Starting as a Roger Pirates Apprentice

Chapter 571: Chapter 571: More-More Fruit Awakening, Haki Increased a Hundredfold

Honestly, no one had expected it.

Zoro, who had always served as the backbone of the battle, had actually erupted with such terrifying power.

This kind of strength—already close to stepping into the top level—if used against Kaido, even if the opponent didn’t die, he would at least lose a layer of skin.

After all, it was the power of Orin and Kozuki Oden...

And because of their blind trust in Orin’s power, everyone began wondering what the result of this collision would be.

Could it be done?

Could that monster among monsters really be taken down?!

Countless gazes gathered at the center of the battlefield clash. As the violent shockwaves gradually dispersed, the figure standing there was finally revealed.

Zoro’s figure, wrapped in his black bandana, slowly appeared. At this moment, he stood there with his back facing Law and Luffy.

Seeing this, the weakened Luffy relaxed his worried expression and forced out a faint smile.

"Th... that’s great... Zoro is alright."

Law also showed a hint of disbelief.

"Could it be...? Did we really win??"

But from another angle, Kaido and Linlin silently watched the scene, their expressions heavy.

Because they could see clearly—

Blood stains at the corners of Zoro’s eyes, nostrils, and mouth had already nearly dried.

This wasn’t victory at all. He had clearly lost consciousness while still standing—no one even knew whether he was dead or alive.

Law and Luffy quickly noticed this as well.

Their mouths slowly opened, disbelief written across their faces.

"How is this possible..."

Dark lines slid down Law’s forehead, his expression turning extremely ugly.

"Even Orin’s Haki from his youth... couldn’t suppress this monster?!!!"

"That’s impossible!!!"

"That’s Orin we’re talking about!!!"

From his childhood in the Donquixote Family, through the Corazon incident, from the Sabaody Archipelago to Dressrosa—

In Law’s understanding since childhood, Orin had always been an absolutely invincible and overwhelmingly powerful existence.

But today...

"Shut up, brat!!!"

Kaido suddenly interrupted Law. After all, he had known Orin far longer than these youngsters and understood him far better.

"That was only the residual Haki Orin left inside that blade when he was young. So many years have passed. There’s no comparison."

Even so, being able to forcibly crush the remnants of power left behind by Kozuki Oden and Orin was already proof enough.

"Would rather die than retreat, huh?"

In front of Zoro, a figure walked out of the smoke with hands in his pockets. The lollipop stick in his mouth had somehow been sliced cleanly into two halves.

A slash wound marked his body—not serious, but clearly visible.

"After Hawk Eyes, you’re already the swordsman with the strongest will I’ve ever seen..."

"The future World’s Greatest Swordsman~"

That was praise of the highest level.

Among pure swordsmen, Zoro was only the second person to earn his acknowledgment.

But monsters that existed on an entirely different level were simply unreasonable.

So what if one aimed to be the strongest swordsman?

Zoro still ended up beaten into a near-death state.

Everyone fell silent before such overwhelming strength...

Even Linlin, who herself was born with monstrous physical talent, felt a chill at the existence of such a being.

Not to mention that this monster stood against them.

"Another world’s strongest, huh..."

After Zoro fell, Bullet stepped forward stubbornly. Kaido and Linlin stood beside him.

"Although ganging up isn’t the style of the strong... if it’s Orin and Linlin’s child, that’s a different matter."

Just like Roger and Garp facing Rocks together—

When confronting an enemy undeniably far stronger than oneself, joining forces was itself a form of recognition.

"Mamama~ A child trying to kill Mama isn’t a good child!!!"

Dante, meanwhile, looked completely unconcerned, as if their cooperation meant nothing to him.

Hands in his pockets, he alone faced the siege of three Emperor-level monsters.

Bullet struck first, throwing a heavy, overwhelming punch toward Dante.

It was effortlessly caught.

No matter how much force Bullet applied, he couldn’t move it even slightly.

"This is only five times strength."

Dante spoke expressionlessly. Then he grabbed Bullet’s fist and smashed him violently into the ground.

Before Bullet could fully rise—

A slash wrapped in flames and lightning followed immediately.

It struck Dante squarely in the face.

Yet it couldn’t advance even an inch, producing only the harsh sound of metal grinding against metal.

"Hot... ticklish..."

Dante’s eyes shifted toward Napoleon’s blade trying to break his defense. With one hand, he casually brushed it aside.

"In front of me, power and speed are meaningless. Unless your Conqueror’s Haki is strong enough... or you simply can’t be killed."

[Multiplier · Tenfold Strength]

Like brushing away a piece of straw, the massive Napoleon greatsword was pushed aside effortlessly. With a light squeeze from Dante, cracks even began to form.

Napoleon nearly cried from the pain.

Seeing this, Kaido finally stopped holding back. Instantly transforming into an enormous Azure Dragon, he coiled through the low sky.

Bullet erupted with massive Armament Haki, turning half of the skull dome into fusion material and forming a colossal beast.

"Heat Breath!!!!"

Blazing flames surged forward like a torrent, swallowing Dante within a sea of fire under his calm gaze.

But when the smoke cleared—

The figure had vanished.

"What?!!!"

[Multiplier · Hundredfold Speed]

[Multiplier · Hundredfold Strength]

At some unknown moment, a figure had already stepped through the air and appeared high in the sky, grabbing Kaido’s dragon tail.

Then came sheer overwhelming force.

A theatrical scene unfolded before Kaido’s widening eyes—

The hundreds-meter-long dragon body was treated like a rubber band, toyed with freely under that hundredfold strength.

Like a windmill centered around Dante, Kaido was swung wildly through the air in every direction.

Even the gigantic fused beast was shattered into pieces by a single swing.

"No way...???"

Linlin, who had just recovered her breath, froze completely at the sight.

She had imagined that Orin’s son would be abnormal—

But barely eighteen or nineteen years old, and already swinging Kaido around?!

Law no longer knew what to say. He could only keep using his ability to teleport repeatedly, avoiding the immense force generated by Kaido being flung around.

Kaido himself was already completely dazed.

Could you imagine one hundred young Orins grabbing your tail and tossing you around together?

Even a dragon’s brain would be shaken into mush!!!

Only Dante felt it still wasn’t enough.

"Is a hundredfold already the limit?"

"I wonder... after awakening, can Haki also be amplified a hundredfold..."