Chapter 146 – [146] : [BONUS] – A Brutal Turn of Events! Exoskeleton Awakens!

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RUMBLE!!!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Accompanied by terrifying thunderclaps and explosions of energy.

The devastating attacks, launched from different spatial coordinates, infused with the combined might of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and Haōshoku Coating, slammed mercilessly into the gaps in Akainu’s magma fist defense—

—striking his body directly!

Just as Aokiji’s ‘Ice Glove’ was his strongest offensive technique, Akainu’s Magma Fists were his. And his strongest defense—was his strongest offense.

The rest of his body, even covered in Armament Haki and partially elementized, was far less durable than his Magma Fists.

While attacks aimed at Akainu’s Magma Fists were blocked by their immense heat and destructive power—those that landed on his body itself couldn’t be simply shrugged off with elementalization and Armament Haki.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Violent, tyrannical energy exploded across Akainu’s body!

Before this Omnidirectional spatial assault, even Logia elementalization was useless.

Normally, pre-emptive elementalization involved turning the part of the body about to be attacked into its element, then shifting it away, causing the attack to pass through harmlessly. Even Haki-infused attacks were ineffective against this.

But what use was that against an attack coming from all spatial coordinates simultaneously? Even if he elementized, there was nowhere to shift his body to avoid all the attacks. And Haōshoku Coating could bypass elementalization anyway!

Akainu’s True body was struck by Haōshoku Coating and the Thunder Gloves!

Though he protected his vitals with his Magma Fists, the terrifying energy blasts still made him spit out a mouthful of blood.

Haōshoku Coating—inflicted direct internal damage!

Not just the surface area struck; bones and organs also suffered under its immensely destructive power.

Though Akainu’s dense Armament Haki and Magma-Magma Fruit ability mitigated much of the impact—some of the Haōshoku Coating still breached his defenses.

Akainu, blinded by rage, unleashing his strongest technique, Meigo, prematurely—

Rowen exploited that opening, unleashing his ‘Flying Raijin’ attack.

Akainu was injured.

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“Five Hundred Million Volt—Thunder Serpent: King Cobra——!”

Rowen’s figure appeared in mid-air. Seeing Akainu momentarily staggered from the Flying Raijin attack, Rowen pointed his right hand sharply downwards!

CRACKLE! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

The full power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit erupted.

Terrifying lightning converged, forming a colossal thunder serpent that seemed to blot out the very sky, taking the shape of the King of Snakes—the King Cobra!

While ‘300 Million Volt—Thunder Serpent: Black Mamba’ maximized the Rumble-Rumble Fruit’s speed, this new technique—’500 Million Volt—Thunder Serpent: King Cobra’—maximized its raw destructive power!

A full tier above Black Mamba in terms of power!

CRACKLE! BOOM!

Crimson-black lightning solidified, coiling around the massive Thunder King Cobra’s fangs.

Just as the most destructive force of Akainu’s magma attacks was concentrated in the jaws and fangs of his hound-shaped attacks, the strongest point of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit’s Thunder Serpent attacks also lay within the serpent’s fangs!

Combined with Haōshoku Coating—this was undoubtedly one of Rowen’s Strongest long-range attacks!

RUMBLE!!!

Accompanied by terrifying thunderclaps, the Giant Thunder King Cobra opened its horrifyingly massive maw, lunging towards the opening created by the Flying Raijin attack, biting down on Akainu!

“EXPLOSION——!” Rowen’s eyes turned icy cold.

The moment the Thunder Serpent – King Cobra made contact with Akainu, Rowen activated the Bomb-Bomb Fruit ability.

Infusing the lightning energy of the Thunder Serpent with explosive power, turning it into Explosive Lightning!

Because it was a long-range attack, Rowen didn’t have to worry about the aftershock, allowing him to freely combine the Bomb-Bomb and Rumble-Rumble Fruit abilities.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

The explosive force of the amplified Rumble-Rumble Fruit, combined with the destructive energy of Haōshoku Coating, created a terrifying energy storm that swept across the entirety of Enies Lobby’s main island.

