Chapter 249: [249] : The Second God! Sun God Rowen!

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Kaido’s face was as dark as the deep sea.

Unlike Kuma’s Buccaneer race, who revered the Sun God Nika, Kaido had always been chasing the legend of the man who could change the world—Joy Boy, not Nika.

But ’Warrior of Liberation’, “Sun God”—these were titles once used to describe Joy Boy.

Was Sky Sovereign Rowen implying that Straw Hat was the Joy Boy of this era?

WHAT A JOKE!

A savage, crimson-black light flared in Kaido’s eyes. The manifestation of his Haoshoku Coating, the crackling lightning that wreathed his body, grew even more violent and tyrannical.

He would only acknowledge the one who could defeat him as Joy Boy!

This was why he had been so eager to have a one-on-one duel with Sky Sovereign Rowen—to prove that this brat was nothing more than a pretender.

In his eyes, there had only ever been one true challenger: Sky Sovereign Rowen.

Straw Hat had never even been a consideration.

And now, this brat was suddenly telling him that Straw Hat was the Joy Boy of this era??

This snot-nosed little whelp!

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“Sun God?” Big Mom’s eyes were now also grim, a crimson-black light roaring within them.

The Haōshoku Coating lightning around her began to churn.

Big Mom, unlike Kaido, wasn’t chasing some Joy Boy. Her pursuit was to gather all the races of the world to live in her Totto Land.

And the race she desired most was the Giants of Elbaf.

And the “Sun God” was a central figure in the faith of the Elbaf giants.

(In Elbaf, there was an important festival called the Winter Solstice Festival. Before the official ceremony, the Giants would fast for 12 days to welcome the arrival of the Sun God.)

And the title “Sun God” held a special meaning for Big Mom.

Because this title and the Winter Solstice Festival—she had first heard of them in her childhood, from the person most special to her: Mother Carmel.

For Big Mom, who was exiled from her homeland, adopted by Mother Carmel, and grew up in Elbaf, the title “Sun God” meant so much.

To call Straw Hat a “Warrior of Liberation,” or Kaido’s long-awaited “Joy Boy”—that was all meaningless to her…

But to say Straw Hat was the Sun God??

THAT WAS AN UNFORGIVABLE INSULT!

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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

The combined, unrestrained rage of Kaido and Big Mom manifested as a tidal wave of pure Conqueror’s Haki.

The very island began to shake violently under the pressure.

The clouds in the sky above were sent into a frantic, reverse spiral, and the lightning within them began to boil.

“TAKE THIS, YOU BRAT!”

Kaido and Big Mom, their faces contorted in extreme villainous expressions, suddenly pulled back their Kanabo and the Homie sword Napoleon.

The Haōshoku Coating energy of the two began to gather, to fuse—forming a horrifying crimson-black cloud of energy, a sphere containing both their physical energy and their Haōshoku Coating power.

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“The Elbaf Giants’ fusion technique… HAKAI??”

Rowen murmured, looking at the familiar scene, his eyes flashing with an astonishing crimson-black light.

This was the combination attack Kaido and Big Mom unleashed during the Onigashima war in the original story—Hakai.

It was the same terrifying technique that, with just a moment’s contact, had shattered all the muscles and bones in Zoro’s body—who only survived thanks to Law’s Op-Op Fruit ability and his own special constitution.

And…

“The power… is even more astonishing this time.” Rowen smiled.

In the original story, when facing the Supernovas, Kaido and Big Mom had not been using their full power.

They were simply showing these Supernovas how vast the sea truly was. And for two Emperors to go all-out against opponents who hadn’t even reached the Admiral level would have been a disgrace.

Otherwise, no matter how special Zoro’s constitution was, he couldn’t have blocked it even for an instant.

But now, in their extreme rage, Kaido and Big Mom were pouring every last drop of their physical energy and Haōshoku Coating into this attack.

They were creating the strongest combination technique in history: HAKAI!

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“Hey, hey… What a terrifying pressure,”

Sanji, who had not yet mastered Haōshoku Coating and lacked Zoro’s Asura Aura to channel a portion of Conqueror’s Haki’s power, felt the immense force wash over him.

Though with his Modified Exoskeleton, Sanji’s combat strength was at the absolute top among Yonko Commanders—especially his defense, which, due to the exoskeleton, was even stronger than an ordinary Admiral’s.

He was ultimately not an Admiral-level combatant.

Participating in an Admiral-level battle, he would be on the defensive, relying on his exoskeleton’s defense to stall.

