The pirates sat and forgot, and they really believed the nine truths and one lie.

As the massive black shadow loomed over it, the smoke and dust around it gradually dissipated, and the Tyrant Bear's neck, covered in metal and flesh, slowly rose upwards with a mechanical motion.

His empty gaze calmly reflected this abruptly arriving, uninvited guest who exuded overwhelming ferocity.

This is a giant who is over twenty meters tall.

Its most striking feature is its pair of narrow eyes, growing side by side like four scarlet searchlights, which are now looking down at the ground without any emotion.

He wore a loose-fitting, dark-colored martial arts uniform, the style of which was simple and unadorned, yet it could not conceal the bronze-colored muscles beneath the fabric, which looked as if they had been cast in bronze and iron.

On his shoulders, wrists, ankles, and other major joints, the skin bulged abnormally, with jagged bone spurs protruding outwards, adding to his ferocious appearance.

With a head of explosive black short hair, each strand standing upright like the spikes of a sea urchin, he slowly opened his mouth, revealing sharp canines on both sides of his mouth that were noticeably longer than normal.

"The Tyrant Bear's strength is really not to be underestimated. That old bastard Elder Centipede is really unlucky. I wonder where you sent him to gather dust?"

The strange man's gaze did not linger on Tyrant Bear for long.

He turned his head slightly, and his four scarlet eyes, traversing several kilometers, locked onto the bow of the Merry, at the pink-haired girl who was stiff with nervousness.

“Your daughter is very beautiful, let her join us.”

The words "Join us" were like the most vicious curse, making Bonnie tremble violently.

She felt as if she were being simultaneously entangled by four cold, slippery venomous snakes, and a chill that penetrated to the bone instantly engulfed her entire body.

Where did these monsters come from?

Why are they all arresting her, one or two at a time?!

The next moment, an unprecedented, terrifying aura, driven purely by protective instincts, erupted from the depths of the Tyrant Bear's body.

His face, which remained mechanically calm, still showed no expression, but the turbulent energy emanating from him clearly indicated that he had entered a state of berserk rage.

His daughter is his absolute Achilles' heel; anyone who dares to covet Bonnie will face his most insane counterattack, willing to do anything to destroy everything.

The air was compressed to its limit, and a sharp shriek erupted as the Tyrant Bear's massive body vanished from its spot once more.

In the next instant, he appeared before the monster, its enormous face so close to his own. The difference in their sizes seemed to be erased by some kind of resolute will.

The two fleshy palms, carrying the terrifying force and energy that had sent Elder Centipede flying, were firmly imprinted on the center of the monster's face.

The Paw-Paw Fruit power activated again, and the monster's enormous body, exceeding twenty meters in length, shuddered violently.

A powerful reaction force, just like when he fought the centipede elder, acted on his entire body.

His body began to tilt backward uncontrollably, and his feet left the ground.

Just like Elder Centipede before him, he was enveloped in a rapidly expanding, semi-transparent, bear-paw-shaped air bubble, slowly but steadily rising into the sky, seemingly about to be sent away in the same way.

"Let's get acquainted, I'm Haojie."

Even as his body was forcibly lifted into the air and he was about to be teleported, Haojie's four scarlet eyes still showed no sign of panic.

Instead, a hint of even stronger interest flashed across his face, and his voice was frighteningly calm, "Your Devil Fruit ability is truly unique, quite interesting."

"If I'm just sent away like this, wouldn't that prove that I'm just as useless as Elder Centipede?"

"I can't explain this to my master, Sykes, damn it!"

A simple, clear, yet powerful syllable was softly uttered from the hero's lips, and the instant the word left his mouth, "Boom—!!!"

An unprecedented, soul-chilling aura erupted from the hero's center.

His limbs suddenly stretched outwards, not by muscular force, but by the outpouring of something more essential and higher-level.

Black and red lightning appeared out of nowhere, countless black and red electric snakes twisting wildly, instantly filling the entire sky centered on the hero.

That's Conqueror's Haki!

Moreover, it was a Conqueror's Haki so powerful that it inspired despair, reaching an unbelievable level in both quality and quantity.

The sheer scale of this overwhelming blue aura instantly covered the entire sky island.

The sky suddenly darkened and the clouds shattered, as if the end of the world had arrived.

Looking up from the blue sea thousands of meters below the sky island, one would probably only think that an unprecedented thunderstorm disaster had suddenly occurred in this airspace.

The bear paw-shaped air bubble enveloping the hero, about to complete its teleportation, didn't even last a second under the devastating impact of the Conqueror's Haki. It shattered with a crackling sound, unable to withstand the pressure.

It dissipated into countless points of light, and the power of the Paw-Paw Fruit gradually faded away. It was actually broken through head-on by this pure, domineering, and supremely powerful kingly talent in the most ruthless way.

Tyrant Bear's body jolted violently, and it took half a step back, causing the cloud-like ground beneath its feet to crack once more.

His eyes flashed red rapidly, as if he had never encountered an opponent who could so directly break through his abilities before.

Because Gouketsu released his Conqueror's Haki high in the sky, most of the pressure poured out in all directions, and most of the original inhabitants of the sky island and Bonnie were fortunate enough not to be directly swept away by the first wave of the most direct impact of the Conqueror's Haki.

Even so, everyone still felt a violent palpitation, as if their hearts were being gripped by an invisible giant hand. Those who were weaker had already rolled their eyes and collapsed to the ground.

The hero's massive body was suspended in mid-air, with nothing beneath his feet, as if he were standing on invisible steps.

He lowered his head, his four scarlet eyes sweeping once more over the ants below, trembling with fear under the lingering power of his domineering aura.

First, it landed on the Tyrant Bear, who was barely standing, and then on the pink-haired girl on the Merry in the distance, who was gritting her teeth and stubbornly looking up at him.

"This farce should end."

Heroes are merely fulfilling their master's mission. As for the process of completing the mission, they don't care how many people they have to kill; after all, it doesn't matter if some weaklings die.

Those weaklings who died didn't even have the chance to become test subjects for monster experiments, so Gouketsu didn't feel much regret. He owed all his strength today to Lord Sykes's grace.

Bonnie had already prepared for the worst; her father might not be a match for the heroes. At that moment, she suddenly thought of the Revolutionary Army and realized she had to contact her father's old friends.

That might be the only way to break this deadlock, but the Den Den Mushi is on my father, and it won't be easy to retrieve it from this predicament.

Even if they successfully call and get foreign aid, can the Tyrant Bears hold out until the foreign aid arrives?