'g—'

  'Whoosh—'

  The razor-sharp scythe cws, infused with advanced Armament Haki, cshed violently against El's massive, absurdly heavy halberd. The sound of metal reverberated across the battlefield as the two powerful figures collided, sending shockwaves rippling through the air.

  As an A Zoan-type user of the Scythe Dragon fruit, Admiral Hark was formidable in his awakened half-beast form, standing at least four to five meters tall. However, pared to El, who towered at ers in his human form, the size difference was almost ughable.

  "This guy..." Hark thought, stunned.

  The grouh them cracked and crumbled uhe pressure of their immerength. Hark felt his body recoil as he was forced back several steps, his Haki-ed cws trembling from the impact. The sheer force left him momentarily stunned. He had been caught off guard when he first nded on the isnd and was knocked back by El in his Quetzalcoatl form. Now, to his shock, El possessed such overwhelming strength even in his human form.

  "El! Linlin! Everyone, we're here!"

  Suddenly, from the distant sky, a thundercloud drifted closer, carrying Gerd and Lily. Linlin's eyes lit up as she spotted Gerd, her close friend.

  "Gerd, Lily, you're here!" Linlin, now in her human form, smiled brightly, waviedly as her previous bloodthirsty demeanor pletely disappeared. She now looked like an i, cheerful girl.

  "Linlin, since Gerd and Lily are here, it's time for you to bine your powers," El anded calmly, still wielding his halberd as he cshed with Admiral Hark. Without turning around, he instructed Linlin, "Destroy the Navy's entire fleet, and have the others withdraw."

  The massive halberd in El's hand had been ade for him two years ago, inspired by a on used by a merary leader in a ic he remembered. He had the "Savage Drago Halberd." At twelve meters long, it was far rger than an ordinary sword or spear, with a broad bde and aended hahough extraordinarily heavy and razor-sharp, parable to the famous great swords of the sea, El found it too light for his monstrous strength. He had tasked the Hell Trading pany with gathering rare, durable metals te a on that would finally satisfy him.

  "Yes, Boss El!" responded Rock, Jien, ahey khat the uping battle on the isnd was beyond their abilities, especially with Gerd and Linlio biheir powers, turning Linlin into the terrifying "Shinigami." There was no need for them to tribute to the destru of the Navy's fleet.

  "Mamama! No problem!" Linlin ughed, showing her sharp teeth. She waved her hand aured toward the others. "Barry, bring Nef and the others over!"

  "Right away!" Barry, who had been waiting in the Mirror World, immediately expahe mirror's size.

  "Open fire!"

  "Don't let them escape!"

  "Shoot the strange mirror!"

  The Navy and CP agents began firing, aiming to destroy the enrged mirror and stop the pirates from fleeing.

  "You pests are so annoying," Linlin muttered, narrowing her eyes. With a swift flick of her sword, she geed a powerful gust of wind, blowing away the ining bullets and onballs.

  'Whoosh—' Her eyes gleamed, and with a surge of queror's Haki, a powerful wave spread across the battlefield.

  'Thud, thud...'

  As expected, the Navy and CP agents colpsed oer aheir eyes rolling back, unscious from the overwhelming Haki. Only those who had already fled with Fenix Saint were spared.

  'Swish, swish...'

  Rock, Jien, and Oars Jr. quickly leaped into the mirror, disappearing into the Mirror World.

  "You unfivable pirates, none of you will escape!" Admiral Hark's eyes widened in fury as he charged forward, determio stop them.

  "That's not up to you," El retorted coldly. With a swift motion, he swung the enormous halberd effortlessly, the on dang through the air like a serpent. His advanced Observation Haki had already predicted Hark's move.

  Despite its immense size a, El wielded the halberd as if it were weightless, trolling it with frightening precision and speed. He brought it crashing down on Hark.

  'g!'

  Hark blocked the blow with his cws, but the grouh him shattered. Using the force of the impact, he leaped back, abandoning his attempt to chase Linlin and the others.

  'Whoosh—'

  A blinding arc of energy followed. Hark barely mao dodge as a massive, crest-shaped energy ssh cut through the air, tearing apart the grouh it.

  'Boom, boom...' The earth was torn open, leaving a massive gash that stretched out toward the sea. Waves surged and ed as the energy cleaved through the water, creating an enormous trench.

  "Once we're gone, you'll be free again," aunted as she leaped into the Mirror World. "Good luck."

  "Damn it!" Tsuru gritted her teeth, wishing she could tear her enemies apart, but bound by her restraints, she owerless to act.

  "Mamama! Good luck, indeed," Linlin mocked, grabbing Tsuru and hurlioward the Navy's ranks. Tsuru flew through the air, crashing into the ground with a cloud of dust.

  "Damn it!" Admiral Hark's face turned ashen. He remained on guard, wary of El's overwhelming presence, but could only watch helplessly as Nef and the others vanished.

  'Swish!'

  In an instant, the strange mirror shrank back to its inal size and was stowed away by Linlin.

  "El onii, I'm off!" Linlin shouted cheerfully as she jumped onto the approag thundercloud, Hera. As she flew off terd and Lily, Hark gred furiously, his eyes burning with rage.

  "Storm Leg! Dragon Sever!"

  Hark kicked the air, sending a massive ssh spiraling through the sky in the shape of a r dragon, heading straight for Linlin and Hera.

  "Mamama! o see me off!" Linlin sneered. She swiftly retaliated, her sword coated in a menag bllow.

  'Whoosh—' She sshed with a powerful strike, sending a massive crest-shaped energy wave hurtling toward the ining attack.

  'Boom, boom...' The two energy bsts collided, shaking the battlefield with their explosive power.

  Bleam