[152] : [BONUS] - The Strongest Creature! The Buster Call Routed!
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A terrifying figure, like a prehistoric giant, towered over the heart of Enies Lobby. Even Elite Giant warriors rarely exceeded twenty meters in height. But this colossal figure—dwarfed even them!
And not just size.
This terrifying being possessed three heads and six arms!
One pair of fists crackled with the terrifying energy of lightning.
Another blazed with intensely concentrated flames.
The final pair pulsed with the raw, physical might of manifested physique energy, a shockwave waiting to be unleashed.
Enveloped by a faint demonic aura and with the distinctive 'flame clouds' of an Awakened Zoan coiling behind him—this figure truly resembled a wrathful God.
Ultimate Human: Asura Giant Form!
Rowen's current peak!
Under the Human-Human Fruit's influence, his strength, bones, muscles, even skin toughness, were all terrifyingly enhanced across the board.
Even without weapons, the human body possessed powerful inherent weapons.
Fists—humanity's primal tools of combat. And the Human-Human Fruit further amplified the strength of Rowen's fists.
Now, further augmented by the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, the Flare-Flare Fruit, and the power of Hakoku Sovereignty—
—Rowen's combat strength was elevated to an entirely new level!
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"Human-Human Fruit... Rumble-Rumble Fruit... Flare-Flare Fruit... and that's—the Spear of Elbaf, Hakoku Sovereignty??" Akainu's brow throbbed violently, staring at Rowen's godlike form.
Three Devil Fruit abilities—fully unleashed.
Though Zoan Devil Fruits lacked the raw destructive power of Logias or the bizarre versatility of Paramecias, in terms of direct physical enhancement, they were the strongest.
Logias granted massive stamina reserves and fast recovery, but Awakened Zoans fundamentally enhanced the user's physical form itself—anyone who Awakened a Zoan fruit became ridiculously powerful in close combat.
And Sky Sovereign Rowen wasn't just a Zoan user...
He possessed two Logia abilities: Flame and Lightning.
The physique-enhancing power of an Awakened Zoan, combined with the destructive force of Logia abilities.
Plus the Spear of Giants—Hakoku Sovereignty, the legendary technique of Elbaf.
Akainu, a Marine Admiral, naturally knew that technique. It manifested the user's physical energy, unleashing it as a devastating shockwave.
But now, under the influence of that demonic Asura Aura, Rowen hadn't released the Hakoku Sovereignty energy outwards; instead, it formed a dense energy cloud around one of his pairs of fists.
Ultimate Human: Asura Giant Form??
Even Akainu felt a palpable pressure from this terrifying form.
"COME THEN, AKAINU!" Rowen roared, laughing with absolute power.
FWOOSH! BOOM!
The first attack came from his Flame Gloves!
"OHHHHHHHHH!!!" Facing the enormous descending fists, Akainu bellowed furiously.
In a battle like this, retreating was unacceptable.
Retreat meant losing momentum.
And in the One Piece power system, it meant weakening one's Haki, putting oneself at a disadvantage—In a clash between titans like this... One could only charge forward relentlessly!
GURGLE!
CRACKLE! BOOM!
Akainu's boiling magma fists clashed violently with Rowen's descending Flame Gloves!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
A terrifying energy shockwave erupted instantly!
Air currents roiled violently from the impact, distorting the atmosphere above. The sky above Enies Lobby itself seemed to tear open, revealing a glimpse of the empty void beyond.
Under the strain of the colliding energies, Enies Lobby's main island began to shake violently, its edges collapsing into the sea. Countless pieces of the island were thrown into the air, then pulverized by the raging energy!
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"This damn Asura Aura," Akainu snarled, his expression grim.
The flames on those fists, just like before, could burn his Haki, even his Devil Fruit ability itself. And amplified by the Human-Human Fruit, their power far surpassed Rowen's earlier 'Fire Fist'!
The burning, stinging pain was even more intense, infuriating the Magma Human.
But he had no time for such feelings. He only had two magma fists, while this man had three pairs!
CRACKLE! BOOM!
Accompanied by a terrifying thunderclap, a pair of giant fists wreathed in horrifying lightning descended amidst a torrential downpour of electricity—like the true fists of a Thunder God, carrying utterly terrifying power!
Human-Human Fruit Enhancement—Thunder Gloves!
"MEIGO (DARK HOUND)——!!!" Akainu roared, unleashing his strongest technique!
BANG! BOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The Thunder Gloves clashed head-on with Akainu's Meigo!
CRACKLE! BOOM!
Violent energy erupted.
The ground of Enies Lobby's main island, beneath Rowen and Akainu—began to crack and crumble like a spiderweb.
"WHAT POWER!" Akainu felt the terrifying reactive force from unleashing Meigo, veins throbbing on his forehead.
Previously, when he used Meigo, Rowen never dared to block directly, always using his combined Door-Door and Rumble-Rumble abilities to evade—Yet now, Rowen's Thunder Gloves, enhanced by the Human-Human Fruit and Asura Aura, surpassed his Meigo in sheer force!
After activating his Human-Human Fruit's awakening power—this man's strength had ascended to another level!
But the next moment—
CRACKLE! BOOM!
Giving Akainu no respite. Rowen's final pair of fists—wreathed in a violent, tyrannical dark-red lightning from the Hakoku Sovereignty—smashed downwards towards Akainu!
"DAMN IT!" Akainu's expression changed drastically.
Only now did he truly understand how terrifying this Asura Giant Form truly was! These three heads and six arms—weren't just for show! Under the influence of Asura Aura, each head and each pair of arms functioned independently.
