The Era Changed Long Ago! Ronan's Absolute Suppression!

Commander-in-Chief of the entire military, Steel Bone Kong, locked his sharp, furious eyes—like those of an aged lion—firmly onto Ronan.

Watching Ronan dare to split his attention and release Haki to suppress Ryokugyu even while confronting him, this legendary old soldier who had dominated the Great Sea for over half a century felt an unprecedented humiliation and contempt.

"How dare you lose focus in front of this Old Man! You truly have no respect for me! Take your arrogance and go to hell!!"

"Haah!!!"

Steel Bone Kong stomped his right foot fiercely, and the ground beneath him instantly caved in, forming a gigantic deep pit a hundred meters across.

Borrowing that terrifying reaction force, his iron tower-like body instantly tore through the sound barrier, his savage charge squeezing even the air into rings of visible to the naked eye white shockwaves!

His right arm, as thick and sturdy as a century-old tree, rose high overhead. In midair, a dense, ink-dark layer of supreme Armament Haki instantly wrapped around his entire arm!

His muscles let out teeth-grinding creaks under the compression of Haki, while countless violent red bolts of lightning crazily exploded and slithered between his Fist Bone.

There was no fancy technique in this punch—only absolute violence, forged from physical strength and Armament Haki honed to their very limits!

Before the fist wind even arrived, the air before Ronan had already been compressed into a solid wall, shrieking piercingly!

"Old guy, the era changed long ago."

Facing this lethal blow capable of smashing a medium-sized island apart with one punch, Ronan's eyes held not the slightest ripple, only endless coldness.

"Buzz!"

Ronan gripped the shaft of the Eighteen-Foot Spear with both hands.

In an instant, the boundless Thunder True Qi within him, along with the power of Conqueror's Haki Infusion,