One Piece: The Strongest Trait System
Chapter 140: [140] : Terror of the Ultimate Human! Closest to Hell!

Chapter 140 - [140] : Terror of the Ultimate Human! Closest to Hell!

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Two charred bodies crumpled heavily onto the decks of two warships—Their lifeless forms told everyone present one horrifying truth...

These two battle-hardened Marine HQ Vice Admirals—had been killed by Sky Sovereign Rowen's attack.

"VICE ADMIRAL DOBERMAN!!"

"VICE ADMIRAL STRAWBERRY!!"

Screams of grief and fury erupted from the two stricken warships.

Momonga, Yamakaji, and Onigumo's faces contorted in horror.

Akainu's face turned a ghastly shade of pale purple.

Two Marine Vice Admirals, Doberman and Strawberry—DEAD!

Those Air Doors suddenly appearing beside them, the instantly exploding terrifying lightning—gave them absolutely no time to react!

They couldn't even react.

Because their Observation Haki—had been completely overwhelmed by the violent thunderclaps accompanying the initial lightning pillars! Without Observation Haki—they hadn't even sensed the Door-Door Fruit's activation beside them!

Those initial lightning pillars—their purpose wasn't only to destroy the two warships without Vice Admiral protection. It was also to completely overwhelm and shut down the Observation Haki of the other Vice Admirals!

Leaving them completely vulnerable to the suddenly appearing Air Doors!

A Devil Fruit's Awakened power required time to fully manifest its effects, especially long-range effects.

If their Observation Haki hadn't been completely scrambled by the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's 'Thunder Sound', they would have sensed the Door-Door Fruit's energy gathering in the air and moved away.

But now, stripped of their Observation Haki, the moment those Air Doors opened—with the terrifying speed of Rowen's lightning—Doberman and Strawberry had no chance!

Not even enough time to fully deploy Armament Haki for defense.

Killed—instantly!

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This—was Rowen's calculation!

Starting with Akainu's Meteor Volcano, this man's schemes had unfolded step by step!

Using the Door-Door Fruit to transfer the magma attack, sinking three warships.

Then, using simple Rumble-Rumble lightning strikes to disable two more.

Of the ten Buster Call ships—half were now gone!

And under the barrage of relentless lightning attacks, driven by frustration and rage, their only thought was to reach the shore quickly, engage Sky Sovereign Rowen and the Straw Hat Pirates in direct combat!

They never expected those initial lightning strikes—weren't even intended to destroy the warships or prevent their landing—their true purpose was to annihilate their Observation Haki, to disrupt their thinking, forcing them to focus solely on landing!

Under those conditions, Doberman and Strawberry, with their Observation Haki neutralized, had zero defense against the combined, sudden attack of the Door-Door and Rumble-Rumble Fruits, instantly obliterated!

Furthermore, the man specifically targeted the two ships furthest from Akainu, giving the Admiral little time to react! And it was timed precisely at the moment they were closest to landing!

Closest to success... is when you're most vulnerable.

Closest to success... is when you're closest to hell!

A series of calculated steps—and before even seeing Sky Sovereign Rowen's face, they had lost five ships, two Vice Admirals!

What a catastrophic loss!

Even facing an Emperor's crew, Marine HQ had never suffered such devastating casualties so rapidly!

The remaining three Vice Admirals—Momonga, Yamakaji, and Onigumo—felt a profound chill in their hearts.

This strategy... was the Human-Human Fruit's enhanced intellect at work!

Only now did they remember—

This man—wasn't just a Rumble-Rumble Fruit user, an incarnation of lightning. He was also an Ultimate Human, with intellect comparable to Sengoku the Buddha's strategic brilliance!

Marine HQ, thanks to Sengoku's Buddha-like wisdom, often cornered their enemies with strategy alone—

But now, they faced an Ultimate Human, Sky Sovereign Rowen, who possessed comparable intellect. And Sengoku the Buddha wasn't even here; he was commanding from HQ!

Directly confronting the union of intellect and power—it was too terrifying.

One move—and Marine HQ suffered such devastating losses!

Momonga, Yamakaji, and Onigumo could see him now in the distance, that imposing figure casually opening Air Doors with a flick of his finger—and they instinctively flinched.

Facing this Emperor who capsized five Buster Call warships and killed two Vice Admirals with barely an effort...

