Before Zeno had even finished exhaling, Nara Dan seemed to notice the mocking expression on Zeno's relaxed face. The corner of his mouth curled into a faint smile,
A strange power surrounded Nara Dan, rapidly canceling out the gravity acting on him,
It even seemed like brand-new rocket fuel, giving Nara Dan a burst of instantaneous acceleration!
And this power didn't come from Gang Qi. It was more like an instinctive command over the skill of flight.
To be precise, it was the enhancement of his Rank, which canceled out the gravitational effects Gaia exerted on living beings. Just as everyone who became a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and crossed the threshold into the Six Paths realm would instinctively learn to fly,
He needed no process of control at all, and wouldn't experience fear of heights, weightlessness, impaired bodily functions, oxygen deprivation, or any of the other high-altitude reactions that afflicted ordinary humans.
Nara Dan reveled in this entirely new sensation of flight as he sped toward Zeno,
"Flying used to be more like walking on air than actually flying."
"I used Gang Qi as a foothold, giving myself something like the support of the ground while in midair. In essence, it had nothing to do with flight."
"Flying with the Rinnegan relied on external forces, too. It couldn't manage precise movements in the air, only going straight up or down."
"But this feeling of being as free in the sky as a fish in water..."
"This is real flight!"
Nara Dan spun in midair, and in an instant, he had reached Zeno's altitude,
"Dragon Meteor Shower!"
Though shocked that this man could fly unaided, Zeno reacted quickly. He knew he absolutely couldn't let him get close!
"Roar!"
Golden Nen blazed as the enormous Dragon Nen Beast beneath him roared. In the