One Piece: Space-Space Fruit, Joining the Rocks Crew

"Interesting..." Shiki grinned, his fighting spirit burning even brighter in his smile:

"But that's not enough!"

The moment he finished speaking, Conqueror's Haki erupted from his body!

Luo Tian's eyes narrowed, showing no sign of backing down.

The next second, two terrifying auras, enough to make the world lose its color, shot up from the two of them, like two long-dormant volcanoes erupting at the same time!

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An invisible pressure, centered on them, transformed into a tangible tidal wave, sweeping across the entire deserted island in an instant!

The sky trembled, and the wind and clouds swirled!

At this moment, both Luo Tian and Shi Qi were releasing Conqueror's Haki that had reached a high level.

Two overwhelming colors, like two angry dragons, were tearing and colliding wildly in the air!

Under their all-out attack, the area of ​​their oppressive aura continued to expand, and it was about to break through the island's boundaries.

After completely engulfing the deserted island, the domineering torrent did not stop, continuing to surge and crush the surrounding ocean.

"W-This is...?!"

"Conqueror's Haki...colliding?!"

"Such terrifying Conqueror's Haki... I'm afraid only Captain Rocks and a few of his core crew members could possess it!"

On the surrounding pirate ships, gasps of surprise rose and fell.

Conqueror's Haki is a mark of destiny, a power that only one in a million might awaken.

To be able to refine it to such a level that it can stir up the heavens is an existence among the rarest of all.

Suddenly, towering waves, tens of meters high, crashed head-on towards the nearest ship!

The ship rocked violently, and the pirates on the deck were thrown about.

Immediately afterwards, an even more terrifying mental pressure descended!

Some weaker pirates instantly rolled their eyes back, foamed at the mouth, and collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

Even seasoned pirates felt as if an invisible hand was gripping their throats, making it difficult to breathe and causing their faces to turn red.

The crowd, which had been bustling and noisy just moments before, fell into a deathly silence in an instant.

All that remained was the ever-growing roar of the waves and the endless booming sound that arose at the soul level when the two overwhelming forces collided.

"Gurara...it's so lively!"

The white-bearded man burst into laughter.

The next moment, his muscular right arm clenched tightly, and a semi-transparent white light enveloped his fist—the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was gathering!

Seeing countless giant waves crashing towards him, the white-bearded man no longer hesitated and threw a punch in mid-air—

"Snap!!!"

The space burst open with countless spiderweb-like white cracks, and a terrifying shockwave crashed into the waves!

In an instant, the unstoppable giant wave collapsed and shattered, turning into a shower of water droplets that fell back onto the churning sea.

The turbulent sea calmed down instantly.

The white-bearded man withdrew his fist, his gaze fixed intently on the center of the deserted island, filled with anticipation.

"Let me see... just how big a hole you two can make in the sky today."

……

On a deserted island.

The golden and dark red light starkly split the sky and the earth in two.

The world on the left was dyed into twilight by Shiki's golden light, while the world on the right was soaked into a blood-red night by Luo Tian's dark red.

The two forces were locked in a stalemate, fiercely clashing at the dividing line, forming an energy barrier that constantly twisted and sputtered, crackling with black and red lightning and golden sparks.

"Luo Tian's Conqueror's Haki... is it really this strong?!"

On the distant pirate ship, Kaido gritted his teeth, staring incredulously at Luo Tian's figure.

Although he awakened Conqueror's Haki when he was a child, its strength was far from reaching the earth-shattering level of the two people in front of him.

Luo Tian and Shi Qi's Conqueror's Haki have clearly reached a peak where they are evenly matched.

However, it was during this stalemate—

Shiki made the first move!

He wields the Cherry Blossom and the withered tree, his feet treading on the void; the power of the Float-Float Fruit allows him to walk in the air as if on flat ground.

His figure transformed into a streak of light that tore through the night sky, rushing backward for a hundred meters before unleashing a highly refined slash in the air towards Luo Tian's direction!

Luo Tian's eyes sharpened.

Ryuo Haki, like a burning dark red flame, instantly wrapped around the black dragon's blade. Then, he met the attack with a straightforward and unadorned strike!

"boom--!!!"

The two slashes collided precisely in mid-air, annihilating each other and exploding into a surging turbulent energy flow!

Then the two figures began to rapidly intersect and collide.

In the night sky, only two blinding beams of light could be seen flashing and intertwining wildly.

One was as dazzling as gilded gold, the other as deep as congealed blood, a dark red.

Each clash of the blades produced a resounding boom, and the ripples of sword energy further shattered the already devastated island below.

At this moment, some of the weaker pirates were completely unable to capture the details of the battle with their naked eyes.

All they could see were golden and red orbs of light constantly exploding and then extinguishing in the night sky.

Even pirates at the captain level could only barely glimpse two rapidly flashing, blurry phantoms with their mid-level Observation Haki.

Only Rocks himself, along with Whitebeard and other executives, could use their powerful Observation Haki to see the battle situation clearly.

Rocks stood at the bow, arms crossed, muttering to himself:

"Shiki's swordsmanship has reached a state of perfection, and the fusion of domineering aura and sword techniques is even more consummate."

"And that kid Luo Tian..."

His gaze focused on the dark red figure:

"He was actually imitating, learning, and rapidly absorbing all the strengths of his opponents in battle, and then turning them into his own."

"What an...exciting monster."

The white-bearded man, standing beside Rocks, burst into laughter upon hearing this, his eyes filled with undisguised admiration:

"Gurararara... It seems Shiki has really bitten off more than he can chew this time."

That kid Luo Tian, ​​from the very beginning, probably had a goal that wasn't just a simple 'draw'.

As the two talked, the battle on the island reached its climax.

Shiki suddenly unleashed the power of his twin swords, temporarily forcing Luo Tian back several steps.

"Good lad! It hasn't been long, and your strength has increased again!"

He shouted in a deep voice, his previously composed expression now completely turning solemn.

This confrontation is quite different from our previous exchanges.

At that time, both sides held back and only touched upon the points briefly.

But at this moment, it is a battle without reservation, a head-on collision of will and path!

Luo Tian smiled coldly: "Shiki, show me your full power! If that's all..."

Perhaps it's time to consider replacing you with someone else in your position as first mate.

"As you wish—!"

"Lion's Might - Earth Strike!"

Shiki suddenly plunged his twin swords into the ground, channeling his sword energy and domineering aura deep into the earth!

He had come to the realization that, in terms of both domineering aura and swordsmanship, he and Luo Tian were evenly matched, and if they continued fighting like this, it would be difficult to determine a winner in a short time.

Therefore, in order to win, he must rely on his Float-Float Fruit ability!

The scale and power of this "earthly vortex" far surpasses that of the previous probing attacks!

Rumble, rumble, rumble—!!!

The ground surged and bulged wildly like a boiling ocean.

More than a dozen giant lions, each over thirty meters tall and formed from solid rock, have returned!

They formed a deadly circular formation, trapping Luo Tian firmly in the center!