"This planet already belongs to the World Government."
"You have no right to decide how it is disposed of."
"Of course, that includes your life."
Rob Lucci's three sentences made Hollow's already complicated expression turn grim.
"You're actually this overbearing?!"
"So what?"
As he spoke, Lucci assumed a fighting stance again.
As he spoke, his black suit began to stir despite the lack of wind.
Strands of substance like tangible black smoke drifted from his body and coiled around him.
Hollow suppressed the anger in his heart. Looking at the black smoke, confusion appeared in his eyes.
"Strange. You shouldn't have this kind of ability. You should transform into a leopard."
Having only been exposed to the manga for a short time, he could only treat its contents as intelligence.
But Lucci no longer wanted to waste words on him.
The next second.
The battle erupted once more.
Lucci's cold figure vanished in an instant.
It was still that soundless black lightning, so fast that only its trail could be seen.
Killing intent flashed through Hollow's eyes as he wildly swung his long blade to meet it.
He drove his Altana energy to its limit.
The blade erupted with unprecedentedly brilliant multicolored light.
In front of him, it formed layer upon layer of dazzling yet dangerous curtains of sword light.
Under the illumination of the pillar of light that shot into the clouds and dyed the entire sky a dark green, dark lightning and multicolored light clashed even more fiercely than before.
Yet this time, there was strangely no sound at all.
With every collision, the darkness clinging to Lucci's hands and feet could be seen.
It directly devoured the colorful energy on the blade Return to the Ruins.
Even the sounds and shockwaves that should have been produced met