Caught off guard.
Ares, completely unprepared, was suddenly pulled in front of Rocks. The moment Rocks's palm touched Ares's body,
"Before me, all abilities are futile!"
Rocks wore a vicious expression. His fierce eyes overflowed with Haki and were filled with an invincible, kingly conviction.
Taking advantage of the moment before Ares could react,
he threw a punch.
The sound of something tearing through the air rang out. The unstoppable force surged along Rocks's arm, black and gleaming, and slammed into Ares's prominently muscled abdomen. His entire fist sank deep into the abdominal muscles.
Boom--
Ares was blasted away, smashing a crater into the wall before plunging dozens of meters from the high ground of Skull Castle!
Like a cannonball, he crashed into the ground with a boom, sending smoke and dust billowing into the sky.
Rocks walked to the edge of the damaged wall, then leaped down. Like a giant roc spreading its wings, he streaked through the air and appeared on the ground in an instant. He said coldly, "Ares, on Hachinosu Island, absolutely no one is allowed to challenge the—dignity of me, Rocks!!"
He slowly walked toward the smoke and dust.
Within the smoke and dust,
"What kind of ability is that?!"
"That was bizarre."
Ares only knew that the instant Rocks's palm touched him, the power of his Azure Dragon Fruit had seemed to be sealed, disappearing completely.
He reached a hand toward his abdomen, where Rocks's fist had left its mark.
It came with a pain that Ares had long since become numb to.
He climbed to his feet and walked out of the smoke and dust, his eyes blazing as he stared at Rocks. As stubborn as ever, he said, "I just want to get my companions back!!"
"Stubborn fool!" Rocks sneered. His sharp,