One Piece: Surrounded at Marineford? Just kidding!

Chapter 280: Fusion vs. Meteorite

With a roar that seemed to tear at the throat.

Barrett suddenly stood up straight.

That previously exhausted energy surged back like a mad dog in its final moments—no, it exploded.

More terrifying and more profound than ever before.

A suffocating purple aura exploded from his feet.

"That is..."

A strange purple light was reflected in Kizaru's sunglasses in mid-air, and for the first time, the corners of his flippant lips turned down.

"Awakening? In this severely injured state?"

"Paramecia-type Fusion Fruit - Awakening!"

Barrett slammed his hands on the ground, and the purple awakening aura transformed into a shockwave that swept across the entire Isle of Aregia.

The earth is groaning.

Under the horrified gaze of the navy, the hard rocky ground came to life.

Their bizarre wriggling and liquefaction.

The entire island was transformed back into part of Barrett's body.

"Not just rocks"

Fujitora's face darkened, and his hand gripping the cane sword trembled slightly.

"Sunken warships, building ruins, underground mineral veins—all inorganic matter is assimilated by him."

The purple fluid sprouted countless tentacles and surged wildly toward Barrett.

He became a greedy black hole, devouring everything around him.

"This is everything! This is the strongest!"

Barrett's body was completely enveloped in purple fluid.

The earth trembled violently.

A colossal creature is about to burst forth from the earth.

Rumble!

A deafening roar.

A giant rocky hand, obscuring the sky, emerged from the ground.

One of its fingers is thicker than a top-tier warship at the Navy Headquarters.

Then comes the head.

trunk.

Both legs.

A colossal rock monster, over a kilometer in size, rose from the billowing dust, resembling an ancient demon god.

Its entire body was covered in jet-black Armament Haki, and destructive purple energy flowed between the cracks in the rocks.

Compared to this behemoth, the Buster Call fleet was as insignificant as a plastic toy in a bathtub.

"Are you... are you kidding me...?"

A naval rear admiral tilted his head back, his neck so stiff he couldn't turn it, and slammed his long sword onto the deck with a clang.

This is the ultimate form of the Barrett, the "Large Bullet".

But this is not the end.

"Hahaha! That's amazing! This is the best stage ever!"

Uta trembled with excitement as he looked at the towering rock demon that seemed to reach into the clouds.

Her wings of light suddenly unfurled, transforming into streaks of light that landed on the giant monster's shoulder.

She raised her hands, embracing the impending destruction, and sang a forbidden song from the shadows of history.

"Tot Musica".

"♪ Gah zan tak gah zan tat tat brak ♪"

A strange, distorted yet sacred melody resounded throughout the heavens and earth.

At the climax of the song, a giant demon totem made of black musical notes appeared behind the rock monster.

Black sonic energy crawled across the rock monster's body like blood vessels, infusing the lifeless rock with a soul.

Barrett's ferocious and domineering nature and Uta's distorted reality resonate perfectly.

The duet between the devil and the witch has now come to its final chapter.

"call"

The giant Barrett simply waved its hand.

The terrifying wind pressure created waves hundreds of meters high on the sea surface.

"Wow!"

The three naval warships were unable to turn around in time and were blown into the air like fallen leaves.

Then it crashed heavily onto the sea several kilometers away, shattering into pieces.

"This power"

Fujitora stood on a floating pebble, a rare bead of cold sweat beading on his forehead.

His Observation Haki told him that the thing in front of him was beyond what could be described as "powerful".

This is a living, moving, and domineering volcano capable of destruction.

"This is a huge problem."

Fujitora said in a deep voice, gripping his staff sword even tighter.

Even Kizaru, who was in mid-air, abandoned his nonchalant attitude.

He stared at the rocky demon that was almost level with the clouds, his eyes narrowed into slits behind his brown sunglasses, revealing an unprecedented solemnity.

"That physique, coupled with that troublesome domineering aura."

The light particles in Kizaru's hand condensed wildly, and a long and dazzling "Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi" took shape in his hand.

"It seems that if I don't get serious, this old body of mine might really break down here today."

"Roar! Roar! Roar! Roar!"

