"Damn it—!"

  In a fsh, two or three Navy warships had already beeroyed by the lightning, engulfed in raging fmes. Many Navy soldiers were screaming in agony, repeatedly being struck by electricity, falling to the ground with their fates uain.

  "Smack, smack..." Steelbone Kong, furious beyond belief, stomped the air as he shot upwards with a murderous aura.

  "Tempest Kick: Storm Dragon!"

  With his advanced 'Observation Haki', he locked onto the massive figure hidden in the clouds. His right foot sshed through the atmosphere like a sharp bde, cutting forward with immense force.

  "Whoosh—"

  A massive light green ssh shot out, transf mid-air into a dragon-shaped ssh, r as it sliced through the clouds, speeding toward the enormous, imposing figure of the Quetzalcoatl.

  "Roar—"

  The Quetzalcoatl roared fiercely. Uhe shocked gazes of all the onlookers, it her dodged nor evaded but spread its wings and charged straight toward the attack. The massive snake head collided head-on with the formidable ssh.

  "Bang!!" In the moment, the Quetzalcoatl ushed back by the impact. At the same time, however, the powerful dragon-shaped ssh was deflected, shooting far off into the distant sea.

  "Boom, boom..." It left a massive gash in the o, an immerench that took a long time to close, leaving everyounned.

  "That monster... just like the rumors say, it's truly impervious to ons," Steelbone Kong's pupils tracted in shock. He had attacked with full strength, not holding back at all. His 'Tempest Kick' teique, bined with advanced 'Armament Haki', could easily slice through a mountain. Even his own King Kong Ape form, with its unbreakable body, had its limits—an attack like this could leave him wounded without proper defense.

  But this blow had only pushed the Lunarian boy back, leaving no visible damage whatsoever. It was truly unbelievable.

  "Swoosh—"

  In the moment, the torrential rain stopped abruptly. High in the sky, the massive figure began to shriransformed into a six-meter-tall huma hybrid form. His face was fierce, with blue skin and fangs. His body was covered in azure scales ahers, with limbs that ended in sharp cws, and a snake-like tail covered in scales trailing behind him. A pair of azure wings spread from his back, in addition to the bck wings typical of his Lunarian form.

  "Elbaf's Spear—"

  Without hesitation, El’s eyes locked onto Steelbone Kong, who was still in his hybrid form and h in mid-air. El swung his sword with tremendous force.

  "Hero’s Spear!!"

  "Whoosh—"

  A massive drical shockwave tore through the air, r as it rushed toward the now armed Steelbone Kong.

  "Diamond Csh!!" R in fury, Steelbone Kong stomped through the air. His massive right fist, ed in advanced 'Armament Haki', met the ining shockwave head-on.

  "Boom, boom..." It was as if a et had collided with the Earth. A blinding explosion of light erupted, filling the sky. The sheer force of the collision caused violent shockwaves, stirring up the sea below into t waves.

  The Navy ships rocked violently uhe assault, nearly capsizing. Onboard, sailors screamed in panie hitting their heads as they were thrown to the ground, while others struggled to keep from being swept away by the wind and waves.

  "Swoosh, swoosh..."

  Then, with a sharp look in his eyes, El fpped his four wings fiercely.

  "Swoosh, swoosh..." Sharp wind bdes sliced through the air, attag once again.

  "Tempest Kick: Wild Ssh!" Though he could have dodged using his 'Observation Haki', Steelbone Kong had no choice but to ter the attack, as the wind bdes would otherwise tear through the warships below.

  "Boom, boom..." Multiple green sshes collided with the rapid wind bdes, but in the blink of an eye, El’s blue figure shot forward, his sword noed in 'Armament Haki' and crag with lightning and fmes, dist the air as it came down hard on his oppo.

  "g!!"

  Sparks flew as Steelbone Kong, his face fierd menag, intercepted the fiery sword with his own 'Armament Haki'-infused fist, which was also crag with electricity.

  "What!?"

  However, as waves of scorg heat surged toward him, Steelbone Kong’s face ged. He suddenly felt as if a mountain ressing down on him, causing his right arm to sink uhe pressure. Despite his pride in the power of his King Kong Ape form, refihrough years of releraining to bee extraordinarily strong, he found himself uo gain the upper hand. He nearly plummeted into the sea but mao stabilize himself by stepping on the air and dispersing the overwhelming force.

  "Crackle... crackle..."

  The two warriors locked eyes, their killing i palpable. Bd red lightning crackled between them like dang dragons and snakes, spreading outward in all dires. Their auras collided in visible waves, her side willing to back down.

  "Is that...?"

  "A csh of queror’s Haki?"

  "That brat... does he also possess queror’s Haki?"

  Down below on the warships, Navy sailors began to foam at the mouth and colpse on the decks. Officers who remained scious were stunned, watg in disbelief as the two figures cshed in mid-air, their powerful auras shaking the heavens.

  "Not just 'Armament Haki' and 'Observation Haki', but even queror’s Haki... and he's mastered them to this extent?"

  High in the sky, Steelbone Kong, still locked in battle with El, was deeply shaken. Was this really a boy uen years old? The fact that someone so young had already mastered the three forms of Haki, and possessed such overwhelming strength, was simply unfathomable. Despite his own pride in his power, he couldn’t gain the upper hand in terms of raw strength.

  It was unbelievable.