Dawn stood on the ground, gazing at the genuine Conehead Chinjao suspended in midair. Feeling the pressure that was enough to make his soul tremble, he drew a deep breath and squeezed out every ounce of hidden power within him, pouring it all into his right arm.
At his fist, unprecedented gravity and darkness that devoured everything crazily converged and compressed. The chaotic sphere of energy even caused the surrounding space to warp slightly. This was the strongest attack he could unleash in his current state.
The cone and fist clashed once again!
Under the combined force of Chinjao's most powerful Hasshoken shockwave and the remaining Armament Haki, the condensed sphere of gravity and darkness at Dawn's fist was forcibly annihilated in an instant.
The impact, imbued with internal destruction, surged violently into Dawn's arm like a flood bursting through a dam.
Crack!
The clear sound of breaking bones rang out. Dawn's arm was instantly covered in fractures, and that destructive force surged irresistibly along his arm toward his torso and internal organs.
A deathly aura swept over him. Dawn felt the strength draining rapidly from his entire body. His vision began to blur and darken, leaving only his own bellows-like breathing and the thunderous roar of blood rushing through his ears.
"How could I... fall here..."
His gums bled from clenching his teeth, the metallic sweetness spreading through his mouth. Relying on his unyielding willpower, he held on desperately.
In his mind, his parents lay in pools of blood. Their despairing yet loving eyes appeared clearly once again, like the fiercest of flames, scorching his soul.
"I haven't yet... avenged myself against those bastards!!!"
His eyes instantly turned blood-red!
Just before the unstoppable internal-destruction force of the Hasshoken completely flooded into his organs and shattered them, some kind of