Under the suppression of the violent Conqueror's Haki, everyone in the conference room changed their expressions. Although this Conqueror's Haki was not aimed at them, the pressure, like the sky pressing down, was so heavy that it made it difficult for them to breathe.
Sengoku looked at Renji and praised him sincerely.
'It seems that the future overlord of the seas will definitely belong to our Marine, hahaha! It's a good thing I chose to strongly promote Renji back then. I truly live up to my reputation as a 'Tactician'.' Sengoku thought to himself, a smug smile involuntarily appearing at the corner of his lips.
"What an astonishing aura!" Fujitora praised in a deep voice, his blind eyes seemingly struggling to open, showing whites, and his eyelids trembling.
As the one who surpassed Aramaki during the World Military Draft and successfully became an Admiral, he possessed extremely astonishingly powerful Observation Haki. Therefore, even though he was blind, it did not affect his combat ability in the slightest.
What Fujitora felt from the Conqueror's Haki emanating from Renji at this moment was an unparalleled domineering aura, like an earthly emperor descending. Anyone capable of possessing such Conqueror's Haki must have reached an unbelievably formidable level of combat power.
"No wonder he is called the strongest Marine of the new era. I admit defeat." Fujitora said in a deep voice.
Kizaru, who was beside him, was also shocked by Renji's Conqueror's Haki, and an inexplicable glint flashed in his eyes under his orange-tinted sunglasses.
"Yo. In two years... Renji, you haven't neglected your Haki training either."
Under the suppression of the powerful Conqueror's Haki, Lucci, who had just had all his fur bristling, now seemed to have met his natural enemy, and all his fur was smoothed down.
Seeing this, Garp let out a hearty "Kyahahahaha!" laugh.
Akainu, the Fleet Admiral, smiled slightly. He did not intervene or speak to stop Renji's actions, because Lucci had become increasingly arrogant ever since he became a CP0 member.
He even shouted and yelled in front of him, the Fleet Admiral, completely disregarding his dignity. If circumstances hadn't prevented it, he would have taught him a lesson long ago.
Now, it was even better, Lucci had run into a brick wall.
With Renji's personality, he would not tolerate this savage leopard.
"Step back."
As Renji's words fell, Lucci felt a thunderclap explode in his mind. Under the pressure of that Conqueror's Haki, countless cold sweats instantly drenched his back.
How can he be so strong?! This Conqueror's Haki!
While horrified, Lucci's leopard transformation quickly disappeared, and he instinctively wanted to retreat.
Miguel's lips curved into a smirk, seizing the opportunity. His burly figure, as if made of paper, quickly closed in on Lucci.
Seeing this, Lucci's pupils contracted. Renji's subordinate's speed is so fast? This is impossible!
Miguel wore a confident expression, his elbow reinforced with inky black Armament Haki. The muscles on his arm bulged and veins popped due to exertion. This was a strike he created himself, inspired by Renji and taught by the latter.
"Black Elbow!"
Under Miguel's roar, in Lucci's shocked gaze, his powerful elbow smashed fiercely into Lucci's chest. The immense force capable of crushing rocks and the power of nearly advanced Armament Haki combined, unleashing this super-powerful elbow strike from Miguel's hardest, most tempered elbow bone.
Boom! Crack!
A terrifying tremor sounded.
Under the might of Renji's Conqueror's Haki, Lucci was unable to mobilize Haki or harden his muscles in time to counter Miguel's attack.
He was, so to speak, completely unprepared and took the full force of Miguel's Black Elbow.
The intense pain made Lucci's face contort. He could even clearly hear the sound of some bones breaking inside his body.
Boom!
Lucci's figure flew backward at an extremely fast speed. Just as he was about to smash through the conference room wall, Renji raised his hand, releasing the gravitational force of Blue, forcibly stopping Lucci's backward flight to prevent him from damaging the conference room wall.
However, Renji not intervening was not the issue. Lucci could have originally alleviated the force of the elbow strike by smashing through the wall, but the gravity from Renji's Blue was equivalent to another unbreakable wall pushing against him from behind.
It was like two attacks fiercely sandwiching Lucci, with nowhere to even cushion the impact, causing him to suffer a double critical hit.
"Pah!"
A mouthful of fresh blood spurted out. Lucci's originally neat white suit was heavily wrinkled, and his pigeon was flung to the side. He himself was left suspended in mid-air in a sorry state.
"Enough, stop fooling around. As an Admiral, what kind of behavior is this?" Akainu then said, smiling.
Though he reprimanded them, no one could detect any anger in his tone.
Renji explained with a smile, "Oh dear, you've misunderstood, Fleet Admiral. I was just trying to prevent the wall from being damaged. Otherwise, not only would the budget increase, but it might also cause some instability if the soldiers outside saw it."
Everyone was speechless, while Akainu looked enlightened and said, "I see, then you've truly worked hard, Renji."
"Ugh..."
Hearing their conversation, Lucci let out a pained sound, his eyes filled with unwillingness.
"Damn it!"
"Oh, I almost forgot."
Renji released the gravity of Blue. Lucci, caught off guard, immediately fell to the ground.
"Are you alright, Mr. Lucci?" Renji asked with some concern.
Anyone who didn't know would think Renji was truly worried about Lucci.
"I'm fine."
Lucci snorted coldly and stood up. He would never admit that Miguel's punch had already injured him.
He, Lucci was destined to become the strongest man. Being injured by a mere Captain, for whatever reason, was something he never wanted to bring up again.
"Is that so? That's good."
Renji was very satisfied with Lucci's answer. If the latter continued to pester him, then he wouldn't mind personally giving him a sparring match.
"Regarding meeting early, who should advance to the next round, that naturally depends on a true test of strength."
Renji looked around and said, "After all, I don't think any of you want to easily give up this opportunity to compete for military merits."
"Everyone just needs to do their best when the time comes, and don't hold back against me."
Renji's words made the corners of the lips of those participating in the arena competition twitch involuntarily.
"Moreover, this is only if the arena competition can proceed smoothly,"
Hearing this, everyone's eyes sharpened.
"With no restrictions on participants, bringing together forces from more than two Four Emperors pirate crews, a competition of this level..."
After the meeting ended, Miguel followed behind Renji.
"Boss, what do you want me to do for the next operation you mentioned?"
Renji continued walking, an old hag's words surfacing in his mind.
"Come with me to Whole Cake Island."