A mushroom cloud towered and swelled, rolling waves of heat scorching everything in their path.
Chaos sat on the Golden Throne, his black spiky hair and golden earrings whipping in the wind. He didn't move an inch as he watched the scene at the center slowly clear.
Kuma and Archino stood ten meters apart, both bleeding from the mouth.
They were both in a sorry state!
Only, the scent of roasted meat wafted from Kuma.
The ground around them had caved in, covered in searing, burning magma. Kuma's feet were coated in Armament Haki, which could resist it for the moment, but things would go badly for him if this continued.
Across from him, Archino wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. The heat around him warped the air. An ordinary person would be roasted to death before even getting close, and the temperature only climbed the nearer one got to Archino.
He lifted his foot and started toward Kuma. He hadn't lost yet!
Unless he was rendered unable to move or killed, this battle would go on indefinitely.
If you couldn't finish him off, then fight him to the death!
Watching Archino steadily approach, Kuma slapped his right palm against his chest. Another miniature paw appeared on his back, containing the injuries inside his body.
As those injuries left his body, Kuma's complexion improved a little.
But he couldn't keep expelling injuries endlessly. He could only do it a few times in succession. If he used it to expel someone else's injuries, he could do so only once in a short period.
This Paw Impact was much bigger than the first, and it contained more streaks of blood!
Kuma compressed it until it was the size of a palm once again, then unleashed it as Archino drew