Heroic Spirit Template in One Piece

In front of the New Fish-Man Pirates' 100,000-man formation, Hody Jones stepped forward and shouted arrogantly, "Come at me! Let me tear you apart!"

Caelan remained silent, simply staring at him coldly.

"Gugugugu!"

Hody Jones took out three E.S. pills and swallowed them.

E.S., a deadly stimulant, burned one's life force in exchange for a massive boost in strength.

In the past, just one pill was enough to grant him a significant increase in power.

Now, he had taken three.

Though he appeared fierce, when faced with Caelan, he was still cautious enough to take extra pills and show the so-called God Slayer some respect.

The drug took effect immediately. His long, black curly hair turned snow-white in an instant.

As his life force burned away, overwhelming power surged through his body. His muscles swelled dramatically, and a brutal, terrifying aura radiated from him.

"Boss is really going all out!"

"Isn't this a bit much? He took three E.S. pills... He's never done that before!"

Ikaros and Dosun took a sharp breath, realizing the situation was serious.

Their boss was the strongest among the Fish-Man Pirates, capable of defeating thousands.

Now, after taking three of the deadly pills, his strength had become unfathomable.

Tens of thousands of fish-men shouted fanatically in support of Hody Jones.

Such a fierce boss had to be invincible!

"Draw your weapon and fight me!"

Hody pointed at Caelan, his confidence swelling to its peak.

After taking three pills, he believed he was taking Caelan seriously enough.

If he lost, he could just take two more.

"Why would I need a weapon to deal with you? A true hero kills with his eyes."

Caelan shook his head, voice full of disdain.

In the next moment, a dazzling golden laser shot out from his eyes.

This was the power of the Noble Phantasm [Brahmastra Kundala]. Although not in its fully liberated form, it was more than enough to deal with someone like Hody Jones.

In the Holy Grail War, Karna once used a similar eye-laser to destroy an aircraft.

"Wait…!"

Hody's scalp went numb as he looked at the incoming laser in horror. His body and soul screamed danger, telling him to run.

But the moment he realized what was happening, it was already too late.

The power granted to him by the deadly drugs was too unstable. He couldn't block the attack, much less withstand it.

It was at this moment he truly understood just how insignificant he was before Caelan.

Sizzle—!

The laser struck Hody Jones.

In a flash, his entire body was reduced to ashes.

He didn't even have time to react and was still shouting at Caelan when it happened.

The entire battlefield fell into stunned silence, everyone staring blankly at the pile of ash.

That massive fish-man had turned to dust in an instant?!

"T-The boss is dead…"

Ikaros and Dosun murmured as if in a dream.

Their boss, alive and ferocious just moments ago, had completely vanished.

They could still see Hody's face and hear his voice in their minds, but now he was gone.

"Boss! He's dead!!!"

After a moment, the New Fish-Man Pirates erupted in a terrified and panicked scream.

The cries spread like a tidal wave.

The entire crew was engulfed in fear.

Caelan had simply glanced at Hody, and the strongest among them had turned to ashes.

"Revenge for the boss! Kill Caelan!"

Ikaros and Dosun's eyes were bloodshot, howling with rage.

Hody Jones had been their leader, their hope of rising up and taking revenge on the world.

Now that he was dead, they couldn't let it go!

"..."

Most of the younger Fish-Man Pirates hesitated.

Faced with someone who could kill Hody Jones with a glance, they had no courage to act.

"Boss was killed by a human! He's the enemy of the fish-men! He'll exterminate us all!"

"Destroy him! Kill this human!"

Ikaros and Dosun screamed at the top of their lungs.

"Destroy that human! Avenge the boss!"

The surrounding fish-men echoed in response.

They were the most fanatical followers of Hody Jones, filled with hatred toward humans.

"Charge!"

Led by Ikaros, the enraged fish-men charged toward Caelan.

Caelan's expression remained cold and unreadable.

He hadn't stopped them from getting emotional because he intended to eliminate the ringleaders and strike fear into the rest.

In the next moment, golden light erupted from his eyes again.

His target: the ones causing the most chaos.

Boom!

A violent explosion erupted.

An immense burst of light and heat followed.

It was like a miniature sun rising from the bottom of the sea, only to vanish in the blink of an eye.

The brilliance was so intense that no one could look directly at it. Their eyes instinctively shut against the stinging light.

Like the sun, it illuminated all things—dust included.

As the light faded, all the fish-men surrounding Ikaros and Dosun who had attacked Caelan were gone.

Over 10,000 fish-men had been erased from existence.

Silence.

Dead silence.

An overwhelming atmosphere of fear swept through the remaining fish-men.

Thoughts of revenge, thoughts of killing Caelan—gone.

All of it vanished.

The remaining 90,000 members of the New Fish-Man Pirates looked at Caelan in utter terror.

But none of them dared meet his gaze.

They were terrified that if they did, Caelan would unleash another blast of divine light and reduce them to ashes.

Thud.

A fish-man dropped to his knees.

Then, like a wave, all 90,000—fish-men, humans, and sea beasts alike—fell to their knees.

As if seeking forgiveness, they knelt as if in prayer to a god, begging not to be punished.

This was the day when divine power ruled like a prison.

Inside Ryugu Palace

"T-This… this…"

Ryuboshi and Manboshi clung tightly to each other, trembling like frightened rabbits.

Seeing Caelan unleash his might and effortlessly crush the New Fish-Man Pirates left them horrified.

With only two glances, he had annihilated over 10,000 of their main force.

The rest didn't even try to escape.

They could only kneel and await judgment.

What Caelan displayed completely shattered their understanding of what it meant to be strong.

Only now did they truly understand how fitting the title "God Slayer" was.

Only now did they realize what kind of being an Emperor really was.

Neptune sighed while looking at Caelan who was standing motionless, he had wiped out the New Fish-Man Pirates with just two glances. It was beyond belief.

And the light he had emitted resembled the very sun. That was not just a power—it was divinity itself.

Seeing it with his own eyes, Neptune was now even more convinced.

If this man wasn't the Sun God, then no one was.

(To be continued.)

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