Even these battle-hardened Vice Admirals felt a flicker of fear, a desperate urge to retreat.

Before someone whose power and intellect were on another dimension—fear was the natural response.

For Marine HQ Vice Admirals to feel this way—

—Countless Rear Admirals, Commodores, Captains, and common soldiers were utterly terrified. The World's Most Dangerous Man—at this moment, they finally truly understood that title's meaning!

Facing this man—even Marine Vice Admirals had one foot in the grave!

The terrifying combined might of his multiple Devil Fruit powers had caught even Admiral Akainu's Buster Call off guard!

Five warships. Two Vice Admirals... the Buster Call fleet was more than halved!

And these horrific casualties—occurred in less than ten minutes after engaging this Emperor!

How could these Marines not be terrified?

The Buster Call, heralded as the embodiment of Absolute Justice, capable of annihilating everything, a force of destruction meant to erase any trace of its target...

Yet before this man—even the Buster Call seemed less terrifying.

The World's Most Dangerous Man... Sky Sovereign... Rowen!

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"Human-Human Fruit... Door-Door Fruit... Rumble-Rumble Fruit..." Akainu snarled, glaring at Rowen in the distance, his heart filled with cold fury.

Under his command, the Buster Call fleet—suffered such catastrophic losses so quickly!

Doberman, a core member of his 'Hawk' faction—gone!

Akainu could accept the deaths of his subordinates in battle, but not meaningless deaths like this.

Dead before even making contact, victims of the man's schemes.

"Two Vice Admirals down. Three left. Leave them to you, Luffy," Rowen stated calmly, lowering his outstretched finger.

Though the five Vice Admirals were nothing to Rowen himself, for Luffy and the others, it was still too much.

Of the Monster Trio, only Luffy at his current level could fight a Marine HQ Vice Admiral and not be completely outmatched.

Zoro, though now able to access a fraction of Haōshoku Coating's power through his Asura Aura, couldn't threaten these elite Vice Admirals on his own.

He would need support, like Vivi with her Sand-Sand Fruit, to contend with one.

Sanji's strength lagged slightly behind Zoro's, requiring even more allies to face a Vice Admiral.

The rest of the crew, aside from Rowen, were simply too outmatched against five Marine HQ Vice Admirals.

Three Vice Admirals plus the other officers of Captain rank or higher—were ideal opponents for Luffy and the others to gain experience.

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"S-SUGEEEEEE! Two Vice Admirals—just like that—gone?!" Franky stared, his jaw slack, at the scene.

As a student of Tom, he had heard tales of the Buster Call's terror.

Five Vice Admirals, ten warships, and ten thousand elite soldiers...

Yet, before this man—five ships sunk instantly, two Vice Admirals annihilated.

Marine HQ Vice Admirals—those weren't insignificant figures. They were among the strongest forces on the seas, usually facing Emperor crew commanders.

If not for Admiral Akainu's presence, this Buster Call, in its standard formation, wouldn't even have lasted long enough to see Rowen's face, completely decimated by the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's terrifying power!

The Buster Call seemed as fragile as paper!

"LEAVE IT TO US!" Luffy and the others looked at the approaching Marines, their eyes blazing with fierce fighting spirit.

Rowen had already cleared out the most troublesome opponents for them—If they couldn't handle the rest, they would truly bring shame upon Rowen's name!

How could they call themselves comrades of the World's Most Dangerous Man, the Fifth Emperor, if they couldn't even handle this??

Robin took a deep breath, looking at the distant wreckage of the five sunken warships.

Seeing even the Buster Call fleet, led by an Admiral, suffer such devastating losses under Rowen's attacks—two out of five Vice Admirals gone instantly. Rowen and the Straw Hats could now fight on equal grounds with a super Buster Call led by an Admiral!

No... not even equal!

Under Rowen's terrifying combination of abilities—the Human-Human, Rumble-Rumble, and Door-Door Fruits. They had already gained a significant advantage in the first round!

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"Rowen! I'll fight too! I am... your woman, after all!" Robin declared, looking at Rowen with a determined glint in her eyes, her lips curving into a captivating smile as she subtly made a double entendre.

The spiritual power Rowen had stored within her, previously 'knotted', was now unraveled—helping Robin awaken her Armament Haki!

Robin's Armament Haki—AWAKENED!

This signified that the shadow of the Buster Call in Robin's heart—had, in this moment, been completely swept away!

