The surrounding Neptune Army soldiers were caught completely off guard. The shockwave blasted dozens of them away, their formation instantly collapsing into chaos.
"Hahahaha! Jinbe, so this is the so-called strongest warrior of Fish-Man Island?"
Hody Jones laughed arrogantly.
Just as he thought… with this power, there was no one left in the world who could stand against him.
"Pfft… hahaha…"
Jinbe didn't respond. Instead, Oguro behind him burst out laughing.
What a frog in a well.
Back in the original timeline, this guy swallowed Energy Steroids by the handful and still couldn't take down a freshly trained Luffy.
And now he had the nerve to look down on Jinbe?
You really don't take a former Warlord of the Sea seriously at all, do you?
Forget the current Hody Jones. Even Luffy at the start of his journey two years later might not have been Jinbe's match.
Hearing Oguro's laughter, a flash of blood-red killing intent crossed Hody Jones's eyes.
"You lowly human! After I kill Jinbe, I'll make you experience the most painful death imaginable, to repay the hatred our fish-men have suffered all these years!"
"How dare you!"
Soi Fon's eyes went wide with rage as she stepped forward, ready to crush this arrogant ant.
Oguro grabbed her arm and pulled her back.
"Hey, don't get mad. He finally got himself a halfway decent toy. We should at least let him enjoy it for a bit, right?"
In Oguro's eyes, Hody Jones was nothing more than a clown, and Fish-Man District was just a sideshow.
There was no need to care about the pitiful bluster of insects like this.
But that calm, dismissive attitude stabbed straight into Hody Jones's deepest insecurity.
To him, Oguro was no different from those high-and-mighty humans who trampled, tortured, and slaughtered fish-men at will.
"Bastard! I'll kill you!"
Hody Jones roared in fury.
His body shot forward, charging straight at Oguro.
Rage had completely stripped him of reason.
"Hody Jones, you're courting death!"
Jinbe's face darkened instantly.
This man was Fish-Man Island's greatest pillar of support.
If he were hurt, the entire island would pay the price.
"Fish-Man Karate… Seven Thousand Tile Roundhouse Kick!"
Jinbe moved like an arrow through the water, tearing through the sea in an instant and appearing beside Hody Jones.
A ferocious spinning kick, powerful enough to shatter seven thousand tiles, slammed straight toward Hody's head.
Sensing the overwhelming pressure behind him, Hody Jones spun around to face Jinbe.
"I was planning to deal with that lowly human first. Since you're rushing to your death, don't blame me for it!"
Hody Jones was brimming with confidence.
He didn't even bother dodging Jinbe's kick, simply raising his right arm to block it head-on.
Boom!
An unimaginable force surged through his arm.
Hody Jones's expression changed instantly.
His body was sent flying like a piece of trash, kicked violently through the water.
What a flying fish.
"Hody Jones! Surrender immediately! Otherwise, I won't hold back any longer!"
Jinbe's voice was cold as he issued his final warning.
"Damn you, Jinbe!"
Hody Jones climbed back to his feet, the viciousness on his face growing even stronger.
"You think you've won just because you landed one lucky hit?"
"The New Fish-Man Pirates, attack! Kill all of the Neptune Army!"
At Hody Jones's command, Dosun, Zeo, and the others swallowed two or three Energy Steroids each.
In an instant, the New Fish-Man Pirates' strength skyrocketed as they charged the Neptune Army with savage grins.
"Ah!"
With just a single clash, the ordinary soldiers were crushed. Almost no one could even withstand a second blow.
Blood quickly stained the surrounding waters red.
"Hahahaha! I knew it! Fish-Man Island's secret treasure is the strongest! The ones destined to rule the world are us fish-men!"
Seeing this, Hody Jones's confidence surged.
Jinbe might be troublesome, but it didn't matter. He could just eat more Energy Steroids.
Just like how he dealt with Luffy in the original timeline.
Hody Jones grabbed a huge handful of Energy Steroids, at least twenty or thirty of them.
Gulp.
He swallowed them all in one go.
The next second, Hody Jones's body swelled even further, his height nearly reaching four meters.
His eyes turned completely blood-red under the drug's effects, like a demon's gaze.
His once-black hair rapidly faded to an ashen white.
Oguro knew exactly what that meant.
It was the price of burning through his own lifespan.
Unfortunately, Hody Jones had no idea. He thought it was simply proof of his overwhelming power.
"Fish-Man Karate… Ocean Drum, Extreme Sea Shock!"
With his power exploding, Hody Jones threw both fists forward at once. The combined force formed a massive shockwave visible to the naked eye.
Jinbe's eyes were icy. He slowly raised his right hand, a pure sphere of water forming in his palm.
In his deep, steady voice, he spoke.
"Fish-Man Karate… Secret Art, Buraikan."
The water sphere shot forward, releasing a terrifying wave of power that rippled endlessly through the sea, crashing straight into Hody Jones's attack.
"It's useless! Even if you're a former Warlord of the Sea, you can't possibly defeat me!"
Hody Jones laughed wildly, as if the world were already in his grasp.
"Tch. So he does know Jinbe used to be a Warlord."
Oguro watched the farce unfold, genuinely impressed by what a rare clown Hody Jones was on the Grand Line.
"I really don't know where he gets the confidence to think he can beat someone chosen from tens of millions of pirates."
Even Luffy and his crew had turned deadly serious when they learned they'd be facing Crocodile, fully prepared to die if necessary.
Those people were solidly in the second tier of the Grand Line.
And you, Hody Jones… you're really something.
Jinbe didn't bother acknowledging the clown. The water sphere in his hand detonated violently.
Boom!
Oguro saw it clearly.
A crushing shockwave obliterated Hody Jones's Extreme Sea Shock.
Seawater surged backward in a frenzy, almost forming a waterfall beneath the sea.
"What…?"
Hody Jones didn't even have time to react before the shockwave punched straight through him.
Pfft!
A mouthful of blood sprayed from his lips.
Stagger, stagger.
Hody Jones stumbled back two steps. His body swayed violently, yet he somehow forced himself to stay standing.
"Damn it! I can't lose!"
Like a gambler who had lost his mind, Hody Jones grabbed another massive handful of Energy Steroids and shoved them all into his mouth, swallowing them whole.
The next second, his muscles bulged grotesquely, veins writhing like coiled dragons across his body.
Feeling the terrifying aura radiating from him, even Jinbe's expression grew solemn.
"Jinbe! Die!"
Hody Jones lunged at him like a feral beast, blood-red eyes wide, intent on tearing him apart.
"Step aside, Jinbe."
Just as Jinbe was about to unleash one of his trump cards, a calm yet authoritative voice sounded from behind him.