Gill's aura surged once more, and Randall was instantly left teetering on the brink, like a candle in the wind.
But at that critical moment, the Qi inside Randall erupted.
Surging Qi enveloped his entire body like liquid fire, rising around him.
His aura climbed steadily as well.
In an instant, he went from a flickering candle in the wind to an unshakable pillar amid the current.
Gill was utterly thrown.
He roared inwardly, How is this possible? How could anyone withstand this?!
Weren't you about to pass out just now? Why haven't you fainted yet?!
Randall had done far more than merely stay conscious.
He was in a wondrous state at that moment.
It felt as though the pressure earlier had brought him to the threshold of a new power.
Only a thin membrane stood between him and it.
All he needed to do was poke it, and that membrane would break.
So he poked it.
In an instant, he felt a barrier shatter in his mind, followed by a rush of clarity.
At that moment, the wind stopped, the clouds stilled, and the whole world seemed to fall silent for a second.
The next second, the wind and clouds shifted violently.
An unimaginably towering aura burst from Randall's body and shot into the heavens.
It was the supreme presence of someone who declared: among all the world's mighty, who but me!
Then Randall's aura collided with Gil's.
A thunderclap boomed through the air, and black-and-red arcs of lightning flashed everywhere.
A clash of Conqueror's Haki!
Randall grinned in excitement, unleashing his Conqueror's Haki without restraint.
Having only just awakened it, his Conqueror's Haki naturally could not match Gil's.
If Gil's Conqueror's Haki was gold and Randall's was red,
then the gold was currently overpowering the red.
But the