One Piece: The Strongest Trait System novel Chapter 178

Chapter 178: [178] : [BONUS] - An Attack on Marine HQ! A Horrifying Deterrent! Sengoku Concedes!

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BOOM!

Silently, invisibly—a devastating force descended upon Marine Headquarters!

THE ENTIRE BASE WAS INSTANTLY SUBJECTED TO A CATASTROPHIC ATTACK!

Currently, Marine HQ was a hive of activity, gathering immense military strength in preparation for war with the Whitebeard Pirates.

It was projected that over 90,000 Elite Marines would be assembled!

The reason it wasn’t the 100,000 from the original story was due to the massive casualties suffered by the ten thousand elites during the Enies Lobby incident—

Though the mobilization wasn’t complete, the forces gathered at Marine HQ were already colossal.

Yet under this sudden, silent, terrifyingly destructive force—countless buildings at Marine HQ were obliterated. Rampaging energy claimed the lives of innumerable elite Marines.

The massive fleet docked at Marine HQ’s harbor was also shattered and sunk under this devastating power—Countless blasts of invisible lightning erupted, plunging the entirety of Marine Headquarters into horrifying destruction!

VMM!

An intense red light flashed in Sengoku’s eyes—Observation Haki: Future Sight!

This—was the future Sengoku saw with his Precognitive Haki!

SKY SOVEREIGN ROWEN IS ABOUT TO LAUNCH AN ATTACK ON MARINE HEADQUARTERS!

This power was the Rumble-Rumble Fruit... And it was fused with another Devil Fruit ability—

—Completely concealing the light, sound, and fluctuations of the destructive lightning attack, turning it into this silent, horrifying assault!

It was the Paramecia Clear-Clear Fruit ability!

That ability should have been in the hands of Gecko Moria’s subordinate. According to intelligence from the World Government, Kuma had confirmed that Moria was killed by Sky Sovereign Rowen.

The Warlords, briefly back to full strength with Blackbeard’s appointment, had lost another member, requiring a new replacement.

The Clear-Clear Fruit’s power had indeed fallen into Rowen’s hands! And combined with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit—how frightening!

Against this silent, invisible destructive force—unless one’s Observation Haki reached the level of future sight—it was impossible to defend against...

The Clear-Clear Fruit could completely erase all fluctuations and presence of an attack—standard Observation Haki, as an extension of the five senses, simply couldn’t detect it!

Only Observation Haki that had manifested the sixth sense, capable of seeing the future, could anticipate the attack’s arrival!

And one had to constantly maintain their Haki at its absolute peak!

The only reason Sengoku had seen this was because the moment he sensed Rowen’s own Observation Haki, he had pushed his own to its limit. Sensing this base meant Marine HQ was definitely within Rowen’s Rumble-Rumble Fruit attack range—

—Though Sengoku hadn’t thought the man would be so insane—he didn’t expect him to REALLY attack!

’That reckless madman!’ Sengoku cursed inwardly. He’s as bad as that war-mongering drunkard Kaido!

Sengoku also guessed Rowen’s motive—This was punishment for Sengoku using his own Conqueror’s Haki to block Rowen’s Observation Haki earlier.

This was an Emperor’s wrath.

BUT THIS IS TOO UNREASONABLE!

This is Marine Headquarters... Isn’t it perfectly natural for us to prevent you from spying on us??

And for that, you attack Marine HQ??

Do you want all-out war??

As a user of the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Model: Daibutsu, these thoughts flashed through Sengoku’s mind in an instant.

But the most critical thing now wasn’t analyzing Rowen’s motives or cursing his insanity—it was stopping this attack!

A transparent Rumble-Rumble Fruit attack—

—Besides the Admirals, no one could withstand it. Even Gion and the others might die instantly!

If this attack landed—Sengoku, seeing the horrifying future of Marine HQ under this transparent lightning assault, felt his eyes turn bloodshot...

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CRACKLE! BOOOOM!

Sengoku, his body wreathed in Haōshoku Coating, shot out of the Fleet Admiral’s office.

The windows shattered instantly.

Ascending into the sky, Sengoku’s body began to glow with golden light!

VMMMMMMM!

His body rapidly expanded, emitting a brilliant golden sheen!

He transformed into a colossal Buddha!

The Buddha form of Sengoku the Buddha, user of the Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Model: Daibutsu!

"FLEET ADMIRAL SENGOKU??" The numerous Marine HQ elites below stared, completely stunned, at the suddenly appearing Buddha in the sky.

Especially the Vice Admirals and above—their expressions changed drastically. For Fleet Admiral Sengoku to transform into his golden Buddha form at Marine HQ—something was terribly wrong!

Was someone attacking Marine Headquarters??

Currently, Marine HQ was not only guarded by Fleet Admiral Sengoku, but all three Admirals were also present! With such a concentration of power, even an Emperor’s crew attacking would be courting death!

But the next moment—

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Sengoku raised his hand, launching a shockwave towards the sky!

The Buddha’s Shockwave (Impact Wave)——!

This powerful shockwave, though unable to tear the atmosphere and sea apart like the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, possessed localized destructive power in no way inferior!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

Under the horrified gazes of countless Marine elites, Sengoku’s terrifying shockwave collided with an invisible destructive force in the atmosphere!

A horrifying energy blast instantly erupted in the skies above Marine HQ. Even causing many buildings below to explode!

Facing such a sudden attack, even Sengoku couldn’t guarantee the absolute safety of Marine HQ. He could only try his best to direct the energy blasts towards uninhabited building clusters—

—And under Sengoku’s attack, the Clear-Clear Fruit’s ability was shattered, revealing the true form of the destructive energy!

Pillars of lightning radiating destructive power!

Numerous Marine elites stared wide-eyed. Many Vice Admirals’ faces paled drastically.

A destructive lightning attack descending from the sky.

On these seas, only one man could achieve such a feat...

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"SKY SOVEREIGN ROWEN!" Momonga’s face turned pale.

As a survivor of the disastrous Enies Lobby battle, the incident had left him with considerable psychological trauma.

Seeing this man’s signature Devil Fruit ability again, Momonga felt an uncontrollable fear well up inside him.

"Sky Sovereign Rowen is attacking Marine HQ??" Hearing the name, all the Marine elites’ faces changed, cold sweat beading on their foreheads as they all raised their weapons.

This was the man who had defeated two Marine HQ Admirals in succession...

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VMM!

"Yasakani no Magatama——!!!"