"I don't know what you're talking about with this Joyboy thing, I'm Monkey D. Luffy!"
Luffy shouted, "White-haired guy, you're Robin's brother, I don't want to fight you. Wano Country must open its borders. The people here can't get enough to eat, I want to make sure they're all well-fed!"
"Isn't that great?"
Sage chuckled, "After all, it's all about opening the country. I'll do it for them. Feeding everyone? It's not that hard for me."
"Huh?"
Luffy was taken aback and said, "What? You really are a good guy! Thank you then!"
Just as he finished speaking, Sage immediately added, "On the condition that I am in control here..."
"In the end, as a pirate, I have defeated Kaido, so naturally, I should take charge here. The strong prey on the weak, and the spoils go to the victor. It's the simplest rule."
"Is that so?"
Luffy thought for a moment, then his expression turned serious, "It seems we'll have to fight, after all, I'm a pirate too!"
"Exactly."
Sage laughed, "You won't back down, and you, this stubborn guy, probably can't be convinced otherwise. Come on, let me see how much you've improved since our last encounter."
Two years ago on Rainbow Island, just to test my combat power, I had a brief skirmish with this guy, but back then he was quite weak.
Now he does look impressive, already knowing Supreme King's Entanglement, and after taking such a heavy kick, he seems fine, just...
"Rubber Rubber..."
Luffy sprang forward, his naturally elastic fist rapidly expanded without the need for inflation, plummeting like a meteor.
The Haki-coated fist was now also wrapped in a layer of red lightning.
"Haki Ape King Gun! White-haired guy, I'm going to defeat you!!"
"I just wonder how many hits you can take."
Thud!
Smoke rings billowed from under Sage's feet as he leapt high, swiftly dodging the massive descending fist. He then jumped above Luffy, the Wolf Fang Staff Eight Precepts in his grasp. As he firmly twisted it, a cluster of purple light formed at the tip.
"I don't like using other people's power; it's just as well to unleash it together..."
Black and red lightning burst from Sage's hand, merging with the purple light, becoming one.
"Hakai!!!"
Boom!!!
The iron staff swung out, creating a colossal columnar shockwave that spanned half the area of Ghost Island. The center of the shockwave was mixed with purple and black-red lightning columns, making it unavoidable for the Elastic Man below, who was engulfed and covered by the attack.
The Eight Precepts stored Kaido's Supreme King, which he used frequently. Using it sparingly, such an amount could last a long time.
In theory, Sage could have used it as a trump card. By combining two Supreme Kings, he could unleash even more powerful moves.
But he didn't like it.
Power, in the end, should be one's own!
This Supreme King, might as well just use it up. Combined with his own Supreme King, it produced an ultimate Haki technique equivalent to one he could only execute in collaboration with Kaido!
Although it can only be used once, its power is absolutely immense!
Rumble!!
With a single blow, without Kaido's maintenance, the already cracked floating Ghost Island had its edges shattered into fragments under the shockwave, while the center turned to powder. The shockwave directly slashed from its center, shooting straight towards the waters outside Wano Country.
Rumble!
The Flower Capital and indeed the entire Wano Country shook tremendously, and huge waves surged in the waters, so large that the people of the Flower Capital could see them. As the tides rose, water splashed down, bringing a brief heavy rain over Wano Country.
The people of the Flower Capital were all hit by the aftershocks. The battles between samurai and pirates halted, knocking everyone to the ground. Each person raised their head, staring in shock towards the huge plume of smoke like a mushroom cloud rising from the distance.
Ghost Island... disappeared?!
"What power!"
Renedia, emerging from the tenshu, covered her small nose, then raised her hand to unleash a Power Circle, dispersing the wafting smoke.
And the smoke in front of her gradually rose high, revealing a clearer outline.
Despite not being directly hit by the shockwave, the aftereffects still left a massive crater in that area.
"This Haki..."
Lily perceives a lot more, raising her eyebrows, "What's going on?"
What she sensed, aside from Sage's own Haki, included Kaido's as well.
That colossal shockwave seemed to be the combined attack of two individuals.
Sage always proclaimed Kaido as the strongest on the seas, unrivaled in single combat. Even if exaggerated, there was truth in his status as a top-tier fighter, while Sage, in Lily's eyes, was a man with power surpassing Kaido.
The two of them combined...
Was there an enemy from the heavens?
But soon, she realized hovering over the vanished Ghost Island, there was only one person standing on black clouds, wielding a Wolf Fang Club buzzing with black-red lightning, suspended in the air, gazing down below.
Sage!
"Hee hee hee hee! We won!"
Moriah excitedly spread his arms, shouting, "Sage won!"
How could Moriah forget Kaido's weapon, the very Wolf Fang Club he used during his fights with Kaido in the past.
Even Ghost Island had vanished, and Kaido's weapon was in Sage's hands...
The outcome was clear!
"We won..."
Marika smiled, "Looks like I won't have to serve others as a chef anymore, although I couldn't imagine Sage failing, if he really did, I also wouldn't accept serving another."