Luffy’s Growing Haki

After the uncomfortable atmosphere faded, Luffy walked away with Bon Clay.

"He is right, Crocodile. I can't even sense your Haki anymore." Bullet turned toward Crocodile and spoke before walking away.

'Damn it, Straw Hat!'

Crocodile clenched his fist and almost roared out.

But he kept those thoughts deep inside.

'But he is right. Without Haki, it is impossible to dominate the New World or even follow that plan. I need to reawaken my Haki.'

At this moment, those marine ships that managed to remain stable and the marine soldiers who passed out started waking up.

"Rear Admiral! Repairs are complete on cannons that were damaged by Jinbe!"

"All Ships Open Fire!!!"

Hearing his orders, the marine ships started shooting at the battleship that Jinbe and others took.

"This ain't good! The Marines are back on the attack! How many ships do they have?"

"There's a whole fleet after us!"

The prisoners started panicking.

Bang!

The cannonball exploded on the ship, almost sending several prisoners to their deaths.

"Agghhh! They got us!"

"All Vice Admirals and above may be gathered at Marineford right now. But the battleships are still battleships. They're a formidable force no matter who's abroad."

Jinbe spoke with a frown.

Bullet clenched his fist and said.

"They woke up too early. It seems like I need to crush them myself."

"Let me end this farce!"

Seeing this, Luffy spoke and walked towards the back of the ship.

At this moment, the Rear Admiral on the ship also saw Luffy and shouted.

"Do you still not realize that your attempts to escape are futile? The Gates of Justice will never open for Pirate Scum!!"

Luffy's eyes pierced through several ships as he counted their numbers. There were hundreds of marines, and their ships were quite formidable as well.

More importantly, the distance between them was quite far, which made it harder for his Haki to damage their ship.

So, there was only one thing that he could do.

'I'm sorry, Liam. But I don't have you in this world. I need to save my brother. I won't hold back.'

Because he knew these marines would continue chasing them til they reached Marineford, Luffy wanted to take care of them once and for all.

Suddenly, a powerful red and black lightning emerged from his body. It was a series of lightning bolts passing through the heads of those marine soldiers.

Every time it passed, it would snipe them, crushing their brains and killing them in the process.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

"Wh? What's going on? What's with all this blood?"

"Argh! No, I am losing consciousness as well."

Rear Admiral realized that he couldn't stand still against Luffy's Conqueror Haki. It was even stronger than Bullet.

At least, Bullet couldn't take him down so easily.

All of those battleships' decks were dyed red with the blood of the marines.

"What did he do?"

"Did he kill those guys from so far away?"

"Gulp! You won't believe what he did. Those guys are bleeding from their heads."

"Except for the Rear Admirals, every single marine is dead."

"How did he kill them from so far away?"

Those prisoners were stunned.

This was beyond their comprehension. They didn't understand how someone could kill others from so far away.

Only the experienced people could see that Luffy used Conqueror Haki to kill people.

Although they had seen him do this before, they had never seen him do such a thing at such a grand scale.

"Gulp! Did he just kill those marines with Conqueror Haki?" Buggy muttered as he clutched his head in absolute shock.

"Yeah, he did. And, he did it so effortlessly. Is this the highest level of Conqueror Haki?"

Jinbe asked, still unable to believe what Luffy just achieved.

This wasn't the same as punching or sniping someone with bullets. This was pure Haki feat, and it was Conqueror Haki feat.

"Straw Chan, what's wrong?"

When Bon Clay saw Luffy just standing there silently, he frowned and asked.

He was worried that Luffy would be burdened after killing so many marines.

After all, he didn't want to kill Marines.

"Straw Boy, there is no need to feel bad about killing those Marines. If you hadn't done this, they would chase us to Marineford." Ivankov spoke.

Just as they stepped forward to check on him, Luffy suddenly raised his hands and shouted.

"Meat!"

Thud!

Almost everyone fell to the ground.

"You're hungry?"

Everyone shouted at him.

