Two domineering auras collided.
Black lightning flashed through the air, and heaven and earth changed color.
The instant their Haki clashed, Cracker's arrogant expression changed.
His aura was actually being suppressed.
Only by confronting it did he realize how powerful his opponent's Haki was.
As soon as they clashed, his own aura was forced steadily back, the territory it occupied shrinking by the moment.
Before long, his opponent's terrifying aura pressed down on him once again.
His own aura had been completely suppressed, unable to budge.
"How is that possible? Cracker's aura has been completely suppressed?"
"This Haki is almost as powerful as Mama's, isn't it?"
"Who is he? How does he have such a terrifying aura?"
"How could the Brunei Family have someone like this?"
"I've never heard of the Brunei Family having anyone like this!"
The members of the Charlotte Family spoke in shock.
They felt that the situation had already spiraled beyond their control!
After all, Conqueror's Haki could not grow through training.
Presence, confidence, and will determined the strength of one's Haki.
Yet presence, confidence, and will were often tied to one thing: strength.
That was why Conqueror's Haki was often related to strength.
Tap, tap, tap! Along with the Conqueror's Haki, footsteps slowly emerged from within the Brunei Family's grounds.
Gradually, a young figure appeared before everyone.
"It's noisy. Can things finally quiet down a little now?"
"Yo, welcome to the Brunei Family, everyone from the Charlotte Family," the newcomer said mildly.
"Who are you?" Cracker asked.
"My name is Brunei Zesi. Hmm, the current head of the Brunei Family. Didn't Perospero tell you? Perospero, Katakuri, and I go back a ways."
The newcomer was none other than Zesi.
Without needing anyone to report to him, Zesi had already sensed the commotion outside.
After leaving a few instructions for the Shadow Wings members who were training, Zesi walked out.
"Katakuri!" The members of the Charlotte Family sounded slightly surprised.
They were not surprised that someone from the Brunei Family knew Perospero, but knowing Katakuri as well was something of a surprise.
Katakuri was the masterpiece of their Charlotte Family and was usually quite proud. Ordinary people had no way of striking up a friendship with him.
Not unless their strength had earned Katakuri's acknowledgment.
"Interesting. You even know Katakuri. But wiping out the Brunei Family is Mama's order. Even Katakuri can't stop it!" Cracker said with a sneer.
"Wipe out the Brunei Family? So Big Mom wants to go to war with us. Where is Big Mom, then? Why don't I see her?" Zesi said mildly.
"The insignificant Brunei Family hardly warrants Mama taking action. Go, kill him!" Cracker said.
At Cracker's words, his Biscuit Soldiers immediately charged at Zesi in unison.
Facing the oncoming Biscuit Soldiers, Zesi stood there silently.
Just as the Biscuit Soldiers were about to reach him, Zesi finally raised his head.
He raised a fist.
A ball of white light enveloped it.
"Are you here to be a joke? If you want war, have Big Mom bring her Big Mom Pirates here herself!" Zesi raised his fist, wreathed in white light, and swept it toward the charging Biscuit Soldiers.
"Quake Wave Band!" A distorted horizontal band formed in the wake of his fist.
An invisible shock of vibrations surged from the distorted band, sweeping across everything before it.
Boom! The terrifying vibrational shock swept over the Biscuit Soldiers, shattering them all.
The powerful impact swept all the soldiers lying on the ground around them a long distance away.
A broad stretch of the ground shattered as well.
"How is that possible? He shattered all of Cracker's Biscuit Soldiers that easily?"
"What is that power? It's not Haki. Could it be a Devil Fruit power?"
"What terrifying attack power!"
"Who exactly is he?"
Everyone from the Charlotte Family gaped in shock.
They knew just how sturdy Cracker's Biscuit Soldiers were.
Even they had difficulty breaking Cracker's Biscuit Soldiers.
Let alone smashing those Biscuit Soldiers into such tiny pieces.
Someone else present was even more shocked than they were.
That person was Feiluo, who had arrived afterward.
Under Zesi's arrangements, Feiluo was now training alongside the Shadow Wings members as well.
When Zesi had hurried off just now, Feiluo knew something must have happened.
So he followed him over.
He had just arrived when he saw Zesi unleash a Quake Wave Band.
The distorted space along that band and its domineering power both astonished Feiluo.
"It certainly is powerful, but it's useless. These Biscuit Soldiers are merely constructs made with Cracker's Biscuit-Biscuit Fruit ability. No matter how thoroughly you shatter them, he can just as easily construct them again," Charlotte Counter said with a sneer.
"He's Cracker of the Thousand Arms, a Sweet Commander of our Big Mom Pirates. He can make as many of these biscuit warriors as he wants!" Charlotte Cadenz said smugly as well.
Sure enough, as soon as they finished speaking, the shattered biscuits flew up again, forming one Biscuit Soldier after another.
Not only that, more pieces of biscuit appeared, forming new Biscuit Soldiers.
In the blink of an eye, dozens of Biscuit Soldiers stood before Zesi.
Dozens of Biscuit Soldiers stepped forward in unison, charging at Zesi.
"Is this what you're relying on?"
"Then I'll destroy what you're relying on."
"Quake Annihilation Hammer!" Zesi raised his fist again. Just like Whitebeard's signature attack motion in the original work, Zesi brought his fist up to his left shoulder, then hammered it outward.