"Armament Haki Hardening: Iron Body: Eternal Fortress!"
As he charged down, Ronglin instantly unleashed a move of his own creation. In his Iron Body state, he coated himself with hardened Armament Haki, increasing his defense more than tenfold. However, while boosting his defense, it also sacrificed much of his speed advantage.
"Clang! Clang! Clang!"
An endless barrage of ice blades sliced, swept, and stabbed at Ronglin. Yet with his defense enhanced more than tenfold, it was astonishingly formidable. Even the domain attack formed by the full eruption of Ade's beast-form abilities was forcibly blocked by Ronglin.
Ice shards drifted through the air, gradually piling into a heap of frozen debris beneath Ronglin's feet. Ade's attacks were completely ineffective.
"Hah!" The surrounding ice blades suddenly vanished. Ade let out a low shout as the white humanoid beast shot skyward. With a rapid spin, the centrifugal force amplified the power of his descent. Ade thrust out his palm, unleashing a violent force of a thousand pounds.
How could Ronglin allow him to attack freely while he only defended?
The hardened Armament Haki around his body dissipated. Ronglin sank his feet and assumed an utterly ordinary horse stance. He raised his left hand to meet the force Ade had sent down, then lightly drew it aside. An incomparably gentle yet overwhelmingly powerful current of energy instantly enveloped Ade.
"!!" Ade suddenly felt as though his full-force strike had landed on cotton. Then an endless, soft force wrapped around his entire body and momentum, pulling him downward. Unable to stop himself, Ade crashed down with a boom, blasting a hole straight through the ship's deck with his own immense power.
Ronglin withdrew his stance, calmly exhaled and lowered his hand. Then he looked coldly at the hole Ade had smashed into and laughed. "A