RUMBLE!!!

Countless island fragments were helplessly tossed into the air, then completely disintegrated by the violent energy storm.

The very atmosphere above the explosion roiled and recoiled from the terrifying energy shockwaves.

The entire main island of Enies Lobby began to shake violently before this horrifying energy storm!

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“ADMIRAL AKAINU!!!!”

Though locked in battle, aside from Momonga who was struggling with all his might to hold off Gear Fourth Luffy—Yamakaji, Onigumo, and the numerous other high-ranking Marine officers anxiously watched Rowen and Akainu’s clash from afar…

They knew their own battles wouldn’t decide the outcome of this war.

The only ones who could decide victory—were the two powerhouses standing at the absolute pinnacle of the seas!

Marine HQ Admiral, Akainu!

And the Fifth Emperor, Sky Sovereign Rowen!

Once they determined a winner, with their strength, all the others here wouldn’t be enough for even one of them to deal with!

Before a pinnacle powerhouse of this sea—even Yonko Commander level fighters were but ants. Unable to even withstand a single full-power blow!

Below Emperors and Admirals, all are ants!

That saying perfectly described individuals like Sky Sovereign Rowen, who had fully mastered Haōshoku Coating, and Admiral Akainu, who possessed the Strongest Offensive Devil Fruit.

But they couldn’t even use Observation Haki to properly assess the battlefield—their Haki was completely scrambled by the Rumble-Rumble Fruit’s ‘Thunder Sound’.

Within the space filled with Rowen’s lightning—their Observation Haki couldn’t penetrate!

Still, Enies Lobby’s main island wasn’t that large, and most of its buildings had been destroyed by Rowen’s initial attack—even without Observation Haki, with their eyesight, they could vaguely see the situation on Akainu and Rowen’s battlefield.

When they saw those terrifying attacks raining down on Akainu from every spatial direction simultaneously, their hearts sank with dread.

The Door-Door and Rumble-Rumble Fruits combined—could unleash such a terrifying barrage. In terms of sheer attack frequency, it surpassed even their fastest Admiral, Kizaru, and his Glint-Glint Fruit!

And it came from all directions simultaneously, leaving no room to dodge. Under this horrifying assault, even Admiral Akainu was momentarily overwhelmed, being hit and injured!

And now, struck by this terrifying energy storm!

Was this the technique Admiral Aokiji spoke of—Rowen using the Bomb-Bomb Fruit’s power to make Logia Abilities explode??

Though he maximized speed and accuracy this time, not incorporating his fire powers—this energy storm was still enough to fill Yamakaji, Onigumo, and the other Marines with profound horror. If they were caught in that blast, it would be certain death!

Forget them, even Admiral Candidates like Gion wouldn’t survive that! For Admiral Akainu to be hit by such a terrifying energy storm—how could they not be horrified?

Admiral Akainu was the strongest among the three Marine HQ Admirals. One of the absolute top-tier combatants on the seas, capable of fighting head-on with Emperors.

Though Sky Sovereign Rowen was hailed as the Fifth Emperor, in Marine HQ’s assessment, Rowen’s actual combat strength was still weaker than Emperors like Shanks or Kaido.

Admiral Aokiji’s crushing defeat was due to lack of intel and being ambushed by Rowen’s Human-Human Fruit ability. If not for lack of intel, in a straightforward battle, the outcome might not have been Rowen’s victory.

But the combination of multiple Devil Fruit abilities—was proving terrifyingly powerful in combat. Having acquired another new Devil Fruit, the Door-Door Fruit—Sky Sovereign Rowen’s combat performance had ascended to another level!

The Most Vicious Ability User in History… The Strongest Devil Fruit User in History!

These titles—were made terrifyingly real at this moment!

