, and then slowly walked towards Luffy, clenching his fist as he went.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
"Ah! Ah! Ah!"
After a while, seeing Luffy's Luffy turn into a pig's, Xia Chen stopped with satisfaction. This guy, it's been too long since I've fought him, he's practically tearing the roof off!
"By the way, Xia Chen, did you get that treasure?" Usopp suddenly asked, looking at Xia Chen.
"No!" Xia Chen shook his head.
"Even if we get that thing back, it won't be of any use to us!"
"Hmm? What exactly is it? Even if it's useless, just tell us to satisfy our curiosity! After all, this was such a big gimmick!"
"It's nothing, just Eternal Pose pointing to Laugh Tale!"
"What?!!"
" Eternal Log Pose pointing to Laugh Tale?"
A look of utter horror appeared on everyone's faces.
Only Luffy showed a slight smile.
"That's true, we don't need it. What's the point of going to Laugh Tale if we just rely on the Log Pose?"
" Xia Chen the Sovereign! Get down here! I challenge you!"
Just then, a loud shout reached everyone's ears, and their faces all showed strange expressions as they looked in the direction of the sound...