"Hakoku!"
The highly penetrating attack came so fast that Saint Garling had no chance to dodge.
But he didn't need to.
Two types of Haki coiled around his sword. "El Thor!"
His sword swung out, and though it never touched Hakoku, the clash sounded as if the attacks had collided.
Under these two earth-shaking attacks, shock waves swept across the entire island one after another. Even the clouds overhead split apart.
Hancock and Yamato had both learned Hakoku because, after Gray returned, he organized everyone to study hard in Uta's spiritual world.
Everyone was a genius. A mere Hakoku technique was no challenge for them after a few months of practice.
Now Gray, Issho, Hancock, and Yamato could all use it. But when working in pairs, Hancock, Yamato, and Gray made the best team.
However, Gray had to hold Saint Garling off head-on alongside Issho and the others, so he could only let Hancock and Yamato charge up their attack.
"Even that wasn't enough to take him down?"
Everyone had personally experienced Hakoku's power in Uta's spiritual world.
If their opponent could withstand even that move, they knew things were looking bad!
"Cough, cough!" After a few coughs eased the tightness in his chest, Gray wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and climbed out of the crater.
"Damn it! That old bastard's still got this much energy left!" After cursing, Gray, who had kept his Observation Haki active, already knew how things stood.
"You bastard, you're forcing me to do this!" His gaze hardened. Gray pulled out a dozen healing dandelions he'd prepared earlier, crushed them all into a ball, and swallowed them. Then he planted his feet in a horse stance. "Spin for me!"
"Magnetic Field Rotation: 30,000 Horsepower!"
Even brighter, denser bolts of lightning