Summit War 18: Natsu: Have You Ever Seen a Human Bow to Beasts?

It was an old man.

His physique was unusually strong for his age; his chest was as broad as a wall, and his tanned skin was etched with the lines of time.

His hair and beard are as white as snow, and his hairstyle is as tall as a "mountain".

He stood there in front of Susanoo, his hands back behind his back, his eyes filled with a complex and solemn expression.

"What a monster," Kong said slowly, his voice aged yet deep, like an ancient bell that had been sealed for many years being struck anew. "If it weren't for the fact that you killed Celestial Dragons, I would have really wanted to recruit you into the Navy."

The former Fleet Admiral, and the current Commander-in-Chief of the World Government's Army, Navy, and Air Force.

A legendary veteran who is on par with Garp and Sengoku, a man whose very name is enough to calm the entire ocean.

Uchiha Natsu stood Susanoo's eyebrows, looking down at the old man who had shattered his armor with a single punch, his crimson Three Tomoe remaining completely calm.

Of course he recognized that face.

"Have you ever seen a person bow down to a bunch of beasts?" His voice was as cold as ice, devoid of sarcasm or anger, simply stating a self-evident fact.

"Steel Bones, Void."

Kong's expression remained unchanged, but a very complex emotion flashed in his eyes.

"How arrogant! The Celestial Dragons are descendants of the twenty kings who founded the World Government."

"A bunch of pigs claiming to be descendants of gods? Ridiculous." Natsu sneered, slowly clasping her hands together. "Have you ever seen a true god?"

Before he finished speaking, crimson-gold lines quietly crept onto his profile.

A long, pure black Japanese-style robe silently covered his original greyish-white outer garment, while a short, black and red samurai armor was fastened tightly over the robe. Dark gold metal decorations adorned the shoulders and chest, and a bright red sash was tied around his waist.

Sage Mode.

It's not the frog-like face of Mount Myoboku, nor the eerie eyeshadow of Ryūchi Cave, but a completely new form unique to the Uchiha Clan, formed by absorbing Natural Energy through Susanoo.

Crimson-gold Chakra surged around him, as if he were draped in a layer of burning rosy light.

"Sage Art: Great Fire Annihilation"

Towering flames erupted from his mouth.

That wasn't ordinary orange-red Fire Release, but a crimson-gold flame infused with Senjutsu Chakra, so hot that it burned the air into a vacuum.

Wherever the flames passed, the stone slabs silently melted into lava, and the ice surface instantly evaporated into scalding white mist.

Steel Bones Kong's pupils suddenly contracted.

He didn't try to catch it head-on.

Shave—the purest Taijutsu technique among the Marine Six Powers —unleashed terrifying power far exceeding that of any young officer under this old man's feet.

As his figure vanished from the spot, the crimson-gold sea of fire completely engulfed the place where he had just stood.

The empty figure reappeared dozens of meters away, the stone slab beneath its feet shattered by the reaction force of the shearing.

He gazed at the still-burning crimson-gold flames, then at the indifferent-faced boy standing Susanoo, and finally truly understood the sentence circled in red in Sengoku's urgent report—

This person's strength cannot be assessed by common sense; it is recommended to regard him as a threat on par with the Yonko Level.

Yonko Level?

Kong gazed at the still-burning crimson-gold sea of fire, and slowly rolled up his sleeves.

When did Sengoku become so secretive about intelligence?

"Shadow Clone Technique!" White smoke exploded simultaneously Susanoo, and four figures identical to Natsu's original form stepped out of the smoke, spreading out in a fan shape from the original form.

Five pairs of scarlet Three-Tomoe Sharingan lights up simultaneously under the aura of crimson gold Sage Mode. Five hands simultaneously fly to Hand Seals, so fast that it is impossible to tell which one is the real body and which one is the clone.

"Sage Art: Dragon Flame Song Technique!"

"Sage Art: Suppression!"

Crimson-gold fire dragons roared out simultaneously from multiple directions, each carrying Senjutsu Chakra powerful enough to melt steel, trailing long tail flames as they tore towards the direction where Steel Bone Kong and the Gunko were located.

In the gaps between these fire dragons, highly compressed Wind Release slammed down like invisible giant hammers, turning the remaining flames of the fire dragons into a Uzumaki sea of fire—the wind fueled the fire, and the fire borrowed the power of the wind; the combined ninjutsu enhanced by Senjutsu Chakra expanded its coverage area by more than double in an instant.

The sea of fire surged and swept outwards, engulfing Steel Bone Kong, Gunko, Akainu, and Kizaru simultaneously.

Four directions, four Admiral-Emperor Level combat power, not one was left out.

As Steel Bone Kong looked at the crimson-gold sea of fire rushing towards him, his white, mountain-shaped eyebrows drooped slightly.

He lived for over seventy years, spent most of his life as Fleet Admiral, and after retiring, became the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. What kind of situation hadn't he seen?

A fourteen-year-old brat, facing him, Akainu, Kizaru, and the elite of the God's Knights, not only showed no sign of backing down, but instead actively expanded his attack range—encircling all four of them.

He could be said to have been forced into a corner when he was fighting three against one, but now that there's an opening, this kid not only hasn't held back, but he's even brought out his Clone Technique technique, clearly intending to fight them all at once.

This goes beyond arrogance; it's a complete disregard for the four of them.

The moment the sea of fire was torn apart by the four attacks simultaneously, the air throughout the entire battlefield trembled.

The crimson-gold Senjutsu flames were intercepted simultaneously from four directions— Akainu's Hound Dog blasted a gap in the incoming fire wave, Kizaru's Yasakani no Magatama riddled the fire dragon on the left with holes, and Gunko's Three-Star Chain Shot precisely pierced the heads of the fire dragons on the right.

Steel Bone Kong simply threw a punch, and the pressure from the punch, imbued with Armament Haki, smashed the Uzumaki of wind and fire behind him to pieces.

The combined Sage Art Ninjutsu, powerful enough to instantly injure Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral, Flower Capital under the combined counterattack of four Admiral-Emperor Level combatants.

The smoke slowly dissipated.

Akainu straightened up from the lava pool, lava still churning on his right arm, his eyes beneath the brim of his baseball cap so dark they seemed to drip water.

Kizaru hovered in mid-air, the beam of light from his fingertips not yet completely dissipated, his nonchalant tone still present, but the smile at the corner of his mouth had completely vanished.

Gunko stood on the Arrowhead Bird, the bowstring still humming. He glanced down at his sleeve, a small section of which had been burned off by the fire, and frowned slightly.

Steel Bone Kong stood with his hands behind his back, his white hair, styled in a mountain shape, swaying slightly in the blast wave, his expression unreadable.

Four people, four directions, no one spoke, but their gazes were all locked on the dark golden Susanoo in the very center.

In the next instant, four figures vanished from their original positions, launching a combined attack on Natsu from four directions.