Longinus's gambit

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Explosions thundered one after another. Blinding light burst in every direction, violent shock waves tore apart the surrounding matter, and scorching blasts of air seared everyone's lungs.

Mary Geoise had been transformed into a scene straight out of hell!

Yet even in this terrifying environment, the two combatants never stopped fighting. The sounds of fierce, frantic clashes kept ringing out from the haze.

As the battle raged on, a figure suddenly flew backward out of the dust and crashed heavily into the ground. Covered in blood, he looked utterly battered.

"What? Fleet Admiral Longinus was the one sent flying!"

"Damn it! Even the strongest fighter of our era can't hold her off?"

Once they saw the face of the man who had been blasted away, a shadow fell over everyone's hearts.

"As I thought, breaking through an entire world's electromagnetic field is still too much!" Longinus tossed his torn coat aside, revealing a lean, muscular torso. "Even when I attack with everything I have, less than thirty percent of that force actually reaches her!"

For a moment, he felt as though he had returned to his battle against Big Mom fifteen years ago. Once again, he experienced the helplessness of knowing that even his best efforts could barely inflict a truly fatal wound on his opponent!

"Is that all you've got?" Imu emerged from the dust and asked coldly.

She was not entirely unscathed either. Blood stained her white wings, and one of them had even lost its feathers!

Still, compared with Longinus's battered state, she undoubtedly carried herself with the composure of a victor!

"I miscalculated this time. What I tested at the beginning was only the strength of that one body of yours!" Despite his words, Longinus showed little panic. Things had gone somewhat beyond