The natural system started off strong, but the navy finally reached its peak!

"Captain Roger...!" he screamed, his voice distorted.

"That warship seems... seems to be rushing towards us at full speed!"

"Hmm?" Rayleigh paused in his drink, his brow furrowing slightly. "The Marines in the first half of the Grand Line... are they really this reckless?"

The laughter on the deck abruptly stopped.

"Buggy, really? We're the Roger Pirates!" Shanks, not believing it, snatched the binoculars.

However, the moment he adjusted the focus, the figure standing at the bow of the warship was clearly reflected in the lens.

The black shirt fluttered in the sea breeze, the justice cape with black trim on the cuffs billowed behind him, and the black sword Bahuang in his right hand exuded a chilling aura.

"This guy..." Shanks suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, but before he could finish speaking, Bucky's voice came from the other end again.

"No...no!" Bucky, whose vision was clear, suddenly jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

"Captain Roger! The enemy isn't an ordinary navy! It's...it's 'Skyquake' Gern!!"

The name exploded on the deck like a bomb.

"A quake?" Roger's smile faltered.

Rayleigh's glasses flashed with a cold light, and even the usually arrogant Barrett suddenly stood up.

Over the years, the reputation of the Navy's Skyquake has been enough to make everyone take it seriously!

"No wonder, it's this guy!" Rayleigh pushed up his glasses, the lenses reflecting a cold light. "Looks like this isn't an ordinary patrol warship..."

"Hahaha!" Roger stood at the bow of the ship, hands on his hips, grinning broadly. "Interesting! I was thinking of destroying it to add some flair to the banquet. I didn't expect it to charge at us on its own?!"

“Tianzhen…” Rayleigh strolled forward, “It’s not a good choice to clash with him on the high seas!”

At this point, Gern's warships were very close, less than a nautical mile apart.

"Sorry!" Not wanting to cause trouble, Rylie first glanced at Gern and chuckled.

"Navy newbie, if possible, could you please not disturb our drinking?"

Meanwhile, on the warship

Gern looked at this 'Pluto' and couldn't help but chuckle coldly, a chilling smile curving his lips.

"I disturbed you? Don't be so rude! It's as if you weren't just discussing whether to sink my warship as after-dinner entertainment!"

Rayleigh did not refute Gern's merciless words.

Pirates and the Navy are inherently adversaries... It's simply a matter of you capturing me when you encounter me, and me destroying you when I encounter you.

Moreover, they had just attempted to attack Gern's warships without fully understanding the situation.

"You little brat, it's not time for you to be arrogant yet!"

At this moment, Jabba, wearing small sunglasses and carrying two axes, stepped forward with a displeased expression.

In an instant, the Conqueror's Haki of the two first mates of the Roger Pirates subtly pressed down on Guern.

Roger, meanwhile, watched this scene silently, a slight smile playing on his lips, holding a large wooden goblet.

Faced with the overwhelming aura of Rayleigh and Jabba, Gern took a deep breath, and a haughty smile gradually appeared on his lips.

"Hey you two... if you're going to threaten people, then show us what you're capable of!!!"

A furious roar exploded like thunder, and dark purple Conqueror's Haki, combined with the power of the Heavenly Tremor, burst forth from the bow of the warship!

Wherever its power passed, it was like a shockwave, shattering the space into glass-like fragments!

"Boom!!" The sea surface collapsed instantly under the terrifying pressure, and the thick clouds were torn apart, revealing a hideous gap.

The Oro Jackson groaned under the strain, and barrels on deck began to burst one after another.

Several weaker pirate servants rolled their eyes and collapsed to the ground.

"This level of Conqueror's Haki?!" Rayleigh's pupils suddenly contracted, and he immediately countered Jabba's full-force release of Haki.

Jabba also unleashed his power at the same time, his crimson and jet-black auras intertwining and clashing fiercely with Gern's dark purple Conqueror's Haki in mid-air!

"Crack!" The sea between the two ships was torn apart by an invisible force, and the seawater surged to both sides, forming a trench tens of meters deep!

In a two-on-one situation, Rayleigh and Jabba's Conqueror's Haki was not enough to suppress Gorn for a moment!

"What a joke..." Jabba gritted his teeth, cold sweat beading on his forehead. "This guy... actually possesses this level of domineering aura?!"

"No wonder he could slay the Golden Lion and defeat Oden." Rayleigh instantly intensified his Haki to resist, his golden hair flying wildly in the raging air currents.

"If you were facing someone alone, anyone would find it difficult..."

"Rayleigh." A calm voice came from behind him, and Roger slammed his glass down and strolled forward.

When Jabba and Rayleigh saw their captain approach, their imposing manner suddenly vanished.

"I've wanted to see you for a long time, Gern!" Roger suddenly burst into laughter, a red glint flashing in his eyes.

"After all, you are the man who inherited it!" Before the words were finished, Roger suddenly took a step forward, drew Ace, and his golden-red Conqueror's Haki erupted like a volcano.

"Come on, you little navy brat! Let me see why it chose you?!"

Two imperial qualities collided violently on the sea, causing the entire ocean to tremble!

This clash wasn't just at the same level as before; it was a true battle of equals, a clash of titans!

For a fleeting moment, the air over the entire sea seemed to freeze, then—"Bang!!!"

The sky exploded, the clouds were completely torn to shreds, revealing pure azure blue, and the sea surged with towering waves, causing the two ships to rock violently, almost capsizing!

Bucky clung tightly to the mast, his face deathly pale: "He actually managed to clash with Captain Roger's Conqueror's Haki?!"

"So powerful!" Shanks stared intently at the figure on the bow of the warship, his fists clenching involuntarily: "Is this the strength of the Navy's 'Skyquake'?!"

The only one among the four "monsters" of the new era navy to possess Conqueror's Haki!

