In this world, a person's strength depended on their convictions.
Physical strength alone could not decide everything.
Only powerful conviction was the foundation for overcoming difficulties.
Kong had found his conviction.
And so, he would become incomparably powerful.
But Kong's conviction had possessed a massive flaw from the very beginning.
He wanted these seas to become orderly.
But so-called order was simply rules, and the World Government itself was the greatest creator and destroyer of rules. The Celestial Dragons who had founded the World Government had never regarded the rules of mortals as worthy of their notice.
Magnus did not believe that Kong, who was about to become a Fleet Admiral, did not know what the Celestial Dragons were like.
So his order was nothing more than a joke.
If Kong could truly uphold his conviction, then he would certainly grow stronger—unbelievably stronger.
But before that.
"Brat who only knows how to spout empty words, you're not worth mentioning!"
With one slash, every phenomenon caused by the collision of their powers was swept away. Kong's body flew backward and crashed heavily into the distance, remaining down for a long while.
Magnus, meanwhile, stood where he was without moving.
"Was it still too much?"
Magnus did not know whether Kong had lost his ability to fight, but he himself had already lost his.
In his current condition, any Navy Vice Admiral could kill him.
But one minute, two minutes...
It was not until five minutes had passed that Magnus barely managed to catch his breath.
Kong still lay on the ground without moving.
If Magnus had not seen Kong's chest rising and falling, he would have thought Kong was dead.
But that was impossible.
Magnus knew exactly how much force that final slash had contained. At most, it could heavily injure