The Five Elder "Gorbachev" looked conflicted and grave, but after hearing the entire explanation, Garen instead smiled in relief.
So Uranus was just a pure kinetic weapon.
Garen had originally worried that Sky Island was some kind of mobile nuclear arsenal. Now it seemed that it was merely a giant flying hammer.
Since Imu intended to destroy the world through the crude method of smashing into the ground, Garen could casually think of several ways to stop him.
"Leave it to me!"
"With me here, Uranus will never get the chance to crash down."
Garen confidently gave his assurance, without a trace of fear in his eyes.
"Don't let your guard down!"
Seeing that Garen was faintly showing signs of underestimating his opponent, the Five Elder "Gorbachev" could not help warning him:
"Lord Imu is not so—"
But as he spoke, he could no longer continue.
He was a subject of a fallen nation now. Acting so eagerly before an enemy like Garen was indeed far too strange.
Garen did not waste any more time with the Five Elder "Gorbachev." He merely raised his head in full concentration and looked toward Sky Island, which was continuously ascending into the sky.
It was rising quickly. In the time it took them to exchange a few words, it had already become a tiny black speck against the heavens in Garen's sight.
After pondering briefly, Garen first borrowed the Float-Float Fruit ability from Golden Lion, which was better suited for high-altitude flight.
Then, he instantly erupted with extreme speed and shot upward like a rocket.
Uranus's accelerating descent required a sufficiently long "runway," so Sky Island's flight altitude had already far exceeded the ten thousand meters Garen usually traveled through.
It continued rising higher without pause, faintly seeming ready to break through the