Belial, Tregear, new members of the Straw Hat Pirates

At this moment, some of the fishmen around Hody were starting to back down, and some were even trembling slightly.

Seeing this, Hody said grimly, "What? Are you scared?"

Upon hearing this question, the merman trembled all over. "No, no, I, I just..."

"What's there to be afraid of!" Hody roared. "We have 100,000 men here, and they only have a dozen or so. What's there to be afraid of?"

Hearing Hody's words, the members of the pirate crew felt as if they had been injected with adrenaline.

"Yes, there are many of us."

"They are just lowly human beings."

"There's nothing to be afraid of; we have the advantage."

Then Hody pointed ahead and said, "Go!"

"Kill!" With Hody's command, the fishmen began to march towards the Straw Hat crew.

At this moment, Chopper and Usopp were so frightened that they collapsed on the spot, while the others remained unmoved.

Belial said calmly in Hody's direction, "Kid, I told you, numbers are useless against absolute power." With that, Belial flew into the sky, looking down at the Fishman Pirates below.

"What is he going to do?"

"It's okay, he's all alone."

Before he finished speaking, Belial slowly raised his right hand, which flashed with a dark red light. His left hand was placed in front of his chest, and his right hand was placed on top of his left hand.

Belial shouted, "Desium Ray!" A dark red ray shot out from Belial's palm.

"What, what is that..." Before the fishman could finish speaking, the Desium Ray had already reached him.

"Boom!" As the beam of light struck, dozens of fishmen were instantly killed at the spot where the fishman was standing. Before the remaining fishmen who had been blasted away could react, Belial slowly moved his hand.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" A series of explosions engulfed the fishmen, who scattered and fled in panic.

The inhabitants of Fishman Island witnessed this scene: Belial, like a god of death, relentlessly bombarded the New Fishman Pirates. With each explosion, countless fishmen perished.

Belial then accelerated the movement of his arm, and the Descium Ray swept rapidly across the battlefield. The fishmen didn't even have time to escape before they were engulfed in flames. A few seconds later, Belial stopped moving.

The crowd stared at the scene before them: the ground was filled with billowing smoke and raging flames, along with the corpses and screaming cries of mermen.

Hody stared in shock at the scene before him, roughly estimating that at least ten thousand people were incapacitated, including the dead, the unconscious, and the disabled.

“Just like I said before,” Belial said, looking at Hody with disdain, “numbers are nothing in the face of absolute power.”

The residents of Fishman Island cheered at the sight, while the members of the New Fishman Pirates were terrified. Just then, Hody shouted, "Don't be afraid! That guy is out of stamina. He must be exhausted after unleashing such a powerful attack."

Torregia gave a disdainful smile and said, "To ants, a human's kick can destroy the world. But to humans, it's just a matter of taking two steps."

"That's right, everyone, let's go!"

Hearing Hody's words, the fishmen, who had just been afraid, began to charge again.

Just as Belial was about to unleash the Desium Beam, Luffy suddenly appeared in front of him.

"What are you trying to do, kid?"

Luffy laughed and said, "You've already made your move, it's my turn now." With that, he walked towards the fishmen who were charging at him.

Just as Belial and Tregear were wondering what Luffy was up to, and just as the fishmen had arrived near Luffy and were about to swing their swords at him...

Luffy raised his head, and a powerful aura erupted from him, sweeping across the entire plaza.

Just as everyone was wondering what was going on, something shocking happened next:

Many of the fishmen in the New Fishman Pirates suddenly rolled their eyes back and collapsed unconscious, as if they had lost control.

"Ah! What's going on? What happened?"

Hody stared in shock at the scene, completely bewildered.

"Hey, wake up!"

"This is unacceptable! Forty thousand people, all gone in an instant..."

"What's going on?" Belial turned to the Straw Hat crew and asked.

“That’s Conqueror’s Haki,” Robin replied.

"Overlord and domineering?"

At this moment, Tregear said from behind, "It seems that Luffy is emanating a powerful aura that can shatter one's consciousness."

"I see."

Jinbe exclaimed, "He's reached this level in just two years!"

Sanji said, "So it's Conqueror's Haki. This kid really has talent."

Zoro laughed and said, "If we don't even have this much strength, then we'll have to change our captain."

The fishmen of the New Fishman Pirates broke out in a cold sweat upon witnessing this scene. Even the officers couldn't help but tremble.

Luffy calmly looked at Hody, who was already stunned in place, with his eyes wide open and mouth agape, and said...

"Hody, right? I have no objection to where you go or what kind of king you become."

As he spoke, he adjusted his straw hat, "But I'm determined to be the Pirate King."