Luffy showed an innocent expression and shrugged his shoulders.

"You know I used Conqueror Haki continuously. I need food to recover."

Hearing his words, Galdino immediately took out several large boxes of wax that he was storing, who knows where.

(A/N- I really don't know where he was storing these.)

"Hurry up and prepare the food!"

Galdino shouted.

Soon, prisoners began cooking those meats and other food. As they sat down to eat, Jinbe asked.

"By the way, what are we going to do about Gate of Justice? It is an obstacle that we can't cross so easily."

Hearing that, Bon Clay turned toward Luffy, who nodded his head and said.

"Leave it to me. I want to check just how far I am from that guy."

"That guy?"

Suddenly, Bullet and Crocodile became curious. Even Jinbe was startled.

Because the strength Luffy had shown was at least at the level of an Admiral, or even above.

The only reason they didn't say he was Emperor-level was simply because he couldn't maintain using Conqueror Haki for a long time.

"I don't know much about him. My friend told me that he was Roger's Greatest Rival and the only one that Roger might not have surpassed in strength."

Hearing that, Crocodile and Bullet's eyes widened.

Even Jinbe was surprised. After all, he was close to Whitebeard and heard the crew that Whitebeard was previously in.

Although Whitebeard didn't like talking about it, that didn't change anything.

"Rocks D Xebec! I want to see just how far I am from this guy."

Luffy said as he stood up.

He walked toward the Gates of Justice. As he moved forward, he attached Armament Haki to his arm, then started contracting his arm.

This was similar to Gear Fourth but without a full transformation.

He could use this move since he had been training to contract his body for quite a long time.

His arm inflated a little, and the fist entered the inside of the arm. There was. But this required a lot of concentration and effort.

Not only this arm wasn't trained to do that, but he also had to keep his Haki concentrated on his arm.

This wasn't ordinary Haki.

It was Advanced Haki. He was flowing his Haki outside, forming a firm coating of Haki around his arm.

As he let this Haki flow, he jumped.

His body was in front of the Gates of Justice. He looked tiny compared to the Gates of Justice, but he didn't care.

Because he was going to blast through this.

He closed his eyes for a moment, and his Conqueror Haki emerged. The red and black lightning wildly danced on his hand as he dashed forward.

[Gomu Gomu No]

All of his strength and Haki were poured into his hand. The fist emerged out like a springboard, and an immense Conqueror Haki burst out like a nuclear explosion.

The flames ran wildly, turning him into the image of a Fire God.

[Galaxy Piercing Impact]

Bang!

His attack hit the Gates of Justice from afar. It shattered the surface of the Gates of Justice, penetrated deep into it, and came out from the other side.

Crack! Crack! Crack! Bang!

Several cracks appeared on the Gates of Justice. Although these cracks didn't fully reach the corner of the gates, they did reach halfway there.

Then, it exploded. The entire area where it had cracked before exploded into pieces, revealing a massive hole in the Gates of Justice.

At this moment, everyone on the ship had different reactions.

Bullet was surprised, but he was grinning with excitement for his future battle.

Crocodile was shocked and a bit fearful of Luffy's strength.

After all, this wasn't a feat that anyone could accomplish unless they were Whitebeard caliber.

Jinbe was genuinely curious why Luffy was so strong. According to Ace, he shouldn't even be as strong as Ace.

And, this was beyond Ace.

He didn't want to underestimate Ace, but even if he gave Ace a few months just for training, he shouldn't be able to cause this level of damage.

Ivankov was surprised but also not that surprised. Considering how he was Dragon's son, she didn't underestimate his Willpower from the beginning.

And, she was the one who had seen the top-level battles.

Buggy, Bon Clay, and Galdino were just screaming in joy and dancing around.

In mid-air, Luffy stared at his hand for a moment and muttered.

"My Conqueror Haki! It's growing stronger."

Then, he rushed toward the back of the ship using Geppo and smashed a punch into the water.

[Galaxy Impact]