"Bang!!"

  In the southern part of the isnd, a fierce csh sent both batants skidding backward.

  At some point, Sally had transformed into a t giantess, several meters tall, her preseerly intimidating.

  Notig this, she smiled while the battlefield and couldn’t help but praise, "Well done, Helen!"

  "Damn you...!"

  A CP0 operative, now transformed into a powerful giant ape, snarled, his face darkened with fury.

  "Fist-Gun: Rapid Strike!!"

  Enraged, he charged forward, his massive fists, encased in Haki, raining down like bullets in a relentless barrage.

  "So uncivilized, no sense of chivalry at all!"

  Sally let out a pyful chuckle, but her bat style was anything but delicate.

  "Hardened Dough!"

  Her hands suddenly expanded, ballooning into massive fists that rivaled her oppo’s in size and strength. Covered in Armament Haki, they punched and stretched out rapidly, meeting the CP0 agent’s attacks head-on in a ferocious exge of blows.

  "Boom! Boom!"

  The battlefield trembled as the two batants exged fierce attacks.

  Moments ter, both were knocked back. Sally’s eyes narrowed as her body began to shift. Her figure swelled like a balloon, and two additional arms sprouted from her sides, giving her four in total.

  "Rokuoga Teique!"

  Her feet smmed into the ground as she unched herself forward with incredible speed.

  At the same moment, the CP0 operative mirrored her, gathering his strength for a powerful terattabsp;

  Sally’s six iron-like fists, radiating immense ford enveloped in Haki so de was bck as ink, united into a single devastating strike.

  "Hummm——"

  The air distorted, vibrating from the sheer pressure as she unleashed her attabsp;

  "True Rokuogan!!"

  The CP0 operative roared, his imposing presence filling the battlefield. His fur-covered fists joiogether, brimming with overwhelming energy.

  "Great Ape on!!"

  The two attacks collided with ah-shattering impabsp;

  "Boom! Boom!"

  …

  Meanwhile, not far away, another battle was unfolding.

  Lying in the rubble, battered and bruised, the Longleg warrior Rock wiped the blood from his lips and watched Helen’s earlier performah amazement.

  "A giant with Logia powers... That’s seriously insane!"

  Rock had already transformed into his hybrid form as the user of the Bug-Bug Fruit: Flea Model. Despite his agility and speed, his youth and inexperience left him struggling against a seasoned Marine Vice Admiral.

  His oppo was also a Zoan-type user, wielding the Ox-Ox Fruit: Water Buffalo Model. With a tough hide, mastery of the Six Powers, and profit Haki, he was a formidable adversary.

  Even with the power boost from the Rumble Ball, Rock was barely managing to hold his ground.

  "You should be w about yourself!"

  Vice Admiral Iron Bull Moses bellowed. His twin horns, gleaming bck with Armament Haki, pointed directly at Rock as he charged forward with unstoppable momentum.

  "This time, I’ll skewer you!"

  "Troublesome bastard..."

  Rock muttered through gritted teeth, his face twisting into a determined grimabsp;

  Rock, his entire body taut with tension, readied himself for the oning assault. Although he knew he couldn’t ht defeat his oppo, he refused to bee a burden.

  "Steel Bull Charge!"

  Vice Admiral Moses, transformed into his full Water Buffalo form, stomped the ground and charged with electrifying speed, hleaming with deadly i.

  "Swoosh!"

  But just before the deadly charge could ect, a green barrier suddenly materialized in front of Robsp;

  "Bang!!"

  A deafening crash echoed across the battlefield as Moses’s sharp horns collided with the barrier. Immovable and iructible, the barrier repelled the attack with incredible force, sending the Vice Admiral flying into the rubble.

  "Now’s my ce!"

  The barrier disappeared in an instant, and Rock’s eyes sharpened with resolve.

  "Swoosh..."

  Leaping high into the air, his long legs extended like whipcords. Utilizing his incredible jumping ability, Roched himself at the disoriented Moses, his legs moving faster than the eye could follow.

  "Storm Kick!"

  "Ssh! Ssh! Ssh!"

  A relentless barrage of razor-sharp air bdes rained down upon the Vice Admiral, who was still reeling from the rebound of his own charge.

  Caught mid-fall and uain his footing, Moses ummeled by the onsught.

  "Boom! Boom!"

  "Arghh!!"

  Landing with a satisfied huff, Rock wiped the sweat from his brow, visibly relieved.

  Turning to face a distant figure over 100 meters away, he called out, "Thanks, Bangi! You really saved me!"

  To everyone’s astonishment, Bangi himself was standing inside a spherical barrier. A formidable member of the Holy Knights was attag him with fierce sword strikes, but Bangi appeared pletely unbothered, even managing to casually assist Robsp;

  "Hehe, just doing my job as the ‘Stro Shield!’"

  Bangi, known for his pyful and mischievous demeanrinned wickedly. As a profit user of the Barrier-Barrier Fruit, Bangi’s role wasn’t just to hold off his powerful oppos. He also acted as a protector, stepping in to shield allies in need.

  "You bastard!"

  The bde of the Holy Knight, covered in Haki, struck Bangi’s barrier with all its might. But the imperable defense forced the attacker back, frustratioched into their fabsp;

  "Hehe, the Holy Knights and the Celestial Dragons... So scary!"

  Letting the barrier vanish, Bangi dug into his nose, flig the tents toward his oppo with a taunting smirk.

  "e on, kill me if you !"

  "You i peasant!!"

  The enraged Knight’s face darkeheir patie its limit. As a user of the S-S Fruit, the Knight unfolded magnifit angeligs from their babsp;

  "Swoosh!!"

  With a mighty fp, tless razor-sharp feathers shot through the air like bdes, each glinting ominously.

  "Whoosh! Whoosh!"

  The storm of feathers rained down upon Bangi.

  "g! g!"

  A spherical barrier reappeared around him just in time. The razor feathers struck the barrier repeatedly but failed to leave even a scratbsp;

  The Knight was uerred. "Swoosh!" They vanished from sight, appearing behind Bangi in an instant. Their sword, ed in Haki, sshed down with blinding speed.

  "g!!"

  Once again, Bangi’s barrier-coated arm blocked the strike with precision. The Knight’s pupils tracted in shobsp;

  "Did you think I could only hide behind my shell?"

  Bangi’s grin turned feral. C his barrier-protected fists i-bck Haki, he roared, "Uable Barrier: Super Heavy Punch!"

  "g! g!"

  "Boom! Boom!"

  The force of his punches created shockwaves that rippled through the air, sending the Holy Knight staggering backward.

  Bleam