Chapter 1540 The Five Old Stars Gather 2

The billowing black smoke and hellfire gradually subsided and receded, no longer wantonly venting their mind-destroying aura. But this was not the end of the crisis, but rather the suffocating silence before an even greater terror descended.

Ada seemed to have accepted her fate, slumping helplessly to the ground with empty eyes. Alan stood silently beside his sister, like an emotionless statue, coldly observing the apocalyptic scene before him. No one knew what he was thinking.

Hawkins futilely washed the divination cards in his hands. The result of each divination was predictable—100% probability of death. A bitter smile appeared on his pale face as he put the cards away and stopped making futile struggles.

Capone Becky, the once-powerful mob boss, felt utterly powerless. Faced with absolute power, all his schemes and scheming seemed utterly ridiculous.

He could only place his last hope on the two figures standing at the very front—Luffy and Kid.

Kidd had somehow donned an antique-style metal helmet, obscuring his signature red hair and revealing only his indomitable face.

The helmet seemed to have a calming effect, making him appear even more composed and focused when facing the five auras of despair than before.

He whispered to Luffy beside him, "One, two... there are five in total. Luffy, how many can you handle?"

Luffy pressed down his straw hat, his face still bearing his signature carefree smile, but his eyes were sharp as an eagle, full of fighting spirit: "Hehe, how will you know if you don't fight!"

Just then, the terrifying pressure that had been contained and originated from the deepest part of the black mist suddenly underwent a qualitative change.

Rumble, rumble—! ! !

Five immense, unimaginably powerful Conqueror's Haki, each different in nature yet all equally filled with supreme power and the will to destroy everything, erupted from the churning black mist like primordial beasts that had slumbered for billions of years.

This was no longer a single oppressive aura, but five tangible torrents of Conqueror's Haki, intertwined with countless dark red lightning bolts. They intertwined and merged, forming a terrifying shockwave powerful enough to shake the foundations of the island and distort the rules of reality. With overwhelming force, it swept across the entire island in an instant.

"So strong it's despair-inducing..."

"Do not--!"

Hawkins, Capone Becky, and Ada and Allen, who seemed to have no will to resist, were hit hardest, like duckweed being battered by a tsunami.

He was instantly blown away by this terrifying and domineering torrent, losing consciousness in mid-air before crashing heavily into the distant ruins, his fate unknown.

Those who haven't awakened Conqueror's Haki wouldn't even have the right to stand in this level of pressure clash. Lucci and Kaku dodged quickly enough, but unfortunately, like the pirates, they both passed out.

"interesting……"

"Let's fight!"

Almost simultaneously, Luffy and Kid's pupils contracted sharply, their muscles tensed to the limit, and two powerful, dark red Conqueror's Haki burst forth from their bodies like provoked monarchs, soaring into the sky at the same time.

Luffy's domineering and unrestrained spirit, and Kid's domineering and violent spirit, combined into one, seemed to form a solid barrier, crashing headlong into the five-force combined torrent of destruction.

At the center of the clash of Conqueror's Haki, space itself seemed to distort. Dense, spiderweb-like black and red lightning exploded and burst forth wildly, and shockwaves spread out in a ring, completely leveling the already crumbling buildings around them.

The difference was enormous. Luffy and Kid's Conqueror's Haki groaned in agony the moment they made contact. The quality, the magnitude, and the ancient and cold will contained within the Conqueror's Haki released by the Five Elders together completely exceeded their imagination.

Luffy and Kid's bodies swayed violently, their legs driven into the ground like nails, causing the rocks beneath their feet to crack inch by inch.

The two gritted their teeth, their facial muscles contorted under immense pressure, veins bulging on their foreheads, and every muscle in their bodies trembling wildly, yet they stubbornly held on, refusing to retreat a single step.

The terrifying Conqueror's Haki released by the Five Elders together, powerful enough to shake the heavens and earth, not only suppressed Luffy and Kid, but the violent airflow generated was also like a real shock wave, instantly blowing away the dense black mist summoned by the pentagram magic circle surrounding Nasujuro.

As the black mist dissipated, the terrifying entity hidden within was finally exposed to the light of day without any concealment.

When those five enormous, twisted figures, exuding a primordial evil aura, simultaneously came into Luffy and Kid's view, even these two audacious and seasoned supernovas were shocked.

His pupils contracted to the size of pinpoints in that instant, and for the first time, an uncontrollable look of shock and horror appeared on his face.

Those were five terrifying monsters that existed in ancient myths and forbidden books, each of which challenged the limits of human cognition!

The white horse bones at the very front are the complete form of Nasujuro Sei, who had just transformed into a centaur—an enormous skeletal warhorse composed entirely of pure white bones.

The sandworm was lurking to the side and rear. It was an extremely long and thick giant worm. Its skin was like a parched and cracked earth, covered with strange patterns. Its huge mouth, covered with spiral teeth, seemed capable of devouring everything.

Fengxi is a giant boar as large as a mountain, with thick skin and flesh. It has ferocious tusks like crescent moons, bristles all over its body like steel needles standing on end, and a pair of red boar eyes filled with a tyrannical and destructive desire.

The Ox Demon is a bizarre combination. Its lower body is the torso of a giant spider covered with bristles and sharp spikes, with eight segmented limbs, while its upper body is a ferocious bull's head with horns curving upwards and corrosive saliva dripping from its mouth.

Floating in mid-air is a giant bird whose upper body is covered with brightly colored feathers, while its lower body is a snake tail covered with scales that twists and turns. It flaps its wings silently.

The simultaneous appearance of these five demons, emanating an ancient, chaotic, and pure evil and oppressive aura, seemed to freeze the air throughout the Sabaody Archipelago. The distant sea ceased its waves, and the clouds in the sky parted, creating an eerie vacuum.

Luffy and Kid stared intently at the five monsters, their throats dry. An absurd yet irrepressible thought simultaneously surfaced in their minds: How exactly did that red-nosed clown Buggy manage to fight off all five monsters at once?!

They had seen footage of the battle at Mary Geoise during the broadcast and knew that Bucky the Joker had confronted the corrupted Five Elders.

When they saw the true forms of these five demons and felt their overwhelming pressure, they truly understood the despair Bucky had faced.

Now it's the turn of the island's idlers to experience the battle Bucky faced.