The roar of the giant Barrett was not like a human voice, but more like the rumble of the earth's crust moving.

The sound waves, mixed with Conqueror's Haki, instantly stunned all the low-ranking marines within a ten-mile radius.

"I will crush you all, along with this entire sea!"

Barrett's voice echoed within the rock giant's body, like a divine judgment.

He slowly raised his right fist, which blotted out the sky.

The fist is too big.

When it was raised, the naval fleet below was plunged into darkness instantly, as if a solar eclipse had occurred.

The purple aura of dominance and the black musical notes were compressed wildly at the fist, and the surrounding space emitted a crisp sound like shattering glass.

"Despair! This is the strongest blow in the world!"

boom!

The giant fist, carrying a devastating force, slammed down on the naval fleet and the two admirals.

If this punch lands, not only will ten warships be sunk, but half of the land-based base on Areggia Island will also be sunk.

The air was compressed to its limit, forming a white, high-pressure wall that pressed down on the sea surface first.

The sea surface instantly caved in, creating a huge bowl-shaped crater, and the seawater was pushed out, forming a tsunami hundreds of meters high.

"It's over, everything is over."

Lieutenant General Onigumo closed his eyes in despair.

Faced with such power, even a vice admiral and so-called justice are powerless.

"Eight-foot Jade"

The light from the Ame-no-Murakumo sword in Kizaru's hand intensified, and his body began to transform into elements, preparing to deflect the trajectory of his fist from the side with a maximum-powered attack.

Even though he knew it might not be of much use.

At this critical moment.

A rough, large hand suddenly appeared in front of Kizaru, blocking his way.

What does that smile mean?

Kizaru was taken aback and turned to look at Fujitora beside him.

Fujitora's scarred face was filled with determination and solemnity.

He didn't open his eyes, but his pale eyes seemed to pierce through the darkness, staring directly at the destructive giant fist descending from the sky.

"Borsalino, a monster of this size can't be stopped by lasers alone."

Fujitora's voice was steady and powerful, clearly reaching Kizaru's ears amidst the howling wind.

"I have a way to deal with this kind of thing."

"Oh?"

Kizaru raised an eyebrow.

"That's a fist that can shatter mountains."

"That's why"

Fujitora suddenly drew his staff sword, and a purple gravity aura erupted wildly around him.

Even the air beneath his feet became viscous due to the distortion caused by gravity.

He didn't look at Barrett, but instead raised his head, gazing with his blind eyes at the distant, deep sky.

"Since he has created monsters on earth, then I will borrow something from heaven to retaliate against him."

Fujitora gripped his swords with both hands and made a gesture that everyone was intimately familiar with, facing the sky thousands of meters above.

Sheath the sword.

Gathering strength.

Then he suddenly swung it upwards!

A purple gravity wave, invisible to the naked eye, shot into the sky, instantly piercing through the clouds and the atmosphere, reaching the vast universe.

"A journey to hell, no."

Fujitora took a deep breath, veins bulging on his forehead, clearly indicating that this move had taken a heavy toll on him.

"This is a high-stakes gamble for justice."

A few seconds of deathly silence.

Apart from the thunderous roar of Barrett's massive fist descending, the world seemed to stand still.

Then, the clouds parted.

It wasn't blown open by the wind; it was burned through by something carrying terrifying heat.

The dim sky suddenly brightened as if it were daytime, and a sense of oppression more despairing than Barrett's giant fist came from above.

Everyone instinctively looked up.

Amidst the shattered clouds, a massive meteorite, hundreds of meters in diameter and engulfed in crimson flames, trailing a long tail of black smoke, hurtled relentlessly toward Barrett's rock giant!

That's no ordinary meteorite.

Under Fujitora's full-force gravitational pull, the meteorite's speed had been accelerated to its limit, carrying enough kinetic energy to destroy a small country.

"Since you want to crush the ocean..."

Fujitora slowly sheathed the sword into his staff with a crisp "click".

"Let's try and see if we can crush this fury from the stars."

Barrett's massive fist, which was descending, suddenly stopped.

He lifted the massive rock and looked up at the burning meteorite above him, which was growing larger and larger until it almost filled his entire field of vision. The expression on the rock's giant face seemed to freeze.