What determines the outco of a battle between two armies?
Manpower? Firepower?
Hamr would tell you proudly: Neither! What matters most is technology!
Technology far superior to the enemy's can lead to absolute and overwhelming victory.
That's exactly what's happening on the battlefield right now.
The Warhamr was ard with cutting-edge weaponry from Punk Hazard, the World Governnt's top research facility.
The Happo Navy, on the other hand, is using common sea-grade weaponry.
There was no comparison.
On board the Warhamr, all firepower is unleashed.
With all guns blazing, heavy machine guns, mortars, submachine guns, and rocket launchers, the battle was one-sided from the start.
At least, it would have been… if not for their leader.
The Happo Navy's commander was no ordinary pirate.
A powerhouse among powerhouses, a feared pirate of the sea, Don Chinjao, the Drill!
"Damn it!"
"This firepower is insane!"
"How are we supposed to fight this?!" Arggh."
Screams and curses erupted from the Happo Navy's ship.
Even Chinjao's expression darkened.
anwhile, Hamr smirked, thoroughly enjoying the show.
"You damn brat!"
"All this firepower ans NOTHING against true strength!"
Furious, Chinjao clasped his hands together, veins bulging on his forehead.
A trendous aura burst forth, stirring the air without wind.
Hamr's face changed. He imdiately activated Hamring of the Soul and shouted to his crew:
"EVERYONE, BRACE YOURSELVES!"
"HE'S USING CONQUEROR'S HAKI!"
Before he even finished speaking, a deadly aura exploded from Chinjao, pressing down on the Warhamr.
The invisible force spread over the entire crew.
Hamr, having activated Hamring of the Soul, was the first to clash with the incoming Haki.
Even he was shocked by the intensity.
'So this is peak-era Chinjao's Conqueror's Haki? The manga totally downplayed this!!!'
Despite his internal panic, there was nothing he could do. Chinjao's Haki suppressed everyone on his ship.
Under the weight of Conqueror's Haki, 80% of the 500 soldiers fell unconscious, not dead, but totally incapacitated.
Hamr's face darkened.
"Damn that Conqueror's Haki!"
Only now did he truly understand the impact of such an ability in battle, and why so many were awed when Luffy unleashed it at Marineford.
"You brat! With no n left, let's see how your fancy weapons hold up!"
"FIRE AT EVERYTHING! SINK THEM!"
Chinjao shouted, giving the command.
The Happo Navy suddenly surged with morale.
The remaining 100 or so soldiers on the Warhamr tried to fight back, but they were being supressed.
"Tch! Old man, you think you're the only one with tricks?"
"JUST YOU WAIT!"
With that, Hamr dashed toward the forge room.
Chinjao watched him flee the deck and burst out laughing.
"Hah! Kids are kids. Running away and still mouthing off!"
"HAHAHA!"
The Eight Treasures Marine's morale soared again.
"You filthy pirates! Shield-Shield! Tower Shield!"
On the lookout post, Shirley, having just recovered from the Conqueror's Haki shockwave, heard the taunting laughter and flew into a rage.
Activating the Shield- Shield Fruit, she summoned several enormous shields across the deck to protect their soldiers.
"Oh? Another Devil Fruit user?"
Chinjao scoffed. As a veteran martial artist, he neither feared nor respected abilities.
"You old bastard! Who said I ran?!"
"Ever heard of the Lion's Roar Technique's secret move?!"
"GAPHONE SONIC CANNON!!"
Suddenly, Hamr reappeared, his body wrapped in chains and strange discs, holding a cannon-like device that looked like a giant gaphone.
The discs were connected to the device.
"Old man, feel the destructive power of sound!"
"Lance, everyone, cover your ears and get behind !"
"CHEST-SHATTERING HAMR!"
Instead of radiating outward, the shockwaves sucked into the plates, then funneled through the amplifier as visible sound blasts.
DUANG!
A deafening hamring sound, ten tis louder than normal, slamd into the Happo Navy's ship.
"NO! Everyone!"
"AAARGH!"
Chinjao realized the danger instantly and tried to warn his n, but his voice was completely drowned out.
He had no choice but to cover his ears and use full-body Armant Haki to brace himself.
But his n weren't so lucky.
The dreadful sonic waves pierced their ears. Eardrums shattered.
Leaving pirates clutching their ears in agony
The shockwaves pulsed again and again, killing more and more pirates.
When the sound finally faded, less than two-thirds of Chinjao's crew were still alive.
Those who died did so with blood from all orifices, their internal organs shattered by sound.
Even then, the survivors were completely deafened.
The sound dampeners on Hamr's gear absorbed most of the blast.
While the residual noise was still intense, the crew, used to the noise of hamring, shrugged it off with nothing more than ringing ears.
No real injuries.
"You damn brat!!"
"Eight-Impact Fist Technique: Drill Dragon!!"
Enraged by the deaths of his n, Chinjao jumped high into the air.
His drill-shaped head turned pitch black with Armant Haki. His head was swirling with destructive waves.
This was Chinjao's full power unleashed.
"OH SHIT! MY SHIP!"
"Armant! Air Hamr, Triple Shot!"
"Shirley! DEFENSE!"
Realizing Chinjao was aiming at his ship, Hamr roared.
His right fist coated in Haki, he launched three hamr-shaped shockwaves to intercept.
At the sa ti, Shirley used her powers:
"Shield-Shield! Layered Shield! One-ter Shield Wall!"
This was her new technique: ten identical shields stacked on top of one another to create a one-ter-thick shield.
"Just Armant Haki?!"
"Watch reduce your ship to rubble!"
"Drill Dragon Nail Spike!"
Chinjao's ultimate technique: coat his drill-shaped head in Haki and ram it into the enemy.
One hit = total destruction.
Hamr used all his strength to block it.
The Warhamr was his masterpiece. He wouldn't let anyone destroy it.
But reality is cruel.
Even his triple hamr blasts couldn't stop Chinjao's cone head. It tore right through.
"HAHAHA! CRUMBLE!"
Chinjao's drill pierced the one-ter shield and slamd straight into the Warhamr's steel deck.
CRACK!!
The deck shattered. Chinjao ramd deep into the hull.
Steel plates trembled, but thanks to the ship's reinforced materials and special enhancents, his attack was finally stopped… barely.
A huge hole now gaped in the ship's side.
Hamr snapped.
His expression darkened, his right hand rose instinctively, fingers spread.
A terrifying hamring sound resonated from his entire body.
At that mont, his interface updated with a notification:
[Hamr-Hamr Fruit (Paracia) – Mastery: 95%]
[Awakening Imminent. Keep Hamring!]
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