Weapon fruit is rubbish? Have you ever heard of Ryujin Jakka?

"Could it be that he has reached Roger's level?"

"No, that's not right."

"I have reached the level of Armament Haki, even surpassing Roger, but as for Conqueror Haki, I am still not as good as Roger."

Douglas Barrett subconsciously thought that Rosen had reached Roger's level, but immediately denied it.

It was because he remembered very clearly that if Rosen's domineering color really reached the peak of Gol D. Roger's lifetime, then it would be difficult for him to use the power of the fusion fruit now, and it would be difficult for him to display the "medium bullet" form.

When he was on the ship of Roger's pirate group, every time he challenged Gol D. Roger, he would be suppressed by the opponent's domineering aura to the point where his fusion fruit was difficult to use.

Although Rosen's Conqueror's Haki has also reached an advanced level, just like Doflamingo and Kaido, both of whom have intermediate Conqueror's Haki, there is still a huge difference in strength.

There are still differences in strength among the higher-level domineering Haki.

"Although his Conqueror Haki is slightly inferior to Roger's, his Armament Haki is superior to Roger's, and he has the ability of the fruit that has not been used yet. Once this man releases all his combat power, it will really be a miracle."

As this thought crossed Douglas Barrett's mind, he was horrified, yet he dared not be negligent.

Especially when he saw the Susanoo made by Rosen, after drawing the sword, he gripped the hilt with both hands, raised the domineering long sword above his head, and made a gesture as if he was about to chop. He twisted his whole body with all his might, bursting out with powerful domineering aura, trying to tear open the rock and soil that buried him deep underground, and break out of the ground before the Susanoo's sword fell.

click

bang

In a flash, Douglas Barrett's pair of mechanical arms tore through the hard and thick rock layers, stretched out from the ground, pressed down on the ground, and forcibly pulled the heavy body out from under the surface.

however.

Just as he broke out of the ground, Rosen took a small step forward, and Susanoo made the same move.

bang

Suddenly, there was a deafening thunder from the top of the sea of ​​clouds in the sky, as if the god of thunder was beating the drum madly.

After each roar, the cloud that was split in half formed two giant vortex clouds and the center of each of them dropped an extremely large black and red lightning.

It was like a black dragon descending to the earth and stirring up the ocean.

When the black and red lightning fell from the sky, it did not strike the ground or attack Douglas Barrett, but struck the domineering long sword that was raised above his head in Susanoo, as if to pierce through the sky.

Chi Chi

The violent and huge black lightning, like a black dragon, hovered in the void, lingering on the domineering long sword.

then.

Rosen waved his hands gently.

At the same time, the Susanoo under his feet slashed down from the sky with a huge domineering blade that was over a hundred meters long and wrapped in violent domineering color.

bang

A knife.

The sea of ​​clouds cracked, splitting the sky in two.

The boundless sea of ​​clouds was split into two pieces of cake.

A knife.

The ground collapsed and cracked into valleys.

The hard ground was cut into a canyon.

As Susanoo's sword, which was shrouded in the Hōjō Hō, slashed down, the domineering sword pressure that penetrated the heavens and the earth split the sky and the earth, submerging Douglas Barrett who had broken out of the ground and chopped him away.

The steel robot, which was tens of meters tall and as heavy as a small mountain, was directly swept into the air by the majestic sword, along with spiral dust columns rising into the sky and countless flying sand and rocks.

click

Covered in the Armament Haki, the indestructible surface of the steel robot emitted a series of teeth-grinding sounds of metal breaking.

then.

The steel body hardened by the Armament Haki exploded, and the entire body shattered into pieces.

Changed back to human form.

With just a casual blow, Douglas Barrett was directly knocked back to his original form from the "medium bullet" form.

The product of the combination of Armament Haki and Fusion Fruit.

In front of Rosen's complete form of Susanoo, it was just a matter of one sword strike.

砰

With a loud bang, Douglas Barrett flew a thousand meters away like a cannonball, smashed countless towering ancient trees, shattered countless giant rocks, and finally his entire body was embedded in the mountain, exploding into waves of surging dust.

"Whether it's the Devil's Heir or the Fusion Fruit, all efforts are in vain."

"Just my complete form of Susanoo."

Rosen stood on the head of Susanoo, looking down at Douglas Barrett who was embedded in the mountains in the distance.

puff

When Douglas Barrett heard this, he seemed unwilling to accept his fate, and also seemed to want to prove that Rosen was wrong.

His chest was shaking and he used his hands and feet to try to break free from the mountain. However, as soon as he exerted force, his chest felt blocked and his mouth opened involuntarily, spurting out a scarlet blood mist.

The blood spurted out, seeming to take away the devil's descendant's will and strength to resist. The whole person seemed to have run out of strength and collapsed into the mountain. He was unable to break free from the mountain and continue fighting as he had done before when he was knocked down several times and then stood up several times.

"Am I defeated?"

"Not just lost to Roger, but lost to this man."

"I can't even let him use his fruit ability."

Douglas Barrett stared from afar at Rosen, who was standing between the brows of Susanoo, as if he was standing on the top of the sky.

He looked at the domineering God of War who was as big as a mountain, taking earth-shaking steps, causing the island to tremble repeatedly, and pressing towards him step by step. He couldn't help but feel the long-lost powerlessness and unwillingness in his heart.

I haven't felt this kind of feeling for more than ten years.

Back then, on the ship of the Roger Pirates, they tasted this feeling every time they challenged Gol D. Roger.

I thought that after experiencing countless battles and training, and with Gol D. Roger's surrender and execution, I would never taste defeat again in this life, let alone a single fight.

The results of it?

Tasted it again.

Bitterness, unwillingness, helplessness and so on, all kinds of feelings fill my heart.

“Roger.”

"He is dead."

"The only reason I live is to chase the strongest."

Douglas Barrett's eyes were dazed, as if he saw the scene of Gol D. Roger being executed, and also saw the scene of his own repeated defeats in the Roger Pirate Group in the past.

With the beginning of the Great Pirate Era, he lost his home and goal.

More than ten years later, he returned to the sea and was defeated again, losing the qualification to pursue the strongest.

"I."

“I won’t lose again.”

"Apart from victory and being the strongest, I have nothing left."

Douglas Barrett glanced at the military uniform he was wearing, a uniform that he had never taken off, no matter he had destroyed the Country of Endless War, joined the Roger Pirates, or even been imprisoned in Impel Prison.

Lost the title of national hero.

Lost the only opponent I recognized.

If he were to lose the strength and victory that he had been pursuing at the risk of everything, then he would truly become a failure with nothing in this ocean.

"Ok?"

"Is this why you have to wear the same clothes no matter what time it is?"

"I see. No wonder."

Rosen's eyes flashed red.

He noticed that Douglas Barrett was looking at his military uniform. At the same time, his Observation Haki also sensed the complex emotions of the Devil's Heir and discovered a secret of the other party that was unknown to others.

"Rosen!"

……