One Piece: Trainers on the Straw Hat Pirates

This is clearly the battle stance created by Barto after he became a Pokémon, using his body amplified by Pokémon power, combined with his Devil Fruit ability and Dark-type energy.

For this reason, Barto specially got a resounding name for this move from Akane - Susanoo Barrier Stance!

In this form, Barto's spirit not only received a boost from the enhancement of his Dark attribute, making him immune to most mental attacks, but his Observation Haki was also greatly enhanced, giving him ample time to dodge some spatial attacks.

Of course, the above two aspects only slightly compensate for Barto's shortcomings.

The true strength of Susanoo's Barrier Stance lies in the fact that, under the absolute defense of the barrier's power, it also gains the ability to move flexibly.

In other words, even though Barto must maintain a special posture at this time, he can still fight normally with the power of Susanoo.

They switched from defense to offense, and launched a massive offensive!

Swish!

The demon claws, sharpened by the sharpening technique, swung fiercely, leaving sharp slashes in the air.

The next moment, Barto leaped out suddenly, and the half-demon that had been enveloping him also leaped out, extending its claws toward Aruru's body.

"Feel true fear! You foolish giants!!!"

Barto, not forgetting his taunts, burst into loud laughter and secretly unleashed his Dark-attribute move, Arrogance!!

The effect of being arrogant is that by attacking the opponent in a showy manner, the effect of the moves that amplify oneself is amplified a second time, making one's attacks even more terrifying!

This is the bizarre and malevolent attribute!

Although its attack power is not as strong as Psychic and its mystery is not as great as Ghost, the Dark attribute combines the characteristics of Psychic and Ghost attributes, giving birth to a unique attack style!

Arrogance and Sharpening Claws, two relatively weak Dark-attribute moves, combine perfectly at this moment.

the other side.

Seeing that Barto had used his power to conjure a strange demon whose size was no less than his own, Aruru, who had regained consciousness, gave a wry smile.

"Does body size... really have no effect whatsoever on the Straw Hat crew!?"

It seems that the strong members of the Straw Hat Pirates are more enthusiastic about the oppressive power of their size than the giants.

They were just ordinary humans, yet each possessed extraordinary skills, transforming into forms that were in no way inferior to those of giants.

After his initial reflection, Aruru's expression hardened once more.

Despite Barto's claw attack, he quickly picked up the heavy axe that had fallen to the ground and assumed an offensive stance.

He no longer desired victory.

Although Barto's loud roar hadn't caused him any serious injury, it made him realize that besides that absolute defensive barrier, Barto possessed a powerful force that struck straight to the soul.

That might be the Pokémon power that Shanks had previously warned him about.

However, knowing this is one thing, but even the well-informed Aruru doesn't know how to defeat Barto, who possesses a variety of strange abilities.

Since his schemes weren't working, he had no choice but to resort to the most primitive methods!

The warriors of Elbaf are never afraid of head-on confrontation!

boom!!!

A surge of powerful energy rose up once more, forming a fierce wind that swept across all directions.

Aruru once again gathered all his Haki, concentrating it on his heavy axe, and stomped his feet, creating one deep pit after another in the ground.

"what!!!!"

"Elbaf Glory - Overlord!!!"

Whoosh!

The sharp axe blade sliced ​​through the void, leaving a dazzling trail as it hurtled towards Barto and the half-demon surrounding his body.

The next moment...

Clang...

A heavy, resounding clang of weapons echoed throughout the land, like the sudden tolling of a great bell, long and lingering.

Despite listening to the rhythmic sound waves, Aruru's expression was anything but pleasant.

Holding the axe in both hands, he focused all his strength on his wrists, but no matter how hard he tried, the axe blade, blocked by the half-demon, could not advance an inch!

"Heh~ Do you think I'm still as easy to deal with as I was before!?"

Bato beneath Susanoo grinned wildly, laughing maniacally as if possessed.

"It's no use! It's no use!"

"You who cower in this tiny Elbaf have no idea what true power is!"

*Pfft!*

The soaring crimson blood suddenly turned the battlefield a deep scarlet color.

Barto, who was controlling Susanoo, slowly pulled another claw out of Aruru's abdomen and laughed wildly.

