"Everyone attack together!"
Scratchmen Apoo stepped forward. As the user of the Tone-Tone Fruit, he could turn any part of his body into a musical instrument and attack with sound waves produced by those instruments.
At the moment, although X Drake had been stopped, his role had never been to damage Borsalino. His job was simply to restrain him and prevent him from turning into light.
From that perspective, Drake had already succeeded.
Apoo's left arm suddenly transformed into a suona horn.
He blew into it.
"Da!"
Which instrument sounds best is subjective and depends on personal taste. But if someone asked which instrument had the most aggressive sound, the suona would almost always be the answer.
Because of that, the suona blast was Apoo's strongest attack.
The instant he played the note, a visible sound wave as thick as a finger shot toward Borsalino.
This was the strongest technique Apoo could currently produce.
"What a fascinating ability."
The attack was fast and destructive. The loud sound itself could distract an opponent.
Yet Borsalino casually caught the sound wave with his hand.
Yes. He grabbed the sound wave.
"Sound waves cannot move faster than light," Borsalino said calmly.
"Light speed?"
Renji showed a thoughtful expression.
Borsalino was incredibly fast. Extremely fast.
But he was not truly moving at the speed of light, even when using his light body.
His speed was probably the physical limit his body could currently achieve.
If he could truly move at light speed, nobody could threaten him at all. Anyone fighting him would only watch helplessly as they were killed.
A human body simply could not endure true light speed.
Of course, that did not mean the Glint-Glint Fruit lacked the potential to reach such speed.
It was just that the world of One Piece did not produce fighters with that level of physical capability.
"If it were me… I might manage it."
Renji briefly evaluated himself.
With training alone, even he could not reach that level.
But he had the attribute collection system.
If anyone could fully unlock the Glint-Glint Fruit's potential, it would probably be him.
Pop.
Borsalino suddenly crushed the sound wave in his hand.
Apoo froze in shock.
"You crushed a sound wave?"
"That is Haki," Drake explained again.
"Armament Haki can damage Devil Fruit abilities. That is why it works against Logia users."
"It can also disrupt special Paramecia abilities like your ranged sound attacks."
"Borsalino relies heavily on his fruit, but his Haki is not weak."
"Keep attacking. Do not lose focus."
After Drake's explanation, the others nodded.
At the same time, they began to feel curiosity and desire for this mysterious power called Armament Haki.
Every one of them had encountered troublesome Logia users or strange Paramecia abilities while sailing the seas.
Armament Haki sounded like the perfect solution.
"Vice Admiral Drake, you certainly know a lot," Borsalino said as he looked at Drake.
"There may be six Supernovas here, but you are the most dangerous."
"You know the most information and you are clearly their leader."
Drake instantly felt danger.
Without hesitation he transformed.
"Roar!"
Drake's Devil Fruit was the Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Ancient Zoan Model Allosaurus.
He became a massive Allosaurus, a creature that existed only in ancient times.
The huge dinosaur jaws snapped toward Borsalino.
Black Armament Haki covered the teeth, though only partially because Drake's Haki mastery was still weak.
Still, it gave him the ability to harm a Logia user.
"So frightening, Vice Admiral Drake," Borsalino said lazily.
His expression did not change at all.
In the next instant his body disappeared.
Even Renji almost lost track of him.
"That speed…" Renji's eyes narrowed. "As expected from the Glint-Glint Fruit user."
Looking where Renji was staring, Borsalino had already appeared above Drake.
His right leg shone with golden light.
The lazy atmosphere around him vanished.
He kicked.
Boom.
Drake's massive body flew away.
His Devil Fruit transformation instantly disappeared. Drake collapsed on the ground, eyes rolled back, completely unconscious.
[You picked up 1 Devil Fruit growth experience.]
[You picked up 1 Strength.]
Renji collected the attributes dropped by Borsalino and felt genuine surprise.
The "terrifying" power he felt had two meanings.
First, Borsalino's overwhelming strength.
Second, the incredible value of the attributes he dropped.
This single attribute increased Renji's strength more than ten attributes from the Supernovas combined.
"How can he be this strong?"
Apoo stared at Borsalino in shock.
Drake was among the strongest of the Supernovas.
Yet even he had been defeated by a single kick.
The gap in power was so large that Apoo almost wanted to run.
Only the presence of the others stopped him from fleeing immediately.
"So you finally decided to fight us?"
At that moment Urouge stepped forward confidently.
He grinned at Borsalino.
"I may not know this Armament Haki you mentioned, but if you are willing to fight me head-on, I still have a way to defeat you."
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