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"HAHAHA! AGAIN!"
At this moment, Rowen threw his head back and laughed, thoroughly exhilarated.
Previously, under the combined might of Sengoku and Garp, Rowen was completely suppressed. Their combined combat power was too strong; no one on the seas could withstand the team-up of Sengoku and Garp.
For Rowen to have been able to resist their combined attack before, even for a short time without showing signs of defeat, meant his strength was already at the absolute pinnacle of this world.
But the combined assault of Sengoku and Akainu—was even more fearsome than the earlier one from Garp and Sengoku.
After all, Garp, influenced by Ace and Luffy, had been in immense spiritual turmoil, unable to unleash his true strength—and Sengoku hadn’t pushed his Devil Fruit power to its absolute limit, instead using his Buddha wisdom and form primarily to precisely control their combined energy.
Their earlier "two-on-one" was, in reality, just them taking turns striking at Rowen’s openings, not a true concerted attack—even so, Rowen had struggled to withstand it, Sengoku hadn’t needed to expend the massive stamina required to fully activate his Great Buddha form.
But the situation now was completely different.
If they didn’t go all out now, they would be picked off one by one by Rowen!
Rowen’s Haki and strength had already proven that even powerhouses of their caliber—would be walking straight into their doom.
Their recent exchange completely confirmed this.
Their combined energy attack was met head-on by Rowen.
What kind of strength is this??
Sengoku grit his teeth so hard they nearly shattered.
In his decades of warring on the seas, he had always been among the strongest of every era. But he had never witnessed such outrageous strength. If he were alone, Sengoku felt he wouldn’t last long before being utterly crushed by Rowen.
Rowen’s strength—had reached a new dimension!
How can they defeat Rowen??
Sengoku’s forehead was drenched in cold sweat.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Before Sengoku had much time to think, the attack from the Flame Gloves descended.
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"BASTARD!!" Akainu snarled, looking at the blow, his entire face twisting.
The Flare-Flare Fruit was inherently inferior to his Magma-Magma Fruit. The tragic fate of Fire Fist Ace attempting to challenge him was the most vivid demonstration of this absolute counter relationship!
But in Sky Sovereign Rowen’s hands, this Devil Fruit was different!
That strange power he called Asura Aura caused the Flare-Flare Fruit’s power to mutate. He had experienced it firsthand during the Enies Lobby battle. Though, for his Magma-Magma Fruit, it was still far less threatening than the Rumble-Rumble Fruit’s power—at least it wasn’t completely countered.
But no matter what, the Flare-Flare Fruit was countered by his Magma-Magma Fruit. Even in Rowen’s hands, while not completely countered, it should still consume more stamina and energy to use against him.
To use this power now... what was it if not an insult to him??
"AKAINU! DON’T LET YOUR SPIRIT WAVER! CALM DOWN!" Sengoku roared.
FWOOSH!
A surge of Devil Fruit energy came from behind him.
"Hm?" Akainu first frowned, then relaxed his Armament Haki defense, allowing this Devil Fruit energy to enter his body.
The next moment, Akainu’s negative emotions were rapidly cleansed.
"Hah... Thank you, Vice Admiral Tsuru," Akainu said, his eyes clearing, his tone even becoming polite.
"My combat strength can’t help much, but I can still provide support," the Great Staff Officer of Marine HQ, Tsuru, stated calmly.
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"The Wash-Wash Fruit... What an annoying ability, Great Staff Officer Tsuru!" Rowen laughed.
This Devil Fruit could wash enemies like laundry—it was also a complete counter to the String-String Fruit. Doflamingo was once hunted to the point of a breakdown by Tsuru and her Wash-Wash Fruit.
Before the Wash-Wash Fruit, Doflamingo could only flee. And its power didn’t stop there; it could also wash away the ’evil’ and distracting thoughts from one’s spirit, purifying the heart.
The degree of washing was, of course, completely under the user’s control. A complete wash could turn a person into a flat, laundry-like object to be hung on a clothesline, stripping them of their human form.
But just cleansing the spirit, washing away distracting thoughts—was an excellent battlefield support ability.
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"HMPH!!!" Akainu looked at the giant descending Flame Gloves, his own magma fists seemed too small.
"GREAT ERUPTION——!!!" Akainu roared, the magma of his right fist instantly expanding, transforming into a colossal super-magma fist through extreme elementalization!
He infused it with Armament Haki without any regard for consumption, enveloping the giant magma fist!
"Buddha’s Fist——!" Sengoku this time, formed his palm into a fist. He directly formed the Buddha’s Impact Wave into a transparent cloud, coiling it around his fist!
The Giant Golden Buddha leaped directly into the air, meeting Rowen’s attack head-on.
Sengoku was clearly going all out.
Unleashing the full Buddha power contained within his Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Model: Daibutsu to its absolute limit!
Combined with the Buddha Impact Wave and the power of Haoshoku Coating, alongside Akainu’s Great Eruption, they launched their strongest combined attack towards Rowen!
The energy they outputted this time—was far stronger than their previous attack.
BUT...
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
A frightening energy storm was generated once more.
After being subjected to such horrifying, repeated destruction, Marine Headquarters, Marineford, could finally no longer hold!
The main building, representing the absolute justice of Marine HQ, was now covered in cracks, then—it collapsed with a deafening roar!
Countless Marines’ eyes filled with utter grief.
The main building of Marine Headquarters had collapsed.
The town behind Marineford, after experiencing Sky Sovereign Rowen’s airquake and earthquake attacks, and now this terrifying energy impact, also began to be completely destroyed.
Marineford was about to become a thing of the past.
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"WHAT???" Sengoku stared in disbelief at the scene before him.
HOW??
After witnessing the terror of Sky Sovereign Rowen’s Haki and strength, he and Akainu, with their vast battle experience, hadn’t even needed to communicate, directly choosing their maximum energy output attack method.
The energy they were outputting now was far more scarier than before.
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WHOOSH!
WHOOSH! CRACK!
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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
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