The shock wave came from far away, rapidly closing in.
The intense sense of crisis rushing toward him made Ryokugyu's pupils contract sharply.
"Too late...!"
In the blink of an eye, Ryokugyu abandoned the idea of controlling plants to block the attack.
Boom!
He dug both feet into the ground, the resulting burst of force propelling his body backward as he raised both hands, palms facing the incoming shock wave.
Armament Haki, identical to the flowing technique, surged outward from his palms, forming an invisible protective barrier.
The shock wave arrived in an instant and slammed into the barrier formed by Armament Haki.
The force was so powerful that the Armament Haki barrier shattered with a boom after holding out for only a second.
Ryokugyu's expression changed, and in the blink of an eye, he was swallowed by the shock wave.
Rumble!!!
When the shock wave hit the ground, the violent energy it contained suddenly erupted.
Chunks of the Red Line's hard rock layers were blasted into the air one after another, then reduced to dust amid the white-radiant impact.
Several breaths later.
The mighty commotion faded into silence.
A huge crater now marred the ground, with Ryokugyu sprawled motionless at the bottom.
He was wounded in several places, and blood slowly trickled from his mouth and nose.
"Cough, cough..."
After roughly two or three seconds, Ryokugyu suddenly opened his eyes and began coughing violently.
He looked like someone who had just awoken after drowning.
Just now, the impact had caused him to lose consciousness for a brief moment.
If not for his sturdy physique, combined with the fact that he had used Armament Haki to reduce part of the force...
Then taking that attack head-on would likely have left him unconscious for quite some time.
Ryokugyu sat up and