Taking advantage of Aruru's injury and exhaustion, he swung his other claw with great force, launching a Dark-type Sucker Punch attack. With a speed even faster than Aruru's Observation Haki, he successfully attacked.

Furthermore, because of the absolute defense provided by the barrier, Susanoo possesses the characteristic of absolute hardness!

In this world, no one can stand up to Barto in a head-on confrontation at this moment.

Even if Luffy and Zoro came, it would be the same.

That's why Moria had even considered having Barto fight Shanks.

It was only because Red had been explaining to them that Shanks probably possessed power second only to the Pirate King that they ultimately decided to have Law, the true strongest member of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet who had always perfectly defeated Barto, confront the former Yonko Shanks.

"Elder Yaruru!!!"

Upon seeing the overwhelming crimson, the giants roared in fear and anger.

But then, Yaru suddenly spoke:

"Don't act like a weakling!"

Although his resolute gaze remained fixed on Barto, everyone knew that at that moment he was conversing with the giants behind him.

"The warriors of Elbaf fear neither death nor life!"

"A mere ripped-out wound, nothing special!!!"

boom!!!

The intense abdominal pain seemed to remind Aruru of his youth. A strange light flashed in his eyes, but under the stimulation of the pain, his body suddenly erupted with an even more terrifying aura.

A strong wind swept through, sending sand and gravel flying everywhere.

Barto's smile remained unchanged, but he praised Aluru, whose fighting spirit had not diminished even though he was seriously injured:

"As expected of the leader of the giants!"

"I take back what I said before!"

"Although the giants of Elbaf are still a bunch of weak frogs at the bottom of a well, you are definitely the one among them most likely to break through the well's edge!!!"

Swish! ! !

Under Barto's control, the Susanoo, which was wielding its claws, suddenly brought its hands together and quickly materialized a barrier sword!

Barto continued to laugh: "Come on, warriors of Elbaf!"

"Your fighting spirit has earned you glory! Now, let me show you my strongest move!"

Suddenly, Susanoo, holding swords in both hands, brought the huge blades down to its chest.

Be careful!

"Because this next move can really kill people!!!"

Barto, who had never seemed to take Elbaf seriously, suddenly lost all the mockery in his eyes at this moment.

The next moment, his body suddenly twisted, and surging evil energy, like the ghosts of demons, poured out of his body and into the heavy sword formed by the power of the barrier.

Under Aruru's tense gaze, Barto slowly spoke:

"Susanoo's Ultimate Technique - The Great Sword's Frenzied Dance and Strike!!!"

Swoosh!

The moment Barto finished speaking, his body suddenly began to spin violently on the spot.

Meanwhile, the Susanoo on his body also began to spin violently as his body rotated.

The enormous sword, carrying surging evil energy, instantly left trails of afterimages in the air until a terrifying storm suddenly formed and rapidly approached the location of Yaruru.

Frenzy is not a particularly powerful Pokémon move.

Or rather, many Dark-type moves are inherently weaker than those of other Pokémon types.

However, the Frenzy of Strikes allows Barto to control his body using the power of the moves, enabling him to perform many actions that he couldn't do before.

This is the characteristic of the evil attribute!

They not only control the enemy, but also themselves!

Whew!!

As Barto's body spun faster and faster, the surrounding air currents were swept up by the suddenly appearing tornado and began to rush wildly toward Barto's location.

Driven by this airflow, Bato began to move rapidly toward Yaruru.

But just then, from within the giant formation behind Aruru, Shanks suddenly stepped forward and loudly reminded them:

"Elder Yaru! We can't take this attack head-on!!!"

His eyes flashed with a blood-red light, clearly indicating that in that instant, he seemed to have seen a terrible future through his Observation Haki.

However, upon hearing Shanks's reminder, Aluru glanced indifferently behind him.

At this moment, besides Shanks and the other two humans, there were no other giant warriors left behind him who could continue fighting.

With just one glance, Aruru turned back again, his voice deep and resonant:

"Ah~ I can feel the terror of this move too, Shanks."

"But the warriors of Elbaf can no longer retreat!!!"

If he retreats any further, he won't even be able to see the value Elbaf can demonstrate in the Straw Hat Pirates.