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“OI! You’re distracted—” Zoro roared, seeing Onigumo’s focus shift, his eyes flashing with extreme demonic aura.

“CRAP!” Onigumo’s heart lurched in terror.

Sakazuki falling into a crisis had disrupted his concentration.

In the One Piece power system, once the mind was disturbed, not only actions but also Haki would be greatly affected.

A lapse in concentration meant exposing a massive vulnerability!

“Asura—Nine-Sword Style—Purgatory Onigiri—!” Zoro’s demonic aura fully materialized. The demonic aura channeled a sliver of Conqueror’s Haki’s power, coating Zoro’s nine blades!

Onigumo, his mind disturbed by Akainu’s crisis, had revealed a fatal opening. Zoro wouldn’t let this opening slip past.

Zoro’s current strongest technique in his Asura state—

SLICE!

Onigumo’s Armament Haki and swordsmanship defenses—were breached by the demonic slash! Blood erupted from Onigumo’s body—

“Damn it—!” Onigumo’s face was filled with disbelief.

THUD!

Severely wounded, Onigumo collapsed heavily to the ground.

“VICE ADMIRAL ONIGUMO!” The horrified screams of Rear Admirals and Commodores echoed.

Several Rear Admirals, under the cover of ten Commodores, charged frantically towards Zoro.

The intensity of their charge forced even Robin and Chopper, who were trying to intercept them, back temporarily.

“Heavy Sandstorm——!” Vivi, seeing the dozen or so Rear Admirals and Commodores charge, pushed her Sand-Sand Fruit’s ability to its limit!

An enhanced version of Sandstorm, Heavy Sandstorm—was unleashed by Vivi!

Five Commodores were instantly swept up by the terrifying vortex of sand, screaming!

The remaining Commodores with Armament Haki quickly gathered behind the few Rear Admirals—their Haki wouldn’t last long in the Heavy Sandstorm either!

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But just as the small unit broke through the Sandstorm’s blockade—a thunderclap echoed from the sky.

“Thunder Tempo——!” Nami swung her Sorcery Clima-Tact!

Terrifying lightning descended, engulfing these Rear Admirals and Commodores under their horrified gazes!

BOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Though the stored lightning in the Sorcery Clima-Tact was only a fraction of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit’s true power, it wasn’t something these Rear Admirals’ and Commodores’ Armament Haki could withstand!

Their Haki defenses instantly shattered, and they all collapsed to the ground, bodies charred black.

“BASTARD!” Yamakaji’s face was incredibly grim.

The battlefield situation was changing too rapidly!

If he didn’t quickly secure a victory, the situation would become disastrous!

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‘It’s all his fault!’ Seeing Black Leg, Yamakaji felt his fury surge.

Yamakaji had always been one of the good guys among Vice Admirals, always smiling…

But now, his smile was completely gone!

Seeing his fellow Marines pushed to the brink, the kindhearted Yamakaji was enraged. He channeled all his Armament Haki into his blade, even using Tekkai and Haki combined to withstand several of Sanji’s fierce kicks!

His goal—to land a decisive blow on Black Leg, to end this quickly!

With Cat Burglar having exploited the opening to take down the other officers, Yamakaji was momentarily freed from the immediate threat of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit!

He had to seize this chance and defeat Black Leg quickly!

CLANG!

“HIT!” Yamakaji grinned, but the sensation from his sword made him frown.

CRACK!

“Ow! Ow! Ow! What the—?!” Sanji yelped instinctively as his leg twisted unnaturally upon being struck by Yamakaji’s full-power slash—but then, he realized—it didn’t hurt!

Why… doesn’t it hurt that much??

And being struck by a Haki-infused blade, why was his leg bent, not severed?

An idea suddenly formed in Sanji’s mind.

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!

Sanji rapidly hammered on his twisted leg!

Under Yamakaji’s utterly bewildered gaze, the twisted leg—straightened itself back!

Modified Exoskeleton—Awakened!

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