He could launch relentless attacks with all three pairs simultaneously!
What did this mean??
For a human to punch, the force had to be channeled through the torso to the shoulders, then through the shoulder joints to the fists—The act of throwing a punch was ultimately initiated by the shoulders!
And after a full-power punch, there was a necessary 'recovery period' before the next punch could be thrown. The shoulders had to reset, transmitting power from the body to the fists again—
This required time—it was a 'cooldown' period inherent to human, and indeed, most biological, physical structure, impossible to eliminate!
Even the top-tier powerhouses, the Emperor/Admiral level fighters, only minimized this 'cooldown'—they couldn't completely remove it.
But three heads and six arms—functioning independently—meant Sky Sovereign Rowen needed NO COOL-DOWN TIME!
He could continuously deliver full-power attacks!
Akainu's arms, retracting and striking again—that required time! And using Meigo earlier had further extended that time!
And that time—was fatal!
Akainu could only defend with his base Magma-Magma Fruit power.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The Magma world below his feet roiled and boiled as a torrent of magma surged upwards, trying to block the incoming Hakoku Sovereignty fists, buying Akainu time to recharge his fists!
But—
CRACKLE! BOOOOOOM!
The violent energy instantly shattered the magma torrent!
This punch was manifested physique energy, amplified by the Human-Human Fruit and further empowered by Haōshoku Coating and Asura Aura! A combination of four different powers!
Though the Magma-Magma Fruit was strong, blocking an attack like this with just its base power was wishful thinking!
"ARMAMENT!"
CRACK!
Akainu's Armament Haki defense—was instantly breached!
Rowen's Hakoku Sovereignty fists slammed directly onto Akainu's head.
CRACKLE! BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
The Hakoku Sovereignty energy, its shockwave cloud coiled around Rowen's fists, was unleashed, instantly erupting with terrifying force!
"UWAAGH!"
Taking this terrifying blow directly, even Akainu sprayed out a mouthful of blood, his face contorting in agony!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
The violent energy slammed Akainu's body downwards, blasting him straight through the island below!
GURGLE!
Akainu's back instantly elementized, transforming into a mass of swirling magma.
Localized Elementalization. Just like Aokiji's defense against Garp on Hachinosu in the original story.
Though Logia fruits didn't directly enhance physique and durability like Zoans or Mythical Zoans—Logia users, even when struck by a terrifying attack, could use partial elementalization to disperse the received force!
This was crucial for Logia users' tankiness!
Gurgle!
Under the Magma-Magma Fruit's influence, the earth beneath Enies Lobby was now completely transformed into a Magma world.
This magma, churning violently, contained not just the Magma-Magma Fruit's destructive force but also the Hakoku Sovereignty energy Akainu had just channeled away through localized elementalization!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Enies Lobby's main island suddenly convulsed! Under the terrifying pressure, massive holes erupted across its surface as magma geysers exploded skyward!
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"VICE ADMIRAL MOMONGA! RETREAT! ENIES LOBBY IS SINKING!" A Rear Admiral shrieked in terror.
"ADMIRAL AKAINU!"
Seeing Akainu, smashed into the very heart of Enies Lobby by Rowen, disappear beneath the earth, Momonga stared in horror.
Their Marine HQ's strongest Admiral, Akainu! In a direct frontal clash, had been punched into the ground by Sky Sovereign Rowen!
This wasn't like his clash with Admiral Aokiji, where he won through an intelligence advantage. This was a completely straightforward fight—
Sky Sovereign Rowen... THIS MAN'S POWER HAD EVOLVED AGAIN!
"QUICK! RETREAT! VICE ADMIRAL MOMONGA! THE FORCES OF JUSTICE CANNOT BE FURTHER DEPLETED HERE!" The remaining few Rear Admirals urged desperately.
But what use was panic??
Even Admiral Akainu had been beaten into the ground by Sky Sovereign Rowen. They wouldn't even last a single hit against him.
Under such circumstances, pointless self-sacrifice was unacceptable.
"RETREAT! GET BACK TO THE WARSHIPS!" Momonga finally gave the order, his face etched with pain.
Making this decision meant—this Buster Call—had been utterly routed!
Before Sky Sovereign Rowen, the Straw Hat Pirates—the force of Absolute Justice, the Buster Call, had been completely and utterly routed.
"FLEET ADMIRAL! REQUESTING REINFORCEMENTS!" Momonga yelled into a Transponder Snail as he retreated.
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"WHAT???" Sengoku stared in horror at the Transponder Snail in his hand.
The situation had deteriorated this much?? Sky Sovereign Rowen is this powerful?
In a direct confrontation... A one-on-one battle!
Akainu had been forced underground by Rowen?
This Asura Aura—not only elevated the man's Haki by a tier, but his close-combat strength as well!
Beside him, Aokiji also looked horrified.
To be able to beat Akainu into the ground in a direct confrontation—such terrifying combat power was no longer something he could match.
This proved that Sky Sovereign Rowen's power had truly reached the absolute pinnacle of the seas now!
Peak Emperor Level!
The same terrifying combat strength as Shanks and Kaido!
NO—
That Asura Giant Form's three heads and six arms provided an overwhelming advantage in one-on-one combat. Akainu's raw power wasn't inferior to Rowen's, yet against those six arms, he was completely overwhelmed—
Could it be—that Kaido's title of 'Strongest Creature'—was about to change hands, becoming synonymous with Sky Sovereign Rowen?
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