Commander-in-Chief vs. Lord of the Federation

In the dim seawater, Neng let out a deep, imposing roar. Busoshoku Haki surged from his body, forming an incomparably thick, invisible suit of armor around his skin. The surrounding seawater seemed to encounter an invisible colossal force and was forced apart, creating a brief vacuum.

He raised a hand to wipe away the crimson blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. The currents around him began to churn wildly, forming vortices that carried him through the dense seawater at astonishing speed toward the surface.

The instant he broke through the surface and sent huge waves splashing into the air, a tall silver-haired young man appeared in his sight.

"You finally showed yourself. If I don't kill you, this Buster Call will have been a failure."

Still maintaining his Hybrid Form, the black flame clouds around Neng's body trembled violently like boiling water. He pushed the wind speed under his control to an unprecedented maximum. The incomparably violent currents propelled his enormous body, now over six meters tall, as he tore through layers of air and arrived before Lucas, raising his thick pig hoof and smashing it down.

"Brat, I was careless earlier. You won't get lucky a second time!"

Two types of Haki simultaneously wrapped around Neng's pig hoof: the peerlessly sharp Busoshoku Haki and the overwhelmingly domineering Conqueror's Haki. Air currents spiraled rapidly around the hoof, slicing through the air with shrill buzzing sounds.

"It'll be the same no matter how many times, old man."

Lucas naturally had no pleasant expression for someone who had nearly killed his family. His voice dripped with mockery.

"You're from the generation before last. You should've been eliminated long ago. I'll send you to meet that admiral Rocks killed!"

Even as he mocked him, Lucas's height suddenly increased. He transformed into