Gratitude and Grudges Kept Separate

Five days and five nights!

This battle of attrition, like a clash between supreme fighters, had unbelievably lasted five days and five nights!

Behind Lapugas Island, the towering mountain ranges that had once stretched endlessly, their peaks rising one after another, had now completely vanished.

In their place lay a vast flatland, as if an invisible giant hand had forcibly flattened and crushed everything.

Only where Dawn stood did a small raised stone pillar remain, symbolizing that he had never retreated even half a step.

At last, the unceasing tidal-wave-like gravity field was interrupted for the first time.

Chinjao was drenched in sweat. His robust body was slightly hunched as he panted heavily. Resisting the gravity without pause for five days and five nights was an unprecedented drain even for a powerhouse of his caliber. His Armament Haki had been completely exhausted.

"B-Brat... don't think you can defeat me just because you used such despicable means to drain my Haki... My strongest weapon is this indestructible iron head!"

Chinjao fiercely pushed off the already shattered ground with the tips of his toes, and his huge, towering body unexpectedly leaped into the air with extraordinary lightness.

He lowered his head, aiming his signature flat skull at Dawn below. Like a meteor falling from the heavens, he crashed down with his last reserves of strength and resolve.

Even without Haki, he was confident that with this iron head Tempered Through a Thousand Trials and the force of his descent, he could smash his opponent until his bones and tendons shattered.

Dawn took a deep breath. Maintaining his ability at such high intensity without interruption for five days and five nights had likewise been an enormous burden on him, and waves of weakness swept through his body.

Yet his gaze remained sharp. He