Smack!
Smack!
This was not some kind of exercise. It was the sound of Ares smacking Kaido across the face.
Even though he had held back, the noise was still considerable when that fan-sized palm slapped Kaido across the face.
"Kaido!"
"Wake up!!"
"Kaido!!"
But no matter how Ares called out to him, Kaido did not wake up.
The impact damage from that blow had been too great.
"That guy's Punch Wave is really powerful..."
Ares wrapped his arms around Kaido's waist, hoisted him onto his shoulder, and walked out of the ruins.
When Elizabeth II appeared.
Elizabeth II wore a look of intense confidence as he said, "Two minutes have passed, Ares. Your strength is far greater than that overconfident pirate's..."
"I've decided to defeat you with King's Fist after charging it for three minutes!"
The longer he charged, the more heat began to radiate from his body into the surroundings.
It made the entire air seem to tremble.
Ares, however, leaped into the air without a care, rose into the sky, and landed steadily on the pirate ship, placing the unconscious Kaido on the deck.
Time passed quietly.
The force Elizabeth II built up grew increasingly astonishing.
"Three minutes!"
At that moment, Ares also jumped down from the ship and landed in the square.
Elizabeth II's figure was reflected in Ares's amber-gold vertical pupils. His first exposure to Body Arts had come from Whitebeard Newgate.
Newgate had opened the door to the "world of Body Arts" for him.
He had taught Ares how to control the power within his body, how to throw punches, dodge, and use his body to offset incoming attacks.
And over the course of a month.
Ares had indeed learned many things from Newgate. However, Newgate himself was also self-taught, relying entirely on insights