Just as she declared—she was, after all, a woman who belonged to the man who would stand above all, Sky Sovereign Rowen!

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"GREAT ERUPTION——!"

The moment the first Marine ships landed, Akainu's furious roar echoed!

A terrifying magma fist, infused with thick Armament Haki, shot towards Rowen and his crew!

"Hmph." Rowen watched the approaching magma fist and his eyes instantly flared with crimson-black light.

CRACKLE! BOOM!

Crimson-black lightning, solidifying, instantly coiled around Rowen's fists!

"HAKOKU SOVEREIGNTY——!!!"

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

A terrifying shockwave of Haōshoku Coating exploded outwards!

Against the strongest offensive Devil Fruit, Rowen didn't hold back.

His attack—combined his peak physical power with the full force of Haōshoku Coating!

Spear of Elbaf! Hakoku Sovereignty!

The monstrous physical shockwave—further empowered by intensely violent and tyrannical Haōshoku Coating—was unleashed the moment Rowen's fists connected, colliding head-on with Akainu's approaching magma fist!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

The shockwaves from their clash erupted in all directions, instantly shattering the already damaged main island of Enies Lobby.

Countless pieces of the island were launched into the air, then completely obliterated by the two monstrously powerful attacks.

The terrifying energy momentarily stunned the battling Marines and Straw Hats below, forcing them all back behind Akainu and Rowen respectively, waiting for the shockwaves to dissipate.

Before a clash between two of the sea's most powerful figures—their own strength felt too insignificant.

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"HAKOKU SOVEREIGNTY! That's our Spear of Elbaf!!" Kashii and Oimo, the two Elbaf warriors, stared dumbfounded.

The legendary technique of their homeland, their honor—requiring the combined effort of two exceptional Giants—unleashed by this man alone?!

"Didn't I tell you already? Rowen received the power of Dorry and Brogy—and don't misunderstand... the two willingly gave their strength to Rowen! They even swore the Elbaf Warrior's Oath to Rowen!" Usopp puffed his chest out proudly.

"An incredible warrior! I wish we could take him to our homeland, Elbaf, to see!" Kashii and Oimo exclaimed in awe.

"Just a matter of time!" Usopp grinned.

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"A brat who relies solely on cheap tricks!" Akainu's right fist returned to normal.

He looked coldly at Rowen standing opposite him, at the others lined up behind Rowen.

"What? Don't you like a flashy funeral amidst Thunder, Akainu?" Rowen asked, smiling powerfully.

"Funeral??" Akainu's eyes blazed with cold fury. This brat, surprisingly sharp-tongued—his trash talk skills weren't bad.

"CHARGE! APPREHEND THE STRAW HAT PIRATES!" Onigumo roared, pointing his sword at Luffy and the others.

"OHHHHHHHHH!!!" The Marine HQ elites, fueled by a mad surge of adrenaline, let out beast-like roars. Fear must be completely overcome upon stepping onto the battlefield!

Besides—

Admiral Akainu was here to handle Sky Sovereign Rowen. Their opponents were the Straw Hat Pirates!

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!

Accompanied by deafening stomps, the Marine forces surged towards Luffy and the others—

"LET'S GO! THIS IS ALL-OUT WAR!" Luffy roared, charging headfirst into the heart of the Marine formation!

"OOOHHH!"

Zoro and Sanji were right behind him.

Vivi, Nami, and Robin also charged into the fray.

Chopper activated his Heavy Point, and Franky let out his signature battle cry.

The two Giants, carrying Usopp, strode towards the Marine formation, Usopp perched on Kashii's shoulder, aiming his special slingshot from his sniper's vantage point—

Both sides clashed with roars and screams.

And the two Strongest fighters—Akainu and Rowen—faced each other across the battlefield.

CRACKLE! BOOM!

Haōshoku Coating instantly enveloped Rowen, and with a terrifying roar, he vanished!

Haōshoku Coating—Speed Enhancement!

"Hmph." Akainu's eyes blazed an intense red, his own Observation Haki pushed to its limit.

His legs transformed into swirling magma, then exploded violently! Utilizing the explosive force, Akainu instantly vanished as well!

BANG!

Rowen and Akainu—clashed in the center of Enies Lobby's main island!

This—was the battlefield they had both chosen!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Magma Fist and Lightning Glove—collided violently!

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