He abruptly tore open the clothes over his chest, exposing the pulsing golden core within.
It was an energy source fused with phoenix cells, and it was now radiating a blinding light.
A roar erupted from his throat, and the temperature throughout the combat chamber suddenly soared. The golden flames were no longer a gentle healing light. Instead, they became sharp flaming spears that hovered densely in midair, every tip gleaming with an aura of destruction.
Vegapunk's projection frantically worked the console, sweat sliding down the cheeks of his holographic image.
"That's it! Release all your energy!"
"Let me see where your limits lie."
Release Angel suddenly swung his hand, sending hundreds of flaming spears hurtling toward Mu Chen like a meteor shower. These spears carried not only heat fierce enough to melt steel, but also faint spatial distortions.
"Too slow!"
Mu Chen suddenly vanished from where he stood. When he reappeared, he was already in midair.
His right foot rested on an invisible step in the air, while pitch-black Conqueror's Haki gathered around his left fist. The currents swirling around his fist sent ripples across the energy barrier enclosing the combat chamber.
"Break!" A single, simple word, yet it carried the power to shake heaven and earth.
Conqueror's Haki erupted like a tsunami. Wherever it swept, the flaming spears shattered, scattering golden sparks throughout the chamber like fireflies.
Forced to one knee by that overwhelming pressure, Red Seraph's Three-Tomoe Sharingan took on a bloody haze, but he continued to struggle.
The phantom phoenix behind him suddenly swelled to dozens of meters tall. A single beat of its wings raised towering waves of fire.
"Still not finished?"
"Since you're so eager for destruction, I'll grant your wish!"
Mu Chen's gaze turned utterly cold.
He slowly closed his left eye. When