One Piece : Admiral Falcon is Pissed off again today!

Chapter 567 - 567

"For me, death is no longer something to be feared."

Kong once again threw a punch, sending Tokikake flying into the air, then leapt up like a bomb.

Just as the Steel Bone Impact was about to strike, a thin yet incredibly swift flying slash came straight from another direction.

Kong had no choice but to forcibly twist his body and release the condensed attack prematurely.

"Gion, you've grown even stronger," Kong's eyes flashed with a hint of delight. "As a swordsman without Conqueror's Haki, you've almost reached the pinnacle."

"But limited by talent, I can never advance further, teacher," Gion held her golden sword Konpira horizontally, its originally gleaming blade now turned a deep, heavy black by Armament Haki.

"As a swordsman, I will never be a match for that guy Hawk-Eye."

"He is the world's greatest swordsman..." Kong immediately abandoned his attack on Gion and accelerated multiple times, appearing before Gion in an instant.

"In the eyes of others, aren't you a monster too? Without Conqueror's Haki, yet stronger than most who possess it."

Gion retreated rapidly, swinging Konpira to unleash a dense and swift barrage of flying slashes, attempting to halt Kong's advance.

But after multiple accelerations, Kong easily dodged the slashes.

Gion's pupils instantly dilated.

She knew her teacher had once been incredibly powerful...

Yet even at this age, he still possessed combat prowess no less than Garp's...

"Truly, age has not diminished your vigor, teacher," Gion's eyes sharpened as her Armament Haki began to flow. "Then... I must not disappoint you."

"Ultimate Technique: Falling Sakura."

In an instant, countless tiny slashes were unleashed, falling from above like scattered cherry blossoms.

Within the vast area before her, she created a vacuum zone filled only with slashes.

Even Kong, upon contact with these Flowing Sakura slashes, was covered in countless small yet deep wounds all over his body.

"Excellent, now this is more like it. On the battlefield, you must fight your enemy to the death... You truly fight with the intent to kill me. Just in that alone, you are more suited for the battlefield than that soft-hearted Gion!"

Kong charged through the sakura rain of slashes, arriving before Gion.

"Steel Bone: Impact!"

This punch was unstoppable, aimed directly at Gion's face.

"Mirror Mochi!"

"Candy Wall!"

In that instant, Katakuri and Perospero's defensive techniques simultaneously appeared before Gion.

With their Awakenings, their special Paramecia-type Devil Fruits achieved pseudo-Logia effects.

This was why they could assimilate rocks and soil from a distance to defend Gion.

"Old man, unfortunately, although we'd love to let your master-student death match play out... as part of this war, we cannot simply stand by and watch," Perospero pressed both hands to the ground, and in an instant, a crystalline blue candy colosseum rose from the earth.

"I believe this arena is worthy of a legend's death."

"That's exactly the point... Kong, since you've chosen to stand against us, I'm sorry." Benn Beckman sighed.

"After this, I'll personally apologize to Garp and Sengoku."

"Hahahaha! Those two aren't the petty type!"

Kong threw his head back and laughed heartily, then glanced at Marco, who was digging Whitebeard Jr. out of the ground, and at Gion, who had just landed.

His iron fists clenched tightly.

"It's been a long time since I've felt this exhilarated!"

"Youngsters! Come at me together!"

...

"The so-called Five Elders... are truly difficult to deal with."

In the center of the battlefield, Hawk-Eye Mihawk spoke as he drove his Black Blade Yoru into the ground, letting out a long breath.

"You keep cutting him into pieces over and over, yet you say he's difficult to deal with... Mihawk, you're even more prone to boasting about your opponents than I imagined."

Enel's body crackled with terrifying blue electricity as he created a massive lightning cage.

Inside this cage were only him, Mihawk, and Saint Ju Peter, who had been sliced into countless pieces but was still wriggling and regenerating.

This scene... was more than a little unsettling to witness.

"But to be fair, a Five Elder enhanced by Queen Lily... in a one-on-one fight, we might not be their match..." Hawk-Eye pursed his lips. "Even with three against one, we've been locked in a stalemate for quite some time..."

"Speaking of three against one... is it really okay to let Hancock go to Pangaea Castle alone?"

"Do you doubt her strength, or do you doubt Michael's?"

"I believe in both!" Enel unleashed another wave of lightning, precisely striking the wriggling flesh.

"But I also sensed it—the most terrifying clash of Conqueror's Haki ever, just now in Pangaea Castle... Michael's opponent is not weaker than him. If anything, they're evenly matched."

"Enough. Our task is to secure our gains... as long as Saint Ju Peter can never fully regenerate, our mission is accomplished." Mihawk lifted his head, looking toward Pangaea Castle. "The outcome of this war will ultimately be decided by Michael and Queen Lily..."

...

"Ahahaha! This feeling is really amazing!"

Luffy bounced around in mid-air, and under the influence of his fully Awakened Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan Type Nika, everything around him took on rubber-like properties...

In his hands, he was kneading and shaping one of Cerberus' dog heads like clay, while deftly dodging the other two heads.

With his "Gomu Gomu no White Whip," he spin around, delivering powerful kicks coated in Armament Haki to send them flying.

This scene deeply shocked Shamrock and Red-Haired Shanks, who were locked in their own deadlocked battle.

Long before he knew what Nika was, Shanks had sensed that this Devil Fruit was extraordinary—otherwise, Michael wouldn't have tasked him with stealing it from the World Government.

But he never expected its power to be so... chaotic.

"Damn it! Cerberus is actually being toyed with by such a clown!" Shamrock glared hatefully at Luffy.

Because Luffy had temporarily altered Cerberus's nature, Shamrock couldn't smoothly retrieve his sword.

Without Cerberus's assistance, even after his enhancement, Shamrock's overall strength was only roughly on par with Red-haired Shanks.

"Clown? No, no, no! This is my free form!"

As he spoke, Luffy molded Cerberus's dog head into an arrow, then used his own arm as a bow to launch it.

"Wow! That's really far!" Luffy watched as Cerberus's dog head vanished beyond the horizon, then turned back to Shamrock with a mischievous grin.

"So, next... are you going to play with me?"