Soul Mark

Dawn released his grip on Kikoku, letting the long blade sink into the ground. Then he stepped forward, drew back his right fist, and punched forward through the air.

[Sekizo]

A cylindrical shockwave laced with black-red arcs of electricity suddenly erupted from his fist!

Dawn certainly did not know the Eight Gates. This move was merely a strange hybrid created by fusing five forces together: the shockwave of the Rokushiki Secret Technique, Fist Bone's Air Cannon, gravity compressing the air, the terrifying attraction awakened Yami Yami no Mi exerted on the air, and the Haki unique to this world.

Boom!

The instant the two shockwaves collided in midair, every living creature throughout the Sun World heard a terrifying blast, as though the heavens themselves had shattered!

Cracks instantly spread across the reception hall's walls. The ceiling was blown away by the violent force, and the clouds in the sky were torn apart and churned to pieces, revealing an eerily azure sky beyond.

Harald, controlled by Imu, completely ignored the shockwave. He tightened his grip on the naginata, whipped up a fierce gale that rushed straight at Dawn, coated the weapon in Armament Haki, shattered the air, and slashed at him.

Kikoku, embedded in the ground, turned into a purple-black streak of light and flew into Dawn's hand. The instant he grasped the hilt, he coated the blade in Armament Haki and slashed upward.

Clang!

A piercing metallic crash exploded the instant their weapons met. The shockwave from the impact caused every remaining wall of the reception hall to collapse, and the entire building began to tilt and fall apart!

Muscles bulged across Harald's enormous body like small mountains. Imu was driving this body's strength with all his might, but Dawn, fighting him at close range, could sense that the control