It was better to place Sanji on the battlefield of the commanders.

At this moment, Sanji looked at that utterly horrifying shockwave, cold sweat also appearing on his forehead.

The fusion of two Emperors’ power… the pressure was too immense.

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It wasn’t just Sanji.

Many Commanders and Marine Officers had stopped fighting, their foreheads beaded with sweat, looking at that shockwave.

The Haki was too strong. The pressure was too overwhelming. Under this Haki and pressure, even if it wasn’t directed at them, their movements began to become sluggish.

Even these famous Emperor crew commanders and Marine HQ Vice Admirals found it incredibly difficult to move freely.

Let alone the weaker soldiers and grunts. At this moment, they looked in terror at that utterly terrifying shockwave.

And the man facing that terrifying shockwave—

The World’s Strongest, Sky Sovereign Rowen.

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“Can… can he stop it?” Vice Admiral Hound’s forehead dripped with sweat.

The Birdcage was already beginning to shrink. Though the movement was slow, given enough time, it would annihilate everyone inside.

(The Birdcage had another drawback: It was indiscriminate. Anyone inside the Birdcage would be continuously squeezed until there was no room to retreat. Even the String-String Fruit user’s comrades were at risk of being sliced apart—

But in Rowen’s hands, this ability was different, he possessed the Door-Door Fruit ability, capable of controlling space—

The Sky Sovereign Grand Fleet’s combatants had entered the battlefield from the outside through the Door-Door Fruit’s ability. And likewise, they could also leave at will.)

So now, everyone else, the Beasts Pirates, the Big Mom Pirates, and all the Marines—were united by a single, desperate hope: To quickly defeat Sky Sovereign Rowen and escape this trap.

Seeing the two Emperors combine their strength to unleash such a terrifying attack should have filled them with confidence.

The Beasts Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates had already begun to cheer.

But these core Marine officers, the ones who knew what had really happened after the Summit War broadcast was cut, felt no excitement or joy.

They held their breath, their hearts pounding.

Two Emperors were strong, yes, strong enough to shake islands when they combined their strength.

But they were facing HIM.

That man who, alone, in the Summit War, had simultaneously faced Fleet Admiral Sakazuki, former Fleet Admiral Sengoku, and Vice Admiral Garp, his combat strength reaching an unbelievable level.

If this attack, which would surely consume a massive amount of the two Emperors’ remaining stamina and Haki… if it was stopped by Sky Sovereign Rowen—

—THEN THE TWO EMPERORS WERE TRULY FINISHED.

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“Brat! With the Birdcage up, you have no room to dodge—DON’T EVEN THINK OF USING YOUR DOOR-DOOR FRUIT!”

Big Mom and Kaido roared, unleashing their Conqueror’s Haki in a focused wave, disrupting the space around Rowen and making it impossible for him to open a portal.

“Who said… I was going to dodge?”

Rowen looked at Big Mom and Kaido and smiled.

Rowen’s mention of ’Warrior of Liberation’, “Sun God”—was precisely to enrage Kaido and Big Mom.

These two were absolute monsters. Even after consuming a lot of stamina and Haki in the previous battle, their recovery speed couldn’t be measured by normal standards.

Kaido was a monster who could still fight Nika-form Luffy to a standstill after multiple rounds of battle.

Big Mom, in the end, was only defeated due to her low combat IQ, being knocked into magma by Law and Kid’s abilities.

A protracted fight against the two of them would take too long. And Luffy’s newly awakened Gear Fifth had a strict time limit.

Therefore, he had to end this quickly.

Completely enraging Big Mom and Kaido, making them unleash enough stamina and Haki from the start—was Rowen’s goal all along.

VMM!

Rowen’s body began to expand.

“Hmph. The Ultimate Human Form?”

Kaido and Big Mom both knew this person possessed the Human-Human Fruit ability and had completed its Awakening, allowing him to giantize.

But the next moment—

“What??” Kaido and Big Mom’s pupils constricted.

FWOOSH!

Rowen’s entire body turned a brilliant, pure white.

His clothes, his eyebrows, his hair… all of it.

FWOOSH!

A sash of pure white “Flame Clouds” wrapped around Rowen’s shoulders.

It was the exact same form as Luffy’s.

“WHO TOLD YOU—THERE WAS ONLY ONE GOD!” Zoro roared with a feral grin.

“Sun God… Rowen.”

Hancock’s beautiful eyes had already turned into heart shapes.

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