Bullet, transformed into a white tiger, let out a deafening roar.
"Combined!"
The inorganic matter that had been prepared beneath their feet, drawn by a surge of purple energy, all transformed into a purple torrent.
Bullet's thoughts enveloped the massive white tiger's body.
In just a few breaths, Bullet's body had swelled to an astonishing size.
This is the strongest form resulting from the combination of the Combine-Combine Fruit and the White Tiger Model — the White Tiger Gundam.
But that's not all.
Bullet took a deep breath, and the power of the More-More Fruit circulated rapidly within his body, unleashing an invisible amplifying force.
" Momo - 100x Increase!"
Bullet's growl echoed across the training field.
The already enormous beast expanded rapidly under the hundredfold amplification of the More-More Fruit, and moments later a behemoth tens of thousands of meters tall appeared in the sky above Hachinosu.
Inside the behemoth, Bullet sensed its enormous size and was overwhelmed with excitement.
The others stared at the colossal beast that blotted out the sky, nearly dropping their jaws in astonishment.
"This is way too exaggerated!"
Everyone on the training field stopped what they were doing.
Tesoro narrowed his eyes, golden arcs of electricity crackling wildly in his pupils.
Savi gasped, and involuntarily took a half step back.
Jesus Burgess clenched his fists, his palms sweating.
Even the usually composed Lucci's expression changed slightly.
" Bullet is serious."
Bullet's lips curled into a ferocious grin, and his tiger-like eyes burned with a frenzied fighting spirit.
" Roy --!!!"
His roar shook the heavens and the earth.
"Take this punch from me—!!!"
Bullet unleashed a brutal swing of his massive tiger claw, amplified a hundredfold.
The air was torn apart.
It's not a metaphor; it's a literal tearing apart.
Where the tiger's claws passed, they tore through the air, creating a hurricane-like force on Hachinosu.
Gravel, dust, and even large sections of Bar reinforced ground were torn up.
Before the punch even landed, the wind from the punch had already created a huge hemispherical dent in the sea behind Roy.
This is Bullet's full-force attack, a fusion of the material control from the Combine-Combine Fruit, the physical strength of his White Tiger Model, the hundredfold amplification from the More-More Fruit, and his own Haki amplification.
The four forces combined are enough to wipe a large island off the map.
"Hello!"
" Bullet! This is outrageous!"
Roy stood there, helpless in the face of this devastating punch.
He certainly didn't want Wind Nest Island to be rebuilt under Bullet's impulsive actions.
Roy raised his right hand, activated his Soul-Soul Fruit ability, and immediately split his soul into three parts.
His own Telekinesis Domain expanded instantly, enveloping Bullet within it. In a flash...
Roy appeared above Bullet's head, his left hand flickering with soul flames. With a slap, a fragment of Roy's soul surged into the giant beast's body.
Roy, also eager to try and replicate Big Mom's creation, attempted to transform the giant white tiger built by Bullet into Homies.
Bullet, inside the behemoth, sensed the anomaly the moment Roy moved. Its giant claws, which had been under its control, suddenly paused the instant Roy's soul entered.
A will not his own is trying to wrest control of the behemoth from him.
Bullet grinned, unleashing his Conqueror's Haki and Demonic Aura simultaneously. Roy's wisp of soul energy instantly dissipated and returned to Roy's body.
"Looks like this won't work!"
Roy withdrew his hand, thinking to himself,
"Since the Soul-Soul Fruit doesn't work, let's try the Dark-Dark Fruit!"
With a thought, Roy's soul flame vanished, followed by a plume of black smoke rising from his body.
The black flames formed by the Dark-Dark Fruit, guided by Telekinesis, directly penetrated the giant beast's body. When Bullet sensed the anomaly, the chains formed by Telekinesis and the black flames bound Bullet's white tiger body.
The power of the White Tiger Fruit was instantly sealed into Roy's body.
The powers of the Combine-Combine Fruit and the More-More Fruit also disappeared.
The once colossal Gundam, which blotted out the sky, instantly disintegrated, turning into clumps of inorganic matter that fell from the heavens.
High in the sky, Roy waved his hand, and the disintegrating inorganic matter coalesced into a ball that floated behind Roy, bringing Bullet, who was sealed away, back to the ground.
The brief exchange of skills has come to an end.
Roy removed the black flame chains from Bullet's body.
The training ground was quiet for a while.
Bullet suddenly burst out laughing and gave Roy a thumbs up.
"Is this the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit? Roy, your power is getting more and more monstrous."
The atmosphere on the training field suddenly relaxed.
The tense air began to move again, and the sea breeze blew in from afar, carrying the salty smell of the sea and the dust stirred up by the battle.
Roy walked over to Bullet and reached out to pull him up from the ground.
"Of course! This is a Devil Fruit ability that I've thought about for a long time before deciding on it!"
"However, your combination of abilities completely exceeded my expectations."
The Combine-Combine Fruit forms armor, the More-More Fruit amplifies your size, and combined with your seemingly endless reserves of Haki, it's hard to imagine anyone in this world being able to withstand your attacks!
"You flatter me!"
Bullet grinned when he heard Roy's analysis.
And at this time...
Under a large tree at the far end of the training field, Dracule Mihawk silently watched the game.
From Tesoro testing the Gold-Gold Fruit, to Jesus Burgess shattering the sea with a single punch, to Savi's repulsive force explosion, and then to Bullet's devastating punch just now—he saw it all.
He was leaning against the tree trunk with his arms crossed in front of his chest, while Black Blade Yoru leaned against the tree root beside him.
A rare, subtle change appeared on that face that was usually expressionless.
It wasn't because Bullet's punch was so shocking, nor because Roy's defense was so exquisite.
It was because he sensed the gap.
It's not a vague gap in strength, but a concrete and real gap.
Bullet combined the Combine-Combine Fruit with the More-More Fruit, unleashing an attack powerful enough to destroy an island;
Roy used the combined power of the Triple Devil Fruit to create an even more unpredictable offensive strategy.
And what about him?
His swordsmanship remains the best in the world.
Black Blade Yoru, remains the strongest among the Supreme Great Grade Sword.
But his power comes from only two sources—swordsmanship and Haki.
Although he had honed these two powers to their limits, they were beginning to appear somewhat weak compared to the combined amplification of Bullet's power and the multiple Devil Fruit stacking of Roy's power.
No matter how skilled one is with a sword, one can still cut a mountain in half with a single strike.
No matter how powerful the Haki, it can still cleave through space by wrapping around the blade.
But now Bullet and Roy are demonstrating a combination of various abilities.
These powers are beyond the reach of mere swordsmanship and Haki.
Hawk Eyes looked down at Black Blade Yoru leaning against him.
His hand gently stroked the blade, his fingertips touching the fine lines on it.
Black Blade Yoru seemed to tremble slightly.
"Night, can you feel it too?"
Hawk Eyes murmured, his fingers slowly tracing the blade, a long-dormant glint of something igniting in his golden eyes.
That was a longing. A longing for something stronger.
"It seems that top-tier swordsmanship and Haki alone are no longer enough to break the shackles of this world."
Hawk Eyes straightened up, grasped the hilt of the Black Blade Yoru, and slowly pulled the Supreme Great Grade Sword from beside the tree root.
His golden eyes burned with fighting spirit, resentment, and a long-dormant competitive drive.
He turned and walked out of the training field.
Without turning back or greeting anyone, he simply carried the Black Blade Yoru and walked steadily toward the intelligence room.