A Punch Without Restraint

"No... no, impossible! Why can't my attacks touch you?!"

Chaton roared like a madman.

"Six Powers Secret Art: Heavy Iron Slash!"

Buzz!

The ringing of the blade sounded like thunder.

In the instant Chaton's right arm muscles bulged like boulders, he unleashed even greater strength.

The next moment, without a trace of flourish, he swung at Qin Yu's waist with the force of ten thousand tons.

Bang!

A thunderous explosion rang out.

The evenly matched collision kicked up massive gusts and clouds of sand and dust.

Even the rocky ground beneath their feet shattered under the strain.

"Did it hit?"

The sudden turn of events shook everyone. Without time to think, they hurriedly looked toward the battlefield.

What they saw made everyone's pupils contract once more.

Qin Yu's previously shut eyes had opened.

The incomparably sharp slash had not struck its target. Instead, the blade was caught precisely between two fingers covered in black scales.

Seeing that exceptionally precise counterattack, along with the willow-fluff-like movement that had drifted with the wind moments ago—

The scene fell into a brief silence.

Onigumo could not help swallowing hard. "Instructor Zephyr... d-doesn't that look like the Future Sight Mr. Garp once displayed?"

"Combined with nothing more than the Six Powers' Kami-e, he actually achieved something like a Logia Devil Fruit, making physical attacks ineffective..."

"Yes!" Zephyr suddenly came to his senses. "I never expected this kid not only to have mastered the Six Powers to the extreme, but also to have reached an extraordinary level in Haki training. Future Sight is something that, even in Marine Headquarters, only a handful of people can achieve."

"Chaton will probably lose next!"

As those words fell, everyone's nerves instantly tightened.

Chaton also snapped out of his daze.

With a violent shake of the katana clenched in