Meanwhile, Barrett, who had been quietly watching everything, turned his gaze toward Gern like a dagger.

Since Crocus boarded the ship, he had known that Roger was terminally ill.

This fact plunged him into deep anxiety, especially knowing that he would never have the chance to beat Roger in his lifetime.

"Hey, Barrett!" Rayleigh noticed something was wrong and shouted with a furrowed brow, "What do you want to do?"

"Heh." Barrett ignored Rayleigh's question.

In an instant, his arms were covered in jet-black Armament Haki, and his body exuded a suffocating sense of oppression.

“Roger, since you’re not going to take action…” His deep voice carried a dangerous undertone, “then I’ll do it for you.”

"Huh?" Roger hadn't even had a chance to respond.

The next second, Barrett's figure shot out like a cannonball, the shockwave tearing a huge chasm in the sea, and towering waves parted to both sides.

Chapter 124 One Punch Shatters Barrett

The sea churned violently in the aftershocks of the clash of the two colors, with waves raining down like a storm.

Gern stood at the bow of the warship, his cloak fluttering in the gale, his gaze fixed intently ahead.

Suddenly, Roger's Conqueror's Haki abruptly subsided.

"Hmm?" Gern frowned slightly, sensing that another, slightly weaker but more ferocious aura was rapidly approaching.

A white wave burst open on the distant sea, and a towering figure charged straight at them, leaving behind a spray of water.

"Navy!" Barrett roared like thunder, his bulging muscles gleaming bronze in the sunlight.

"Come and fight!!"

“Douglas Barrett.” Gern’s pupils contracted slightly.

The man known as the "Demon's Heir" charged forward like a cannonball, his entire body wreathed in a violent and domineering aura.

His eyes burned with fighting spirit, like a beast unleashed from its cage, charging straight at Gern.

“If this were before I challenged Kozuki Oden, you might have been a formidable opponent.” Gern’s eyes darkened, but a cold smile curled at the corner of his lips.

"But now, ah."

Without the slightest hesitation, Gern's figure blurred instantly as he unleashed "Shockwave."

His figure blurred in place as high-frequency vibrating particles propelled his body into a molecular quantum flow tunneling space.

In an instant, Gern's presence vanished from the sight of all the powerful individuals present.

Then, in the next second, he appeared directly in front of Barrett.

"What's going on?" Gern asked, facing the unexpected appearance of him.

Barrett's pupils trembled, clearly startled, leaving him no time to adjust his posture.

He had not expected Gern to be so fast, and his Observation Haki seemed to have failed him.

But at this moment, Gern had already reached directly in front of Barrett, and his right fist was enveloped in dark red Haki that surged upwards like magma.

The vibrating particles collapsed wildly at the knuckles, condensing into a pinhead-sized point.

“I’m sorry…” Gern’s voice was low and cold, “Douglas Barrett.”

Before he finished speaking, his fist lashed out, shattering the space in front of his fist and tearing through the air with a piercing high-frequency shriek.

"Please, just be a background character for now..."

Barrett felt a sudden darkness before his eyes as Gern's fist rapidly enlarged in his vision, unleashing a torrent of Conqueror's Haki crackling with dark purple lightning.

Before his Armament Haki had fully covered his body, Gern's fist had already struck his chest with a thud.

"Black Shock - Fallen God Nail!!!!"

The moment the fist touched his chest, time seemed to stand still.

Barrett's wide eyes reflected a terrifying scene of space shattering like glass.

High-frequency vibration waves penetrate Armament Haki defenses and act directly on every muscle fiber.

"Crack!" A sickeningly loud sound of bone breaking echoed across the sea.

Barrett's prized steel frame began to crack like a spiderweb, as if it were fragile porcelain.

The violent shockwave pierced through Barrett's body like a sharp blade.

His muscles, bones, and internal organs were torn apart by high-frequency vibrations in an instant.

In an instant, his body twisted into an unnatural posture in the air, flying backward like an anvil struck by an invisible giant hammer.

"BOOM!!!" A visible shockwave ripple spread out, and the sea surface was forced into a huge dent.

Barrett's body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, tracing the trajectory of a shooting star, and crashed heavily into the sea two nautical miles away from the Oro Jackson.

"Bang!" A giant wave, hundreds of meters high, shot into the sky, and seawater poured down like a torrential rain.

The Oro Jackson rocked violently, and the crew on deck clung to whatever was secure to them, their faces pale.

On the deck of the warship, Tezzolo's gold pocket watch fell to the ground with a "clatter".

He mechanically turned his head to the bow of the warship. Guern slowly withdrew his fist, the pale particles swirling around his knuckles dissipating.

The cloak billowed in the aftershocks of the shockwave, and the words 'Justice' with their black trim gleamed coldly in the sunlight.

"This...is this the man's strength?" Tesoro's throat tightened.

..........

On the other side, the roar of the sea being torn apart still echoed between heaven and earth.

A towering wave, hundreds of meters high, crashed down like a collapsing sky, turning the entire sea upside down.

On the deck of the Oro Jackson, Bucky's screams almost pierced the stagnant air; his mouth gaped wide, and he seemed to shatter into pieces.

"You can't be kidding me, right?! That monster Barrett who just touched Rayleigh... he actually got knocked out with one punch... just one punch?!"

"So strong, incomparably strong." Shanks' straw hat was blown off by the violent shockwave, revealing his eyes wide with shock.

He instinctively reached out to grab something, but only managed to scoop up a handful of splashing, icy seawater. The water droplets between his fingers reflected a dazzling light in the sunlight.

"Hello, hello..." Jaba's brows were furrowed, fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his voice was more serious than ever before.

"This joke has gone too far... That's Barrett, not Bucky!"

"Did you see that clearly, Roger?"