Boom!
Lucas’s overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki swept forward with unstoppable force.
Everyone standing on the platform felt as though the very air had been ripped from their lungs.
Their minds buzzed violently.
Even Boa Hancock, standing aboard the Kuja Pirates’ ship, was no exception.
As one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea and the user of the Love-Love Fruit, Hancock had always been the center of attention wherever she went.
Not only ordinary people—
Even high-ranking Marines found it difficult to resist the overwhelming charm that radiated from her very being.
Yet this Marine Admiral had attacked without the slightest hesitation.
It was as if her beauty had no effect on him whatsoever.
"You insolent fool!"
Hancock’s expression turned icy.
"I am one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea!"
"And you dare attack me?"
"It’s only Conqueror’s Haki!"
"My Haki is stronger than yours!"
With a sharp cry, Hancock released her own Conqueror’s Haki.
Golden waves of Haki erupted from her body like a raging storm, colliding head-on with Lucas’s crimson torrent.
Boom!!
Black lightning crackled violently as the two Conqueror’s Haki clashed.
"Lucas, have you lost your mind?!"
The CP0 agent suddenly shouted.
"This is Saint Charlos!"
"Do you think he doesn’t exist?!"
The sudden turn of events had completely exceeded his expectations.
After dragging the dizzy Saint Charlos dozens of meters away, he finally couldn’t hold back any longer.
Before he could say anything else—
Spandam, who had already fled several hundred meters away while enduring the lingering pressure, screamed at the top of his lungs.
"CP0!"
"Run!"
"Get out of there!"
"His Conqueror’s Haki isn’t normal!"
Isn’t normal?
Both Hancock and the CP0 agent froze.
The next instant—
Hancock’s expression changed dramatically.
Boom!
The golden Conqueror’s Haki she had just released—
Which should have been an invisible force—
Was torn apart like paper the instant it collided with Lucas’s crimson Haki.
It didn’t even last half a second.
The unbelievable sight filled Hancock’s mind with an absurd realization.
Lucas’s Conqueror’s Haki...
Was fundamentally different from hers.
Wherever it passed...
It behaved less like spiritual pressure...
And more like a tangible shockwave.
Especially after seeing the earth itself being ripped apart in its wake—
If this was merely "ordinary Conqueror’s Haki"...
Then what exactly had she been using all this time?
The CP0 agent finally understood as well.
Only now did he realize why Lucas had repeatedly emphasized that he should protect Saint Charlos.
From the very beginning...
Lucas had never intended to exclude them from the attack.
"Lucas!"
"How dare you!!"
The CP0 agent roared.
By now, Saint Charlos had already been left completely dazed by the Conqueror’s Haki.
Even if he had remained conscious...
Facing this overwhelming tide of Haki crashing toward him like a tsunami...
He would have been scared out of his wits.
The only thing the CP0 agent could do...
Was throw himself in front of Saint Charlos.
"Full-Body Armament Haki!"
At the same time—
Hancock also moved.
Although still shocked, she had no time to hesitate.
Jet-black Armament Haki coated her long legs.
"Armament Haki—Perfume Femur!"
Her powerful kick collided directly with Lucas’s advancing Haki.
Boom!!
A violent shockwave exploded outward like a hurricane.
Two figures were blasted backward like cannonballs.
Whether it was Hancock...
Or the CP0 agent...
Both felt as though they had slammed headfirst into an indestructible mountain of steel.
A deafening crash echoed through the harbor.
The CP0 agent and Saint Charlos were hurled straight into the massive Gate of Justice.
Hancock, meanwhile, was thrown completely off her ship—
Straight toward the sea.
Under normal circumstances...
None of them would have been reduced to such a miserable state.
Unfortunately...
Lucas’s Conqueror’s Haki had completely shattered everything they thought they knew.
It had caught them utterly off guard.
"Big Sister!"
"Watch out!"
Boa Marigold had barely regained her footing aboard the violently rocking ship before shouting in alarm.
Beside her, Boa Sandersonia immediately leapt forward to rescue Hancock.
Only then did both sisters realize—
They were all Devil Fruit users.
To them...
The sea was fatal.
Ordinarily, the Kuja warriors would have rushed to save them.
But the collision of two Conqueror’s Haki users had struck without warning.
Most of the warriors had already collapsed unconscious.
Only a handful remained barely awake.
None of them could react in time.
All they could do...
Was watch helplessly as the three sisters fell toward the ocean.
ROAR!!
A gigantic shadow suddenly burst from beneath the sea.
A massive Sea King opened its enormous jaws—
Attempting to swallow all three women in one bite.
Everyone’s face changed.
The enormous creature had also been affected by the clash of Conqueror’s Haki and had surfaced in a frenzy.
Lucas frowned slightly.
He hadn’t expected things to become this troublesome.
He glanced at his pocket watch.
Then sighed.
"You’ve got terrible luck."
"There are only twenty seconds left before I get off work..."
"And you just had to throw yourself into my path."
"Oh well."
"I’d rather not listen to old man Sengoku nagging me afterward."
Whoosh!
Lucas stepped forward.
His figure vanished like a phantom.
After only a few flashes—
He appeared directly before the gigantic Sea King.
Facing a monster several dozen meters long—
Lucas slowly raised his right hand.
Buzz!
The sea breeze suddenly reversed direction.
The Sea King let out a shrill scream.
The next instant—
Countless razor-thin lines of blood spread across its enormous body.
Then—
Its massive form was cleanly sliced into dozens of pieces.
The severed chunks crashed into the sea one after another.
Blood dyed the surrounding waters crimson.
The falling Hancock and her sisters landed atop the floating remains of the Sea King instead of plunging into the ocean.
Ignoring the seawater splashing over them, the three sisters quickly steadied themselves.
All three stared at Lucas in stunned silence.
If Lucas’s Conqueror’s Haki had already overturned everything they believed possible...
Then this effortless instant kill of a gigantic Sea King...
Was even more unbelievable.
Koby and the others in the distance were equally dumbstruck.
From their perspective—
Lucas had merely raised one hand.
None of them had even seen him attack.
Yet a Sea King stretching dozens of meters in length...
Had been neatly carved into pieces.
If they hadn’t witnessed it with their own eyes...
No one would have believed such a feat.
However...
Before anyone could recover from the shock—
The CP0 agent’s shrill scream echoed across the harbor once more.
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