I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

A deep, drum-like sound emanated from Sun Bear's body, like a powerful, deep engine roaring, and a surging, tidal wave-like pressure grew stronger with each step.

"this....."

What is that sound?

"It sounds like war drums, and also like the sound of an engine..."

The pirates and marines present all showed hesitation.

Especially Ain, who was standing right behind Higuma.

Higuma was startled, and for the first time, he stopped in his tracks.

Before others could react, he was intimately familiar with the sound emanating from his chest...

This is an Emperor Engine!

As physical strength was depleted and heart rate increased, the Emperor Engine was also awakened.

"A miscalculation..."

The previous shadow clone, Sun Bear, was created after the Sword Mountain Island incident. At the same time, Morgana attached a spherical silent barrier to it, completely covering the heart area of ​​Sun Bear.

In this way, the strange noise from the Emperor Engine was eliminated.

Initially, Navy's Sun Bear relied on Morgan's Silent Barrier to eliminate sound and thus conceal his voice.

But this time is different.

After the Battle of Luoshan Island, the shadow clone Higuma disappeared and returned, and then a new shadow clone was created through Sig.

The silent barrier that was originally attached to the heart has disappeared with the news of the shadow clone.

Like Law's ROOM space, the Silent Barrier is an invisible space that only the user can perceive.

Sig or Sun Bear weren't some cunning old monsters; the Silent Barrier that Monka set up was over a decade ago, and he had completely forgotten about it.

Ri Xiong paused, his mind racing.

Just as he was about to speak up to smooth things over, he heard Ain's voice behind him.

"No... as expected of Admiral Higuma!"

Ain coughed lightly, then spoke rapidly and loudly:

"Is this the supreme Conqueror's Haki, the resonance between heaven and earth, that only the legendary sea overlord Rocks and the mountain bandit king Sig can possess?"

"As the second person in the Navy besides Fleet Admiral Sengoku to possess Conqueror's Haki, our Admiral Higuma has finally mastered Conqueror's Haki to the point of resonating with the heavens and earth!"

"This must be a breakthrough after the fierce battle with the bandit king on Luoshan Island, right, General Higuma?"

Ain was thoughtful and quick-witted; she had already come up with an explanation before Higuma even spoke, managing to smooth things over.

However, she also knew the truth that Sun Bear was Sig, and this flattery made her face burn and her ears turn completely red.

"So...I see?" The navy soldiers were a little confused, then they suddenly realized:

"As expected of Admiral Higuma!"

"I remember now, General Higuma is the second man after Fleet Admiral Sengoku to possess Conqueror's Haki!"

"Does this mean that he has surpassed Fleet Admiral Sengoku in the application of Conqueror's Haki and reached the same level as the Mountain Bandit King?"

A commotion arose among the sailors, and their gazes toward Sieg became even more reverent.

For ten years, Higuma did not kill pirates, but only sent them to Impel Down prison, making great contributions. The Marines thought Higuma was the second Zephyr.

After the Battle of Luoshan Island, Higuma captured the bandit king, and they thought Higuma was the second Garp.

Now that Higuma has displayed his formidable Conqueror's Haki, could he be the next... Fleet Admiral Sengoku?

"Now is not the time to be surprised!"

Kuina shouted loudly, and in front of her, Drake, covered in blood, took the opportunity to fly backward.

While Higuma and the Navy inside the encirclement were still stunned, the remaining three supernovas, Apoo, Drake, and Hawkins, seized the opportunity and fled in three different directions.

"Did they escape? But it doesn't matter, it'll just take a little more time."

Just as Higuma was about to lead the navy in pursuit, Bakura stepped forward from behind, holding a Den Den Mushi in her hand:

"Admiral Higuma, urgent call! He says he's discovered the trail of Luffy, the Straw Hat, who was the mastermind behind the attack on the Celestial Dragons."

"Oh?"

Higuma took the Den Den Mushi and pondered for a moment:

“Straw Hat Luffy is the main culprit, I’ll go there myself. Ain, you take the others and chase after the remaining Supernovas.”

"Yes."

Higuma separated from the Navy and subsequently launched another life return mission.

The three-meter-tall, imposing body underwent another change. The originally broad and strong upper body shrank and became lean and muscular, while the legs also became slightly thinner.

His height returned to 1.9 meters, but his legs appeared even longer.

The original form that Admiral Higuma used in battle was quite physically demanding. He has now switched to a less strenuous form for traveling.

