"Not here yet..."
Dante gazed into the distance, frowning.
His body's craving for sweets left him feeling increasingly stifled, irritability mixing into his normally placid temperament.
But King Luffy was completely unaware of this. Enraged by the loss of his friend, he launched a frenzied barrage at Dante in his Fourth Gear Snake Man Form.
Dante could not even be bothered to use Observation Haki on those darting Snake Man Fists. He let the Armament Haki-coated punches strike him as he stood there, waiting impatiently.
It was as if nothing but a few flies were buzzing around his ears.
This was the gap created by the fundamental difference in their biological levels!!!
King Luffy seemed to realize that his attacks could not inflict any effective damage on Dante. He withdrew his fists and frowned in deep thought, wondering what he could do.
Gradually, perhaps because his comprehension had reached its peak,
he recalled the scene of Kaido fighting Dante and the others—the way Conqueror's Haki was gathered at a single point before erupting with devastating force...
With the buff of having lost a friend, streams of Conqueror's Haki that had once been scattered throughout King Luffy's body gathered at one point.
Then...
"Gomu Gomu..."
His black arm compressed continuously as King Luffy glared at the pink-haired young man and unleashed a roaring strike.
"Mamba Snake Gun!!!"
As it kept twisting through the air and releasing rubber elasticity, the fist grew faster and faster, until its trajectory became impossible to see.
It shot straight toward Dante's face.
This attack finally worked!!!
Under Dante's somewhat puzzled gaze, the Snake Man's fist struck his face, and a rare burst of pain surged into his brain.
A few streaks of blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, finally making Dante take him seriously.