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  "Steelbone Kong?"

  El narrowed his eyes, staring ily at the fleet ahead. His gaze locked onto the imposing figure standing at the bow of the lead battleship. He was somewhat surprised to enter the future Navy Fleet Admiral, who would ter rise to bee the ander-in-Chief of the entire Wover’s military forces. At this moment, Steelbone Kong was already a didate for Navy admiral.

  "Step aside—"

  El smirked, deg to test the waters. Without hesitation, he drew the long sword from his waist, raising it diagonally. His aura surged, growing stronger by the sed.

  "El-sama..."

  Streusen was momentarily stunned by the sight.

  "Move back, don't get in the way... just watch!" Hajrudin quickly grabbed Streusen by the colr and pulled him back, giving El enough space to unleash his attack.

  "I'm so jealous! When will I be able to master the 'Elbaf Spear'?" Linlin excimed, gripping her rge bde, trying to mimic El's stance.

  "Linlin, you're just like El—naturally gifted. Once you're older, you’ll master it too!" Gerd crossed her arms, slightly irritated. "If anyone should be jealous, it’s me!"

  Though Linlin was naive, her exceptional talent was undeniable. Whenever El taught her teiques, she quickly grasped the key points—something Gerd and Hajrudin both envied immensely.

  "Elbaf Spear?" Streusen muttered, fused. But then, his eyes widened in shock.

  "Mighty Nation!!"

  El's sharp gaze remained fixed as he swung his sword, unleashing a colossal drical shockwave of sword pressure toward the lead battleship.

  "What!?"

  Streusen's jaw dropped, disbelief clear on his face. He struggled to prehend what he was witnessing.

  "What is that?"

  "Damn it, they're attag us!"

  "Is this one of Fallen Angel El's sword strikes?"

  "You've got to be kidding me!"

  On the distant Navy fleet, the sailors were shocked. They stared in disbelief as a massive wave of sword energy cut through the air like lightning. None of them could believe a mere boy could unch such a powerful attack from so far away.

  "Is that... the legendary Elbaf spear teique?" Steelbone Kong's pupils tracted. "This kid..."

  "Boom..."

  Without hesitation, Kong stomped his foot onto the deck, causing the battleship to sink slightly into the water. "Whoosh!" His t figure shot forward, fag the oning shockwave head-on. His right fist, covered in advanced Armament Haki, struck out with full force.

  "Adamantine Collision!!"

  The air seemed to colpse uhe force of his punch. The powerful Armament Haki fused with his strike, f a shockwave that collided directly with El's drical sword energy.

  "Boom! Boom!"

  A deafening explosion rocked the sea, sending massive waves crashing in all dires. "Whoosh... whoosh..." The rippling shockwaves spread across the o, causing the Navy warships to sway violently, with many sailors nearly losing their bance.

  "That guy..."

  "He actually blocked El's 'Mighty Nation' attack!"

  "Gulp! Is this the strength of an admiral didate?" Linlin, Hajrudin, and Gerd were stunned, uo believe the usually unstoppable Elbaf spear teique had been so easily blocked.

  "Damn, to unleash su extraordinary strike so casually... is this really the Elbaf giants' teique?" Streusen was shaken to his core. He had always known El was strong, but he hadn’t expected him to wield such power without even using his Devil Fruit abilities. If not for Steelbone Kong—a man renowned for his monstrous strength—any other vice admiral would likely have been obliterated by the attack.

  "You all leave first. I'll catch up by following the Vivre Card ter!" El's eyes burned with battle spirit as he stared at the powerful figure ahead, gripping his sword tightly as the fmes behind his head roared.

  "El-sama, isn't this too dangerous?" Streusen quickly warned, "After all, that man is Steelbone Kong, a monster among the Navy's admiral didates. He’s far from an ordinary vice admiral."

  "Precisely because he’s an admiral didate, he’s worth fighting!" El smirked coldly. Seeing that Streusen, Gerd, and the others wao say more, he waved them off. "Don’t worry, I’m not charging in recklessly... I know I ’t defeat him yet."

  "I just want to measure how far I am from reag the level of a monster like him!" El added. "Besides, if I want to escape, even an admiral didate ’t stop me."

  More importantly, wouldn’t it be more fun to provoke the enemy and slip away?

  "Alright then, just be careful, El!" Gerd sighed. She knew El well enough by now; once his mind was made up, there was no ging it.

  "El-onii, be careful!" Linlin called out. Though young and i, she wasn’t blind to the strength of their oppo.

  "Mm, don’t worry!"

  With a powerful fp of his wings, El shot into the sky, leaving the "Demon King Lucifer" behind. His figure became a blur as he sped toward the distant Navy fleet.

  "Umibozu, take them around the fleet’s position!" El’s voice echoed across the sea.

  "Yes, El-sama!" The giant sea Homie immediately began turning, pushing the ship in another dire.

  "Roar—"

  As Streusen watched in astonishment, a massive feathered serpent, over a hundred meters long, appeared in the sky. All around it, clouds began to gather at an arming speed, and the sky darkened.

  "Wooo..."

  The enormous Quetzalcoatl soared through the heavens, exuding an overwhelming preses cold, serpentine eyes locked onto the Navy fleet, particurly the imposing figure of Steelbone Kong.

  Its two pairs of wings—one blue, one bck—fpped forcefully. "Steelbone Kong, is it? Here’s a little gift for you... 'Tempest Rampage!'"

  "Wooo..."

  "Whoosh, whoosh..."

  Along with the howling winds, razor-sharp wind bdes sshed through the air, hurtling toward the Navy fleet.