Chapter 1109 Sun Bear and the Crooked Hat Group

"Huh...huh..."

On the devastated battlefield, Luffy lay sprawled on the ground, panting heavily. A pacifist robot that had just been destroyed lay among the ruins.

Zoro and the others were in similar condition; they were covered in wounds and were almost completely exhausted.

The current pacifists would need their entire pirate crew to work together to barely win.

Even if they win, they will have used up almost all their strength and will be exhausted.

"Get up quickly, we're not safe yet," Nami urged.

"Forget about going to the New World, we must leave the Sabaody Archipelago immediately."

Just then, a voice came from afar.

"Trying to run? Too late."

A man with a burly build like a sumo wrestler, barefoot, wearing a red bellyband, and sporting short hair with bangs, strode over. Beside him was the second pacifist.

This person is none other than Sentomaru, the captain of the Science Unit, Vegapunk's bodyguard, and the leader of the Pacifistas.

Because he was testing new weapons, the pacifists led a group of them into this battle.

"There's another robot exactly like Bartholomew Kuma? What on earth is that?" Nami's pupils contracted, her heart trembling.

"I won't tell you, after all, I'm the most tight-lipped man in the world." Sentomaru snorted coldly.

"The Pacifista is a new type of weapon developed by Dr. Vegapunk, specifically designed to eliminate pirates with over 100 million taels of silver..."

Halfway through his sentence, Sentomaru suddenly realized something, and his expression darkened:

"What a cunning bunch of pirates. It seems we must capture you all here."

"Walking alone with empty feet!"

He slapped his palm in front of him, and a powerful burst of Armament Haki emanated from his body, striking Luffy, who was rushing towards him, from a distance.

With a loud bang, Luffy winced in pain as his body flew backward like a cannonball, traveling dozens of meters before crashing to the ground.

"Ouch... It didn't even touch me." Luffy was completely stunned.

"This is a master of Armament Haki, he's releasing Armament Haki from a distance..." Robin's expression also became serious.

Using joint manipulation techniques with Hana Hana no Mi has very little effect on characters with strong Armament Haki.

Simple hardening can make the skin tougher than steel, and joint manipulation cannot break a finger of an Armament Haki master.

One pacifist has plunged the entire pirate crew into a fierce battle.

At this time, another expert in Armament Haki, Sentomaru, also appeared.

“This isn’t an enemy we can face right now…” Robin looked at Brook and Franky behind her.

The three of them are the oldest members of the Straw Hat Pirates, and they also had a deep connection with the Higuma Mountain Pirates ten years ago.

Franky followed Tom in his youth and served on Higuma's ship. Brook, on the other hand, is an elder from before Roger's era, possessing vast experience and knowledge, though he later abandoned his idol status to return to the path of piracy...

Although they didn't participate in many battles back then, they had seen quite a few powerful figures, and their perspectives and knowledge were incomparable to those of others. At this moment, they came to the same conclusion.

"We can't fight them head-on; we should keep running..."

Should we scatter and escape?

While they were discussing, another voice came from afar.

"Sentomaru, you and the Pacifistas may leave."

Higuma appeared on the roof of a collapsed building, looking down at Luffy and the others.

"The remaining supernovas have scattered and fled. You are in charge of leading the pacifists to form an encirclement."

"This time, it would be best to wipe out all the supernovas in one fell swoop," Higuma ordered.

"...Yes, Admiral Higuma."

Although Sentomaru was not Higuma's direct subordinate, he was under Higuma's command in this operation.

With an admiral personally taking charge, he didn't think much of it and directed the Pacifistas behind him to leave, disappearing from Luffy and the others' sight.

But Luffy and the others remained on edge, watching Higuma stroll towards them warily.

"The Navy's highest combat force, an Admiral?"

"He's the legendary man who led the navy to successfully capture the mountain bandit king..."

Just as Higuma had been keeping an eye on the Straw Hat Pirates' situation, the Straw Hat Pirates were more or less influenced by Higuma, and learned about Higuma's situation from the newspapers along the way.

What surprised them most was, of course, the Battle of Lok San Island, which had been reported in the newspapers three weeks earlier.

Now, the very person who fought that battle is standing right in front of them.

"Are you the guy who defeated Uncle Sig?"

Luffy's fist slammed into the ground, his feet pumping the air, his entire body turning bright red, and scorching steam billowing from his skin—he had activated Gear Second.